God's Lemonade Stand

Luis Tapia talks to us about how Jesus pours out love on everyone, believers and unbelievers. Luis's journey of the growth he experienced in his personal walk with God is inspiring and encouraging. He shares the value of authenticity and the tangibility of knowing Jesus and how that changed his perspective. We hope you enjoy!

David and Brianna talk with Luis Batista about what it means for us to have our Heavenly Father. We know you'll enjoy it and we hope this podcast encourages you and strengthens your faith. Thanks for listening!

Practices that encourage faith. Our hosts David and Brianna chat with Mitchell Hagan and Jordan Vallieres. As we see God work in the small things, it builds our faith to believe on Him to work in the big areas of our life. Jordan and Mitchell share where they saw God come in clutch as well as some barriers that keep us from growing in our faith. Come to God with the faith that you have, even if it's small, and He will bless and use you.

In this podcast Craig Foster, one of our young adults, who works as a dentist, talks to us on the topic of renewing faith. He shares his reflections on how Shadrach and the boys renewed their faith daily, unknowingly strengthening them in preparation for the greatest challenge of their lives. Join us in listening as Craig shares the principles and the practicalities of a real walk with God.

In this episode we are talking about sacrifice. Rodney McFadden, a Bible teacher at Forest Lake Academy, shares his family's journey processing their daughter's diagnosis of autism. He unpacks the beautiful change of perspective that came about, realizing he could choose to see life through the lens of God's sovereignty and love. Share this powerful testimony with a friend.

On this episode of God's Lemonade Stand, Pastor Brian Cassell reflects on what God's will is for us as His children. He also goes to speak on how we experience God's Will in our every day life.

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Cedric Pritchett about the Body of Christ. There are many perspectives but as Dr. Pritchett discusses we are all part of the body of Christ. No matter what our age, race or cultural background. We are all family in the body of Christ.

This episode we are talking about Vacation Bible School with, our fabulous VBS Director, Heather Landers. Learn how her passion and dedication to children's VBS programming has evolved over her 10 years experience of sharing God's Lemonade through Vacation Bible School.

This episode we will be interviewing Joel and Nancy Rivera, our pathfinder directors, about community outreach and getting involved in church ministry. If you're not already, we encourage you to get involved in a ministry in your church to share God's Lemonade with others.

Celebrating Mother's-day, we hear from Susan Johnson, an active member of our church. She shares her experience of becoming a mother just two weeks short of her 20th birthday. She details her testimony of her son Jake who was born blind and deaf. Throughout the journey Susan learned to pray for strength to endure, rather than relief from the trials. We know that you will be blessed as you listen. Like, follow, and share so that others can taste and see that God's Lemonade is Good.

We often ask God for copper coins when He wants to give us gold ones. As John Newton said, “thou art coming to a king, a big cup with thee bring.” Bring your biggest cup to God's lemonade stand. The best part? It's free.

In this final episode of our “Showers of Blessings” series, we are encouraged and challenged to be a blessing. Listen as we hear an interview from the President of the Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists as well as a worship talk from our Senior Pastor. We've asked for blessings, we've received blessings, now it's time to share those blessings. We were given the lemonade, now let's go bring some to those around us.

Psalm 37:4 tells us to, “Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.” In this episode, we hear Pr. Chandler's journey of asking and seeking the Lord for his desires. However, when he begins to seek blessings, he actually ends up seeking God. We pray this episode encourages you to seek the Lord for blessings whether big or small, important or insignificant. Because in the end, your seeking will lead you to the biggest blessing of all, Jesus Christ. Our biggest blessing isn't the lemonade, it's getting to meet the lemonade Maker Himself.

Matthew 7:7 tells us to, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye. shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” Our new series of episodes cover the topic of asking for and receiving blessings. Today we hear a powerful testimony from one of our Young Adults, Xavier Moss. Want some of God's lemonade? Just ask Jesus!

This episode wraps up our outreach series by talking about what it means for us to personally outreach to others. Michael Nazario shares his personal experience with outreach in the home, while Matt Master shares his personal experience with leading worship. Both are examples of ways to reach others for Jesus Christ, but it doesn't stop there! The way God has gifted you personally can be the way He's calling you to reach out to those around you. Each one of us is called to share God's lemonade.

When we experience Jesus, we become a fountain. The fruits of Christ's Spirit not only flows in us, but through us. Since most of our lives are spent either in school or in the workplace, how can we show Jesus in these areas of our lives? In this episode, we hear two testimonies about how Jesus began to flow through two individuals in their workplace. We pray that God's lemonade not only fills you, but overflows to everyone around you.

This episode continues talking about the many ways outreach can take place, including within the church. The church is not always found in a building, but is found in everyone who decides to follow Jesus Christ. Pr. B gives us an example of what “outreach in the church” looks like. God's Lemonade is for all His people everywhere.

Outreach comes in many shapes and sizes. It doesn't always have to be loud, public, or even come from a platform. Sometimes outreach can happen silently. In this episode, Pr. Alex shares how we are all called to share Jesus in even the smallest ways. May we take every opportunity big or small to share God's lemonade with someone this week.

Jesus gave us the commandment to love God and our neighbors as ourselves. So what does it look like to reach out to our neighbors across the street and across the world? As we start our “Outreach” series, Pastor Frank Ottati and Rawel Morninglane dive into the why and how of reaching our neighbors. God's Lemonade isn't just for you; it's also for your fellow neighbors near and far.

Special guests Xavier and Berkley Moss battle to see who knows more about the Spring Meadows pastors. In this episode, Pastor Chandler talks about how to share God's cup of lemonade with our friends and how friendships always make life's lemonade better.

Here on earth, there is no love more genuine, unwavering, and unconditional than the love of family. It is the cornerstone of all relationships. Pastor Frank talks about how to prioritize and grow relationships within the family. May this refreshing cup of lemonade remind you to love those closest to you.

As a wise man once said, “a cord of three strands is not easily broken.” God wants us to build unbreakable relationships with Him and those we love. In this episode, we talk about the foundation of these relationships. Along with this topic, we interview Pastor Alex and her journey to finding God's purpose for her life.

Welcome to the very first episode. The theme of this podcast will be Relationships with God. In addition, we will be interviewing one of our new pastors at Spring Meadows Seventh-day Adventist Church Pastor Chandler. We hope that with "God's lemonade" you will never thirst again.