Living Spring Podcast

Being visited by an angel is an amazing, once in a lifetime event. However, being used by God is not. This week we talk about a man who was used by God in a miraculous way. He remained silent.

Have you ever met people that avoid disaster? What is their secret? For some, it may be just circumstance. For others it may be an ability to overcome. This week we talk about another category…those who don’t get near the disaster at all.

This sermon explores the holistic multi layered power of salvation found in the story of Zacchaeus in the book of Luke. Zacchaeus was transformed by his friendships with Jesus and his motley crew of followers and his salvation impacted the entire community. How is God wanting to save you through your relationships with those who are different than you?

Does it ever feel like you keep confessing things to God only to have them come up again and again? Why is that? There is one more crucial step to overcoming sin that we may be forgetting…or ignoring.

Taxes, inflation, retirement, debt and Bitcoin. It seems like all we talk about is money. Good news! So does the Bible. This week we talk about the cheat code of contentment and why it’s not popular.

When we are wounded it often becomes impossible not to focus on the hurt. Through Jesus, God has modeled a different path to healing that doesn’t involve being right or being paid back. It seems counterintuitive but it works. This week we talk about the cheat code of forgiveness and how it helps free us to move about freely in life!

Why can’t we just live our faith quietly and not say anything about what we believe? It’s a great question. Fortunately, the Bible addresses this in the forming of the early church. This week we talk about our faith and why it is important to share it.

This week, Pastor Michelle explores the story of the burnt out prophet Elijah and how God met him and spoke to him in his darkest moments.

Some words we say can bring damage or healing. But what about words to God? This week we talk about praise to God and why it is important even when things aren’t going our way.

Our words have the power to lift each other up and give us life. This week we talk about how just a few words of encouragement can have profound good influence on one another, and ourselves.

We all know that gossip is bad, but what do Jesus and Paul say about it? This week we talk about how the condition of our heart affects what words we choose, and that we should be using them to build each other up, not tear each other down.

Have you ever said something you wish you could take back? Of course you have. We all have. But how do you stop from doing that. This week we talk about what our words actually reveal about us and how Jesus views what we say.

In our increasingly merciless society what would it look like if we all asked Jesus for mercy and offered it to others. Pastor Michelle explores the abundant mercy of our father and how as his children we are invited into merciful living remembering that our Heavenly Father is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.

Many times throughout the Bible, we are instructed to love one another. This week we wrap up our series of Belong and talk about what it looks like to love one another as Jesus loved us.

What does it mean for us to show one another brotherly kindness? This week we continue in our series “Belong” and acknowledge the difficulty we sometimes face in doing so.

What does it mean to be godly? Some might think it means don’t do this or don’t do that. This week we talk about how a different perspective helps us to have the perseverance to be more like God.

Last week we talked about perseverance in a step by step method. What do we do when we feel like we will “never get there”? What happens when we have reached the end of our rope? This week we talk about how our personal relationship with our Heavenly Father helps us get to the next step.

Continuing the discussion of self control from last week leads us to perseverance. How does one attain great things, much less the small stuff? This week, Pastor John talks about how step by step we get there.

Why does it look like some people have more self control than others? What is their secret? How do they muster up all that discipline? Maybe it doesn’t have to do with will power. This week we look at another option.

Join us as we explore God’s incredible invitations in Isaiah 55! God invites the Israelites to come to the waters and to drink and eat without money and without price. The only requirement is to be thirsty! We explore our own thirst and invite God to quench our deepest thirst.