Pursuing God with Gene Appel

There are a couple habits that frequently happen to many followers of Jesus....without us even realizing it. Thankfully, by God’s grace, we can throw off whatever it is that hinders us and find grace for the sin that has us entangled so easily.  Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s c...

What hinders you spiritually? In today’s devotion, Gene shares two common barriers that pull us away from being fully devoted followers of Christ. If we’re going to persevere, we must first eliminate the things that are dragging us down. Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s convictio...

2020 has been maybe the most difficult year many of us have ever encountered -- to keep persevering, to keep moving forward, to keep our faith. This week, Gene focuses on perseverance and how we can apply Hebrews 12:1 in our lives. Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that...

How do we talk about the hard stuff without bringing death to a relationship or damaging one another? John 1:1 says that Jesus was full of grace AND truth. Speaking the truth, in love, makes us more like Christ. Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for...

How often do you give words of affection to those you love? We should speak sincere and loving words to each other as God has spoken to us. In Jeremiah 31:3, God says: “I have loved you with an everlasting love.” Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for...

We can all be more intentional about sharing words of affirmation in our relationships. Ephesians 4:29 says that the only thing coming out of our mouths ought to be helpful for building others up. Don’t underestimate the power of affirmations. Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s con...

With His words, God created the world. God uses words to bring light and life. Each of us are the product of the words spoken over our lives. Are we going to use the power of our words to bring life to those around us or to wreck them?  Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction...

The words that we speak have power, and every day we have a choice in how we use that power. Proverbs 18:21 says, “The tongue has the power of life and death.” This week, Gene focuses on how we can use our words to bless one another in our relationships, families, communities, and church. Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grou...

How do you live with an awareness of God all throughout your day? Our minds are shaped by our thoughts. When we feed our minds with thoughts about God, we begin to sense His grace and power in our lives. Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone...

How is it that two people can see the same thing so differently? In today’s devotion, Gene shares the enormous power thoughts have over our lives. Colossians 3:2 says, “Set your mind on things above, not on earthly things.” Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s g...

While there have been many great battles to fight in 2020, the greatest battle most of us have fought this year is the battle in our mind. The way we live is inevitably a reflection of the way we think . In order to allow God to transform us, we must do our part by renewing our mind. Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded...

When you have guilt in your past that is unresolved, unconfessed, or unforgiven, it morphs into shame. Thankfully the Bible tells us that anyone who belongs to Christ is a new person. “The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that G...

All too often we wear the label for something we did or for something that was done to us. Many times these things from our past become spiritual roadblocks in our lives. This week, Gene teaches about allowing God to transform us into the best versions of ourselves through the renewing of our minds. Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compa...

Worship is responding to all that God is with all that we are . In this devotion, Gene encourages listeners to daily express deep gratitude to God; because everything we have is a gift from Him.  Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God’s grace is for everyone, each e...

How can we be grateful for everything living in an imperfect world? Even through tragedy, we can learn to be grateful for the ways God works through these challenging times. We must learn to be grateful for everything because everything is a gift from God. Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by E...

Giving thanks in all circumstances means giving thanks, even in times of frustration, anxiety or uncertainty. Today’s devotion focuses on developing a defiant gratitude: being thankful even when things don’t turn out the way we hoped and prayed. Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s c...

Why do we fall for the myth that when our external conditions and circumstances are just right , then, and only then, we will be full of lasting gratitude? You and I must learn to be grateful right now, on this day. Because if we can’t be grateful right now, we probably never will be. Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded...

In a difficult year like 2020, Gene kicks off his brand new daily podcast by speaking on the power of gratitude in our lives. The Bible doesn’t say give thanks for all circumstances, but we can give thanks in all circumstances. Pursuing God with Gene Appel is designed to help you pursue God, build community, and unleash compassion. Grounded in Scripture and shaped by Eastside’s conviction that God...