Welcome to The Refinery. The theme for the coming Sunday mornings is The Master’s Recipe for effective Praying. Today we are talking about Thy Will Be Done. “It is God’s will.” These words are often used to interpret the tragedies of life. In legal language, “an act of God” is used to explain the great catastrophes that bring so much suffering and ruin. Yet Jesus instructed us to pray, “Thy will be done.” Does that mean that we are praying for catastrophes and tragedies to fall upon...

Hey everyone and welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The theme for the coming Sunday mornings is The Master’s Recipe for effective Praying. Today we are talking about, Thy Kingdom Come. The gospel of Matthew presents Jesus is the King of the Jews. It is truly the Gospel of the kingdom. Jesus’ whole Sermon on the Mount is to be seen in this relationship. In the midst of this sermon, our Lord gave his disciples a model prayer, the second petition of which is “Thy kingdom...

Welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The theme for the coming Sunday mornings is The Master’s Recipe for effective Praying. Today we are talking about, Hallowed Be Thy Name. The Lord's prayer is a useful guide for disciples to follow in their prayer life.  It gives us some priorities by which to establish our prayer life.  Most of us have quoted this presence childhood, but we may not have fully looked carefully at what it really says. What should be the primary burden of your prayer...

Hey everyone and welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The theme for the coming Sunday mornings is The Master’s Recipe for effective Praying. Today we are talking about Our Father. If we are to come boldly to the throne of grace to receive help in our time of need, we must know who sits on the throne. We must know who God is, and we must know what kind of person He is. We can learn a lot by considering our Lord’s most basic instruction on prayer. What we have commonly called...

Welcome to The Refinery. Today we are blessed to have Mark and Ana Johnson with us from The Academy of Light. Until next time Stay in the Blessings I really want to encourage you to be diligent with your Bible study time, because God has so much more for us than we can get from just going to church once or twice a week and hearing someone else talk about the Word. When you spend time with God, your life will change in amazing ways, because God is a Redeemer. Theres nothing thats too hard...

Welcome to The Refinery. The Inward Attitudes of a True Disciple is our theme for the next few Sunday mornings. This series is based on the Beatitudes, found in the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. The Beatitudes vividly set forth the inward spiritual characteristics of those who are ideal citizens of the kingdom of God.  Only when we are right in our inward attitudes can we be right in our outward conduct. Today we are discussing, The Forgotten Beatitude. We have probably all...

Hey everyone I’m Gary Hoban and welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The Inward Attitudes of a True Disciple is our theme for the next few Sunday mornings. This series is based on the Beatitudes, found in the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. The Beatitudes vividly set forth the inward spiritual characteristics of those who are ideal citizens of the kingdom of God.  Only when we are right in our inward attitudes can we be right in our outward conduct. Today we are...

Hey everyone I’m Gary Hoban and welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The Inward Attitudes of a True Disciple is our theme for the next few Sunday mornings. This series is based on the Beatitudes, found in the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. The Beatitudes vividly set forth the inward spiritual characteristics of those who are ideal citizens of the kingdom of God.  Only when we are right in our inward attitudes can we be right in our outward conduct. Today we are...

Welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The Inward Attitudes of a True Disciple is our theme for the next few Sunday mornings. This series is based on the Beatitudes, found in the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. The Beatitudes vividly set forth the inward spiritual characteristics of those who are ideal citizens of the kingdom of God.  Only when we are right in our inward attitudes can we be right in our outward conduct. Today we are discussing, As I Had Mercy on You. The parable of...

Welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The Inward Attitudes of a True Disciple is our theme for the next few Sunday mornings. This series is based on the Beatitudes, found in the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. Today we are discussing, Delighting The Soul in Fatness. It is a great blessing to desire earnestly and to receive the things of the Spirit that God will give to those who ask. Three things stand out about this beatitude. The universality of the figure in which the beatitude...

Welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The Inward Attitudes of a True Disciple is our theme for the next few Sunday mornings. This series is based on the Beatitudes, found in the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. Today we are discussing, Rest Unto Your Souls. As Australians, our heritage has hardly prepared us for this beatitude. Our heritage is one that encourages contempt for what we understand as “the meek” and admiration of the self assertive. One the one hand, we have inherited,...

Welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The Inward Attitudes of a True Disciple is our theme for the coming Sunday mornings This series is based on the Beatitudes, found in the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. Today we are discussing, Joy Comes in the Morning. If we have never fully understood all that it means to be a Christian, we have never fully appropriated the full blessedness of the Christian life. Matthew 5:4 NKJV says, Blessed are those who mourn,For they shall be...

Welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The Inward Attitudes of a True Disciple is our theme for the next few Sunday mornings. This series is based on the Beatitudes, found in the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. Today we are discussing, The Poverty That Possesses. The person who is truly poor in spirit is blessed because such poverty enables that person to possess the supreme possession of all, “the kingdom of heaven.” For our sakes, Jesus set the example in 2 Corinthians...

Hey everyone I’m Gary Hoban and welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The Inward Attitudes of a True Disciple is our theme for the next nine Sunday mornings. This series is based on the Beatitudes, found in the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount. Today we are discussing, Questions about the Beatitudes. Perhaps no sayings of Jesus are more familiar but less understood by the average Christian than the Beatitudes. Most congregations could be classified as belonging to on for...

Welcome to Refinery Life Australia. Today we are talking about The Rich Rewards of Prayer. Scripture teaches that those who have the habit of prayer experience the rich spiritual blessings in their hearts and lives. Scripture and contemporary Christian history both testify that those who have served God significantly have been men and women with an earnest prayer life. Today let us look at some of the rich rewards that come to those who have faith in God that expresses itself in a life of...

Welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The theme for the coming few Sunday mornings is “God’s Affirmative Action Program.” Today we are talking about God's Affirmative Action Program: The Revelation. Revelation is a word we use to describe the disclosure of truth. The first chapter of the book of John presents a great revelation, John 1:14, And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. Unlike the...

Welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The theme for the coming few Sunday mornings is “God’s Affirmative Action Program.” Today we are talking about God's Affirmative Action Program: The Reality. God’s affirmative action plan became reality when Jesus was born in Bethlehem. At that time the eternal Word took on human flesh and came to dwell among us. From this point on, John no longer calls Him the Word, but lets us in on the secret and gives us His name, Jesus Christ. God...

Welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The theme for the coming few Sunday mornings is “God’s Affirmative Action Program.” Today we are talking about God's Affirmative Action Program: The Response. When the Word that existed from the very beginning became flesh and came to earth to dwell among us, when the light that illuminated the life of everyone came into the world that He created, He was not always welcome or well received. Until next time Stay in the Blessings I really...

Today we are blessed to have Apostle Milena Stavljanin joining us with a prophetic message for the church. Until next time Stay in the Blessings I really want to encourage you to be diligent with your Bible study time, because God has so much more for us than we can get from just going to church once or twice a week and hearing someone else talk about the Word. When you spend time with God, your life will change in amazing ways, because God is a Redeemer. Theres nothing thats too hard for...

Welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The theme for the coming few Sunday mornings is “God’s Affirmative Action Program.” Today we are talking about God's Affirmative Action Program: The Reason. Governments like to talk about affirmative action programs. They can be programs that see that businesses make right some wrongs, balancing some imbalances, correcting some faults, ultimately, to bring reconciliation. More often than not, these government programs are not so good for the wider...

Hey everyone I’m Gary Hoban and welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The theme for the coming few Sunday mornings is “God’s Affirmative Action Program.” Today we are talking about What Is Your Life? The book of James is probably the most practical writing of the New Testament. The author, a half brother of Jesus, stressed conduct and behaviour as the true test of whether someone is a genuine Christian. Some people have called this book “the Proverbs of the New Testament” while...

Welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The focus for the coming few Sunday mornings is the Holy Spirit, how we recognise Him, and how we should respond to Him.  The theme is “Recognising and Responding to God’s Gift of the Holy Spirit.” Today we are talking about The Holy Spirit Invites You. Humankind’s greatest need is to know God through faith in Jesus Christ. Because our deepest need is spiritual, God sent His Son to die on a cross to show His love for us and to conquer death that He...

Hey everyone I’m Gary Hoban and welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The focus for the coming few Sunday mornings is the Holy Spirit, how we recognise Him, and how we should respond to Him.  The theme is “Recognising and Responding to God’s Gift of the Holy Spirit.” Today we are talking about Obeying the Command of the Holy Spirit. Some people believe that they are obeying the Great Commission when they attend Sunday school and worship services. Some believe they are obeying the...

Hey everyone I’m Gary Hoban and welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The focus for the coming few Sunday mornings is the Holy Spirit, how we recognise Him, and how we should respond to Him.  The theme is “Recognising and Responding to God’s Gift of the Holy Spirit.” Today we are talking about Using The Gifts of The Holy Spirit. God is the great giver. He has given us His Son, Jesus Christ, to be our Saviour, Teacher, Friend, Lord, and Helper. God has also given us the Holy...

Hey everyone I’m Gary Hoban and welcome to Refinery Life Australia. The focus for the coming few Sunday mornings is the Holy Spirit, how we recognise Him, and how we should respond to Him.  The theme is “Recognising and Responding to God’s Gift of the Holy Spirit.” Today we are talking about The Holy Spirit, A Living Gift. Many different options are available to someone who is eager to bestow a gift on someone they love.  Some gifts are inanimate in nature and last a long...