
Abundant Life Church Podcast
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The Voice of the Sluggard
<p>In this message, Pastor John Carter describes the traits of the sluggard and what we can do to take action and break the sluggard habits.</p>

What Voice Are Your Listening To?
<p>In this message, Pastor John Carter talks about the contrast between the voice of wisdom and the voice of seduction and folly.</p>

The Way of Wisdom
<p>In this message, Pastor John Carter talks about how God’s wisdom, in the Book of Provers will guide us in our spiritual and literal approach to our lives.</p>

Fully Letting Go
<p>In this message, Pastor John Carter continues his message on the need to let go of the things that are holding us down and hindering us from receiving the full blessings of God.</p>

Let It Go
<p>In this message, Pastor John Carter talks about the need to be aware of letting go of things that hinders us moving forward in our lives, in our health, in our growth and in the plans God has for us.</p>

Walking Towards the Light
<p>In this message, Pastors John & Lisa Carter talk about an enemy that creates an environment that pulls us away from the light, and to walk in darkness, and how we can walk back towards the light again.</p>

Be the Light
<p>In this message, Pastor Jordan Carter talks about how we can let the light of Christ shine in our hearts to share with others and be the light to a world of darkness.</p>

The Takeaway: Your Role as a Christian in the End Times
<p>In this episode, Pastor Jordan Carter and Dr. Brandi Ginty go a little deeper into the question that Pastor John answered this last week. The discuss what do we do while we wait for the return of Jesus? What is our job while we wait?</p>

What Is Jesus Waiting For?
<p>In this message, Pastor John Carter describes the role of Christians in the context of Biblical end times prophecy; holding back evil from taking over the world until Jesus returns to cleanse it.</p>

The Takeaway: Trusting God in the Unknown
<p>In this episode, Dr. Brandi Ginty and Abundant Life producer, John Ginty explore what it means to trust God in the unknown—when life feels uncertain, and answers seem just out of reach.</p>

The Mystery of the Church
<p>There are mysteries of God—some revealed and others still hidden. In this message, Pastor John Carter explores one such mystery: how it remained concealed before the birth of the church and was unveiled after its establishment.</p>

The Coming World Ruler
<p>In this message, Pastor John Carter describes the identifying characteristics of the Antichrist and the tribulations he and his rebellion will bring in the final days, so that believers may be aware prior to the return of Jesus.</p>

The Thief in the Night
<p>In this message, Pastor John Carter reminds us that the thief in the night is about us being delivered from the wrath to come and obtaining our deliverance of our Lord Jesus Christ.</p>

The Takeaway: How to Live On Mission
<p>Jesus came to save us from being condemned and living under the wrath of God. In this episode, Addison Spears and Christina Papaleo discuss what it means to live on mission as believers, while walking here on earth.</p>

Saved From the Wrath to Come
<p>In this message, Pastor John Carter reminds us that the church is living in a world filled with conflict and confusion, but God sent his Son to save the world and not condemn it, so when the Day of the Lord comes, those who believe will not be condemned.</p>

The Takeaway: Keeping Your Heavenly Mindset
<p>In this episode, Tatiana Spears and Elijah Coudriet discuss how we can get back into having a heavenly mindset and practical ways so that we can walk that out; while we are trying to navigate life and its troubles and the things that stretches us to the fullest.</p>

Going Home and Back Again
<p>In this message, Pastor John Carter reminds us that our Kingdom is not of this world, that our King is Jesus Christ, of whom we work for, and that He is coming back to defeat evil and reward the righteous.</p>

The Takeaway: How to Maintain Your Peace During Turmoil
<p>Peace is one of God's greatest gifts that He has given to His children, but it is also one of the hardest things to maintain. In this episode, Dr. Brandi Ginty and Deion Patterson discuss how to maintain God's peace in a world that loves to trigger us and steal our peace from us.</p>

Keep Your Peace
<p>In this message, Pastor Jordan Carter talks about the cares of the world that are beyond our control, causing us anxiety, stress, and sickness. But the only way to have peace is by giving/trading with God the cares and worries of the world and allowing Him to give us His peace in return.</p>

The Takeaway: Why It's Hard to Talk About the Tithe
<p>In this episode of the Takeaway Podcast, Matt Adams and Pastor Amy Carter discuss the message from Pastor John Carter on the Promise of the Tithe. They explore the complexities of discussing money within the church, the importance of trust and generosity, and how financial stewardship is intertwined with one's faith.</p>

The Promise of the Tithe - Putting God First
<p>In this message, Pastor John Carter tells us that God wants us to put Him first and He promises to bless the work of your hands.</p>

The Takeaway: Seeking God in Desperate Times
<p>In this episode, Dr. Brandi Ginty and Pastor Pascale Williams recap 2 Kings 4:1-7 and how the woman in the story was willing to be obedient and press in for her miracle.</p>

Experiencing a Financial Miracle
<p>What often leads us to needing a miracle? In this message, Chad Auckland gives us the steps to follow from 2 Kings 4:1-7 to help refine us in seeking our miracle.</p>

The Takeaway: The Promise of Abundant Life
<p>In this episode, Dr. Brandi Ginty and Pastor Gina Ogden talk about why so many people fall short of God's promise of prosperity, when it's one of His promises, the promise of abundant life.</p>

Managing Your Resources
<p>In this message, Pastor John Carter tell us that God has given us an opportunity to manage our resources, to take care of business (our time, talents, bodies, relationships, and money) until Jesus returns.</p>

The Bible and Women in Ministry
<p>Pastor John Carter teaches from scripture on women in ministry.</p>

Loving and Living in the House of God
<p>In this message, Pastor John Carter talks about how we should conduct ourselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, that is the pillar of truth.</p>

The Prevailing Word Pt 1
<p>In this message, Pastor John Carter tell us that when we abide in the word, and receive it into ourselves, that it will grow and prevail in times of need and trouble.</p>

The Prevailing Word Pt 2
<p>In this message, Pastor John Carter tell us that when we abide in the word, and receive it into ourselves, that it will grow and prevail in times of need and trouble.</p>

The Takeaway: Abiding in the Word
<p>What do we do when it comes time to walk in the Word of God. In this episode, Dr. Brandi Ginty and Pastor Harry Patterson discuss that when you are reading and studying the word of God, that you are abiding in it, and you will walk in it and respond to the word differently.</p>

Receiving the Word
<p>In this message, Pastor John Carter discusses the power of the Word of God throughout the Bible and how that power is accessible for believers today who abide in and follow His word, allowing it to root deeply in them and that they can live by it.</p>

The Takeaway: Growing Your Relationship with God
<p>In this episode, Dr. Brandi Ginty and Baritta DeShields discuss what it look like to abide in God's Word and how to create practices and spaces in our life where we can spend time with the Word regularly.</p>

Abiding in God's Word
<p>God’s Words is the source of all truth. In this message, Pastor John Carter teaches how the Word of God is the foundation of our Christian life. It will set us free and give us power and victory over our life.</p>

September 9th Prophetic Word

Failing Forward
<p>Failure can flip your world upside down. You can either learn from that failure or you can let it defeat you. In this message, Pastor Jordan Carter show us how to face and learn from our failures so that we can continue to live a Christian life without regrets.</p>

Get Angry, But Don’t Blow It
<p>The way we release our anger can be harmful or healthy. In this message, Pastor Pascale Williams talks about how in the Bible, God shows us how to release our anger in a healthy way, without harming ourselves or others.</p>

Doubt is a Doorway
<p>Highlighting the parallels with the story of Gideon in the book of Judges, Addison Spears breaks down how God can use our doubts as guides for us to walk towards, leading us to the blessings the Lord has laid out for us.</p>

Perfectly Imperfect
<p>In this message, Pastor Lee Wilson talks about feeling unworthy and unqualified, but when we tap into the transforming grace of God, it gives us the power to walk in His grace and our purpose here in this world.</p>

Generational Succession
<p>In this message, Pastor Jordan Carter explains biblical succession and discusses the importance of positive intergenerational relationships as each generation prepares to pass the torch of the Lord’s Kingdom to the next.</p>

The Spirit of Honor
<p>In this message, Pastor Jordan Carter defines honor and discusses how Christians are called on to carry the spirit of honor, guarding their hearts from the world, to better live as Jesus did and receive the blessing that honoring others can yield.</p>

The Takeaway: Inter-Generational Understanding
<p>In this roundtable discussion with Addison Spears, Mat Adams, Baritta Deshields, and Camille Ogden, talk about inter-generational understanding and what it looks like for the different generations to understand each other.</p>

Cultivating Understanding
<p>In this message, Pastor Jordan Carter reminds us that we need the strength of the young and the experience of the old to be whole. He helps us to see what it looks like to build a bridge with the practice of understanding.</p>

The Takeaway: What Biblical Judgment Looks Like
<p>In this episode, Addison Spears and Tatiana Spears discuss what it looks like to judge in love and what the bible has to say about what judgment looks like.</p>

Judge or Judge Not
<p>In this message, Pastor Ken Chapman talks about how we have allowed ourselves to be separated over time by judging each other. But God has a plan to restore His people primarily through righteous judgment.</p>

The Intergenerational Church
<p>In this message, Pastor Jordan Carter talks about the different generations, our differences and how we can learn to work together.</p>

The Takeaway: Being a Christian Witness
<p>In this episode, Dr. Brandi Ginty and Pastor Harry Patterson discuss what it means to be a witness to Christ. You need to spend time with Him so that you can understand His character, His flow and how He moves.</p>

Not of This World
<p>In this message, Pastor John Carter talks about how to be a witness to Jesus until the Lord returns.</p>

Discipling Your Worship Team
<p>In this episode, Pastor John Carter and Leon Timbo discuss how to protect and disciple worship teams in order to create spirit-led, powerful worship environments in the church.</p>

The Takeaway: Lies of the Enemy
<p>Satan wants humans to cross the boundaries God has put in place because he knows it destroys God's image in us. Dr. Brandi Ginty and Elijah Coudriet discuss, that when we entertain the lies of the enemy, we allow them to take root and grow and deteriorate the purpose that God has created us for. </p>

Ministering God's Word to Today's Culture
<p>In this episode, Pastor John Carter and Pastor Rick Renner discuss how Pastor Rick ministers God's word to today's culture as a spirit-filled, apostolic pastor who relocated internationall to commit his life to a global ministry.</p>