GSLCVA Podcast

Are you blessed or woed in Jesus' Sermon on the Plain?  In your best of days when everything is going well, what is your relationship with Jesus during those times? Listen as Pastor James focuses on our need to center our entire existence around our personal relationship with Jesus no matter the circumstances – blessed or woed.

We come together to praise God and to hear God’s word, but do we listen to his Word? Join us today as Pastor Johann discusses obeying Jesus, like Simon Peter, to see what happens when you let down your nets. Will you be caught up in the ways of the world? Or will you care about the things that God deems important? 

Do you have faith or just familiarity with Jesus? Have you let Him expose your sins, prejudices, and myths in order to heal you? Join us today as Pastor James discusses one of Christianity’s age-old question: Do you love Christ more than anything or anybody else? Do you trust Christ enough? Have faith enough? Will you let Him cleanse you of myth and prejudice to adjust priorities and reset your agenda?

God’s mission is as relevant to us today as it was to the early Christians in Jerusalem. His mission is to take the good news to the nations, and people, of the world and restore the blessed relationship between God and man. Join us today as Pastor Johann shares how the power of prayer and guidance of the Holy Spirit can guide us in taking the good news to the poor, blind, imprisoned, and oppressed.

The vast majority of problems that we face are not life and death problems, they are real problems, and we feel like we are running on empty. Join us today as Pastor James discusses how we should turn to Jesus when we have a problem. What matters to us, matters to Jesus, and our problems are truly God’s possibilities. When you do what God tells you and obey God your problems will be handled as blessings follow obedience.

Baptism is a gift of grace where God claims us, sends us unconditional love, and accepts us as children of the covenant God has made with His people. Join us today as Pastor James discusses washing away all of the junk that covers us, keeps us from being what God has created us to be, and how we can share the gift of grace, through baptism, with others through love and service.

We are event driven people and live our lives from one event to the next. Christmas is often seen as an event, here one day and gone with the removal of the tree. Christmas, however, is no mere event; it is the gift of being set apart as God’s children through His intervention and His grace. Join us as Pastor Johann discusses the real meaning of Christmas. Christmas is a story of creation, the ongoing life of God with his people, and God continuing to give life to his people. 

Jesus was all about His Father’s business, the salvation business of His Heavenly Father. This business is not one of the church but one of the Son. It is a business of forgiveness, healing, love, and grace. Join us as Pastor James discusses how the Father’s business is in us, it’s in our hearts that God comes to bring us salvation and forgiveness through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Christmas is seen as a time of Shalom, or a time of peace, love, and togetherness. By looking within ourselves we see something different. Due to sin we see division and restlessness within our own hearts, anything but a sense of Shalom. Join us as Pastor Johann discusses how the world is not how it should be. God has something else in mind and it is only through Jesus Christ that everlasting peace and love meet in a true Shalom.

What is faith? Faith is believing that what the Lord has said will be accomplished. Join us as Pastor James discusses how faith encompasses much more than belief. Our faith should affect our head, our heart, and our hands. It is a willingness to follow God. It should be reflected in our actions. It is impossible to please God without faith.