Coastal Church Podcast

When life gets overwhelming and the world looks everywhere for answers, we need to remember that God isn't just waiting for us at the finish line. As Psalm 121 reminds us, He is walking right beside us in the journey, keeping our feet from slipping and providing the shade we need.

In Psalm 121:4, we’re reminded that God never sleeps or stops watching over us. Even in seasons of uncertainty, suffering, and fear, we can rest knowing that we are held, covered, and kept by Him.

Listen to this message from our special guest, Daniel Eduardo, an evangelist and director of Message Trust Brazil.

This Thanksgiving weekend, we’ll learn about the power of Keeping Grace. Through Psalm 121, we’re reminded that God is not only faithful to provide for us but also to protect, sustain, and keep us from dangers seen and unseen.

In Psalm 121, a traveller is on a long, dangerous road. He looks up at the mountains and asks, "Where is my help coming from?" The answer isn't the mountains. It's the One who made the mountains. Grace starts when you stop looking at yourself and look up.

This weekend, we'll wrap up the Galatians series with a message about the power of faithfully following Jesus over the long haul. Through Paul's final encouragement, we'll discover how carrying one another's burdens, doing good, and staying rooted in community produces a harvest that lasts for generations.

The most countercultural thing you can do is to bear fruit and be: faithful, humble and disciplined. Our culture is built around instant gratification and disposable products. If I don’t like it, I replace it. But the Holy Spirit produces something different: faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. These are not weaknesses, they are signs of true strength.

The Holy Spirit shapes the way we treat others through patience, kindness, and goodness. Patience helps us respond with grace, kindness leads us to love people well, and goodness moves us to do what is right. As we walk with the Spirit, He transforms our relationships and helps us reflect Christ in everyday life.

We often treat spiritual growth like self-improvement: be more patient, have more peace, love better, control yourself. But Paul calls these qualities fruit. Fruit is not manufactured; it is the organic result of the tree. The Fruit of the Spirit is not a list of things Jesus demands from us. It is a picture of the life Jesus wants to produce in us.

Paul doesn’t give us a checklist of rules for changing our old life. Instead, he gives us a new direction: walk by the Spirit. The question is not simply, “What rules apply?” but “Which Spirit am I walking by?”

Walking by the Spirit means learning to Stop, Surrender, and Step: choosing the Spirit’s direction over the desires of the flesh.

In a world that celebrates “you do you,” Paul teaches that true freedom is not doing whatever we want, but becoming who God created us to be. Through Christ, we are freed from legalism and sin so that we can live by faith and serve others in love. Real freedom is expressed through a life empowered by the Holy Spirit and marked by love for God and people.