Northplace Church Podcast

Even though we walk through the valley of death, we can rest assured that God, our faithful shepherd, will always be there with us. Guest speaker, Pastor Mike Dsane from the Village Church. For more info visit http://northplacechurch.com/

God’s desire since the beginning is to dwell with his people. He created us to have fellowship with us. But sin severed the relationship. It separated us from God. From that moment on the rest of bible is a narrative, a story of how this loving God will do what ever is necessary to be in a relationship we destroyed. We ruined it. And we run from Him…and yet…He chases after us! For more info visit http://northplacechurch.com/

The “expectant waiting” of Advent is almost over. Like the ancient believers from scripture who ached in longing for their anticipated Messiah, the 4-week season of Advent compresses those feelings and emotions for us. As we march toward Christmas Eve and the celebration of the birth of Jesus on Christmas day, we experience similar emotions as those early believers. For more info visit http://northplacechurch.com/

We are 7 days away from Christmas Sunday where we will focus on the name given to Jesus…Prince of Peace. We are 10 days away from some very special Candlelight Christmas Eve services. But today, on this 3rd Sunday of Advent, and our 3rd week in a series of sermons we have called…The Name…we get to immerse ourselves in the “hard to grasp” title Isaiah gave our Lord…Everlasting Father. For more info visit http://northplacechurch.com/

As a short refresher…Advent is basically a season of “expectant waiting.” As we march toward, Christmas…each week…we relive some of the emotions that those who waited for the Messiah must have felt. As we become aware of what Christ’s coming really means for us…we began to feel some of that “longing” that they must have felt. They were longing for fulfillment…the fulfillment of the promise of God for a savior, deliverer…a king. Centuries later…many of us have that same longing for the fulfillment of the promises of God in our own lives. The season of Advent is supposed to reawaken that longing in us…but also serve as reminder…that He came. He kept his promise then and he will keep his promise to us. God broke into human history once and he can break into human history again. Advent is a reminder to us that God is a covenant keeping God. He makes covenants with us and he keeps them. As a matter of fact, one of his names tells us so. Whenever we hear God speaking of Himself in the Bible as ‘God Almighty’ we are hearing the Hebrew name El Shaddai. It is a name for God that speaks of his His sufficiency, His “enough-ness.” El Shaddai- His sufficiency, His “enough-ness.” For more info visit http://northplacechurch.com/

We begin the traditional 4-week march toward our candle lit Christmas Eve services where we will intimately celebrate the birth of our Savior. Over the next four weeks, we celebrate the spiritual depth of Christmas and Advent by studying a series of messages entitled The Name…where we will focus in on the names of God…especially those names revealed in connection with Christ’s birth. For more info visit http://northplacechurch.com/

What makes us as believers of the Gospel different? What makes us different or set apart from those who don’t follow the Gospel message. As a man, woman, Husband, Wife, Father, Mother, employee, employer, friend, what makes us different? For more info visit http://northplacechurch.com/

This is not a message for reprobates, pagans, and blasphemers. It’s the cry of the Father to his children…children who may be moral, religious, church goers…but children whose spiritual affection has waned…whose spiritual passion has grown cold…children who have become satisfied, complacent, and comfortable. For more info visit http://northplacechurch.com/

If somebody asked you to describe the Christian life in a few words, what would you say? If somebody asked you, “What does God want from us more than anything else?” What would you say? If you said moral devotion, if you said ethical behavior, if you said faithfulness to religious rituals you’d be wrong. Those can be important things…but not THE most important thing. The essence of the Christian life can be summed up in two words “love relationship”. God wants to have a love relationship with you. For more info visit http://northplacechurch.com/

God designed for us relationship. He meant for us to be in community with each other. Whether you are single or married, you need a spiritual family, a group of three or four or five people that you can walk through life with. This week we explored why it's better when we serve together. God did not put you on earth to live a selfish life. God didn’t put you on earth just to take up space, to breathe, have fun and die. God put you here to make the world a better place. God has a contribution He wants you to make with your life. He wants you to practice serving Him now to get ready for eternity. Remember this life is a dress rehearsal for eternity. When you get to heaven, one of the things you’re going to do there is serve God and God wants you to get some practice here on earth. How do you serve God? There’s only one way. By serving other people. You cannot serve God directly. You can only serve God by serving others. Whenever you use your talents, your time, your energy, your resources, your background, to help anybody else that’s serving them. The Bible calls that ministry. For more info visit http://northplacechurch.com/

This week Pastor Bryan focused on a third component necessary in the life of a Christ follower…Maturity or Discipleship. It’s the concept of spiritual formation…or growing up spiritually. How can I grow spiritually? More than that…this is the Better Together series…how do we help each other grow spiritually. For more info visit http://northplacechurch.com/

Pastor Robert Madu challenged us to, in the frame of community, share the gifts that God has uniquely placed in each of us.

During the window of the next 6 weeks we are focusing on two things. One is deepening the sense of community and relationship within our church family…and the second is reaching out to the community around us. Deepening the sense of love…internally…within our church family…and…Reaching out in love…externally… to the community around our church family. For more information about our church visit http://northplacechurch.com/

God says what matters most in life is not your accomplishments, or your achievements, your title, or your wealth…but your faith that makes you love others. The Scripture says if you miss this you have missed the most important thing in life. Over the next six, weeks we are going to focus on what matters most to God…strengthening our faith that makes us love others. We are going to focus on three primary areas…three communities: 1. The community of our church. 2. The community of our small group. 3. The community of the world around us. Visit http://northplacechurch.com/ for more information.

As we grow in becoming a great church and grow in numbers, how do when ensure we don’t become a crowd but make sure we stay a church? For 1900 years when people went to church they went to church with people who knew them incredibly well Monday through Saturday. There was no mobility. We can make kingdom impact as a church…as we grow and reach critical mass that could have never happened when we were smaller but we must be diligent in finding a way keep some of the things from the old neighborhood…before the days of mobility. This is why small groups matter so much at Northplace Church. This is why the series we are about to enter…starting next Sunday…Better Together… is going to be so transformational to you, your family and our church as a whole.