In this thoughtful Christmas Eve message, Ps Sue Irwin invites us to see Christmas as more than a familiar story we know about, but as an encounter with someone we can truly know. While the nativity often looks peaceful and polished, Sue gently pulls back the curtain to reveal the deeper reality of what was happening when Jesus was born. Heaven was breaking into earth, and it was anything but simple or safe.

Through Scripture, story, and rich imagery, she explores the idea of incarnation and why God chose to come to us as a humble, vulnerable baby. This was not weakness but intention. God wanted to meet us without fear, to speak our language, and to draw close to every human heart. Christmas becomes a rescue story unfolding both visibly on earth and powerfully behind the scenes.

This message will encourage anyone longing for meaning, peace, or a deeper understanding of God’s presence. It is an invitation to move beyond knowing about Jesus and to experience Emmanuel, God with us.

In this deeply reflective message, Matt Darvas invites us to wrestle honestly with the tension between the peace promised at Christmas and the pain we see in the world around us. Set against the realities of global conflict, personal loss, and the recent Bondi tragedy, Matt explores what it means to hope for peace when life feels anything but peaceful.

Through Scripture, personal family history, and thoughtful reflection, he reminds us that Jesus did not enter a calm and orderly world. He entered a broken one. This is not a message that avoids hard questions. Instead, it gently guides listeners toward a deeper, truer peace that does not deny suffering but meets it with love, justice, and grace.

The message also features Ps Stu Brown singing O Holy Night, allowing space to pause, reflect, and let the words of this timeless carol speak to weary hearts.

If you are feeling overwhelmed by the state of the world or carrying quiet pain of your own, this episode offers space to breathe, reflect, and rediscover the peace that Jesus gives, not as the world gives, but as only He can.

In this powerful and honest message, Bev Murrill takes us beyond the polished nativity scenes and into the real world Mary and Joseph lived in. Christmas was not calm, safe, or predictable. It was lived under occupation, fear, uncertainty, and enormous personal cost. Bev invites us to see how God’s light entered the darkness of ordinary, difficult life, not to remove the struggle, but to meet people within it.

Through Mary’s courageous yes and Joseph’s quiet obedience, we are reminded that God’s favour does not mean comfort, approval, or ease. It often means surrender, misunderstanding, and perseverance. Yet it is through that costly faithfulness that God brings hope, justice, and redemption into the world.

This message will resonate with anyone who feels caught between promise and pain, faith and fear. It offers deep encouragement to trust God in the now and the not yet, and to believe that even in hardship, His purposes are still unfolding through ordinary people who say yes.

In this uplifting Christmas message, Stu Brown invites us to slow down and rediscover what the season is really about. With humour, honesty, and warmth, he challenges the busyness and consumerism that so easily take over December and reminds us that Christmas isn’t just a holiday, it’s the moment heaven came to earth.

Through stories, Scripture, and reflection, Stu explores Jesus’ question to His disciples, “Who do you say I am?” and reminds us that how we answer that changes everything.

Like Simeon and Anna at the temple, we’re called to recognize the true presence of Jesus and respond with praise, even in the middle of life’s messiness.

Whether your Christmas feels joyful or complicated, this message will help you centre your heart on what really matters: the hope, peace, and love that arrived when Christ was born.

In this powerful message, Bev Murrill explores how God uses the challenges, pain, and irritations of life to shape us into something beautiful. Drawing from Jesus’ parable of the pearl of great price, Bev reminds us that true transformation takes time and surrender. Like an oyster forming a pearl around a grain of sand, God covers our pain, pride, and fear with His grace until it shines with His glory.

She challenges us to let go of the “holy grails” we cling to. Our opinions, control, and need to be right and instead pursue the priceless treasure of becoming more like Christ. Real healing comes not from what we hold on to, but from what we release into God’s hands.

This message will inspire you to trust God’s process, find beauty in difficulty, and keep seeking the pearl of great price, Jesus Himself. No matter the cost.

In this encouraging message, John Crawford challenges us to stop living with a “not yet” mindset and start stepping into what God is calling us to do now. We all have good intentions, plans to grow closer to God, change habits, or become better versions of ourselves but too often we get stuck waiting for the perfect time.

Through Scripture and personal stories, John reminds us that God’s kingdom is not a distant dream but something we can experience in our everyday lives when we choose to make Him the centre of everything. The distractions of the world, our possessions, ambitions, and self-focus can easily take our eyes off what really matters.

This message will inspire you to stop delaying growth, confront what’s holding you back, and refocus on the one thing that lasts forever. God’s love and purpose are available now, not someday. The question is, will you let Him in today?

In this heartfelt message, Ps Sue Irwin invites us to see confession not as something to fear, but as a doorway to freedom. Too often we hide what’s really going on inside because we expect judgment or rejection. But God’s heart is not to punish, it is to heal. When we come honestly before Him, we step out of shame and into grace.

Through Scripture and real-life stories, Sue explains how confession is less about listing our mistakes and more about letting light into hidden places. It’s where belief becomes experience, where we discover that God’s mercy is greater than our guilt. She also challenges us to be the kind of friends who can hold another’s honesty without judgment, creating spaces where grace and healing can take root.

This message will encourage you to stop hiding, to trust God’s kindness, and to experience the freedom that comes when we allow His love to make us whole.

In this heartfelt message, Bev Murrill reminds us that every follower of Jesus carries the light of God within themand that light is meant to be shared. Drawing from Psalm 97:11, she explains how light can be sown like seeds, spreading hope and truth wherever we go.

Through touching personal stories, Bev reflects on her late husband legacy of shining God’s light and challenges us to do the same in our homes, workplaces, and communities. Even when the world feels dark, God calls His people to bring light into it. Not because we are perfect, but because His light never runs out.

This message is a powerful encouragement for anyone who feels small or insignificant. One tiny flame can ignite thousands more. The world doesn’t need perfection; it needs people willing to shine. Bev’s words will inspire you to live courageously, sow seeds of light in dark places, and trust that God’s brilliance will shine through you for generations to come.