Episodes
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
Faith Promise (w/ Appalachia Reach Out)
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
Sunday Oct 08, 2023
Special guest Dwayne Mills, Executive Director of Appalachia Reach Out (ARO) shares a message for Faith Promise.
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Spiritual Conversations
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
Sunday Oct 01, 2023
When we truly embrace God's grace, it does something within us. And that grace that's within us has to come out! If it doesn't, then it's not grace. This creates a little tension between our actions and our words, because what's in us is always what comes out. Are you prepared to acknowledge what you know and let the Holy Spirit fill in the blanks?
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
Anticipating the Harvest
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
Sunday Sep 24, 2023
In continuing our previous conversation about "Dirty Work," the analogy remains: We are not the sower. We're not even the seed. We... are the dirt. But don't automatically assume that you're good soil. A Kingdom harvest must be predicated by people "in the Spirit!"
So prepare to get uncomfortable. As Dr. Jerry Porter once said, "Our passion to be Christlike--and to make Christlike disciples who mkae Christlike disciples--is not a program or a curriculum, it is a way of life. It is an intentionaly, relational, mutually empowering, lifelong Jesus pilgrimage."
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Wrestling and Name Tags
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
It took a moment of wrestling with God for Jacob to discover God as his own, for his faith to become real. Because it's not about what God does FOR us, or THROUGH us, but what God does IN us. It's not WHO we are, but WHOSE we are. God wants to be known, and He wants us to love Him. That is where true blessing is found.
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Love and Leftovers
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
We often carry baggage as a consequence of our own actions, but sometimes we have baggage thanks to the actions of others. The gap between the best of what we want for ourselves and our everyday reality creates a burden we're not meant to carry. When we look for things or for people to fulfill our lives, we're bound to wake up next to Leah--in desperate need of a savior.
If you're still searching for something, remember that our journeys all lead to the same place: Redemption. Grace. The Lion of Judah, the Child of Promise from the line of Leah. So keep loosening that grip on your baggage and lift up your hands in praise.
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
Love and Betrayal
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
Each of us faces moments where we are confronted with who we are apart from God--our sin, our pretending, our masquerade--and we're forced to be honest with who we are (and/or what we've become) and make a decision. Grace is offered to us all, but the choice to receive it comes with the realization that we're not deceiving God...just ourselves.
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
Dreams and Ladders
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
Through the life of Jacob we see the difference between religion and relationship. In his dream, Jacob didn't climb a "stairway to heaven" to get to God, God descended the ladder to get to him--to us. Whereas the goal of religion is heaven, there's a significant shift in our lives when our goal becomes relationship through Jesus, by His grace.
Sunday Aug 20, 2023
Masquerades and Blessings
Sunday Aug 20, 2023
Sunday Aug 20, 2023
Our words have the power to build up or to tear down. Every word that has been spoken to us and that we speak to others puts into motion actions that impact our lives--whether that's words of praise and affirmation or those that are discouraging and condemning. The need for blessing is found in each of us. We were created for relationship with God and to live in his favor. We need what we don't deserve--grace!
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
Red Stuff and Birthrights
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
Baggage--we all have it and we all carry it. The baggage we carry weighs down our relationships with others--family and friends, co-workers and neighbors. Our baggage gets in the way of an honest walk with God, ruins marriages, and ends friendships. BUT…there is good news for those who are weary of carrying their baggage everywhere they go.
Through the life of Jacob we will learn how God uses our baggage to help us know Him, and then invites us to give Him all that weighs us down. In Jacob’s baggage we find redemption, reconciliation, purpose, and value. Life does not have to be heavy. We are invited to travel light. Baggage will teach us let go.
This week we will open up the bag of family relationships and sibling rivalry, revealing the impact Jacob and Esau's relationship still has on our world today.
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Dwell, Part 2
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Chloe shares her testimony and journey to baptism!