The Messy Walk Podcast

How do we know if the inspirational quotes and pieces of "wisdom" we hear all over social media are actually Godly and worth living by? In this series on true vs. false wisdom, we're answering that very question! Join Pastor Adam and Chloe Lavinder as they "fact check" the phrase "do what you love and success will follow" and why it does not line up with the true wisdom from God.

How do we know if the inspirational quotes and pieces of "wisdom" we hear all over social media are actually Godly and worth living by? In this series on true vs. false wisdom, we're answering that very question! Join Pastor Adam and Chloe Lavinder as they "fact check" the commonly heard phrase "it is what it is" and why it does not line up with the true wisdom from God.

How do we know if the inspirational quotes and pieces of "wisdom" we hear all over social media are actually Godly and worth living by? In this series on true vs. false wisdom, we're answering that very question! Join Pastor Adam and Chloe Lavinder as they "fact check" a quote/common belief about going the extra mile for people who wouldn't go the extra mile for you, and why it does not line up wi...

How do we know if the inspirational quotes and pieces of "wisdom" we hear all over social media are actually Godly and worth living by? In this series on true vs. false wisdom, we're answering that very question! Join Pastor Adam and Chloe Lavinder as they "fact check" the commonly heard phrase "YOLO"  and why it does not line up with true wisdom from God.

How do we know if the inspirational quotes and pieces of "wisdom" we hear all over social media are actually Godly and worth living by? In this series on true vs. false wisdom, we're answering that very question! Join Pastor Adam and Chloe Lavinder as they talk through James 3:14-17 and how we can practically determine whether the wisdom the world bombards us with lines up with what God tells us i...

We all have times when life has beaten us up and left us feeling worn out and discouraged. When we go through tough times like that, we often hear people tell us, "You need to spend some time with people!" While they aren't wrong, that advice tends to feel pretty shallow. What if there was more to spending time with others than just distracting ourselves and doing something fun? Join Pastor Adam C...

We all have times when life has beaten us up and left us feeling worn out and discouraged. When we go through tough times like that, we often hear people tell us, "You need to get alone with God." While they aren't wrong, that advice tends to feel pretty shallow. What if we think outside the box on what it looks like to spend time with God? Join Pastor Adam Cook and Chloe Lavinder in the sixth epi...

We all have times when life has beaten us up and left us feeling worn out and discouraged. When we go through tough times like that, we often hear people tell us, "Go to church, get filled up." While they aren't wrong, that advice tends to feel pretty shallow. What if there's more about going to church and worshipping God than just getting "filled up?" What if it was less about getting filled up a...

We all have times when life has beaten us up and left us feeling worn out and discouraged. When we go through tough times like that, we often hear people tell us, "Just have faith." While they aren't wrong, that advice tends to feel pretty shallow. What if there's more to God than what you think? What if what you don't know could cause your faith to grow even deeper? Join Pastor Adam Cook and Chlo...

We all have times when life has beaten us up and left us feeling worn out and discouraged. When we go through tough times like that, we often hear people tell us, "You should just get into The Word." While they aren't wrong, that advice tends to feel pretty shallow. What if there was more to reading the Bible than just trying to find an encouraging verse? Join Pastor Adam Cook & Chloe Lavinder...

We all have times when life has beaten us up and left us feeling worn out and discouraged. When we go through tough times like that, we often hear people tell us, "Well, just try to rest." While they aren't wrong, that advice tends to feel pretty shallow . What if there was more to rest than just trying to get away and take a vacation? Join Pastor Adam Cook & Chloe Lavinder in the second episo...

We all have times when life has beaten us up and left us feeling worn out and discouraged. When we go through tough times like that, we often hear people tell us, "Well, just pray about it." While they aren't wrong, that advice tends to feel pretty shallow. What if there was more to it than just throwing out another quick prayer for God to help us with _____? Join Pastor Adam Cook & Chloe Lavi...

To wrap up our series on hearing from God, we're talking through 5 ways (or, as we like to call them, the 5 W's) to position ourselves to receive the guidance from God that we've been asking for. Join Pastor Adam Cook & Chloe Lavinder as they through what it looks like to respond to God in WORSHIP in the fifth mini-episode of 5 on ways to receive guidance from God!

To wrap up our series on hearing from God, we're talking through 5 ways (or, as we like to call them, the 5 W's) to position ourselves to receive the guidance from God that we've been asking for. Join Pastor Adam Cook & Chloe Lavinder as they talk through writing down both prayers and what you feel God saying in this fourth mini-episode of 5 on ways to receive guidance from God!

To wrap up our series on hearing from God, we're talking through 5 ways (or, as we like to call them, the 5 W's) to position ourselves to receive the guidance from God that we've been asking for. Join Pastor Adam Cook & Chloe Lavinder as they talk through what it looks like to WATCH for God in this third mini-episode of 5 on ways to receive guidance from God!

To wrap up our series on hearing from God, we're talking through 5 ways (or, as we like to call them, the 5 W's) to position ourselves to receive the guidance from God that we've been asking for. Join Pastor Adam Cook & Chloe Lavinder as they talk through what it looks like to WAIT on God in this second mini-episode of 5 ways to receive guidance from God.

We've discussed the main different ways God speaks to us and how to ask to hear from God. Now, to wrap up this series on hearing from God, we're talking through 5 ways (or, as we like to call them, the 5 W's) to position ourselves to receive the guidance from Him that we've been asking for. Check out this first mini-episode out of 5 where we're discussing how to withdraw and spend time with God.

We all want to hear from God, so how can we position ourselves to be ready for what He has to say? Join Pastor Adam Cook, accompanied by Chloe Lavinder, as we discuss three way in which we can prepare ourselves to hear from God.

We believe that pain is a major way that God speaks to us. Sometimes it's the only way He can catch our attention. Join Pastor Adam Cook, accompanied by Chloe Lavinder, as we discuss how it is that God speaks to us through our pain.

On this episode of the Messy Walk podcast, we are joined by special guest Tish McGeough as we discuss how to hear from God through the Spirit. Tish has such beautiful insight and wisdom to share on this topic. We hope you are encouraged by listening in on this conversation.

Have you ever been sitting in a church service, listening to the pastor teach, and thought "Wow, this message is just for me?" That is the PERFECT example of hearing God speak through gifted teachers, and that's what we're talking about in this second episode of our series on hearing from God.

God can speak to us in any way He chooses, but how can we know His voice? We believe there are a few primary ways that God most often chooses to speak to us, so that's what we're going to be talking about in this new series! Join Pastor Adam Cook, accompanied by Chloe Lavinder, as we talk about hearing from God through reading the Word.

On this episode of the Messy Walk Podcast, we are joined by special guest Stephanie Lee as we discuss Godly friendships-how to be a Godly friend and what to look for in building Godly friendships. Stephanie has so much great perspective to share with us and we hope you enjoy getting to hear what's on her heart about this topic!

In this final episode from our series on theology, we’re talking about “eschatology,” AKA the study of the end times! Join Pastor Adam Cook, accompanied by Chloe Lavinder, as we talk about the end times and what it really means for believers and non-believers.

We see them in movies and hear stories about them all the time. But what’s the truth about angels? Do we become angels when we die? Every time a bell rings, does an angel REALLY get its wings? These are all questions we can find answers to when we study “angelology,” AKA the study of angels. Join Pastor Adam Cook, accompanied by Chloe Lavinder, as we dive deeper into this topic!