The Spirit Chapel Podcast

Hearing God – Week 1 – Still

We are starting a new series that begins with this question: “If you knew God wanted to speak to you, what would you do?” Think of it: The Almighty Living God, Creator of Heaven and the Earth, King of Kings, Lord of Lords… wants to talk to YOU. What are you willing to do in order to make sure that the conversation happens?

Fear Not! - Lessons From The Storm

Christmas time starts with that great passage from Luke where the angels tell the shepherds: "Fear Not!" -- But that's easier said than done, isn't it? Is not fearing a choice? Is having peace in the middle of chaos something that we can just do? Today we look at a story from the New Testament told three different ways, and pick up on clues about the things we need to know as we head into the storm...

Finding Your Way – Week 5 – In The Presence Of My Enemies

We finish our series with a final look at Esther, growing before our eyes, as she moves from being just a beauty queen to being in total command of what is happening in the empire. The question is: how? Fortunately, the answer is right there in the text…

Finding Your Way – Intermission – Secret Strength

This week we take a slight break from our Esther series, to discuss a timely question: Why does God tell us to give thanks in all things? Really? He expects us to be happy no matter what happens to us? That doesn’t seem possible, let alone fair. Yet the Bible is full of those kinds of verses… but what if we’ve missed a secret hidden in those versus. A secret that can change the way you handle the hard times, and give you a secret weapon to fight back when the chips are down…

 

Finding Your Way – Week 2 – A Time Such As This

The story continues, and we see God’s hand working behind the scenes. Esther story is a lot like ours. At times, it seems we have scrambled to get ahead, but — in reality — it has always been God, working tirelessly in our lives. Helping us find favor when we need it. Educating us in advance for our purpose. Until, like Esther, we see that his plan has brought us to a moment where we have to choose: live in comfort and ignore what we know to be right… or take a stand, realizing that God has prepared us for a time such as this…

Finding Your Way - Week 1 - Chaos is Coming

"For some of us, it is different... we are not anointed King like David, some of us have to find our way, like Esther"
We start our new series on finding our way in an uncertain world as we open one of the least preached about books of the Bible: Esther. There is a lot in Esther that speaks to us today: as we look at an impossible situation and courage when it's needed most, and how all of that -- literally -- saved the world.

Chase The Lion – Week 8 – Epilogue – Trust Enough

Not really part of the Chase The Lion, but it is an epilogue to the series — as Pastor Grice gives an honest testimony about how God used a dark moment in his life to teach him a very important lesson about Trust

Chase The Lion – Week 7 – Moment of Trust

Our series ends with a look at Shammah’s Tale — the story of a young man who stood his ground when everyone else ran away and was the only one there when God won the victory. We will never see our dreams come true if we don’t learn how to hold onto ground we’ve already won…

2 Samuel 23

Chase the Lion - Week 6 - Sacrifice

In the middle of the roll call for David’s Mighty men is an incredible story. It is the story of a renegade king, three noble warriors, and a drink of water. It almost doesn’t seem to fit… until you realize that this story is not about the water. It is about the sacrifice…

BIBLE REFERENCES:2 Samuel 23:13-17; Romans 8:31;2 Timothy 4:6-8 

Chase The Lion - Week 5 - The 300

We finish our "Gideon Detour" and see how God uses him in ways he couldn’t imagine. Gideon moved from cringing coward to mighty warrior in a way the world would never understand. Gideon didn’t learn self-confidence… he learned God dependence… and that is why he took part in one of the greatest military victories of all time. BIBLE REFERENCES: Judges 6:40; Judges 7:1-2; Psalm 73:26; Judges 7:3; Deuteronomy 20:8; Judges 7:4-21, 24-25; Judges 8:1-3; Judges 7:16.