GARDEN CHURCH Podcast

Continuing our study through the gospel of Luke, we discover God blessing and using the most unlikely person because of her willingness to participate in God's plans.

Make A Budget- Anything you buy on sale with a credit card after the first month is no longer on sale. Practice Simplicity Invite God into Every Conversation about money. Spend less than what you make.

Money is a gage- where is your heart? The Heavens' 1) Space around us 2)Universe 3)Where God Dwells Focusing on food (temp needs) than you will also be temp. "It's like carpeting your tent." Be responsible, and give, to people with no strings attached

Challenge yourself to live as close to Jesus Christ as possible. Suffering happens as The Word spreads. Give (time, energy, & resources) to people you know and don't know. It doesn't take money to be wealthy. You can have lots of money and be poor. Money and generosity are two different things.

Money is not the problem, it is a marker. It's what the money represents that is the issue. The best way to push back is to loosen up on that what has a tight hold. We are built to give because it is what works.

Marriage is symbolic. God wants us to receive Him. He has done everything for us. God is key.

If you base success on the other person, you will fail. Sex doesn't make you a woman, but it can make you a baby. Her love is a ceramic seal that when broken, is noticeable. Don't awaken love until you are ready for it. Are you a person who can follow your word?

3 Types of Love: Raya- Love through friendship- foundational Ahava- Most profound love- leads to commitment Dode- reserved for marriage- physical love

He honors her no. So important to know how to resolve conflicts. Conflict usually comes from fear. Revenge says a lot about the person not the person who hurt you.

Lust is being owned by something you can’t conceive being content without. Freedom isn’t being able to have whatever you crave. Freedom is going without whatever you crave and being fine with it.

!)Sex is romantic 2)Sex is life giving 3)Sex is sensual 4)Sex is holy 5)Sex is responsive 6)Sex is "oneness" Learn what makes your partner happy. Sex outside the marriage is counterfeit, the only real sex is inside a marriage.

There are narrow parameters where sexuality is good. Outside those parameters it goes terribly wrong. Resist the pervasive culture that adults have sex. Our primary identity is, first, a disciple of God, not single or married. How sexual you are and how young you were when you became sexual, determines future sexual patterns.

Be Holy Pure and Blameless The Songs of Solomon are over 3,000 years old. There are 3 characters- Beloved- She Lover- he, the man friends- daughters, community

Have you ever felt in over your head? When you say, "Yes," to God your life changes. Many times we are the answer to our own prayers. He uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things.

This is the final sermon in the series, "Becoming Fully Alive." Darren discusses our anxieties and fears which stem from our choice between God and Money or Mammon.

Stand and Step Out for you cause- Jesus. Have passion and feel the burden of and for your cause. We all have a purpose- a Divine Cause. We must GO and DO what God expects

You do not have to earn your salvation. Be healed and go and do the good works of Him. Society has taught us to focus on ourselves- this is our FLESH. We should not value ourself more than others.

We must question our motive, is it coming from Love or Seeking Approval? As a church, we need to be ONE whole not 400 individuals. God provides comfort through Love. He wants us to experience tenderness, likemindedness, and compassion with and for one another.

4 Steps To Forgiveness 1) Pain-where is it? 2) Invite Jesus into the pain 3)Ritual of Release- release all involved 4) Recalibration-realing yourself with Christ our Savior

Family and parenting is difficult, but we are designed to do this. The family relationship is made by design from God to define us. relationship.

What is important in life? Align and calibrate yourself with Him. Circumstances make a difference in our life. "My grace is enough for you."

An idol is the perversion of a good thing. It makes you feel 10 ft tall. It demands sacrifice. We develop a philosophy to justify it. It kills you. What are your idols?

Loving yourself must be rooted through God. 5 Emotions- 2 positive- love & joy 3 protector- Fear-Sadness-Anger

Partner with God to be the best person we can be. God Created us, humans, separately than anything else To love yourself and rest in your Identity is a main goal.

What type of God do you worship? Over 600 laws- in all- we are to love others the way we love God and ourselves. Matthew 11:28-30