OurChurch Family Gathering

Tune in weekly for the message from our family gathering. At OurChurch we believe that whoever finds God finds life! We are a multi-generational church of intentional small groups with a focus on family and healthy relationships. We pray that as you continue on your spiritual journey you will get to know Jesus in a deep and personal way as the story He has for your life continues to unfold.

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  Why Your Mind Can't Rest at Night | And How to Fix It

  Aug 17, 2026—

  Have you ever laid in bed late at night scrolling your phone, trying to figure out why your mind can't rest? We live in the most comfortable, well-resourced era in human history, yet so many of us wake up anxious, exhausted, and discontent. In this standalone message First Things First, we explore why your racing thoughts aren't a faith failure, but a sign that your mind lacks a fixed place to land. Diving into Isaiah 26:3–4 and the original creation rhythm of Genesis 1, we unpack what it actually means to rest the heavy weight of your thoughts on the Eternal Rock of Jesus Christ. Learn how flipping your daily routine—starting your day in quiet evening rest with God rather than frantic morning panic—can eliminate burnout, restore peace inside your schedule, and give your soul a permanent home. "You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in You." — Isaiah 26:3 Key Takeaways: The Mystery Flight Metaphor: Why a mind without a settled destination circles in anxiety like a plane unable to land. Shalom Shalom: Understanding the deep, structural peace promised in Isaiah 26:3. The Genesis Creation Rhythm: How starting your spiritual day in the evening (rest before activity) transforms your productivity. The Nightly Flight Plan: A practical, 2-minute routine to surrender tomorrow's schedule to God while you sleep. ⏱️ YouTube Chapters: 00:00:00 - Where Does Your Mind Default at Night? 00:01:30 - The Paradox of Modern Anxiety & Phone Scrolling 00:03:26 - Late Night Discontentment: Comparing Lives 00:04:35 - The Mystery Flight Story: Looking for a Place to Land 00:06:25 - Isaiah 26: Finding Rest in the Midst of Crisis 00:08:04 - What "Shalom Shalom" & The Steadfast Mind Really Mean 00:10:44 - Peace is Not the Goal—The Rock is the Goal 00:12:31 - Paul & The New Covenant: Christ as the Eternal Rock 00:14:02 - The Money Trap & The Idol of Financial Security 00:17:34 - The Genesis Rhythm: Evening and Morning 00:19:06 - Creating Your Nightly "Flight Plan" With God 00:21:45 - Two Ways to Wake Up: "Good Morning Lord" vs "Good Lord It's Morning" 00:24:01 - Handling Inevitable Tower Deviations & Interruptions 00:28:10 - The Spinning Wheel of Death: Stopping Overload 00:32:23 - Walking with God in the Cool of the Day 00:37:46 - Closing Prayer: Fixing Your Mind on the Rock Subscribe to our channel for more content related to this video. Hit the like button if you enjoyed this video and share this video with your friends and family. Leave a comment below and let us know what you think. Follow us on our website or socials. We would love to connect with you. Website http://ourchurch.org.au Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ourchurchAU/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ourchurch/

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  How To Live Life To The Fullest (When You're Tired of Trying)

  Aug 9, 2026—

  Are you searching for how to live life to the fullest, but feeling completely exhausted from trying to fix yourself? Culture constantly tells us that living life to the fullest requires taking control, achieving more, and managing our flaws through sheer self-effort. But in the series finale of Old Habits Die Hard, we look at Romans 12:1–2 to discover why self-effort and "I" were never meant to be part of the solution. Looking at the story of the thief on the cross ("The man on the middle cross said I could come") and the illustration of a dirty cup placed under a running tap, we see that real transformation doesn't come from trying to clean up your life before approaching God. It comes as an overflow when you simply place your unwashed, messy life directly under the presence of Jesus. Stop white-knuckling your way through old habits, trade Martha's performance anxiety for Mary's posture at Jesus' feet, and discover what it actually means to step into genuine, inside-out freedom. "A transformed mind is the only habit worth forming." Key Takeaways From This Message: The "I" Trap: Why relying on personal ability to fix spiritual issues always leads to burnout. The Thief on the Cross: Understanding that salvation and sanctification rest entirely on His work, not our merit. Because I Will, Not Must: Shifting our view of worship from an exhausting duty to a natural response to God's mercy. The Dirty Cup Overflow: Why you don't need to clean yourself up before coming under the presence of Jesus. ⏱️ YouTube Chapters: 00:00:00 - Looking in the Mirror & Shining Light on Locked Rooms 00:01:45 - Muscle Memory & The Re-emergence of Old Habits 00:03:16 - Alistair Begg Narrative: Salvation Perspective 00:04:26 - The Thief on the Cross: "The Man on the Middle Cross Said I Could Come" 00:06:13 - Eliminating the "I" in Self-Transformation 00:07:07 - Old Habits Die Hard: 5-Week Series Recap 00:08:41 - Romans 12:1-2: Living in View of God's Mercy 00:09:38 - Because I WILL, Not Because I MUST 00:11:17 - What Does It Mean to Be a Living Sacrifice? 00:12:04 - Mind Renewal: How Real Transformation Works 00:14:43 - The Cup Analogy: Understanding Overflow 00:16:12 - The Dirty Cup: You Don't Clean It Before the Tap 00:17:39 - A Transformed Mind Is the Only Habit Worth Forming 00:18:47 - Mary vs. Martha: Sitting at His Feet Isn't Passive 00:19:15 - Where Are You Still Reaching for the "I"? 00:20:48 - Final Series Commissioning Prayer 00:22:21 - The Challenge: Don't Walk Out the Same Subscribe to our channel for more content related to this video. Hit the like button if you enjoyed this video and share this video with your friends and family. Leave a comment below and let us know what you think. Follow us on our website or socials. We would love to connect with you. Website http://ourchurch.org.au Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ourchurchAU/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ourchurch/

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  How to Stop Falling Back Into Old Habits

  Aug 3, 2026—

  Ever wonder why you keep asking how to stop falling back into old habits, even after you’ve promised yourself you’re done for good? We’ve all experienced it. You make progress, stay disciplined for a while, and then out of nowhere, an old default setting—whether it's fear, anxiety, anger, or a destructive pattern—bubbles right back up to the surface. In Week 4 of our Old Habits Die Hard series, we look at the sourdough starter principle: whatever you feed will grow, and whatever you starve will eventually lose its power. Diving into Romans 8:5–17, we uncover why traditional willpower fails when trying to break spiritual cycles. Real change doesn't happen by gritting your teeth to suppress bad behavior. The secret to learning how to stop falling back into old habits is realizing that in Christ, you have zero obligation to obey your old nature (Romans 8:12). Stop giving your old defaults your focus, comfort, and attention. Learn how to use the Three Circles gospel model, trade 15 minutes of mindless daily scrolling for scripture, and discover how fixing your eyes on Jesus allows the Holy Spirit to rewrite your mind from the inside out. "You don't break the old habit — you starve it by feeding the new one." ### Key Takeaways From This Message: The Sourdough Analogy: Understanding how our daily focus and lack of boundaries secretly feed destructive defaults. Zero Obligation (Romans 8:12): Why you owe your old nature no loyalty or obedience. The Three Circles Gospel Model: Moving out of brokenness and back into God's original design. The 15-Minute Swap: How fixing your eyes on Jesus in the Word actively starves old patterns. ### YouTube Chapters: 00:00:00 - The Global Sourdough Craze & The Starter Analogy 00:02:45 - How You Feed or Starve a Habit 00:03:40 - Identifying Destructive Default Settings 00:06:46 - The Sticky Statement: You Starve It by Re-orienting 00:08:00 - Do vs. Done: Inward Re-orientation 00:09:40 - The Three Circles: Breaking Down the Gospel 00:12:44 - Reborn in the Spirit (John 3) 00:13:54 - Reading Romans 8:1-4 in Gen Z Translation 00:16:15 - Romans 8:5-6: Life and Peace in the Mind 00:17:10 - Romans 8:12: You Have Zero Obligation to the Flesh 00:19:00 - The DNA of God & The Mind's Battlefield 00:20:29 - Seeing Jesus Through the Word 00:21:40 - Charles Spurgeon: Keep Looking Unto Jesus 00:22:56 - The 15-Minute Social Media Swap 00:24:57 - A Beaten-Up 26-Year-Old Bible (And Red Rippers) 00:27:37 - When Was the Last Time You Truly Looked at Jesus? Subscribe to our channel for more content related to this video. Hit the like button if you enjoyed this video and share this video with your friends and family. Leave a comment below and let us know what you think. Follow us on our website or socials. We would love to connect with you. Website http://ourchurch.org.au Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ourchurchAU/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ourchurch/ Don't forget to turn on notifications so you never miss a video!

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  Tired Of Feeling Like You're Not Good Enough?

  Jul 26, 2026—

  Ever find yourself carrying a quiet, persistent sense of spiritual exhaustion that you can't quite trace? You're still showing up, serving, and functioning, but underneath it all sits a low hum whispering that you aren't doing enough, that you should be further along, or that God is quietly disappointed in you. In Week 4 of our Old Habits Die Hard series, Ps Len addresses this relentless "yapping dog" of religious guilt and exposes it for what it truly is: Condemnation. Walking line-by-line through Romans 8:1–4, we look at why the answer to spiritual insecurity isn't doubling down on self-effort, busyness, or checklists. Real New Covenant growth happens when we realize that Jesus didn't just give us a minor upgrade—He paid our debt entirely, swallowed up our old identity, and handed us a blank check of unlimited grace. Discover how to trade the exhausting motor of willpower for the internal power of the Holy Spirit, stop bringing an empty teacup to a God who offers ocean waves of mercy, and start living out of a freedom that has already been secured. "There is now NO condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Freedom is not a future goal you earn—it's something you live from." — Romans 8:1 ### Key Takeaways From This Message: Diagnosing the Low Hum: Understanding why performance anxiety and religious perfectionism create unseen spiritual fatigue. Three New Covenant Shifts: Moving from checklists to grace, serving out of love rather than fear, and swapping willpower for the Spirit's internal power. The Blank Check of Grace: A look at the story of Aristotle Onassis and why believers often choose to live in spiritual poverty despite infinite resources. Cup vs. Bucket Faith: Shifting our expectation of God from a tiny drop of weekly refreshment to a running bucket of abundance. ### YouTube Chapters: 00:00:00 - The Yapping Security Guard & The Low Hum 00:01:29 - Ps Len’s Story: When Your Skills Implode 00:02:39 - Diagnosing the Quiet Exhaustion of "Not Enough" 00:04:09 - Serving Out of Fear vs. Resting in Grace 00:05:28 - What Is Condemnation? 00:06:17 - Three Mental Shifts for Real Spiritual Growth 00:07:56 - The Context: From Romans 6 & 7 to Romans 8 00:08:46 - Romans 8:1-4: The Hinge Word "Therefore" 00:10:38 - Isaiah 43: God Forgives for His Own Sake 00:11:36 - The Law as a Mirror, Not a Cure 00:12:30 - What It Actually Means to Be "In Christ" 00:14:00 - Allegiance Over Religious Performance 00:15:28 - Upgrading from Willpower to the Electric Motor 00:16:49 - The Story of Aristotle Onassis' Blank Check 00:18:46 - Removing the Paralyzing Fear of Failure 00:19:52 - Nancy Spiegelberg: Coming With a Bucket, Not a Cup 00:22:01 - Imagine a Community Living Free From Condemnation 00:23:59 - Corrie ten Boom: Stepping Inside the Ability of Jesus 00:25:21 - Final Prayer & Declaration Subscribe to our channel for more content related to this video. Hit the like button if you enjoyed this video and share this video with your friends and family. Leave a comment below and let us know what you think. Follow us on our website or socials. We would love to connect with you. Website http://ourchurch.org.au Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ourchurchAU/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ourchurch/

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  Tired of Patching the Leaks? Why Your Spiritual Reno Isn’t Working

  Jul 19, 2026—

  Ever feel like you’re trapped in a never-ending DIY home renovation project on your own soul? We’ve all been there. We notice an old habit, a toxic thought pattern, or a sudden relational snap, and our automatic reflex is to grab the tools and try to fix it. We treat ourselves like a spiritual fixer-upper, constantly searching for new strategies, self-help books, or mindset workbooks to patch up the latest leak. In Week 2 of our series Old Habits Die Hard, we dissect a liberating, yet confronting truth from Romans 7: you cannot renovate a nature. When we try to manage our deep-seated flaws using self-reliant willpower and rigid rules, we accidentally trigger the "chocolate principle". The moment you tell your flesh it can't have something, it becomes the only thing you can think about. Self-imposed rules and legalism don't restrain a broken nature—they actively provoke it to rebel. The Gospel isn't a cosmetic remodeling plan; it is a complete structural knockdown. Your old nature was never meant to be patched up, upgraded, or improved—it was sentenced to execution on the cross with Jesus. Stop spending all your emotional energy trying to repair what God explicitly told you to bury. Join us as we look at how to break free from imposter syndrome, drop the exhaustion of performance-based living, and daily surrender our root struggles to the Holy Spirit. "When it comes to your old nature, it's not a reno—it's a knockdown. You can't manage what you were meant to bury." ### Key Takeaways From This Message: The Renovator's Trap: Why human behavior modification always hits a strict ceiling when applied to spiritual root issues. The Chocolate Principle: How self-imposed rules inadvertently fuel the exact cravings you are trying to kill. Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: How we accidentally tie our permanent spiritual worth to our temporal productivity. The Daily Knockdown: Shifting from self-reliant striving to a daily morning posture of taking your cross and abiding with Jesus. ⏱️ YouTube Chapters 00:00:00 - The Fixer-Upper Trap: Patching a Dodgy House 00:00:55 - The Anatomy of Two Natures: Old Self vs. New Self 00:01:43 - Why the Old Nature Can't Be Renovated 00:02:42 - Reborn Into a Completely New Architecture 00:04:18 - Romans 7: Why Rules Only Provoke the Flesh 00:04:56 - The "Chocolate Principle": Why Rigid Rules Backfire 00:05:42 - Mapping Out Your Spiritual Reno Projects 00:06:44 - The Leaks of Control, Fear, and Opinions 00:07:39 - Performance-Based Living & Productivity Traps 00:08:44 - What the New Construction Actually Looks Like 00:10:30 - The Self-Reliance Trap: Trying to DIY Your Soul 00:11:47 - Buying Books & Workbooks: The Self-Help Loop 00:12:22 - It’s Not a Reno, It’s a Knockdown! 00:13:47 - Abiding & The Daily Knockdown Posture 00:14:56 - Luke 9:23: Taking Your Flaws to the Cross Daily 00:15:32 - Identification vs. Striving: How Real Change Happens 00:17:07 - Case Study: Slashing Invoices & Imposter Syndrome 00:19:37 - The Workbook Trap: Trying to Document Your Own Fix 00:20:53 - Uncovering the Root: Value Tied to Productivity 00:22:29 - Speaking Jesus Over Your Broken Spaces 00:23:57 - Prayer: Surrendering Your Reno Project to God Subscribe to our channel for more content related to this video. Hit the like button if you enjoyed this video and share this video with your friends and family. Leave a comment below and let us know what you think. Follow us on our website or socials. We would love to connect with you. Website http://ourchurch.org.au Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ourchurchAU/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ourchurch/

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