Common Ground Church of Sahuarita Podcast

In this week of The God Over My Valleys series, we explore the Valley of Hurt. This series has been focused on learning about the goodness and faithfulness of God and how we can rely on Him when we go through valleys in life. In this message, Pastor David dives into Psalm 23:3, which reads “He renews my strength.” Sometimes, we become lost or downcast. We are hurt and have no strength, but God is...

This week, we continue in the God Over My Valleys series learning about the faithfulness and goodness of God and how we can rely on Him when we go through valleys in life. Valleys happen. We face trials, hardships, and low points, but God is good and He will take care of us in our valleys. Last week, we focused on the promise that “God is the source of everything you need.” This week, we are going...

This week, we continue in the God Over My Valleys series with a message titled, “The God That Meets Our Needs.” Psalm 23 shows us the goodness and faithfulness of God . When times of trouble come along, Psalm 23 reminds us that we can lean into God and trust in Him to get us through. In this week’s message, Pastor David highlights the promise that “God is the source of everything you need.”  You c...

This is the final message in the Heaven Set series. We hope that you have enjoyed this series as we've explored what the Bible has to say about Heaven. This series' key passage is Colossians 3:1-2 which encourages us to set our hearts, minds, and sights on the realities of Heaven. This message explores how the realities of Heaven can give us strength, confidence, joy, and hope as we live our lives...

In this message, Pastor Ben Barfield uses the story of Peter's Escape from Prison and emotional testimony from Common Ground Church to highlight the enormous power of earnest, persistent prayer. Prayer is work. It's our primary work. Even in desperate times, prayer is powerful! Pastor Ben Barfield is the founding pastor of Common Ground Church. He now works for the North American Mission Board Sen...

This is the third message in the new series, Heaven Set. Heaven Set is going to take us into God's Word to learn what He says about Heaven. This week's message explores the realities of Heaven. The core passage of the series is Colossians 3:1-2 which reads, "Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at Go...

This is the second message in the new series, Heaven Set. Heaven Set is going to take us into God's Word to explore what He says about Heaven. This week's message explores what Heaven is Not. The core passage of the series is Colossians 3:1-2 which reads, "Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’...

This is the first message in the new series, Heaven Set. Heaven Set is going to take us into God's Word to explore what He says about Heaven. This first message lays the foundation for the series and focuses on how we can spend eternity in Heaven. The core passage is Colossians 3:1-2 which reads, "Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where...

Today, we are finishing up with our series, "The Way of Love." In this series, we have been walking through 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 learning the characteristics of Godly Love and how to apply this love to our relationships. Godly love can transform our relationships with our spouses, our children, friends, and our church family to areas of restoration, healing, and growth. Not to mention, we are call...

Today, we are finishing our series “The Way of Love”. If you have been with us through this series, what we have been talking about is how to practice a Godly love in our important relationships like our marriages, and families, and friendships. The Apostle Paul tells us to… Follow the way of love…(1 Cor. 14:1) And the way of love is a lifestyle of action, commitment, choice, and character. It is...

Today, we are going to focus in on 1 Cor. 13:7 to understand what love always does. Paul says, "It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." (1 Cor. 13:7). And from this "always" of love, here is the overarching truth that I want you to grasp… Love is Always Responsible Jesus gave us the commandment to love. He said, “A new command I give you: Love one another." (John 13:34...

In this series, we are looking at how love can transform our marriages and the relationships that are all around us. And the kind of love that we are looking at in this series not any kind of love. It is not love as defined by our culture or defined by our experience. We are instead looking at love from the perspective of the Apostle Paul’s directive in 1 Corinthians 14:1. Paul says this…"Follow t...

In this series, we are looking at how love can transform our marriages and the relationships that are all around us. And the kind of love that we are looking at in this series not any kind of love. It is not love as defined by our culture or defined by our experience. We are instead looking at love from the perspective of the Apostle Paul’s directive in 1 Corinthians 14:1. Paul says this…"Follow t...