Activate with Pastor Christian Newsome

In this weeks episode, Pastor Christian discusses the importance of being a part of a spiritual family. Your spiritual family may include people who are guiding you like parents; people who are encouraging you like close friends, and people you are pouring into spiritually.

The Activate Podcast from Journey Church International takes you backstage with Pastor Christian Newsome and guests for an extended conversation and insights on leadership, spiritual growth, and activating your faith in a practical way.

Pastor Christian begins a new series entitled Famous Last Words: What Jesus wants you to know. In this podcast, Pastor Christian has a conversation about the incredible power behind Jesus’ first recorded statement, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."

Pastor Christian challenges us to become Jesus’ partner in the lives of our spouse and closest friends. Our relationships will be strengthened when we demonstrate love, truth, and grace; and, by cultivating the very best in those closest to us. We can become truly better together when we act as Jesus’ advocate.

In this week's episode, Pastor Christian discusses a topic in marriage that very few people want to talk about…submission. We will discover that healthy marriages further symbolize God’s love for us when love AND submission are evident. Because Jesus submitted to the will of the Father by dying on the cross, a wife should submit to her husband and a husband should sacrificially love his wife.

In this episode, Pastor Christian launches a brand new series on the topic of marriage and relationships. As we take a closer look into Ephesians 5, we will discover that God designed marriage to be a beautiful picture of Jesus’ love for us. Whether you are married, single, divorced, widowed, or a teenager, this series will teach you about your relationship with Jesus thus strengthening your relationship with those who are closest to you.

God created us to not simply survive but to thrive in this life. Unfortunately, we often desire to satisfy our own cravings and we end up feeling unfulfilled, dissatisfied and emotionally unhealthy. In today's podcast, Pastor Christian discusses distinct qualities of a person who is fully alive and emotionally healthy. We will be challenged to take a close examination of our lives to make sure our we model the life of Jesus Christ.

In this episode of Activate, Pastor Christian discusses the topics of sin, authority, and breaking free for our past to pursue a future filled with emotional health.

In our crazy, fast-paced lives, it is difficult to find the rest we so desperately need in order to be emotionally, physically, and spiritually healthy. In this episode of the Activate podcast, Pastor Christian unpacks seven promises found in Psalm 23 that will teach us how to plug-in in to God daily so that we can find the rest that only a Good Shepherd can provide.