Hi Matt, thanks for the message you shared last night. I thought you covered a lot of very serious topics in a great way. I think we don’t speak enough about the law of the letter vs. the law of the spirit in our church. Too often I think we focus on the letter of the law, the commandments and how badly we’re doing at following them, and must constantly ask for forgiveness. It’s so discouraging sometimes, but the bible DOES say that we will never be saved by the law of the letter, but only through the spirit.

Your example of how to pray was a light bulb moment for me, instead of saying “please help me not think about this sin, or do that sin...” which alternatively gets us thinking about the negative things, and may even cause us to do the sin we’re praying about because we’re focusing on it so hard. But instead we should pray “Jesus, helps me to be pure, and honorable and right in your eyes. Give me your strength to overcome the struggles in my life, make me...” and focus on what we want to become, focus on Jesus, not our sin.

I look forward to coming along at 6.15 tonight to learn practical ways to battle against the flesh and live by the spirit.

What you said about prayer and how we should take our focus off the sin and ask to be filled with the spirit is so true. If we focus on what we don’t want to do then thats what we’re going to do.
It seemed so obvious when you said it but its not something that we’re told. Thankyou

You also spoke about how porn is swept under the rug, i also believe that depression is also under there hiding with porn. How can we take the fear out of these issues? and bring them out into the light so we can deal with them in the open?

Hi Matt,
I really appreciate you talking time out from your life to share with us, your honesty/wit and transparency is refreshing, Unfortunately I have not been able to make the last couple of nights….Satan has his ways….. but I am looking forward to Thursday’s message. We met briefly Sunday night…I hail from where you were converted.God Bless..Glen

Hey Matt

thanks once again for your insightful and entertaining sermon last night. I brought a friend along on wednesday night and i dont know what her reaction to everything was as she is atheist but im sure God didnt waste the opportunity. I just want to thank you for being the follower of jesus that you are as it was one of the first times i felt excited and confident to bring someone to church. I look forward to yet another awesome message tonight. We hope your enjoying your time here
Take care Krystelle ...

hi mat. i’ve been comin 2 d meeting every night an i love it.
bit of background, im 22, i been born n raised in sda church, very religious family, i rarely go church now, i never pray n im not very religious.
so i tsarted coming to this n i LOVED IT. i really wanted 2 come on thu nyt cuz i was really interested to hear your story, but i had work till 9pm. i spoke to my boss numerous times during the week to let me go early or do somethign about it, n i prayed so hard this week that god makes it possible 4 me to come.
and my boss didnt let me go earlier.
i was so angry, and sad and i was about to cry. i said to my self couple of times “ i hate god, y didnt he make this happen 4 me cuz he knows how much i really need this”
on d way home fromw ork i cried :( i was just so sad. but then i started realising that i hate satan, he did everythn he could so i dont make it to the sermon 2nyt.
i hate satan
:(

i commented on thur nytt but i wasn sure if i put my email down..
i would like a response
thank you

Again, another very inspirational post. Thank you, you’re giving me religious education through these entries.

hey dude just found your website and thought i’d drop you a line. you greatly impacted me in your messages and was convicted by the holy spirit about getting to no christs love and character.i will talk to you mate, take care,bic

Hi Matthew
I think that your messageses were really meaningful and helpful to me.