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Spirited Word
Adrian Kitson
170 episodes
23 hours ago
Send us a text It is All Saints Day. This is the day to remember and give thanks for who we have lost. It is also a day to remember and give thanks for whose we are and who we are – saints. Hard to believe that we are saints. Often, we hear that word ‘saint’ and think “that’s not me!”. Saints are good people, extra humble people, people who can pray all the time and be so kind all the time, aren’t they? That title, ‘saint’ is something you earn, don’t you? You need to display kindness, humili...
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Send us a text It is All Saints Day. This is the day to remember and give thanks for who we have lost. It is also a day to remember and give thanks for whose we are and who we are – saints. Hard to believe that we are saints. Often, we hear that word ‘saint’ and think “that’s not me!”. Saints are good people, extra humble people, people who can pray all the time and be so kind all the time, aren’t they? That title, ‘saint’ is something you earn, don’t you? You need to display kindness, humili...
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Spirited Word
All Saints Day - Marked With A Seal
Send us a text It is All Saints Day. This is the day to remember and give thanks for who we have lost. It is also a day to remember and give thanks for whose we are and who we are – saints. Hard to believe that we are saints. Often, we hear that word ‘saint’ and think “that’s not me!”. Saints are good people, extra humble people, people who can pray all the time and be so kind all the time, aren’t they? That title, ‘saint’ is something you earn, don’t you? You need to display kindness, humili...
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1 day ago
19 minutes

Spirited Word
Reformation Day
Send us a text “The just shall live by faith.” (Romans 1:17) Bishop Paul says: Martin Luther’s great reformation discovery was “the big arrow down” of God acting gracious “down” to us. Not humankind climbing a ladder of good works up to God. For Martin Luther, this good news of the grace of God changed our day-to-day living. Rather than being afraid that God was angry with us and striving to appease God, we were “free” to serve as we have been served. Our daily life was a vacation wherever we...
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6 days ago
19 minutes

Spirited Word
New Name
Send us a text There is a lot in a name and no matter what name calling you might hear from others or even what name you may give yourself, God has a name for you. He gives us all names - his names: names like he gave Jacob - true, affirming, future-filled, hopeful. Pastor Adrian Kitson
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2 weeks ago
27 minutes

Spirited Word
Can You See?
Send us a text We come across a familiar account of a 1 in 10 chance today. Ten very unwell and isolated people receive way more than they bargained for from Jesus but only one of them really ‘sees’ Jesus and responds wholeheartedly. It is the story of the 10 lepers. Even though it is a miraculous moment, Luke tells it in a way that at first seems fairly ‘standard’ for those around Jesus. They had seen this before. Person cries out to Jesus for healing a disease. Jesus responds positively. He...
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3 weeks ago
21 minutes

Spirited Word
Fan Into Flame The Gift Of God
Send us a text We often take love, kindness, and relationships for granted, letting them lose their joy and passion. The same can happen in our Christian life when faith becomes routine. True growth means striving to be more like Jesus through love, care, and quiet acts of service. While we can’t always live on emotional highs, we must keep nurturing our faith daily, not just on Sundays. Pastor Robert Voigt
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3 weeks ago
26 minutes

Spirited Word
The Treasure Hunt We’re All On
Send us a text Every human heart is on a treasure hunt. Some chase wealth, others chase security, others chase recognition or comfort. Paul, in this closing chapter of 1 Timothy, draws our eyes away from false treasures to the true riches found only in Christ. And this is not just a ‘down in the city’ problem. Here in the Barossa, surrounded by vines, wineries, businesses, and land passed down through generations, there’s no shortage of opportunities to trust wealth, reputation, or property a...
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1 month ago
18 minutes

Spirited Word
Sowing and Reaping Freely
Send us a text After several short stints which have seen us journey through the Letter to the Galatians over twelve Sundays, we complete the journey today. We hear Paul signing off to the people he loves and wants the best. He has tried to convince them to stick to what they first believed about Jesus and not cave in to the old nature within them or the surrounding pagan culture or those wanting them to adopt Jewish ceremony and Law to be assured that they are safe and secure in God’s grace...
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1 month ago
29 minutes

Spirited Word
Fruit Of The Spirit
Send us a text How do we cope with that struggle within? Our earthly longings and desires and the internal desire of the Holy Spirit within us to bring the glory, beauty and love of Jesus to our hearts day by day. This tussle with human wayward attitudes and behaviours can be a place where Holy Spirit can grow good fruit! Pastor Adrian
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1 month ago
30 minutes

Spirited Word
Confidence In Freedom
Send us a text Who are the people of God's promise? What is the gift of "living in freedom" and how do we keep being "free"? Pastor Adrian shares some insights as to how we can stand in that freedom for all that we are facing. Pastor Adrian
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1 month ago
25 minutes

Spirited Word
Family Is Important
Send us a text Family is important. I think we all know this and spend a lot of time supporting our family in a lot of different ways. This is good. God has put us in families for our wellbeing and for the good of the world. Paul takes up his strong encouragement to these Christians in the Galatians churches to resist going down the road of keeping the Jewish Old Testament Law of God to try and earn God’s favour and blessing and return to how they began with him in the good news, that they ar...
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2 months ago
27 minutes

Spirited Word
Complaining vs Gratitude
Send us a text We work hard to achieve and to be very good and strive to perform well and live life under our own steam, maybe trying to earn blessing and hope and identity in our lives. Whilst this can be good, we can also become slaves to this. Pastor Adrian shares a message of gospel freedom. Freedom to be free from people pleasing, having to perform and achieve. Free to enjoy lasting peace and joy in our hearts through our all-loving God and his saving work throug...
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2 months ago
25 minutes

Spirited Word
The Baton Change
Send us a text Did you know that together we're part of a story? It's a baton-race that is being written right now. And now we are running a leg of that faith relay right here in Nuriootpa. We're here with a purpose. Backed by a great cloud of Christian witnesses and by grace through faith, we can now finish our race with our eyes fixed on Jesus. Paul Ridley
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2 months ago
31 minutes

Spirited Word
Free To Encourage One Another
Send us a text Millions, maybe billions, have died for the cause of “freedom”. Every year, we remember those who fought and died for the civil freedom we have today. And rightly so. There are examples of non-Christians making great sacrifices and doing wonderful acts of service to others. But when we are controlled by the Spirit, our service takes on a unique meaning. Because you are not your own; you were bought at a price, we now see that serving others is actu...
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2 months ago
25 minutes

Spirited Word
Undeserved Goodness
Send us a text Possessions in themselves are not a problem. Problems come through our attitude and relationship to our possessions. God knows we need many things to get through life. He is our dear Father, and he graciously provides our needs and gifts us with the ability to take care of ourselves and our families. We came into the world with empty hands and we will leave with empty hands. There is nothing we have accumulated in this life that we can take with us. While what we have is good f...
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3 months ago
18 minutes

Spirited Word
Set Free To Live Free
Send us a text I need reminders every day that I am saved by grace through faith in Jesus alone, and that I also exist by grace to live by faith in Christ alone. The Holy Spirit, our Helper and Encourager, has gifted us to live for Jesus, and grows within us the fruit to follow in the footsteps of Jesus. As Christians, we know this. And yet we are still tempted to want the law to tell us what to do. It’s easier to obey a simple, clear law than to have to work out for ourselves what freedom in...
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3 months ago
24 minutes

Spirited Word
One Thing Is Needful
Send us a text We are in familiar territory this morning – in the home of Jesus’ close friends, Mary and Martha. We hear of their different ways of serving their Lord, and we get the sense that Martha struggles with that invisible line we all have close to us: crossing the line from faithful and joyful service to her friends and her Lord, to angry, stressed and grudging service. There is a lot to do in life. The ever-present pull of that stressful thing called ‘busy’ is always around. But who...
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3 months ago
21 minutes

Spirited Word
Children Of God
Send us a text I wonder how you think you ensure your life is blessed and goes well? It is very common for people to believe that it is all about doing the right thing, knowing the right things and avoiding the bad things. If you do all that, then you get some blessing and goodness in your life. Problem is, it does not always go that way. Good people suffer unfair and bad things. What of the blessing and wellness of you and your life was not founded on your doing all the rig...
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3 months ago
22 minutes

Spirited Word
The Law and the Gospel
Send us a text I wonder how you think you ensure your life is blessed and goes well? It is very common for people to believe that it is all about doing the right thing, knowing the right things and avoiding the bad things. If you do all that then you get some blessing and goodness in your life. Problem is, it does not always go that way. Good people suffering unfair and bad things. What of the blessing and wellness of you and your life was not founded on your doing all the r...
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4 months ago
31 minutes

Spirited Word
Never Left Behind
Send us a text A lot of people know that faith in the grace of God in Jesus is the crucial thing for living this life with sure hope and a bright future even beyond suffering and death. But it is very easy to leave this life-giving thing on the shelf as we search for other things; deeper things; wiser things…. to sure up our confidence. But it is very easy to find ourselves right back in keeping rules and expectations of others or ourselves, to find confidence and peace for living. ...
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4 months ago
25 minutes

Spirited Word
Free People Living Free
Send us a text Comparing ourselves to others is deadly for living freely together. We can make our own story, our own likes and dislikes and our culture’s divisions and expectations way too much, and the all-encompassing acceptance and love of God in Jesus way too small. This leads to hypocritical living and divisions that cause much pain and fear. How would it be if we could be free enough to love enough? How would it be if no matter who we were we were loved and could love...
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4 months ago
17 minutes

Spirited Word
Send us a text It is All Saints Day. This is the day to remember and give thanks for who we have lost. It is also a day to remember and give thanks for whose we are and who we are – saints. Hard to believe that we are saints. Often, we hear that word ‘saint’ and think “that’s not me!”. Saints are good people, extra humble people, people who can pray all the time and be so kind all the time, aren’t they? That title, ‘saint’ is something you earn, don’t you? You need to display kindness, humili...