There is a struggle within you. Paul understood what this felt like: “For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out” (Romans 7:18). Paul would tell you this war isn’t just physical; there is a spiritual battle happening both inside you and around you. And this war of wills can leave you wondering, Have I changed at all? But take heart: this war is winnable. Galatians 5:16 says, “So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.” Will you decide to fight?

Pastor Ian Wilson wraps up part 4 of our series Encountering Jesus. In John 9, Jesus heals the man born blind. Faith gives us new eyes. By faith, we receive the work of Jesus, see the work of Jesus, and join the work of Jesus. God is always working and moving, and we have to train our eyes to see Him. Our world is intentionally designed to numb us from the awareness of God. So we must be counter-formed through spiritual practices to train our spiritual eyes. 

Thanks for joining us for week 2 of our series Encountering Jesus!   Pastor Ethan Vanse takes us through John 2 and shows us a valuable lesson in obedience.  With God, obedience is always more important than outcomes.  Pastor Ethan encourages us to treasure  obedience, and value complete obedience.  God always knows where we need to go.  

You're listening to week 1 of our series in the Gospel of John called, Encountering Jesus.  Pastor Ethan Vanse walks us through what it looks like to really ask God to lead us and how often Jesus answers our prayer by working on something that feels unrelated. When we are able to trust Him where he leads us it always takes us exactly where we are supposed to go.  

You're listening to a message from Church on the Move Broken Arrow!  Pastor Ian Wilson delivers a hope filled message for kicking off 2023 with hope and direction!  

The idea that God is love is not only fundamental to understanding what Christmas means for you, but understanding the very nature of God and of yourself. Love comes from God; it didn’t orginate with mankind and it won’t end with mankind. God’s love is eternal and transcendent. This is why your need for love cannot be filled with earthly things. Luckily, you were made by a God who is eteranl and eternally loving. The story of Christmas is the story of God choosing to make Himself vulnerable, paying the ultimate cost for love.

Joy is a a feeling of great pleasure and happiness, and Christmas can be filled with the promise of joy and cheer. But when our joy comes from external things, it’s fleeting. The true source of joy is knowing God is working in your life and that He is good. Joy is not a season, or a moment, or a movie; Joy for the Christ-follower is a person, and His name is Jesus.

As we approach Christmas, we’re making space to truly experience God. Christmas means the forever promise of peace with God, peace with others, and peace within. This peace comes through the sacrifice of Jesus, who absorbed the debt of our wrongdoing. Because of His forgiveness, we are called to respond to others with humility and forgiveness, living in the promise of peace.

Hope is a positive expectation of the future. People need hope. In fact, it's necessary for human flourishing. But Christian hope is different. Hebrews 10:23 says, "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.” All other hope is shakeable and abstract, but Christian hope is specific, certain, and communal, rooted in the promises of God.

You’re listening to Church On The Move Broken Arrow message podcast!   Pastor Ethan Vanse takes us through the power of being with God.  When God is with us everything changes and we learn how we walk this out practically in our life.