Radiant Church - Audio Podcast

With a new calendar year beginning, Pastor Lee delivers a convicting message about how we can break in, breakthrough and breakout of the doors in our lives. In scripture we often see reference to doors. What we learn through this message is that some doors require more than a knock, they require a key to access. What doors does God want to lead you through this year?

What is your focus for Christmas? Pastor Jon shares for our last message in the Hope Worth Waiting For Series, exactly what it is that we are supposed to focus during the holiday season. If we ever lose our wonder when we think of the Birth of Christ, this message will serve to remind us that every heart must make room for Jesus' presence in our lives.

In week 2 of our advent series, Hope Worth Waiting For, Pastor Lee asks “How are we to approach the birth of Christ?” In scriptures, we read how King Herod, desperate and threatened, tries to hold onto his crown when he hears about the birth of Jesus. The hardness of Herod’s hard is contrasted by the humility of the wise men as they come to open their treasures and worship the newborn King. Are you holding onto the crown in your life? Where do you stand in this game of thrones?

To begin the series Hope Worth Waiting For, Pastor Lee delves into the story Zachariah and Elizabeth and the promise of their son to be. Even in their old age, God gave them a promise that would be fulfilled in his timing, breaking all natural laws. Little did they know that their unborn son would make the way for the Messiah and be an integral part of the redemption of humanity. Pastor Lee speaks about the difficulties we experience and what we must remember in seasons of waiting.

David was a flawed and vulnerable man. We read of his sins and failures time and time again but we also read of his sacrifices that brought God worship both in his life and in his city. After acting on his own strength, David buys a threshing floor, a symbol of self-sufficiency, and turns it into an altar to God. In this message, Pastor Lee challenges us to identify our threshing floor and how we need to renew our minds in order to make it a place for God's presence to dwell.

David was many things, but he was also a faithful friend. Our guest speaker, Nate Ruch, shares about his in Part 4 of our I Am David Series. He takes an unclose look at what kind of friend David was, and how we can follow his example. David, was fiercely faithful and understood loyalty. Who has God placed in your life that you can be a faithful friend to?

David was a warrior. In scripture, when he stepped onto a battlefield or the battlefield of his mind, we see truths about David’s character revealed through these battles. David was a valiant warrior and his security was found in God’s calling on his life. In light of his story, we should ask ourselves: What is our battlefield and are we secure in our calling?

David was a worshipper. Whether he was alone tending to the sheep and singing his prayer requests or writing songs of worship for Israel, David worshiped. We even sing some of his words today. But we can learn more from David the worshipper than his worship songs alone. David sought out the presence of God and worship became the posture of his heart. How can we begin to make God's presence a priority in our daily life?

In this unique event we celebrate with new believers and old alike as they make their next step to take part in Water Baptism!

As this 5 week message series begins, we get reintroduced to David the overlooked. From the time that Samuel visited the home of Jesse to anoint the next king of Israel, to the years that would follow where David sat on the throne, many people didn't see David for who he was. Just as God looks at the heart of a person and not the outward appearance, we too must seek and posses these often overlooked qualities of a person after God's own heart.

You cannot control when your life begins or ends but you can control the time in between. Guest Speaker, Shannon O'Dell, Lead Pastor of Brand New Church in Arkansas shares a challenging message that will stir your heart to focus in on the picture of the poor man’s lamb and how that relationship translates to our lives and the relationship with Christ that it speaks of.

What does it take to rust proof your marriage? Jimmy Evans, founder of Marriage Today, shares an on-point message that will challenge the way you look at the relationships in your life. In every arena, it is impossible to stay static. When it comes to your marriage or relationship with God, you have to continue to invest into the relationship to experience growth. Learn to meet the unspoken needs, speak the love language and communicate the unique value you see in those around you.

Pastor Bobby Bogard from Gateway Church in Texas shares for our First Wednesday service about what it looks like to see God fulfill the desires of your heart. God is trustworthy and wants to bless us, but when God speaks a word to you, it is always in season. Our responsibility then, is to test what we hear against the Word of God and test the season.

In 1 Samuel we read a story about Jonathan that is easy to overlook. As we take a look at this unsung hero's story we recognize a passionate leader who wouldn't settle for what was happening around him. As Jonathan confronts his enemy, his armour bearer readily follows him heart and soul! Let's put our heart and soul into what God is doing in this city through Radiant Church!

What does it mean to partner with the Holy Spirit in Prayer? In order to understand the Spirit's role in our prayer life, we have to understand why Jesus sent the Spirit to be with us. This message will take a look at key scriptures that give examples of others who have partnered with the Holy Spirit and help us understand how we can too.

How do we live as the light? This is the question that Pastor Jon explores as he reveals a different side of Matthew 5:14. Living as the light doesn’t happen on accident, you have to believe it and be intentional. Once you learn the way that God speaks to you, you’ll have a better road map of what he has called you to do. Will you accept the charge? Will you live as the light?

What do you believe about God? What do you believe about the Bible? We’ve heard that seeing is believing, but what if believing is seeing? In the scriptures, Jesus fed 5,000 people and turned water into wine. Today we are called to believe in faith in the amazing things the Lord can do, has done, and will do.

As we come to the close of our Church In The Wild series, we explore the pastoral heart of Paul that can be seen in 1 Corinthians 16. As he concludes his letter, he gives one last charge to the church in Corinth, telling them to stand firm. We too must take this charge and stand firm as the unstoppable force that God designed the church to be.

Many preachers have said that the church is marked by hope. Have you ever considered that people are marked by hope? Through Jesus' resurrection every believer is marked and set apart. You are the face of the faithful resistance.

The idea of praying in a "spiritual language" can have a lot of stigma surrounding it. However, in this bold message Pastor Lee shares biblical truth on the matter. Praying in a spiritual language is simply being directed and empowered by the Holy Spirit while praying, and leaning into the unction that you feel in your spirit. This is a spiritual gift that we have access to if we ask for it!