We were incredibly blessed in March to have a group come from Upperroom for two weeks! In the first week some of our team went with them down to Sanctuary Church in Melbourne for a conference. Then in the second week (7-10th of March) we held a conference weekend at our Zion base.

This message is from Saturday morning.

That's weird, could be God, probably is

One of the biggest things that stops us from receiving God is offence

Blessed are those who are not offended by God

Luke 7:36

This story is the shift from religion to relationship.

Religion can look good, yet it doesn't get you closer to God.

It's not about lip-service it's about your heart.

Religion steels you from My feet, it steels you from My heart.

Luke 24:5

Why do you seek the living among the dead.

This is religion

Ps 51:16 - For You will not delight in sacrifice, You will not be pleased with a burnt offering, the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart O God You will not despise.

Be 100% you in His presence, no mask, no performance.

Worship is a life laid down at His feet

It's all from the oil we get when we sit at His feet.

Revival is tears and intimacy.

It starts with knowing Him.

It starts with Him healing our pain and trauma.

Mark 2:18

This new wine is intimacy with Him

Song of Songs 2:1 Your love is better than wine.

We were incredibly blessed in March to have a group come from Upperroom for two weeks! In the first week some of our team went with them down to Sanctuary Church in Melbourne for a conference. Then in the second week (7-10th of March) we held a conference weekend at our Zion base.

This message is from the Friday night.

Don't let it be said that we were in the presence of God but we missed Him.

There's something about desperation, there's something about man forsaking his reputation that you look upon it and say that's faith.

We want You Lord.

Teach us to dig a well for You, to built our house on the rock.

Luke 24:13, just moments after Jesus was risen from the dead.

They walked with God yet they had no idea of who He was

And we do this in our lives, we miss God in ministry or the business of our lives.

He moves where He wishes, but stays where He's wanted.

We can love the things of God, more than God Himself.

Let's be people that seek His FACE, for it far outshines His Hand.

Make us a people that we desperate for Your face.

Your original design was to walk with God.

DESIRE

John 17:24 - Father I DESIRE that they may be with Me and behold My glory

Religion is anything of God, void of the presence of God.

The one who gets the miracle is the one who is desperate, and they find themselves dwelling with God.

You can't see Him until you receive Him.

It's God's job to keep us burning.

First Love is His love for us!

Mark us with desire for You

We were incredibly blessed in March to have a group come from Upperroom for two weeks! In the first week some of our team went with them down to Sanctuary Church in Melbourne for a conference. Then in the second week (7-10th of March) we held a conference weekend at our Zion base.

This message is from the Thursday night.

Josiah started with the story of God telling the Israelites to seek out the dwelling place He had chosen when they were coming into the promised land.

Deuteronomy 12:5 'but you should seek the place where the Lord your God chooses out of all your tribes to put His name for His dwelling place'

It wasn't until David 400 years later that Zion (originally called Jebus) was conquered from the Jebusites, and made the centrepiece of the city of David.

Jebus means threshing floor/place

This represents God's judgement

When we go to His place of judgement, it comes the place we teach peace from.

Us knowing Jesus as judge, is for Him to pour out his love on us.

God's judgement is 3-fold

To stop that what which would hinder us receiving His love, giving it back to Him and loving each other.

Be encouraged to keep God on the judgement seat of your heart to be liberated in His love.

This week we had the delight of hearing Les Sherwen share a message on how intimacy with Jesus brings fruitfulness in our lives! Les is not only the father of our pastor Josiah, but also a father in the Zion house.

Les invites us to sit with these two questions…

Have you met Jesus, encountered and experienced Him?

And what are you going to do Him and why?

In John 15 we can see three keys to focus on.

Bearing fruit, obedience and dying to self

Bearing Fruit comes from abiding in Jesus and relationships in church community

Obedience to the Father means keeping and obeying His word

Dying to self is tough and it is something He calls us to do everyday

We must always remember it is God's gracious work towards us

His fruit in us

The Christian journey is not easy, but if we stay attached to the vine

And allow Jesus to be in our lives, allow Him to grow us

He leads us through from this beautiful place of intimacy with Him

This week at Zion we had the pleasure of Fred and Fernanda Barros visit our Sunday Service, and bless us with a powerful message on the importance of living our lives in God's Joy!

Fred and Fernanda are senior leaders in IRIS ministries and lead the IRIS Global School - River of God, in Rio De Janeiro, where they have trained IRIS Ministers from over 54 countries.

In Isiah 65:18 it says 'celebrate and be glad forever'

When God gives us commands us to do something He empowers us to do it

God wants to empower us to live Joyful lives

The church should be full of happy people, not out of human strength but His divine joy

Full of the Joy of the Lord

May you be blessed and filled with God's empowering Joy through this message

This was a special week for Zion marking the milestone of four years as a church!

Praise God

It is vital as we talk about vision we posture our hearts to seek HIS vision, laying our intention and ambitions down at His feet!

Josiah shares how God named this church and led him on a biblical study of the name Zion.

Names are important to God and we encourage you (if you haven’t already) to seek God on the meaning of your name.

We have a look in scripture at how God marked people by naming them and how this names hold vision and calling.

The vision for this house is that we would be a dwelling place for Jesus, people that minister unto His name!

Like David may we be a people of His presence

Continuing on from last week, Josiah shares more of the early days of Zion Church and how God was writing this Story. As we testify of God’s faithfulness may it stir our faith and encourage us to seek His story in our life’s!

As we accommodate for God He will bring the people.

This is a core message and value of this house, that as we exalt and worship Him He draws men to Himself and He breaks chains and strongholds!

As we lift Him high we fall more in love with Him and our hearts become vibrant and liberated.

Let us accommodate for God and come to church to give to the Lord!

What can I give is a Godly perspective, and stirs us to look to Him for our fulfilment and refreshing.

This week we wanted to tell parts of the story of how our church started, a moment to share the story of Zion and testify to God's goodness with the many miracles that have brought us to this point! The heart beat of this week was to inspire our faith, that it is God who is writing our story and it is God who has been writing the story of Zion.

In this podcast, you'll hear a bunch of people share their individual unique stories that God has been writing and how called them all to Zion. We pray that these stories encourage your faith to see that God truly is building His people and His church.