⏳ THE BATTLE PLAN FOR THE WAITING ROOM (Acts 1:12–26)

We hate waiting. We love speed, hustle, and instant results. But in Acts 1, the disciples show us that uncertainty is not evidence of God’s absence—it’s His training ground. While they waited, they didn’t drift, doomscroll, or tap out. They prayed and obeyed, read and applied, relied and testified. 🙏📖

This message unpacks how Christian waiting is active, not passive. God often works gradually before He moves suddenly—shaping your character, deepening your dependence, and anchoring you in His Word.

If you’re stuck in the “in-between” right now, this isn’t wasted time. It’s preparation. 💥

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You don’t go into a battle without a battle plan.

In Acts 1, Jesus gives His followers one. From a hillside in Judea, the risen King lays out His strategy for changing the world:
1️⃣ The Mission — not optional.
2️⃣ The Power — not from us.
3️⃣ The Focus — not on distractions.

The Church doesn’t move by marketing, strategy, or personality—it moves by the power of the Holy Spirit. And when ordinary people trust that power, revival spreads like wildfire.

💥 His mission isn’t optional. His Spirit isn’t negotiable. His Kingdom isn’t stoppable.

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🤘 Give to the Mission –
I believe in the mission!

No one is too broken for God to use. 💥

In this deeply convicting message, guest speaker Mark Clark walks through Ephesians 1:1–2, showing how the Apostle Paul—once a murderer and enemy of the Church—was transformed by grace to become one of its greatest leaders.

Mark shares his own story of growing up in a non-Christian home, battling Tourette’s syndrome, and being called to plant a church in one of the most secular cities in the world. Through humor, personal stories, and gospel truth, he reminds us that:

• God doesn’t use you because of your strength, but in spite of your weakness.
• Religion says “try harder.” The gospel says “it’s finished.”
• You don’t have to be perfect—just willing to let Jesus lead your life.
• Our good Father pursues us, even when we run. 🕊️

The message calls us to drop comparison, stop performing, and remember that grace and peace come to you—personally—from a God who loves to redeem the unqualified.

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Some healing can’t happen until you bow. 🕊️
Naaman had everything, status, power, wealth, but beneath the armor was rot. Leprosy on the outside, pride on the inside. When God told him to dip in a muddy river, he almost walked away from the miracle that could change him forever. 💧

In this message, you’ll see that pride is the enemy of power and that true healing starts in the heart, not the skin. The same God who restored Naaman still restores broken people today, if they’ll surrender.

✨ You don’t need a fountain of youth; you need the living water.
You’ve got to yield… to be healed.

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You can’t say Jesus is Lord if your wallet still calls the shots. 💥

Legend has it that Crusaders were baptized with their sword arm out of the water, surrendered, but not that surrendered. Today, many believers do the same with their bank accounts. But Jesus doesn’t want part of you, He wants all of you.

This message isn’t about guilt; it’s about growth. God calls His people to test Him in generosity (Malachi 3), not to take from us, but to bless us beyond measure. 💧

When we tithe, we declare: God, You can do more with 90% than I ever could with 100%.

The hard thing and the right thing are often the same thing.

💥 Step into trust. Step into obedience. Step into blessing.

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Utopia has a shadow. 🚨

Revelation 17 rips the mask off our “sci-fi normal”—a glittering, seductive system (Babylon) riding real power, discipling hearts through thrills, lust, and lies. From algorithms to ideologies, the world isn’t neutral; it’s spiritual formation. Yet the Lamb still conquers. ⚔️✝️

This message equips you to spot the counterfeit, resist digital Babylon, and walk the counter-cultural way of Jesus in an AI age.

👂 Lean in, test everything, and choose the King over the current. 🔥

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After a short break, Skeptics & Saints is back! 🙌 In this powerful episode, Nolan sits down with longtime friend Skyler Elmer, who just joined The Garden Church as a Teaching Pastor.

Skyler shares his incredible story — from being an atheist who mocked Christians, to finding faith, to becoming a pastor and teacher of God’s Word. Together, Nolan and Skyler reflect on their early days of basement Bible studies, hard lessons from ministry, and the importance of humility, prayer, and quick obedience in leadership.

They also unveil something big: The Garden’s new vision for an in-house Bible college and seminary — training disciples, pastors, and future church planters to handle God’s Word with both depth and devotion.

🔥 Topics Covered:

• Skyler’s journey from atheism to faith
• Lessons from ministry: humility, prayer, obedience
• Why The Garden is building an in-house seminary
• The danger of shallow theology & progressive drift
• How the Holy Spirit leads in real, tangible ways
• The future of biblical training in the local church

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What if the end of the world is actually the beginning of the real one? 🌅

Revelation 21 explodes with hope: a new creation, a holy people, God with us, and bodies made whole. The darkness we groan under isn’t the final word—Jesus is. When heaven fills your horizon, ordinary life turns radical: courage over comfort, love over survival, worship over worry. 🕊️✨

Lean in, lift your eyes, and live now for the world that’s coming. Listen and let eternity rewire your Monday. 🎧

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The real virus isn’t biological, it’s spiritual.

In 1976, atheist Richard Dawkins called religion a “virus of the mind.” But decades later, the real epidemic isn’t faith,  it’s the belief that truth doesn’t exist at all. This “mind virus” is dismantling reason, redefining morality, and infecting everything from education to identity.
Romans 1 saw it coming. Humanity made a terrible trade, exchanging the glory of God for self-worship, and in doing so, we lost our minds. But there’s still a cure. This message exposes the progression of cultural decay and calls us to stand firm, think clearly, and hold fast to the Truth that still sets people free. ⚔️

👉 Watch, reflect, and resist the mind virus by renewing your mind in Christ.

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The end of the world isn’t coming, it’s already here.

Jesus said the Kingdom of God isn’t just future, it’s breaking in right now. That means the wheat and tares are already growing side by side, faith is tested under fire, and what looks small and weak today will one day shake nations. The darker the world gets, the brighter the Kingdom burns.

This week’s message will challenge casual Christianity and call us to resilient, rooted faith, even when trials hit. Because when the church is pressed, persecuted, and even bleeding, it’s not finished. It’s in its prime.

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