Statistics show that people who set goals and stick to them are happier. The Bible is full of people who set big goals, including Jesus. He said his goal was to ‘seek and save that which is lost.’

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 loves you and wants to use your broken past to do the things He wants you to do for Him. Because you’ve experienced God’s grace, that qualifies you to do His will. Your past failures don’t disqualify you from doing extraordinary things for God. You have a role to play.

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.

Failure doesn’t have the final say in your life. Peter denied Jesus three times and Jesus still used him to heal a lame man. The things in our lives we think of as failures, God is using to create something beautiful. And He wants to use ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

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 book of Acts, God uses ordinary people again and again to accomplish His purposes. When you feel ordinary, know that God can and will use you to make an extraordinary impact on the lives of others. The same power that healed a lame man is available to those of us who believe in 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.

Peter, James, and John were ordinary fishermen, used by God to perform a miracle on a lame man. If God can use an ordinary fisherman to perform a miracle, think of what He can do through 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.

Do you dream of winning an award or achieving something great? Too often we think of ourselves as ‘just ordinary.’ But Jesus promises we can do amazing things by the power of the Holy Spirit to impact others, even when we feel ordinary. This week, ask God to use you to do extraordinary things.

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.

James tells us that the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective. He reminds us of the story of Elijah, who prayed that no rain would fall for three years. But James reminds us that Elijah was a human being just like us! That kind of powerful prayer is not out of reach for anyone.

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 need a place of complete honesty, which is something we can experience when we pray. We can bring our real ourselves before the Lord, who doesn’t judge us. We can be assured His love for us is unconditional.

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 apostle James reminds us to tell God when we’re grateful for all we have and all He’s done for us. What are you grateful to God for? Expressing thanks keeps us from having an attitude of complaining in the midst of 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.

Do you have any trouble in your life? Everyone has trouble, whether it’s financial, personal, health related, or in our relationships. The apostle James tells us to pray when we are in trouble or when we have trouble. Your Heavenly Father wants you to pray in every troubling circumstance.

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.