Kingdom Culture with Nathan Sandford

Jesus said “You will know them by their fruit.” We are a people who want to be know by the Lord and make Him know to the lost. How to we attain this? How do we get fruit when our lives seem to be anything but fruitful? Listen to this sermon and discover how you can have both internal and external change that stems from the Kingdom.

We were built to be tender and loving creatures, but because the world is too painful, we have built an artificial heart to help deal with the pain. This fabricated house of emotion covers up our ability to feel and empathize as God intended. Through the power and love of God, it is not only possible to get your true heart back, but it is possible for you to see the love God and others pour on you in spite of the fake heart you wear.

Seasons come and season go, but the foundation on which your faith was built remains. In this episode, Mike Pike shares about the new paradigm shift God is bringing and how it combats the old foundation of "I am a Christian because I struggle." Listen and discover what old foundations may need to be shifted and uprooted in your heart.

Our church’s identity is centered on building the Kingdom, advancing it in our city, and letting the Father’s love change our hearts. The type of impact and fruit that can come from a focus like this is limited only by the foundation upon which it is built. If we want to advance the Kingdom, we must learn to recognize, address, and turn over the faulty paradigms that compromise the structure of our foundation.

What do football, the dominion of man, and the heart of God have in common? In almost every instance, nothing, but when it comes to living out the calling that God has laid upon us, so much. In this sermon, Nathan Sandford explores these and other topics with the hope of helping us understand why we should reach for and ignite the vision of bringing the Kingdom of Heaven to Earth.

Many of us have such a strong hunger to change the world, to impact lives, and to live an existence that is so much more than just going through the motions. What happens when you carry these beliefs so strongly and you pray fervently for them, but nothing happens? Cognitive dissonance. Learn about this psychological phenomenon, how it impacts your passionate life, and what to do about it.

There is nothing wrong with God, He is not lacking in pouring out His glory on this Earth. There is however, is a paradigm shift that is holding us back from seeing, experiencing, and giving His glory. It is time to return to our roots and believe in the Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven, not the gospel of escape or rapture. A shift needs to happen in the wider body where Christians no longer have more faith in the second coming, than they do in the power of the gospel He brought the first time and the power of His love for us.

There is a delicate balance when it comes to waiting on God. It is true that there are some things that only He can do, but there are also so many things we are called to do when it comes to bringing the Kingdom to Earth. He has given us the gifting and abilities to bring Heaven to Earth. Right now He is calling us to step out and use those gifts to love the lost. It is your time to choose to figure out how to enter into His goodness right now and not feel entitled, waiting for God to do something, getting frustrated when He does not.

Seeing the glory of God is not something that happens through striving and working. Seeing His glory only comes through learning how to rest, but rest cannot be earned through force. Rest is the characteristic of a heart that is not cynical, is soft, and holds onto the confidence of our faith. Learn about why you do not want to harden your hearts, allowing yourself to enter into a place of seeing the glory of God.

“God would you move? God would you do something? God, would you save me from the pain I am in?” These are the questions we hear from a broken generation and like the people in the book of Esther, they are under a cloud of death, with no hope in sight. But maybe, just maybe, God has called you like he did Esther to be in the right place at the right time to make a difference. Maybe you have been called for something great. Maybe this season is the one for which you have been called to bring life and hope to a lost, hurting people.