Youth First Podcast

Aren't you tired of being tired? That seems to be a common theme or phrase today. "I'm tired!" In our current hustle culture, our rise and grind mentality, we say foolish things like, "I'll sleep when I'm dead." Not realizing that not resting is killing us! We need to learn to take a break or we will break, we must learn to work at resting, because rest isn't to hinder us, it's to help us. It's a...

Our value is revealed in the fact that God chose us. In the fact that He still chooses us. The Owner adds value to ordinary things. But just like sin has a cost, salvation has a cost. How so? Salvation is free for us, it didn't cost us anything, it doesn't cost you anything to be saved, but it cost God His Son. There is a price to being picked, there is a cost to being chosen, and the value of any...

According to Scripture, if you are a believer in Jesus, you are no longer a sinner, but a citizen of heaven, a child of God, a son and a daughter, you are saved, sanctified, called, appointed, selected, set apart, holy, CHOSEN! And God in His goodness, grace and mercy... In His divine wisdom, the Almighty chooses the least likely to do the unlikely. God chose you!

If we're honest, we can all admit that believing is hard. Believing gets hard when options are few, but thank God He is too good to not believe. I mean it takes faith to be an atheist, it takes faith to believe in nothing... It's hard to believe. However, through God's Word and the life of Jesus the Holy Spirit wants to help us with our unbelief and disbelief. At times, even though it's hard to be...

Saints are God's holy people set apart for God's special purpose, and the truth is very saint has a past... But thank God that every sinner has a future. That's why being a saint, being a follower of Jesus is so much more than being a fan. Why? Because God has more in store for your future if you will just follow Him.

We need the power, presence, presents and the Person of the Holy Spirit. We can't live a life of faith without the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit isn't just beneficial, He is essential. Without the Holy Spirit there wouldn't be faith. Without the Holy Spirit there wouldn't be the Bible. Without the Holy Spirit there wouldn't be a resurrection. If Jesus needed the Holy Spirit so do we!

As you'll hear in this message and throughout this series called Saints & Ain'ts we recognize that every SAINT has a past, but every SINNER has a future. We also acknowledge that religious people are known to throw stones, but God uses them to build His Church. the Bible is clear that we're not supposed to judge people because it doesn't help lead people to Jesus, but grace does. I think we al...

"If it's in the Bible, you need it in your life." This is my biblical stance on every promise in God's Word because if God thought it was necessary to be mentioned in the Scriptures then it must be beneficial and vital for your life. We need to Be Filled with the power, presence and Person of God the Holy Spirit.

Resolutions alone will not resolve the issues in your life. Setting goals alone is not the solution to your situation. But hard work, working out your salvation can bring forth life changing results. We do this by creating a workout plan for our life, a plan that requires us to set the right kind of goals, to set real goals, to set good goals, to set God goals, to make our goals big and our steps...

Age is inevitable, but growth is optional. However, we should all be growing because healthy things grow. Truth be told, if we're not growing, we're dying. That's why it's time to grow! We think we all need to rest in the fact that real growth takes time, the best things in life take time, and we need to steward the time we have well because we don't have a lot of it. So I ask you what are you doi...

It is important when God speaks because after the first time He spoke it was followed with the first attack against His Word, which was a question of doubt... "Did God really say?" So as we continue to give you tips on how to talk to God, how God talks to us and how to talk to each other, in this message God's Word reveals to us how to talk to Satan and how we need to quote Him because God only do...

We believe God speaks, He is still speaking, He wants us to talk to Him through prayer, and God talks to us through His Word and when we align our words with His Word some amazing things take place. Especially when we say what God says.

Don't you hate fake?! I hate fake jewelry, fake friends, fake shoes, fake social media accounts, wrestling because it's fake, Santa, the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny because they're fake! We hate fake, but the real issue we is that at times we act as fake as the things we hate... But we're not doing this no more!

We're always believing God to do more than what we're asking for. To do more in us, through us, with us and for us, and the truth is God will fill whatever we give Him. If you want God to do more in your life, what are you willing to give Him to fill?

You don't change your life by making changes in your life alone... We change our life by letting God change our mind. We need a new mind, a renewed mind because our life follows our thoughts., and where our mind wanders our life follows. So we need to repent, to change the way we live by changing the way we think.

Do you know what it's like to be in the middle? To feel stuck? In between? To be in a place where you're not where you used to be, but you're not where you want to be? You're in the middle. But there's Good News! Jesus is in the middle, and you don't know what's in you until you are in the middle. You don't know what will come out of you until you are in the middle. You don't know how faithful God...

According to the Bible we are made for more, and God wants to do far more than we can ask think or imagine. Because God doesn't just want us to have enough, He wants us to have more than enough. There's more to your life than just getting by, status quo, business as usual. You are more than a job, you are more than a 9 to 5, your are more than a dollar amount, you are more than likes, comments, vi...

Pain has many different names: suffering, agony, affliction, torture, torment, discomfort, hurt... But one thing it does that we may not realize is that it helps. That's right! Pain hurts, but it helps. See life can be painful, but pain has a purpose, and we don't want you to waste your pain. We want you to use your pain. Why? Because it's inevitable, unavoidable, and unescapable so instead of goi...

Your thinking matters. It is believed that the average person thinks anywhere from 12,000-60,000 thoughts a day, and 70% of those thoughts are negative. 95% of them are the same repetitive thoughts as the day before. Your thoughts matter. Therefore, if you want to change your life, we must let God change our mind. Because you will never truly know who you are until you know Whose you are.

You're not normal. Nothing about you is regular, ordinary or basic. You are extraordinary, you are an original, an anomaly, a deviation, you aren't just different, you are different different. There's nothing wrong with being different because we're not called to be normal. We are called to become more like Jesus and unlike anyone else He created. We are not better than anybody, but we are differe...

God is such a storyteller, He loves stories so much that He wrote a book and it's called the Bible. However, it isn't just a book of stories of what God has done in other people's lives, the Bible is filled with examples of what God wants to do in your life. We're obligated to share our story, to share our faith, to share our hope, to share the greatest story ever told that's hardly ever told. You...

Often times we think in the abundance of choices there is more freedom, but we have found that in the abundance of choices there is actually more bondage. The average person makes 35,000 decisions a day. As you can tell, life is consisted and made up of choices, and we want you to realize your decisions dictate your direction in life. Besides, the wisest choice you could ever make is to follow Jes...

Porn is typically something we don't hear about at church, but this is something that God talks about clearly so we wanted to approach this directly, delicately and biblically. In a way that's helpful and not hurtful, in a way that leads from fantasy to freedom, in a way that helps you become Pornogra-Free!