The Message This Week
304 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -Teachings and messages each week from Christ First Watford, UK. A church who believes in putting 'Christ First', Transforming Lives, and Building Community.<br />
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Episodes
29.11.20 - One True God: Wise
November 29, 2020 00:00 - 34 minutesAndy Smith discusses how God's wisdom is with us through the Holy Spirit.
22.11.20 - One True God: Faithful
November 22, 2020 00:00 - 23 minutesJoost van den Boogaard helps us understand God's faithfulness and patience.
15.11.20 - One True God: Mercy
November 15, 2020 00:00 - 38 minutesAlex Steed helps to bring clearer vision to God's mercy and grace.
08.11.20 - One True God: Good
November 08, 2020 00:00 - 42 minutesAaron McGovern continues our One True God campaign series by looking how God is good and just.
01.11.20 - One True God: God Is Holy
November 01, 2020 00:00 - 31 minutesTom Seaby looks at how God's holiness is demonstrated throughout the Bible.
25.10.20 - One True God: Human Beings Not Human Doings
October 25, 2020 00:00 - 38 minutesAndy Smith looks at our identity and how that identity should be lived out by us as followers of Christ.
19.10.20 - One True God: All Powerful
October 18, 2020 00:00 - 1 hourAaron McGovern brings us the next message in our One True God campaign series.
04.10.20 - One True God: Unbounded by Time
October 04, 2020 00:00 - 39 minutesThe next sermon in our One True God Study series.
27.09.20 - One True God: Uncreated
September 27, 2020 00:00 - 36 minutesAaron McGovern looks at how only God is uncreated and has no needs.
20.09.20 - One True God: Infinite
September 20, 2020 00:00 - 29 minutesAndy Smith begins our new series 'One True God', by looking at the magnificence of God; challenging us to re-evaluate our understanding of how great He is.
06.09.20 - The Adapting Church, The Constant Gospel
September 06, 2020 00:00 - 33 minutesAs we meet again in the car park of Westfield church, Andy Smith both challenges and encourages the church in these 'covid' times. What does the church look like in the future? How has the church adapted in the past? How is the Gospel shared?
31.08.20 - Summer In the Psalms: Psalm 145
August 30, 2020 00:00 - 29 minutesWe had room for one more! Aaron McGovern brings us one more encouragement from the Psalm to conclude our summer series.
23.08.20 - Summer in the Psalms: Psalm 29
August 23, 2020 00:00 - 13 minutesIn the penultimate encouragement from our summer series, Gareth Cunliffe speaks of how God's power is demonstrated through Psalm 29.
23.08.20 - Summer in the Psalms: Psalm 130
August 23, 2020 00:00 - 12 minutesAs we conclude our summer in the Psalms, Jennie Cunliffe takes us through Psalm 130 - where the psalmist goes from the depths of sin, to the heights of redemption.
16.08.20 - Summer in the Psalms: Psalm 84
August 16, 2020 00:00 - 12 minutesGeorge Thomas encourages us to dwell in the presence of the Lord through Psalm 84.
16.08.20 - Summer in the Psalms: Psalm 46
August 16, 2020 00:00 - 11 minutesJanice Otung brings an encouragement from Psalm 46, the Lord Almighty is with us!
09.08.20 - Drive-In Service 'Loving our neighbour'
August 09, 2020 00:00 - 34 minutesDuring our first ever Drive-In service, Andy Smith looks at Matthew 22:36-40 on loving our neighbour.
02.08.20 - Summer In The Psalms - Psalm 16
August 02, 2020 00:00 - 15 minutesPeter Wiles - Psalm 16 'Trusting in God'. To Trust is: to Rely on the Lord (v.1-2); to be Devoted to the Lord (v.3-4); to Delight in the Lord (v.5-6); to Learn from the Lord (v.7-8); is Rejoicing in the Lord (v.9-10)
02.08.20 - Summer In The Psalms - Psalm 145
August 02, 2020 00:00 - 16 minutesLiz Holop talks from Psalm 145 - David's Psalm of Praise!
26.07.20 - Summer in the Psalms: Psalm 99
July 26, 2020 00:00 - 7 minutesDo you know God, or do you know God? Dave Abraham uses Psalm 99 to understand whether we know God in our hearts as well as our minds.
26.07.20 - Summer in the Psalms: Psalm 77
July 26, 2020 00:00 - 16 minutesBryan Knell uses Psalm 77 to help us understand further how we can further increase the fruitfulness of our prayer life.
19.07.20 - Summer in the Psalms: Psalm 139
July 19, 2020 00:00 - 13 minutesAs we enter the Summer 'holiday' season, we begin a series of encouragements from our church family within the Psalms. In this first encouragement, Matthieu Bhoyroo takes us through Psalm 139 and the encouragement we have in understanding that we are known by God.
12.07.20 - EXODUS | GOD CALLS: The Two Choices of an Awesome God
July 12, 2020 00:00 - 35 minutesAndy Smith brings our Exodus | God Calls series to an end, focussing on chapters 33-40 to understand the relationship that God has chosen to have with His people.
05.07.20 - EXODUS | GOD CALLS: To Exclusivity
July 05, 2020 00:00 - 37 minutesAaron McGovern brings the penultimate message in our Exodus series, sharing on how God calls us to exclusivity.
28.06.20 - EXODUS | GOD CALLS: Keeping The Sabbath
June 28, 2020 00:00 - 32 minutesAlex Steed encourages us to keep the Sabbath through reasons found in Exodus 31, Mark 31, and Romans 14.
22.06.20 - EXODUS | GOD CALLS: To Serve
June 21, 2020 00:00 - 26 minutesAaron McGovern discusses from our #X1STUDIO, the importance of serving.
14.06.20 - EXODUS | GOD CALLS: A Journey Inside Out and Outside In
June 14, 2020 00:00 - 26 minutesThrough the details of the Tabernacle contained in Exodus25-27, Andy Smith challenges us to re-focus and understand how we approach the Throne of God.
07.06.20 - EXODUS | GOD CALLS: How Generous Are You?
June 07, 2020 00:00 - 36 minutesAaron McGovern looks at what it means to be generous, using Exodus 25:1-9.
31.05.20 - EXODUS | GOD CALLS: God Call to Holiness
May 31, 2020 00:00 - 31 minutesJoost van den Boogaard joins us all the way from The Netherlands to share with us some key points from The Book of the Covenant (Exodus 21-23:19).
24.05.20 - EXODUS | GOD CALLS: A Million Memes...and Two Pyramids
May 24, 2020 00:00 - 35 minutesAndy Smith dives into Exodus 20 from our 'social-distanced' streaming studio.
17.05.20 - EXODUS | GOD CALLS: Exodus 19
May 17, 2020 00:00 - 23 minutesBen Fleming guides us through Exodus 19.
10.05.20 - EXODUS | GOD CALLS: We Aren't Good Enough
May 10, 2020 00:00 - 33 minutesAaron McGovern takes us further into Exodus through 17-18 looking at our reliance on God and each other.
03.05.20 - EXODUS | GOD CALLS: Fully Forgetful
May 03, 2020 00:00 - 31 minutesAndy Smith looks at God's provision that is demonstrated in Exodus 15-17.
26.04.20 - EXODUS | GOD CALLS: The Crossing of the Red Sea
April 26, 2020 00:00 - 35 minutesTom Seaby looks at Exodus 14 when God parted the Red Sea for the Israelites to escape from Pharaoh. What can we learn from this about God? Was the ownership on Moses?
24.04.20 - Excel Event: For We Walk by Faith, and Not by Sight
April 24, 2020 00:00 - 41 minutesOur women's ministry, Excel, joined together during the Covid-19 lockdown online to encourage each other through scripture and worship. This extract is taken from the message shared by Erika Yong.
19.04.20 - EXODUS | GOD CALLS: The Pillars of Presence
April 19, 2020 00:00 - 33 minutesAaron McGovern looks at the pillars of presence that are demonstrated in Exodus 13.
12.04.20 - EXODUS | GOD CALLS: Easter
April 12, 2020 00:00 - 38 minutesAaron McGovern leads our Easter Sunday service with a continuation of our Exodus series, this week looking at the links between Easter & Exodus through the 10th plague.
10.04.20 - EXODUS | GOD CALLS: Deconstructionism
April 10, 2020 00:00 - 32 minutesAndy Smith continues to look into Exodus, looking at the plagues that God inflicted on Egypt.
05.04.20 - EXODUS | GOD CALLS: The Battle for Authority
April 05, 2020 00:00 - 32 minutesAndy Smith unpacks Exodus 7:1-13, the battle for authority.
29.03.20 - EXODUS | GOD CALLS: Match of the Day
March 29, 2020 00:00 - 23 minutesAaron McGovern brings the latest in our Exodus series, discussing the matches of chapters 5 & 6.
22.03.20 - EXODUS | GOD CALLS: God With Us
March 22, 2020 00:00 - 30 minutesIn the first-ever online Sunday service for Christ First Watford, Andy Smith brings the latest in our Exodus | God Calls series, looking at Exodus 4:27-31.
08.03.20 - EXODUS | GOD CALLS: Who Do You Think You Are?
March 08, 2020 00:00 - 34 minutesMarion Knells looks deep into Exodus 4, as Moses asks God "who am I".
01.03.20 - EXODUS | God Calls: What's In a Name?
March 01, 2020 00:00 - 42 minutesAaron McGovern looks at Exodus 3 and the significance of God's name.
23.02.20 - EXODUS | God Calls: Immanence
February 23, 2020 00:00 - 37 minutesAlex Steed asks "what do you find most interesting thinking about?".
16.02.20 - EXODUS | God Calls: Prayer
February 16, 2020 00:00 - 35 minutesAndy Smith unpacks Exodus 2:23-25, looking in detail at God's character and his call for a relationship with us.
09.02.20 - EXODUS | God Calls: It Has Become Known
February 09, 2020 00:00 - 27 minutesOur next instalment in our Exodus sermon series.
02.02.20 - EXODUS | God Calls: A God of Miracles
February 02, 2020 00:00 - 42 minutesAndy Smith takes us further into Exodus, understanding the relationship between fear and faith.
26.01.20 - EXODUS | God Calls: Promises Made, Promises Kept
January 27, 2020 00:00 - 42 minutesWe're spending the first half of 2020 walking through the book of Exodus. In our second sermon of this new series Andy Smith continues from the second book of the Old Testament, and discusses Chapter 1 verses 8 - 22.
19.01.20 - EXODUS|God Calls: God's People on the Move
January 19, 2020 00:00 - 30 minutesWe're spending the first half of 2020 walking through the book of Exodus. In the first sermon of this new series, Aaron McGovern introduces us to the second book of the Old Testament and discusses why Exodus has been chosen as our next sermon series.
12.01.20 - What Kind of Church: A Charismatic
January 12, 2020 00:00 - 38 minutesAndy Smith talks about what a charismatic and spirit-filled church looks like, and how it's something we should want with all our heart. *Due to technical issues this audio recording for this week's sermon is of a lower quality.