Refuge Church Ojai Valley

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Refuge Church Ojai Valley episodes

  • What To Do When You Don't Know Why You Do The Things You Do

    What if some of the things shaping your life started long before you were born?


    The patterns we inherit. The struggles that seem to run in families. The things passed down from one generation to the next, sometimes without us even realizing it.

    These things can run deep, and time alone doesn’t make them disappear. But the story doesn’t end there.

    This week, we’re looking at the hard things we carry from the generations before us—and the freedom Jesus has already made possible. You may have inherited a pattern, but you don’t have to be defined by it. #faith #generationalsin #freedom #spiritualfreedom

    36 min
  • What to do When You Don't Feel Free

    What does it truly mean to be free? Our culture celebrates freedom, but so often we find ourselves enslaved to our desires, our habits, and our sin. In Romans 6 and Galatians 5, we discover that true freedom isn’t found in doing whatever we want, but in being set free from the power of sin through Jesus Christ. Just as God delivered Israel from slavery in Egypt, Christ has delivered us from slavery to sin and called us to walk in newness of life. But how do we live in the freedom we’ve been given? Join us as we explore what it means to live by the Spirit, bear the fruit of righteousness, and stop living as slaves to sin when Christ has already set us free. You don’t have to fight for freedom as though you’re still enslaved you can fight from the victory Christ has already won. #faith #submission #freedom #spiritualfreedom

    33 min
  • What to do When Submission Feels Like Death

    What comes to mind when you hear the word submission?


    If we're honest, most of us probably cringe a little.

    We live in a culture that celebrates independence, questions authority, and was quite literally born out of rebellion. But what if one of the sneakiest things keeping us from the freedom Jesus offers is something we rarely even think to question?

    We know when we're struggling to forgive. We recognize when we're wrestling with fear or holding on to old wounds. But submission? Pride? Rebellion? Sometimes those are a little harder to spot in our own hearts.

    This week, we're taking an honest look at what it means to surrender to God—not because He's trying to hold us back, but because His heart has always been for us.

    What if the thing we're resisting is the very place God wants to bring us freedom?

    #faith #submission #redletters #spiritualwarfare

    36 min
  • When Chains Fall

    What does freedom actually look like?

    This week, we're stepping into Kyla's story of what it looks like to walk through the process of freedom—and what can happen when we stop living under the weight of what has held us captive.

    Because freedom isn't just something Jesus promised. It's something He came to give.

     

    #freedom #spiritualwarfare #faith

    34 min
  • What to Do When You Don't Look Like Jesus

    What if forgiveness isn't hard because you don't know you're supposed to forgive… What if it's hard because it actually hurts?

    Some wounds don't disappear just because we decide to forgive. There can be grief. Anger. Loss. Consequences. And sometimes, the person who hurt you isn't sorry—or isn't safe to be around.

    So what does forgiveness actually mean?

    Because forgiveness isn't forgetting. It isn't pretending it didn't happen. It isn't reconciliation. And it certainly doesn't mean giving someone permission to keep hurting you.

    Forgiveness costs something. And maybe that's part of what makes it so difficult. When we forgive, we're choosing to release a debt that feels very real, and in some way, choosing to carry the cost ourselves.

    This week, we're getting honest about the pain of forgiveness—and why Jesus calls us to it anyway.

    #freedom #confession #forgiveness #spiritualwarefare #refugechurch

    40 min
  • What to do When you are a Wounded Gazelle | Kyle Costello

    What happens when you’ve been wounded for so long that you start believing the wound is who you are?


    A wounded gazelle is vulnerable. It’s easier to isolate. Easier to deceive. Easier for the predator to convince it that there’s no way out. And sometimes, spiritually, we can find ourselves in that place too.

    We’ve believed the lie so long we don’t recognize it as a lie. We’ve been shaped by what happened to us, what the world tells us, or even what our own flesh tells us. But Jesus came “to proclaim freedom for the captives.”

    Freedom begins with truth. And sometimes truth begins with confession—bringing what’s hidden into the light and allowing God to tell us who we really are.

    This week, we’re asking what it looks like to walk in truth instead of deception. Because you may have been wounded. But you are not your wound. You are a child of the Living God. #freedom #confession #spiritualwarefare #refugechurch

    40 min
  • Modern Day Revival
    What if you’re carrying something you were never meant to carry?
     
    Jesus came with a very specific mission: to set captives free. And the truth is, you don’t have to be an outsider to be stuck.
     
    Sometimes the things holding us captive are much harder to see—strongholds, lies, patterns, and even counterfeits that promise freedom but leave us more bound than before.
     
    This week, we’re starting a new series called Modern Day Revival by asking a pretty important question: What actually has the power to set us free?
     
    Jesus didn’t just come to make our lives a little better. He came to proclaim freedom to the captives—and He says He is the way. And what better way to celebrate three years of Refuge than by watching people step into that freedom through baptism? There is freedom. And Jesus came to bring it.
    #RefugeChurch #Worship #GodsWord #Revival #InOjaiAsItIsInHeaven

    37 min
  • Wake Up to New

    What if God isn't simply trying to fix the life you already have? What if He's inviting you into something completely new?

    We can spend so much of our lives asking God to repair what's broken, restore what's been lost, or make our circumstances a little better. But Scripture tells a bigger story—a God who makes all things new.

    This week, we’ll explore what it means to stop looking backward and start waking up to what God is doing right now. The new thing may already be springing up. Are you awake to it?

     

    #RefugeChurch #Worship #GodsWord #Communion #InOjaiAsItIsInHeaven

    34 min
  • The Cure for the Woe

    What happens when we finally stop pretending?

    Sin has a way of convincing us that we're fine. Sometimes we hide behind our goodness. Sometimes we get stuck in the same patterns we can't seem to escape. Sometimes we say we need Jesus while quietly building a life that doesn't actually need Him.

    But eventually, we have to come face-to-face with the truth: Woe is me. Not because there is no hope—but because there is.

    As we close Savior vs. Sin, we're getting to the heart of the Gospel: what happens when we stop trying to save ourselves and let Jesus do what only He can do? The cure isn't becoming better at pretending. The cure is Jesus.

    37 min
  • Where are Your Roots?

    What are you trusting to hold you up when life gets hard?


    We all put our trust somewhere.

    In our own strength. In other people. In what the world promises us. In the things we think will finally make us feel secure.

    But Scripture gives us a different picture: a tree planted by water, with roots reaching toward something deeper—even when the heat comes and the drought lasts longer than we expected.

    This week, we continue Savior vs. Sin by asking a simple but searching question:

    Where are your roots?

    Because what’s happening beneath the surface of our lives matters more than we realize. The things we trust, the things we cling to, and the places we look for life can shape us in ways we may not even see.

    #SaviorVsSin #RefugeChurch #Jesus #Gospel #Grace #FreedomInChrist

    36 min

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We exist to take the whole Jesus to the whole person. This podcast will be updated weekly with messages from Sundays once we start gathering in September 2023. Until then, we’ve posted some previous…