We all know the story of the woman who was brought before Jesus, having been caught in the act of adultery.

Jesus' response to her accusers are some of his most well known words - 'let those of you without sin cast the first stone'.

This is an example of someone looking into the face of Jesus and seeing the grace of God extended to humanity. It's also the story of how our worst days can also turn into our best days.

John Scott is one of the pastoral team at City Lights Church in Stafford. City Lights Church is a group of imperfect people responding to a personal revelation of Jesus. They believe that healthy churches are places where people can BELONG, THRIVE and SHARE.

Find more about City Lights Church at www.city-lights.church

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Rev. Neil Storey is the minster of Noosa Coastal Uniting Church, which holds services each Sunday at Sunrise Beach and Tewantin.

Noosa Coastal also runs a number of other community fellowship and outreach programs.

In this message, Rev. Storey asks the question where do we place our trust - in humans, in the things of this world, or do we place our trust in God?

Out of that comes more questions - what is optional about our faith, and what is essential to our faith?

Noosa Coastal Uniting Church meets Sundays at Sunrise Beach (8am) and Tewantin (10am). You can find out more at their website - www.noosacoastaluc.com.au

You can find more messages from Noosa Coastal at their Youtube channel - www.youtube.com/@noosacoastalunitingchurch959

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Cindi Windle has been a local church pastor for over 20 years, and is the founder of 'Body & Bilble: Wholeness God's Way' and 'Be The Solution' which helps churches and pastors reach the next generation now.

Cindi also specialises in coaching for pastors, especially female pastors and leaders.

She is married to Ben Windle, who is well known to Rise 96.5 listeners from The Life Minute and Life Matters.

In this message, Cindi looks at ways that we can flourish in a world that can seem like it is constantly trying to take us down. How can we rise above the comparisons and distractions of things like social media and TV, as well as the opinions of others and how we think our peers see us?

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