Pursuing God with Dave and Gene

Sometimes we ask ourselves why we pray if God already knows everything we need. When we don’t get an answer, we wonder if our prayers disappear somewhere. We can be confident God hears our prayers and uses our prayers to draw us closer to 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.

Our anger doesn’t produce the righteousness God desires. Anger grows out of one of three emotions - Fear, frustration, or hurt. When you’re tempted to respond in anger, try to recognize which of these emotions are driving you. Then pray!

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 we take time to listen to others, we can learn how to respond with patience when confronted with anger or when we’re tempted to be angry. Love is patient. Think about how responding with patience and love can radically change our relationships.

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 world tells us to ‘blow off some steam’ by venting our anger. But the object of our anger rarely responds the way we want. It is not an effective way to manage our anger. That’s why the apostle James tells us to be slow to speak.

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.

You can lose your influence for the gospel by acting on your anger. One of the great remedies for anger is to wait. James reminds us to be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger. Anger is a choice.

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.

Anger is a physiological response that causes us to act. The apostle James reminds us that acting on our anger often doesn’t produce the righteousness God desires. James reminds us to be quick to listen and slow to anger.

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 Holy Spirit comes alongside us to help us heal from grief and loss. God emphasizes with our sorrow and walks with us during suffering. The Bible says God is with us during loss, loneliness, and illness. He is our Comforter.

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 Holy Spirit gives us supernatural gifts to enable us to serve others. Each person’s contribution enriches the church community so that no one becomes burned 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.

The Holy Spirit helps us share the good news of Jesus even when we don’t feel qualified in our own strength. He personalizes our message to others so they may hear something you didn’t even say!

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 Holy Spirit empowers us to resist temptation. Sin is fun for a moment, but it comes with consequences. When you’re filled with the Holy Spirit, He transforms us by helping us be sensitive to sin.

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.