In the fast pace of our schedules, it's easy to lose sight of our direction, purpose, and feelings of fulfillment. This struggle to keep an eternal and meaningful perspective has affected every generation. Although the enemies that foster emotional exhaustion differ from those of the past, the strategies remain the same: they keep your mind busy, preventing you from regularly connecting with your Father and experiencing His life-affirming voice. In this message, Pastor Stephen shares the simple ...
Jan 08, 2024•55 min
One of the biggest obstacles to personal growth is the belief that we cannot achieve the purpose that God has intended for us. We often fall into the trap of thinking that we are not worthy of a fulfilling relationship with Jesus. However, to truly fulfill our God-given purpose, we must have the confidence that we are beloved children of God. How can we achieve this confidence? In this message, Pastor Stephen unfolds the truths that can help you step confidently into your destiny.
Jan 05, 2024•54 min
God’s desire has always been to live with communities of those who honor and value His nearness. Knowing this, the value He places on relationships must impact the relationships we cultivate. Join Pastor Stephen as he teaches how you can open the door of God’s purpose in your life by closing the door of bitterness and opening the door of forgiveness.
Dec 31, 2023•42 min
“Peace on earth, goodwill to men,” angelic voices proclaimed above the grazing grounds outside of the quaint town called Bethlehem (Luke 2:14). Their proclamation was heard by only a few and understood by less. This supernatural moment marked the beginning of the well-known Christmas story. Though picturesque moments of Christmas are often a part of our experience, Christmas today is a far reality from the world into which the angels announced Jesus’ arrival. Did peace truly come to earth? This ...
Dec 24, 2023•36 min
When the stability of our routines and foundational relationships are shifted, uncertainty and anxieties can become overwhelming. In this podcast, Pastor Stephen Samuel shares the principles that can secure you when you endure difficult seasons in your life.
Dec 18, 2023•48 min
We can easily become overwhelmed with the many difficulties that impact us and the lives of those we love. Sometimes, the excess of demands can push us to shut down our heart of compassion. However, it is through compassion that we can be the doorway through which Jesus can make Himself known. In this podcast, Pastor Stephen teaches about every believer's eternal purpose in becoming a conduit for the touch of God in our community.
Oct 02, 2023•1 hr 8 min
As we often realize, healing can extend beyond one's need for a physical miracle. What if this realization is a key to sustaining a life marked by God's presence? In the atonement of Jesus, we are given access to experience healing within our body, soul, and spirit. This three-fold revelation of healing is key to the fullness God desires for us to experience and to deliver a lost world. In this podcast, Pastor Stephen continues his teaching on "Jesus Heals."
Oct 02, 2023•56 min
Healing remains a fundamental belief within Christian circles, but all too often, viruses, cancers, and hereditary maladies draw into question our belief and experience with Jesus as our Healer.  Is there something we are missing? What prevents us from experiencing miracles in our lives? In this podcast, Pastor Stephen unfolds the scriptures to empower you to believe Jesus for His miraculous healing touch.
Sep 26, 2023•1 hr 4 min
The waves of exhaustion can push you into uncharted waters of disillusionment with God and others. Distress can rapidly rise in your soul with every wave of alarm and newsreel of drama. Then it happens. Situational pressures pour down, and you are flooded by anxiety as you stand on tiptoes of hope, waiting for a rescue. This reality has left many gasping for relief. Is this how you were called to follow Jesus, living from one storm to another? How can you prevail against the floodwaters of turbu...
Sep 11, 2023•55 min
As civilization stretched out across an Iraqi desert, a young Abraham abandoned his father's heritage in response to God's calling. Why was he chosen? What marked Abraham above all others? What vision or hope was seeded into his soul by the God who identified Himself as "the God of Abraham"? Listen in to Stephen's message on "a people of God's presence," as Pastor Stephen gives answers to these questions and pulls us into realizing God's great purpose within our city.
Sep 11, 2023•43 min
Though your aspirations to encounter Jesus are sincere, what can you do to experience Him daily and gain direction for your daily life? Continuing from Episode 55, Pastor Stephen speaks on the practice of pursuing Jesus.
Aug 11, 2023•59 min
Though often forgotten, this truth is fundamental to following Jesus. Every disciple must push past the doors of distraction to experience God’s nearness. The presence of Jesus is essential to finding fulfillment day after day. The deception you can fall into is that one only needs His nearness in difficulties. Though you may recognize your need for God’s continual closeness, how can you sustain an awareness and awe of Him? Sorting through all the buzzwords and popularized phrases of following J...
Aug 09, 2023•57 min
Underlying many of the struggles in our lives is a battle for our affections. The pull of day-to-day tensions and the lure of our culture to love oneself are pressures that were once identified as “the world.” The systems of this world work in direct opposition to a love for God, which the Holy Spirit wants to cultivate in you. In this message, discover how you can overcome the deception of our day as we talk about the war of loves.
Jun 26, 2023•51 min
The fight is undeniably exhausting at times. If you choose the life Jesus offers or hope to raise your children on the pathway of eternal life, you know the struggle. This battle of God-fearing men and women against a culture intent on normalizing sin has always been. How can you obtain strength and sustain hope amidst the assault of wickedness against your life and those you love? Laid in the foundation of the Christian faith, there is a tremendous truth that can empower you to fight and live i...
Jun 05, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Frustration. It can become an expected struggle every week. From disappointment with politics and government to unexpected expenses to the ups and downs of relationships, there's always the ticking time bomb of frustration. Though some situations are out of your control, how can you, as a Jesus follower, live free from the weight of frustrations? In this podcast, Stephen teaches from the wisdom of Paul's prison letter to the Philippians to discover the strength and strategy you can use to overco...
May 03, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 52
We celebrate the life Jesus made possible by His death and resurrection each Easter. With gratitude and hope, many transition from this holiday’s joys to the monotony of another Monday through Friday. The struggle is real, and the longer you've been in this Christian walk, the more you can feel a little jilted by what is promised versus what is experienced. Sure, you have those mountain-top moments, but truth be told, you also have a lot more non-terrain days. Is there something you're missing a...
Apr 18, 2023•58 min
Why do some prayers get answered and others don't? If God is all-powerful and all-knowing, why should we pray? Can God's mind be changed by prayer? These questions trouble many who have cried out, hoping for a miracle. In this podcast, Pastor Stephen will navigate these concerns and teach about the simplicity and power of prayer.
Apr 07, 2023•49 min•Ep. 50
Surrounded by a current of a spiritual awakening in our nation, our eyes are open to the brokenness of our generation and the generation to come. Though you long for One who can bring peace to your torments, hope to despair, and healing to sickness, what keeps you from encountering Him? Too often, passion for Jesus can be aborted by distractions that offer temporary hope. Are you willing to press through false finish lines to enter into the fullness of God’s abiding presence? What are you willin...
Mar 06, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Between the crashing of one life event after another, the moments of respite seem to be shorter. Have you recently asked, “how am I going to make it through this ?” Maybe you’re not in a whirlwind of concerns now, but the future isn’t looking promising. How do you strengthen your soul for the days to come? What power has the Holy Spirit given to His Church to oppose the growing darkness of our time? In this podcast, Pastor Stephen parallels the Biblical story of Hannah and Samuel with the mandat...
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 15 min
We often talk about revival as if it is a recent movement in the Church, but the concept stretches back to humanity's origins. We were made to live in God's presence. From the Garden of Eden to Moses to Solomon's Temple, God has desired to break into our daily existence and live with us. This passion of the Father, when it becomes our passion, is the heart of revival. What does it take to make one's thought life and home life a place for God's actual presence? It takes sacrifice— a perpetual lay...
Jul 29, 2022•51 min
Overwhelmed? It's a force we face too often. We can feel flooded by storms of personal struggles, relational tensions, and political and social torrents of bad news. However, the turbulence of our times is nothing new to the followers of Jesus. The gospel shines like a lighthouse of hope amidst a darkening horizon stretched from the first century to this one. In our labor to keep hope shining bright, we can expect the winds of discouragement. But we can also expect a greater grace from Jesus to ...
Apr 15, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Suffering is reality we all face. From the loss of loved ones to tensions of relationships, some difficulties are inevitable. In facing our trials of faith, the letter of James offers key truths to endure through suffering. In this podcast Pastor Stephen teaches the vital perspective that can aid you through your times of difficulty.
Apr 13, 2022•50 min
Is there a cost for the hope we have as the followers of Jesus? Yes, our hearts dread difficult times, but the willing sacrifices we make can unveil the great love God has for many who desperately need to experience Him.
Mar 21, 2022•44 min
Where do we stand as a Church on God’s timeline of things to come? How do we respond to the voices of YouTube prophets, political powers, media propaganda? How do you navigate through legitimate concerns for your future and the future of your children? Questions like these prevail as we've pushed through the past year and look to the horizon of 2022. In a parallel history, the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah unveiled God's response to a prodigal nation that lost its purpose in the world. Could an...
Jan 10, 2022•57 min
Discouragement can easily creep into our souls as we are impacted by the chaos around us. From losing family and close friends to COVID to workplace tensions or the burdens of world-shaking tragedies, disheartening events can domino around us. If we are not prepared, the heaviness of life can drag us into the trenches of discouragement. How do you remain diligent in your day-to-day pursuit of loving God and loving people well? In this episode, Pastor Stephen discusses the keys to defeating disco...
Sep 02, 2021•46 min
Christians face the slaughter of an Islamic regime in Afghanistan. The deaths of those we love now punctuate the fear of Covid ravaging our land. Seizing the instability of the moment, political leaders are inflicting their ideologies of perversion and fear upon us. How are we to respond and sustain in these times? Do we isolate ourselves in the bunkers of fear and self-preservation? Do we wearily protest against seemingly undefined enemies? Do we nod in subjection to all that is happening and m...
Aug 24, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Driving to extremes. That's what often happens when you are racing through your weekly schedule in panic mode. An urgency to make sense of tragedies and turmoil can often force one down the path of self-preservation. How do we balance our immediate concerns and eternal consequences? Is faith in Jesus a mere pit-stop on our weekly map of pursuing happiness? If He is not? Then who is He, and how do we experience Him without driving into the ditches of confusion and unanswered questions? Join Pasto...
Aug 24, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 40
We are spiritual beings who are influenced by the natural and spiritual world. How can you tell whether a problem is demonically related, or caused by something else? In this episode discover the three main doors can open a person to demonic activity or are signs of demonic activity.
Aug 24, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 39
We are spiritual beings who are influenced by the natural and spiritual world. How can you tell whether a problem is demonically related, or caused by something else? In this episode discover the three main doors can open a person to demonic activity or are signs of demonic activity.
Aug 24, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Are we near the return of Jesus? Historically, fear and suspicion have surrounded the idea of Jesus' return. However, how are we told to respond in scriptures to hope of Christ's return?
Aug 24, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 37
