Ps Steve speaks on the second of the Family Church Values - We Value New Life, introducing this topic and giving a foundational message. This is an amazing message looking at the New Life we have in Jesus when we accept Him as saviour. If we make the same mistakes over and over again in our relationships and other areas of our lives, this message is perfectly aimed at helping us understand the value of the New Life we really have.

Ps Steve speaks about what value life is, why this matters and how we can live in the power of this life.

Are we actually living in the power of a simple gospel? This is the crux of Ps Steve's message today. Are we living in the power of what Jesus has done for us? Jesus makes a point that when we were born in the natural sense, we were dead in the spiritual sense, right. When we came out of the womb, our first breath, our first tears, we were physically alive that day, but the Bible says that we were spiritually dead (John 3:1 & following - Jesus Teaches Nicodemus).

Ps Steve lays the foundation that as a result of the fall (Adam & Eve), we are all born into sin spiritually. However God, who is so rich in mercy because he loved us so much, even when we were dead in our sins and our trespasses, gave us new life when he raised Christ from the dead. And so, when Jesus went to the cross, we went to the cross. When Jesus was buried in the tomb, we were buried in the tomb. The Bible says that we have also been raised to newness of life in him, we've been given a brand new life. We have been born again.

Romans 12:2 (NIV) says " Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." Let God transform us into new people. We are now in Christ. How can we do this?, only by changing the way we think & see. We've got to change the way we think in order to change the way we live because we will always live in accordance with what we believe.

If we renew our minds, we can wake knowing old addictions & habits no longer form who we are because we are free!!!