Messages
The Royal Way

There is a royal way and a royal life we are called and commissioned by Jesus to live from. Our hearts are royal realities of Godâs dream for us. We will explore the keys to living with steadfast hearts as we pour ourselves out in Him and through Him. We will trek into the realities of the kingdom of God intertwining and threading through us and the ideas of our royalty in Christ that is on full display when we live from the whole healed heart â¤ď¸âđŠš. We will dive deep into the understanding that âwe have been made and designed to e...
Phil & Maria Mason - Session Three

Sanctuary Blue Mountains welcomes back Phil & Maria Mason for the second time in 2025. Shepherds with a precious heart for the Word of God and the Spirit of God, Phil & Maria display a kingdom kindness that exudes the love of God. This series of three poignant messages will help not only establish truth and wholehearted living in the local church, but is a true prophetic call for the body of Christ globally to come into maturity. A precious and treasured time to deeply reflect. Enjoy!. This is session three of three.
Phil & Maria - Session Two

Sanctuary Blue Mountains welcomes back Phil & Maria Mason for the second time in 2025. Shepherds with a precious heart for the Word of God and the Spirit of God, Phil & Maria display a kingdom kindness that exudes the love of God. This series of three poignant messages will help not only establish truth and wholehearted living in the local church, but is a true prophetic call for the body of Christ globally to come into maturity. A precious and treasured time to deeply reflect. Enjoy!. This is session two of three.
Phil & Maria Mason - Session One

Sanctuary Blue Mountains welcomes back Phil & Maria Mason for the second time in 2025. Shepherds with a precious heart for the Word of God and the Spirit of God, Phil & Maria display a kingdom kindness that exudes the love of God. This series of three poignant messages will help not only establish truth and wholehearted living in the local church, but is a true prophetic call for the body of Christ globally to come into maturity. A precious and treasured time to deeply reflect. Enjoy!. This is session one of three.
Bellwether - the leading witness within our hearts

Dive into a transformative time of spiritual formation this Sunday with Associate Leader Michael Cowley as he unveils the radiant truth of Bellwether: The Leading Witness Within Our Heart! Anchored in the soul-stirring scriptures of Matthew 11:27-29, Colossians 1:26-29, Ezekiel 47:1, and John 13:14, Michael will guide us on a vibrant journey to awaken the divine spark within. Picture a bellwether sheep, its bell ringing clear, leading the flockâyour heartâs inner witness, the Holy Spirit, calls you to embrace Christâs gentle yoke and dive into the life-giving waters of grace. With electrifying passion and vivid biblical insight, Michael will illumin...
Hesed love - our relational glue.

We have the pleasure of hearing from Janet Dawson who always releases a passionate and inspiring teaching, Janet will be speaking on Hesed love: Our relational glue, bringing her deep faith and heartfelt message to our community. With decades of ministry experience, Janet has dedicated her life to sharing Godâs love and grace, emphasising the transformative power of hesedâGodâs steadfast, covenantal love. Her dynamic preaching style blends biblical wisdom, personal stories, and practical insights, making scripture accessible and relevant to everyday life. Janetâs warmth and authenticity create a welcoming space where all feel valued and encouraged to grow in...
See as I see - divine adjustment

Further into the current series 'Our Heart' Sanctuary Blue Mountains Associate Leader Esther Cowley emboldens the body of Christ to rise in the true and pure connection that relationships within the body of Christ are supposed to be. There is opportunities the Holy Spirit presents to each believer to take hold of divine adjustments and learn from Jesus the true leader and shepherd. In this clarion call, Esther unpacks the Bible with deeply intimate insights into the New and everlasting Covenant that we are all in because of the full victory on the Cross. This message is one to listen...
From brokenness to beauty

In the next instalment of the 'our hearts' reality for 2025 James Kenny brings the body of Christ into a transformative moment in the story of the 'extravagant Father' also known as the prodigal son.  Like the prodigal son, weâve all wandered, broken by our choices, yearning for restoration. In the Fatherâs embrace, we find not judgment, but mercyâa love that redeems our shattered pieces. The parable reveals a God who runs to meet us, celebrating our return with unbridled joy, no matter how far weâve strayed. Yet, it also challenges us to examine our hearts, like the older...
Blessing, Promise & Fruit

Join us to explore the profound blessings and promises of the Beatitudes, where Jesus reveals the heart of Godâs kingdom. These teachings guide us toward true joy through humility, mercy, and peacemaking. Paired with Galatians 5, we see the Fruit of the Spiritâlove, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-controlâas the transformative evidence of a Spirit-led life. Together, they offer a roadmap to wholeness, aligning our hearts with Godâs. Recorded during our Baptism service where we had 7 baptisms! Incredible day!
Witnesses - Gods heart for mission
Gods heart is that His church, His people, His family would be witnesses - ones with first hand experience and first hand understanding âŚâŚâŚ. Leading to first hand representation of His nature and likeness all across the earth! Join Sanctuary Blue Mountains as they celebrate their 11th birthday. Mission is mercy in movement. And mercy is defined as acting consistently in Gods new and everlasting covenant. Enjoy!Â
All weather hearts - practical insights into living in oneness

Jesus made us all weather tight. We are actually weather proof! When life seems stormy and when life is joyfully exuberant, He remains the same. We are called to be 'all weather believers' and at the centre of this reality is living from our hearts. God in His infinite creativity, crafted us with the capacity to not survive life or even to just flourish in life, He made us as a signpost of His victory on the cross! The scripture is full, brimming with understanding of how to live from the heart in Oneness with our King! Enjoy.
Formed and Found

Join Sanctuary Blue Mountains as they celebrate the power and glory of Easter. For the born again believer there is always a continual and perpetual celebration happening as we experience and enjoy our new creation life here on earth. Eternal life is so wonderful to experience because of the victory Jesus won through the cross. Enjoy.
Soaking that leads to softening

There are callous ways of thunking that inhibit the born again believer from finding the true nature of the incredible heart that God has created in each person. Circumstances, beliefs and trials can often show us how much callous thinking we are living from. Yet the believer has the mind and heart of God. We are called to be soakers who become so soft and supple from living in the Holy Spirit. Join Sanctuary Elder Janet Dawson as she unpacks insight into living callous free. Enjoy.
The HEART weekend with Phil & Maria Mason - Session Three

The body of Christ in Australia is in the midst of a heart revolution where the true bride is becoming glistening and shining. As this unfolds we need to be reacquainted with the true HEART of God and therefore our TRUE HEARTS. We welcome Papa & Mumma Phil & Maria Mason to Sanctuary Blue Mountains for this special and first fruits weekend on the heart. This is the continuation and the beginning at the same time of the church becoming wholehearted once again. Enjoy! Session 3
The HEART weekend with Phil & Maria Mason - Session Two

The body of Christ in Australia is in the midst of a heart revolution where the true bride is becoming glistening and shining. As this unfolds we need to be reacquainted with the true HEART of God and therefore our TRUE HEARTS. We welcome Papa & Mumma Phil & Maria Mason to Sanctuary Blue Mountains for this special and first fruits weekend on the heart. This is the continuation and the beginning at the same time of the church becoming wholehearted once again. Enjoy!
The HEART weekend with Phil & Maria Mason - Session One

The body of Christ in Australia is in the midst of a heart revolution where the true bride is becoming glistening and shining. As this unfolds we need to be reacquainted with the true HEART of God and therefore our TRUE HEARTS. We welcome Papa & Mumma Phil & Maria Mason to Sanctuary Blue Mountains for this special and first fruits weekend on the heart. This is the continuation and the beginning at the same time of the church becoming wholehearted once again. Enjoy!
The mythical distance of a far away God

The true nature and character of God is being rediscovered by saints who are securely in the rest of salvation. The new and everlasting covenant is brilliantly dazzling and perfected in Christ. This new way to live, eternally now is such a wondrous reality. In this episode we unpack the truth of salvation and the heart of God. Enjoy.
Archègo - discovering the beauty of our only allegiance - Jesus Christ

Jesus has always gone before us. As our pioneer, progenitor, author and forerunner, He being the true and faithful head of the church is the 'archègos' of all creation. For by Him and through Him all things have been made and everything has been reconciled through His blood. His leadership is perfect and as we live to move His heart we encounter His perfection over and over again.
Values for the year ahead

Sanctuary is exploring how to live in and from its 'apostolic', 'prophetic' and 'wonder' values that govern us in the love of Christ shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. The intention of the human heart, it original and authentic design was to live from the heart of God, never in separation and moved by loves embrace.
Prophetic Word 2025

Sanctuary Blue Mountains returns for 2025 after the summer rest. We have entered a new home in the midst of the first year of a 30 year prophetic window, a new era, and like many fellowships of the burning hearts around the world, we are venturing deep into the Holy Spirit. Come and join the wave of joy that is billowing from the Blue Mountains.
Kingdom Now - Session Three

Sanctuary Blue Mountains hosted their international mission partners for âKingdom Nowâ conference over the weekend of the 25th â 27th of October 2024. Pastors Sue & Terry Thurston are great friends of Sanctuary Blue Mountains. This is session three of three from our time together. A phenomenal kingdom shift occurred over this weekend. Enjoy!
Kingdom Now - Session One

Sanctuary Blue Mountains hosted their international mission partners for 'Kingdom Now' conference over the weekend of the 25th - 27th of October 2024. Pastors Sue & Terry Thurston are great friends of Sanctuary Blue Mountains. This is session one of three from our time together. A phenomenal kingdom shift occurred over this weekend. Enjoy!
This kind of faith

When believers come into the fullness of God, they start to live in an 'other-realm-reality-life'. In this new creation reality there is much to discover. In this sharing Sanctuary Blue Mountains Associate Apostolic Leader Esther Cowley calls us up higher and higher until we are firmly secured on loves narrow way. Esther unpacks truths from Philippians 4 and draws us into the place of allowing the Holy Spirit to transform our hearts and lead us to forgive. Enjoy!
Believing to become

Throughout life there are moments one looks back on and is overcome with the swirling love of Jesus. For Andy Manuel this has been so pivotal to seeing Jesus for who He really this. Andy unpacks some wonderful truths from 2 Thessalonians 2. Believing to become helps the disciple to continue to 'see clearly the nature of all things'.
Bring down the timber

Sanctuary Blue Mountains is in a time of holy convergence, where many different kingdom realities are bubbling up and creating springs of living water. The magnitude of the collective calling of the saints together in knitted heartedness is incredible. In this episode the Holy Spirit leads the community to take a divine detour in Haggai and glean kingdom truths for the day we are in and the days that are ahead. Enjoy!
Overcomer - heavenly perspectives for life

Sanctuary is spending an intentional year in the word of God, gleaning from the Holy Spirit about how to live in the Spirit. In this episode we hear from one of the Blue Mountain's most incredible artists and kingdom translators in Stephen Travers. Stephen unpacks in a treasured time, how we are called to be the love of God. A special message. Enjoy!
Faith - expressed in love

Sanctuary is spending an intentional year in the word of God, gleaning from the Holy Spirit about the kingdom of God and the spiritual and practical application of living in the Spirit of God. As we adventure this week into 1 Thessalonians 3, we gather around James Kenny and the insights and revelations he imparts about kingdom living. Enjoy!
Found - Michael Cowley

Sanctuary has been so blessed to be in the flow of this historic move of the Holy Spirit, where He is rightfully in His place as God! This week episodes takes us into 'Found' - we have been found by the One we have been looking for. Our Associate Apostolic leader Michael Cowley takes us into further depths of the True Shepherd's heart. A special message for now. It's 20 seconds to midnight!
Awe & Wonder

Sanctuary Blue Mountains continues its intentional slow trek into John's writing to the churches. In this featured teaching and time of encouragement Janet Dawson, one of Sanctuary's leadership team members calls the local and wider body of Christ to become unraveled & undone in God's presence through a fresh understanding of the fear of God. Enjoy!
Walking in the light

As we trek further into the depths of the Word of God in 1 John 2 we find so much kingdom treasure to meditate upon and to be immersed in. The kingdom is at hand and we have the pleasure of releasing this word from Pastor James Kenny, who diligently leads the local body to come into the absolute truth of Jesus and His life for believers everywhere. Enjoy.
Reference Point: positioned

As believers there is a constant invitation to our set of rest. From this place we are called to rule & reign through love. Everywhere everyone is looking continually for a reference point. For the kingdom daughter and son this reference point is: positioned. It is true north! In this adventure we have navigator's like Esther Cowley to lead us along the narrow way. Enjoy this time with Esther.
Remaining - John 15:1-17

Jesus is constantly reminding you to believe that you are already clean because of the Word He has spoken over you. This week we begin a place of special significance in the Holy Scriptures in John 15. You can prep in verses 1 -17, where we will spend this Sunday unpacking the realities of âremaining: abiding in the thoughts of the Fatherâ. This special time together will lead us a little further down the path in the phenomenal reality of being a branch that has been meaningfully put out to grow by the Father, the Son and the Spirit. Jesus didnât need a...
John 13: 18-30

As we continue our trek in John 13, it is vital to recognise the beauty and nature of Jesusâs life. Looking at how He is with His close and dear friends! From verses 18 - 38 we are catapulted into some phenomenal moments of kingdom friendship. In these verses we see Jesus respond to being betrayed by one of His closest, we see Jesus entrust His friends with the greatest mission ever and we see Him in an all knowing state that one of His closest friends was about to deny Him. Jesus shares a holy and powerful example of humility, prophecy an...
John 13: 1-17

There are times in life as a believer where it feels like there is nothing that can limit you or hold you back! There are times where the Holy Spirit is fortifying you in His truth to a point that you have so much clarity that you sense you are living in a realm of uncommon glory! On Sunday the 4th of February we will explore the reality of the rooms that Jesus was in and what happens when you realise that you are a âroomâ that changes the world: within you and around you! We canât wait!
John 13: 31-38

Jesus new commandment wasn't a law that needed to be followed and to be in fear of breaking, His new commandment was startling and a 'stop-you-in-your-tracks' type of life shift; to love others the way He displayed love, to see others through that love and to see yourself as one who has come from His love and is called to remain in His love. Enjoy this unpacking of John 13:31-38.
John 14: 25-31

Shepherds often steer the sheep in a direction not where they want to go but where they need to go. Michael Cowley has dedicated his life to serving Jesus and seeing His love cascade into hearts, minds and bodies. Michael unpacks John 14: 25-31 and releases a poignant prophetic call to love in the 'rhythms' of the Holy Spirit. Enjoy!
John 14: 12-24

Sanctuary Blue Mountains is continuing the adventure into the word of Yahweh with a whole community focus in John. In this episode we have the pleasure of being under the canopy of teaching with James Kenny. Each believer is called into the trek of discipleship in the Holy Spirit with Jesus. James leads us through significant places in the scripture where we see this calling as a life long love pursuit. Enjoy!
Housing His presence

The presence of God is precious beyond measure. God's holy highway is marked by the transformational power of the shed blood of Jesus. Join Sanctuary preacher and son of God James Kenny as he charges the body of Christ to be overflowing with the goodness of God. James unpacks revelatory truth around Exodus 33 and brings us into New Covenant truths that encourage us to be expectant for all God's blessings. Enjoy.
Bulletproof - Presence, Sacrifice, Wilderness

In our final revelatory teaching series for 2023 we trek deeper and further into the realm of maturation. Sanctuary Associate Leader Michael Cowley unpacks the practical nature of the formational power of the prophetic in everyday life. There are New Covenant realities and mysteries in Christ our King to unpack along the way. Enjoy!
His Kingdom Come - Session 3/3

Sanctuary hosts their international missions partners Pastor Sue & Terry Thurston for a week of extravagant devotion and passion for Jesus. Sue always imparts a prophetic, biblical and forerunning message for the local body of Christ. This is session 3/3. We are more than overwhelmingly grateful for all Jesus pours into the Sanctuary family through Sue & Terry.