http://archive.org/download/Ark.City.First.Podcast/2013%2F13-02-03am.mp3 Join us in a four week study based upon the book "Greater" by Steven Furtick.  [Find out more at greaterbook.com] Three kings and their armies have wandered into the desert and have exhausted all their water.  They call upon Elisha to ask God for water and the message came: Make this valley full of ditches.  Digging Ditches.  Sometimes the greatest bits of theology boil down to taking practical steps.  Only God can send the rain, but He wants me to dig a ditch.

http://archive.org/download/Ark.City.First.Podcast/2013%2F13-01-27am.mp3 Join us in a four week study based upon the book "Greater" by Steven Furtick.  [Find out more at greaterbook.com] God has called us not to be greater, but to do greater.  Sometimes with this call we must remove the constraints of our lesser life to move into a greater call.  What needs to be sacrificed? To be surrendered? Sometimes it's as simple as removing alternatives and fallback plans.

http://archive.org/download/Ark.City.First.Podcast/12-30-12am.mp3 As this year ends and a new one approaches, many people are planning resolutions.  Great intentions to change.  Aiming at targets of high and lofty goals.  But what could be just one thing in your new year that would benefit you spiritually?  What one thing do I desire from God?  What one thing do I lack in my spiritual life?  What one thing do I need to let go of?  What one thing do I need to claim?

http://archive.org/download/Ark.City.First.Podcast/12-23-12am.mp3 The Bible records the story of God's desire for fellowship with man, that ambition destroyed by the sin of mankind, and God's plan to restore that communion. Then, in the darkness of earth, came a light, a savior, a reason for joy and celebration.   The climax of this restoration narrative happened around a manger with the birth of the Christ.  Jesus came and brought a reason for joy upon the earth.

http://archive.org/download/Ark.City.First.Podcast/12-16-12am.mp3 Emmanuel. God is with us.  Long has the scripture spoken of God.  Long has man desired to see God.  Long has humanity yearned to be with God.  Now, the creator of the universe entered into human form to reach us and His Spirit has returned to come along side us.

http://archive.org/download/Ark.City.First.Podcast/12-09-12am.mp3 In the classic Lutheran carol "Away in a Manger" many people often simply envision the seen of a baby being place into a makeshift bed to sleep.  This is not wrong; however, but there is higher gravity in this scene.  "Away in a manger no crib for a bed / The little Lord Jesus lay down His sweet head."  The Lord. The supreme. The king of the universe. Stepping into the world of mortal men to forever change it.

http://archive.org/download/Ark.City.First.Podcast/11-25-12am.mp3 So begins the season of carols ringing through the air.  And as we sing these classic carols, lets examine what it is that we mean with words we sing.  "A thrill of hope, The weary world rejoices, For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn."  In this hectic life remember to hold on to hope; the hope of morning's light, the hope of a new day in Christ.  A day can change your entire world.

http://archive.org/download/Ark.City.First.Podcast/11-18-12am.mp3 What if.... What if you cry out to God to have the sun stand still, and nothing happens. What if your desperate need you're praying for gets worse?  Is it a moment to succumb to doubt; or will it be a moment to gather up faith.

http://archive.org/download/Ark.City.First.Podcast/11-11-12am.mp3 Do you ever just have a hard time remembering a person's name?  Or you hear a name in a sermon and just not know who they are? But what is the name you should remember?

http://archive.org/download/Ark.City.First.Podcast/11-04-12am.mp3 Have you ever been neck deep in life and just thought "I hate this." You work and struggle and sometimes you just want to check out.  It's never a sin to have these thoughts; the sin is to act on these thoughts.  Sometimes we work to accomplish works for God and begin to fail and become depressed that we have ruined what God wanted us to do. And sometimes we fail to recognize the reality at hand; but we need to admit to these moments so that God can shoulder the truth.