The Activate Podcast from Journey Church International takes you backstage with Pastor Christian Newsome and guests for an extended conversation and insights on leadership, spiritual growth, and activating your faith in a practical way.

Spiritual growth and spiritual health is dependent on the influence of others. Pastor Christian discusses the importance of having three valuable influences in our lives: the wisdom of older generations, friends whose hearts are tied to ours, and spiritual leaders to speak into our lives.

Worship is so often misunderstood.Reflecting on the life of King Hezekiah, Pastor Christian explains what worship is and is not. Worship is vitally important to the spiritual growth of every Christian and cannot be ignored. Worship is not a day in your life; it is a way of life.

How do you want to be remembered? For Christians, one of the greatest dangers to our spiritual legacy is to described as an individual "who did what was right, however..." In this episode of Activate, Pastor Christian introduces us to King Hezekiah. Hezekiah's pursuit of God and his word helped change the spiritual trajectory of an entire nation. His story is a call back to an elevated priority of the Bible in our lives.

While on location in Israel, Pastor Christian spends a few moments discussing the 2020 Vision Sunday at Journey. Pastor Christian challenges listeners to greater spiritual growth in 2020 by pursuing the "Great Mission" of God.

Prayer is a two-way conversation with God. Sadly, we do most of the talking. In 2017, Pastor Christian launched a series entitled Whispers - How to hear the voice of God. In this series, he taught us that God desires to communicate with us every day but often times we are too busy or distracted hear Him. Learning to listen to God is a skill that must be developed. Pastor Christian discusses how important it is to create supernatural space in our lives to hear supernatural communication.

If God is all-knowing, why do we even need to pray? He knows what I need. He knows how I feel. Why do I need to talk with? In this episode, Pastor Christian challenges us to develop the practice of prayer so that we can experience the power of God. We take a closer look at a powerful prayer from King Hezekiah found in 2 Kings 19.

What happens when you don't pray? In this episode, Pastor Christian discusses what you miss out on when you fail to pray or give prayer a high priority in your life.

There is no better way to kickoff a new year and a new decade than an intentional focus on prayer. In this episode, Pastor Christian discusses the first message in his new series entitled Dear God. He will show us how Jesus taught us to talk to God from Matthew 6:5-15.

In this episode of Activate, Pastor Christian briefly shares the historical origins of the church. He also shares what the world would be like if the church did not exist or was removed. He also unpacks what it looks like when we are under spiritual attack and how we should respond.