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The Grove

Locality: Bendigo, Victoria

Address: 6 Kairn Road Kennington 3550 Bendigo, VIC, Australia

Website: https://jennymazey.wordpress.com

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25.01.2022 This week you get to read some beautiful words scribed by one of our Grove girls. Thank you Mel Delves for your encouragement for us this week.... Suckers...Continue reading

23.01.2022 We are back! Outdoor services begin this Sunday 8th Nov. 9am Service - BOOKED OUT 10am Service - BOOKED OUT 11am Service - BOOKED OUT... Bookings are essential - if you missed out, make sure you book in early next week. Bookings for the 15th will open on Monday.

19.01.2022 How often does a story leave out the good to ensure you only believe what you just heard. Let’s be the girls who speak the good about others and listen for the good about others. Let’s be women who frame the stories we tell with love and kindness and the grace we long for ourselves. Let’s be the ones who rewrite this part of history as we would have liked our own stories told. Just because they get it wrong doesn’t mean we have to. #letloveabound #bethechange

19.01.2022 Flourish Women’s Confeece hosted by Lifehouse Church and Pastor Helen Kobakian happening ONLINE this morning. Jump online at https://youtu.be/0mgYe7Q2s8I

19.01.2022 ‘There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.’ Galatians 3:28 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. Romans 12:5 ... How is culture, my background, my upbringing, my personality, my way of seeing, my relationship stays, financial situation, my perspective, political persuasion... effect how I love you? My identity is not in any of that.. I am now ‘in Christ’ See more

18.01.2022 ‘There is no condemnation to those who are IN CHRIST Jesus’ Romans 1:8 How does this thought about who I am and who I am NOT impact on how I love?

18.01.2022 Meet Sarah!! Sarah is a wife, a mum, a pet lover, a business owner, AND a Part-Time student here at College! She has especially loved the amazing community ...we have cultivated here at college, and the incredible lecturers from both @victory_church_bendigo and from our @planetshakerscollege Partnership. Maybe 2021 is the year that you decide to attend VL College! If Sarah can make it work.. so can you!! College Information Night, 7th October, 7pm. REGISTER VIA OUR WEBSITE TODAY!

18.01.2022 ‘He has SAVED us and CALLED us to a holy lifenot because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and GRACE. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time’ 2 Timothy 1:9 ‘For it is by grace you have been saved, through faithand this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast.’ Ephesians 2:8-9... ‘And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been CALLED according to his purpose.’ Romans 8:28 ‘You are not forgotten, for you have been chosen and destined by Father God. The Holy Spirit has set you apart to be God’s holy ones, obedient followers of Jesus Christ who have been gloriously sprinkled with his blood. May God’s delightful GRACE and peace cascade over you many times over!’ 1 Peter 1:2

17.01.2022 Hey girls. Jump on this live interview over on SOULSISTERS CONFERENCE Instagram or watch it back later. Ps Jenny

16.01.2022 How have you spent your down time while in lock down? Songs like this are birthed in secret. You too, have a song in your heart but if you don’t someone does and songs like this can be your song until your own song rises. I am always looking for sounds that resonate with anything that builds my faith and stirs my heart for God in fresh ways. Music and worship and the sound of heaven have an amazing supernatural way of shifting me from stuck to unstuck, from heavy to ligh...t, from burdened to free, from broken to whole, from frustrated to peaceful, from empty to full, from unsure to certain, from fear to faith, from disappointment to promise, from careless to purpose driven, from lost to found, from grieving to joy.... Music and worship and the sound of heaven have the supernatural ability to change the atmosphere of my home, change my mindset, change my plans, change my perspective and change my tune. ..... See more

16.01.2022 Monday reset: Heart check- back in March when we got told to stay home did you let LOVE hit pause? Did you make your focus about you and yours because you had to? Now that restrictions are lifting, is love and kindness in the lead or are they still in pause mode, tentative and unnecessary to surviving 2020? At no point was social distancing meant to mean that your heart should retreat but like anyone of us nothing about the past few months feels normal so of course loving... others has felt odd and strange, uncomfortable and even awkward. If loving those outside of your space became optional then when how will@you get love and kindness back in the lead. Maybe your heart is still on pause. ‘Love without stopping’ is the instruction Paul gives but what if we have stopped? Just like when you haven’t exercised in a while, everything aches the next day, so too our spiritual muscles. Go slow build up but don’t let love stop. Drench someone’s life with love and grace this week - someone outside of your space. Let love and kindness lead you where fear and comfort never will. #letloveabound #phil1:9 See more

16.01.2022 Forgiveness isn’t an act of my determination. Forgiveness is only made possible by my cooperation with God. But hurt feelings sometimes don’t want to cooperate ...with holy instructions. Thankfully, God has been helping me better understand what it means to cooperate with forgiveness. It means to see myself as Jesus sees mebroken but still chosen and worth forgiveness. It means seeing those who have hurt me as Jesus sees thembroken but still chosen and worth forgiveness. This helps take the pressure off of me feeling my way to forgiveness. I only need to bring my willingness to forgive, not the fullness of all my restored feelings. I’m going to say that again, because I don’t want you to miss this: I only need to bring my willingness to forgive, not the fullness of all my restored feelings. For whatever my feelings don’t allow, the work of Jesus on the cross can cover. It might take years for my feelings to be sorted out and healed . . . but the decision of forgiveness doesn’t have to wait on all of that. I know how hard this is, sweet friend. But forgiveness is both a decision and a process. And I’m praying God will help you start moving toward healing today by deciding to forgive. All you need to bring is your willingness. #ForgivingWhatYouCantForget

15.01.2022 Isaiah 61:10-11 MSG ‘I will sing for joy in GOD, explode in praise from deep in my soul! He dressed me up in a suit of salvation, he outfitted me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom who puts on a tuxedo and a bride a jeweled tiara. For as the earth bursts with spring wildflowers, and as a garden cascades with blossoms, so the Master, GOD, brings righteousness into full bloom and puts praise on display before the nations.’ How can you not love how scripture builds you and stirs hope in your heart. The imagery of these verses and what they mean for your heart is profound - an unfolding vision of a preferred future for your life. Let these word stir faith in you!!!

15.01.2022 I do love the Apostle Paul but sometimes I wish he wasn’t so brutal. Today’s verse suggests that my identity and value could be worth NOTHING simply by missing the most vital ingredient.Thanks Paul for the heart check that feels more like a sledge hammer. He writes to a community of people just like us, people called to serve and minister to others but in their pursuit they are tucking all the boxes but leaving out what really matters. Paul begins to list all the thing we thi...nk are important. The easiest way to lose your value and worth and significance and worth your identity is to make it about you! and to forget to include LOVE. I don’t think there is anything I could ask anyone of us to do that is more important yet so easy to miss, neglect or ignore. The easiest way to make my life worth something is by adding value to someone’s else’s life. It is also the easiest thing to leave out. It takes effort and intentionality to keep LOVE in the mix. There is one thing that 2020 can NOT take from you or control : your capacity and ability to LOVE. You may not be able to do much at the moment for our community but LOVE...that is doable. Our community of girls needs one thing right now and it is your intentional inclusion of LOVE in your mix. But if you are not loving someone you lose your worth. Love is incredibly simple...and adds incredible value not just to our own community but to you and your own identity. If you are feeling lost, less than and insignificant right now..do something intentional for someone else. Its supernatural. It changes the equation instantly. Pursuing love is the most spiritually significant thing you can do right now. Stop scrolling and say a prayer for someone, send a text, inbox someone, send some flowers, order Uber eats for someone, go buy a gift and drop it off, inbox someone, connect with someone, rewrite that message and frame it with love. You can literally go from zero to significant just by loving on someone.Your value depends on it. today. Let’s create a culture where LOVE is at the core of us and who we are. Love is not a gift or special talent nor is it given to a select few. So today: love someone : you are worth it! See more

14.01.2022 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:20 #letloveabound #createdforthis

13.01.2022 If it takes just 21 days to form a habit, the last few months have given you the opportunity to form new ones and break old ones.....it’s time to reclaim your Sunday morning....If you’ve gotten into a habit attending church in your pjs, and eating pancakes for communion, then breaking that habit may be a challenge. I’ll be looking for you on Sunday and we are hoping more restrictions lift this Sunday. See you then. REGISTER FOR SUNDAY 22nd NOVEMBER OUTDOOR SERVICES... 9am Service.....SERVICE FULL 10am Service....SERVICE FULL 11am Service.....SERVICE FULL 12pm Service....NOW OPEN Bookings are essential! http://stks.be/nov22

13.01.2022 ‘Now, if anyone is enfolded into Christ, he has become an entirely new person. All that is related to the old order has vanished. Behold, everything is fresh and new.’ 2 Corinthians 5:17 The only thing that really matters is living by the transforming power of this wonderful new creation life.’ Galatians 6:15 ... ‘For you have acquired new creation life which is continually being renewed into the likeness of the One who created you; giving you the full revelation of God.’ Colossians 3:10 #letloveabound

13.01.2022 Kari Jobe will take you where you need to be today.

12.01.2022 Episode 7 POP UP SESSIONS 08 ||2020 Our final session in our Pop Up Series is our very own Kaity Swayne. Kaity has been my right hand girl since we started The Grove and has been a carrier of my heart and vision for you girls since day 1. She is also our VictoryYoung Adults Pastor alongside Andy and as a couple they are such a gift to our church. Don’t underestimate the authority and anointing she has to deliver something to your heart as she shares. Lean in.. her prophetic ...gift and her earnest desire to see God move in your life will ensure you come away stirred, inspired, strengthened, and encouraged. BTW isn't she lovely!!! https://www.instagram.com/tv/CEgW1y_sYwg/

10.01.2022 New Christmas music. Great album!!! https://open.spotify.com/album/6omoliEPeOeAjrNOe0Dfdz

10.01.2022 Tauren Wells is one of favourite worship leaders. Happy Monday. https://youtu.be/8sbuR-fLTgg

09.01.2022 I hope you felt encouraged and inspired by at least one of these gorgeous girls who like you are simply living their lives hand in hand with Jesus and trusting their lives are making a difference for others. If you missed one you can watch by going to the Pop Up Session Series in IGTV on our profile on Instagram. We’ll be back next week with one of our own girls bringing you something to help you love much and love well. So this is my prayer: that your love will flouris...h and that you will not only love much but well. Learn to love appropriately. You need to use your head and test your feelings so that your love is sincere and intelligent, not sentimental gush. Live a lover’s life, circumspect and exemplary, a life Jesus will be proud of: bountiful in fruits from the soul, making Jesus Christ attractive to all, getting everyone involved in the glory and praise of God. Philippians 1:9-11 MSG See more

08.01.2022 Been a while since you could invite a friend to church. This could be just what they need....

07.01.2022 ‘But you are the ones CHOSEN by God, CHOSEN for the high calling of priestly work, CHOSEN to be a holy people, God's instruments to do his work and speak out for him, to tell others of the night-and-day difference he made for you - from nothing to something, from rejected to accepted. ‘ 1 Peter 2:9,10 ‘So, as those who have been CHOSEN of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving e...ach other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. Beyond all these things put on LOVE, which is the perfect bond of unity. Colossians 3:12 #letloveabound #putonlove See more

07.01.2022 Thanks @lysaterkeurst #forgivingwhatyoucantforget

06.01.2022 Come join me at church this morning. 12pm service has some seats - the best 45 minutes of your day.

04.01.2022 Hey girls... as you know this time of year Victory is normally getting ready for our massive hamper packing effort to give thousands of hampers to people across the Bendigo community. Although we can do this as we normally would, you can do something. There are some amazing ways to still be generous and get your family involved and I am all about helping you help and love others. This week only: @bunnings are a collection point for #sharethedignity #whatsinthebag initiative. ... Have a look at what sort of bag you want to pack (swipe right) Fill a bag Write a note to love and kindness to put in the bag. Pray over your bag. Drop off your bag to Bunnings this week. Share this post on instastories or your feed to get more girls on board. #letloveabound #letloveflourish For more info check out the website at www.sharethedignity.org.au

03.01.2022 To the mums. To the ones who are watching the life get sucked out of your kids because like you they are had enough of ‘this’. Find a parent in the Bible who will feed your faith for your kids. Today..for me it’s Jairus ... he’s watched the life taken away from his girl and he does what anyone of us needs to do. Find Jesus and invite him to come... Jesus responds to the faith of a parent!!! ... Jairus is a religious man who knows how to tick all the boxes and do everything a good parent can do but it’s not enough..so he runs to the feet of Jesus and invites him into his home. Jesus makes changes to how things are done and he works to his own time frame and his own agenda. He takes authrotiy not just over the child but over the home itself. But it starts with a parent who has come to the end of themself and runs to Jesus. This parent reminds me that there is a lot I can do for my kids but it may not be enough..but Jesus is. See more

02.01.2022 There above it stood the Lord, and he said: I am the Lord, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this l...and. I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU UNTUL I HAVE DONE WHAT I HAVE PROMISED. When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it. He was afraid and said, HOW AWESOME IS THIS PLACE! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven. Genesis 28:13-17 NIV HOW AWESOME IS THIS PLACE Jacob is talking about the place he had slept that night. For me : it is currently my home. The very place where I lay my head has become sacred and AWESOME because God has made it his dwelling pace, the house of God. Girl: the very place you lay your head at night, that home where you currently feel caged and kept for an uncertain amount of time, that home that has been your constant for over five months now... is a sacred place because it is where where God is choosing to reveal himself, make his presence felt and given Yu his promises. This none other than the house of God! You home : the very gateway to heaven!!! I choose to see my home as my sacred space today.. the very gateway to heaven!!! I choose not to constantly seek to escape but to build an altar of worship in this space.

02.01.2022 ‘One day near Horesh, David received the news that Saul was on the way to Ziph to search for him and kill him. Jonathan went to find David and encouraged him to stay strong in his faith in God. 1 Samuel 23:13-16 NLT This story is such an encouragement to me of the power of godly friendship. Right now... who is your David? Who is your Jonathon. ... Who is it that needs YOU to help them find strength to keep going; to keep believing; to not be afraid; to trust what God has promised?’ . Build covenant friendships with girls who will be a source of strength; who will encourage you and remind you of where God is taking you. Instead of wishing you had that sort of friend - BE that friend; be the person you need; set the tone; create the space; pioneer what you long for. #letloveabound See more

02.01.2022 Some disturbing stuff has been posted on TikTok yesterday and I am posting this here in case there are parents who need some wisdom navigating their kids through this. We have some incredible councillors available if you or your kids need to help with this.