GARDEN CHURCH Podcast

As stewards of the abundance of riches that God has blessed us with, we put everything we possess and everything we desire under the Lordship of Jesus. Everything we have belongs to Him.

The Word of God (or the Bible) is not just an idea or concept, but instead, a very clear compass that points us back to Christ. Jesus lived and breathed scripture, and as His disciples, we should too. The scriptures must be embodied that our view of the world would be through the lens of God's truth.

Joy is the gift that we get to receive from God when we take off the heaviness that the world puts on us. The biblical theology of joy teaches us not an avoidance of circumstances, but a recognization of God's blessing in all things.

In the deliverance ministry of Jesus, we learn that our inherited power over darkness gives us the opportunity to act in authority over spiritual forces working against us. When it comes to spiritual warfare, it really isn't a battle at all.

Consecration helps us to become the people that we were already created to be. As we let go of the things that once held a higher value, we allow God to define our heart, desires, and passions.

The spiritual discipline of fasting has the power to bring personal renewal, personal revival, and to give prophetic imagination for cultural redemption and restoration.

This week, we talked about the value and importance of silence and solitude in the Christian life. Through Jesus' example we are invited to be restored through solitude by the Father to empower us for greater calling and ministry.

We started a new sermon series called Jesus People. When we look at the Bible we see what Jesus is really like. In this message we learn about the Kingdom of God. When Heaven meets Earth we get the opportunity to live in and represent the Kingdom of God wherever we go. To experience the Kingdom of God we have to surrender everything we hold to make room for God to move.

In the final week of our Friends of the Family series, Pete shared with us a message on how we prepare ourselves for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The number one way we recieve more of God's grace and calling for is is by ridding ourselves of guilt, sin, and shame and leading on a new path towards freedom.

Continuing our Friends of the Family Series, Julian Adams joined us this Sunday to share a message from Matthew 15. He highlighted a spirit of offense that the disciples carried that caused them to miss the ways that Jesus was blessing a woman who came to him looking for help. We were encouraged to have faith to believe that God heals even when we don't ask and that whatever concerns us, concerns Him too.

Our friend Katia Adams joined us this Sunday and shared a message with our community from Exodus Chapters 1 & 2. We learn through "the 4 F's" that the enemy is fearful of the power that we carry, when we allow God to work in our lives there is evident fruit, He will use whoever He chooses for his glory in spite of gifting, status, or gender, and when we stand in the authority that God has given us, every other thing is futile.