Title: Am I Ready
Speaker: Pastor Steve Carr
Date: 11th March 2026
Location: Bendigo, Australia

“Are you ready? No one knows the day or the hour, but that’s exactly the point.”

Planning a mission trip to Africa is no simple exercise. It takes passports, visas, vaccinations, budgeting, and a very long checklist. In Episode 803, that real-world preparation becomes the backdrop for a deeper question: are you spiritually ready for the return of Jesus Christ? Drawing on current world events, including conflict in the Middle East, economic uncertainty, and global unrest, the message connects the signs of the times to the words of Jesus in Matthew 24, calling believers to stay watchful, prepared, and built up in the Lord.

From the Passover in Exodus 12, where Israel ate with their belts on and sandals tied, to the Parable of the Ten Virgins in Matthew 25, the episode unpacks what biblical readiness actually looks like in daily life. No one is given the exact hour of Christ’s return, but believers are called to live as though it could be tonight. The parallel of Hezekiah in 2 Kings 20 adds another layer, showing what it looks like to walk uprightly before God so that when a crisis hits, your spiritual house is already in order.

The episode closes with 1 Peter 1 and the encouraging reminder that trials do not have to derail readiness. A new believer, Lucy, was baptised that very evening, a timely, live illustration that being born again is the foundation of everything. Whatever is coming next in the world, the call is clear: stay ready, keep your lamps burning, and hold firmly to the living hope of the resurrection.

3 Key Takeaways

1. World events including wars, economic instability, and geopolitical tension are signs of the times, but life continues as normal for most people. That contrast is exactly why personal spiritual readiness cannot be left to the last minute.
2. The Passover account in Exodus 12 is a striking picture of readiness: belt on, sandals on, staff in hand. The New Testament equivalent is having our lives girded with the truth of God’s Word, born again and clothed in the blood of Jesus Christ.
3. Being born again through repentance, baptism, and the filling of the Holy Spirit is not just the beginning of the Christian life. It is the very foundation of being ready for the return of Jesus Christ.

Reference Scriptures

• 1 Thessalonians 5:3
• Matthew 24:3-8, 29-31, 36-44
• Matthew 25:1-13
• Luke 12:35-40
• Exodus 12:5-13, 29
• 2 Kings 20:1-6
• 1 Peter 1:3-9

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Title: You Belong
Speaker: Pastor Steve Carr
Date: 23rd February 2025
Location: Bendigo, Australia

In this episode, the message from Luke 15 reminds us of the deep assurance that comes from belonging to the Lord. We are not defined by what we do or how we feel, but by what Christ has done for us through His sacrifice and the gift of the Holy Spirit. We have been adopted into God’s family, accepted, forgiven, and called His own.

Through parables and scriptures, this talk highlights the joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, the security of our adoption as sons and daughters of God, and the unity we share as members of the body of Christ. No matter our past, weaknesses, or doubts, the Spirit within us testifies that we are redeemed, highly favoured, and part of God’s family.

3 Key Takeaways:

• Belonging to the Lord is not about our worthiness, but about Christ’s sacrifice and the assurance of the Holy Spirit.
• God has adopted us as His children, highly favoured and redeemed, with an eternal inheritance in Christ.
• Every member of the body of Christ is necessary, valued, and united — we belong together in Him.

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Title: The importance of our foundation
Speaker: Pastor Steve Carr
Date: 8th December 2024
Location: Bendigo, Australia

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Title: Letting Go
Speaker: Pastor Steve Carr
Date: 31st July 2022
Location: Bendigo, Australia

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Title: Calling on the Name of the Lord
Speaker: Pastor Steve Carr
Date: 24th September 2023
Location: Bendigo, Australia

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