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239 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsCome meet Jesus and find the hope you've been looking for! Our Beach Church Podcast is designed to encourage and equip you in your relationship with Jesus. Check out one of our latest messages, and feel free to join us for worship. Jax Campus | Sundays 9am and 11amOnline Campus | Sundays 9am and 11am
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God With Us: God In My Christmas
December 27, 2021 12:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBMerry Christmas! Christmas is the time of the year when we celebrate the birth of Jesus. Through the story of the angels coming to the shepherds, we see that everyone has access to the King of Kings.
God With Us: God In My Christmas
December 27, 2021 12:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBMerry Christmas! Christmas is the time of the year when we celebrate the birth of Jesus. Through the story of the angels coming to the shepherds, we see that everyone has access to the King of Kings.
God With Us: God In My Pain
December 20, 2021 13:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBAlthough Christmas can be a time to celebrate with family and friends, Christmas can also be a time that brings up pain. So, what do we do with that? Just because we’re followers of Jesus, we aren’t guaranteed a life free from pain. In fact, the Bible points to many examples of people, including Jesus, who dealt with extreme pain. What we are guaranteed is that we don’t have to face that pain alone. We can celebrate the fact that we worship a God who understands us in our pain, meets us ther...
God With Us: God In My Digital World
December 13, 2021 13:00 - 36 minutes - 25.2 MBMaybe we can picture God being with us during difficult times or certain seasons of the year like Christmas and Easter, but in reality God is with us all the time, including in our digital lives. Although we may feel as if having God with us limits our freedom, we’re actually freer when we walk with Him every day. So, as we engage digitally, we have the opportunity to walk in the way of love and redeem our time digitally by showing this aspect of Christ through kind, thoughtful, and encourag...
God With Us: God In My Family
December 06, 2021 13:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBWhether you’re single and live with roommates or married with 5 kids, we all have families, and as we all know, there’s no such thing as a perfect one. In fact, there’s not even an example of a perfect family in the Bible, but we do have a perfect heavenly father. When we make Jesus our first love, it puts family in its proper place. When Jesus is first, we’re set free to embrace family for the gift that God intended it to be. Families aren’t meant to hold up the weight of the world, only ou...
God With Us: God In My Marriage
November 29, 2021 15:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBMarriage is important. It’s a relationship that God has given us because we weren’t meant to be alone. It’s also something we should approach with humbleness, reverence, and dedication, but love isn’t always easy. Sometimes, love requires lots of work. However, we should turn our hearts to God when finding ways to improve our marriage and relationships. Ephesians 5:21 tells us, “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” So, let us all have a spirit of humility, a heart of grace, an...
God With Us: God In My Marriage
November 29, 2021 15:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBMarriage is important. It’s a relationship that God has given us because we weren’t meant to be alone. It’s also something we should approach with humbleness, reverence, and dedication, but love isn’t always easy. Sometimes, love requires lots of work. However, we should turn our hearts to God when finding ways to improve our marriage and relationships. Ephesians 5:21 tells us, “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” So, let us all have a spirit of humility, a heart of grace, an...
God With Us: God In My Work
November 22, 2021 16:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBDid you know we can worship God through our work? Sometimes we can just try to get through with work to get on with the rest of our lives. But, how different would our work be if we saw it as an opportunity to worship? Jesus often tells parables and stories focused on work to express the heart and character of God because work is important. God worked. He created. Jesus worked as a carpenter the majority of his life. We were created to work in partnership with God, and as we do whatever it i...
God With Us: God In My Work
November 22, 2021 16:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBDid you know we can worship God through our work? Sometimes we can just try to get through with work to get on with the rest of our lives. But, how different would our work be if we saw it as an opportunity to worship? Jesus often tells parables and stories focused on work to express the heart and character of God because work is important. God worked. He created. Jesus worked as a carpenter the majority of his life. We were created to work in partnership with God, and as we do whatever it i...
MULTIPLY: Follow The Vision
November 15, 2021 13:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBThe MULTIPLY vision isn’t a task list. It’s a constant reminder that our focus has to be on God in order to make the vision come to fruition. Our 5 Pillars of the MULTIPLY Vision are: Disciples, Leaders, Systems, Churches, and New Ground. These pillars will hold up the MULTIPLY vision if we constantly structure and think about them through the lens of Jesus and intentional disciple making. Sometimes we might feel like turning around or going back to where we came from, but we have to remind ...
MULTIPLY: Who's Your One?
November 08, 2021 13:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBDon’t let the good news of Jesus end with your life. Throughout this series, we’ve looked at what makes a disciple, but what does a disciple actually do? If we’re truly following Jesus, disciples go after the one. They pursue real, authentic relationships which bring about real life change and lead others to a relationship with Jesus. The beautiful thing is we don’t have to be spiritually mature to have that relationship; Jesus will meet us in our mess and come alongside us in our life’s jou...
MULTIPLY: Is Jesus Rubbing Off On You?
November 01, 2021 13:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBMULTIPLY has nothing to do with the seating capacity of the church and everything to do with the sending capacity of the church. How we impact schools, businesses and other places dictates how well we’re discipling others. When Jesus equipped his disciples to send them out, he did so in three main ways: with a bias toward action; taking on big challenges with limited resources and an undeniable dependence upon God; and with grace and truth. So, what’s stopping us from being equipped and equi...
MULTIPLY: Share Your Story
October 25, 2021 12:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBHave you ever humored Jesus? When Jesus asks Simon to take him out in the water to speak to the crowd, he does so. When Jesus, a carpenter, tells him to drop their nets, Simon tells him they’ve been fishing all night and haven’t caught anything, but he will do it because Jesus says so. Their boats are then filled with fish because of Simon’s obedience. Have you had times in your life when you thought you knew better than God how to live your life? What would happened in those moments if we h...
MULTIPLY: Disciples Not Christians
October 18, 2021 12:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBFinal words matter. In the Great Commission beginning in Matthew 28:16, we see Jesus giving his disciples some parting words to “go and make disciples in all nations.” We’re not called to be Christians who consume messages and feel good about ourselves on a Sunday morning. We’re called to be disciples who go out into the world acting as conduits of the gospel of Jesus, making new disciples wherever we go. Because the harsh reality is Christians won’t change the world; disciples will change t...
Rûaḥ: Power
October 11, 2021 12:00 - 48 minutes - 33.1 MB“For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit… you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” -Acts 1: 5-8. To live a life of purpose and love like Jesus loved, we need help. Jesus realized this and assured the disciples that when he left this earth another would come in his place. We often think of the Holy Spirit as comforter and gui...
Rûaḥ: Gifts
October 04, 2021 12:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBSometimes we often use the words interchangeably, but the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the fruit of the Holy Spirit are two different things. When we look at the fruit of the Spirit, we see these produced in our lives when we begin following Jesus. But the gifts of the Holy Spirit are things given to us for a specific purpose to equip the church. In fact, the first gift of the Holy Spirit was the church - a place meant to bless the world. Specific gifts like wisdom, knowledge, faith, healing...
Rûaḥ: Presence
September 27, 2021 13:00 - 45 minutes - 31 MBOne of the most beautiful things about our faith is how we live our lives in the presence of God. The disciples did it as they walked the earth with God in human form in the personhood of Jesus. They learned from him during his ministry and were shocked when he told them he was leaving them, but Jesus promised them another was coming in his place, the Comforter, Advocate, and Guide. As followers of Jesus, the presence of the Holy Spirit lives in us all day every day, and there is real, life-...
Ruah: Breath of Life
September 20, 2021 14:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBThe Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life” (Job 33:4). What is the Spirit of God? We often neglect the Holy Spirit when thinking about the Trinity, but why? Because it’s hard to grasp? This message unpacks some of those difficult things surrounding the Holy Spirit and provides some insight into not only who the Holy Spirit is but also why it’s important that we recognize the power and comfort he can provide. The Holy Spirit is the God-breathed giver of life; he ...
Rûaḥ: Breath of Life
September 20, 2021 14:00 - 36 minutes - 25.4 MBThe Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life” (Job 33:4). What is the Spirit of God? We often neglect the Holy Spirit when thinking about the Trinity, but why? Because it’s hard to grasp? This message unpacks some of those difficult things surrounding the Holy Spirit and provides some insight into not only who the Holy Spirit is but also why it’s important that we recognize the power and comfort he can provide. The Holy Spirit is the God-breathed giver of life; he ...
ESSENTIALS: How to Serve
September 13, 2021 13:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MBHow to Serve? When thinking about how we serve, we also need to consider why we serve. Serving isn’t something we need to fit into our schedule. Instead, serving others is part of our identity in Jesus. As we grow in our relationship with Jesus, we’ll also grow in our compassion for others and a selfless attitude with which we’ll approach life. Jesus’ life was all about reconciling others to himself, and as we make our lives all about Jesus, we’ll naturally reflect his heart for others throu...
The Thriving Life: Uncommon
September 05, 2021 20:00 - 39 minutes - 27 MBIn this final message of “The Thriving Life” we looked at the story of Paul and Silas and their time in jail in Acts 16. While Paul and Silas are praying and singing hymns, “there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken.” Although the foundations of the prison were shaken, the foundations of their faith were not. They could’ve run away from the prison, but they didn’t out of love for their jailer and concern for his life. This exemplification of the fruit...
The Thriving Life: Progress Report Part 2
August 30, 2021 13:00 - 41 minutes - 28.9 MBIt’s easy for those of us who are Jesus followers to say we’re placing our trust in Jesus and seeking to be under the influence of the Holy Spirit in our lives to produce something beautiful, but Paul gives us a picture in Galatians 5 of what it looks like when we’re living closely in relationship with the Spirit. By taking a look at ourselves and where we might be struggling in areas of kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control, we see a need to lean into relationship w...
The Thriving Life: Progress Report
August 23, 2021 13:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBHow do we actually know that we’re yielded to the Holy Spirit? In Galatians 5, Paul gives us a progress report and a way that we can self-evaluate how closely we’re leaning into the Holy Spirit. This week, the focus was on love, joy, peace, and patience. Certain struggles we’re having in each of these areas could be a great indicator of how well we’re producing these Fruits of the Spirit. If there’s a deficiency, maybe we aren’t leaning into and trusting the Holy Spirit in these areas of our...
The Thriving Life: Jesus and the Thriving Life
August 16, 2021 13:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBIn order to learn what it means to live a thriving life, we need to not only look into what Jesus did but who Jesus was. Jesus himself said he is the true vine and his father, the vine dresser. But, what does the vine do? It gives us life. When we focus on the relationship with Jesus, not resources in our world, then the Fruits of the Spirit are produced in us and through us. How do we do this? A life that supernaturally expresses the heart of God comes from staying, not striving. We lean in...
The Thriving Life: The Way of the Spirit
August 09, 2021 12:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MB“Taste and see that the LORD is good. Blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him” -Psalm 34:8. As we begin this new series The Thriving Life, we’re pointed to the truth that living a thriving life doesn’t come from living life our own way but through surrendering our life to the Holy Spirit. Just like the roots of a tree search out life-giving water, we should seek that life source in the Holy Spirit. When we lean into the Holy Spirit, what He has, and what He does, we’re able to shift our m...
Everyone Has One: Repeat
August 02, 2021 12:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBIn Luke 18, Jesus tells his disciples a parable about a widow and harsh judge. The widow is so persistent with the harsh judge, that he finally has a change of heart. This isn’t because he’s just or fair but because he’s tired of hearing from the widow. How does this parable give us any insight into living a life like Jesus? Jesus wants us to realize that if an unjust judge can be moved over time, then wouldn’t it be possible that a just God could be moved by how we pray to Him over and over...
Everyone Has One: Invite
July 26, 2021 13:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBNever underestimate the power of the invitation. The more we invest in others, the easier it becomes to invite them into a relationship with Jesus, but we need to be patient. As we do the work of getting to know people and growing in our relationships with them, God will begin to open doors for us to walk through. One example of this is the story of Phillip and the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts chapter 8. Although Phillip didn’t invest a large amount of time in the Ethiopian man, he did listen an...
Everyone Has One: Invest
July 19, 2021 12:00 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBInvest. Investment means intentionally entering into caring relationships with those around us who don’t know Jesus. Paul tells us that that doesn’t mean we have to adopt their way of life or lose our bearings of our faith. It also doesn’t mean to approach people from a self-righteous, judgmental standpoint, but instead from a position of humility, keeping in mind that just like the song “Amazing Grace” says, we too are wretches and no better than anyone. The only difference between a believ...
Everyone Has One: Pray
July 12, 2021 12:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBPray. It’s simple, but this sometimes underestimated spiritual discipline has powerful implications for not only our own lives but also the people around us. If you’re a Jesus follower, the truth is that someone prayed for you, whether you know it or not. As a Jesus follower, there are people in our lives that we should be praying for, not just those who are sick or down on their luck, but also those who would be transformed by a relationship with Jesus. This message focuses on several passa...
Colossians: Redefining Submission
July 04, 2021 20:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBHow does your faith positively impact your relationships? The truth of the matter is that our relationship with Jesus should impact all aspects of our lives—not only those interactions in the church building on Sunday mornings but also every interaction in the places we go throughout the week. Our homes, our work, and our schools should all see the transformative love of Jesus through us. Jesus tells us to love one another as he first loved us, and although submission is a word that collide...
Colossians: Your New Self
June 28, 2021 12:00 - 37 minutes - 25.4 MBWhere’s your citizenship? Colossians 3 is a great litmus test for where you are in your relationship with Jesus. In this section of scripture, Paul and Timothy are encouraging the people of Colossae to relentlessly pursue a relationship with Jesus because when you do, you realize that your citizenship isn’t an earthly one but instead on of a heavenly nature. Your citizenship changes when you put to death the old self marked by worldly things like sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desir...
Colossians: Avoid Derailing Your Faith
June 21, 2021 12:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBAs followers of Jesus, we have to be aware of things that could potentially derail our faith. Paul reminds the people of Colossae to be wary of deceptive philosophies, human traditions, and spiritual forces that are of this world. This message unpacks some of those things and explores what it would look like for us to find our true identity in Christ and live a life with that anchor of hope. It points to the realization that following Jesus isn’t a religion but instead a relationship where r...
Colossians: Whatever It Takes
June 13, 2021 21:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBAs we continue reading Paul’s letter to the people of Colossae, we’re left with the impression that following Jesus isn’t always a walk in the park. Words like “suffering” and “afflictions” permeate this section of scripture as Paul writes to these Jesus followers. But, the letter also contains phrases like “encouraged in heart” and “united in love” in order for us to mature in Christ. The journey with Christ isn’t something that’s going to always be easy, but it is something that’s going to...
Colossians: What is the Gospel?
June 07, 2021 12:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBColossians 1: 1-23 This message begins our series on one of the Pauline Epistles, Colossians. In this letter, Paul and Timothy write the people of Colossae with encouraging prayers for them to hold fast to their faith. But, what does that mean for us? The tone of the letter not only serves as an example of how we’re to bring one another along in our faith, but also as an example of how we should feel encouraged in the gospel and hope we have through Jesus and his kingdom here on earth. The q...
Colossians - What is the Gospel?
June 07, 2021 12:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBColossians 1: 1-23 This message begins our series on one of the Pauline Epistles, Colossians. In this letter, Paul and Timothy write the people of Colossae with encouraging prayers for them to hold fast to their faith. But, what does that mean for us? The tone of the letter not only serves as an example of how we’re to bring one another along in our faith, but also as an example of how we should feel encouraged in the gospel and hope we have through Jesus and his kingdom here on earth. The q...
ESSENTIALS: How to Give
May 30, 2021 21:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBMoney is something that is difficult to talk about in churches. But what do the Scriptures say about giving? We can’t have two masters. Money is meant to be a tool, not an obsession, and how we interact with money shows what we believe about the sovereignty of God.
ESSENTIALS: How to Give
May 30, 2021 21:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBMoney is something that is difficult to talk about in churches. But what do the Scriptures say about giving? We can’t have two masters. Money is meant to be a tool, not an obsession, and how we interact with money shows what we believe about the sovereignty of God.
The Beautiful One: God is Transforming
May 24, 2021 14:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBWhen we think of life change, it’s tempting to want a quick solution, a quick fix. But, the truth is, true life change and transformation don’t happen overnight; it happens over time. When it comes to a transformation, God’s not interested in transforming our “spiritual lives,” but our entire lives. That transformation comes through a relationship with Jesus. And, as we grow closer to Jesus in our relationship and put our faith into action, God works on and transforms our hearts and our lives.
The Beautiful One: God is Self-Sacrificing
May 17, 2021 12:00 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBJesus didn’t lose his life, he laid it down willingly. He sacrificed. This ultimate example perfectly paints a picture for us as to what it would mean for us to lose everything for the kingdom. While this seems extreme, our lives would be so much different, so much better, if we were to wake up every day reminding ourselves that it’s not about us, but instead it’s about God’s will for us. This small prayer of self-sacrifice would provide the much needed perspective shift that most of us real...
The Beautiful One: God is Holy
May 10, 2021 13:00 - 40 minutes - 27.8 MBGod cares about our sin. Not because He wants to infringe on free will or control all the things we do in our everyday lives. God cares about our sin because He knows that the deeper we dive into sin, the further we stray from a relationship with Him. This holy nature of God is something that Jesus followers should seek, not as a desire to be better than others but as a desire, a real longing to grow closer to our Heavenly Father.
The Beautiful One: God is Love
May 03, 2021 13:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBWe throw the word love around a lot, especially in the English language. We use it to describe how much we enjoyed a meal or a clothing item. We use it when talking about our friends or an experience. We all have different definitions of what it means to love something or someone, and often when we use love we’re focusing on us, on the self, on what I’m experiencing. When we talk about God’s love, however, that kind of love, that Agape kind of love, is completely self-sacrificing and uncondi...
The Beautiful One: God is Love
May 03, 2021 13:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MBWe throw the word love around a lot, especially in the English language. We use it to describe how much we enjoyed a meal or a clothing item. We use it when talking about our friends or an experience. We all have different definitions of what it means to love something or someone, and often when we use love we’re focusing on us, on the self, on what I’m experiencing. When we talk about God’s love, however, that kind of love, that Agape kind of love, is completely self-sacrificing and uncondi...
The Beautiful One: God is Generous
April 25, 2021 23:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBGod’s generosity can be seen in every aspect of our lives, from awe-inspiring sunrises to incredible tasting food. God didn’t have to create a world where we’d experience all this beauty, but He did. Jesus calls us to be generous as well. Not so that we can get something in return or become richer but as an act of worshipping our God who was first so generous to us. And by being generous, we grow in our relationship with the creator in a way where our hearts are transformed.
The Beautiful One: God is Trustworthy
April 19, 2021 20:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBCan we really trust God? When it seems like all hope is lost, we finally turn our hearts to God and ask for help. But what if we were to turn to God before things get dire? What if before we feel like there’s no other option, we turned our hearts to God and just trusted him with everything? With our finances, our addictions, our hardened hearts, and all the other things that we try to handle on our on every, single day? How drastically different would our lives be? Because in the end, our Go...
The Beautiful One: God is Good
April 12, 2021 15:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBPeople often ask questions like, “Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people?” or start sentences with “If God is good, why does he allow pain and suffering?” What if we were to tell you that the problem with these questions isn’t the nature of God. The problem with these questions is that we’re asking them through the narrative of the world and not through the narrative of Jesus. We’re called to live a life like Jesus, and in this world, that also means we’ll face suffering, pai...
Easter Sunday
April 05, 2021 19:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBThere are a lot of questions surrounding the Easter story, and it’s ok to have those questions. Even Thomas, one of Jesus’ disciples, had some doubts with the resurrection and wanted to see physical evidence. While we weren’t there and have to approach the issue of the resurrection with faith, our hope isn’t found in an empty tomb or missing body. Our hope is found in a Savior who conquered death and rose from the grave. Our hope is in Jesus. And through God’s grace, we can live with Him in ...
Palm Sunday: Things Aren’t Always What They Seem
March 29, 2021 19:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBWhen we think about a king coming to power, we envision the death of the current ruler or an overthrowing of the current regime. But when it comes to Jesus, his rise to power was anything but an overthrowing. It was a surrender. And his kingdom, it’s one unlike any other. Sometimes all it takes to see things clearly is a simple shift in perspective.
ESSENTIALS: How to read your Bible
March 22, 2021 19:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBHave you ever felt overwhelmed when trying to read the Bible? Maybe you don’t even know where to begin. As part of our special message series The Essentials, this week’s message “How to Read Your Bible” takes a look at why we read the Bible in the first place, the variances in different translations, and multiple ways we can read the Bible. But maybe most importantly, the message focuses on what happens when we approach the Bible with faith and realize the supernatural, powerful nature of Go...
ESSENTIALS: How to read your Bible
March 22, 2021 19:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBHave you ever felt overwhelmed when trying to read the Bible? Maybe you don’t even know where to begin. As part of our special message series The Essentials, this week’s message “How to Read Your Bible” takes a look at why we read the Bible in the first place, the variances in different translations, and multiple ways we can read the Bible. But maybe most importantly, the message focuses on what happens when we approach the Bible with faith and realize the supernatural, powerful nature of Go...
Masterclass: Putting the Way of Jesus into Practice
March 15, 2021 15:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBJesus ends “The Sermon on the Mount” with the analogy of a wise man building a house on a rock and a foolish man building his house on sand. When the rains came, the house on the rock stands strong because of its solid foundation, but when the streams rose and the winds blew near the house on the sand, “it fell with a great crash.” Pastor Jerry explains in this culminating message of our Masterclass series that Jesus is calling us to not only listen and be inspired by the words in this messa...