Olive Tree Church

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Paul Taylor: Sovereign grace despite us In every relationship we are in, we are responsible for something. At work, we have relationships with teams and bosses where this should be crystal clear. At home, we have responsibilities to our spouses, children, parents and siblings and you generally know pretty quickly when you failed to fulfil your responsibility. In our relationship with God we have responsibility too, but unlike the relationships with our siblings and colleagues, God doesn’t change how he behaves based on how we behave. God fulfils his promises, even when we are unfaithful. This week we want to inspire you with the unfathomable grace of God in the midst of our shortcomings. 

Gary Blair: Faith that endures It’s so inspiring hearing the God stories of breakthrough that happen in the moment, but often breakthrough only happens as a process and because we often don’t expect it to take so long or know how to find the grace in the process, we give up! In this week’s sermon on Faith That Endures, we are going to look at the gift of faith and how it gives us the strength to endure as we wait for the promise. We’re going to see how endurance is something God uses to shape us and is often the greatest testimony to those around us, because it doesn’t make worldly sense that people we could have joy in seasons of trials and no breakthrough. 

Siya Madonsela: Sovereign grace despite us In every relationship we are in, we are responsible for something. At work, we have relationships with teams and bosses where this should be crystal clear. At home, we have responsibilities to our spouses, children, parents and siblings and you generally know pretty quickly when you failed to fulfil your responsibility. In our relationship with God we have responsibility too, but unlike the relationships with our siblings and colleagues, God doesn’t change how he behaves based on how we behave. God fulfils his promises, even when we are unfaithful. This week we want to inspire you with the unfathomable grace of God in the midst of our shortcomings.

Bones: Sovereign grace despite us In every relationship we are in, we are responsible for something. At work, we have relationships with teams and bosses where this should be crystal clear. At home, we have responsibilities to our spouses, children, parents and siblings and you generally know pretty quickly when you failed to fulfil your responsibility. In our relationship with God we have responsibility too, but unlike the relationships with our siblings and colleagues, God doesn’t change how he behaves based on how we behave. God fulfils his promises, even when we are unfaithful. This week we want to inspire you with the unfathomable grace of God in the midst of our shortcomings. 

Biblical Leadership

Romans chapter one

Romans overview

Natalie Naude: Faith that endures  It’s so inspiring hearing the God stories of breakthrough that happen in the moment, but often breakthrough only happens as a process and because we often don’t expect it to take so long or know how to find the grace in the process, we give up! In this week’s sermon on Faith That Endures, we are going to look at the gift of faith and how it gives us the strength to endure as we wait for the promise. We’re going to see how endurance is something God uses to shape us and is often the greatest testimony to those around us, because it doesn’t make worldly sense that people we could have joy in seasons of trials and no breakthrough. 

Interview with Sandesh This week we are going to launch into our but God series with an incredible but God tale of grit and grace. Sandesh from Roti and Chai will be speaking about how after coming to Christ he was rejected by his entire family and found himself living out of his car, but God began to work in and through him and has taken Sandesh on an incredible adventure of blessing. You don’t want to miss this incredible testimony!

Gary Blair: Faith that endures It’s so inspiring hearing the God stories of breakthrough that happen in the moment, but often breakthrough only happens as a process and because we often don’t expect it to take so long or know how to find the grace in the process, we give up! In this week’s sermon on Faith That Endures, we are going to look at the gift of faith and how it gives us the strength to endure as we wait for the promise. We’re going to see how endurance is something God uses to shape us and is often the greatest testimony to those around us, because it doesn’t make worldly sense that people we could have joy in seasons of trials and no breakthrough. 

Brett Holding: Care less about perfection, but avoid being average. Give up on perfect! The apostle Paul said that he cared very little about what others thought of him. He did not even care about his own judgement of himself. He had totally embraced the idea that even his best works were useless in comparison to the great work Jesus had done for him. SO why didn’t Paul turn into a very average slob? After striving to be someone, or get somewhere, or do something, or attain something perfect, Paul found something else to take total responsibility for which allowed him to live the most above average life he could!

Paul Taylor: Care Less about tomorrow, at least not more than today. “Do not worry about tomorrow…” Why does Jesus tell us this? It seems such a hard instruction to follow. Almost everything we care about these days seems to involve some level of worrying about tomorrow. But while you can’t choose what tomorrow will produce, you can choose your posture today. You can’t be sure of your ultimate destination, you can control your current direction. Worrying about outcomes is wasteful, committing to practices is worthwhile. This Sunday we’ll settle once and for all, which is the most important day of the week.

Interview: Ross and Sandesh covering his story of sacrifice, promises fulfilled and fruitfulness This week we are going to launch into our but God series with an incredible but God tale of grit and grace. Sandesh from Roti and Chai will be speaking about how after coming to Christ he was rejected by his entire family and found himself living out of his car, but God began to work in and through him and has taken Sandesh on an incredible adventure of blessing. You don’t want to miss this incredible testimony!

Paul Taylor: Giving up on perfect. Give up on perfect! The apostle Paul said that he cared very little about what others thought of him. He did not even care about his own judgement of himself. He had totally embraced the idea that even his best works were useless in comparison to the great work Jesus had done for him. SO why didn’t Paul turn into a very average slob? After striving to be someone, or get somewhere, or do something, or attain something perfect, Paul found something else to take total responsibility for which allowed him to live the most above average life he could!

Gary Blair: Care Less about tomorrow, at least not more than today. “Do not worry about tomorrow…” Why does Jesus tell us this? It seems such a hard instruction to follow. Almost everything we care about these days seems to involve some level of worrying about tomorrow. But while you can’t choose what tomorrow will produce, you can choose your posture today. You can’t be sure of your ultimate destination, you can control your current direction. Worrying about outcomes is wasteful, committing to practices is worthwhile. This Sunday we’ll settle once and for all, which is the most important day of the week.

Natalie Naude: Care less about performing, especially for the crowd Is it possible to love people better, and enjoy them more, while caring less about what they think of you, or what they want you to care about? More importantly, might we love people better if we fear them less?

Simon Hemsly: Care less about perfection, but avoid being average Give up on perfect! The apostle Paul said that he cared very little about what others thought of him. He did not even care about his own judgement of himself. He had totally embraced the idea that even his best works were useless in comparison to the great work Jesus had done for him. SO why didn’t Paul turn into a very average slob? After striving to be someone, or get somewhere, or do something, or attain something perfect, Paul found something else to take total responsibility for which allowed him to live the most above average life he could!

In a culture that is constantly telling us to care more, one of the most important things we can learn is how to care less, or even; not care at all, particularly about the things that aren’t ours to care about. It won’t always be popular but caring about people is not synonymous with caring about what they care about, and in your short but incredibly valuable life you only have so many “cares” to give. In this episode, Paul Taylor speaks on, "Care less about people, or at least what they care about."

In a culture that is constantly telling us to care more, one of the most important things we can learn is how to care less, or even; not care at all, particularly about the things that aren’t ours to care about. It won’t always be popular but caring about people is not synonymous with caring about what they care about, and in your short but incredibly valuable life you only have so many “cares” to give. In this episode, Ross Rodger speaks on, "Care less about people, or at least what they care about."