Evergreen Church Podcast

What do you do when trusting God feels harder than taking control yourself? Saul seemed to have everything he needed to be a successful king, and God was at work in his life in ways he didn’t always recognize. But when pressure and uncertainty came, Saul struggled to trust God. In this message, we’ll look at Saul’s story and what it teaches us about surrendering control, trusting God to provide, and choosing obedience even when life feels hard or confusing.

What happens when prayer becomes our first response instead of our last resort? Throughout the book of Acts, we see God’s people devoted to prayer—and God moving powerfully in response. In this message from Acts, we look at how prayer paved the way for the Holy Spirit to move and empowered the early church to boldly share the good news of Jesus. We’re challenged to make prayer a regular part of our lives: starting our days in prayer, praying together in community, and praying for those who don’t yet know Jesus. Together, we also take time to pray for our local schools, leaders, community, and people we long to see come to Jesus.

Biblical fellowship is more than simply spending time together—it’s shared participation in one another’s lives, including our pain, needs, joys, growth, and flourishing. When we live with open hands and genuinely care for one another, fellowship becomes an environment where life can flourish and we can truly say, “What’s mine is yours; what’s yours is ours.”

We were never meant to follow Jesus alone. In the first week of our new series, Gospel Community, we look at Acts 2:42–47 and discover God’s purpose for Christian community. The early church shows us a picture of people devoted to Jesus and deeply committed to one another—not simply attending church together, but living as a family. What could it look like for us to experience that kind of community today?

You can’t hinder the good news of Jesus. Throughout Acts, Paul faces rejection, imprisonment, threats, shipwreck, and even a snakebite—but the gospel keeps moving. In the final chapters of Acts, we’re reminded to keep sharing the good news, embrace the detours, look for people of peace, and trust that God is at work even when the path doesn’t go as planned.

What does it look like to truly live out the gospel in front of others, not just talk about it? In this message drawn from Acts 20:16-31, we explore Paul's farewell address to the elders of Ephesus, a moment charged with emotion and clarity. Paul reminds them of three years spent together, and in doing so, paints a picture of what authentic, consistent, and compassionate Christian community looks like. The passage challenges us to ask whether the people around us, those who see us at work, at home, in conflict, and in rest, would recognize the same person we present on Sunday. Paul's appeal is not rooted in doctrine alone but in lived example. Consistency, humility, credibility, and tears are the marks of his ministry. The spiritual lesson here is both simple and demanding: the gospel is not just proclaimed, it is embodied. We are invited to examine whether our character, our service, and our relationships reflect the Jesus we say we follow.

What does it look like to be the movement when you feel like you’re sitting still? In Acts 19, we see God use Paul’s everyday faithfulness to make an extraordinary impact. This message reminds us not to get discouraged when life feels mundane—God is still moving. When we use the margins of our lives to invest in others and stay faithful in the everyday, we get to be part of what He is doing. The movement exists in the midst of the mundane.

What do you do when you find yourself alone, waiting, and surrounded by a culture far from God?

In Acts 17, Paul finds himself alone in Athens. Instead of withdrawing, he listens, observes, and steps into the marketplace to meet people where they are and point them toward Jesus.

In this message, we explore what Paul’s example teaches us about listening in seasons of waiting, meeting people where they are, and choosing faithfulness over fruitfulness.

Where is your marketplace? Who around you is searching for God? And what faithful thing is God asking you to keep doing, regardless of the results?

In Acts 16, God leads Paul and Silas into unfamiliar territory, where they encounter Lydia, free an exploited woman, and endure unjust imprisonment. Through hospitality, liberation, suffering, and worship, the gospel transforms lives and leads a jailer to ask, “What must I do to be saved?” This message reminds us that God is always working and calls us to follow Him with open eyes and willing hearts.

In this special “Pit Stop” message, guest speaker Chris Combs explores 2 Timothy 2:1–13 and how we stay fueled when the journey of faith becomes exhausting. Through Paul’s pictures of a focused soldier, disciplined athlete, and hardworking farmer, we’re reminded that making disciples requires perseverance—but our strength doesn’t come from simply working harder. It comes from gospel renewal: continually remembering what Jesus has done for us. Whether we’re running on empty or ready for the road ahead, Christ invites us to rest deeply, remember the joy of our salvation, and be renewed by the gospel we’re called to share.