That's Grace Podcast

As Pastor Sean wraps up our series Villains, he takes a look at quite possibly one of the most tragic story endings in the Bible. Despite this Villain’s wickedness and rebellion towards God, God still gave him multiple chances to make things right. Even when Zedekiah knew what the outcome to his poor choices would be, he still chose to make the wrong choice. In this teaching, Pastor Sean shares this man’s story and gives 4 lessons that he learns from the life of Zedekiah.

In today’s teaching, Pastor Sean shares some of the coolest, hidden stories in the Bible on how God interacted with mankind throughout history. He shares the story of King Ben-Hadad, King Joram, and Elisha and shows the outcome of these men’s decision to to obey or disobey God. But we also see in these stories how often mankind tries to limit God to our own intelligence, but in reality, God is working something much greater than we could imagine behind the scenes.

Our Villains series kicks off with the story of one of the baddest Old Testament queens in all the land. The evil acts of the infamous Queen Jezebel have been referenced throughout popular culture, even to this day! In today’s teaching, Pastor Sean takes a look at how, despite Jezebel’s violent and manipulative acts, God gave her more than one chance for redemption. And we find out what there is to learn from her response to God’s offer of reconciliation and how it led to her downfall, and ultimately her demise.

Have you ever tried to do something that was just too big for you? Maybe you overcommitted to a project or wanted to help fix an issue in your town but you just ended up feeling discouraged and insignificant? Like no matter how many hours or resources you put into it, it wouldn’t even scratch the surface? Many of us have faced these seemingly impossible situations before and as a result, we tend to stay passive when faced with these issues. In today’s teaching, Pastor Sean tells the story of a boy who faced a much bigger issue than he could handle, but instead of doing nothing offered Jesus what little He had. It wasn’t what the boy had that made the difference, it was the fact that he was willing to offer Jesus whatever he could.

There are times in life when God steps into our lives and changes the course of our lives as we know it. While we work our whole lives to live as comfortable and painless as possible, God knows that when our world seemingly gets turned upside down, our faith and trust in Him are forced to grow. This week, Pastor Sean’s Dad, Ron Sears, shares with us the story of Zechariah and how God moved into his life in a seemingly impossible way and strengthened his faith.

Many of us feel like we disadvantaged from being used in big ways by God because of our past, our baggage, or even just because we’re not really anything special. We’re kinda an average person who lives and average life, and by no means are we a  “super Christian”. In the first week of this series, Pastor Sean looks at the story of a man named Ehud. Instead of just standing by, Ehud chose to be used by God and in the process, did some amazing things. But it all started with being willing to listen and obey God.

As Pastor Taylor continues our series Wonder Women, we get a closer look at Mary, the Mother of Jesus. Mary just might be one of the most misunderstood women in Scripture. Some religious traditions paint Mary to be something that Scripture never says. She is often idolized and put on a pedestal but the Bible teaches that Mary was no different than you or I. But she was used in an incredible way because she simply chose to say yes when God intervened in her life. In this message, we look at how Mary responded to her “God moment” and 3 lessons that we can learn from her life and faith.

This week, Pastor Ken looks at the story of Rahab in our second week in our series Wonder Woman. But not long into story, we see that Rahab has quite a bit of baggage. In fact, she’s a hooker. But despite the pain, disappointment, and hurt of her past she chooses to give God the pen of her life and to rewrite her story. From this story, Pastor Ken shares 3 reasons why you should consider giving God the pen of your life and let Him write a better story.

Chances are you’ve never heard the name Jochebed before and more so, you probably have no idea what she ever did in history. But Jochebed was the mother of Moses, you know, the one with the Ten Commandments? Now without her, there obviously wouldn’t have been Moses , but Jochebed played a very special, specific role that would alter much of what we know about the Jewish people. In this teaching, Pastor Sean gives the story of Jochebed and shows 3 lessons we can learn from Jochebed and her story.

Right now, people are more connected than they ever have been before. Between texting, video calls, and social media, technology has closed the distance gap in our world and we have greater access to relationships than at any other point. Yet, research points to our generations still feeling increasingly disconnected and isolated from true friendships and relationships. Despite our differences in personalities, God has created us all to be in community. To have deep relationships with others. To know others and be known by them. This week, Pastor Ken talks about why living in community is such an important step to take as we grow in our faith and grow closer to God.