Intersections Podcast

We all have stories from our past that have shaped who we are today. We are all products of the past. But should we be prisoners of it? In today's message, we'll find out what Jesus' past looks like -- what kind of influence he had growing up and how this shaped him to be the man who saves us all. Join us in the last episode of Christmas Villages part 4 " A Place To Grow."

The great promise of scripture is that if you seek God you will find him. It might require making a few course corrections along the way, but God desires to be found. The question is what will we do with God and His truth when we do find him?

Take a tour of the little town of Bethlehem.  Where the most important birth in the history of the world takes place. The birth of the Messiah -- the Savior of the world. We will discover how God's plans work and how his ways may not always be aligned with ours because he is far more advanced than we can ever imagine. Find out more here in episode 2 -- The Place We Need To Be.

Let's unfold the story to the places and events that led up to the birth of our Savior and King! The first stop will be at Hebron. The place where Mary learned the Truth! That "nothing is impossible for God."  The truth that she is birthing the Messiah. May this story reminds us that God can birth new things in our life even in the middle of chaos, uncertainty, and doubt. God still does the impossible!

This is an incredible story of redemption and love. But as Shon will share, bearing witness to this kind of love is hard to watch for us justice seekers. Sometimes we get bent out of shape when God doesn't serve up the healthy dose of justice we'd expect. God desperately wants us to know his heart. God wants to share his heart with us. -- that is the heart of God!

This is an incredible story of redemption and love. But as Shon will share, bearing witness to this kind of love is hard to watch for us justice seekers. Sometimes we get bent out of shape when God doesn't serve up the healthy dose of justice we'd expect. God desperately wants us to know his heart. God wants to share his heart with us. -- that is the heart of God!

God is not one to give up on people (no matter how far they run from him or how far they go off the rails). It is His nature is to give people another chance. This is truly who God is: He is the God of second chances. When God calls will you answer the phone? 

What do you do when you feel like you are imprisoned with no hope of release? Like you have sunk too low, that you doubt if you can ever rise again? In this episode, Jonah cried out for help -- Jonah 2:2,7, “In my distress, I called to the Lord, and he answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry. (7) When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, Lord, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple.” With what little breath was left in him Jonah cried out to God to save him. Find out how God answered him in this new episode " A Cry from Rock Bottom".

Has God placed a call on your life that you have been trying to silence? If so, what is it? What are you going to do with that call? Keep running? Stay busy so you don't have to think about it? Or are you going to pay attention and respond? In The Pursuit, Episode 1, Shon Smith shares the powerful story of Jonah, a man who runs away from his calling. You may find yourself in this man's shoes. Together we will discover the depths God will go to pursue us!

Have you chased anyone in your life? Shon Smith's new series "The Pursuit" tells a story of a man that continuously runs away from God's calling in his life.