Calvary Christian Center Yuba City Podcast

Send us Fan Mail God will always take us through a process before He uses us for His glory... and in that process, we will discover our spiritual D.N.A.: the 3 major steps in the life-transforming process that prepares us for leadership in God's Kingdom.

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful message about families, Pastor teaches various reasons why people, including our own family members, resist surrendering their lives to Jesus and live in spiritual darkness. Many of these reasons keep people from coming to church at all... therefore, we must go to where they are!

Send us Fan Mail The Holy Spirit's work in our lives brings us to salvation... and so much more! God sent us the Holy Spirit for several powerful reasons, including: to reveal Jesus in our lives and to be His witnesses in this world. And it truly takes God's supernatural power to live victoriously in this world!

Send us Fan Mail Jochebed was a woman of faith. She built an ark - a fortified wall of protection - around Moses to protect him from the ravenous crocodiles of the Nile. Today, although our children are targeted by hell itself, our Moms - and Dads - must also stand in faith and work diligently to build an ark around our own children that no enemy can penetrate!

Send us Fan Mail God has given us pastors to be watchmen - men and women who will boldly and lovingly declare God's truth, judgment and mercy. Pastor Ciociola delivers a message of both compassion and conviction: There are no shortcuts in our walk with God! In order to make it in these dangerous times, we must be continuously cleaning out the sin in our lives and seeking God's face.

Send us Fan Mail God set the tone for the entire universe - and our own lives - with the first 4 words of the entire Bible: "In the beginning God." God First - it is the very first of all principles. It is the foundation of all of Creation and the foundation of all Truth. And no matter the storm, it is the only foundation on which a victorious and successful family and life is built.

Send us Fan Mail Sooner or later, you will face your own 9/11/01, or 4/15/13. And when tragedy strikes, will you know what to do? David was faced with a sudden, heartbreaking moment in his life - in one crushing moment, it seemed that he had lost everything. But it was in that critical moment that David took 4 key steps that transformed a time of tragedy into a time of triumph.

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes our journey toward God's destiny for our lives... takes us for a season in the opposite direction! And these detours will take you through deserts - times of loneliness, pain and challenges that will make you or break you. But through it all, we are being prepared and strengthened for everything God has in store!

Send us Fan Mail David almost made a critical mistake before becoming king... until a beautiful and wise woman intervened and straightened out his thinking. Today, we have the church - also beautiful, wise and sent by God to get our thinking lined up with His Word and the big picture of His promises. Learn in this message how to avoid the trap of majoring on the minors!

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wondered why Easter matters? The power of Jesus' resurrection changed so much... it changed EVERYTHING. The message of Easter is that nothing can separate you from God's love... not even death itself. In your darkest moments, greatest struggles and weaknesses... always remember that Easter is for you. Jesus got up from the grave - for you!!

Send us Fan Mail Life is not behind you - Life is in front of you! There are many beautiful and powerful depictions of the cross of Christ and what it means to us in our lives found in the Old Testament. Pastor Ciociola teaches from some of these stunning portraits the charge that we are given: to not touch dead works of the past and to move forward in the new life He purchased for you with His bl...

Send us Fan Mail Although painted on the backdrop of very dark times, Ruth's story is a stunning and priceless portrait of God's Redeeming Love for us. The Book of Ruth is filled with characters that have much to say to us as they each play their roles in this powerful picture of Divine Love.

Send us Fan Mail God expects the best for you... and the best FROM you. Although you may only see smallness in your life ... God sees and expects greatness. And when we spend time with Jesus and give him everything we have... it will happen!

Send us Fan Mail Jesus gives us a peek into the very character of God the Father in the timeless parable: The Prodigal Son. Pastor teaches 3 powerful points illustrated in this poignant story, including the critical tie between walking in brotherly love and walking in light and fellowship with the Father, and the inevitable result of selfless love and forgiveness: Joy!

Send us Fan Mail Pick your friends carefully - your destiny is depending on it! As powerfully illustrated in the story of Amnon and Jonadab, our friends can make us - or tragically - break us. In this challenging message, Pastor teaches the critical tools for choosing friends wisely - and for evaluating what kind of a friend we are to others.

Send us Fan Mail The answer to the disintegration of the family just may surprise you! It is found in our First Commandment: to love God with all our heart, soul and mind. In this challenging message, Pastor will teach the life-changing effects of serving and loving God with all of our hearts, the devastating ramifications of half-hearted love - and what it means to love God in 3-D!

Send us Fan Mail Whether you are aware of it or not, you are influencing others around you - for good or bad. And your influence will live far longer then you will... leading others to follow in your steps. The critical question that God challenges us to ask ourselves: where will our footprints take them?

Send us Fan Mail The only battle really going on.. is the one between your ears for your mind. Our minds are powerful tools - both God and the enemy know that whoever controls the thought-life, controls the outcome of the entire life. The critical question we must ask ourselves: Who is truly in control? The answer: whoever we're handing the camera of our minds to.