Sermons

In Unlocking the Potential of a Fresh New Life, Captain Rob Westwood-Payne shares how Jesus came to bring fresh new life.
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In A Faith That Makes a Positive Impact, Captain Rob Westwood-Payne explains it is faith that makes us right with God and gives us the strength to do God’s work.
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#2023sermon #salvationarmy #thesalvationarmy #robwestwoodpayneABOUT THE MESSAGEIn Temptation: Can You Resist?, Captain Rob Westwood-Payne explains that when we are tempted to take control of our lives from God, his grace can give us the way out.
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In Don’t Miss Out: There’s More to Come, Captain Rob Westwood-Payne explains sometimes we can be so busy doing, that we miss the mountaintop experiences that come from being silent, listening, wondering, and adoring Jesus.
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This sermon, as part of our 2nd Sunday Family Celebration, which is more informal and relaxed in nature reminds us we need to choose life and the love that comes from God.

This sermon reminds us that if we do what is right, if we love mercy, and if we walk humbly with God, then his promise is that we will discover true happiness, real and full satisfaction.

This sermon for Covenant Sunday, an annual event to help us examine the temperature of our relationship with God, encourages us to celebrate and invest in the more and better life beyond our dreams that Jesus wants to give us.

This sermon, as part of our 2nd Sunday Family Worship, reminds us that Jesus arrived to be baptised by John the Baptist and to carry out the work God had chosen for him to do. We are similarly called to do good wherever we find ourselves.
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This Christmas Day sermon reminds us that whatever may happen to us in the year to come, we can live with the confidence of God’s presence in our lives.
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When does Christmas start for you? This sermon, given during our annual Carols by Candlelight service, reminds us that for God, Christmas only starts when we choose to take our place in his story. Christmas encourages us to make room in our hearts fo…

On the fourth Sunday of Advent, this sermon reminds us we are invited once again to consider the depth of God’s love for us and to set our hearts on the hope that he has given us from that love.
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During the Advent season, consider the implications of Jesus’s arrival into our world, and set your mind toward his eventual return.

This sermon, for the first Sunday in Advent, looks at what it might mean to wait patiently in hope in a fast-moving, instant world. God’s people waited over 400 years for the promised Messiah. Simeon and Anna waited patiently their whole lives to mee…

This sermon for Remembrance Sunday teaches us that loving God and loving others, and serving both sacrificially, is what we will be remembered for.
 
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This sermon reminds us that in order to be Future Builders, we must ensure we are right with God.
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This sermon, given at our 2nd Sunday Celebration (a lighter, more relaxed meeting), focuses on the stories of the lost sheep and lost coin. They remind us that God loves us and wants us to welcome everyone.
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In this sermon, we learn that financial freedom is found when we have just what we need to do what God wants us to do.
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Some Christians and some churches are infected by Eeyore Syndrome! They’re discouraged and complaining and they drag others down with them. This sermon examines the way Nehemiah dealt with discouragement. We are encouraged to place our difficulties i…

Sunday’s Battle Ready Sermon: Jesus Loves the Bad Guys (Luke 19:1-10)
 
This Bible Message, given in our Second Sunday Celebration (with a focus on All-Age Worship), declares that Jesus loves the bad guys! Weaving together the plot of the Dreamworks’…

Trying to put together a one thousand piece jigsaw without the finished picture in front of you can be frustrating. Trying to build the future without knowing what God’s vision for it is can be equally frustrating. You have no idea where you are head…

Sunday’s Battle Ready Sermon: Future Builders | Wait For It! (Nehemiah 2:1-10)
In this sermon, we are reminded that sometimes God asks us to wait before we act. How good are we at waiting?
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Sunday’s Battle Ready Sermon: Faithful and Available Builders
 
This sermon, on the occasion of Captain Rob’s Installation as Commanding Officer of Maidenhead Citadel Salvation Army, reminds us that every Christian can take their place as a builder o…

Sunday’s Battle Ready Sermon: Unfinished Business
 
This sermon, as Lieutenant Rob farewelled from Basingstoke Corps, reminds us that God always finishes what he starts. Whatever happens, including times of transition and change, God will continue hi…

Sunday’s Battle Ready Sermon: Sharing God’s Goodness
This sermon concludes our series on Psalm 139 – Known. We remind ourselves that our God is good and calls us to spread that goodness to others.
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Sunday’s Battle Ready Sermon: The World Doesn’t Depend on You
This sermon continues our series, Known, based on Psalm 139. Today’s message is that a sense of awe in God helps to remind us that the world doesn’t depend on us. That sounds like good new…

Sunday’s Battle Ready Sermon: No Power Crisis Here
Pentecost is the birthday of the Church, the day when God poured out his Holy Spirit on his people. In this message, we recall there’s No Power Crisis Here. In the United Kingdom, we are also celebra…

Sunday’s Battle Ready Sermon: You Are Never Alone
The promise in Psalm 139 is that we are never alone. God’s presence is everywhere. If we are in his will and serving his purposes then that promise brings trust and confidence and we can simply rest i…

Sunday’s Battle Ready Sermon: Are You Heading in the Right Direction?
 
This week we begin a new four-part series called Known, looking at one of the most popular psalms in the Bible, Psalm 139. Many Christians have “I am fearfully and wonderfully ma…

Sunday’s Battle Ready Sermon: Resting in Our Freedom
 
This sermon concludes our series on Leading a Healthy Lifestyle. Today, we learn that God has the cure for our busyness. It is radical and it is counter-cultural. But it is a gift from God. Do yo…

Sunday’s Battle Ready Sermon: He is Not Here!
This Resurrection Sunday sermon celebrates four words that changed the world … He is Not Here! They can change your world too!

Sunday’s Battle Ready Sermon: Carrying Christ into the World
Who is your role model? This sermon, for Palm Sunday, considers a number of candidates in the Palm Sunday story that might serve as a role model. The conclusion might surprise you!
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Sunday’s Battle Ready Sermon: Developing the Body Beautiful
 
This week we continued our series, Leading a Healthy Lifestyle. Using Philippians 2:5-11, we challenged ourselves about whether we invest enough in making Christ’s Body as attractive to ot…

Sunday’s Battle Ready Sermon: Seeing the Beauty of Jesus in Others
This sermon challenges us that every Christian should be prayerfully present to people so that they can reveal their beauty to them.
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Sunday’s Battle Ready Sermon: Admitting You’re a Crack Pot!
This sermon encourages us to recognise our weaknesses as the places where God can work the most miracles.

As we continue our series on Leading a Healthy Lifestyle, this sermon suggests that every person should pay attention to their grief in order to deal with it in an emotionally healthy way.

As we continue our series, Leading a Healthy Lifestyle, this sermon encourages us that everyone can replace any negative family life script by finding the blessing God longs to give us.

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We continue our series, Leading a Healthy Lifestyle. This sermon consider the part our families have to play in the person we become and the shocking thing that Jesus had to say about it. The good news is that if we let him, God – rather than our pas…

This sermon for our annual Covenant Sunday reminds us that our relationship with God is not contractual – it’s not what we do that makes God love us. He loves us with unconditional covenantal love – he pledges to be our Father. He simply wants us to …

This sermon kicks off our series for this New Year – Leading a Healthy Lifestyle. Sometimes, Christians can be as emotionally and psychologically immature as everyone else. Jesus has the power to heal us from the inside out, but first we have to answ…

In this sermon for Christmas Day, at the conclusion of our Advent and Christmas series, Christmas List: Reordering our Priorities, we are reminded that spiritual fruit – like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness and gentleness – isn’t just …

In this sermon for our annual Carol Service, Lieutenant Rob proclaims that Hope is Here! That’s God’s gift to us this Christmas, and every day, if we will just receive it and believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ. May you sense the “thrill of …

This sermon reminds us of God’s perfect timing, and poses the question, do we have time for Christmas? God will bring us special moments in the small things of this season, if we take the time to prioritise him.

This sermon continues our series for Advent and Christmas, Christmas List: Reordering Our Priorities. Many of our Christmas priorities are focused on Others, which aligns with God’s focus. The story of the Magi proclaims that God’s salvation is for t…

This sermon kicks off our Advent & Christmas series, Christmas List: Reordering Our Priorities. Like Joseph, who had to choose between obeying the rules and accepting Mary as his wife and his part in God’s plan, God may ask us to reorder our prioriti…

This sermon concludes our series on Rhythms: Finding Rest for Your Soul. Today, we are reminded that we can worship God anywhere, whatever we’re doing – even at work! If we can worship anywhere, then we can find the rhythm God plans for us between wo…

This sermon for Remembrance Sunday recalls that we remember because we are made in the image of the God who remembers. Those around us need reminding that like us, their names are graven on the hands of God.

This sermon challenges the pervading need in our society to over work. God has gifted us one day a week where we can get the rest we need and the space to worship him. Don’t let the world squeeze you into it’s mould. Instead, make sure that what you …

This sermon begins our series on Rhythms: Finding Rest for Your Soul. We begin with work, part of God’s good order for the world and for human beings. If we neglect it, then our lives are out of order. For Christians, work is part of the Church’s mis…

The final sermon in our four-week series, Happiness, focuses on bringing happiness to our community. God commands us to work for the peace and prosperity of our town. What are we doing – both individually and corporately – to help bring the happy Kin…

This sermon encourages us that we are allowed to enjoy ourselves. Pleasure and the good things in life are gifts from God for us to enjoy. If it’s not a sin, then there need be no such thing as guilty pleasure. God wants us to find happiness in life!