What the world needs now is love, sweet love, right?! But so often, what we unite around is not things that we love but the shared hatred of a rival. This is never the way to build a healthy culture. In this week's Moments of Hope, Pastor Andy provides an illustration from the game of Baseball to provide an example of how to love.
Moments of Hope: The Power of Good Deeds
November 7, 2024
Did you know that tiny, good deeds have great power? Not just to change a life, but even to save lives. In this powerful short story, Pastor Illustrates this fact by sharing an incredible story from the conclusion of World War 2. Tune in today and be encouraged about the good deeds that you can do!
Moments of Hope: Slack Fill
October 31, 2024
If you worked in the packaging industry, you’d be familiar with the term “nonfunctional slack-fill.” You might
be so familiar with it that you’d know there’s a federal law against it. But the term "Slack-fill" isn't just related to packaging - its principle applies to the state of our heart. Check out this video to understand the meaning of this crucial and fascinating phrase!
Moments of Hope: Level 3 Friendship
October 24, 2024 • Pastor Andy Searles • Proverbs 18:24
Friendships are one of God's greatest gifts and often life's hardest challenges. Sharing some teaching from Aristotle, Pastor Andy helps us define three levels of friendship and explains why we need to constantly search for the highest levels of friendship.
Moments of Hope: Courageous Nobility
October 17, 2024 • Pastor Andy Searles
Did you know that you are made for more? God has such great things ahead for you if you'll pursue them. He has noble plans for you, but accomplishing them will take great courage. In this week's Moments of Hope, Pastor Andy shares some recruit ads from the turn of the last century that were so unappealing that surely no one would respond to them. But people did, in their thousands! Why? Because people have a desire in them to do something courageous and noble.
Moments of Hope: A Gentle Word
October 10, 2024 • Pastor Andy Searles
There is incredible power in a Gentle Word. It can bring peace, end wars, and make friends out of enemies. In this week's Moments of Hope, Pastor Andy shares about our response to trouble and anxiety. How do we respond? Do we ignore, insult, or destroy... or can we find a way to give thanks?
Moments of the Hope: Happiness on the Way
October 3, 2024 • Pastor Andy Searles
Where do we find happiness? We find it on the way! Studies and scripture suggest that it isn't found in our search for importance but when we help other people with important things. Tune in to find out more.
Moments of Hope: Blessings in Disguise
September 26, 2024 • Pastor Andy Searles
Do you know that God's greatest blessings often come in some unusual disguises? In this week's Moments of Hope, Pastor Andy shares a recent story out of California about how an awkward and rude "bump" became an incredible blessing for one lottery player. Tune in to watch and be reminded of a powerful promise from God.
Moments of Hope: Barcode Christianity
September 19, 2024
What is Barcode Christianity? It's a reminder that being a Christian is not just a label we attach to ourselves but an identity that shapes us. In this week's Moments of Hope, Pastor Andy makes a compelling case that Jesus has more in store for you than just sticking a new barcode on you!
Moments of Hope: In the Presence of a King
September 12, 2024 • Pastor Andy Searles
Our loving Father invites us to bring our concerns, needs, and desires to Him, and I wonder whether sometimes, as we do, he gets a little offended by the small things we ask for. Our God is a good and generous Father who longs to give us the desires of our hearts. In this short story, Pastor Andy shares a powerful reminder from Arnold Palmer's life that in the presence of a king, we need not ask for any small thing.
Moments of Hope: Chew the Cud
September 5, 2024
You probably haven't wondered how a cow eats. But, well... cows do more than eat - they ruminate! They Chew the Cud in the same way the scriptures encourage us to digest the word of God. Listen today and learn how to ruminate!
Moments of Hope: Check Lists
August 29, 2024 • Pastor Andy Searles
Checklists save lives! This is true in the medical profession and in your spiritual life. If we can build daily disciplines into our lives that focus us on the things of God, we can add spiritual vibrancy to our spiritual health. Tune in to today's Moments of Hope to find out how!
Moments of Hope: Remember the Fleas
August 22, 2024 • Pastor Andy Searles
Grateful for the Fleas? ...who on earth has anything to be thankful to those pesky creatures for?!?
The fleas can remind us that even in the worst of situations and circumstances, God can use them to give us what he wants us to have. In this week's Moments of Hope, Pastor Andy shares a deir story of how God used an object of hate to show us something of himself.
Moments of Hope: Notified or Known?
August 15, 2024 • Pastor Andy Searles
We live in a world of notifications. In this week's Moments of Hope, Pastor Andy shares some data on how often our phones notify us of what's happening in our world in our quest to "know." But the scripture reveals that there is something better than knowing, and that's to be known by our Creator. Tune in today and be encouraged.
Moments of Hope: Lean In
August 8, 2024 • Pastor Andy Searles
Research suggests that we live in the most individualistic nation in the world, yet the gospel indicates that we are meant for each other and that life is much healthier if it's lived in the context of "we," not "me." In this week's Moments of Hope, Pastor Andy reminds us of the importance of "Leaning in" to one another, not "Leaning Out" away from each other.
