If there is an addiction you want to break, someone you want to change, or a decision you need to make, this is the series for you because only from communion with God can we gain the blessings we need to function in life. 

You can have a healthy or unhealthy identity based on how closely your beliefs align with truth. This has a significant impact on your prayer life. 

“Satan knows that 1 hour of close fellowship with God in prayer is able to pull down what Satan has been building for years.”

The average American spends about 1 minute in prayer a day. Learn from Pastor Tyler how prayer can radically change your life.

Do you slow down and talk with God? Does quality and length of time matter when it comes to prayer? Does the physical environment matter? Does posture matter?

On this episode of The Garage, we welcome Eli Kay as our guest. Eli was born in the Soviet Union. He shares how he met his wife from Siberia, had a crisis of faith, and shares insight for those who are single.

Are you building a strong faith that will bless future generations? Are you implementing good habits to make this happen? Study along with Pastor Tyler about what the Magi risked with their journey to worship Jesus and how Daniel influenced their decision 600 years before the birth of Christ.

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This week, reflect on these questions:

1. The Magi want to worship Jesus. Herod wants to kill him. What does this reveal about how people respond to the same person of Christ?

2. How can you grow in your desire to seek God? What habits do you need to form or break for this to happen?

3. How is seeking God risky? What did the Magi risk? What are we called to risk?

Do you have what it takes to make it in life? We have a problem not waiting long enough and we settle or we stop short of the finish line. Pastor Tyler talks about how to endure while feeling the tension of waiting by covering the story of two individuals who are not often discussed. Simeon and Anna were two champions at anticipating and waiting for the Lord.

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How can you say yes to God when you are scared? In this episode, Pastor Tyler teaches through Luke 1:26-38 and 2 Corinthians 4.

Meditate on these questions this week:

Hear Pastor Tyler's case against karma. For advent this week, spend time thinking about these questions:

Have you ever been disappointed with God because you've had to wait for something for a long time? We know waiting is hard so this year we are starting our advent series early! We are walking through a number of individuals in scripture that had to wait for a long time. Advent draws our minds to celebrate the coming of our savior the first time, but it also teaches us how to wait for the second coming of our king. 

1. Why does perseverance require courage? What are we afraid of?

2. How do we change the character of God as we wait? What ideas do we project on God that aren't true when we wait?

3. Have you ever been confused on the path God has you? What are your tendencies when you wait on the Lord?

4. Why do you think it's hard for us to believe that God sees us and answers our prayers?

5. What have you stopped praying for because God didn't answer it immediately?

In this episode, Pastor Tyler reshapes our understanding of 1 Peter 1:16. If we view the phrase “Be holy, because I am holy” as a command, it gives us an impossible task. Tyler dives into what the statement means and how we should “accept what is.”

Pastor Tyler goes over common lies that destroy the lives of young adults and the truthful answers to stop the spiral of thoughts.

Jacob and his wife, Penelope, visited the Young Adults Group to share the story of an aggressive cancerous tumor, God’s faithfulness, and the power of prayer. Jacob talks about the trials can and will affect your life and why we need to seek Jesus now, not later.

“I grew up in a Christian home so my relationship with Christ has felt more like a slow sunrise than a single moment of conversion."