Pursuing God with Dave and Gene

Happy Thanksgiving! We hope your heart is filled with a sense of gratitude for the things God has made true and provided for you and your loved ones. By giving thanks and being grateful, we can affect others.

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.

We all struggle with complaining, whether we admit it or not. Today we review three principles to help us stop complaining. 

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.

Philippians 2:14 says "Do everything without complaining." Complaining is a stress enhancer none of us need in our lives. Today we continue looking at four types of complainers.

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.

In the midst of so much blessing and generosity from the hand of God, many of us struggle to have a spirit of gratitude. Some people are never satisfied no matter how good things are. In Philippians 2, Paul discusses the biggest barrier to genuine thanksgiving.

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.

In Mark 4:40, Jesus said, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?" When God says, "Don't fear," He's not just trying to comfort people, soothe them, or ease their anxiety. He's calling them to be courageous.

Will you move in faith toward the thing(s) you fear? 

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 typical reaction to God was fear or even terror. There are 150 different times in the Bible where it talks about the fear of the Lord.

Have you admitted you need this God of all creation? It can be a terrifying but exciting realization.

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.

In Mark 4, the disciples were with Jesus. The last verse of Mark 4 of this section is very revealing.

Do you ask these questions about who Jesus is and His power? Remember He is bigger than any scenario. 

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.

Today, we explore a journey that moves from fear to faith. In Mark 4, the disciples are on a boat with Jesus when a storm hits, and there are two opposing reactions.

Is there a situation you are facing when you can choose faith in Jesus over fearing a possible outcome?

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.

There are hundreds of “fear not” verses in the Bible, including one in Psalm 23.

This week we’ll be exploring Mark 4, when people are afraid of drowning on a boat. We will learn how to neutralize the power fear has in our lives. 

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.

Today we cover the dramatic conclusion of a story in Acts 4, the first time there was opposition to the Christian movement. After refusing an offer to stop talking about Jesus in exchange for their freedom, the ruling council’s response was remarkable. 

Whatever you're facing right now, Jesus Christ has the grace that can sustain 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.