Connexus Church Audio Podcast

You know that you need to make change in your life, but you just can't seem to make any progress. You wish you were more loving, more kind, had more joy, were more patient, but it feels like one step forward, two steps backward. How do you leave behind the things that hinder you and move into the things that are best for you? How do you change? What if the Holy Spirit could help? You might be surprised.

Why can the Holy Spirit be a divisive topic? What Spiritual Gift do YOU have? What does it mean to be filled with the Spirit? Join in for this special Q&A as Sydney Jackson interviews Lead Pastor Jeff Brodie

What a morning to celebrate how Jesus has changed people's lives and their choice to follow Him. It's amazing to see what God is doing. Baptism is also a time for all of us to reflect on the death and resurrection of Jesus, and celebrate the freedom He brings us.

In the Christian faith, the Spirit is often best known for acting in a supernatural way. If you've been exposed to that, it may have seemed weird, or manipulative, or uncomfortable. When you look at Jesus and the early church you see something different. Something powerful, something impossible made possible, but also something that was a gift for a moment. We'll be looking at the experiential gifts that can come from the Spirit, how they might look in your world.

You've heard the phrase Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, but what is the Holy Spirit? When you investigate the Holy Spirit in the early church you realize so much more of who God is. How can you experience the Holy Spirit yourself?

A man had been dealing with his illness for 38 years, sitting by a pool waiting for something miraculous to happen, when Jesus singled him out and asked him the question, "Do you want to be healed?" What initially seems like a ridiculous question provokes a deeper look into areas of brokenness in our lives that we may not even recognize are there.

Have you ever struggled to know how to forgive yourself? How to manage that nagging guilt? About your job, your family or your finances? What if you could be forever released from that?

In a time where generosity was a measured duty, the early Church followed Jesus' example of radical, overflowing generosity.

Under the pressure of power in a cut throat culture, the early church leaders shared their hope through their non-anxious presence. Where you find your identity is where you look for peace.

In a time when truth was used as a weapon, and grace was seen as weak, the early church constantly challenged themselves to hold grace and truth at the same time, especially for those who were new to faith.

In a time when culture was polarized and turned inward, Jesus and the early church ran toward messes, reached out to the untouchable, and made space for those who wanted to follow Jesus.

Just because someone claims to be our enemy doesn't mean we must return the favour. When it comes to Jesus & retaliation, how do you decide what is appropriate and good when you feel wronged?

Our reactions reflect our confidence or our lack of confidence in God.

What is the hidden key to your emotional health? How do you manage your feelings when you start to feel out of control? Our actions rarely tell the whole story, but our reactions most certainly do. And Jesus instructs us to leverage them for good, and doing so is the key to emotional health. Andy Stanley talks you through managing your feelings and the power of complete emotional health!

What if you could release the one thing in your life that is holding you back and preventing you from reaching your true potential? In this message Joseph Swan helps you discover what God has placed in your hands and what you should do with it.

We all have our idea of what a good friend is. What a good friend should and shouldn't do. You would probably say a good friend is loyal, honest, present, and knows you in and out. A bad friend is just someone who takes and takes and never gives, who disappears when things get tough, and who doesn't treat you the way they want to be treated. We all know what we want in a friend, but are you that person to someone else? Do we choose to be that person for someone else?

Your prayers halt heaven! They are heard, and seen by God. Don't miss this message on the importance of prayer by Pastor Vijay Krishnan!

Ann Voskamp encourages and inspires in this message as a part of the Voices series. Don't miss this incredible talk from New York Times Bestselling Author Ann Voskamp!

What do you do when you need a fresh perspective and times are hard? The book of Philippians brings hope where you might otherwise think there is none. Mark Clark leads us through this series!

What do you do when you need a fresh perspective and times are hard? The book of Philippians brings hope where you might otherwise think there is none. Mark Clark leads us through this series!

What do you do when you need a fresh perspective and times are hard? The book of Philippians brings hope where you might otherwise think there is none. Mark Clark leads us through this series!

What do you do when you need a fresh perspective and times are hard? The book of Philippians brings hope where you might otherwise think there is none. Mark Clark leads us through this series!

In a world where spouses, kids, employers, colleagues, and friends break your trust, how can you even begin to trust people again? In this message, we'll look at some radical teachings in Scripture and answer that question. It's possible–more than possible.

When you only trust yourself and refuse to trust anyone else, what does that do to you over time? And what regrets does that lead to? In this special bonus episode with Dan Pink, we explore exactly that.

Who can you trust, really? Jesus said that the greatest commandment God has given us is to love him with all our heas and to love our neighbour as we love ourselves. Yet, given the carnage of the last few years, many of us have moved closer to trusting only ourselves. In this message, we'll explore the staggering implications of trusting almost no one—or no one at all.

Let's look at five steps to punching through the paper walls of excuses and justifications to find freedom in your life.

If you won't admit you're wrong, you'll be wrong you're entire life.

It's true that God loves you just the way you are, but he loves you too much to leave you that way.

Whether fueled by fear, insecurity, or a past event, many of us construct a paper wall of excuses that holds us back.

Doubt is inevitable. Whether you are exploring faith or have been a follower of Jesus for a long time, you will face seasons of doubt. We all do. So how do you handle doubt? How do you get doubt right? How did Jesus handle doubt? In this message, we look at how doubt can actually move you forward rather than set you back. In fact, it might surprise you how Jesus changes you on the other side of your doubt.

Our western world loves the pursuit of success. From social media influencers, to brands, to lifestyles - our culture loves a certain image of success. Success is something we all measure in different ways, and it's something we all pursue. Success and failure also have a way of revealing your heart. How do you handle success well? How did Jesus see and handle success?

…When you experience pain Pain is inevitable. We will all experience suffering in our lives. So many people's lives get derailed by pain, by mistakes, or by broken relationships. But what does it look like to be transformed through pain instead of taken out by it? Jesus experienced pain throughout his life on earth and modelled for us a different way of handling it. It's counterintuitive, but it takes something challenging and turns it into something life-changing.

You want to get life right. To live skillfully and even leave a legacy. But what do you do when the real, hard stuff of life happens? Nobody plans to mess life up, but it happens all the time. We try to avoid hard times and mistakes, but they happen. So what do you do in seasons of pain, conflict, doubt, or even success? How do you get them right? In this series, we'll be looking at some of the options out there and how Jesus took a different kind of approach–one that might surprise you but also shapes your heart into more of who you were created to be.

It can be tempting to believe that your failures, struggles, and disappointments will forever determine the outcomes of your life. But there is good news. God isn't finished with you yet, just like he wasn't finished with Jesus after the tomb. Instead, he wants to bring new hope and resurrection to your life's dark and dead places. He wants to restore hope in you through Jesus.

Experience a meaningful Good Friday service that includes music, scripture, and communion. Join us for Good Friday as we share in communion with our friends and family to reflect on the significance of the unique love Jesus displayed for each one of us.

Life has a way of throwing circumstances our way that we can't understand or make sense of. When this happens, how can you trust God?

Sometimes it feels like you don't know where your life is headed, or how to understand what is happening around you. How do you discover God's will for your life? And what do you do when it feels like reality isn't matching up with your hopes?

Storms of life come whether we are ready or not. How can you persevere and find hope in the midst of them?

Stories. They are the accounts of who we are. It's the summary of our stories that build our lives. Nothing is more personal than authentically listening to or sharing your story

If you were asked how Jesus lived his life on earth as a blessing, chances are you would say healings, the crucifixion, or preaching, but you probably wouldn't say eating. However, when you look at the life of Jesus he spent much of his time at parties connecting with people and serving them. What if the key to making an impact and rekindling relationships in our polarized society is as simple as having dinner together? What if at the heart of being human is humility itself?

Over the last two years, your friendship circles have shrunk and your social skills have likely atrophied alongside them. On top of that, you can feel an awkwardness about some of your friends. Things seem more polarized, even divided. But here's what's exciting. As we rekindle relationships on the backside of restrictions, the Holy Spirit wants us to invite him into our conversations. It's not another task to do, but a way of intentionally being yourself. In this series, we'll be looking at the secret to authentically living out your faith in a way where you see God change your friend's lives as you live yours. It's not a program or even a radical change, it's the possibility that opens up with an intentional shift that anyone can make, and we're excited to share it with you.

For God so loved the world. What does that mean? Did Jesus really come FOR you? To pursue you? How did he do that and what does it mean? What invitation is extended to us?

So, God gives you a word or a message but then what? Jonah didn't want to hear the message God gave him at first, so God again spoke to Jonah with the same message for a second time. God gave Jonah a second chance to live out the purpose He had called him to. What about you? Have you ever felt like you've needed a second chance with God? In the final part of this series, Mark challenges us to remove the distractions and refocus on the mission God has called us to; to share the hope of Jesus.

Ever think that God is done with you? That it's too late to start over? You aren't the only one who has thought that. In this message, Mark Clark walks us through a turning point for Jonah in the Book of Jonah.

Jonah was going about his life, just going through the motions. He lived with fears, doubts, insecurities and even ran from God when He called out to him. What about you? If you inserted your name where Jonah's is - how similar would that description be of your life currently? The good news is that God wants to use you in spite of who you are or what you've done, not because of you.

To realize your calling seven days a week involves something the culture doesn't understand. Rather than making your life about getting, the Gospel will challenge you to make it about giving.

Our culture is more divided than ever—vaxxed versus unvaxxed, masks versus no masks, conservatives versus progressives, church attenders who gather versus attenders who don't. Even Christians are at a loss to know how to respond. Enter the radical idea of the church. Going to church produces a group of people who reflect culture. Being the church produces a group of people who change culture.

One of the challenges of being alive today is that information comes at you from every direction 24/7. You know too much. And yet you also don't know enough. Because the most helpful information is being forgotten or lost. All of this takes us back to the Garden of Eden. This week, you'll discover why having the knowledge of God without the wisdom of God can kill. And you'll also see how knowing the wisdom of God can change everything for you.

If you've ever started watching a movie halfway through, not only is it almost impossible to figure out what's happening, but it can look like there's no hope for the end. But then you get to the end of the movie, and things resolve...often beautifully. Life is like that because the gospel is like that. God wins in the end. And as hard as that seems to believe, that means he's winning now.

God's plan for our lives is that we would "run and not grow weary, walk and not faint." Sometimes we struggle to step into all that he has planned for us due to the weight we carry from our past. There is a better way. Because of what Jesus did at the cross, God has made a way for us to live our lives unburdened.