Fixate PHX

Fixate PHX

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Fixate PHX episodes

  • Most Tatted: The straight path ingredients
    Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.”3 Thoughts that determine if the paths are straight (and smooth-ish)1- IF YOUR TRUST IS NOT LEADING YOU TO GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF GOD'S WORD and WILL FOR YOUR LIFE AND NEIGHBOR; IT'S FALSE HOPE.2- A MADE UP MIND CANNOT BE A MADE NEW PERSON, YOU NEED NEW UNDERSTANDING IN ORDER TO SEE AND ACKNOWLEDGE HIM IN NEW WAYS.3- STRAIGHT AND SMOOTH PATHS ARE DEVELOPED BY GOING THROUGH SEASONS OF HAVING TRUST WHEN YOU DON'T WANT TO TRUST; UNDERSTANDING WHEN YOU HAVE EVERY REASON TO HOLD YOUR OWN VIEW; AND TRAINING YOURSELF TO SEE AND ACKNOWLEDGE HIM IN A WORLD THAT IS TRYING TO CONVINCE YOU HE IS HIDDEN.
    36 min
  • Most Tatted: Courage, Character, Fear, Fulfillment
    “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua‬ ‭1‬:‭9‬ ‭4 ways to assess your levels of fear and courage
    1. Fear is a connection issue. Tighten up your habits and watch your life transmit holiness.
    2. Practicing courage are the weights of development you must lift for your spiritual health over the long haul.
    3. Fear speaks from personal insufficiency, courage speaks of Christ's sufficiency. You must have a revelation Jesus is sufficient or you will always feel insufficient.
    4. Fear is not handled timidly, you must be on the counter-attack of what wants to destroy you.
    38 min
  • Most Tatted: Healthy theological expectations for a sustainable walk with Christ
    7 Areas of Perspective from Psalm 23
    1. If the Lord is your Shepherd get ready for your wants to be redefined
    2. Don't pray for green pastures and be mad when He makes you lay down in them.
    3. Your soul restored comes from drinking deeply in the quiet waters of a relationship as a son/daughter.
    4. Before you're trusted to blaze a trail, you better be faithful following the well worn paths of righteousness.
    5. Everyone will walk through the valley of the shadow of death, it's your choice if you sit and stay longer than God's intended purpose.
    6. The rod of correction comes before the staff of comfort, trust the process.
    7. How you dwell determines where you sit, what cup you drink from and if goodness and loving kindness will follow you.
    37 min
  • Most Tatted: Contentment, Gratitude and Generosity
    We're back again with another well know and frequently used bible verse (Philippians 4:13) and it's intended context. Certainties and perfect circumstances do not dictate contentment; you must learn it to live it. We want the ability to do all things...but have we shown God we can be generous in all things?Rhythms of grateful reflection and response will diffuse a heart of regret and bitterness if you allow it, invite it, and discipline yourself to do it.Gratitude, generosity and contentment show spiritual maturity more than gifting ever could. Choose character development over gifting development. From this place, you can do all things.
    38 min
  • Most Tatted: Big Picture Perspective
    John 3:16 the infamous verse of christianity. We agree, it's beautiful and great but most christians walk around with a surface level view of it, it's time to back up and start to understand the whole of perspective regarding it. You can check the boxes of christianity but if you haven't trained your mind and Spirit to see Him in everything you're missing the fullness of Heaven on earth. It's not about KNOWING about Him but SEEING Him.
    40 min
  • Most Tatted: A Plan Within Despair
    Bringing context to some of the most popular bible verses that people get tatted, not intended to shake your theology but to help reshape it. This week we dissect Jeremiah 29:11, bringing clarity to the fullness of it's context and what it actually means for our lives. We learn how to make sure our detours in life don't turn from despair into desperation.
    40 min
  • The Calling of Salt
    We are called to be salt of the earth, but what does that actually mean? How do you know if you have lost your saltiness or if you even had it to begin with!? If your salt isn't providing healing, it's not the right seasoning. Our salt should be thawing icy ground.Salt that has lost it's flavor is just a disciple who has lost their discipline..or never had it. The salt of the Spirit should flavor your life and others should be able to tase it through conversations and personhood.You will be salted with fire, lean in. The results are that or purity and preservation for your walk with God.
    37 min
  • Easter: Your Peace within the Puzzle
    to those who have carried the weight of being a disciple, questioning if it is worth it, there is a peace within the puzzle and life of Jesus for you, keep pressing in. to those who are carrying a heavy weight from the world and situation, the Lord may be asking you to ditch it completely, yet there is still a peace within the puzzle and life of Jesus for you. He has a capacity to lift more than we ever could. Here's a truth for you: you can be found within the crucifixion and resurrection story. We acknowledge that women, those who made mistakes, those who experienced unexplainable pain, religious skeptics, those questioning and wrestling with God are all found within this story. There is a place for you. There is a peace for you. Through the sacrifice of Jesus, God invites the WHOLE OF HUMANITY IN and says "YOU now have a place in me."
    36 min
  • Palm Sunday: "Does this mean what I think it means?"

    The Jews expected Jesus to come riding in on a warhorse as a liberator from Roman oppression, yet He came lowly, gently, and humbly. One week the Jews welcomed Him with praise, and the next week they were crucifying Him. It came from a place of Jesus doing differently than what they expected Him to do and be. Let us learn from them as we renew our minds and recenter them to make sure the right thing isn't the wrong thing on this Holy Week.

    36 min
  • Intention of Creation: Patience (Weighting)
    We wrap up our "intention of creation" series by equipping ourselves to make sure our "weighting" seasons are fruitful. Patience (meaning standing under a heavy load unwavering) is about building strength, not wasting time. Both the first historically written books of the Old Testament and New Testament focus on patience. Patience in uncertainty. Patience under trial. Patience under a heavy weight. Patience under fire. Patience in brokenness.
    41 min

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We believe in a church that is fixed on Jesus with unwavering attention and focus, that in a day in an age of distraction we fight back with devotion, that a life holistically following the ways of our Creator opens us up to be formed by Him and Him alone. A life of depth that produces fruit that remains, a life of discipline that builds everything we exist to do off of the Cornerstone, a life of sacrifice that shows the greatest love to a world so devoid of it, and a sustainable rhythm that keeps us walking with Him always.