Elevate Church - Perth, Western Australia

Most of us would feel more confident about what we believed if all we had to do was memorise the right vocabulary and understand the right concepts. But God never intended for life to be an exam we passed just by simply knowing the right things.

God is our provider and gives us power to create wealth - for our needs and his purposes.

A lot of us wish that our lives as Jesus followers were a constant stream of never-ending blessing... like God is some sort of celestial Ellen, giving away all His favorite things. We get the parking spot. We get the tax refund. We get green lights and clear skies. But if that's our view of God, then how are we supposed to deal with everything that doesn't turn out just right? When we hurt, and grieve, and suffer. How are we supposed to find God there? In part four of our conversation I Don't Know What I Believe we look at the issue of suffering, and how God ultimately intends to use it in our lives for our good and His glory.

In addition to our first ten percent giving, God calls us to give to spaces and places. Our expression is Building The Future.

God is in control. It sounds nice and it makes a great bumper sticker - but do we really believe it? How can God, and all His infinite power, love, and grace, coexist in a world with cancer, divorce, human trafficking, and genocide? How can God possibly be in control when life often feels very much the contrary? Here we explain how God and His sovereignty give us a hope to cling to during the most tumultuous seasons of our lives.

Paul's instruction to the early church gives us a great pattern to follow with our giving to God - Priority, Proportional, Prepared

If we truly believe what the Bible says about God's love, what Jesus did for us, and who we are in Him - why then so often do our lives not reflect that? We believe our salvation is secure, but what is keeping us from experiencing the life-changing sanctification that God has called us to? Today we examine areas of our lives that can easily derail us from living a Holy life.

Our first ten percent giving is both a goal and a minimum. We first resource our local church, and stretch our faith and generosity beyond that to impact people beyond our four walls.

God gives us a guideline without a finish line when it comes to how much we should give.

God loves us. He has rescued us and He has a plan for us. These are some of the foundational statements our faith found in scripture. And when we read these words, it fuels our faith. We want to believe God is good. But we don't live in a perfect vacuum. So what happens when the circumstances of our lives don't align with what God says? How do we keep our faith in the midst of struggles and pain and trials? Here we talk about how to establish a deep-rooted confidence in Jesus, able to withstand lives that can shake us at our foundation.

Honouring God is front and centre when it comes to how we handle the money he blesses us with.

Conflict resolution done poorly erodes relationships. Conflict resolution done well has the power to build trust in relationships.

We all, to some extent, live in "the gap." Whether you are a lead pastor with a lifetime of experience, or a brand new believer in Christ "the gap" exists. On one side is who God says we are and His commands for our lives. And on the other side is how we actually feel and what we do instead. So how do we fix "the gap"? Spoiler alert - it has less to do with our activity and far more to do with our identity.

We all live subject to the laws God established in the world - The Law of Gravity, etc. But Jesus broke one of Gods laws ... and he did it because he loves you unconditionally.

No matter who you are, we all have at least one thing in common. We all share the natural, conscious desire to know who we are and why we are here on this planet. But before we can understand ourselves, we have to gain an understanding of who God is. If we don't have a knowledge of the Creator, we'll never fully grasp the purpose of His creation and the plans He has for us.

The promise of Gods protection.

Before God created the world he had a plan for you - great news!

Where there are promises there are almost always problems. Good news is God can bring breakthrough - we need to understand the power and authority we have access to.