Join Riverside as we look at the three parables involving things that were lost and find that we have a God that loves to come searching and rejoices when he finds, not a sheep or a coin, but us.

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What does it mean to give? What a huge question. Today Darren looks far beyond money but to the state of our hearts. How much we give is directly related to how much we trust.

Darren concludes his mini-series on thorns and unpacks how a thorn free heart is the best way to a healthy relational life. It must however be handed over to the master gardener.

Want to get closer to God? Want to relate better to others around you? Want to be fruitful? You've got to do some gardening, you've got to get rid of the thorns in your heart!

Join the church at Riverside as we conclude our series on Assurance. Today we continue in Hebrews 6, a chapter full of vivid imagery and helpful metaphor. We find that assurance can be gained when we have an anchor to hold onto and a promise to believe in. I pray that you will all be blessed by today's message.

Whilst our work, service and love for our Christian brothers and sisters plays no role in our salvation, they do play a huge role in our assurance. Hebrews 6 makes it clear that knowing and fulfilling our Kingdom purpose to serve the church is a clear pathway to the full assurance that we belong to Jesus and Jesus belongs to us forever.

Faith is believing that Jesus is the 'Good Shepherd', assurance is knowing that you are one of his sheep! Join us on a journey into the full and blessed assurance that Father God wants each of us to experience right here, right now.

Bless all of you today as you learn that whatever happens in life God has promised to be with you, and help you recover to face a new day.

The disciples were left in no doubt by Jesus that they had been chosen for a purpose. He called them to be 'fishers of men' when he first met them, and then taught in many different ways that they were meant to be fruitful. Jesus wanted his followers to be left in no doubt that he expected them to impact the world.