Springcreek Church - Garland, TX Podcast

Send us Fan Mail HELPING YOUR CHILD EXPRESS ANGER APPROPRIATELY RATED PG: Parental Guidance Needed - Part 3 Springcreek Church | Senior Pastor Keith Stewart March 5, 2023 Learning to express anger appropriately is something all of us need, but some were never taught. Instead, we had parents who merely mirrored our intensity, shut us down & shut us up, or sometimes even escalated the conflict....

Send us Fan Mail CONNECTING CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES RATED PG: Parental Guidance Needed - Part 2 Springcreek Church | Senior Pastor Keith Stewart February 26, 2023 Teaching responsibility is one of the most important jobs of a parent. It’s what equips our child for life. Helping our children understand that they are in charge of the quality of their own life – that literally everything boils down...

Send us Fan Mail WHAT KIDS NEED MOST IN A PARENT RATED PG: Parental Guidance Needed - Part 1 Springcreek Church | Senior Pastor Keith Stewart February 19, 2023 Parents are often exhausted, stressed out, & under constant pressure. Clear up the confusion, relieve unrealistic expectations, & get focused on the essentials that enable our kids to become all that they were meant to be. DISCUSSIO...

Send us Fan Mail Springcreek Church | Dr. Jessica Fernandez, Lead Associate Pastor Wednesday, February 22, 2023 | 7PM CST https://www.springcreekchurch.org/easter/ #realspringcreekchurch #ashwednesday #lent

Send us Fan Mail HEALING THE WOUNDS OF BETRAYAL Springcreek Church | Dr. Jessica Fernandez, Lead Associate Pastor February 12, 2023 Betrayal, the breaking of a trust bond, runs deep. In this message, find a greater understanding of how to heal the wounds of betrayal and move forward in life with more strength and clarity as we look at the life of Hosea. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1.) Discuss the quote,...

Send us Fan Mail CONSUMMATING The Way – Part 5 Springcreek Church | Senior Pastor Keith Stewart February 5, 2023 We’ve been on a journey throughout this series looking at what it means to be a growing Christ-follower – a follower of the way. Now as the series wraps up, we turn our attention to the truly transformed soul and what the consummation of our journey looks like.  DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1.)...

Send us Fan Mail ADVANCING The Way – Part 4 Springcreek Church | Senior Pastor Keith Stewart January 29, 2023 In this series, we’ve been challenged to think of the beginnings of the spiritual life in ways we never have before.  This week, we learn what it takes to grow and mature as a follower of the Way. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1.) Discuss the quote, “Most Christians are educated way beyond their le...

Send us Fan Mail WALKING The Way – Part 3 Springcreek Church | Senior Pastor Keith Stewart January 22, 2023 In this week’s installment of The Way, we turn our attention to our part in spiritual growth. What does it mean to walk with God? How do we cooperate with what He’s doing? And are we practicing life’s sacred rhythm like Jesus modeled for us? I used to say all the time, “I learned all about G...

Send us Fan Mail EMBARKING The Way - Part 2 Springcreek Church | Senior Pastor Keith Stewart January 15, 2023 Last week, we were challenged to think of the beginning of our spiritual awakening as a pivot - a change in direction - a new orientation toward God. Having embarked on this journey, we begin to see more clearly the exact nature of our problems and how God meets us in our brokenness. As Go...

Send us Fan Mail SEARCHING The Way - Part 1 Springcreek Church | Senior Pastor Keith Stewart January 8, 2023 This first installment in our brand new series is to help you better understand how the journey into a new life following Jesus actually begins. No matter how far you may feel you need to travel to get to where you want to be, with God what matters most of all is the direction your life is...

Send us Fan Mail MAKE YOUR MARK Springcreek Church | Pastor Jessica Fernandez, Ph. D. January 1, 2023 Every new year causes us to think about the impact we want to have on the world. We want to do something that will cause us to be remembered, famous, or successful. In the Bible, Samson, a lifelong Nazarite who was set apart and devoted to God was given the gift of incredible strength, and yet man...

Send us Fan Mail This series on the minor characters of the Christmas story has been so well received and has so enriched our understanding and experience of Christmas that I decided to add a bonus message for our Christmas Day devotional. Simeon is the priest who blesses the newborn baby Jesus and with prophetic words confirming everything Mary and Joseph had been told. But Simeon is also a man w...

Send us Fan Mail INNKEEPER: HOW EASY IT IS TO MISS CHRISTMAS Christmas in a Minor Key – Part 4 Springcreek Church | Senior Pastor Keith Stewart December 24, 2022 On Christmas Eve, we wrap up our series on the minor characters in the Christmas story by looking at the innkeeper - a man never even mentioned by name. Bethlehem’s inn has become the most infamous of all hotels, not because of what happe...

Send us Fan Mail ELIZABETH: SPEAKING TO OUR FEAR AND SHAME Christmas in a Minor Key – Part 3 Springcreek Church | Senior Pastor Keith Stewart December 18, 2022 She’s just a minor character in the Christmas story but she has a major impact in how the saga unfolds. Elizabeth’s influence on the young, pregnant Mary is profound - speaking directly into her fear and shame. In fact, the conversation bet...

Send us Fan Mail SHEPHERDS: THE MARGINS RETURNED TO THE CENTER Christmas in a Minor Key – Part 2 Springcreek Church | Senior Pastor Keith Stewart December 11, 2022 When Christians don’t know the Christmas story as well as we think we do, we run the risk of turning Jesus’ birth into a fairytale or bedtime story. That is truly one of the worst things we could ever do to Christmas. The Christmas stor...

Send us Fan Mail HEROD: THE MAN WHO TRIED TO KILL CHRISTMAS Christmas in a Minor Key – Part 1 Springcreek Church | Senior Pastor Keith Stewart December 4, 2022 Herod is the Scrooge of the original Christmas story but whose heart never grows. He’s the man who tried to kill Christmas. If you really want to understand what Christmas is all about, you need to understand why the story of Herod is inclu...

Send us Fan Mail THIS WAY, THAT WAY, THE OTHER WAY God’s Will: Nothing More, Nothing Less, Nothing Else - Part 2 Springcreek Church | Senior Pastor Keith Stewart November 27, 2022  We want to take the mystery out of discovering & doing the will of God. Learn some of the major misconceptions about the will of God & about the essential markers needed in determining God’s leadership & dir...

Send us Fan Mail FIRST WORD, LAST WORD, GOD’S WORD God’s Will: Nothing More, Nothing Less, Nothing Else - Part 1 Springcreek Church | Senior Pastor Keith Stewart November 20, 2022 God’s will is easy to understand. There is no clearer articulation of the will of God than the one God has left us in His word. So before we can begin to explore how God might be leading us, we must begin with what we kn...

Send us Fan Mail ARE WE JUST TALKING TO OURSELVES? A Prayer Series for Non-Prayers - Part 4 Springcreek Church | Senior Pastor Keith Stewart November 13, 2022 Are we just talking to ourselves when we pray? No! Prayer is a two-way conversation between us and God – where we both speak and listen. Learn how to feel closer to God and more in tune with what He wants from you. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1.) H...

Send us Fan Mail KILLING THE SAUL WITHIN Dr. Jessica Fernandez | Springcreek Church November 6, 2022 What do you do when someone in your life makes it difficult for you to be around them? When they have caused you frustration, heartache, and pain? When nothing you do seems to please them and it almost feels like they are setting you up for failure? Young David, in the Bible, knew exactly what this...

Send us Fan Mail STUFF YOU DON’T NEED TO PRAY ABOUT A Prayer Series for Non-Prayers - Part 3 Springcreek Church | Senior Pastor Keith Stewart October 30, 2022 There are some things that you don’t have to pray about because God has already settled them in His Word, He has already provided it, or it’s something He’s expecting you to do. Could it be that some of the prayers we pray are actually a hin...

Send us Fan Mail WHEN PRAYER FEELS LIKE A BORE OR A CHORE A Prayer Series for Non-Prayers - Part 2 Springcreek Church | Senior Pastor Keith Stewart October 16, 2022 Richard Foster once said, “…real prayer comes not from gritting our teeth but from falling in love.” Prayer becomes a bore or a chore when we lose sight of what prayer is and turn it into something it’s not. Let's examine all the...

Send us Fan Mail WHY PRAY WHEN I DON'T GET AN ANSWER? A Prayer Series for Non-Prayers - Part 1 Senior Pastor Keith Stewart October 16, 2022 A lot of people have wondered about the title of our new series, “A Prayer Series for Non-Prayers.” What we really long to address are all those areas where people have expressed frustration with prayer - not to justify it but empathize in the same way th...

Send us Fan Mail MADE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE Service or Serve Us - Part 4 Senior Pastor Keith Stewart October 9, 2022 There is something you, uniquely, were made to do. You were created on purpose and for a purpose. Though none of us gets to spend 100% of our time just doing that one thing, you want to be sure at the end of the day and most definitely by the end of life you’ve accomplished what God...

Send us Fan Mail STRAIGHT OUTTA EXCUSES Service or Serve Us - Part 3 Senior Pastor Keith Stewart October 2, 2022 Have you ever sensed God might be asking you to do something for which you felt totally inadequate? You’re certainly not alone. But you’re never too old, too young, or too inexperienced to be used by God. The only ability God seems to care about is availability. SERIES: Service or Serve...