Pursuing God with Dave and Gene

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.

Do you tend to go to worse-case scenarios when life gets hard? When the Israelites are on the edge of the Red Sea and Pharaoh’s army is coming closer, they exclaim in Exodus 14:12, “It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!” No matter the battle, God promises to deliver you from life’s most challenging circumstances

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.

How do you handle the pressures of life? What do you do when circumstances don’t seem to have a way out? In this week’s podcast series, Gene shares practical tools to shift your focus away from what’s tearing you apart and towards a God who is crazy about you.

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.

“…God was sending a signal to us that our salvation would come through the blood of a lamb, the “firstborn” over all creation, if we would only trust Him…” In today’s episode, Gene shares that, like the Israelites, there is only one thing that can save spiritually searching people.

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 something in your life that is getting in the way of you seeking God earnestly?

In the book of Exodus, Pharaoh’s only interest in God was to the extent that it would help him be more successful and prosperous. Matthew 6:33 says, “Seek the Kingdom of God above all else…and he will give you everything you need.”

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.

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.

The stakes are high, so why is it that so many who seem to be spiritually searching prematurely end their search? This week on the podcast, Gene teaches from Exodus 4-12 to encourage and provide clarity to those who are spiritually searching.

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 did the Israelites handle the many obstacles they faced in the wilderness? Hebrews 11:30 says, “By FAITH the walls of Jericho fell...” In today’s devotion, Gene shares that when you’re navigating change, you’ve got to live by faith – moment by moment.

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.