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What would you say to you if you met you? An interesting question we’ll explore on this episode.

This is an episode about getting your heart back! I hope it encourages you.

In this episode, I hope to provoke your thinking as to what makes life worth living....we have to have a cause that is far greater than ourselves.

The gospel invites us to work from a place of God’s favor rather than wearing ourselves out, trying to earn it.

Most of us have a tendency to work in the systems of our lives, but rarely do we work on them. I hope this episode encourages you to take a step back and analyze the systems you currently have in place.

I was 17 or 18, sort of believed in God and finally came to the end of my rope. Here are some reflections on what I consider to be the first prayer I ever prayed.

The gospel of Jesus Christ can be understood and presented in many different ways. In this episode, I’ll share a perspective that’s relatively new to me and I’d love to hear your feedback back at chrisrusso@seacoast.org.

All of us face a daily temptation to act like we’ve got it all together and in this episode, I address fighting this temptation head on and embracing an attitude of personal growth.

When it comes to problem solving, many of us have a tendency to want to bury our heads in the sand knowing this ultimately won’t work out in the long run. Let’s learn together how to confront our issues head on!

The life God invites us into isn’t always easy, but it’s also not always supposed to feel like obligation. Let’s explore this some together in this episode.

With all the different goals and all the different resolutions, let’s remember to keep the main thing, the main thing as we move into 2020!

For a long time, I’ve had a tendency to think about the future as if it were me against the world. As lonely and challenging as that mentality is, I found a strange kind of pseudo-strength in it. Recently, I’ve begun to identify this way of thinking as unhealthy and unproductive. Here are some quick reflections on that.

On Christmas, we celebrate and recognize the initiation of the greatest rescue mission the world has ever seen. Merry Christmas!

Sometimes we are looking for a way out of our situation when fulfillment will only come when we see our situation with a different perspective

Thoughts on how to embrace and grow from the feedback we get on a daily basis.

Opportunities to bless others are all around us, all the time...we just have to learn to notice them.

Let’s make sure we take time to celebrate God’s faithfulness in the busyness of this season.

Thoughts on being still and quiet before God.

Going to church can be seen in countless ways. In this episode, I share some thoughts and motivation that you may have not considered before. Have a great day!

Our hearts, for better or for worse, have a lot to do with the course of our lives and...they are under attack. We’ll explore this more in this episode.

There are certain things we devote our time to here on earth that won’t matter at all on the other side. In this short episode, my aim is to help rivet our attention on what ultimately matters most.

Our prayers matter more than we realize. We’ll explore this briefly in this episode.

What I’m most grateful for this chilly Monday morning (-;

Thoughts on identity in Christ.

Thoughts about zooming out in the different areas of our lives and making sure we are looking at the bigger picture.