The Overflow Podcast

We live in an age of “exile, ” having seen SO much of God’s goodness, yet desperately awaiting our King’s return and our forever home with Him. How do we make sense of these days we are in — and how do we play our part? In this message, Pastor Chuck calls us to make much of our moments, to choose holiness, and to cling to hope!

"Grief is as much a part of the human experience as love. In fact, in a broken world, grief is often the PRICE of love.” In this message, we look to the thread Jesus has woven through His story to see a life-changing lens of what He is up to in the midst of our grief and why it is so important we stop resenting the places He is renovating so we will be able to join Him in loving completely and to grieve with hope in our waiting for home!

It can be so easy to get tunnel vision and find ourselves following patterns and rhythms for our lives that are popular, yet empty, and which ultimately distance us from our God and the life He intends us to live WITH Him! In this message, Pastor Len calls sons and daughters back to focus our hearts upon our first love and to respond with passion and clarity wherever He is inviting us to join Him in building His house within and all around us!

As we continue our series on Prophets and Losses, we look closely at propet Hosea and his marriage to Gomer, who was a prostitute. It's an illustration which ultimately reveals God's renewed vow to love Israel even in her unfaithfulness. This Old Testament story now compels us, by the Gospel of Jesus, to see this narrative from a deeper perspective. And to ask two questions: Like Hosea, am I willing to sacrifice my reputation and what people might think or assume, to share God's message? Like Gomer, do I seek out other lovers? Join us as we are challenged to understand the depth of the Father's renewed covenant with us, the invitation to break up with every other lover, and to crave the love of Jesus more than anything else. 

As the successor of Israel’s most successful prophet, Elisha had lots of reasons for striving, hesitancy, or living stuck ‘in his head.’ Yet, he experienced a ‘double portion’ of his mentor’s anointing. How? In this message, we look at how we gain our lives by losing them in surrender, spirit-filled confidence, and radical commission. Come and hear how YOUR unique calling awaits you to follow in the footsteps of Elisha!

In this final message of the En(d)titlement series, Pastor Chuck shares practical ways to exalt the promises of God above our ever-changing feelings and to establish regular rhythms that steward the health of our souls and lead us to lifestyles of thankfulness and joy! 

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Many days it seems we live in a world of 7.5 billion self-proclaimed experts who walk in polarized — and increasingly segmented — social groups convinced they alone have the answers the world needs. “Knowledge is power,” we say. And often, we use that “knowledge” to divide and conquer. But when Jesus wanted to define greatness, He took a toddler in His arms and told us we need to rediscover the wonder of child-like faith and humility. What could it look like for us to learn to walk again — in a humility that fills us with a greater confidence than we’ve ever known?