Destiny Church Edinburgh

Martin Luther said: "Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance, but laying hold of His willingness." God desires great things to happen on earth. This message will help you pray with a new level of effectiveness as you partner with God on His mission to change the world.

Words, we often think so little about which ones we use. And yet, scripture is clear that so much will be determined by the words - both in this life and the next. Words have immense creative and destructive power. In this message, Peter seeks to explain how our words, and the faith or fear behind them, have a profound effect on our lives.

What fruit are you bearing? This message explores the issue of fruitfulness and how God is looking for results. Yes, we are saved by grace, but we will still be judged based on works. Here pastor Peter looks at Jesus's only negative miracle and reveals it's significance against the backdrop of Israel's history, presenting the challenge of re-examining how much fruit we see in our day to day lives.

All progress and growth is messy. If you don't like mess you won't like progress. In this message you'll be challenged to push forward in life no matter how uncomfortable it is.

Being a positive influence in the lives of others isn't so much to do with your ability to communicate or motivate people around you, it's far more to do with who you are and how spiritually healthy your heart is.

Haile Selassie said: "Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph." In this message you will discover that there's a time to get angry about the right things.

Despair and depression affect a significant percentage of people today. Notably, high profile Bible characters also suffered from despair and depression. Not attempting to offer glib answers, but drawing insight from scripture and personal experience, Ken attempts in this message to offer comfort and answers to those in tough situations.

According to the book of Proverbs God views gossip as worse than murder! Gossip has been responsible for destruction of Churches, families and communities. In this message you will be challenged to avoid gossip and to live courageously in community with others.

God is more interested in our availability rather than our ability. In this message from Mark 11 Peter encourages people to make their lives available to God and His purposes. As we make our abilities exclusively available to God then He can do significant things with us and through us.

While God has a great plan for people's lives, the fact is that people all to often settle for second best. In this message Peter looks at the life of the blind beggar called Bartimaeus from Jericho. When Jesus passed through Jericho that day blind Bartimaeus didn't miss the opportunity to connect with Jesus despite the pressure from others. He never went back to his old life as a blind beggar but became a seeing follower of Jesus.

In truth the people you spend most of your time with will have a dramatic impact on where your life ends up. In this message from the book of proverbs Peter encourages people to develop good friendships with good people and at all cost avoid bad friendships with negative people. This is a highly practical and challenging message that will help you gear up for your future.

Jesus redefined greatness for his disciples who were jostling for position and desired to become better than each other. In Jesus' time the Jews had a misunderstanding of what greatness was all about. The Jewish people had been under the oppression of the Egyptians, Babylonians, the Medes, Persians, the Greek empire and now the Roman Empire. All of which express greatness in a dictatorial fashion; heavy handed and harsh.

In this highly practical message peter teaches from the book of proverbs about our need for accountability and mentoring. There is a temptation in our world to be independent and isolated but often the results of this kind of living are disastrous. This message will show you some of the ways that you can be mentored in life.

Andrew Owen is the pastor of Destiny Church in Glasgow and heads up the Destiny Ministries network of Churches world wide. Andrew spoke this message at a healing service here in Edinburgh.

The Bible makes it clear that our friends in life have a dramatic impact on how our lives turn out. In this message Peter takes the practical wisdom found in Proverbs and teaches us how to develop good friendships and how to be good friends. This message will truly prepare you for a great future.

We are living in a world where many things are vying for our attention. In this passage from marks gospel, we find Jesus encountering a rich young man. This rich young man like many of us had allowed things of this world to take first place in his life. There is a throne in everyone's heart we must make sure that Jesus is on that throne. You will be challenged and inspired through this message.

Michael Levine said "Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist." This message is designed to equip parents to help raise their children well. The bible and especially the book of proverbs is full of poignant advice which can help you become the successful parent your kids need you to be.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer said the "test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children." Throughout history children have not had an easy time. In this message Peter tackles historic and current injustices against children. These issues include abuse, addiction and abortion. The challenge to the church today is to protect and equip the emerging generation.

Leo Tolstoy said: "Everybody thinks of changing humanity but no one thinks of changing himself". In this message Peter encourages husbands and wives to instead of trying to change their partner to rather focus on change themselves. In this very practical message there is advice from the book of proverbs for men and women that will be sure to strengthen and build strong marriages for the future.

As a church we have a vision of impacting the city of Edinburgh. We realize that a big church meeting will not change the city. However a growing community of authentic believers will. In this message Peter challenges the church to be community in the city. This lines up with Jesus' teaching when he said 'all men would know that you are my disciples by your love for one another.'