Colossians 1: 3-8, 27

Do you feel like this year you have been going through the motions and need a spark in your faith? Do you feel like what you are doing in your life with Christ is not enough? 

This study takes a look at what Jesus’ presence in our lives should look like. This episode explores God’s intentions for the believers in the Church and how the love of Christ spreads through them and not the building itself. If your Church members aren’t alive in Christ, how can you be?

Random Country to pray for: Vanuatu

Song: (3) Vertical Worship - This We Know - YouTube

These were all pre-recorded sessions done in 2020

Do you feel like this year you have been going through the motions and need a spark in your faith? Do you feel like what you are doing in your life with Christ is not enough? This study takes a look at what Jesus’ presence in our lives should look like, and that starts here in part 1 with the Church. This episode explores God’s intentions for a Church and its fruits. If your Church isn’t alive in Christ, how can you be?

Colossians 1:1-2

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2 To God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters[a] in Christ: Grace and peace to you from God our Father

Acts 2:32

God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it.

Acts 4:33

With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all 

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The past few years have been difficult for many of us, but each and every one of us carry our own unique walk through life. We all have done the walk or the Christian walk differently and have experienced many different things. Learning about what life looks like through different lenses, especially lives in Christ, can help grow us and can help us navigate our journey with Christ better.

Today we gain a perspective on what it is like to be apart from the world, and what it truly looks like to trust in the Lord as our provider, and lean not on our own understanding. It is also a great testimony to the holy spirit’s transforming work. If you’re new to hearing some of these things we encourage you to reach out to us or your local church, we would love for you to get to know just how much Christ truly loves us!

This episode reminds me of a song that i’ve heard in church you should hear.

(1) Way Maker (Live from Passion 2020) ft. Kristian Stanfill, Kari Jobe, Cody Carnes - YouTube

Without further ado…

Random country to pray for: Sweden

The past few years have been difficult for many of us, but each and every one of us carry our own unique walk through life. We all have done the walk or the Christian walk differently and have experienced many different things. Learning about what life looks like through different lenses, especially lives in Christ, can help grow us and can help us navigate our journey with Christ better. 

Today we gain a perspective on what it is like to be a youth pastor and what youth pastors want their students to learn through time in youth ministry, as well as some thoughts of encouragement for these difficult times. If you’re new to hearing some of these things we encourage you to reach out to us or your local church, we would love for you to get to know just how much Christ truly loves us!

Without further ado…

Random country to pray for: Norway 

Link for Camp Berea:

Christian Camps, Conferences & Retreats New England | Berea

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Has 2020 been a long year and you feel like giving up? Do you feel like there is nothing left in this world you can put your hope in?

We created this session for you, because there is a hope that we have discovered and it is truly the only thing that has gotten us through this difficult year (2020) and the rest of our lives, and we wanted to share it with you. The hope that is in Jesus Christ!

So without further ado…

LET’S DIVE IN!

Songs:

· Austin Stone Worship – Solid Rock (ft. Aaron Ivey) (1) Solid Rock (feat. Aaron Ivey) - YouTube

· Bethel Music – No Longer Slaves (Jonathan David & Melissa Helser) (1) No Longer Slaves (Official Lyric Video) - Jonathan David and Melissa Helser | We Will Not Be Shaken - YouTube

Verses:

· Revelations 21:4

· Psalm 27:13-14

· Psalm 62:5

· Romans 8

· Isaiah 40:28-31

· 1 Peter 5:6-10

· Lamentations 3:18-25

· Romans 15:13

· James 1:2-4

· Hebrews 6:19-20

· John 8:34-36

· Philippians 4:6-7

· Lamentations 3:18-25

· Romans 10: 9-11

Also check out C.S. Lewis’ books: The Space Trilogy (The Space Trilogy, 3 Volumes in 1: C.S. Lewis: 9781451664829 - Christianbook.com)

1 Thessalonians 5:18 - give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 1:3-11

Philippians 4:1-9

This is a mini-series to look at how we can give Jesus thanks on the Thanksgiving holiday as oppose to just stuffing our faces with turkey. This episode looks into the fact that we are commanded in our Christian lives to rejoice in the Lord without ceasing. Happy Thanksgiving and…

LET’S DIVE IN!

Random Country to pray for Today: Uzbekistan

Have you been trying to set aside time for prayer and listening to God, but are struggling with distractions? Maybe are you going into your room to pray and read your bible, but find yourself scrolling on social media instead? This episode takes a look at ways to cut out distractions and focus on what God has for us despite how noisy the world can be. 

Psalm 46:8-10

Come and see what the LORD has done, the desolations he has brought on the earth. 9He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire. 10He says, "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth."

Matthew 6:5-8

And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Without further ado…

LET’S DIVE IN!

Random Country to Pray for Today: Canada

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Have you been searching for God in your life for a while, and you feel like you haven’t found Him yet? Have you given your life to Christ, but feel like things haven’t gotten any better yet? This episode takes a look at what true surrender of your life looks like/giving your life completely to Christ, and what comes from that. Without further ado…

LET’S DIVE IN!

Proverbs 3:3-6

3Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. 4Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. 5Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

Jeremiah 29:10-14

10This is what the LORD says: "When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place. 11For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14I will be found by you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you," declares the LORD, "and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile."

Ephesians 3:14-21 (key verse: 20)

14For this reason I kneel before the Father, 15from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. 16I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18may have power, together with all the LORD's holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19and to know this love that surpasses knowledge-that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. 20Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. 

Random Country to Pray for Today: North Korea

Are you struggling with hearing from God? Have you been praying to God for a while on something and haven’t heard from him? This episode takes a deep dive into the asking portion of our prayer lives with God, and explores some of the ways we can ask things of God that are of His will and ways we won’t hear from Him.

LET’S DIVE IN! 

1 Kings 18:36-39 (see verses 16-39 for full backstory)

36At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. 37Answer me, Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, Lord, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.” 38Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. 39When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The Lord—he is God! The Lord—he is God!” 

Random Country to Pray for Today: Italy

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Have you ever waited on the Lord for something, but it just isn’t coming? Have you given up? This session takes a look at perseverance through faith in that empty time between hearing an answer from God and receiving what comes out of it. And without further ado…

LET’S DIVE IN!

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

John 14:1-14 (key verses 12-14)

12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. 13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask me[a] anything in my name, I will do it.

Random Country to pray for Today: Venezuela 

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