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Follow Me | Part 3 | How to make Disciples - Audio
September 02, 2018 17:24 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBGreat Oaks Community Church Weekly Sermon Podcast.
Follow Me | Part 2 | Why make disciples - Audio
August 26, 2018 17:20 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBPastor Jake preached week 2 in our “Follow Me” series. The Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 11:1, “Follow me as I follow Christ.” Does your life say the same thing? You can’t get around the “follow me” part of that. The truth is that everyone is involved in discipleship whether they realize it or not. It just may have nothing to do with Jesus. You are already a follower. The question is who are you following? You already have people following you. The question is which way are you leading ...
Follow Me | Part 1 | Fan, Friend, or Follower - Audio
August 19, 2018 17:21 - 45 minutes - 42.2 MBPastor Jake started our new 3-wk series called “Follow Me”. The Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 11:1, “Follow me as I follow Christ.” Does your life say the same thing? You can’t get around the “follow me” part of that. The truth is that everyone is involved in discipleship whether they realize it or not. It just may have nothing to do with Jesus. You are already a follower. The question is who are you following? You already have people following you. The question is which way are you lea...
Colossians | Part 11 | In The Master's Hand - Audio
August 12, 2018 16:28 - 48 minutes - 44.9 MBPastor Jake preached the last message in our Summer series on the book of Colossians. This week’s message was on Colossians 4:7-18. Pastor Jake shared that he’s been learning the guitar this year. He said on Sunday, “Here’s something I’ve learned about my guitar. It’s worthless if no one who knows how to play it ever picks it up. It just sits in the corner. It can’t do tricks. It can’t sweep the floor. It can’t answer questions like Alexa. It’s useless. If no one with even a little skill is e...
Colossians | Part 10 | Be Salty - Audio
August 05, 2018 15:31 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBPastor Jake continued our Summer series that will take us verse-by-verse through the book of Colossians. This week’s message was on Colossians 4:2-6. In this passage, the Apostle Paul give us direction about something we all struggle with: communication. He writes about communication with God (prayer) and communication with “outsiders” and unbelievers (evangelism).
Colossians | Part 9 |Tug of War | Message - Audio
July 29, 2018 17:09 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBGreat Oaks Community Church Weekly Sermon Podcast.
Colossians | Part 8 | Kill it - Audio
July 22, 2018 17:46 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBPastor Jake continued our Summer series that will take us verse-by-verse through the book of Colossians. This week’s message was on Colossians 3:1-17. In this passage, the Apostle Paul does what many modern churches never do – he gets very specific about sin. He draws lines and gets detailed about what it looks like to be a Christ-follower and what it looks like to not be one. He warns, rebukes, and raises the standard. We may take this kind of correction from a doctor or a coach, but we’re r...
Colossians | Part 7 | Shadows or Substance - Audio
July 15, 2018 17:54 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBGreat Oaks Community Church Weekly Sermon Podcast.
Colossians | Part 6 | Easily Deceived - Audio
July 08, 2018 15:09 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBOn Sunday, Pastor Jake continued our Summer series that will take us verse-by-verse through the book of Colossians. This week’s message was on Colossians 2:8-15. It is amazingly easy for people to be deceived and rest their lives on what will ultimately be nothing. We are so easily tricked! We’ll get distracted by whatever is new, shiny, and different. When someone runs up to us, points into the sky, and says “look!”, we almost always look. Some of us stare for hours at nothing. Some of u...
Colossians | Part 5 | Three Questions - Audio
July 01, 2018 18:22 - 46 minutes - 43.2 MBPastor Jake continued our Summer series that will take us verse-by-verse through the book of Colossians. This week’s message was on Colossians 2:1-7. In this message, Pastor Jake gave us 3 questions to ponder and reflect on that naturally rise to the surface from studying these 7 verses. The problem is that we live in a culture and a time that has sacrificed reflection for convenience and efficiency. Technology promises us that we will have more time, because tasks will take less time to comp...
Colossians | Part 4 | What's Your Thing - Audio
June 24, 2018 18:26 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBPastor Chris continued our Colossians series with part 4. He explained that as we find out what our thing is, we need to ask ourselves if we are using that thing to point people to Jesus.
Colossians | Part 3 | God's Pleasure - Audio
June 17, 2018 15:10 - 40 minutes - 36.8 MBPastor Jake continued our Summer series that will take us verse-by-verse through the book of Colossians. This week’s message was on Colossians 1:19-23. Pastor Jake told a story in his message on Sunday about a great and generous king whose people were evil, rebellious, and hated him. He sought peace with them, but everyone who carried his banner of peace was murdered. Finally, the king decided to go to the people himself to make peace. Some responded to his display of love and kindness, but t...
Colossians | Part 2 | Christ is Supreme - Audio
June 12, 2018 15:12 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MBPastor Jake continued our Summer series that will take us verse-by-verse through the book of Colossians. Last week covered verses 1-14 in Colossians chapter 1. This week’s message was on just four verses – Colossians 1:15-18. The Apostle Paul is writing this letter to the Colossian church because Epaphras has come to him for help. There is a group of false teachers (Gnostics) attacking the new little church and it’s causing confusion among these young believers. They’re saying that they have ...
Colossians | Part 1 | Opening Prayer (Plus 2 Special Announcements) - Audio
June 03, 2018 15:13 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBPastor Jake started our Summer series that will take us verse-by-verse through the book of Colossians. Week 1 covered verses 1-14 in Colossians chapter 1. The Apostle Paul is writing this letter to the Colossian church because Epaphras has come to him for help. There is a group of false teachers (Gnostics) attacking the new little church and it’s causing confusion among these young believers. They’re saying that they have special knowledge that the Colossians need in order to be saved by God....
Open Hands: Troubles - Audio
May 29, 2018 16:05 - 43 minutes - 39.5 MBhttp://bible.com/events/417603
Open Hands: Money - Audio
May 20, 2018 18:00 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBPastor Jake continued our May “Open Hands” series. Our default position as human beings is to close our hands around the things we have. This includes tangible things like money, houses, cars, etc., but it also includes intangible things like our time, family, mercy, and more. It’s our nature and it’s our culture. Our culture screams “hoard, gather, keep, hold, close your hands!” Our default position is to live life with closed hands, and yet as Christ-followers we are to live life with open ...
Open Hands: Faith - Audio
May 13, 2018 21:51 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBPastor Jake continued our May “Open Hands” series. Our default position as human beings is to close our hands around the things we have. This includes tangible things like money, houses, cars, etc., but it also includes intangible things like our time, family, mercy, and more. It’s our nature and it’s our culture. Our culture screams “hoard, gather, keep, hold, close your hands!” Our default position is to live life with closed hands, and yet as Christ-followers we are to live life with open ...
Open Hands - God - Audio
May 06, 2018 20:06 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MBPastor Jake kicked off our May series entitled “Open Hands”. Our default position as human beings is to close our hands around the things we have. This includes tangible things like money, houses, cars, etc., but it also includes intangible things like our time, family, mercy, and more. It’s our nature and it’s our culture. Our culture screams “hoard, gather, keep, hold, close your hands!” Our default position is to live life with closed hands, and yet as Christ-followers we are to live life ...
Take 5 Paul - Audio
April 29, 2018 20:12 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBPastor Jake continued our “Take 5” series which will look at Jesus’ life from 5 different perspectives (takes): Peter, Thomas, Matthew, Pilate, and Paul. The plan is for Pastor Jake to tell each week’s perspective from that person’s point of view. On Sunday (Take 4) he was Pilate. Pilate is very different than the other 4 “takes” we will get in this series for one major reason: he never gave his life to Jesus. All the other stories we will hear in this Take 5 series are stories of life change...
Take 5 Pilate - Audio
April 23, 2018 03:23 - 39 minutes - 36.7 MBPastor Jake continued our “Take 5” series which will look at Jesus’ life from 5 different perspectives (takes): Peter, Thomas, Matthew, Pilate, and Paul. The plan is for Pastor Jake to tell each week’s perspective from that person’s point of view. On Sunday (Take 4) he was Pilate. Pilate is very different than the other 4 “takes” we will get in this series for one major reason: he never gave his life to Jesus. All the other stories we will hear in this Take 5 series are stories of life change...
Take 5 - Matthew - Audio
April 15, 2018 15:58 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBPastor Jake continued our “Take 5” series which will look at Jesus’ life from 5 different perspectives (takes): Peter, Thomas, Matthew, Pilate, and Paul. The plan is for Pastor Jake to tell each week’s perspective from that person’s point of view. On Sunday (Take 3) he was Matthew. Matthew wasn’t always Matthew. He started out as Levi. He was a tax collector, which was basically the most hated person in Israel at the time. They were considered sellouts, traitors, and thieves since they collec...
Take 5 Thomas - Audio
April 08, 2018 19:43 - 32 minutes - 30 MBPastor Jake continued our “Take 5” series which will look at Jesus’ life and sacrifice from 5 different perspectives (takes): Peter, Thomas, Matthew, Pilate, and Paul. The plan is for Pastor Jake to tell each week’s perspective from that person’s point of view. On Sunday (week 2), he was Thomas. Thomas has a nickname that has stuck with him long after his death – “Doubting Thomas”. At times though, Thomas showed great faith in Jesus. And yet through his story, we can see the fight between fai...
Peter - Audio
April 01, 2018 18:35 - 38 minutes - 35.8 MBPastor Jake started our “Take 5” series which will look at Jesus’ life and sacrifice from 5 different perspectives (takes): Peter, Thomas, Matthew, Pilate, and Paul. On Sunday (week 1), he was Peter. Peter was at times very faith- filled, but at other times not so much. He made some huge mistakes – questioning Jesus, doubting Jesus, rebuking Jesus, and in the end outright denying that he even knew Jesus. And yet each time he made a mistake, Jesus was there to offer Peter a second chance and a...
Esther - Audio
March 18, 2018 19:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBOn Sunday, Pastor Jake continued our “Game Changers” series by teaching from the life Queen Esther. God orchestrated for Esther to be taken from no influence to influencing the King of a great empire at exactly the right time. She was able to save her people (the Jews) from extinction. But it wasn’t easy. Esther had to be willing to give up her own life. The law said that to approach the king without being summoned was punishable by death. So, Esther asked her cousin Mordecai to get all the J...
Daniel - Audio
March 11, 2018 15:48 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBOn Sunday, Pastor Jake continued our “Game Changers” series by teaching from the life of the prophet Daniel. Daniel and his friends were exiled to Babylon from Judah. They were slaves and yet God showed them favor. Daniel was a game-changer in a very tough situation. He shows us what it means to have game-changing faith. Faith is more than just belief that gets you saved. Jesus talked about faith as if it is fluid – you can have none, a lot, a little, etc. It’s the outworking of true belief. ...
Samuel - Audio
February 11, 2018 16:04 - 53 minutes - 49.4 MBIn week 2 of our Game Changers series, Pastor Jake talks about the prophet Samuel and his game-changing righteousness. What does it mean to be righteous? Is there a difference between the "righteousness of man" and the "righteousness of God"? Listen to be challenged in the way of righteousness!
Deborah - Audio
February 04, 2018 16:06 - 48 minutes - 44 MBIn week one of our Game Changers series, Pastor Jake talks about Deborah's game-changing wisdom. Everybody wants wisdom, right? But what is it exactly and how does one get it? The answer may surprise you!
Anchor - Audio
January 28, 2018 16:08 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBIn week 4 or our "My Passion" series, Pastor Chris talks about his passion -- the anchor of our souls, Jesus Christ. There's really only one thing, one answer, one purpose...it's Jesus! Jesus+nothing=everything.
3 Creation Truths to Teach Your Kids - Audio
January 14, 2018 15:30 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBPastor Dan talks about his passion -- raising kids to live a God-honoring life. In this message, he gives you 3 creation truths that have to be in yours and your kids spiritual foundation.
Shut up and listen - Audio
January 07, 2018 15:42 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBPastor Bill starts our "My Passion" series out with an awesome message about how to find your passion. Have you lost your passion or never really found it to begin with? If you have a passion that drives you, is it from God? Listen to this message from Pastor Bill to help you in your journey!
The Power of one - Audio
December 31, 2017 18:54 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBPastor Jake preached a sermon on Mark 4, 5, and 7 called “The Power of One”. In Mark 4, Jesus and His disciples get into a boat to cross over the Sea of Galilee. But it’s not some mundane trip. They were going over a region of cities called the Decapolis that was known to be a very dark, pagan place. In fact, most Jewish families at the time believed that they would be cursed if they ever went there. So, the disciples were probably not very excited for this trip. And sure enough – they have p...
What Christmas means - Audio
December 25, 2017 03:54 - 49 minutes - 45 MBPastor Jake talks about what Immanuel (God with us) really means for you. http://bible.com/events/331689
Family Rhythm - Audio
December 17, 2017 17:35 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBOn Sunday, Pastor Jake wrapped up our “Rhythm” series with week 7 – Family Rhythm. God has created us to function in a certain way...a rhythm. That goes for every area of our lives, including our family. God, in His infinite wisdom, has set forth a specific rhythm for our family to operate in. But parenting is hard! There are ups and downs, and sometimes it seems more down than up. And yet that makes sense, because we will do nothing of more value with our lives than mold the little souls God...
Marriage Rhythm - Audio
December 10, 2017 15:48 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBPastor Jake continued our “Rhythm” series with week 6 – Marriage Rhythm. God has created us to function in a certain way...a rhythm. That goes for every area of our lives, including our relationships, especially our marriage. God has made marriage to work in a rhythm. When He created Adam, a suitable helpmate was not found for him in all of creation, so God had to make something different – woman. Adam and Eve enjoyed God’s perfect rhythm in the first marriage – no mind games, pride, confusio...
Present Rhythm - Audio
December 03, 2017 18:31 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBOn Sunday, Pastor Jake continued our “Rhythm” series with week 5 – Present Rhythm. We were created by God to be image-bearers and agents of reconciliation in this world. And yet, most of us aren’t really here. We’re not fully present. We’re always somewhere else – stuck in the past, consumed with the future, or distracted by another place or someone else’s life (via our phones). There’s no way to hold on to time. There’s no way to slow it down or speed it up. It just is. It marches on. Decemb...
Sabbath Rhythm - Audio
November 26, 2017 18:43 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBOn Sunday, Pastor Jake continued our “Rhythm” series with week 4 – Sabbath Rhythm. We were created by God to be image-bearers and agents of reconciliation in this world. And yet, most of us are too hurried, tired, and stressed out to even think about that. We’re out of step with God’s rhythm for our lives. God sees us and says, “you need the Sabbath!” The Sabbath is a rhythm that goes all the way back to creation – God created for 6 days and on the 7th He rested, making it holy. It’s one of t...
Thanksgiving Rhythm - Audio
November 19, 2017 18:39 - 42 minutes - 39.3 MBOn Sunday, Pastor Jake continued our “Rhythm” series with week 3 – Thanksgiving Rhythm. God has created the world to function in a certain rhythm. He did that in Genesis 1 & 2 (on a big level), but He also does that with each one of us. Psalm 139 talks about how God has knit each of us in our mother’s wombs. He is intimately involved in making us the way we are – outwardly and inwardly. He is not a God who has created, gotten the ball rolling, and walked away. He is near. One of the ways you ...
Devotional Rhythm - Audio
November 12, 2017 20:03 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBOn Sunday, Pastor Jake continued our “Rhythm” series with week 2 – devotional rhythm. Jesus said in John 10:10 that He came to give us “life, and life abundantly”. And yet most people are not experiencing that life. The good thing is that Jesus doesn’t just make that promise and walk away. He’s like the “master” in the dojo – patiently walking beside us showing us how it’s done. God has created the world and your life to work in a certain rhythm. But because of sin and the Fall in Genesis 3, ...
Godly Rhythm - Audio
November 05, 2017 19:02 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBOn Sunday, Pastor Jake started our new series “Rhythm”. Have you ever known someone who has no rhythm? They can’t clap, much less dance or play an instrument? Have you ever sat through a Middle School band concert? Painful, right? That’s because songs were written to work at a certain tempo and rhythm; in a certain key, etc. When that’s not followed, it causes a very unpleasant feeling. And even your heart is supposed to beat at a certain rhythm, isn’t it? And if it doesn’t, that’s called “ar...
Kingdom Builders Part 2 - Audio
October 29, 2017 17:43 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBOn Sunday, Pastor Jake talked about Kingdom Builders for the second week. Building God’s Kingdom is about global missions, local church expansion, and compassion ministry. We want everyone in our church to step up and be a Kingdom Builder by committing to 1) serve in a ministry at Great Oaks; 2) serve in a compassion ministry outside of Great Oaks; and 3) give financially to the Kingdom Builders Fund in a one-time gift and a monthly gift (above and beyond normal tithe). After Pastor Jake expl...
Kingdom Builders Part 1 - Audio
October 22, 2017 19:28 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBOn Sunday, Pastor Jake introduced a new Great Oaks initiative called “Kingdom Builders”. Before he got into the nuts and bolts of that though, he taught on the concept of “the Kingdom of God”. Jesus taught on the Kingdom of God (or Heaven) more than any other topic. In our American culture, though, it can sometimes be difficult to understand the idea of a “kingdom”. Kingdom just means “the King’s domain.” So in one sense, everywhere is God’s Kingdom. It’s all His. But in another sense...not s...
Church - Audio
October 15, 2017 17:20 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBOn Sunday, Pastor Jake wrapped up our “Neighboring” series with week 6 – Neighboring Church. We’ve talked over the last 5 weeks about taking the Great Commandment to love our neighbors as ourselves literally – to reach out to our actual neighbors individually. But what would it look like to not just be a neighboring person or family, but to be a neighboring church? What would it look like to do this individually and collectively (as Great Oaks)? After all, what is the true fruit of a church? ...
Plans - Audio
October 08, 2017 17:49 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBOn Sunday, Pastor Jake continued our “Neighboring” series with week 5 – Plans. If you really care about something and want to see it happen, you’ll plan for it. That’s when things get serious. You can talk about a vacation, but until you sit down and start researching pricing, tourist spots, and timing, it’s just an idea. You can talk about getting healthier, but it remains an impotent idea until you sit down and start planning the how. In life, you are only as effective as you are intentiona...
Rewards - Audio
October 01, 2017 22:27 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBOn Sunday, Pastor Jake continued our series called “Neighboring” with week 4 – Rewards. The greatest commandment starts with loving God with all our lives and then moves to loving our neighbor as ourselves. But it’s like hinges on a door...what good is a door with one hinge? Jesus said that all of the Law and Prophets hang on these (together) in Matt. 22:40. You cannot separate these two commandments. But to be clear, loving God with all of you isn’t about a feeling. It’s about loyalty, commi...
Excuses - Audio
September 24, 2017 19:07 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBPastor Jake continued our series called “Neighboring” with week 3–Excuses. Loving your neighbor as yourself –your actual neighbor next door –isn’t easy! It’s a big task! With that in mind, our tendency is to make excuses and convince ourselves that we cannot possibly do this. But excuses are just reasons without reason. They don’t pass the sniff test. They’re easy to spot in kids, because they can be so ridiculous and unrelated, but they are just as prevalent in adults. Pastor Jake talked abo...