Pursuing God with Dave and Gene

God is committed to producing supernatural patience in us. Galatians 5:22 says, “When the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, PATIENCE . . .” We’ll explore this text this week.

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 tendency is to look at our storms rather than through our storms. This was the mistake the disciples made in the storm. They focused on the storm; at the wind; at the waves; at the water pouring into the boat. Instead, they needed to look through it. God gives the kind of peace that helps you trust Him through the storms.

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 be reconciled without having a resolution for everything. This is why the Bible says in Romans 12:18, “If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.”  The Holy Spirit is urging you to do that 24/7, nudging you and inspiring you to do whatever you’re able to do to be reconciled.

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.

By God’s grace, we are no longer enemies. Instead, we have been adopted into His family. By God’s grace, He has placed His Spirit within us, so you can be you at your best. No wonder the Old Testament prophet Isaiah said Jesus would be called the Prince of Peace.

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.

“Who is this man that even the wind and waves obey Him?”  He’s the one who can bring peace into your life, even in the midst of your storms. He’s the one the Bible refers to as the Prince of Peace. His name is Jesus.

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 you have a relationship with God through your faith in a Risen Savior, the Holy Spirit reminds you that not only do you have love beyond reason, purpose beyond your vocation, and hope beyond death, but you also have joy beyond your difficulties.

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.

Your value has been determined by the price the God of the universe has been willing to pay for you. Jesus showed us how to measure love in John 15:13 (NLT), “And here is how to measure it—the greatest love is shown when people lay down their lives for their friends.” That’s exactly what Jesus did for you. When that fact is deeply anchored within you, you’ll find yourself being struck with the awesome reality that you are precious to God; you are loved by God beyond reason.

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 Jesus talked about His joy filling us, He was talking about what happens when we’re authentically connected with God through our relationship with Him. He was saying, “Only as you walk closely with Me, and experience Me, can you be full of joy.” He wants those who follow Him to overflow with that joy!

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 is a God of joy who wants to infuse our lives with joy. When we make love our highest goal, joy follows. If you want to find joy in your life, you need to love and be loved.

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.

Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is, like Jesus did throughout his ministry, make time for rest and the replenishment of your physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual tanks. It’s important for you to prioritize time for those things that recharge you emotionally. You will need every ounce of your physical, emotional, and spiritual energy to consistently love others deeply and become the best version of 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.