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Podcast for Hays Christian Church. Pastor Kevin M. Daniels.

Kevin M. Daniels


    • May 30, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
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    Separate (God's Love in Christ): Romans 8:31-39

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 21:40


    Pastor Cana opens to Romans 8:31-39, where Paul covers the theme of no separation from Christ's love. Nothing, which ever has been or ever could be, can separate us from Christ's love. We are called to recenter on the powerful, matchless love of Christ.

    Christians Who Changed the World: Paul Farmer

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 27:07


    Matthew 25:31-46 reminds us to treat the disadvantaged in society as we would treat Jesus. Joanne Tramel, keeping tradition to highlight historic Christians, points to the example set by Paul Farmer (1959-2022). Farmer was a medical anthropologist and physician who worked and advocated for impoverished patients, largely in Haiti and the U.S.

    Living Stones: 1 Peter 2:1-7

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 16:41


    1 Peter 2:1-7 speaks on Christian identity to the young church and dealing with the feeling of instability. Jesus is the foundational stone for the House of God. We seek refuge in the foundation of Jesus, to be built on Him.

    Holy Fear: 1 Peter 1:13-21

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 19:41


    1 Peter 1:13-21 speaks on what holy fear is and Pastor Cana expresses that because of God's holiness, grace, and justice, believers should have holy fear of God. When we repackage our idea of fear of God, it transforms into something better.

    Vindicate Me, O God!: Psalm 26

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 18:42


    Psalm 26 focuses on the topic of vindication and Pastor Cana points out ways we feel the need for proof of our innocence. God is the only one who can vindicate us when we are wrongly blamed or shamed. Therefore, we are encouraged to pray boldly for vindication to the only true judge, our God.

    I AM (Part 7): The Resurrection and the Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 20:04


    Pastor Cana's Lenten sermon series concludes in John 11:17-27, in which Jesus arrives in Bethany following the death of Lazarus and meets with Martha to give her comfort and hope. Those who live and believe in Jesus will never die. Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world.

    I AM (Part 6): The True Vine

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 23:20


    Pastor Cana's Lenten sermon series picks up in John 15:1-9, in which Jesus illustrates in a clearly explained metaphor how the vine grower (the Father) tends the true vine (Jesus), nurturing the fruit-bearing branches (abiding in Christ) and pruning the dead branches (that which prevents abiding). Jesus, the true vine, gives us reason to praise and bears fruit in us. We only need to remain with the Vine.

    I AM (Part 5): The Way, the Truth, and the Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 19:45


    Pastor Cana's Lenten sermon series picks up in John 14:1-7, in which Jesus addresses His disciples at the Last Supper with crucial final parts of His teaching. Jesus as the Way, the Truth, and the Life guides and provides for us. We as believers already know the Way, the Truth, and the Life though knowing Jesus.

    I AM (Part 4): The Good Shepherd

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 16:51


    Pastor Cana's Lenten sermon series picks up in John 10:11-18, in which Jesus provides the metaphor of a good shepherd caring for and protecting his sheep to relay His purpose and God's heart. The Good Shepherd is selfless, powerful, conscious, and determined. Jesus as the Good Shepherd helps us see the ways Jesus protects us in love.

    I AM (Part 3): The Door

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 21:15


    Pastor Cana's Lenten sermon series picks up in John 10:1-10, which follows Jesus healing a blind man on the Sabbath. The man testifies of the miracle and refuses to incriminate his Savior to the religious leaders. In our text, Jesus declares that He is the door (or gate) that invites us into a flourishing life. He is the only door that matters.

    I AM (Part 2): The Light of the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 26:22


    Pastor Cana's Lenten sermon series picks up in John 8:12-20, where Jesus proves to the religious leaders of the temple that He is the light of the world, using their own legal arguments. When we feel that we are walking without support, Jesus, the light of the world, is a trustworthy guide for us.

    I AM (Part 1): The Bread of Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 22:22


    Pastor Cana begins the Lenten sermon series in John 6:35-40, where a crowd who had witnessed Jesus feed 5,000 approach Him again, but Jesus tells them that they should not focus on physical bread, but true bread from heaven. He tells them that He is the bread of life and promises eternal sustenance. In this we learn that Jesus is sufficient, essential, and accessible for us in life and life eternal.

    Hannah in the Temple: 1 Samuel 1:9-18, 2:9-10

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 22:00


    In 1 Samuel 1:9-18, Hannah prays in the temple, begging to be blessed with a son, and promises to give him to God's service. The priest Eli, after mistakenly scolding her, gives her a blessing. Following in 1 Samuel 2:9-10, when she keeps her promise and places her son, Samuel, with the priest, she prays again in praise. Pastor Cana expresses that with God, our misunderstood prayers of desperation can me turned into praise.

    Gideon's Call: Judges 6:11-17

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 22:17


    Pastor Cana opens to Judges 6:11-17, where God calls Gideon to save the Israelites from oppression under the Midianites. God does not need you to be brave, important, impressive, or strong. God only needs you to say yes to His calling. Come see God's calling in your life and the lives of others, regardless of qualification.

    Welcome: Psalm 81

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 21:25


    Pastor Cana introduces Psalm 81, which sees the author reflecting honestly on the challenges of sin, submitting to God, consequences, and God's readiness to welcome us. Though our sin always brings consequences, submission allows us to be ready to receive God's welcome.

    Newness of Life: Romans 6:1-11

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 18:43


    Romans 6:1-11 lays out for the new Christians why continuing in sin is not the way to prove God's power. Pastor Cana Moore elaborates that Jesus' death offers us freedom from sin and raises us into new life. With this promise of new life, we are tasked with abandoning our old ways for the better freedom in Christ.

    God's Blessing in Obedience: Deuteronomy 28:1-6

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 22:04


    Pastor Cana takes us to Deuteronomy 28:1-6, which sees Moses, having taught the Israelites God's law, address them with a blessing and promise of what their obedience to God would lead to. God' blessings for obedience expect and accommodate human frailty. We receive God's blessing without perfect obedience because of God's intentional provision.

    Oh Lord, Save My Life!: Psalm 116

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 22:22


    Pastor Cana shares Psalm 116, where the Psalmist suffers from an illness and calls of God for help and when they are saved from their suffering, they find themselves at peace and reflects on God's truths. Even when we are suffering, God is our current salvation. In our suffering, we have comfort in confidently knowing that God is saving us.

    Balaam and Israel: Numbers 22:7-14; 23:4-8

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 22:16


    In Numbers 22:7-14, and 23:4-8, Balaam is hired by King Balak to curse Israel but acts as God guides him to instead bless them. Balaam, not understanding God, followed Him over economic and personal safety. Pastor Cana implores us to also trust God's prompting to follow Him, even when we don't understand.

    Revealing God: Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 21:28


    For the Epiphany, Pastor Cana speaks from Psalm 72, which serves as a statement of hope and aspiration for a new king and their nation. Jesus, the impossible King made known, is our example of how to bring God's righteousness into the world. We are encouraged to bring about this impossible reign of God's righteousness in the world with His power.

    Now and Yet to Be: Psalm 85

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 12:34


    Meeting on Zoom, Pastor Cana delivers a homily starting from Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13, in which events have been going poorly, but the psalmist expresses confidence of a better world. Now is a time we know God has dwelled in the land through Jesus Christ and the reconciliation of all things is yet to come. We are encouraged to revel in the joy and assurance of the Psalm, of the promise of what is and what is to be, to let it foster peace in our lives.

    Places in the Nativity (Part 4): Fields & Open Spaces

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2024 22:10


    The conclusion of Pastor Cana's 2024 Advent series comes to us from Luke 2:8-15, where shepherds are visited by hosts of angels delivering the Good News of the Christ's birth so that they could become the first to welcome Him. Through Christ's coming, we are invited into the open spaces of a wider world of love, community, joy, and love.

    Places in the Nativity (Part 3): Cities

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 22:04


    The third of Pastor Cana's 2024 Advent series, comes to us from Luke 2:1-5, where Mary travels with Joseph to his ancestral city of Bethlehem for government registration, just in time for Jesus' birth on a not-so-silent night. God draws close to us amidst the noisy, busy journey of our human lives. Can you feel His presence?

    Places in the Nativity (Part 2): Homes

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 20:36


    The second of Pastor Cana's 2024 Advent series, comes to us from Luke 1:39-45, where Mary in her early pregnancy with Jesus visits her cousin Elizabeth, whose own unborn child leaps for joy. God creates a welcoming home for Mary and for all of us. Do you feel God's welcome? Let us also create a welcoming home for others.

    Places in the Nativity (Part 1): Sanctuary

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2024 20:07


    The first of Pastor Cana's 2024 Advent series, presented by Jennie Straight, comes to us from Luke 1:5-23, where the angel Gabriel appears to Zachariah in the sanctuary of God to tell him that his wife Elizabeth will bear a son, despite her advanced age. God offers us sanctuary in His presence, where we can focus on Him and be attended to by Him. Take time to notice your place of sanctuary and seek to focus on God.

    Gratitude and the Lepers: Luke 17:11-19

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 25:03


    Pastor Cana reads into Luke 17:11-19, where He meets ten lepers that He sends to the priests, but they are healed along the way. However, only the Samaritan returns to praise God's glory and thanked Jesus. For us, Christ restores us from our uncleanliness, separation, and exile, so our response should emulate the Samaritan's: praise amidst our gratitude.

    Saul, Anti-Anointed King: 1 Samuel 15: 10-11, 24-28

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 23:19


    In 1 Samuel 15:10-11 and 24-28, Saul, the king that God anointed to lead the Israelites, loses the Spirit of God for ignoring God's commands. Saul was the perfect king by every nation's standard, doing what kings should do, but as Pastor Cana explains, God's favor isn't measured by expectations, declarations, or previous presence, but by obedience to God's Spirit. We are free from being “good Christians”! Instead, attentiveness to God's Spirit will guide us to live our faith.

    Fruit of the Spirit (Part 9): Self-Control

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 22:53


    The final fruit of the Spirit that Pastor Cana presents is the fruit of self-control, as described by Paul in 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, where his athletic metaphors apply to spiritual discipline. Prioritizing the Good News of God over ourselves teaches us self-control for our Christian witness.

    All the Saints: Revelation 7:9-17

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024 24:05


    We look at Revelation 7:9-17 with Pastor Cana to find that the author describes the saints that gather in God's throne room outside of time to worship Him. God draws, unites, and shepherds all the saints together, so we rejoice by remembering the saints of past, present, and future.

    The Word of God: John 1:1-14

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2024 22:06


    John 1:1-14 gives us a poem/song reflecting on Jesus' significance of His coming. Pastor Cana shows us in the scripture that Jesus, not the Bible, is the Word of God. With this information, we can look at all scripture texts through the interpretive lens of the Word of God.

    Meaning-less Life: Ecclesiastes 5:18-20

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 22:04


    When we look into Ecclesiastes 5:18-20 with Pastor Cana, we are left with the wisdom that God's good gifts, the simple things, help us be freed to enjoy our lives without worrying about their impact and weight. We can give our lives less weight and make them instead more meaningful.

    Revealing Revelation (Part 2): Revelation 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 25:22


    The author of Revelations 5 shares a vision for the Seven Churches of Asia. As Pastor Cana explains, for Revelation, God's conquering and victory are about sacrifice, not slaughter. We are urged to worship a sacrificed Lamb as sacrificed people.

    Revealing Revelation (Part 1): Revelation 2:1-11

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 32:47


    The author of Revelations 2:1-11 writes to the churches of Ephesus and Smyrna. As Pastor Cana explains, Revelation's specific context and message to specific people can offer us similar comfort t and hope. Let us appreciate the struggles the ancient and modern churches share in common.

    Truth-Telling Friends and Smooth-Tongued Enemies: Proverbs 27:5-6

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 23:29


    For this sermon, Pastor Cana takes to Proverbs 27:5-6, which advises the distinction between the harsh truths from our loved ones and the sweet lies our enemies tell us. Because God calls us to be righteous, we should be friends who receive and offer truth, even when it is painful.

    Fruit of the Spirit (Part 8): Gentleness

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 18:45


    The next Fruit of the Spirit in Pastor Cana's sermon series is reflected in Proverbs 15:1, 4, and 16:24, which speaks of the consequences of righteousness and wickedness. Preparing for the fruit of gentleness in our hearts means mindfully considering our lives.

    God's Purposes Accomplished: Isaiah 55:8-13

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 21:36


    Isaiah 55:8-13 is a rebuttal to the idea of overwork and offers a balance to value rest when needed. Pastor Cana presents us with the idea that the purposes of God are God's to bring about. We are encouraged to rest and rejoice in God's ability to accomplish His purpose.

    Christ, Our Peacemaker: Matthew 26:47-53

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2024 25:50


    Matthew 26:47-53 describes Jesus Christ's arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane and His response. Pastor Cana makes the case that Christ is firstly a peacemaker, living in a non-violent way and mindset, and it should shape our language and actions. We are encouraged to resist the violent language and conquering outlook of the world and choose to follow Christ the Peacemaker.

    The Narrow Gate: Matthew 7:13-14

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 24:24


    Matthew 7:13-14 describes the narrow gate and hard road to eternal life. Pastor Cana explains that the gate to God is narrow not to test us, but because living like Jesus is a challenging road. Our place is on the way because we have chosen it, living with compassion in a hardened world.

    Fruit of the Spirit (Part 7): Faithfulness

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 25:07


    Returning to the Fruit of the Spirit, Pastor Cana opens to Genesis 15:6-18, where God makes a promise to Abram/Abraham that his descendants will suffer, but ultimately be rewarded. The fruit of faithfulness in Abraham is only possible because of God's faithfulness. In us, God's faithfulness will form our faithfulness during the long life of faith.

    The House of God: Psalm 84

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 22:17


    Pastor Cana opens to Psalm 84, which comes from the family of Korah, who well understand of the house and place of God. They knew that to be in the presence of God was better than being anywhere else. Our joy comes from the fact that God's presence provides us a best place to be.

    Christians Who Changed the World: Harriet Tubman

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2024 24:21


    In tradition to highlight Christians of history, Joanne Tramel speaks of abolitionist Harriet Tubman (born in slavery as Araminta Ross in 1822). A traumatic brain injury sustained in her youth brought her visions from God. After escaping slavery, she was encouraged by God to help others find freedom through the Underground Railroad, then during the Civil War in the Union army. In every accomplishment, she gave God the credit, which we can apply to our own lives.

    Transfiguration Sunday: 2 Peter 1:12-19

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 19:56


    For Transfiguration Sunday, Pastor Cana opens to 2 Peter 1:12-19, which lays out the important final thoughts from the wise apostle Peter to those in need of guidance. Christ's confirmed glory in His transfiguration is a light for us in a dark place that we can rely on as a centering point of our lives.

    Prayer (Part 6): Abandoned

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 19:32


    Pastor Cana concludes the summer sermon series on prayer with Jeremiah 32:16-25, in which the prophet Jeremiah prays after he and his people abandoned God and faced the consequences of their choice. Yet, God provided a promise. We, like Jeremiah, can pray in hope that even when we don't keep faithful to God, we can rejoice that God's faithfulness is greater than human abandonment.

    Prayer (Part 5): Rescue

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 19:02


    The next prayer of Pastor Cana's focus comes from 2 Chronicles 20:5-12, where Jehoshaphat, King of Judah, while struggling to defend the nation against Moab, turns to God for rescue as their only hope. When we do not know what to do, Jehoshaphat's prayer teaches us to look to God and trust Him when we are in impossible situations.

    Fruit of the Spirit (Part 6): Goodness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 24:31


    Picking up in the Fruit of the Spirit series, Pastor Cana opens to Romans 12:9-21, where the author pushes the Christians of Rome to be servants to one another, to serve in their giftedness and not seek to be someone else, and reminding them that God's will can be revealed in their work together for God's kingdom. God gives us community in which the Spirit can grow the fruit of goodness.

    Prayer (Part 4): Formal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2024 24:59


    For the fourth prayer in the sermon series, Pastor Cana goes to 1 Kings 8:22-30, where King Solomon prays publicly on behalf of Israel. Praying to God in a formal way as a community can draw us to a single focus and give us a chance to declare what we believe together.

    Prayer (Part 3): Informal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2024 25:08


    For the third prayer in the sermon series, Pastor Cana goes to Exodus 3:11-14 and 4:10-15, which gives us the example of Moses speaking to God with honesty as he is given the task of leading the Israelites out of Egypt. Because God knows our hearts and minds, He hears our casual prayers just as well as any other prayer. We know that praying honestly can mean praying in our own voice and in genuine reflection of our hearts.

    Tabitha/Dorcas (The Impact of One Life): Acts 9:36-42

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 24:15


    A break from sermon series, Pastor Cana brings us to Acts 9:36-42, where Tabitha (Dorcas in Greek), is resurrected by God's will that her community may learn from her life and imitate her as she imitates Christ. God can give our work and lives impact, even in small and quiet action. We are encouraged to live our one life for God's impact.

    Prayer (Part 2): Defeat

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 23:22


    The next prayer in the summer sermon series, Pastor Cana brings us to Joshua 7:6-13, where Joshua, Moses' successor, leads the Israelites against their enemies, but the broken covenant results in their defeat. Joshua prays in anguish. God responds when we speak to Him honestly, even after defeat and we can take inspiration that God is with us whether we win or lose.

    Prayer (Part 1): Deliverance

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2024 24:04


    Kicking off the summer sermon series on prayer, Pastor Cana opens to 2 Kings 19:14-19, where King Hezekiah of Judah prays for deliverance as Assyria brings threat of conquest, swords VS. Judah's faith in God. God can deliver His People and we can pray to ask Him for it.

    Fruit of the Spirit (Part 5): Kindness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2024 19:11


    Pastor Cana uses 1 Peter 3:8-14 to introduce the 5th Fruit of the Spirit, kindness. God's Spirit grows kindness in our hearts as a response to the love we have been given by God. We are asked to choose kindness over niceness (there is a difference!) and to prepare for the Spirit to grow kindness in us through true awareness of self and others.

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