Family Church Portsmouth

Family Church Portsmouth

Listen to messages recorded at our Portsmouth congregation of Family Church.

  1. Jun 14

    Faith and Finance | Steuart Payne | 14th June 2026

    In this first of two sessions dealing with Faith and Finance Ps Steu speaks about how to deal with a cost of living crisis using Kingdom principles. His message is a very practical one, where all the best practice is taken from scripture. All around us, news is worrying, prices keep rising, the world peddles fear, so how should we as Chistians live? When speaking on money, Jesus says, “Do not worry.” - yes, be diligent; yes, be responsible; but remember that God is ultimately your Provider! (Matthew 6:25-33). God is faithful, and He does not change - inflation rates and interest rates change; our jobs aren’t always secure; fuel prices change; retirement age changes; the energy cap changes - but our God does not change! But here’s the key - if we want to live under God’s blessing and protection, we first need to be willing to live according to His instruction...and the Bible sets out clear prociples for Kingdom economics. In this message, Ps Steu speaks about good stewardship of what we have been entrusted with, money and possessions. He covers the need to Budget; to Tithe; to be Intentional with our spending; to pay off Debts; to look to Save and to live Generously. This short summary does not do justice to the importance of this challenging message. We must realise we are not defined by what we have, but rather by who we are in Christ. Jesus taught us to be wise stewards of what he has entrusted to us. He also paid the ultimate price for our sins and daily misdemeanours. Let us examine our hearts and seek help if we need to.

    42 min
  2. May 10

    God of the Impossible | Sean Finch | 10th May 2026

    This week Ps Sean focuses on The God Of The Impossible, having last week spoken about The God of The Immeasurable. The two messages follow on....when we see how immeasurable God is, we begin to also see how only He can put the "possible" into what we see as "impossible". God sees beyond the chaos, He sees a human being and says, ah, what you see is different to what I see, where you see impossibility, I see possibility! Ps Sean quoted William Temple, who was the Archbishop of Canterbury during World War II. He said "when I pray Coincidences happen". Coincidences are so linked with the fact that when we pray into situations and circumstances and believe for them, these so-called coincidences, these impossible situations all of a sudden, turn around and become possible. Ps Sean quotes the story of the rich young ruler in Luke 18:18-27....Jesus told him it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God. So we all think we are doomed but Jesus then replied with "What is impossible with man is possible with God". In fact Jesus was talking about salvation, the greatest immeasurable impossible act Jesus could ever do. We cannot enter into the kingdom of God on our own, but with Him, we enter in to a new way of living. The second greatest remarkable act about God's presence is himself living in his people. We stand In this generation able to receive the Living God inside of us and walk with the power of the Holy Spirit. Ps Sean goes onto speak about the power of the Holy Spirit living inside us and how we can be a house of miracles when we fully trust in the living God. Listen to this challenging message...

    37 min
  3. May 3

    The God of The Immeasurable | Sean Finch | 3rd May 2026

    Today Ps Sean gives us an amazing message about how "immeasurable" God is. Once, we walk with him and think we are close, but really what God does, he takes us closer and closer to him as he did with Moses going up the mountain. Ephesians 3:20-21 says, NIV says "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen." To be immeasurable means impossible to measure, vast, boundless. Our minds get lost in this ability to not be able to understand how incredibly vast God is…. beyond human capacity to calculate but God works outside everything we can contain and control. We serve a God, we know a God who is able to work outside of everything that we measure. He is immeasurably bigger. He can do immeasurably more than we ask or think. Ps Sean looks at more scriptures showing how everything is under God's creation. Genesis 1:1 (NIV) “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.” God created everything. Ps Sean looks at the Galaxy, the Milky Way, even further into space and gives insight to the size of the stars and planets....we cannot fathom nor understand. But trying to do this in our own strength, our own understanding is not possible. Even the most advanced human measurement still cannot contain what God created. We need a next level thinking of trusting God.

    36 min

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