Family Life Christian Center Podcast

Enjoy this "5 Minute Fuel" by Susan Barrow, an Elder here at Family Life. If you enjoyed this message, please review and share this message with someone who needs it. Connect with us at www. FamilyLife.cc If you would like to support our mission financially, here are some ways you can donate to our church: Tap the text to the right to give via our Church Center App . Venmo/Zelle: Send to...

Enjoy this "5 Minute Fuel" by Mike Schuster, an Elder at Family Life. If you enjoyed this message, please review and share this message with someone who needs it. Connect with us at www. FamilyLife.cc If you would like to support our mission financially, here are some ways you can donate to our church: Tap the text to the right to give via our Church Center App . Venmo/Zelle: Send to inf...

Enjoy this "5 Minute Fuel" about Palm Sunday by Kristine Aikenhead, an Elder & Trustee at Family Life. If you enjoyed this message, please review and share this message with someone who needs it. Connect with us at www. FamilyLife.cc If you would like to support our mission financially, here are some ways you can donate to our church: Tap the text to the right to give via our Church...

This Resurrection Sunday we discuss the true significance of the resurrection. Romans 10:9 says “If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” I would like to propose to you today that it matters that you believe that He has risen. The wisdom of scripture isn’t enough unless you believe that Jesus is alive. After a...

What does it look like to go to war with other spirits? And also, is really a war if the battle is already won? Maybe spiritual warfare is less about fighting and more about letting our enemies know that the battle is already won. Today Danny Hochstatter concludes his series by presenting an often unconsidered approach to winning the spiritual war. If you enjoyed this message, please review and sh...

If the goal is that we be transformed into the image and likeness of Christ (2 Corinthians 3:18), then it is important that we know, not only what he looks like, but also His "likeness." What is God really like? Today Natalie Hochstatter leads us through the bounty of scriptures that point to God's nature. If you enjoyed this message, please review and share this message with someone...

The story of Legion shows us that many spirits may offer us freedom but always at a terrible cost. The Holy Spirit is the only spirit capable of offering us true freedom, not as slaves but as sons and daughters of the living God.  Today Danny Hochstatter leads us in helping to elevate the Spirit of God within us to the highest seat of authority amongst our inner council. If you enjoyed this m...

This is a mini-message presented by one of our church elders, Becki Bustin. Enjoy! If you enjoyed this message, please review and share this message with someone who needs it. Connect with us at www. FamilyLife.cc If you would like to support our mission financially, here are some ways you can donate to our church: Tap the text to the right to give via our Church Center App . Venmo/Zelle: Send to...

This is a mini-message taught by our very own JC Aikenhead. Enjoy! If you enjoyed this message, please review and share this message with someone who needs it. Connect with us at www. FamilyLife.cc If you would like to support our mission financially, here are some ways you can donate to our church: Tap the text to the right to give via our Church Center App . Venmo/Zelle: Send to info@familylife....

This is a mini-message by our member care coordinator, Kristin Sauer. If you enjoyed this message, please review and share this message with someone who needs it. Connect with us at www. FamilyLife.cc If you would like to support our mission financially, here are some ways you can donate to our church: Tap the text to the right to give via our Church Center App . Venmo/Zelle: Send to info@familyli...

There is a council of voices within you. Your emotions, your fears, your vices, your memories, they all speak. These voices can be conceptualized as "Spirits" within you, in that they all have their own goals, beliefs, and patterns of behavior. The question is this: Of all the "Spirits" within you, which one is in charge? If you have accepted Jesus into your heart, then His Holy Spirit lives withi...

Even on a molecular level, opposites attract but they don't stay together unless they are transformed. Once molecules are drawn together, they must shift, share, or lose pieces of themselves in order to form a stable bond with another molecule. Turns out, relationships are the same way! By allowing our relationships to influence us, we can be shaped into the best possible version of ourselves just...

Knowing the Word of God is not the same as believing the Word of God. And believing the Word of God is not the same as declaring and standing firm on the Word of God. By planting our feet firmly on God's Word, we allow the live-giving wisdom within to bear fruit in our lives. Today John King brings a powerful and encouraging word. If you enjoyed this message, please review and share this message w...

While the Holy Spirit is 1/3rd of who God is, many people seem to know very little about Him. This is a brief introduction to the Holy Spirit of God and how we are meant to interact with Him in our lives. Natalie Hochstatter gives a brief overview of the Holy Spirit today. If you enjoyed this message, please review and share this message with someone who needs it. Connect with us at www. FamilyLif...

It is the story that we believe about ourselves that determines how we interpret each moment of our lives. When we know how our story ends, it enables us to see our current circumstance as just another chapter between here and the pre-determined victory at the end of the story. This gives us hope, adds meaning to our suffering, and helps us not lose sight of what God is doing in us and through us....

We cannot fulfill our highest calling in Christ without Christ. He is the one who assigns us our destiny and the one who empowers us to fulfill it. We cannot grasp the whole picture or discern our next steps unless we ask God what to do next. By learning how to maintain an open dialogue with God, we can get moment-to-moment instructions from our heavenly coach about what to do next. We cannot affo...

Hearing the Voice of God is critical to us knowing who we are and where we are going. Developing this skill will help us find our place in the family of God and in the world at large.  Joe Barlow today teaches us to tap into this crucial radio frequency and hear God directly. If you enjoyed this message, please review and share this message with someone who needs it. Connect with us at www. F...

There is an ancient process that transforms a seed into a tree. It doesn't take a miracle, it just requires patience and trust. Trust in the process and trust in the one who created the process. Water, soil, and sunshine, day after day after day, and there will be a tall, strong tree that will bear fruit for weeks, years, maybe even generations to come. All you have to do is be patient... and trus...

On Christmas day, we celebrate Immanuel, God WITH us. God loved us so much that He stepped into our story, arriving as a humble child, to lead us back to the Father. Jesus Christ is born and His mission is clear and it's all stated right there in the name "Jesus." This Christmas, Danny Hochstatter concludes this series on the names of God with the name above all names. If you enjoyed this message,...

In the wilderness, there was a pillar of fire to guide His people. On Christmas morning, there was a star. When Jesus walked the earth, HE was the light. But where is it now? Where is the light that guides us? The light that leads us to God? I'll give you a hint: It's closer than you think. Danny Hochstatter illustrates this powerful, biblical theme and how it applies to us today. If you enjoyed t...

God is our Everlasting Father and one of the things that a father does is he sows seed. Whether physical or spiritual, the words and actions of a father can bring about life where there previously was none. Women, this gift is available to you as well.  Joe Barlow, a father of 7 children himself, expounds on this aspect of fatherhood today. If you enjoyed this message, please review and share...

Relationships are not always easy but they can be simple. By putting in a few simple practices, we can begin to remove most of the pain and dysfunction of our relationships and begin to experience mutually beneficial, life-giving relationships instead. These 4 steps are: 1. Develop Your Awareness. 2. Practice Assertive Communication. 3. Set Proper Boundaries. 4. Make Forgiveness a Daily Habit. Nat...

Gratitude can transform the world around us. Through this one simple shift in our thinking, our emotions, our relationships, our careers, and even our physical health begins to improve. Gratitude adds value to the things in our life as we recognize the good around us and humbly acknowledge that most (if not all) of the good in our lives has come from outside of ourselves. This one simple practice...

How do we respond when tragedy strikes, when we are thrust into uncertainty, and faced with the contrast between "how it went" and "how it was supposed to go." While there is much that we don't know about God, there is quite a bit that we DO know and it is those certainties that comfort us in the midst of great and painful uncertainty. Israel, God's chosen people, are those who "wrestle with God."...

Many people make it to the end of their entire life without truly knowing friendship. The ancients mostly agreed that Friendship was one of the most transcendent and profound forms of love and yet more modern minds seem to say very little about it. Jesus said " There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends .” (John 15:13) It's interesting that the greatest love in NOT foun...