Captivate Podcast

There are many metaphors that God uses to describe His role in the universe. God calls Himself Father, Shepherd, Friend, Groom, King, and many others. Some of God’s titles are harder to understand, but there is one role that is easy to understand, and yet is very hard to accept. This week we looked at the challenge and comfort of God being our General.

Both comforter and provider are parts of God's person that are likely easy to understand and accept, but often we lack the practical tools it takes to experience these sides of God and the breakthrough that comes with allowing Him to take these roles in our lives. This week we continued our series by discussing what it means for God to be our comforter and our provider.

We all have misconceptions about God. Our experiences create biases in us that we often use (intentionally or not) to inform our view of God. If we want to see God clearly, with unveiled faces, it requires breaking down these ideas and learning who God truly is. This week we opened up the conversation by exploring what it means for God to be our father in a message titled, “The Prodigal Father”.

Sharing Jesus with others and inviting them to church is not always easy in the culture we live in. However, passion is the most important ingredient towards ending spiritual loneliness. This week we learned that passion is the fuel that gets us through the discomfort as we hunger and long to see those around us experience our Jesus in a message titled, “Save Your Tears”.

Friendship is a vital, but often-overlooked ingredient to living a vibrant spiritual life. True friends help keep us accountable, they offer support, and they point us back to Jesus. This week we looked at the importance of having and keeping true friends in a message titled, “True Friendship”. Join us for service online every Sunday at 8am, 9:30am, 11am, & 12:30pm (PST). If you’re in San Dieg...

In the ancient world of the Bible, cities had walls surrounding them to provide protection from enemies. When the wall was breached, the city was vulnerable to destruction and the only way to secure it was for people to risk their lives by literally standing in the gap in the wall and fighting the enemy. Here we learn that God calls us to stand in the gap for others. This week our panel discussed...

Apathy can strip us of our spiritual fervor and cause us to never take a step forward in our walk with God. However, scripture shows us that God calls us to exactly the opposite. We are called to be risk-takers, agents of change, and to bring hope and light to an increasingly dark world. This week we learned the causes of apathy and how we can combat apathy in our own lives in a message titled, “A...

Many times in scripture, as men and women of God ask Him to move in the supernatural, they give in the natural. They sacrifice to partner with God. This week during “Sacrifice Sunday” we had a family moment of prayer, testimonies, extended worship, and heard a word about sacrifice and partnering with God to bring revival! Join us for service online every Sunday at 8am, 9:30am, 11am, & 12:30pm...

One of the great names of God in scripture is “Jehovah-Jireh,” which means “God our provider.” Sometimes it’s hard in life to trust him as our provider. But this name of God sets us free from that burden! This week we studied the story in the Bible where God first receives this name and what it means for us in a message titled “Jireh: Is He Enough?” Join us for service online every Sunday at 8am,...

This weekend we shared Captivate’s future vision and conviction to continue to End Spiritual Loneliness in San Diego. We shared the what, where, who, when, and how to get involved. We can’t wait to see how God will move!

We learn in scripture that honor is truly one of the love languages of God, but it is being lost in our world. The Bible teaches us that we honor God when we honor others. This Mother’s Day weekend we learned how honor can unlock God’s blessings in our lives in a message title “The Flavor or Honor”.

In Part 4 of “The Christian Atheist”, we learned how we often protect the idols that become a normal part of our lifestyle. But the Holy Spirit invades our lives to set us free, not by giving us more of what we think we need, but rather freeing us from the belief that we need these idols at all. This week we discussed how Jesus wants to free us from loving things that will not love us back in a me...

In our series, “The Christian Atheist”, we learned we were created to need attention from God and that the Bible is very clear about what kind of life God gives and does not give attention to. This week we talked all about attention-seeking behavior in a message titled “Does Anyone See Me?”.

In our series "The Christian Atheist”, we're discussing how deep down we know God loves us, but we often lack the belief that God has anything to say to us. This week we talked about how we can clearly hear God’s voice in a message titled “Fighting to Listen”.

This week we opened up our series, “The Christian Atheist”with a message about the struggle of taking back control from God. We discussed what happens when we do this and what our role really should be as it relates to control in our lives.

Jesus said 7 statements as he hung on the cross for us. They were all powerful and expressed his true motivation. One of the final statements Jesus said was, "It is Finished." But even though Jesus told us this, sometimes in life we don't feel like "it is finished." We often feel like there is much more work to do, proving ourselves, searching for deeper meaning or purpose, and trying to become mo...

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We will unpack the very unconventional style of Jesus witnessing to non-believers, who were very much doubting and struggling with faith. If you ever feel over your head or under-qualified when it comes to telling people about eternity, death, salvation, etc. know that is a normal feeling! But what Jesus models to us in scripture is a very different and refreshing way to boldly share our faith wit...

“Do not judge.” It’s one of the most famous verses in the Bible, even for those who’ve never stepped foot inside of a church. But what does that really mean? What do we do with the judgmental spirit often found within us? This week we’re continuing our series, GoTwo by unpacking this passage in Matthew 7. We’ll learn what it looks like to put and end to our judgment of others, but also how to go t...

This weekend we are pumped to be launching a new series, "Go Two.” Jesus teaches us to fall in love with the world but not its ways. This life often teaches us to think in ways like “an eye for an eye” or if you hurt me then I’ll hurt you. But the Kingdom of God flips our world’s thinking completely upside down. In this series we are excited to study the Bible and let scripture reshape the way we...

We are excited to debunk a common myth in church that some of us have a small assignment from God and others have a large assignment from God. The reality is, God doesn't give small assignments. We get to bring Jesus into our work spaces no matter where that is. Everything we do for God is spiritual, whether in church or out of church. 

This Sunday we’re wrapping up “Love that Lasts” with a panel of couples and individuals on our staff talking all about how we actually live out and practice the concepts and principles that we’ve learned so far.

The reality is, lust is one of the most prevalent issues in our world and our spiritual lives. Lust often shows up as a psychological force that produces an appetite that can literally make us do things that go against what we believe and value. This weekend I will unpack how to fight this, where it comes from, and the purposes of sex. 

What does the Word say about building a romance that will last? We learn in scripture that God has a specific order to building love that is very different than the culture we find ourselves in. In Sunday's message I can't wait to unpack what that is to help all of the married, single, and dating people in our church family have satisfying intimate relationships.

If we want to experience healthy marriages and relationships, it starts with the realization that God has made us whole and healthy and complete as individuals. This week, we talk about it looks like to be secure in the person that God made us to be in a message we’re calling, The Person Before The Partner.