Wasatch Christian church podcast

We dive into the life transformation this morning of the fourth apostle called by Jesus, and that is John.  John not only wrote several books of the New Testament, but he also allowed Jesus to transform his life from a “Son of Thunder” to and man of truth and love.   John’s transformation is encouraging to us, because if Jesus can bring forth that much change in John, then Jesus can do the same in...

The story of resurrection Sunday is the greatest story ever told!  Because of what Jesus did in rising from the tomb not only changed world history it also changes our lives and makes us Easter people.  What does it mean to be Easter People?  It means that with salvation in Jesus we are a new creation and have life abundant.  Join us today as we celebrate this new life.

Palm Sunday celebrates Jesus coming into Jerusalem to fulfill prophesy and go through the events of what we call Holy Week.  We know the end of the story and celebrate it with Easter Sunday.  But what about the people of the time, they celebrated also…..but they missed something very important!  We can learn from their mistake as we prepare to celebrate Easter….or…Resurrection Sunday.  Join us as...

James the apostle had a fiery personality.  He was bold, brash, prideful, ambitious, and zealous.  Its funny to think that Jesus would choose a man like this to be an apostle and carry on the gospel message.  James probably drove more people away than he brought people in.  But that was in the beginning of his apostleship call.  2 years later, after being molded by Jesus, he was a different man, s...

The apostles. This morning we look at the apostle Andrew.  He was in the inner circle of the apostles, he was first to meet Jesus, but he was always in the background and shadows of both his brother and the major events in Jesus’s ministry.  That said, it was not a bad thing.  Andrew was content to just know Jesus and serve in anyway he could.  He did not seek the limelight, recognition, or even t...

We finish our final study of the apostle Peter today as we see how God took an ordinary man and turned him into a leader. Todays focus is on character. We look at 3 situations, over the course of 2 years, that Jesus taught Peter how to submit, how to be humble, and how to love like God loves. These are all character traits of both a Christian and a Godly leader. Join us today to see how God wants...

Once again, we are looking at the life impact that the training of the 12 apostles can have on us. All the bible is meant to be life applicable, but when we look at the training of the 12 apostles in roughly two years, we see in them what God can do in us if we are only available, willing, and opened to being trained by God. It is challenging to be trained, or disciplined by God, but God only does...

Jesus chose 12 apostles out of all the disciples that followed Him. Jesus would call them out, equip them, and then send them. For 2 years of training, it was a wild ride for these men and Jesus make them see their true selves in the mirror and then Jesus would mold them into new selves, just like He wants to do with us. We can relate with these common men so easily. Hopefully we can make ourselve...

In this new series we are introduced to the 12 apostles. We are taking them out of the stained glass windows and putting them back on common ground where they began. We will find it amazing how much we can relate with these men. Why? Because they were ordinary men, common folk just like us….same issues, same problems, same spiritual struggles. And that is so encouraging for us because as we relate...

The final instalment of our Win The Day series…..focusing on changing habits a focusing on serving God today…….one day at a time. Todays message is a reminder that we serve a BIG God and should therefore have BIG goals with God and Big prayers with God. We often shortchange ourselves by not believing that with God, we really can do the impossible. Remember, God does not call the qualified, but God...

One of the things the Holy Spirit enables us to do after salvation is self-discipline and that includes managing and being good stewards of our time. Within that time management is something even more important and that is actively looking for life experiences, for God to speak to us, for us to have moments in which we live a decade. This morning we “wind the clock” as we look at the difference be...

Change, change, change, God is all about change….even when we don’t like it. Today we discuss the importance of cutting the rope of fear that holds us back and why that is soooooooo important! Staying the same is very risky in the long run. Join us for a little fun, a little conviction, and a lot of hope in overcoming our fear of change.

How do we make big changes? Easy, start with small steps. We realize two things today. First, if we don’t do small things now, then we won’t have a habit of doing big things later. People say things like, “When I make more money, I’ll give. When I have more time, I’ll serve.” It never happens…. why? If we won’t do it now, we won’t be trained to do it later and we will always have an excuse. Second...

“Eat the frog” is a symbol for tackling the hardest challenge of the day first. And we can do that, we can face the biggest challenge of the day first thing, over come it, and give God the glory. We can “Win The Day” for Jesus. Today, we look at habit change. In that living for God is about having both good habits and turning bad habits into good habits. This is important in our Christian life bec...

Exodus 14; the story of God parting the sea for His people to lead them to safety. It’s a great story, but there is more to the story than just the story itself. There are life lessons for us there. Life lessons about facing those struggles that just seem to confront us and be overwhelming. Its about dispelling fear and stepping forward in faith. Its about God doing the miracle…..and us taking God...

The new year is a time to reflect on where we are in God. Its also a time to step back and make sure that we have our spiritual compass set to true North in God. We are looking at seven habits over the next few weeks, changing seven habits to draw closer to God in this new year. Today we are looking at ‘flipping the script’ to Win The Day for God. Choosing to purposely change our outlook on life t...

This is the season to not get caught up in all the hustle and bustle, but to do as the bible states and “be still and know that I am God” We are to come to the manger in contentment and joy. And then to leave as ambassadors for God and go into the world to share the wonderful gospel message. The gospel message is a message too good to keep all to ourselves.

2ndSunday of Advent. Last week we celebrated the gift of God’s grace and forgiveness in Jesus. This week we take a more intimate look at biblical words like incarnation, Immanuel, the Word, and dwelt to see the greatest gift of Jesus to us and why Christians really celebrate CHRISTmas! It’s a big deal! The gift of Jesus is the greatest gift the world has ever received.

Welcome to the season of Advent where we celebrate the advent, anticipated coming, of Jesus’ birth. One of the greatest gifts of God to mankind is the gift of salvation. Why? Because all have sinned, all have betrayed God, all are stained with destruction. A stain that we, ourselves, cannot remove. That stain of sin is part of who we are. But God’s promise is that if we only confess that Jesus is...

Passion for God has to do with relationship with God and his people. We finish up today as we learn how to avoid apathy in the Christian life and how to reignite our passion for God and draw close to Him. Passion for God is so important in the Christian life. If we find apathy sneaking into our life, we need to get rid of it immediately. Join us today as we purposely draw close to God.

Passion for God does not always mean excitement and joy. A lot of times passion is exemplified as steady progress to reach a goal. One of the big challenges for Christians is the temptation to buy into apathy, which, snuff’s out our passion for God. Join us today as we look at how to deal with apathy as well as the temptation of passion killers of an unsupported lifestyle and an unclear purpose. G...

Passion blockers, yes, there are passion blockers that stop us from having a great relationship with God. In our series we are looking at 7 things that block our passion for God. We realize that before we can ‘start’ living in passion for God, there are things we need to ‘stop’ doing that hinder us. This week, we look at passion blockers 2, 3, and 4. Join us to learn what we need to ‘stop’ doing,...

Passion is what drives people to do great things. As Christians, we should have passion in our love for God. But there are times we seem to turn on the dimmer switch with our love for God. Over the next few weeks, we will look at seven “passion killers” to avoid that keep us from a strong relationship with God. Today we look at the first passion killer…..and unbalanced life.

We are like ordinary bread…..common….plain. But in the hands of Jesus we become extraordinary. In our series we have looked at several stories in the gospel of Luke where Jesus took bread and He blessed it, He broke it, and then He gave it. And each time there was something amazing that happened. We finish our series today by looking at what it means to be “given”. We have all failed and we have a...

We are broken people living in a broken world. Well, that’s not good news! But what is good news is what happens to broking people, living in a broken world, when we are in the hands of Jesus. It changes things! Join us today as we look at what it is to be broken in Jesus Christ.