Journey Church Colorado Podcast

Part 1 of our new series, Outsiders, Underdogs, and Long Shots, by Pastor Scotty Priest. God wants to make a difference in and through us, but so many times we can believe God doesn't want to use us. We all come up with excuses for why we couldn't or shouldn't be used by God. One of excuses can be, "I'm not qualified, nobody believes in me." "But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." 1 Samuel 16:7 "God is not looking for the obvious choice. He is looking for the open child. God doesn't call the qualified, he qualifies the called. Availability trumps ability." 1 Samuel 16:1-13, Acts 13:22, 1 Samuel 22:1-2 Message notes online, watch the video, or share the podcast at: https://journeycolorado.com/messages/

"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord you God will be with you wherever you go." Joshua 1:9 Our guest speaker, Pastor Shawn Lovejoy, preaches a stand alone message on fear. One of the most repeated commands in the Bible is: "Do not be afraid." There are stressors in our life that are affecting us, and fear has taken its grip on our lives. it could be fear of pain, failure or loss. Whatever it is, God desires for us to not be discouraged or paralyzed by our fears because we stop dreaming. We begin to hinder the "great" things God has for us because we settle for just the "good" things. You could be one courageous next step away from all that God has for you in the next season of life. Courage is essentially refusing to allow our fears to paralyze us. What are you dreaming? What is your Jordan? What is your first step to cross it? Matthew 28:5-6, Joshua 1:8-9, 2 Timothy 1:7 Message notes online, watch the video, or share the podcast at: h

"But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed." Isaiah 53:5 On Easter, we celebrate the literal resurrection of Christ from the dead. Pastor Scotty Priest walks us through the story of Jesus, Peter, and the miraculous catch of fish found in John 21:1-19. Throughout this story we see the collapse, the cross, and the comeback. All of us collapse, but our collapses don't have to define us because the cross paves the way for our comeback. Christ defeated death by resurrecting from the grave. It's the best comeback story, and that same comeback story can be written in our lives. "It's not too late. You are not too far." With Christ, you can rise again! John 21:1-19, Matthew 26:74-75, Isaiah 53:5, Hebrews 8:12 Message notes online, watch the video, or share the podcast at: https://journeycolorado.com/messages/

“If you love me, you will obey what I command.” John 14:15 — What side of the comma are you on? Pastor Cory Bragg leads us into Easter week with a stand alone message on Palm Sunday. We celebrate Psalm Sunday which represents Jesus's triumphal entry into Jerusalem a week before his resurrection. We know what this week represents for Jesus, however, most of the people present during this triumphal entry would miss the fact that Jesus, the Savior of our world, was among them. The very name of Jesus represents an invitation for all of us to come into a relationship with the Savior who has secured our eternal life in heaven. Luke 2:11, John 3:16, John 12:11-19, John 14:15 Message notes online, watch the video, or share the podcast at: https://journeycolorado.com/messages/

"Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." Psalm 139: 23-25 Pastor Scotty Priest preaches on "High Risk Prayers," a stand alone message leading us into the Easter season. The big idea behind today's message is that sometimes there are some very scary prayers that we pray, but they have enormous returns. There is a big risk putting ourselves out there before God and praying these kind of things, there is a lot of trepidation and nervousness, but it can lead to a massive new direction in our lives. Luke 22:42, Isaiah 6:8 Message notes online, watch the video, or share the podcast at: https://journeycolorado.com/messages/

"When you take it all in and settle down, pleased and content, make sure you don't forget how you got there—God brought you out of slavery in Egypt. Deuteronomy 6:12 (MSG) As we celebrate our 3 year Anniversary of BUILD, Pastor Scotty Priest reminds us how we got here, and the important things along the way. Deuteronomy 6:10-12, John 10:10, Mark 10:52, Ephesians 2:19, Mark 10:45, Matthew 28:19-20 Message notes online, watch the video, or share the podcast at: https://journeycolorado.com/messages/

As we finish our teaching series, How to Live, a six-week study through the book of Philippians, Pastor Scotty Priest finishes in chapter 4 of Philippians preaching about anxiety. "Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me - put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you." Philippians 4:8 "The mind is a battlefield. Anxiety and worry are both attacks on the mind that distract us from serving the Lord." God doesn't want us to be in debilitating anxiety about the future. "Worry never made anything better." "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." Luke 4:18-19 Message notes online, watch the video, or share the podcast at: https://journeycolorado.com/messages/

Some of the greatest words ever said were embedded in Philippians 3. "For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ and become one with him." Philippians3:8b-9a As we continue in our teaching series, How to Live, a six-week study through the book of Philippians, guest speaker, Rick Lawrence dives into Philippians chapter 3. "When we taste the goodness in His heart, everything else seems like . . . garbage." Message notes online, watch the video, or share the podcast at: https://journeycolorado.com/messages/

"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves . . ." Philippians 2:3 As we continue in our teaching series, How to Live, a six-week study through the book of Philippians, guest speaker, Pastor Blake LaMunyon talks about choosing the path of humility. It's "better to be humble than to be humbled." Surrendering our wants in needs gives room for humility to take root in our lives. To choose the path of humility, we must follow Jesus' example of descending to humility through choosing the path of sacrifice, taking on the role of a servant, willingly submitting to others, and encountering seasons of suffering. Suffering is the manifestation of God's grace and favor. Acts 16:32, Acts 16:37, Acts 20:24, John 13:14, Luke 9:23, John 16:33, John 3:30, Luke 22:42, 1 Peter 3:18 Message notes online, watch the video, or share the podcast at: https://journeycolorado.com/messages/

" . . . for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances." Philippians 4:11b As we continue in our new teaching series, How to Live, a six-week study through the book of Philippians, Pastor Scotty Priest dives into the first chapter of Philippians explaining the difference between happiness and joy. It is grace every single day that sustains us. Joy versus happiness: happiness is external and joy is internal. Happiness is based on circumstances and joy is based on Christ. Happiness is based on chance and Joy is based on a choice. Joy is about refocusing on what matters most. It's about looking around and seeing challenging situations hard circumstances. But joy is not dependent on those things. In challenging situations, we need to refocus on what really matters. Am I living a life worthy of the Gospel, the good news of Jesus? 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, Philippians 4:11, Deuteronomy 30:19, Philippians 1:9-14, Philippians 1:21, John 16:35

"The gospel is bigger than any barrier. Jesus takes strangers and makes them family." As we start our new teaching series, How to Live, Pastor Scotty Priest sets up this new series by teaching the context for why Philippians was written. A letter doesn't make sense without knowing the audience of who it was written to. "I thank my God every time I remember you." Philippians 1:3 Message notes online, watch the video, or share the podcast at: https://journeycolorado.com/messages/

"You before me equals a really good we. Happy couples put each other first." As we finish our marriage teaching series, You. Me. We., Pastor Scotty Priest emphasizes how to love one another through mutual submission. "It's Mutual" is the centerpiece and foundation for Christian married couple. It's a dance back and forth of honoring and submitting to one another, and often we forget that our choices lead, feelings follow. The best marriages are a mutual submission contest. "Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ . . . Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. . . Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her . . . In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself." Ephesians 5:21-28 Genesis 2:24, John 13:34 Message notes online, watch the video, or share the podcast at: https://journeycolorado.com/messages/

As we continue in our marriage teaching series, You. Me. We., Pastor Scotty Priest emphasizes how to fight fair. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh, Genesis 2:24. Relationships are a lifetime process that require work. In times of conflict, I will fight for unity, not for personal victory because I don't win if we lose. We all bring in to a relationship our box of hopes, dreams and desires and we place them on our spouse in the basket of expectations. But what we really need is God to fill us up, we need a relationship with God to meet our deepest needs, so that marriage can fill in all the rest of the gaps. A companion in life that can chase after the will of God together. James 4:1-2, James 1:19-20, Proverbs 18:2, Psalm 141:3, Ephesians 4:26-27, Romans 12:21 Message notes online, watch the video, or share the podcast at: https://journeycolorado.com/messages/

As we start our new Sunday teaching series, You. Me. We., guest speaker Pastor Mike Linch emphasizes how to invest in your marriage. God's way to a successful marriage focuses on what husbands and wives put into it, not on what they can get out of it through a process of sowing and reaping. "The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully." 2 Corinthians 9:6 "We" will never be greater than "me." The extent you're willing to grow yourself, is the extent your relationship will grow. The challenge: I'm willing to get out this relationship what I'm willing to put in it. The temptation after marriage is to focus on what I can get out of the relationship rather than focusing on what I can put into the relationship. Galatians 6:7, 1 Peter 3:7a, Ecclesiastes 9:9, Luke 10:27 Message notes online, watch the video, or share the podcast at: https://journeycolorado.com/messages/

As we finish our 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting, in part 4 of our series, Uphill Habits, Pastor Scotty Priest emphasizes Habit #4: The Habit of Community. "Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:23-25 We are created to live in relationship, regularly connecting with people. We need each other to grow and propel us forward. Do you have people in your life who love you enough to tell you your blind spots? Find a group who will encourage and challenge you. Proverbs 4:25-27, Proverbs 13:20, Proverbs 27:17 Message notes online, watch the video, or share the podcast at: https://journeycolorado.com/messages/

"I am the church and I am here for the world" As we continue in our 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting, in part 3 our series, Uphill Habits, Pastor Scotty Priest emphasizes Habit #3: The Habit of Sacrifice, "offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God-this is your true and proper worship" Rom 12:1. Our sacrifice means giving up one thing for something else we believe is worth more. Where am I sacrificing? What do I need to let go? "Listen carefully: Unless a grain of wheat is buried in the ground, dead to the world, it is never any more than a grain of wheat. But if it is buried, is sprouts and reproduces itself many times over. In the same way, anyone who holds on to life just as it is destroys that life. but if you let it go, reckless in your love, you'll have it forever, real and eternal." John 12:24-25 MSG Isaiah 26:8, Proverbs 4:25-27, Romans 12:1, Gal. 2:20 Message notes online, watch the video, or share the podcast at: https://journeycolorado.com/messages/

"If Jesus is Lord of your life, He needs to the Lord of your lips." As we continue in our 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting, in part 2 our series, Uphill Habits, Pastor Scotty Priest emphasizes Habit #2: The Habit of My Words. Our words are poison or fruit, we get to choose. They have the unique power to script and steer our lives. "May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer." Psalm 19:14 Psalm 143:3, James 3:1-12, Proverbs 4:25-27; 18:21, and Isaiah 26:8. https://journeycolorado.com/messages/the-habit-of-words/ Message notes online, watch the video, or share the podcast at: https://journeycolorado.com/messages/

"Most people have uphill hopes, but downhill habits." For the first message kicking off our 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting. "A productive life begins with a prepared heart." Theme verse: "Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your truth, we eagerly wait for you; for your name and your renown are the desire of our souls" Isaiah 26:8 https://journeycolorado.com/messages/the-habit-of-first/ In Part 1 our new series, Uphill Habits, Pastor Scotty Priest emphasizes habit #1: The habit of first, and the power of priority. We're not talking about new year's resolutions, but we are talking about setting our lives in a direction towards God for this year that could make all the difference. Proverbs 4:25-27; Haggai 1:2-7 Watch weekly messages online at: JourneyColorado.com or subscribe to our podcast on iTunes

Love Welcomes You Home For Christmas - Part 4 of the Advent series for Christmas Eve at Journey Church Colorado. For the final message of 2018, Pastor Scotty concludes the Advent series on the topic of Love. John 3:16; Rev. 3:20 "Christmas Is Personal" Show notes or download the discussion guide: https://journeycolorado.com/messages/advent-love/ Watch the message online, share with your friends, or subscribe to our podcast at JourneyColorado.com

Because happiness isn't enough - Part 3 of the Advent series leading up to Christmas at Journey Church Colorado. "Joy is a choice." Pastor Scotty teaches from Luke 1:26-38; Mtt. 1:18-24 where the word "joy" is mentioned 8 times in the story. "Happiness is what happens to you, based on circumstance. It's fleeting". When your joy is fading, remember: -God uses ordinary, average, unlikely people. -God will give you more than you can handle - BUT not more than you can handle together. -God only gives you the next step -Remember who God says you are. "If you could see the size of the blessing coming you would understand the magnitude of the battle you are fighting." Show notes or download the discussion guide: https://journeycolorado.com/messages/advent-joy/ Watch the message online, share with your friends, or subscribe to our podcast at JourneyColorado.com