The Fellowship Podcast

Life gets old fast. Old habits. Old hang-ups. Old heartaches. Before long our days become a series of same old same old. But we have a longing for new; hoping (often against hope) for a change in the way things are and have been.

People seek change in all kinds of ways. New possessions. New diets. New lovers. New jobs. New vices. New networks. The gospel truth is, new life is available in Christ, but only if you trade in your old one.

Will you say goodbye to the old and hello to the new?

In a world full of hungry people, is there a more heartbreaking picture than ripe fruit rotting on the vine because there just aren’t enough harvesters to bring it in? The same is true in a world full of pain and heartbreak. The gospel desperately needs harvesters to share the message with those whose hearts are ripe to receive the good news.  After 40 Days of Prayer, how do we now pray for an Easter harvest?

There is a direct relationship between healing and confessing sin. We all want to see more healing and restoration happening through prayer in the Church and beyond. While there are some healings among us, can/should we expect more? How must we pray to release more of God’s healing and restoration among us? The answer is found in confession and repentance of sin.

Today we pause during the 40 Days of Prayer to celebrate lives changed by the Holy Spirit through relationship with Jesus.

There’s no such thing as an unanswered prayer. God answers every prayer with “Yes,” “Wait,” or “No.” The last response is always the most difficult one to receive, and can be flat-out heartbreaking. Biblically, there are reasons God says, “No.” How can we learn to trust that God does everything—even saying, “No”—out of goodness and love?

Have you ever played a sport that required daily practice just to be part of the team? Maybe you’ve taken up a foreign language or a musical instrument that demanded time and energy to improve or become fluent. Just like any skill we want to master, our prayer life requires practice to develop a closer relationship with God. How can we use scheduled prayers and daily reminders to practice effective, empowered prayers through God’s Word?

Today we celebrate the love, persistence and forgiveness of our African American brothers and sisters to love Christ and his Church. Paul says the dividing wall of hostility that separates ethnicities has now been torn down by Christ himself. Let his church dare not build it back up.

God wants to be in conversation with us in both spontaneous and specific ways.

Have you ever experienced a stressful or difficult time that left you questioning the presence of God? Sometimes it takes days, months, or even years before we realize that God used that experience as an opportunity to rely on him through difficult times. The more we begin to understand what God is really like, the more everything can fall into place, including our prayer life.

We often treat prayer like a magical wand that we wave at God when we want our dreams to come true. But the Bible teaches us that prayer is a relationship with God, and not an enchanted tool. What are the foundational truths of prayer? How do we talk to him about everything in simple and sincere ways?