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Lead pastor on Acts 1:1-20. The post-resurrection disciples had to learn to build the church on the Spirit alone — the word ‘Spirit’ appears more than fifty times in Acts. The early church was a boat in stormy seas: each disciple a rower. Only by one-spirited prayer and unified leadership could the community survive. If we must face another storm, can we be in it together?

Sixth and final sermon in the Lord’s Prayer series. Lead pastor on Matthew 6:9-13 — ‘lead us not into temptation.’ Temptation circles in adversity; daily devotion builds our resistance. Slow down, savour heartbeat and breath, add more moments of connection with the Lord — and when temptation comes, perhaps we can sweep it away in a moment.

Eric Sin on John 20:19-31 — the post-resurrection disciples meeting the risen Christ in fear and doubt. Doubt is not necessarily disobedience; without doubt, no one would have perceived the patriarchal frame of Scripture, and no LGBTQ+-affirming church would exist. As Hong Kong’s religious freedom tightens, can we still hear Christ’s blessing: ‘Peace be with you’?

Lead pastor’s 2019 Easter Sunday sermon on Matthew 28: the Resurrected Christ transcends time, space, and death. Resurrection is not a destination but a process — a path of hope, of dying to the old self, of rising into new life. If we feel nothing in us needs to die, that is pride.

Dr. Sonia Wong’s 2019 Good Friday sermon on Isaiah 53, Hebrews 4–5, and John 19: ‘The Power of Suffering.’ Christ submitted to death in the deepest pain — may we recognise the same presence sustaining us in our own seasons of suffering.

Jason Ho’s 2019 Palm Sunday sermon on Matthew 7:7-11: ‘Lectio Divina.’ The disciples faced two roads — empire or the Kingdom. Lectio Divina is a communal threefold reading: understand, internalise, respond — practiced in groups of three.

Lead pastor’s fifth sermon in the Lord’s Prayer series, on Matthew 6:9-13: ‘forgive us our debts.’ Matthew uses ‘as,’ Luke uses ‘because’ — together a reminder that an unforgiving heart cannot receive forgiveness. Examine your inner ‘dark box’ of resentment.

Lead pastor’s fourth sermon in the Lord’s Prayer series, on Matthew 6:9-13: ‘Your will be done on earth as in heaven.’ To pray this is to be drafted into God’s work, translating prayer into daily choices and vision.

Jason Ho’s sermon on John 8:1-2: ‘Learning Silence and Solitude.’ Inner noise — resentment, anxiety, unhealed wounds — blocks our nearness to God. Five-minute silent meditation lets us live as our true self rather than chasing face, fame, or power.

Rev. Selina on Isaiah 30:15 — the prayer of rest, also known as silent prayer. Two steps: connect with God (sit upright, breathe deeply); connect with yourself (palms up, relax the body). Practise Maranatha (‘Come, Lord!’) with the rhythm of breath. Three S’s of the practice: Silence, Stillness, Simplicity. There is nothing else but Christ praying in us.