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Mundaring Church of Christ, 1470 Stoneville Road, Mundaring (2026)

09/09/2026

You've made it through days you once thought you couldn't handle. Don't forget that when today's situation starts making you doubt yourself.

You don't need to know how you'll get through this one. Take the next step, trust God with the rest, and let Him give you the strength as you go.

This day may be difficult, but it won't last forever. God has helped you before, and He hasn't stopped being faithful now.

God reminds you today,

“I have helped you through harder days before. I will help you through this one too. Trust Me.”

Inspired from — Isaiah 46:4

09/09/2026

Saul was then afraid of David, for the Lord was with David and had turned away from Saul. Finally, Saul sent him away and appointed him commander over 1,000 men, and David faithfully led his troops into battle. David continued to succeed in everything he did, for the Lord was with him. When Saul recognized this, he became even more afraid of him. But all Israel and Judah loved David because he was so successful at leading his troops into battle. (1 Samuel 18:12-16)

How well do you deal with conflict? We all respond differently to the situations we find ourselves in but dealing with conflict, difference of opinion or people who get up our noses often brings out strong emotional responses in us. Why is that?

One reason is that our bodies, particularly our brains, have a physiological response to the trigger that takes over. Stress hormones flood our system, and the reasoning part of our brain shuts down. That’s not helpful!

On top of this our past experiences shape our response. When counselling couples for marriage I often get them to reflect on how their parents dealt with conflict because in the heat of the moment, we’ll often default to what we’ve seen growing up.

Then, to cap it all off, there’s a spiritual dynamic at play too. The remnant of sin nature we’ve all inherited rises up and fills our heads with a narrative designed to amplify division. Satan has always raged against God’s creation, trying to break it apart and moments of conflict are one of his greatest opportunities.

I bring this up because, in 1 Samuel 18 we see Saul’s response to David’s success. The Lord was with David, paving the way for him to succeed Saul as King. It’s easy to see that Saul’s response was extreme, motivated by emotion, and under the influence of spiritual oppression. We see it easily because we’re observing from outside the situation. It’s never easy to see it, or admit it, when we’re part of the conflict, but we really, really need to.

So, how well do you deal with conflict?

• Check your own heart first. (Matthew 7:3-5)
• Don’t run away or avoid the situation; go to the person to seek reconciliation. (Matthew 18:15-19)
• Be quick to listen (trying to hear their perspective not just to work your response) and slow to anger. (James1:19-20)
• Make peace whenever possible and don’t seek revenge. (Romans 12:18-21)
• Forgive them. (Mark 11:25)
• Forgive them. (Ephesians4:31-32)
• Forgive them. (Colossians 3:13)

02/09/2026

When they arrived, Samuel took one look at Eliab and thought, “Surely this is the Lord’s anointed!” But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The Lord doesn’t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:6-7)

We’ve all heard the saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover” but it’s not as simple as that, is it? We do, actually, make a stack of decisions about people and things based on what we see on the outside because that’s really all we’ve got to go on.

In fact, when we look at someone, we don’t really see them, we see the colours of light bouncing off them. That’s the way our bodies have been designed to work. Our eyes perceive light. So, we have no way of knowing what a person is really like until we’ve spent sufficient time with them; we need to gather many experiences of them in order to know them.

Not so with God.

He created us, so He knows us intimately from that process. But more than that, God is not limited in how he sees; He’s not bound by the same laws of physics that He created. God sees into the heart.

When the Bible refers to our heart it’s not just referring to our emotions, it’s talking about our inner selves. It includes our thought life, our emotional self, our personality, even our hopes, dreams and worldview. He sees and understands us not because He looks into the future to see what were going to do on the outside, but because He sees into the real us. Entirely. Completely. Better than we see ourselves.

So, for those scared of intimacy, don’t run! This is a good thing! We all have a desire to be loved, accepted, included (even us introverts!)

There is no purer form of love than when someone knows all our secrets, not just the mask we present to the world, and chooses to love us anyway. There’s no purer form of acceptance than when someone knows all the thoughts and feelings we’ve had against them and still chooses to accept us anyway. There’s no purer form of inclusion than when we’re embraced by someone who really, truly knows us.

Don’t get me wrong, God doesn’t like everything He sees in us, which is why He transforms us at salvation and renews us every day, calling us to become like Him. But There’s nothing in us, nothing we could do, nothing about us that annoys Him so much that He doesn’t want relationship with us.

God knows us completely… and He loves us anyway.

27/08/2026

“What is more pleasing to the Lord: your burnt offerings and sacrifices or your obedience to his voice? Listen! Obedience is better than sacrifice, and submission is better than offering the fat of rams. Rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft, and stubbornness as bad as worshiping idols. So because you have rejected the command of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.” (1 Samuel 15:22-23)

These are the words Samuel spoke to King Saul. We see in the pages of 1 Samuel the fight in people’s hearts with the issue of obedience; they were called by God to trust and obey Him and in return He’d provide for them and protect them. “I will be your God, and you will be my people.” The people had a king, but they wanted a different king.

That is compelling proof that the story of Adam and Eve is true. The heart of sin is that we don’t trust God and don’t want to obey Him.

The very thing that the people said they wanted a king for was to go before them to defeat their enemies- something that God was already doing for them. No, the real issue they had with God can be traced all the way back to the Garden of Eden. Satan told Adam and Eve they shouldn’t trust God, that He was holding out on them, and that He couldn’t follow through on the consequence of sin, which is death.

We struggle with the same issue; we find it hard to trust God and we don’t want to do what He says. Samuel’s words give us insight into what we need to do.

God doesn’t want burnt offerings from us; He wants us to trust Him. Other religions make sacrifices to make angry gods be nice. Not so with God. He wants us to obey His voice because we trust His heart for us. He was already saving Israel from their enemies; wouldn’t it have been nice if they were able see His goodness and trust that His commands were also for their good? The same applies to us. If we’re able to have our eyes open to see what God has already done for His people we’ll find many good reasons to trust that He’s not holding out on us; it’ll be easier to want to obey His commands.

Rebellion is choosing the wrong king. We already have a king who created the world and everything in it. We belong to Him. So, we need to look closely at ourselves to see if there are ways we’re fooling ourselves into thinking we’re independent of God. If there are ways we think that we don’t need God, then that’s a sign that we’re substituting a different king. If there are any parts of life that we’re holding back, as if it’s ours and not God’s, then we’re substituting a different king.

God has repeatedly demonstrated His generosity, protection, provision and love. He held nothing back when Jesus died on the cross. We have many good reasons to trust and obey.

19/08/2026

Meanwhile, Saul stayed at Gilgal, and his men were trembling with fear. Saul waited there seven days for Samuel, as Samuel had instructed him earlier, but Samuel still didn’t come. Saul realized that his troops were rapidly slipping away. So, he demanded, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings!” And Saul sacrificed the burnt offering himself. Just as Saul was finishing with the burnt offering, Samuel arrived. Saul went out to meet and welcome him, but Samuel said, “What is this you have done?” Saul replied, “I saw my men scattering from me, and you didn’t arrive when you said you would, and the Philistines are at Micmash ready for battle. So, I said, ‘The Philistines are ready to march against us at Gilgal, and I haven’t even asked for the Lord’s help!’ So, I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering myself before you came.” “How foolish!” Samuel exclaimed. “You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you. (1 Samuel 13:7-13)

It is hard to hold your nerve when things are tense. That was the situation Saul was faced with at Gilgal. He’d been told that God would come through and to wait for Samuel to show up but Samuel was late, the people were scared and Saul was the one they looked to for leadership.

Why was what Saul did the wrong thing to do?

He followed instructions. There was a timeline in place and people depending on him. Isn’t it Samuel who let the side down? He arrived late, seemingly just after Saul had pulled the trigger. Was this a test?

It was a question of faith.

Faith is like a muscle that, when it’s exercised correctly, gets stronger. A lesson learned from body builders is that they make their muscles bigger by pushing them just past the point of failure, they push through the pain to go for the gain. Allowing the fibres of the muscle to be torn apart, but not broken, triggers the body to repair the damage. As an added measure the body adds more fibres so it can better withstand the strain next time- making the muscle grow bigger.

Faith is like that.

How many times have we been in situations where we’ve trusted God for as long as we can, but it feels like He leaves it to the last minute- or even two or three minutes too late! These are the times we need to hold our nerve.

If we’re able to sit tight in these moments our faith will become stronger. It helps to reflect on previous times we’ve trusted Him- “Well God’s way was right then so I’ll trust it again today.” Obedience to God requires trust and self-control. Each time, we might have our faith pushed a little further than the last, but that’s how the faith muscle grows stronger!

12/08/2026

‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians. You know how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me. And you will be my kingdom of priests, my holy nation.’ This is the message you must give to the people of Israel.” (Exodus 19:4-6)

You wouldn’t think it could be so hard. Having seen the power of God, who brought plagues on Egypt, Israel had seen how rebellion against God played out. They’d stood on the shores of the Red Sea and watched Pharoah’s armies swallowed up and destroyed as they pursued them. The nation that had held them as slaves for generations was no match for the authority of God.

You wouldn’t think they would doubt the goodness of God. He’d guided them through the desert, provided food and water for them daily until they finally arrived in the land God was giving them. God had defeated their enemies again. All they had to do was trust Him and do what He told them to do, and the walls of Jericho came tumbling down in front of them.

What God expected from them was not that hard. Obedience and faithfulness to His covenant. He said it plainly. “I will be your God, and you will be my people.” In return they would be God’s delight, His own special treasure, loved, protected and provided for. Why would they turn their backs on that?

And yet they did. They demanded a different king, “like all the other nations”. They rejected God’s rule and wanted to rule themselves.

But we’re no different. We find it hard to want God. We find it hard to obey God. We find it hard to trust God.

As we continue working our way through 1 Samuel this Sunday, we’ll see a people who rejected God’s rule because they wanted to do things their own way. The problem is that human rejection of God’s rule has absolutely no effect on His sovereignty. God remains God whether we acknowledge Him or not. God remains faithful whether we trust Him or not. God’s authority is unchanged by our decision to disobey Him, because making that decision is above our pay grade. We are His creations.

The incredible grace of God calls us to surrender the fight. Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” (Matt 11:28) The process of coming to Jesus is one of surrender; allowing Him to take from you the things that you shouldn’t be carrying because they’re above your paygrade. Things that only became yours because you didn’t want Him to be in charge.

Why would you not want that?

05/08/2026

“What is all the noise about?” Eli asked. The messenger rushed over to Eli, who was ninety-eight years old and blind. He said to Eli, “I have just come from the battlefield—I was there this very day.”
“What happened, my son?” Eli demanded.
“Israel has been defeated by the Philistines,” the messenger replied. “The people have been slaughtered, and your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were also killed. And the Ark of God has been captured.” (1 Samuel 4:14-17)

We’re continuing our look at 1 Samuel this week and events take a very dramatic turn. Israel did battle with the Philistines (now modern Palestine) and were defeated badly- even losing the Ark of The Covenant which represented God’s presence with His people! Why would God allow this? How could the great Yahweh allow the most holy tangible representation of His presence with Israel to fall into enemy hands? And what does it teach us about our relationship with God today?

Israel had already suffered defeat to the Philistines, so they decided to call in the big guns. They sent for the Ark of God to be brought to the battle because they knew that no one could defeat God! They’d seen Him defeat Pharoah’s armies. The problem is that they didn’t ask God if that was the right thing to do. They decided that bringing the Ark of God into the fight would make them victorious and reverse the embarrassment of their previous loss.

God doesn’t work that way though. He will not be manipulated or treated like some magic genie. He is God and we are not. Bringing the Ark to the fight gave the appearance that Israel was trusting in God to win the battle for them, but that was something Israel had decided God should do for them; they didn’t even ask God how He wanted to deal with the situation.

That same attitude can be seen today when we get indignant at God for not helping us. Why isn’t God fixing the situation for us? We’re good people, we’re His people! He should step in and save us. The problem is that we forget to stop and seek Him first. We launch ourselves into action and expect God to have our backs regardless. Israel tried to force God’s hand and we should learn from how that turned out for them.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.
Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take. (Proverbs 3:5-6)

30/07/2026

And the GREAT MotorFest Event is on again this Father's Day!! Drivers, owners and vehicles from the Perth MotorPlex as well as some local ones. A fabulous family day for the whole community. Invite your friends for a super interesting day out. Free BBQ lunch, cool drinks, ice-cream and tea and coffee for all! COma along and celebrate the men in our community!

29/07/2026

And to prove that what I have said will come true, I will cause your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, to die on the same day! “Then I will raise up a faithful priest who will serve me and do what I desire. I will establish his family, and they will be priests to my anointed kings forever. (1 Samuel 2:34-35)

We see being played out in the world political arena a competition between right and wrong. The problem is that it’s become hard to tell which is which! Who’s telling the truth? How much of the truth are they telling us? How do we know that it’s the truth?

The only way we have to discern what’s in someone’s heart is by looking at the fruit of how they live. People can say anything that’s convenient, but rarely will they make choices that go against what’s actually in their heart.

Today’s passage is part of the pronouncement of judgement by God on a family of priests who claimed to speak for God. They claimed to represent God to the people. They claimed to have His authority. But the way they lived revealed the corruption in their hearts. This was not just the occasional mistake; this was a pattern of selfishness and abuse of power. As someone living on the inside of pastoral ministry in the church, this sickens me.

A true priest, or shepherd, demonstrates the same character as Jesus. They will make mistakes (I certainly do) but these mistakes cannot be the normal pattern of their life, because the people they’re ministering to are the bride of Christ.

I promise you that if someone threatened to hurt my wife, they would not be on their feet for long. Nor would I tolerate someone disrespecting her. She is my bride whom I love and have promised to protect with my life. Knowing that I’m ministering to the bride of Christ raises the bar for me to have the same respect. Again, I have and will make mistakes in this area, but my desire is to seek what’s good for His church.

Hophni and Phinehas did not. Their lack of respect for God came out in the way they treated God’s people. And it did not go well for them.

I’m both grateful, as part of the ‘Bride of Christ’ myself and as a pastor in the church, that God did what He said He would do. In Jesus we see the good shepherd, the great high priest, the perfect example of how to live right. Jesus revealed the heart of God and spoke with true authority on the Father’s behalf because He spoke from His own heart. What was in His heart is the same as God’s heart. He was, and still is, the faithful priest who is right now ministering on your behalf.

Not everyone who claims to speak for God actually does, but Jesus definitely did. Listen to Him.

22/07/2026

Then Hannah prayed:
“My heart rejoices in the Lord! The Lord has made me strong. Now I have an answer for my enemies; I rejoice because you rescued me.
No one is holy like the Lord! There is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God. (1 Samuel 2:1-2)

This week we commence a preaching series on the book of 1 Samuel. It’s about a time in Israel’s history before they had a king; they were overseen by judges who were there to ensure things functioned in line with God’s ethics. But have you ever noticed that people don’t seem to do a great job of thinking and living the way God wants?

Life throws many things at us, and I know I find it easy to justify doing things my own way by telling myself, “Yeah, but look at what I’m dealing with!”

Hannah had serious grief to deal with. She desperately wanted a child but couldn’t have one. I know some of you have had, perhaps still are, to face this. I don’t want to diminish what that is like in any way; I don’t believe God does either. Many of us are carrying a huge burden of grief because life is extremely unfair. But I do want to look at the way Hannah dealt with hers.

It seems that Hannah’s faith in the goodness of God was strong. She trusted the character of God, knowing that He described Himself as the God of compassion and mercy, slow to anger, filled with unfailing love and faithfulness. (Ex 34:6-7) It’s really hard to keep believing that when the voice in your head is shouting about how unfair your situation is. Hannah was in deep anguish and crying bitterly as she prayed to the Lord. Her pain was big, so she took it to the only one she knew could do something about it.

Eventually Hannah got to pray the words we started with. Eventually her heart got to rejoice. Eventually she had proof that her faith in God’s goodness was not foolishness and that must have really helped to rebuke the voice of accusation in her head. Hannah’s testimony was that there is no rock like her God. She had known the weight of the grief she was holding but she had also known that it wasn’t proof that God is not who He claims to be. Knowing God is what had helped her through it.

This is not just a story to make us feel better. This is a real person’s testimony about their experience of God. I know from personal experience that God is still who He was to Hannah- He is that to me too. There is no rock like our God.

My prayer is that we all get better at showing God’s heart to people in their need.

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