Gracepoint Wesleyan Podcast

Humility releases God's grace in the life of the believer which is essential for the believer to be made whole in this broken world. In this message we will dive deeply into what it means to be humble (poor in spirit) and how this is advantageous. We will spend a lot of time looking at how to cultivate humility. 

This week we begin to look at the new pattern of living that we are called to in Christ. Prayer is a key step on the path to living a better way in Christ. 

This week we will explore the Bible’s promise that God is present with His people in their suffering and promises to bring healing to our areas of brokenness.

In this weekend's message, the second in our "Becoming Whole in a Fractured World" series, we will see how powers and principalities contribute to the brokenness. ​This timely and relevant message will identify what these powers and principalities are, how they fracture and what we can begin to do to stand against them. 

We begin our "Becoming Whole in a Fractured World" series with this message. Reality has been fractured by sin. Sin is really a failure to love God and love others. We can't talk authentically or accurately about ourselves or society without addressing sin. This message addresses sin and its consequences. ​

God longs for us to be restored. We will dive into what that means and look at 3 examples of how Jesus restored from death to life.

In this last Christmas message for 2022 we will look at the wise men and their journey to find the Christ Child. The interactions they experienced along their journey are illustrative of common responses to Jesus. May we seek Christ as the wisemen did!

Have you ever looked at Jesus' family history closely? In this final Advent message before Christmas, we will see that Jesus' genealogy, in Matthew's Introduction to Jesus' birth, is full of examples of how God rewrites the stories of peoples' lives. The Old Testament often foretells what Jesus' ministry would be about and the stories of Jesus' ancestors are illustrative of how God has been, and still is, about drastic life change.

Christmas is a season of joy, yet in the busyness of life joy often gets lost. This week we will explore how the rhythm of advent helps us cultivate a life of joy.

This week we will look at how we can navigate difficult seasons of life in light of the hope of the Advent of Jesus. 

In this weekend's message, the last in our "Different" series from 1 Peter, we see that the follower of Jesus is to be humble and willing to serve. This message is full of practical insight for the one who humbly desires to please the Lord. Peter ends his epistle with some powerful teaching that will bless you. 

1 Peter 4:12-19 reveals how the follower of Jesus will understand life on a different level. This Sunday, we will look at three ways this difference manifests itself in the face of suffering and conclude by looking at how thanksgiving can equip the follower to respond differently. 

In this message we'll see that the follower of Christ is called to live in the will of God. Peter identifies three ways that this is accomplished - by our priorities, urgency and service.    

Peter makes it clear that we are blessed in Jesus Christ no matter what the circumstances are in our lives.  We are to do good knowing that even if we suffer we are blessed. In this message we will look at two ways to live so as to experience a blessed life and also to be a blessing to others.     

Peter tells us to repay evil with blessing.  It’s easy to say it, but hard to follow through.  But Peter wasn’t exactly the guy that lived like this in his time with Jesus.  How did he go from someone who cuts off a guy's ear when Jesus was being arrested to saying things like repay evil with blessing?  What changed?  

This week we continue to look at the topic of submission as we see the transformative potential that Biblical submission has for marriage. 

The "good" life that followers are called to live will involve submission to authorities which brings glory to Jesus and opportunities to influence. Submission is a difficult subject which is important to understand because it is essential for godly influence in our culture.

Our big focus will be on our community—the Church—which is both a living organism and an organization with structure. As Eugene Peterson says, "Whether we like it or not, the moment we confess Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, that is, from the time we become a Christian, we are at the same time a member of the Christian Church." It behooves the follower to understand the nature and purpose of the Church.

This week we will explore Peter’s teaching to live differently, as exiles, in the times in which we live. ​