Rachel de Bruyn continues "The Beatitudes — The Eight Doors of the Kingdom", exploring Matthew 5:5 and the invitation to live with meekness — making life more about God and His will than about ourselves. Continuing this year’s theme of “Your Kingdom Come, Your Will Be Done,” Rachel explores how the door of meekness only makes sense within the frame of God’s Kingdom, inviting us to surrender our own way, trust His purposes and live under His good direction.

Mark Boersma continues The Beatitudes — The Eight Doors of the Kingdom, exploring Matthew 5:4 and Jesus’ promise that those who mourn will be comforted. To be comforted is to be called near by God.

Ps Louisa de Bruyn explores The Beatitudes — The Eight Doors of the Kingdom from Matthew 5:1–2, showing how these attitudes become doorways into the Kingdom of God and windows into the heart of Jesus. Discover the difference between worry and constructive concern, and how surrendering our “what ifs” to God leads to peace, trust and transformation as we learn to rest close to the heartbeat of Jesus.

Ps Taylor Forward shares an update from the Dare 2 Drift mission, as his family of six lives in a small trailer, travelling to a new location each week to share the gospel and bring the message of an exciting life with Jesus to schools across Australia. Ps Taylor explores the cost of following God—laying down our own desires, embracing sacrifice and surrendering to His plans and purposes. Drawing from Numbers, he reflects on being set apart for God, recognising that each person has a specific task and responsibility to carry. As the Levites belonged to God and found their inheritance in Him, we are reminded that following God means trusting Him as our portion, embracing our calling and allowing Him to place His name upon us. Through surrender and obedience, we discover His blessing, presence and peace.

James Brandsma continues our 7 Invitations from Revelation series, exploring Jesus’ letter to the church in Laodicea (Revelation 3:14–22) and what it means to recognise our need for Him when wealth, self-sufficiency and comfort can leave us spiritually blind, helpless and burdened by guilt and shame. Jesus invites us to set our highest love on God, receive His counsel and refining work, and open the door to His gracious and forgiving love, with the promise of sharing in His victory and sitting with Him on His throne.

Zac Streefland continues our '7 Invitations from Revelation' series, exploring Revelation 3:7–13 through Jesus’ words of affirmation, correction and promise. We’re reminded that Jesus sees us, loves us and values our character and intentions over performance, while His correction comes because He cares and invites us to lean further into Him. As we overcome with God, we can hold onto His promises and live from the assurance of what He has prepared for us, using listening prayer to hear His voice and remind ourselves of who we are in Him.

Asher Sutherland continues our 7 Invitations from Revelation series, exploring Revelation 3:1–6 and Jesus’ call to the church in Sardis to wake up. We are invited to pray, “Your Kingdom come, Your will be done,” die to self, and be strengthened through time in God’s Word, prayer and listening to Him, allowing the life-giving Holy Spirit to awaken and infuse us with new life.

Ps Louisa de Bruyn continues our *7 Invitations from Revelation* series, exploring Revelation 2:18–29 and reminding us that Revelation is a picture book revealing Jesus. As Emmanuel—God with us—and through the Holy Spirit who dwells within us, Jesus invites us to lay down every idol that competes for our hearts, seek His perspective above our own, and allow His eyes of refining fire to purify us as we become more like Him.