Pursuing God with Dave and Gene

 How do you pray in a God-honoring way and not for your own agenda? James 4:3 says, “When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives…” Looking back on your prayer life, can you recall any prayers that might fall into the category of “prayer abuse?” 

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

How you pray shows what you believe about God. Sometimes God changes circumstances through prayer, but comfort on earth isn’t the ultimate goal. With open hearts and hands, keep seeking Him first this week and pray a dangerous prayer that says, “Not my will, but yours be done.” 

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

Why doesn’t God give us everything we pray for? We think receiving good gifts is getting whatever we want, but God’s good gifts are about transforming us to be like Christ. Keep asking, keep seeking, keep knocking – and pray today that you are receptive to God’s unfinished work in your heart. 

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

What is a dangerous prayer that you can be praying this week? Jesus knew we couldn’t have transformation in our hearts and be the kind of people God wants us to be apart from persistently and passionately requesting it from God. Over these next 21 days, Gene encourages us to go deeper in our prayer lives and submit to God’s unfinished work in us.

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

Is there a RISK that God is calling you to take a step of faith towards today? In today’s episode, Gene teaches from Acts 3, when God used ordinary people, on an ordinary day, for his EXTRAORDINARY purpose.

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

 “The destination of our lives is the culmination of the decisions that we make.” In today’s episode, Eastside’s Anaheim Campus Pastor Jake Barker share a recap of this past weekend’s message from Jonah 1-2. 

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

When their backs are against the wall and they are being chased by Pharaoh, Moses guides the Israelites to abandon their instinctual response to fear. He says in Exodus 14:13, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today.”

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

It’s natural when your back’s against the wall to be afraid. “If you cave into fear, and sarcasm, and worst-case scenarios in those moments, where is that going to take you?  Isn’t there a better plan?  Isn’t there a way out?”

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

What is it we really hope to find when we search for God? Just like the Israelites who had been waiting for years to be delivered from their slavery and oppression, many times people search for God when they want a quick-fix or an instant remedy. In today’s episode, Gene encourages us to seek to simply know God.

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.

What is holding you back from letting go completely and allowing Jesus to full take control of your life? In today's episode, Eastside's teaching pastor Mike Breaux shares a recap of this past weekend's message on how to respond to Jesus’ invitation to follow Him. 

Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each episode invites you to discover God’s presence and activity in your life.