In the Red

Today's episode is from a sermon I preached a few weeks ago and is part of the Why Am I Here series. Last week we talked about how we tend to sit in the slave or victim mentality.    This mentality is not holding on to you - you're still holding on to it. If we truly believe Jesus when He said, I came to set the captives free, then we would say, Jesus, I want you to unlock this chain. He unlocks t...

Today's episode is from a sermon I preached a few weeks ago and is part of the Why Am I Here series. Today I talked about how things are not what they seem.  First, you are not a victim. God said, the kingdom needs to know as a kingdom citizen, you're not a victim.  We're going to address the victim mentality. We're going to address the poverty mentality. And we're going to address the slavery men...

Have you ever felt stagnant or even satisfied where you are at? Isolation or surrounding yourself with people that think and act like you can lead you to a place where growth becomes limited because you stop being stretched. Today’s conversation with my boy, Joseph Stallings III, is all about access and accountability. We dive into the power of perspective expansion and surrounding yourselves with...

Today's episode centers around one question, "Why Am I Here?" I believe it is a question we should ask more than just on the first day of every new year. If you don't you are not positioning yourself to do what you have been sent here to do. It should be the first question you ask every single morning.   Let's Go!   Want more from Pastor Anthony? Check him out on the FIT Network Resource Hub https...

Caught your attention with that title, huh? Maybe you are here to see what I am going to say for or against this. Maybe this is your first time checking this podcast out and you are just waiting to be offended or affirmed by what I say. Well, I may not address it as you think I would or should, but that’s ok. We don’t have to agree but we can talk about it. Let’s go!!!   Want more from Pastor Anth...

In the beautiful nativity story, we find a piece of the puzzle. The three wise men searching for Jesus and led by a star to a place that's foreign to them, to a country who has a king that they're in search of. A country that does even know the king yet exists. See, these are three wise men who are steeped in wisdom, maybe sorcery and mysticism from a place from the east, the Persian empire.  When...

What if the hope that God will always be at the right place at the right time was limited? The hope that is supposed to help us endure and get through the struggles in our life, help us have purpose and passion with the things He's called us to do was limited by our reproach.   The definition of reproach is an occasion of shame, blame, or disgrace. Many times our hope is limited because it comes o...

We started our sermon series, The Gift of Hope with this message: The Gift of Hope: Perfect Timing. God gives us hope, and I believe it is one of the most needed things for the church today. We struggle with hope because we do it out of a place of hopelessness and want God to take us to Heaven where hope is, but God called us to be hope. We are supposed to be the game changers. Go be the hope toda...

Have you ever felt stuck in a place simply because you didn't know what to do or where to go next? I am an overthinker, so this is a place I can find myself if left to my own devices. Have you ever been hasty to move simply because you did not want to end up where others were? What if this was simply because your North Pole was off? No, I am not talking about your Christmas spirit. I am talking ab...

Powerful conversation with husband, father, and pastor, Ranjit Abraham, who I am blessed to be able to call a friend and a brother.  Our time together touched on issues like family, ministry, and identity, as told through the very unique perspective of life in India and the challenges it brings. This fresh look into the world around us is a stark reminder that we are all facing the same underlying...

Affection is a word that has become closely related to love. In many cases it is the thing that decides whether we feel loved or not. Some of you know what I am talking about. If our spouse isn't being very affectionate towards us then we wonder if we feel loved. If we were raised in a home where affection was void, then feeling it for the very first time can almost be like a drug. What if this la...

Value is a word that we seem to chase with everything we have got. Trying to be like someone else who is more successful or running from the things that have been done to us. Both of these extremes have a way of assigning a value to us that is relative to the world around us. But what is your worth? I know what you are thinking, "Aren't they the same thing??" Take a minute to listen to this episod...

Weird title, right? There is a point to it, I can assure you. This episode causes us to pause and take a moment to discuss what it means to follow something or someone. More importantly, we dive into leadership and the purpose of having followers. We are all leaders, whether we know or accept that title or not. How are we leading and who are we following? Hit play and LET's GO!!   Please: Follow,...

Have you ever thought about how you talk to the people you talk to? For the most part, I feel like most people just assume that the person in the conversation with us should speak our language. After all, most of the people we converse with are of the same background as us. What if I told you that this was perhaps our most broken part of the communication process.   As a pastor, I have learned tha...

If you are like me, I feel like I am stuck in a time loop. In the last few days, we have experienced another tragic school shooting that took the innocent lives of babies. We have experienced another fallout of a Christian denomination/church over the sexualy atrocities of pastors that were supposed to be caring for their congregation instead of feeding their sinful desires. In the midst of this,...

Fruit or vegetable? No, I am not talking about a tomato. I am talking about you. The difference between the two is the seeds in a fruit that can be used to reproduce. Life bringing life. Intrigued? Listen to this next sermon in our From Faith to Fruit series. Let’s go!!   www.gogcc.org.com https://www.instagram.com/a_hart757/ https://www.facebook.com/anthony.hart.560

The first interview of the podcast and it had to be my boy, Jay Stallings. This husband, father, friend, and pastor is as real as they get. Join us for a conversation that talks about a little bit of everything and will help you to see the need for perspective expansion.   www.instagram.com/a_hart757 www.facebook.com/anthony.hart.560 www.gogcc.org  

In order to understand the true fruit that we are called to produce and bring to the atmospheres and circumstances we encounter, we have to realize the source. True love, joy, and peace arises from a place of healing and release from brokenness that only God can provide. When we connect with the source, we can see the purpose. Enjoy part three of this sermon series - From Faith to Fruit: Power Fro...

When we slip up, are we defined by that? Have we been judged on a curve because of our past or because we are associated with a group of people who have let their character slip? As a pastor, there have been times that I have fallen into both of these groups. As individuals, we have to realize that building our character up is important as well as being consistent in it and not letting circumstanc...

Have you ever passed by a produce stand with beautiful, ripe fruit and just had to stop and take some home? Have you ever been with someone when they bit into a juicy piece of fruit and was compelled to have your own? This sermon seeks to open the eyes of Christians to the power that their lives have as a testimonial of God's goodness. If we want to share Jesus with the world then we have to taste...

This is the first sermon in our series: From Faith to Fruit. As Christians, we are not called to change people but rather to be the change. So why does it seem like we stand up and show out more than showing up and standing out? In this episode, we take a journey back to the garden and begin the process of taking our faithfulness to fruitfulness. The key is not knowledge, but rather relationship....

Perspective is a powerful thing. How we view the world around us dictates our responses to it and is generally ingrained in our journey to our current place. What if our perspective is limited because our journey was only with people who looked like, acted like us, and sounded like us? Let's dive into the power of invitation as we seek out the perspective of others through conversation and not con...

IN THE RED can be seen as place of such deficit and despair. It is time to flip the script. It is in these moments that we are presented an amazing opportunity. An opportunity to take notice of the resources around us that stretch us, expand us, restore us, and fill us that have gone unnoticed. People who have gone unnoticed because they do not look like us, act like us, or sound like us. Let’s ge...