Capital Vineyard Church

At Christmas we celebrate the incarnation - in Jesus God is made flesh. It's also a time of hope for the future moment when King Jesus will return again in the ultimate prophetic fulfillment.

Jesus is called the light of the world - a light to reveal God to the nations. In this message Tessa unpacks the ways that Jesus brings illumination in our lives and in the world.

Whena and Caleb wrap up our series focused on Jesus' instruction for life in Matthew 6 "to seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you"

Followers of Jesus see things differently. With our eyes fixed on God and his advancing Kingdom events and situations have meaning far beyond what we normally see. How do we begin to see things differently? In this talk, James focuses on thankfulness and choosing to thank God, which helps us to trust him and orients our outlook towards him.

God created us to be in relationship with him as our Father and our King, which means coming under his loving rule and reign in every facet of our lives. Continually choosing to submit our lives to God as King is the Jesus way and way to life in its fulness. Listen as James speaks from Matthew 6.

Jesus calls us to follow him and to experience life as he experiences life: full of joy, peace, hope, purpose, fulfilment.. A life shaped by the Holy Spirit from the inside out. Listen as James digs into Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 6.

In this talk Taylor launches a new series based on Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 6 about the key to fullness of life in Christ: seek first his Kingdom and His righteousness.

Listen as Matt speaks about how can live authentically Christ-like lives rather than sacrificing Christ to be culturally relevant or fighting against culture in a way that dishonours Christ.

A branch of a vine is only living when it’s attached to the vine - it can only bear fruit when it’s alive. Likewise, for us the only way to live and to fulfil our purposes are to abide in Jesus “the way, the truth and the life”. Listen as James revisits a theme from the beginning of 2020 focussing on Jesus’ words in John 15:1-11.

The book of Acts is our history and our handbook - it tells us what happened in our history, what we should expect, and what we should do. On Sunday, we hosted Wayfinders-founder Brian Bullen (Kerikeri) who talked about the early church, how they shared the good news of Jesus and how their normal should be our new normal.

The Bible teaches that humanity was made in the image of God (imago Dei), and that our purpose is to represent God - to bear his image in our lives. The problem is, since the fall recorded in Genesis 3 we have been defacing ourselves and others. We need someone to restore us to our true calling to be imago Dei. Listen as James unpacks the problem and how God provides the solution through Jesus Christ - the perfect imago Dei.

What is the meaning of life? What gives our lives significance? Are we more than a collection of atoms, molecules and a sophisticated assembly of cells? In this message James looks at what the Bible teaches and how our value, dignity, significance and meaning comes from being imago Dei - made in the image of God. This has profound implications for human life and shaping our response to the upcoming national referendum on the End of Life Choice Act

It is easy to drown out the voice of the King with everything going on in our lives but we want to be people led by the Holy Spirit. Listen as Rosemary describes following the Holy Spirit with a particular emphasis on telling others about Jesus.

In our Father's Day service on Sunday, Caleb and Martin drew our attention to our heavenly Father, who loves us more than we can imagine. Listen and let your heart be drawn to One who delights in his children.

Many things compete for our attention, and mixed messages make it difficult to know God's direction. It leaves us restless, unsettled, anxious... In this talk, James encourages us to pay attention to the Word of God, to build our lives on his words, and find rest and security in God.

In our world we are faced with torrents of information, opinion, news, and noise - how do we make sure the good news of the King and his Kingdom, and the voice of the King is loud and clear in our own lives?

When the King speaks, his Kingdom advances. Listen as James talks about the call of the King and how God, the King, is calling us to listen and respond to his call.

Jesus said, ‘The kingdom of god has come near. Repent and believe the good news’. What is this good news? What does Jesus mean when he says the kingdom of god has come near? Listen to find out.

We look for integrity in other people - looking for the genuine and not the fake. It's the same with God - he is inviting us into a journey of holiness and wholeness. He is inviting us to sing a waiata with our lives from the inside out. Listen as James finishes up the series "waiata for the King".

What is worship? Or more importantly, what is the kind of worship that brings honour to the Supreme King of the universe? Listen as James explores what it means to worship God and how ultimately it's about a life of surrender to him and his ways - which is the pathway to freedom and life in him.