Abundant Life Church Podcast

Just like a building is not complete until its final inspection, we are not complete until the day we stand before God. While we are here on earth, we have the responsibility to continue the sanctification process, becoming more like Christ. This is a process that takes work. But don't worry. You don't do this alone. Support the show

If you are going to do a home project, you will most likely visit a Home Depot, Lowes, or ACE hardware. If you don’t purchase the right materials, you will make multiple trips to the hardware store until you get the right material for the project.   Pastor Devin continues in his “Build” Series by asking, “What materials will you build with?” What we build our lives with directly correlates to how...

When a house or building catches our eye, we usually appreciate its architecture, design, or maybe its outside appearance. One can walk into a home and appreciate the layout, space, or decorations. However, no one enjoys a house or building for its foundation. In Part 3 of our “Build” message series, Pastor Devin focuses on digging the foundation. We can focus so much on what others “see” in us, b...

It’s usually an exciting time when a building project starts.  Dreams of the newly completed project give initial energy and hope. As we enter this new year, we believe God wants to BUILD something in our lives! However, before something is built properly, the site must be cleared and prepared.  The same is the case in our lives.  When God wants to build something in us, he first needs to remove t...

As we head into 2025, ask yourself this question: How will this year be different? Will you set any goals? The word for 2025 for Abundant Life Church is "Build." It has nothing to do with building a building or a physical location. It has everything to do with us being a people who continue to allow God to build our lives as he sees fit. Join us as we focus on receiving 'the plan&ap...

As Christmas approaches, we are flooded with commercials, marketing, and influence, telling us what they think we need.  We will spend time with friends and family, who bring their opinions and perspectives on life.  On top of that, we will soon be entering a new year, which forces us to look at our goals and priorities for the next season of life. But as we read the Christmas story, we see two yo...

Pastor Devin continues in our Christmas series called “Fear Not.” There are many things we can be afraid of in this world. Threats in the world, death, financial issues, conflict, etc. However, we can also be afraid of God’s plans for our lives. In this message, we will look at the story of Mary, the future mother of Jesus. The Angel of the Lord tells her not to be afraid that she has found favor...

Fear is a natural human emotion that helps us with self-preservation or prevents us from doing something crazy that would cause pain. However, like other emotions, fear must be kept in check. Fear can sometimes run wild when we think of ‘what could happen,’ even though it didn’t happen.  The coming of Christ, celebrated at Christmas time, is the coming of peace, joy, hope and love.   It is not the...

Pastor Devin continues in the series “Pray” as he looks at the importance of prayer in guiding our lives.  The Apostle Paul prayed for the church in Colossae that God would give them knowledge and direction.  If Paul prayed for direction for those he loved, why shouldn’t we also pray for direction?  Join us as we look at Colossians 1:9-11. Support the show

Does God hear my prayers? Have you ever asked that question, or felt that maybe your prayers go unheard? In this message, we will look at what Psalms says about the value of unstoppable prayer. We will allow the promises of God's word to encourage us and breathe fresh life into our faith as we continue to trust God for ourselves, for our families, and for our communities. Support the show

Sometimes, in churches, we can get caught up in doing things we have done for a long time while forgetting their true meaning. Baptism is one of those traditions. We see someone go under the water and come back up, and everyone claps, and we celebrate. But why do we do this? What is the biblical significance? Join us as we pause to examine why Jesus was baptized and why he has called his followers...

As we close out our ‘Send’ series, Pastor Devin reminds us that we will never be a sending church if we are unwilling to pay the price.  There is a price to pay as we take up our crosses and follow Jesus to where he is calling us to go.  Is the good news worth this price? I thought the grace was free.  How do we reconcile these ideas?  Join us today as we are called to ‘pay the price.’ Support the...

Join us this week as we continue our series on prayers that Paul prayed. This week we will be talking about praying for unity in the church. We are called to live in unity with one another and to be praying for our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Unity is not uniformity, but true unity points us right back to God and is a great testimony to those outside the church about what really matters...

We don’t enjoy doing things we don’t know how to do.  If we don’t know how to play a sport, or how to paint a picture, we probably won’t want to participate.  Sometimes, this can be the case with prayer.  We don’t feel confident in how to pray, which leads us to not pray. Pastor Devin starts a new series called Pray.  As we learn to follow Jesus, we must learn to talk with God.  Sometimes, we worr...

As we continue in the book of Acts, Paul, and Barnabas, share Jesus from city to city.  They are facing persecution, they are seeing people turn to Jesus, their lives are threatened, and they see life transformation, all at the same time. This message is part six in a seven-part message called ‘SEND.’ Devin focuses on the most essential thing that believers in Christ and the church must focus on....

Special Guest Pastor Eran Holt brings a very relevant word to us today as he preaches from Mark chapter 4. If we want to see breakthrough in the storms of life, we've got to be growing in our faith, our obedience, and in the authority that Christ has given us!  Support the show

“I can’t do that, it’s too risky?”  Have you ever thought that? It is wise to factor ‘risk’ into our decisions, but sometimes, our fear of risk keeps us from getting a great reward. Pastor Devin continues his series called “SEND.” The first missionary journey was filled with risk. Is God okay with us taking risks? Maybe the better question is, do we offend God when we don’t take risks?  Join us as...

As we continue through this current series called “Send,” we look at what it means to make Jesus visible in our communities. When we, as believers, step outside of the church walls and take the gospel to the streets, we have an opportunity to point people to the One who does great things! Join us as Pastor Thomas New brings us through the end of Acts chapter 13, as we learn how we, like Paul and B...

Every now and then, someone might go to a store and forget what they went there for.   As a church, sometimes we forget why we are “on mission.”   We can talk about sending people out, but why are we sending them? In this Message, Pastor Devin is in week 3 of this sermon series called “SEND.”  As we continue to look at Paul’s first missionary journey in Acts 13 and 14, the “why” being the “go” is...

What is required for a church to be a sending church?  Should we forsake meeting together in exchange for going?  Have our churches become too ‘attractional’ and have ceased being ‘missional’? As we look at the start of Barnabas and Paul’s first missionary journey, we see times when they are gathering and times they are going.   This is a model for our churches today to not choose one over the oth...

Have you ever been sent on a task?  To pick up food, to take a delivery to someone, or even to pass a message on to someone on behalf of someone else.  In the book of Acts, there are many people sent into the world with the hope and message of Jesus Christ. Looking back to Acts, how do we apply this to our lives today?  Pastor Devin starts a series called SEND from Acts 13-14.  The series aims to...

Why?!  This is the question we ask when things happen in our life that we can’t understand. There are so many “why” questions we ask, and most of the time, we take our why questions and direct them at God. In this message, we look at the “why” question that is found in Acts 12.  God is clearing working all throughout Acts, yet tragedy still hits the early church.  Why?  Join us as we turn to God’s...

There are a lot of people around us who can influence us.  We have people who influence us in unhealthy ways and people who are great examples for our lives who inspire us.  Within Christianity, it has been not easy to trust people.  We hear news reports of pastors who fail, we get hurt by people in church, and we don’t feel that we can trust people anymore. In this message, Pastor Devin looks at...

As we celebrate Baptism Sunday, we also look at Acts 11:19 and God's great work in the city of Antioch through faithful believers and Barnabas.  Pastor Devin shares how adversity and even discouragement can create opportunities for God to do greater work than we can understand.  Are you going through a discouraging time?  Join us and receive encouragement from God’s word today.   Support the...

Pastor Devin continues in Acts 10 in the second part of a message called “Hope for Purpose.”  As we look at God using Peter and Cornelius, we see the work of the Holy Spirit confirming, leading, and empowering everything happening in this story.  Sometimes, it’s hard today to believe that God’s Spirit is still moving.  We lose our expectations for His work in our lives.  As you listen, allow your...