Roots Student Ministry Podcast

Treating people like "trash" has become the new normal. Our culture has gotten used to being mean to people. We either have been bullied, been the one bullying or watched someone be bullied. But when we start to see everyone as masterpieces created by God, we can solve the problem of bullying.

Holding onto our faith is important. But what happens when what we've believed in the past gets shaken? We may have based our foundation of our faith on Bible stories that we learned about when we were in Sunday school, or maybe on other peoples expectations of us to believe in Jesus, or even holding onto God through tragedy or trauma in our lives. But what happens when that foundation gets rattled? Will our whole faith crumble? In this message, we talk about what our foundational belief should be. The death and resurrection of Jesus. That foundation has held true for over 2000 years. We can believe in the work of Jesus because of the proof of the resurrection.

From the very beginning, Jesus was there. So when we are asking questions about how the earth was created, or how/when did dinosaurs exist, we can be confident knowing that we can trust the Who behind it all. Jesus came down as the Son of God and people were eye witnesses to His death and resurrection. Because of the work that Jesus did, we can be sure that even if we don't know all the answers, we can still trust Him with our lives.

Wondering is part of who we are. When it comes to faith and science, we have probably wondered if they can even go together. Many may even argue that faith and science are complete opposites of each other. But as we start to explore more about science, we should be able to learn more about our faith. As we begin to explore science, we can see the God behind it all.

We are inundated with bad news every day. From the war in Europe, to what political leader did the wrong thing, to which celebrity got cancelled this last week. It's easy for us to focus on the negative things that happen. But what would happen to the world around us if we truly lived out the fruit of the Spirit? People would see the change in us and want to be around us because we will feel "safe" to them. When we set our minds on things of the Spirit, you're more likely to see the Spirit at work around you and through you. And others will see it in you as well.

You may feel that in order to live the fruits of the Spirit, you need to do it all on your own. But if we've done that before, we know that living the good life is just out of reach. But in order to find what we're truly looking for, we need to be living with God as our focus and be in step with Him. In order to live the good life, we need to stay in step with the Spirit.

In this weeks message, we talk specifically about what each fruit of the Spirit means. Instead of just understanding each word from a basic point of view, let's dig deeper into what a better view of each fruit means.

We may think that we need to make the good life happen on our own. We need the nicest car, newest iPhone, the spot on the team, the A on the test in order to have the good life. But ultimately the good life comes from the inside. It comes from God working inside of you so you can become who He created you to be. When you start to practice that in your life, then you'll start to find the good life.

We all want to live the good life, but most of our lives we just live on auto-pilot. We do our day to day activities with minimal change. We may think the good life is fun, good food, lots of money, nice cars and living in big cities, but those will all fall short. The good life is when we can live life with the Holy Spirit inside of us. The Spirit will produce great characteristics inside of us so that we can live out the good life.

One thing that all of us have experienced is a changing of friendship. Maybe someone moved away and your friendship changed. Maybe a friend hurt you and the friendship changed. So what do we do when it's time to change the friendship? Or more specifically, how do we "unfriend" someone? If we're honest, we realize that some friendships are not meant to be forever, but just a season. So how can we let those friendships go and yet still be friendly? Well, that's what we're talking about in this podcast.