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Speaking Words of Life

© 2023 Kate Gooch / Harvest City Church | DOWNLOAD AS PDF ‘The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.’ (Proverbs 10:11) During World War II, the United States Office […]

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The Life of a Pastor

© 2023 Tanya Goffin / Harvest City Church | DOWNLOAD AS PDF The pastor of a church has a very high calling. This calling results in times of great joy, but also times of great, ongoing difficulty and the risk […]

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Greetings from Life Church Osaka

Konnichiwa! Greetings Harvest City Church from the beautiful nation of Japan! I would love to share with you some amazing things God has been doing in and through Life Church and also how Harvest City Church has played a big […]

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The Antidote To Worry

© 2022 Jen Goffin / Harvest City Church Worry. Anxiety. Fear. Misgiving. Apprehension. Disquiet. There are many words to encompass that uneasy feeling we have all experienced at some point. The sense of impending disaster, that something terrible has happened, […]

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Why Worry?

© 2022 Kate Gooch / Harvest City Church We don’t have to look far before being confronted with things that we should worry about: Our health. Our finances. Our relationships. Our children. Our education or jobs. Our safety and security. […]

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Fueled By Faith in God

© 2022 Jason Willock / Harvest City Church The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him. (Psalm 24:1) We cannot deny the financial pressure that we are all currently experiencing […]

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Loving God in 2022

© 2022 Tanya Goffin / Harvest City Church ‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’ And, ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ (Luke 10:27—see also Mark 12:30; […]

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The Gift of Encouragement

© 2022 Chip Kawalsingh / Harvest City Church I recently read an article on encouragement by Ray Ortlund and it got me thinking, do we encourage each other enough? ‘I have never met anyone suffering from too much encouragement in […]

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God Is With You

© 2021 Chip Kawalsingh / Harvest City Church In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant […]

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Eyes Of Faith

© 2021 Chip Kawalsingh / Harvest City Church ‘We need to see things through eyes of faith, not through our circumstances.’ These are the words that the Lord woke me up with a few weeks ago. I’d had one of […]

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Giving: The Seed That Grows Miracles

© 2021 Chip Kawalsingh / Harvest City Church The Bible often uses ‘seed’ as a metaphor for finances and giving as an act of worship. Think about those two things: worship and giving. Both are required by the Lord, for […]

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The Ultimate Gardener

© 2021 Jen Goffin / Harvest City Church Last year I decided to try my hand at gardening—with mixed success. My garden has been neglected for too long. Apart from occasional lawn mowing and cutting back bushes I haven’t done […]

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Back To Normal?

© 2021 Tate Kandi / Harvest City Church Throughout the pandemic, apart from, ‘You’re on mute!’, I would guess the most popular phrase has been, ‘I can’t wait to get back to normal’. As the country begins to slowly open […]

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Handling Offence In The Church

© 2021 Tanya Goffin / Harvest City Church In Matthew 18:15-35 Jesus teaches His disciples His prescription for conflict resolution in the church. The situation He is addressing here is a very common one: a church member feels upset or […]

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Authority Of The Bible: Part 2

© 2021 Nick Goffin / Harvest City Church HAS THE BIBLE BEEN ACCURATELY PRESERVED? In this article, we cover the second of our two questions: Has the Bible been accurately preserved? How can we be confident that the letter Paul […]

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