LIFE
By LIFE
We are a church where people are our priority. Through our four major focuses: Church, Community, Business and Kingdom, we are on purpose to impact and change generations with the reality of Jesus. With Sunday services and mid-week local gatherings throughout Auckland (NZ), Tauranga (NZ), Adelaide (AUS) and Melbourne (AUS), we know you'll find a home at LIFE
LIFENov 12, 2023
Purpose Built • Ps James Hannah • LIFE South
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps James Hannah (LIFE North Campus Pastor), as we explore the life of purpose we were created for.
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Growing up, Not Growing Old • Ps Ollie Nelson • LIFE West
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Ollie Nelson (LIFE West Campus Pastor). In this message Ps Ollie describes the difference between just growing old, and growing up. Maturity and growth is the ultimate sign that you're on the journey of becoming more like The One.
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Confidence in the One • Ps Tashinga Chanyau • LIFE North
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Tashinga Chanyau (LIFE South Campus Pastor). In this message, Ps Scott explores the deep confidence in life we find in knowing and becoming like Christ, and the power of His Word in providing a bridge to know Him.
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How to Produce Fruit • Ps Logan Stewart • Tauranga
A powerful message of hope from Ps Logan Stewart (LIFE Tauranga Campus Pastor), as we explore the theme of how to produce fruit by staying connected to the vine by remaining in Jesus.
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Confidence in Christ • Ps Scott Thornton • Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Scott Thornton (Lead Pastor). In this message Ps Scott explores the deep confidence in life we find in knowing and becoming like Christ, and the power of His Word in providing a bridge to know Him.
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Pentecost Sunday • Ps Luke de Jong • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from from Ps Luke de Jong on Pentecost Sunday. The dwelling of the Holy Spirit is not just an event that we read about, but it's a reality that we can experience in our daily lives.
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Mother's Day: Who I am and Whose I am • Ps Melissa de Jong & Guests • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Melissa de Jong (Senior Pastor) and guests Ps Erin Manners (LIFE Central Campus Pastor), Ps Maree de Jong (Founding Pastor) and Ps Jo Chanyau (LIFE South Campus Pastor). Throughout this message, they talk about the different pathways they took whilst seeking their identity, and how they all ended up at the same place: Jesus.
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Common Cents: Common Questions on the Pathway to Financial Freedom • Ps Paul de Jong and Ps Luke de Jong • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from from Ps Paul de Jong (Founding Pastor) and Ps Luke de Jong (Senior Pastor) as they bring our 'Common Cents: A Pathway to Financial Freedom' series to a close. In this message, Ps Paul and Ps Luke answer some of the most commonly asked questions around the topics of stewarding our money, giving and honouring God through our finances.
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Common Cents: Freedom's Foundation • Ps Luke de Jong • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from from Ps Luke de Jong (Senior Pastor), as we continue our 'Common Cents' series. In this message, we'll explore the different approaches we can have to money—whether it's serving us or we're serving it—and what it looks like to honour God first within our lives and within our finances.
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Common Cents: Creating a Financial Freedom Pathway • Ps Paul de Jong • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Paul de Jong (Founding Pastor) as he opens our new series: Common Cents. Ps Paul shows us how to discover and walk in the pathway of financial freedom that God has in store for us, through stewarding, seeding, saving and spending.
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Christ-Centred Wisdom • Joel Holm • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from guest speaker Joel Holm. In this message, Joel encourages us to ask God for His wisdom, pray that He'd guide us and, in turn, discover more of who He is and what He has for those around us as we operate out of His wisdom.
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Child-Like Faith • Ps Erin Manners • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Erin Manners (LIFE Central Campus Pastor) as she encourages to practice gratitude in life. When we place our focus on the positive things in life, joy and peace can become our portion!
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Do the Work • Ps Tashinga Chanyau • LIFE South
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Tashinga Chanyau (LIFE South Campus Pastor).
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Disciple-SHIFT • Ps James Hannah • LIFE North
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps James Hannah (LIFE North Campus Pastor).
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From Yes to Blessed • Ps Luke de Jong • LIFE Tauranga
Listen to a powerful message of hope from our Senior Pastor, Ps Luke de Jong.
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Easter Sunday • Ps Scott Thornton • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Scott Thornton (Executive Pastor) as we gather to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus, and the life He's paved for us.
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The Old has Gone, the New is Here! • Ps James Hannah • LIFE North
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps James Hannah (LIFE North Campus Pastor) as we gather to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus, and the life He's paved for us.
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Out With The Old, In With The New • Ps Tashinga Chanyau • LIFE South
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Tashinga Chanyau (LIFE South Campus Pastor) as we gather to celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus, and the life He's paved for us.
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Loose the Colt • Dr Michael Maiden • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from guest speaker, Dr Michael Maiden (Senior Pastor of Church for the Nations). In this message, Dr Michael encourages us to chase the will of God, boldly asking Him to remove that which would hinder us and stepping into His plans for us as individuals and as the Church.
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Living a Godly Life • Ps Logan Stewart • LIFE Tauranga
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Logan Stewart (LIFE Tauranga Campus Pastor). In this message, Ps Logan reminds that sharing Jesus with others starts with us modelling a Godly lifestyle.
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Fruitful or Fruitless • Ps Tashinga Chanyau • LIFE South
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Tashinga Chanyau (LIFE South Campus Pastor). Are we producing fruit of the Holy Spirit, or are we staying the same from season to season?
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Hearing in the Silence • Ps Alex Seeley • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from guest speaker, Ps Alex Seeley (Co-Lead Pastor of The Belonging Co). In this message, Ps Alex Seeley challenges us to be steadfast throughout seasons where God feels silent. She encourages us to trust that God is always with us, even when it feels like He's not speaking to us.
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Staying en Route • Ps Ollie Nelson • LIFE West
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Ollie Nelson (LIFE West Campus Pastor) + guests, all about staying on course. In a world full of distractions, it's easy to go off course and get lost in the multitude of things constantly vying for our attention. Ps Ollie encourages us to keep focused on Jesus, the one thing that truly matters in this journey.
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Fishing for Miracles • Priscilla Shirer • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from guest speaker, Priscilla Shirer. In this message, Priscilla Shirer encourages us to continue to trust God, knowing that He has miracles waiting if we would choose to participate in His plans and obey what He asks us to do.
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Give up, Take up, Turn up • Ps Luke de Jong • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Senior Pastor, Ps Luke de Jong. In this message, Ps Luke encourages us as we focus on the call, and the cost to follow Christ. Living on call for Christ is a daily commitment that involves us taking up our own cross.
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God's Heart for the One • Ps Dino Rizzo • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from guest speaker, Ps Dino Rizzo, Executive Director of ARC (Association of Related Churches). In this message, Ps Dino encourages to view 'the one' from God's perspective and the great love and grace He demonstrates towards us.
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Authentic Community (Mission Sunday) • Ps Logan Stewart • LIFE Tauranga
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Logan Stewart (LIFE Tauranga Campus Pastor) on Mission Sunday. This is an opportunity to dig deeper into the mission God has called us to as individuals, in our Campuses, and within the local area and community we are in.
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Mission Sunday • Ps Tashinga Chanyau • LIFE South
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Tashinga Chanyau (LIFE South Campus Pastor) on Mission Sunday. This is an opportunity to dig deeper into the mission God has called us to as individuals, in our Campuses, and within the local area and community we are in.
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Mission Sunday • Ps Ollie Nelson • LIFE West
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Ollie Nelson (LIFE West Campus Pastor) on Mission Sunday. This is an opportunity to dig deeper into the mission God has called us to as individuals, in our Campuses, and within the local area and community we are in.
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Mission Sunday • Ps Erin Manners • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Erin Manners (LIFE Central Campus Pastor) on Mission Sunday. This is an opportunity to dig deeper into the mission God has called us to as individuals, in our Campuses, and within the local area and community we are in.
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Mission Sunday • Ps James Hannah • LIFE North
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps James Hannah (LIFE North Campus Pastor) on Mission Sunday. This is an opportunity to dig deeper into the mission God has called us to as individuals, in our Campuses, and within the local area and community we are in.
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Empower Sunday: The One • Ps Luke de Jong • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Luke de Jong (Senior Pastor) as he shares our message for Empower Sunday. Ps Luke encourages us to focus on The One (Jesus) as we seek out the one that Jesus has called us to disciple and share The One with.
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Who God Anoints, He Empowers • Ps Paul de Jong • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Paul de Jong (Founding Pastor) from our Commissioning Sunday. Each year our Anointing Service is significant, as we collectively join together and ask God to empower us for the year ahead, praying that He would continue to guide us.
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Taking New Ground • Ps Steve Kelly • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Steve Kelly (Senior Pastor of Wave Church) on choosing to boldly trust God for the miraculous and expansion. As we draw near to the end of another year and look to a new one, Ps Steve encourages us to trust God afresh to lead us into new territory, knowing with full confidence that God is able to do what seems impossible to us.
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Foundations Form Futures: Part Two • Ps Paul de Jong • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from our Founding Pastor, Ps Paul de Jong, as he continues his message on foundations.
Building our lives upon solid ground requires intentionality, and an ongoing dependance on who He is. As we commit to drawing closer to Him each day and following in His ways, we are able to build our lives upon things that won't be shaken through the seasons of life. Longevity in our faith, and ultimately in our purpose, starts when we choose to follow Him each day.
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Join Me as I Follow Christ • Ps Tashinga Chanyau • LIFE South
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Tashinga Chanyau, our LIFE South Campus Pastor. Ps Tashinga explores the life of a disciple, modelling who Christ is to others and bringing them along the journey of becoming more like Him.
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Goals of a Jesus Follower • Ps Logan Stewart • LIFE Tauranga
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Logan Stewart, our LIFE Tauranga Campus Pastor. In this message Ps Logan explores the goals of being a Jesus follower, as we commit to the life of a disciple, becoming more like Christ every day.
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Creating Margin for Lifelong Purpose • Ps Scott Thornton • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Scott Thornton, Executive Pastor, on having margin in life.
Do you find yourself feeling too stretched, too tired or too busy? Even if we have space in our calendars, we can all too easily find ourselves without the emotional energy or ability to focus each day. Ps Scott reminds us that without margin in our lives, we struggle to live intentionally, but when we choose to make margin in our lives, we create space to hear God more clearly and live more purposefully. Who knows, maybe someone else's miracle is waiting when you create the margin and are lead by the Holy Spirit.
The Blueprint to Our Faith • Ps Ollie Nelson • LIFE West
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Ollie Nelson, our LIFE West Campus Pastor. Ps Ollie explores Acts 2, the first picture we see of the model of the early church, and extracts the Godly principles of discipleship that our faith is founded on.
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Motion or Devotion • Ps Luke de Jong • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from our Senior Pastor, Ps Luke de Jong as he provides us with a reminder that the Great Commission—go into all of the world and make disciples—isn't just 'corporate' task, but something we each much discover and carry a personal conviction of.
Practice Makes Progress • Ps James Murray • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps James Murray, Lead Pastor of Glow Church Sydney. We live in a world of instant results but our walk with God is the opposite - our faith is instead grown by making the habit of constantly engaging in spiritual practices. Ps James challenges us about how consistently we're engaging in spiritual practices.
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Foundations Form Futures: Part One • Ps Paul de Jong • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from our Founding Pastor, Ps Paul de Jong. In this message, Ps Paul provides us with an opportunity to examine where our foundations are in life, and what we are choosing to build our lives on top of. By choosing the correct foundations, we are able to weather the different storms and seasons that come our way, with a personal conviction that lasts a lifetime. _ To find out more about LIFE, visit us at lifenz.org
God’s Word: You Are Here • Ps Ben Mays • LIFE North
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Ben Mays (LIFE Leadership College Teaching Pastor) as he encourages us to activate the word of God to light our path and orient us as we journey through life.
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Our Values • Ps Logan Stewart • LIFE Tauranga
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Logan Stewart (LIFE Tauranga Campus Pastor) as he explores the 4 core values that we hold at LIFE, and the significance of building all that we do from these 4 things.
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Start With God • Ps Scott Thornton • LIFE South
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Scott Thornton (Executive Pastor). In a busy world, we must make the decision of where we want to base ourselves from - how do we want to start our days, the decisions we make and the conflicts we face. Ps Scott encourages us to start with God, and let that be the foundations of our lives.
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Trust Me • Ps Ollie Nelson • LIFE West
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Ollie Nelson (West Campus Pastor). Trust can either become a stabiliser in your life in the midst of chaos and confusion, or it can become the wrecking ball that takes out the foundation of our life. Ps Ollie asks the question: where is your trust found? In circumstances, people, or things we can buy? Or is your trust centred on God?
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God's Word: How the Bible Guides Us • Ps Luke de Jong • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Luke de Jong (Senior Pastor). In this message, Ps Luke unpacks how the Bible helps us in understand the role we have in God's story and the gift we have in the Bible to guide us.
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Leaning on God's Word • Ps Tashinga Chanyau • LIFE South
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Tashinga Chanyau, Campus Pastor for LIFE South, as he reminds us the importance of God's Word, providing a solid ground for us to stand as we move through each season of life.
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Follow the Light • Ps James Hannah • LIFE North
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps James Hannah, Campus Pastor for LIFE North, as he shares a timely reminder to keep following the light and way that God has for us. Through changing seasons, challenges, and all the highs and lows we go through in life, we can find guidance, comfort and support through God.
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Finding God in the Bible • Ps Ben Mays • LIFE Central
Listen to a powerful message of hope from Ps Ben Mays, Teaching Pastor at LIFE Leadership College. In this message, Ps Ben explores the importance of the bible, breaks down 10 things we can do to help us regularly read and engage with the Bible, and ultimately, how we can see and hear God speaking through it.
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