Peria AOG Church Matamata

15/12/2025

23/11/2025

What a great message Pastor Richard O'Dea from Reach Assembly of God, Te Awamutu brought to us today. We are so very blessed even without a permanent Pastor to have the Holy Spirit lavish us with His Love, assuring us that God is in control during this time of transition, I want all to know what a MIGHTY God we serve 🙏

09/11/2025

Today's sermon brought by Pastor Moses, ex fire walker from Fiji who spoke on the full Amour of God, Ephesians 6:14-20. A big one emphasized for me (Lawrence, the Elder) is verse 17 which is putting on the helmet of salvation, which protects my mind from the enemies tricks. As a born again believer i have a dark past that Satan tries speaking into my mind, lies, deception and strategies which applying this part protects me from, and the sword of the spirit which is the only offensive part of the Armour being God's Word, which tells me the truth and states that "I am more than conquerours through Him who loved us" Romans 8:37, "that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me", Philippians 4:13. Thank you Pastor Moses and his Wife Merci for being obedient to our Father and bringing this message today.

02/11/2025

We had a great service today, Sunday the 2nd of October, with Dennis McLeod from "Christian Friends of Israel NZ" ministering to us.

16/08/2025

13/08/2025

This most famous painting in history by Vincent van Gogh called Starry Night, was one of 21 surviving versions and all painted from his window at San Remy mental asylum, which he was committed too in the latter years of his life. He never selected this as his favorite or even the final version of the painting, but this particular version stood the test of time. Why? Because this painting had a unique story of the character of God. Van Gogh famously in all his works would use this particular yellow to represent "The Eternal". So he uses this color to paint all the stars, the Moon, the Cosmos and the light thats illuminating every home. The very God that we can glimpse in the Stars, Moon and Cosmos can be seen looking into the face of another human being....except "The Curch". Van Gogh was a massive advocate for finding God in people, particularly in the poor, and a massive critic of the church of his day. He painted this version of the painting to say, "I see God everywhere I look except the place where they tell me he can be found. That's why this version stood the test of time because its not just a painting, its a painting that tells a unique story about God, who He is, and where we can find Him.