Living Spring Podcast

We all decorate for Christmas. But do we actually prepare? This week Pastor John talks about two different approaches to having Jesus arrive.

A posture of gratitude can change our entire view of the circumstances around us. This week Pastor John talks about how gratitude vs. ingratitude can change the smallest of perceptions in our broken world.

Joy, a fruits of the Holy Spirit, is a welcomed gift in today’s world full of stress, sadness, and anxiety. When we depend on our external circumstances to be joyful, we are often left wanting. This week, Pastor John talks about how allowing the Holy Spirit to be in charge of our thoughts and emotion, we can be joyful in any circumstance.

We all have that one time we were wounded in our life. Maybe it was a parent, a spouse, a mentor, or just someone you were close to. We are called to forgive them like the Lord forgave us. Just how do we do that? This week, Pastor John talks about how David was pursued relentlessly by King Saul for nothing other than Saul was a broken leader and David forgave him for trying to kill him.

In today’s political and social climate, empathy is in short supply and in high demand. As a matter of fact, it’s so rare that when you show it, people really take notice. This week we talk about the importance of empathy, how Jesus modeled it,  and how it can change the temperature of a room.

In today’s political and social climate, empathy is in short supply and in high demand. As a matter of fact, it’s so rare that when you show it, people really take notice. This week we talk about the importance of empathy, how Jesus modeled it,  and how it can change the temperature of a room.

This week we welcome Rev. Dr. Fraser Venter to Living Spring Church who talks about the importance of consistency over intensity and how that can help us to be the Christian the Lord has called us to be.

As we conclude our series of Can I Change, Pastor John talks about how making up our minds before we get to a place of temptation, we can keep ourselves from stumbling more effectively. Waiting until the moment of truth to make up our minds to do what God tells us can leave us in a potentially troublesome place.

There are many commands in the Bible. What is fascinating is that the majority of them cannot be obeyed outside of community. How do you forgive someone you’ve never met? How do you serve someone when you are by yourself? This week Pastor John discusses the importance of community as we talk about our ability to change.

What’s in a habit? Good life changing habits can transform our lives into really good realities. This week, we talk about how the smallest of bad habits can bring us to ruin.