Messages for the Reset Season…

We’re in the middle of a reset season. Over the Christmas and January break there’s some past messages that we would love you to spend some time in again to get us ready for what is ahead. We’ll give you a direct link from this page, and also a link to the episode on Apple Podcasts.

The Death of Consumer Church series

The Death of Consumer Church - Part 1
Tim kicks off 2023, anchoring in Deuteronomy 1, where Moses is recounting to Israel their journey so far. They were at a place that God has bought them to in a mighty way… and where they could no longer stay. Israel had come out of Egypt, but not yet gone in to take possession of all that was promised. This is a picture of where the church is at. We can no longer stay where we are. His glory has come off some things that we are very used to. The days of consumer church are done. Tim looks at 5 areas that His glory is coming upon in this season. He is reorganising His people around His kingdom, rather than what we have made church to be.

APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/i61-sydney/id1201952201?i=1000597688139
DIRECT DOWNLOAD: http://www.i61.com.au/podcast/2023/2/2/the-death-of-consumer-church

The Death of Consumer Church - Part 2 - The Remnant Season
Remnant seasons are a time where there is a focused purifying - often following some kind of correction from God. Not all of the people of God can handle the correction, and many grow weary and lose heart. Tim and Debbie describe the season we are in, looking at Hebrews 12 and Acts 3. God has been working to bring His people back to what it is really all about, and is calling us to a new level of holiness - being set apart for Him alone, so that times of refreshing come.

APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/i61-sydney/id1201952201?i=1000599883849
DIRECT DOWNLOAD: http://www.i61.com.au/podcast/2023/2/16/the-death-of-consumer-church-part-2-the-remnant-season

The Father Wants His House Back
In a challenging prophetic message for this season of change and transition, Tim opens up Haggai 1 and 2. The remnant had returned from captivity in Babylon but had given up on rebuilding the temple and were just focused on their own lives - living comfortably, while God’s house was still in ruins. God spoke through Haggai to call the people back to His priorities. Then, from 1 Cor 3 and 2 Cor 5, Tim reminds us that we will all have to give an account to The Father for what we have done with what He put in us.

APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/i61-sydney/id1201952201?i=1000622057808
DIRECT DOWNLOAD: http://www.i61.com.au/podcast/2023/7/23/the-father-wants-his-house-back

SETTING THE TABLE SERIES

Set The Table - Raise The Army - Part 1
We are in a transition season, and what we have known in the past is no longer sufficient for where God is taking us. Israel faced this transition after they crossed the Jordan. They moved from a season characterised by “coming out” to a new season of “going in” - taking the land that God had promised them. This was an entirely new operating system. As we finish laying the foundation for 2023 at i61, Tim looks at Joshua 5. Before Israel could take Jericho - the first city they were to conquer - there had to be a fresh consecration for a generation that “had not been circumcised along the way”. It is a season for us to “set the table” and “raise the army”. The dry bones from past seasons are starting to rattle as the Spirit of God is breathing new life over us!

APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/i61-sydney/id1201952201?i=1000604921798
DIRECT DOWNLOAD: http://www.i61.com.au/podcast/2023/3/19/set-the-table-raise-the-army

Set The Table - Raise The Army - Part 2
The last message focussed on the “raise the army” part. Today we focus on the imperative to “set the table” - to create an atmosphere that is welcoming, loving, and healing, so that broken people can come, fall apart, and be loved back to life. Loving well requires a healed heart. My ability to love someone says more about me than the other person. And, love always takes the initiative - because He “first-loved” us.

APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/i61-sydney/id1201952201?i=1000606816609
DIRECT DOWNLOAD: http://www.i61.com.au/podcast/2023/4/1/set-the-table-raise-the-army-part-2

What’s The Table You Are Called To Set?
At the start of the year, God spoke two key strategic words to Tim - set the table, and raise the army. (They are on our podcast back in March and April). We are heading into a new wineskin - a new paradigm, and the new is in you … that is, how church will look and what we will do will form around the unique callings and blueprints of the people. The day of fitting people into a “church” structure is done. The new day is church structure is built around the people, to empower and enable people to set the tables they are called to set, in combination with others with like callings. What started as a “prophetic potpourri” ended up as a significant strategic word.

APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/i61-sydney/id1201952201?i=1000620645583
DIRECT DOWNLOAD: http://www.i61.com.au/podcast/2023/7/11/whats-the-table-you-are-called-to-set

The Ekklesia Series

The Ekklesia and the Gates of Hell
When Jesus introduced us to the church for the first time, He used a term that was not from any of the religious language of the day, and told us what He would build would advance against the enemy in an unstoppable way. Many of us have had painful experiences with Christ’s Body, the church, and yet, Jesus has not changed His plan. Tim finishes with a prophetic call to be reconciled with the Bride, and an invitation to fall in love with what Jesus loves.

APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/i61-sydney/id1201952201?i=1000434410752
DIRECT DOWNLOAD: http://www.i61.com.au/podcast/2019/4/8/taking-ground-the-ekklesia-and-the-gates-of-hell

The Ekklesia, The Seven Mountains, and Discipling Nations
Tim continues the series on the Ekklesia. What Jesus had in mind when He said He would build His ekklesia was different to the church we see today. His ekklesia turned the world upside down in a relatively short period of time. The early church’s statisticss were far superior to what we see in the Western world. His blueprint for the ekklesia sees us discipling nations into being “sheep nations” who are ultimately presented to Jesus as a gift.

APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/i61-sydney/id1201952201?i=1000434931159
DIRECT DOWNLOAD: http://www.i61.com.au/podcast/2019/4/15/taking-ground-the-ekklesia-the-seven-mountains-and-discipling-nations

The Ekklesia and Justice
Steve Frost continues our exploration of what it means to be the kind of church Jesus intended, looking at the importance of justice, mercy and faith. As the church, we’re not called out from the world; we’re called out in the world + for the world - to engage in the secret economy of the giving + receiving of love.

APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/i61-sydney/id1201952201?i=1000437278133
DIRECT DOWNLOAD: http://www.i61.com.au/podcast/2019/5/6/the-ekklesia-and-justice

The Ekklesia - Justice and Revelation
Steve Frost continues our series on the Ekklesia. Jesus’ design and intention for his church, revealed in the word He chose to describe it, was a group of people called out of their homes into the public square to act and make decisions for the welfare of their city. He didn’t have in mind a group of people doing religious activity. His heart is a family that loves well, and practically enacts that love through bringing justice where it’s needed. The way the church loves others and does justice reveals a world gathered under the universal Fatherhood of God and filled with heaven’s presence.

APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/i61-sydney/id1201952201?i=1000438075079
DIRECT DOWNLOAD: http://www.i61.com.au/podcast/2019/5/14/justice-and-revelation

The Ekklesia - Legislating on Earth and In the Heavenlies
In a key strategic word for i61, Deb and Tim Ferris, and Megan Edward tag team in exploring the fact that we have authority in the earth realm to legislate through acts of justice, and in the heavenly realm through our authority to bind and loose. In our region, the python spirit has been a key atmospheric stronghold. The team looked at the symptoms of this spirit’s operation, and lead in ministry to break off any attachment in us that would give it ability to affect us. As we step out from under the “powers of the air” we establish an open heaven in our region where it’s easy for people to encounter Jesus and get free.

APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/i61-sydney/id1201952201?i=1000438950258
DIRECT DOWNLOAD: http://www.i61.com.au/podcast/2019/5/21/the-ekklesia-legislating-on-earth-and-in-the-heavenlies

The Ekklesia - The Blueprint for Taking Cities
If our churches are growing, while the social statistics in our cities are worsening, something is wrong with the blueprint from which we are building churches. The Ekklesia that Jesus instituted turned the known world upside down, and it impacted all of society, not just the church meeting. Tim gives most of this message to a documentary by Ed Silvoso on the transformation in the city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. It gives us real life look at a true Ekklesia transforming a city that was once the murder capital of the world. To get the full picture of this message, at the right point, pause the audio, and watch the video at http://bit.ly/2HWnNwH then come back to the rest of the message.

APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/i61-sydney/id1201952201?i=1000439926074
DIRECT DOWNLOAD: http://www.i61.com.au/podcast/2019/5/27/the-ekklesia-the-blueprint-for-taking-cities

The Ekklesia, The Heart Journey, and Heaven’s Blueprint
Tim wraps up (we think) this series on the Ekklesia, bringing together the key concepts from the series, and reinforcing that the heart journey is at the core of heaven’s blueprint for the church. The early chapters of Acts are the closest in time to Jesus stating the He will build His Ekklesia. We know they manifested heaven’s blueprint because cities were transformed. Heaven’s blueprint was deeply relational, filled with passionate fire, and out of that place, they demonstrated the supernatural power of God, and as a result, turned the known world upside down.

APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/i61-sydney/id1201952201?i=1000441878292
DIRECT DOWNLOAD: http://www.i61.com.au/podcast/2019/6/18/the-ekklesia-the-heart-journey-and-heavens-blueprint

I61 VISION

The i61 Vision and The Ministry of Jesus
i61 Church was birthed out of the message of Isaiah 61, which prophetically describes and declares the ministry of Jesus. Tim and Debbie take today to unpack this prophetic passage to describe the blueprint for i61 that God dropped on them back in 2012. We cannot settle for anything less than ALL that Jesus came to do, for our own sake, and for the sake of the world around us, who need to encounter with the authentic Jesus.

This message uses slides on screen to bring the vision to life, which is harder to capture in audio only. There is a full video version of this message available on our website at http://bit.ly/i61Vision.

APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/i61-sydney/id1201952201?i=1000515348946
DIRECT DOWLOAD: http://www.i61.com.au/podcast/2021/4/1/the-i61-vision-and-the-ministry-of-jesus
FULL VIDEO: http://bit.ly/i61Vision

SPirit of Elijah series

The Spirit of Elijah - Part 1
The spirit that was on Elijah was not only that of prophet. Malachi 4 tells us that the “spirit and power of Elijah” will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and the children to the fathers. John The Baptist came in that spirit to “prepare the way of the Lord”. This anointing to heal hearts and heal families precedes the full ministry of Jesus. As we are sent out to heal broken hearts we prepare a highway that Jesus can come in on.

APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/i61-sydney/id1201952201?i=1000579266345
DIRECT DOWNLOAD: http://www.i61.com.au/podcast/2022/9/13/the-spirit-of-elijah-part-1

The Spirit of Elijah - Part 2
This is part 2 of 3 messages on the spirit of Elijah. Isaiah 61 shows us what the anointing that was on Jesus will do. It will heal broken hearts and set people free. But it doesn’t stop there. Isaiah 61 goes on to tell us what those who were once broken hearted - and now healed - will do. They will disrupt, heal and restore generational cycles and patterns of dysfunction and brokenness. We need healing not just for ourselves. Our healing becomes the launchpad that sees others set free in the same area that we were once held captive. You have been placed in the midst of pain and brokenness to be an agent of healing to the world around you. It is time to be activated and sent out!

APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/i61-sydney/id1201952201?i=1000579267792
DIRECT DOWNLOAD: http://www.i61.com.au/podcast/2022/9/13/the-spirit-of-elijah-part-2

The Spirit of Elijah - Part 3
This is the 3rd in this short series on The Spirit of Elijah. Isaiah 40 describes in part the spirit of Elijah, prophetically declaring the ministry of John the Baptist, who we know came in the spirit of Elijah. What preceded the spirit of Elijah was “comfort My people”. We have been through an extended traumatic season, and it’s easy to miss its impact, as it is something that has happened to everyone. Comfort is the answer to trauma, and God wants to minister to, and lift off the trauma of the past season, so we are free to bring that same comfort and healing to the world around us.

APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/i61-sydney/id1201952201?i=1000582589755
DIRECT DOWNLOAD: http://www.i61.com.au/podcast/2022/10/14/the-spirit-of-elijah-part-3