Grace Pointe Students is a student ministry for middle school & high school students at Grace Pointe Church, located in the Apopka, Florida area.
In our prayer life, its vital that we do not give up. Even when it seems like nothing is happening, God desires for us to keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you. Grace Pointe's lead pastor Joel Craig, speaks to our students about the importance of persistent prayer.
What does it look like to seek after God? What effect might it have on our prayer life when we go beyond just asking and actually seek after Him? Pastor Zach shares a message on seeking God's power in our lives.
Ask, Seek, & Knock. This is what we are asked to do when it comes to being persistent in our prayers. Pastor Zach talks through what it looks like to ask God for our needs in life.
You can't judge a book by its cover. When it comes to relationships, character can't be compromised. Listen as Pastor Zach talks about looking deeper than physical attraction.
We cannot simply follow our heart when we are making some of life's greatest decisions. We need truth and wisdom. Listen as Pastor Zach talks through relationships and following truth, not our hearts.
Pastor Zach continued our "Wayfinder" series with a talk on facing adversity on our life's journey.
Navigating the journey of life can be hard. There are so many obstacles and things that prevent us from journeying well. Listen as Pastor Zach kicks-off the new year with a new series called "Wayfinder".
Each of us are called into the life of abundance both here on earth and for eternity. Over the next couple of weeks, we will look at the Christmas Story and see how the birth of the Savior invited us into the extraordinary.
God is crazy about us. He loves us more than we could ever imagine. Listen as GPS Leader, Sean McFarland talks about being fully loved by God.
God sees the good side of us and the not so good side, yet He continues to pursue us and extend His grace toward each and every one of His children. Listen as Pastor Zach shares a message on being fully known by God.
In order to experience the peace of God, we NEED to pray. Listen as pastor Zach talks about the importance of a prayer life in every situation.
We ALL have fears in our lives. We can allow those things to motivate us or paralyze us. GPS leader, Christine shares her heart and encourages us in this weeks lesson!
Romans 8:28 tells us that God works ALL THINGS for the good of those who love Him. It's often hard to remember that in the middle of a trial. Listen as Pastor Zach kicks off a new series "Every Little Thing".
We cannot get caught up and thinking ourselves better than others. Listen as GPS leader, Johnnie Higgins shares a message on Spiritual Pride.
When we Worship God, what do we actually offer up to Him? Our lives are supposed to be an act of Worship to our Savior. Listen as GPS leader, Julie Ellington shares a message on Hollow Worship.
There weren't very many things that Jesus spoke about more that hypocrites. Listen as Pastor Zach brings a message on the topic of having our private life match our public life.
What are the things that break the heart of God? Listen as we begin a series called "What would Jesus unDo?" and cover some of the very things we can get caught up in that break the heart of God. This week is about Spiritual Indifference.
As we attempt to live with our "Head in the clouds", the enemy would love to disrupt that. Listen as GPS Leader, Sean McFarland, shares a message on how to keep our minds fixed on the things that matter.
During week 2 of our "Head in the clouds" series, GPS leader Josiah Willis shares a message of fighting Instant Gratification.
We are called to live with our head in the clouds, but keep our feet on the ground. How can we do that? How can we live like we are new creations? Listen as pastor Zach starts a new series with a talk about winning the battle against ourselves.
Own The Night was a 100% student led service to end our Summer 2019. Listen as Grace Pointe Student, Lexi Fisher brings the message and encourages students into the school year.
Jesus often escaped to pray to His father and so should we! Listen as Pastor Zach speaks on prayer during week 2 of our Rhythms series.
We should be doing life together. This is very evident when you look at the life of Jesus. During this series, we will look at the Rhythms of Jesus that we can imitate on a daily basis.
At our Summer Kick-off, Pastor Zach shares how to have a truly life changing summer.
How do we fight off sexual temptation? Listen as pastor Zach answers our final question in the "You Asked For It" series.
The friendships in our life usually determine the direction & quality of our lives. It's vital that we surround ourselves with wise people, that bring out the best version of ourselves. Listen as pastor Zach talks through what walking the the wise looks like.
Pastor Zach talks this week about being the light that God has called us to be.
It's a struggle to completely surrender everything over to God and allow Him to reign and rule in our lives. This week, pastor Zach answers the question of "How Do I Give God Everything?".
Pastor Zach continues our series with a talk on handling failure. We all face it, how to we handle it in the most God honoring way?
How do we handle things out of our control? Listen as pastor Zach continues our 'You asked for it" series, answering questions from our students.
GPS Leader Johnnie Higgins kicked off a brand new series called "You asked for it". This is a series where we answer questions that our students wrote in. Listen as Johnnie talks on the subject of an unforgivable sin.
Pastor Zach closes our our "PILLARS" series with a talk on the importance of the Word of God in our lives. It is alive and powerful, useful to grow us and strengthen us!
Works are an important pillar of our faith. Faith without works is dead. They display a true heart change and that God is at work within us. Listen as Pastor Zach talks about living a life where our works display our faith.
So much of our time can be spent on reckless living. Spending day after day pursuing things that will leave us empty and broken. Listen as pastor Zach closes out our series with a talk on the Prodigal Son.
Excuses are used on a daily. We are professionals in using them in every area of our life. When it comes to the things of God, we can be confident in executing what He has called us to do. Pastor Zach shares a message on leaving a life of excuses behind.
It's so easy to live in anxiety & fear on an every day basis. Jesus offers us a peace that surpasses all understanding. Listen as pastor Zach shares a message on not delaying to experience the peace that Jesus offers us!
What would Jesus do? It should be a question we ask ourselves in everyday situations. Living a life of integrity looks a lot like the life of Jesus. Listen as Pastor Zach shares a message on living with integrity.
We are kicking off the new year with a new series called "This Is Our Time". God has given a window of opportunity to students to reach their circle of friends, culture, & their schools for Jesus. Let us not delay in our mission! GPS Leader Josiah Willis, talked about the importance of faith filled friends in the new year!
Our negative thoughts about things and ourselves can hold us back from what God is trying to accomplish in our life. We must Let Go and trust God with everything. Listen as Pastor Zach shares a message on Letting Go of our thought life.
As we kick off our new series "Let Go", Pastor Zach gives us a message on coming to the end of ourselves and truly trusting God with everything.
GPS Leader, Johnnie Higgins closes out our series "Monsters" with a conversation on the importance and power of confessing to and praying for one another. Our prayers hold power and we can break free from the things that haunt us with true transparency.
Before Jesus, we were all dead. Because of Jesus, we are made ALIVE! If you find yourself walking around lifeless in your faith, Listen as Pastor Zach shares a message on staying spiritually awake and living alive for Christ.
GPS leader Johnnie Higgins continues our "MONSTERS" series with a message on anger. He gives us insight on how it affects our life and how to handle our anger in a God honoring way.
Feel drained and out of energy? You're not alone! Even Jesus rested. Listen as pastor Zach kicks off our new series "MONSTERS" with a talk on how to navigate the life draining things we allow into our life.
The transformation on the inside reveals itself on the outside, as we bear fruit from the Holy Spirit. Listen as GPS leader, Lilian Berner closes out our series with a talk on the Fruit of the Spirit.
The Holy Spirit changes us from the Inside Out. God is not interested in behavioral modification, but complete transformation! Listen as Pastor Zach starts a new series on how the Holy Spirit transforms us!
Our response to the voice of God is so important. Listen as Pastor Zach wraps up our Static series!
Week 3 of "STATIC" is all about How God Speaks. Pastor Zach Stoner goes over a few of the ways that God speaks to His people.
Hearing and Listening are very different. Listening is intentional. In order to hear God clearly, we must intentionally be listening for His voice. Pastor Zach talks about the importance of our posture when it comes to listening for His voice!
God is speaking. He speaks to His sheep. We need to lean in to hear the voice of the shepherd through the noise of life. Pastor Zach talks about how we need to draw close to God.
Comfort is great, but comfort can get us into trouble. God wants us to step out of what seems comfortable and into faith. Faith is God's biggest platform. Pastor Zach talks about how comfort kept the israelites at bay and missing out on the promised victory against Goliath.