Portico Church

In this message from Luke 19:45–48, Paddy explores the story of Jesus cleansing the temple, and challenges us to consider where religious activity has replaced intimacy with Jesus, why consecration flows from His presence, and how we can recognise what God is doing today. What tables need overturned in our lives so we can make room for His presence and become people through whom others encounter Him?

In this message Gregg unpacks Joshua 3, exploring five key elements to help position us to step further into the fulfilment of the Father’s prophetic promise.

In this prophetic message Gregg calls us to be awakened, and to posture our hearts in hunger and surrender, to receive King Jesus and the fullness of His Kingdom.

The crowd welcomes Jesus into Jerusalem as He rides in on a donkey. This moment is so much more significant than it seems at first glance. In this moment, Jesus is fulfilling a prophesy that was given many years earlier, and through the fulfilling of that prophesy, God was ushering in a brand new Kingdom reality for the world: something that none of them could have ever imagined in that moment. As the crowd welcomed Jesus, not only did it catch the heart of Heaven, but it also caught the attention of the city. People couldn’t wait to find out who was being welcomed so wildly. Their eyes were opened to Jesus through how the crowd welcomed Him.What could happen in our world, in our time, through the ways we welcome Jesus into our everyday moments?

In Luke 19:11–27, Jesus tells the Parable of the Ten Minas to reveal how we are called to live between the coming of the King and His return. This message explores three responses to Jesus: the Faithful Stewards who multiply what has been entrusted to them, the Religious Servant whose fear causes him to bury what he has received, and the Conspiring Adversaries who resist the reign of the King. This challenges us to recognise what God has entrusted to us, to move from sporadic intervention into sustained inheritance, and to faithfully steward His gifts, opportunities and supernatural work until Christ returns and His victory over sin, death and evil is fully revealed.

In this message Gregg teaches about the power of testimony - that when we share what Jesus has done in our lives it is an invitation for others to encounter Jesus in the same way.

In Luke 19:1-10, Zacchaeus climbs a tree hoping to catch a glimpse of Jesus, only to discover that Jesus has been seeking him all along. In this message, Paddy explores how the supernatural kindness of Jesus sees beyond reputation, calls out God-given identity, and moves towards people before they have changed. Through Zacchaeus’ encounter, we see how revelation and kindness can release joy, lead to genuine repentance, and transform a life. We are also challenged to become people who carry that same supernatural kindness into our everyday world, helping others encounter the nature of God.

In this teaching from Mark 10:46-52 Gregg unpacks Bartimaeus’ response to Jesus passing by, encouraging us to ‘throw off our cloak’ and wholeheartedly surrender everything to come to Jesus. Gregg also explored how our revelation of who Jesus is sets our expectation for what Jesus will do.

In this teaching from Luke 18:18-27 Gregg explores Jesus’ interaction with the rich ruler, and His loving invitation to sell all of his possessions to inherit the Kingdom of God. We discover that it’s possible to live a life of obedience and fulfil all that faith and religion demands of us and still not have a heart that is fully devoted and surrendered to Jesus. Through this teaching Jesus invites us to encounter Him as King and to surrender our hearts afresh to Him.

What does it mean to receive the Kingdom like a child? In Luke 18:15-17, Jesus tells the children to come, not to be hindered, and tells us to receive the Kingdom like they do. Donna reflects on how our experiences can shape what we expect from God, some of the things that can get in the way of coming freely to Him, and what it means to come as we are; learning to receive from Him with renewed trust and expectancy.