Thriving Hills Church Podcast

We need to follow the Holy Spirit instead of expecting the Holy Spirit to follow us. If we want God’s best for our lives, we need to learn what it means to be “led by the Spirit.” Notes: Romans 8:14 NLT Galatians 5:16 NLT John 16:7 ESV God is in you! John 14:26 ESV Helper, Teacher, Reminder  John 16:13 ESV Leader We need to follow the Holy Spirit, instead of asking Him to follow us.

What does it mean to, “Be filled with the Holy Spirit?” What is “The baptism in the Holy Spirit?” It can be intriguing for some, but scary or weird to others. Pastor Chris shows us today how this baptism is all part of the Christian experience, and an important part of the journey God has for our lives. Acts 2:38-39 Baptism in Christ - 1 Corinthians 12:13, Galatians 3:26-27 Water Baptism - Acts 2:...

The Holy Spirit is a mystery to many people. He is often misunderstood, and poor representations and incorrect teachings have made some people want to avoid Him altogether. But scripture is clear that we don’t even have the full picture of God without Him. Who is the Holy Spirit? What does he do? In this message, we look at the spiritual gifts He gives and what they mean for our lives today.

We open up a month-long journey of getting to know the third person of the Trinity, God the Holy Spirit, and how He wants to work in our lives. We are going all in to get past our fears, prejudices, and misperceptions, and see what the Bible actually has to say about the One scripture refers to as our Helper, Comforter, and Advocate. Notes: We need the Holy Spirit. Acts 19:1-2 A breath of fresh ai...

Our Founding Pastor, John Boggs, joins us with some encouragement today that God is still God, no matter what.

God desires more than just followers; He invites us to meet with Him face to face, as a close friend. Sometimes He may feel distant and far away, but we can draw close to Him and experience His presence in a new and fresh way. Message notes: Exodus 33:11 2 Corinthians 3:16-18 MSG 1 John 3:8 Isaiah’s Encounter - Isaiah 6:1-3  God wants to reveal Himself to me.  Isaiah 6:4-7 God wants to cleanse me....

God desires more than just followers; He invites us to meet with Him face to face, as a close friend. Sometimes He may feel distant and far away, but we can draw close to Him and experience His presence in a new and fresh way. Message notes: Exodus 33:11 1 Corinthians 2:3-5 Moses’ Encounter - Exodus 3:1-6. Who am I? (Exodus 3:11-12) Overcome Condemnation (Titus 3:4-5) Who are you? (Exodus 3:13-14)...

God desires more than just followers; He invites us to meet with Him face to face, as a close friend. Sometimes He may feel distant and far away, but we can draw close to Him and experience His presence in a new and fresh way. Message notes: Exodus 33:11 2 Corinthians 3:16-18 MSG We need power, not just words. (1 Corinthians 2:3-5) We need an encounter, not just an explanation. (John 9:17, 25) We...

Pastor Adam Drinkard is our guest speaker this week. 

Special guest Pastor Chad Guined joins us with an encouraging message.

Charlene Bunner, Jaakob Hunt, Mike Calavitta, Alan Bostick, and GiaVanni Himes share with us today from the book of 1 John.

There is a lot to smile about if you know where to look, and we can help you find it! Don’t let the cares of life keep you from enjoying life. Stay joyful, stay hopeful - Stay Positive! Cynicism and negativity may be the easy choice sometimes, but they’re never the best choice. If you seek what is good, you’ll see what is good. God is a positive God and He speaks the language of faith - the langua...

Description: There is a lot to smile about if you know where to look, and we can help you find it! Don’t let the cares of life keep you from enjoying life. Stay joyful, stay hopeful - Stay Positive! Cynicism and negativity may be the easy choice sometimes, but they’re never the best choice. If you seek what is good, you’ll see what is good. God is a positive God and He speaks the language of faith...

Our Father’s Day message! There is a lot to smile about if you know where to look, and we can help you find it! Don’t let the cares of life keep you from enjoying life. Stay joyful, stay hopeful - Stay Positive! Cynicism and negativity may be the easy choice sometimes, but they’re never the best choice. If you seek what is good, you’ll see what is good. God is a positive God and He speaks the lang...

There is a lot to smile about if you know where to look, and we can help you find it! Don’t let the cares of life keep you from enjoying life. Stay joyful, stay hopeful - Stay Positive! Cynicism and negativity may be the easy choice sometimes, but they’re never the best choice. If you seek what is good, you’ll see what is good. God is a positive God and He speaks the language of faith - the langua...

There is a lot to smile about if you know where to look, and we can help you find it! Don’t let the cares of life keep you from enjoying life. Stay joyful, stay hopeful - Stay Positive! Cynicism and negativity may be the easy choice sometimes, but they’re never the best choice. If you seek what is good, you’ll see what is good. God is a positive God and He speaks the language of faith - the langua...

There is a lot to smile about if you know where to look, and we can help you find it! Don’t let the cares of life keep you from enjoying life. Stay joyful, stay hopeful - Stay Positive! Cynicism and negativity may be the easy choice sometimes, but they’re never the best choice. If you seek what is good, you’ll see what is good. God is a positive God and He speaks the language of faith - the langua...

We will never get our priorities right until we get the principles right. The issue is not as much organization as it is spiritual. In this message, Pastor Chris gives spiritual insights into a very common problem for people of all walks of life. Notes: Matthew 11:28-30 MSG John 6:38 ESV Choose mission over position. Exodus 17:9-13 NIV Matthew 6:33 ESV Choose motivation over expectation. Matthew 2...

Would you be willing to ask God to uncover the things that are potentially holding you back in life - the things that perhaps are keeping you from trusting Him more? We know that prayer moves the heart of God, but some prayers move Him more than others do. Bold prayers, daring prayers - prayers that give God space to do what He wants to do, and exposes us to the need to grow and mature - are the k...

Have you ever heard it said, “It will all turn out the way it’s supposed to?” Or maybe, “Everything will work itself out?” While these can be (to a certain degree) comforting, sometimes we forget that we have a role to play in the outcome of events here on earth. Other times, maybe something has happened that has caused us to stop praying, or to stop believing that our prayers will have any effect...

Are you convinced that the Bible is true? Do you have doubts? Do you have questions? There are those who think that questioning the validity of the Bible is heresy; that you must be evil, arrogant, or rebellious. But even Jesus said that his student Thomas was “blessed” because he had seen proof that Jesus was who He said He was. God is not offended by our questions. He welcomes them, actually. He...

This is our Water Baptism service, where we celebrate being buried with Christ in baptism and being raised to a new life in Him! For more information on how you can be baptized, call 330.749.3607 and leave your name and phone number and we will contact you. Obeying. Matthew 28:19 ESV Acts 2:41 NLT Acts 8:12 ESV Acts 2:38 NIV You don’t have to understand to be obedient. Proclaiming. Baptism doesn’t...

Followers of Jesus were never meant to live in this world without the everyday help of The Holy Spirit. Often misunderstood, The Holy Spirit did not come merely for certain outward expressions or manifestations that amaze people; but He came to change our hearts toward other people and God. He came to show us what we cannot see on our own. Simply put, The Holy Spirit has come to help us. Notes: Ac...

These days it’s easy to see life the way we want to. We can filter our images, pick the news we want to hear, and listen only to the viewpoints that agree with us. When we do that, we start to distort our view of the world. The same thing can happen to our view of God. We reshape our perception of Him into what we want to believe, or what we want to think about others. Jesus came to bring us the t...

These days it’s easy to see life the way we want to. We can filter our images, pick the news we want to hear, and listen only to the viewpoints that agree with us. When we do that, we start to distort our view of the world. The same thing can happen to our view of God. We reshape our perception of Him into what we want to believe, or what we want to think about others. Jesus came to bring us the t...