Title: Well Pleasing in His Sight
Speaker: Pastor Phil Haddad
Date: 15th March 2026
Location: Adelaide, Australia

Summary:
“The Lord is not asking us to bring a perfect work. What he’s asked us to do was already perfect.”

This episode looks at a question that sits underneath almost every decision we make: who are we actually trying to please? It opens with Caleb and Joshua, the two men who came back from the promised land with a good report and then waited forty years in the wilderness before they ever set foot in it again. They held onto God’s promise while everyone around them let fear win, and God said of Caleb that he had another spirit in him and followed fully.

From there the teaching turns to three moments in the life of Jesus that show us what pleases the Father: his obedience in baptism, his answers to temptation in the wilderness, and his willingness to lay down his rights at the cross. Each one is simple rather than impressive. The picture is drawn using a child running up the aisle with a coloured-in page, scribbled well outside the lines, desperate to hear a parent say they’re proud. God is not grading the artwork. He is looking at the attitude behind it.

There’s a practical edge here too. Pleasing God often costs us popularity, and there are moments when the right thing and the easy thing part company. The episode closes with a list of eighteen things that please God, and a reminder that what we bring him each day is no longer a piece of paper but our decisions, our conversations and our attitudes.

Key Points:

• God responds to attitude and obedience, not to polish, performance or impressive results.
• Caleb and Joshua held faith through a forty year delay, showing that waiting well is part of believing God’s promise.
• At his baptism Jesus had performed no miracle and taught no crowd, yet the Father said he was well pleased, because obedience alone was enough.
• The three temptations in the wilderness each offered a shortcut to satisfaction, authority or attention, and each was answered with Scripture rather than argument.
• Seeking to please people and seeking to please God will sometimes pull in opposite directions, and popularity is the cost we may have to pay.
• Being falsely accused and taking it patiently, rather than defending ourselves, is described as acceptable to God.
• Simple daily practices please God: faith, obedience, humility, repentance, love, mercy, prayer, thanksgiving, serving others, endurance, truth telling, forgiveness, generosity, faithfulness and walking in the Spirit.

Reference Scriptures:

• Numbers 14:24
• Galatians 1:10
• Matthew 3:13-17
• Isaiah 9:6
• Matthew 4:1-11
• Philippians 2:6-8
• Isaiah 53:7
• Isaiah 53:10
• 1 Peter 2:19-25
• John 4:34
• John 5:19
• John 5:30
• John 8:29
• John 8:50
• John 18:11
• Ecclesiastes 7:20
• Ecclesiastes 12:13
• Matthew 25:21

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Title: Keeping our eyes on Jesus
Speaker: Pastor Phil Haddad
Date: 1st February 2026
Location: Adelaide, Australia

In this episode, the message centres on keeping our eyes on Jesus in a world full of noise, pressure, and distraction. It reflects on how easily life can pull our focus away through busyness, fear, hardship, or uncertainty, and reminds us that the Lord always calls us back to himself. Rather than trying to solve everything alone, the encouragement is to look to Jesus for wisdom, direction, and peace.  

Drawing from Hebrews, Isaiah, the Gospels, and the letters of Paul, this episode shows that Jesus is both the example and the answer. Just as he endured the cross with purpose, God’s people are called to stay fixed on him through every circumstance. The message also highlights the role of the Holy Spirit in helping us truly know Jesus, understand spiritual things, and keep moving forward with faith even when the way ahead feels narrow or unclear.  

Key points / takeaways

• Distraction does not always come through obvious sin; it can also come through busyness, pressure, and gradually drifting from the things of God.  
• Jesus is the author and finisher of faith, and his example teaches how to stay steady when life feels loud, uncertain, or painful.  
• The Holy Spirit enables people to truly know Jesus, understand spiritual truth, and find hope, direction, and strength in every season.  

Reference scriptures used

• Hebrews 2:1–9
• Hebrews 12:2
• Isaiah 53:3–5, 7–8, 12
• Matthew 14:22–31
• 1 Corinthians 2:9–13
• 2 Corinthians 4:1, 5–10
• 1 Peter 1:8

Also referenced in the message

• Mark 16:17–18
• Luke 24:49
• Matthew 6:33
• Matthew 11:28–30
• Hebrews 13:5
• 1 Peter 5:7
• The woman with the issue of blood
• Blind Bartimaeus
• The man born blind
• Lazarus
• The woman at the well 

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Title: Taking Up Responsibility
Speaker: Pastor Phil Haddad
Date: 14th September 2025
Location: Adelaide, Australia

This episode explores the theme of taking up responsibility as a key part of growth in faith and maturity. Drawing from the example of Mary’s humble acceptance of God’s plan, it reflects on how the Lord equips each of us to step forward in faith—often before we feel ready. Through stories from Scripture, including Abraham, Esther, and David, it shows that responsibility is both a test and a gift that draws us closer to God’s purpose for our lives.

The message encourages a willingness to say “yes” to God’s direction, trusting that His Spirit empowers us beyond our own ability. Responsibility, whether in ministry, family, or everyday life, becomes the path through which we grow, inspire others, and see the Lord’s strength revealed.

3 Key Points:

• Growth in faith comes through accepting responsibility, not avoiding it.
• Mary’s response, “Be it unto me according to thy word,” models perfect trust and obedience.
• When we move in faith, our willingness inspires others and fulfills God’s plan through us.

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Title: The Ministry of Jesus Christ
Speaker: Pastor Phil Haddad
Date: 6th of April 2025
Location: Adelaide, Australia

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Title: We are forever being changed
Speaker: Pastor Phil Haddad
Date: 22nd October 2023
Location: Adelaide, Australia

This talk was originally available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DiObYCzdo4

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