Relationships - Fixing What Is Broken || Pastor Steve Harris || March 23, 2025 Elim Church podcast

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Our series "Dear Church” started from a place of writing a letter to a church all about the thoughts and emotions someone has as they walk into and engage in their local church. What’s so powerful is we already have biblical texts of Paul, writing to his local churches with wisdom and thankfulness. Yet if we look closer.. there is a theme in most of his letters to all the churches. That theme, is boldness. Dear church, it’s time to be bold again.…

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Dear Church: Make the Church feel like home again 42:19

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As we walk through a series about the local church, we need to look back at our first week on church hurt and ask ourselves where in our church practice have we maybe fallen short or gotten it flat out wrong? The local church should one end run and operate smoothly but also feel so intrinsically like a home to the people of God and a place strangers want to call home. The house of God is a place of healing! Growth! Comfort! We need to make sure we get back to that.…

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Dear Church: We need your hope 35:29

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You’ve maybe heard the saying “the local church is the hope of the world” and in this sermon we break down just how important the church is, and how badly our world needs hope. Hope is contagious, it’s powerful, it stirs up communities, families and nations. We need hope more than ever and the local church as a very important part to play in bringing hope to the world.…

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Dear Church - Church Hurt || Pastor Lukas Bonnett || May 4, 2025 54:47

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Today we begin a three-part series all about God’s beautiful, messy, incredible masterpiece… the Church. At Elim, we believe in the Church—we believe it is the hope of the world, and we have a heart to see every person discover a deep passion for it. The truth is, the Church and its people haven’t always gotten it right. God’s people are not perfect, and within the place where people come to find hope and joy, there has also been hurt and pain. In this series, Ps. Lukas breaks down what church hurt is and how we can overcome the pain and tension within the body, becoming more like Jesus on a path toward unity and health within God’s house.…

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Good News - Good News Sunday || Pastor Lukas Bonnett || April 20, 2025 39:16

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Its a good day and we’ve got good news! Christ is risen, Jesus has won the battle and we all have new life in Christ Jesus. This easter message Ps. Lukas helps the disappointed, the dishearten and those who are still doubting to see the good news is staring all of us right in the face, and its our time to hear, receive and embrace the gospel in our lives!…

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Good News - Good Friday || Pastor Lukas Bonnett || April 18, 2025 23:00

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On the Friday of Holy Week, we sorrowfully remember the sacrifice and love of Christ on the cross. The moment cannot be understated and although we look back with heaviness as the weight of sin stares us right in the face. We remember...It is called “Good Friday” for what Christ has done, is a good and finished work on the cross.…

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Good news - Good News Travels Fast || Pastor Lukas Bonnett || April 13, 2025 42:59

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As we approach Easter weekend, we finally see in the scriptures a brief moment where Jesus allows himself to be fully known by all those around Him. He is embracing the worship and praise from many, yet even in what is a glorious day.. there are some who deny Him. At the end of the day, we play a part in making His good news known, because His good news deserves a good faithful praise.…

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Good news - Desperation to Transformation || Pastor Andy Moore || April 6, 2015 40:30

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Good news - Such. Good. News. || Pastor Lukas Bonnett || March 30, 2015 47:30

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We are kicking off a brand new series all about GOOD NEWS. The gospel, the works of Jesus on the cross for you and me, is such good news, its worth sharing. And YET… it goes deeper! The miracle working power, the good news of change and transformation in our life from Jesus also needs to be shared! We are a good news church in a bad news world and in this series we break down what is the gospel, what does the gospel do and why it’s so important we share it!…

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Relationships - Fixing What is Broken || Pastor Steve Harris || March 23, 2025 46:36

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Relationships - The truth about family || Pastor Ben Counsel || March 16, 2025 39:53

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Relationships - Quest for Love || Pastor Lukas Bonnett || March 9, 2025 45:44

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Love, romance, dating, marriage… everyone’s favourite topic and everyone has their own set of “tips and tricks” on what a great marriage should look like. But what does God say about marriage? Ps. Lukas breaks down what it looks like to look for love and what a Godly healthy romantic relationship is supposed to look like.…

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Relationships - Good Friends || Pastor Lukas Bonnett || March 3, 2025 44:16

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The famous quote “show me your friends and I will show you your future” has never seemed more true. Every person needs good friends, lifting you up, encouraging you as you both run the race of life together with others. But what makes a good friend? What does a Godly healthy friendship look like? In this message Ps. Lukas breaks down who you should want to run the race of life beside in week 3 of our relationship series.…

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Relationships - The Ultimate Relationship || Pastor Lukas Bonnett || February 23, 2025 50:33

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We all want healthy Godly relationships, but the truth is, without first establishing the most important relationships the others will be challenging. If we can learn what it means to be be in relationship with God, and what that means for our relationships with ourself, THEN the rest of our relationships can fall into place. If you’re feeling like you’re walking through an identity crisis, if you’re worried that Jesus doesn’t see you, or know you.. this sermon is for you.…

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Relationships - Life, Lineage, Legacy. || Pastor Lukas Bonnett || February 16, 2025 48:41

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Every single one of us is in a relationship. Whether thats friends, family, a boss, our relationship with God or even learning what it means to be in a relationship with ourself. Relationships are the foundation of everyday connection and we all want our lives to be filled with healthy, Godly relationships. As we dive deep into our series, we tackle the overarching concept that when relationships aren’t healthy, they have the potential to cause terrible damage, and thats why we need Jesus, at the centre of all of them.…

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Next Steps - Baby Steps || Pastor Lukas Bonnett || February 2, 2025 43:19

17 weeks ago43:19

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As we close our series on freedom we have found ourselves leaning more towards how to stay in step with the Spirit. We recognize that where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. So we have to lean in and grow in spiritual disciplines if we want to be spiritually growing… the only question that remains is… HOW?! How do we take steps, big and small towards fostering growth with Jesus. Ps. Lukas gives us both baby steps and big challenges to fight the cultural peer pressure to fold in our faith and gives us practical steps to grow in our faith.…

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Freedom - Spiritual Disciplines for Spiritual freedom || Pastor Lukas Bonnett || January 26, 2025 44:33

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To walk in freedom means to walk with and be consistently filled with the Holy Spirit. So let’s get right into it.. how do we practically live and walk with the Holy Spirit? How do we cultivate a relationship with Jesus? At the end of the day, we can try and use all the spiritual hacks, quick fixes, easy devo plans, but the truth is we are called to steward our walk but enjoying the spiritual disciplines. In this sermon Ps. Lukas breaks down the spiritual disciplines and how to shift your perspective from “having to” do them, to feeling free to delight in them.…

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Freedom - Living with a Posture of Freedom || Pastor Lukas Bonnett || January 19, 2025 47:26

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In the last three weeks we have talked that God wants us to have freedom from the past wounds, current battles, and from the enemies attack. Yet we know, even though we can experience freedom from many aspects of our life, living daily in freedom takes the right posture and right practices. Freedom isin’t a one time experience but the beautiful journey of sanctification and it takes the proper posture and preparation to walk in freedom with Jesus.…

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Freedom - Spiritual Deliverance over the enemy || Pastor Steve Harris || January 12, 2025 1:26:22

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Freedom - Everyday Victories over sin || Pastor Lukas Bonnett || January 5, 2025 44:46

21 weeks ago44:46

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When it comes to freedom the question we all have is, If I am saved and belong to Jesus, why do I still struggle with sin? The truth is, we all struggle, but we can have victory over our flesh. We will never live in freedom over sin, if we do not walk and choose a mindset that comes from the Spirit. Paul tells us, we must consider ourselves dead to sin and alive to Christ, but he never said there wouldn't be a battle. If we can put our mindset on Christ, and walk in the Spirit we will find ourselves walking out daily victory not daily battles.…

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Freedom - Living free from the past || Pastor Lukas Bonnett || December 29, 2024 44:50

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In week one of our sermon series on freedom, Ps. Lukas helps us understand despite being saved and made new in Christ we are still learning to be set free in our body, mind and soul. Even the apostle Paul struggled in his battle with his earthly flesh but if we want to fully live in the freedom and life that Jesus has for us, we need to learn and fight for our freedom in Christ and it all starts with healing from our past, and pressing on towards what is ahead.…

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A Weary World Rejoices - Love || Pastor Lukas Bonnett || December 22, 2024 40:46

21 weeks ago40:46

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It’s Christmas Sunday and as we wrap up our series on advent we conclude our series talking about the most powerful aspect of any christians life, the love of Christ. It’s hard to fully understand and grasp just how incredible the love of God is. The Christmas story is almost lost on us, and we’ve heard it so many times we almost forget the truth, that God himself came in the form of a baby to be with us, knowing full well he would not just be with us, but also give His life for us. If we fully grasped this story, I think our lives would look radically different, not just at Christmas but for our entire lives.…

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A Weary World Rejoices - Joy || Pastor Lukas Bonnett || December 15, 2024 48:08

24 weeks ago48:08

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"I got joy joy joy joy down in my heart… down in my heart… down in my heart…” Come on, we’ve all sang it, we’ve all heard it, the question is, do I? Do we? It seems as though our weary world struggles to rejoice in the time and day we live in. The beauty of Christmas is that upon Jesus’ arrival we now all have a reason to sing, a reason to rejoice, The messiah has come! We should be rejoice! We truly believe we have a reason to be grateful, and in this sermon Ps. Lukas wants to give you a few thoughts on how to get your joy back.…

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A Weary World Rejoices - Peace || Pastor Lukas Bonnett || December 8, 2024 40:31

25 weeks ago40:31

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Why is peace SO hard to have? Are we living in some sort of continual paradox? Striving so hard to find simplicity. Pushing through the chaos to find peace? Why does it feel like as soon as we have it leaves? The reality is, if our peace is predicated on our ability, our power, our control, peace will always be hard to grasp. The Prince of Peace comes to us, and gives us a way to have peace and maintain peace no matter our situation. This Christmas season, we are praying that we would be people with an abundance of peace because we know whom has it and can give it to us.…

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A Weary World Rejoices - Hope || Pastor Lukas Bonnett || December 1, 2024 42:10

26 weeks ago42:10

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Every year Christmas comes and every year our emotions go on a massive roller coaster. Excited for the season but overwhelmed with the to-do list, ready for joy and laughter but bogged down with perfection. Trying to strike the balance between enjoying the Christmas season and the chaos of materialism and busyness. The truth is, God sent his son to be with us, Jesus came into a time that was heavy, scary, chaotic and messy and thats why we can always have hope, joy, love and faith. Our world may look heavy, weighed down and weary, but we can always rejoice, because Jesus has come, he has entered into the mess with us.…

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Suffering & Love - Purpose in our pain || Pastor Steve Harris || November 17, 2024 45:32

28 weeks ago45:32

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Suffering & Love - From bitterness to forgiveness || Pastor Lukas Bonnett || November 10, 2024 42:41

29 weeks ago42:41

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At some point, we can no longer let our suffering define us, or dictate our future. It’s not easy or simple, and it takes a lot of leaning into the Holy Spirit. Yet the truth still remains, our pain can have purpose, we can grow and learn from our suffering. At the end of the day, we can have hope again, but it may take something on our part, something we have received and something God calls us to freely give. In this message Ps. Lukas shares how healing happens, when we stop worrying about revenge and justice, and start offering forgiveness and love.…

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Suffering & Love - How to suffer well || Pastor Lukas Bonnett || November 3, 2024 49:40

30 weeks ago49:40

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Every one of us will walk through hardship, and even though grief and pain has a mind of its own, by God’s grace we can walk a righteous path amidst the suffering and see God move us from trial to triumph. God is the author of life and gets to finish every single person’s story, we must trust him and watch God move in our pain and learn to truly suffer well in His eyes, so we can leave the door open for blessing and restoration.…

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Suffering & Love - Theology of Suffering || Pastor Lukas Bonnett || October 27, 2024 51:51

30 weeks ago51:51

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We kickoff our series on suffering tackling the hardest most asked question on the topic, “why does God allow suffering in the world?” Ps. Lukas tackles this question both theologically and philosophically helping us see that as we look at every worldview the only one with an answer that brings comfort, healing, hope and restoration is the Christian worldview. The truth is this, God has a master plan and although suffering is a reality for all of us, God doesn’t leave us to suffer alone, where there is suffering, you will find His love.…

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Homecoming - Next Gen Sunday || Pastor Ben Counsell || October 20, 2024 40:46

30 weeks ago40:46