Horizon West Church Podcast

Thank you for joining us for this week's message! We are continuing the story of Joseph today, focusing this week on Genesis chapter 41. Last week, we saw how Joseph allowed God to use him, even when he was in jail, to provide answers to two fellow prisoners. This week, we see Joseph, still in jail and forgotten by the one he helped -- it's not fair! Still, Joseph was faithful to God as he waited...

Thank you for joining us for this week's message! We are continuing the story of Joseph today, focusing on chapters 39 and 49 of the book of Genesis. Once again, Joseph found himself in unfair circumstances, this time in jail in Egypt. Once again, Joseph remained faithful and obedient to God, and God opened opportunities for Joseph to glorify God by helping his captors and fellow prisoners. As Pas...

Thank you for joining us for this week's message! We've all been thirsty before, so we can imagine how thirsty Jesus felt, sitting by a well in Samaria in the middle of the day. When he asked a woman who had come to the well for a drink, she was surprised that Jesus would talk with her given her ethnicity and background, but Jesus doesn't let differences separate us from Him. He also gave her what...

Thank you for joining us for this week's message! We are continuing our study of the life of Joseph from the book of Genesis. Last week's message discussed obstacles that Joseph had to overcome, and today's message discusses temptations that Joseph had to avoid. They ways that Joseph resisted these temptations give us three approaches that we can use to resist temptation. The first is to put our d...

Thank you for joining us for this week's message! Today's message begins a series on the life of Joseph, recorded in the book of Genesis starting in chapter 37. Joseph was the eleventh of twelve sons born to Jacob, the grandson of Abraham, and his relationship with his older brothers was difficult. In the stories given in Genesis and in this sermon series, we see how God used the difficulties in J...

Thank you for joining us for this week's message! Today's message is the third and final one in a series of messages on spiritual transformation. In this message, Pastor Chris teaches us that the two "producers" of spiritual formation are the human soul and the Holy Spirit. In the earlier messages, we saw how our heart and our character produce our actions. We add to this model four dimensions of...

Thank you for joining us for this week's message! Today's message is the second in a series of messages Pastor Chris is delivering on spiritual transformation. Pastor Chris describes for us four dimensions of our spiritual lives and four spiritual practices to strengthen these dimensions. He also provides for us a sequence we can follow in improving our spiritual practices so that we are developin...

Thank you for joining us for this week's message! Today. we consider two times that Jesus told Simon Peter to cast his fishing nets, and these two miracles provide us insight on how we are called to be disciples of Jesus. This calling requires us to develop a new affection for what Jesus calls us to do, a renewed vision of what Jesus will do, and an outward mission to surrender to and obey Jesus....

Thank you for joining us for this week's message! Pastor Chris teaches us a powerful lesson on the purpose of the church, which is to support believers in being transformed into the image of Jesus. This transformation comes through grace from God; we cannot do it on our own. However, God will not work in us without our engagement and involvement. When we actively seek for God to transform us, God...

Thank you for joining us for this week's message! On this Mother's Day Sunday, Nikki Ogden shares some of her experiences in motherhood and faith. She provides three lessons from Jesus' prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane that apply to all of us and can provide special strength for mothers: Engage in the spiritual, Surrender the outcome to God, and Trust in God's faithfulness. She also provided a h...

Thank you for joining us for this week's message! Pastor Chris finishes the Cancelled series of messages by examining the attitudes and actions of the older son in the Parable of the Prodigal Son given to us in Luke 15. When any of us grow "comfortable" in our faith, we are at risk of feeling the resentments expressed by the older so, so we need to remind ourselves of the forgiveness we receive co...

Thank you for joining us for this week's message! Pastor William speaks about growing up in Nigeria and how God led him and his family to serve as missionaries in Nigeria. From his experiences, Paster William also shares three key aspects of how God engages with us: working FOR us, working IN us, and working THROUGH us. If you prayed to make Jesus your Lord today, we want to rejoice with you! If y...

Thank you for joining us for this week's message! The parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15 teaches us about God's eagerness to forgive us. The parable also shows us how to repent and turn away from our sinful behavior, and we know we all have had times when we needed to turn around and ask God to restore our relationship with Him. If you prayed to make Jesus your Lord today, we want to rejoice w...

Thank you for joining us for this week's message! The parable of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15 teaches us about God's eagerness to forgive us, and how profound that forgiveness is for we who need it. By comparing this parable with the parable in Matthew 18 used with last week's message, we learn how we, too, should be eager to forgive others. If you prayed to make Jesus your Lord today, we want to r...

Thank you for joining us for this week's message! People have always been quick to judge and condemn others, and we see that in our present society in the eagerness to "cancel" others. Jesus taught a radically different way of relationships, where we are to forgive others, just as God has shown grace and mercy to us. If you prayed to make Jesus your Lord today, we want to rejoice with you! If you...

Thank you for joining us for this Easter Sunday service at Horizon West Church! We know that life today can be challenging, frustrating, and even painful. In the crucifixion and resurrection we commemorate at Easter, God through Jesus assures us that life won't always be this way, for Jesus is our source of abundant life, both now and forever! If you prayed to make Jesus your Lord today, we want t...

Thank you for joining us for this Palm Sunday service at Horizon West Church! Today's message centers on the passage in John 8 where Jesus identifies Himself as the Light of the World. We know we need light, we know light is good for us, but when we have something we want to keep hidden, we pull away from the Light. Listen as Pastor Chris teaches us how the Light shows us the way to wholeness and...

Thank you for joining us at Horizon West Church! In biblical times, shepherds would allow their sheep to graze during the day, then find a safe place, like a cave, for the sheep to stay at night when predators hunted. The shepherd would stay at the mouth of the cave overnight, using himself as the door to the cave, to ensure that the sheep did not wander off and that no wolves could enter the cave...

Thank you for joining us at Horizon West Church! In today's passage from John 10, Jesus described three characteristics of a great leader. As Jesus teaches us, a great leader is committed to care for his followers, is able to protect his followers, and is willing to sacrifice for his followers. In Jesus' day, those who claimed to be the great leaders of the Jewish temple didn't practice any of the...

Thank you for joining us at Horizon West Church! One of the most memorable miracles in Jesus' ministry is when He fed 5000 people with just a boy's lunch of bread and fish. As he uses this miracle to teach people about Himself, he explains that He is the bread of life: the bread that sustains, the bread that never spoils, and the bread that satisfies. In today's message, Pastor Chris explains the...

Thank you for joining us at Horizon West Church! In John 15, Jesus uses a familiar scene, that of gardeners tending grape vines, to teach His followers about our relationship with Him and with God. Jesus describes us as branches attached to Himself as the True Vine, with God as the gardener tending the plant. Jesus' illustration and teachings show how valuable it is for us to be attached to the Tr...

Thank you for joining us at Horizon West Church! Today's message comes from John 14, where Jesus describes himself to his disciples as "the way, and the truth, and the life." This promise applies to us, too. Jesus is our guide to what is best for us, and we can trust Jesus because of the joy we see in others who have followed Him faithfully and humbly. In Jesus' own life, we see the model He has f...

Thank you for joining us at Horizon West Church! Today we start a new series of messages on who Jesus is, based on seven scriptures from the gospel of John. In this message, we look at John 8:12-20 when Jesus called himself the "I Am." Not only does this statement identify Jesus as one with God, it shows us our source of hope today. Jesus was not merely a historical figure; He is with us now, love...

Thank you for joining us at Horizon West Church! Today's message is based on the second chapter of Paul's letter to the Ephesians to consider the good news of our salvation. In this message, Pastor Sócrates walks us through these verses to understand what we are saved FROM, what we are saved BY, and what we are saved FOR. Our new everlasting life in Christ Jesus saves us from the spiritual death b...

Thank you for joining us at Horizon West Church! Today, we're completing our year-long study of Paul's first letter to the church in Corinth. In chapter 16 of First Corinthians, we learn Paul's teaching of how we get ourselves ready for God to move in our lives, our church, and our communities. There are five preparations we need to make: we need to be ready to give, ready to serve, ready to stand...