Living Spring Podcast

You can’t meet God in new places unless you actually go to new places. But how do you get to a place you’ve never been?

Sometimes we find ourselves in a place that doesn’t feel like God’s best for us. We know it should be different but how do we get back. What happens when it feels hopeless? God can still do it!

Did you know that God wants to have a conversation with you? He does. That may seem a little intimidating. In this week’s sermon we look at a woman who had a conversation with God. It changed her life.

Our greatest joys often involve our greatest risks. This week we look at some people that took a great risk. The result was incredible joy.

Our society celebrates greatness. This isn't wrong, but what if you're just average? What can God do with an average life? The fact is, He chose to appear on earth as an average man from an average town. If you think you don't have anything to offer from your plain or normal life, you may have more than you think.

Have you ever been interrupted? It can certainly be annoying. Especially if it's at the end of a movie or during an important project. But what if it's God interrupting you? This week we take a look at how to respond when life doesn't go the way we planned.

Have you ever been visited by an Angel? Probably not. Not that it can’t happen but its just not that common. What would you do? Probably the same thing Zechariah did. There’s a lot to learn about God and about us from Zechariah's encounter.

Wouldn’t it be cool if you could just will yourself to do the right thing? Often times we need something or someone else to help us. Maybe it’s a personal trainer or a friend. The Bible knows this and offers some great advice.

The events that took place this week in our world have made it especially easy to experience feelings of hurt, injustice, and loss. During these situations. how do we respond to in way that is pleasing to God, and a blessing to those around us?

When we think about faithfulness we often think about seeing a commitment through even though we might not feel like it. We’re just trying to remain faithful. The fruit of faithfulness in the Bible is much more exciting than that. What if it involved the greatest growth your life has ever experienced?

When we are treated poorly by others, or when we feel that someone has done us wrong, it can be hard to know how to respond the way that Jesus would want us to in those moments. But through Kindness and Goodness, the Bible gives us a way to both respond and move forward when confronted with difficult people. Pastor Bob brings us the message during his final Sunday with us at Living Spring.

Don Rogers from Empowering Lives International join us to share about the restorative work ELI is doing among the people of Africa. ELI focuses on bringing practical solutions, education, job training, and opportunities to people trapped by poverty, while sharing the Gospel of Jesus with them. ELI was sparked out of Living Spring 20 years ago, and we are proud supporters of their life-changing ministry.

Is it possible to have patience in every situation? Raising your kids?Driving the 405?Waiting for your future spouse?The Bible seems to think so, this week we find out why.

Of all the words we would use to describe the world, "peaceful" is not one of them. The Bible wants us to display Peace even in the midst of turmoil....so how do we obtain it?

There are many things that can make us happy. Unfortunately, many of those things don't last. God knows this and is interested in something much more than our happiness: He's interested in our wholeness. That's why he would rather have us experience joy than happiness. This week we talk about how that's even possible.

Healthy fruit trees provide healthy fruit; it’s just what they do. God’s will for us is that we produce a lot of long-lasting fruit in our lives. As we discuss the fruit of love, maybe production has more to do with feeding and pruning than trying harder.

Have you ever been talking and someone told you to be quiet? Sometimes it feels demeaning. Sometimes it’s shocking. What if it was God that told us that? This week we take a look at how our speech can have a larger impact than we could ever imagine - for good and for bad.

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

When we get hurt by someone, we want the damage to be restored. That can be hard to determine; what part of the wound was due to our own insecurities, past hurts, or our own brokenness? Fortunately Jesus gives us a tool that works every time to help us let go & move forward.

Rich or poor, we are all called to be generous with what we have right now. There is something spiritual that happens with every financial decision we make, and each one can either bring us closer to God or farther away. Do you trust Him with what you have today?