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On this Vision Sunday, Sebastiaan ties a story we can find in Matthew 9:35-10:8 with the vision and core values of Thousand Hills International Church. Jesus had compassion on the crowds who were lost and hurting and sent out his disciples to bring good news to them. He wants us to be co-labourers with him and continue this task. Will you join his dream team?

In Psalm 115, the psalmist is surrounded by pagan nations. Each of these nations wanted the Israelites to abandon their faith and follow other gods. This is not dissimilar to our world today. We live in the midst of a pluralistic world where it is fashionable to worship anything or anyone. Truth has become an irrelevant concept.

In this message Randy Robertson relates how we can overcome the cultural pressure to serve a pretend god and encourages each of us to strengthen our faith in the one true God God.

Integrity is what you do when the lights are off and nobody sees you. How do you become a person of integrity? David hands us a couple of keys and highlights the importance of relationships. How do we encourage one another to live lives of integrity? Join as Sebastiaan as he digs into Psalm 101.

Psalm 18 has an intense description of God. At first reading you would think that God is angry. In this message Jim shows that God anguishes (is not angry) over His people. His demonstration of might and power in this psalm are a display of His magnificent, incredible and awesome love. Jim also suggests that God doesn't want us to be angry with Him or think that He is angry with us. We should not pretend that God is angry but turn our lives to Him because of His great love for us.

This is the question Asaph raises in psalm 73. It doesn't seem fair to him that people with wrong motives live lives in prosperity. This message by Marcel Koning focuses on how Asaph handled his spiritual bitterness and what eventually brought him to that wonderful written conclusion of the psalm: "Whom have I in heaven but You. I desire You more than anything..."

The life of King David was not always easy. Many people hated him for the big projects he undertook and the success he had in life. They cause him a lot of pain. In this message, Sebastiaan explores, based on Psalm 69, how David turned the pain he had into praise.

Have you ever seriously doubted if God really hears you? David sure did. In Psalm 13 he asked God: “Will you forget me forever?” When we are at the edge of falling there are two things we can do, we can either reject God or cry out to Him. Join Koen Prinzen as he explores this Psalm.

In this message Jim talks about how to respond when something bad comes into your life. He illustrates this by his experience of being told he had cancer while taking his oldest daughter to her wedding. He had to pretend that everything was OK. He knew that God would be with him and help him through this day and the days to come. Psalm 23 gives great comfort for those going through the "dark valleys" of life. The Great Shepherd - Jesus will always be there to comfort you.

Sometimes we have drifted so far away from God that we do everything we can to hide from Him. The effects of our sins and the guilt we experience as a result can even cause troubles for us physically. What can we do to change this negative cycle? Join Sebastiaan as he explores what David has to say about that from Psalm 32: stop trying to hide your guilt and confess your sin. That's when you can find true freedom!

People sometime let us down. God never does! How can we put our trust in a God who never lets us down? Join Sebastiaan as he shares from Psalm 62.