Proximity Church's Podcast

Join us for a message from Matthew Surprenant, our Student Pastor, as he explains about the importance of community. He shows us why we need it, what it looks like, and how we get it.

Join us as Worship Pastor, Jason Bunch, explains what it is like to have faith in a time of social distance. He starts by showing us that God loves us and that we should love others. He goes on to show us that we live for God by looking out for others.As always, you can find out more about Proximity Church by visiting us online at proximitychurchgso.com.

Take a listen and discover that God has had our back the whole time. So many times we ask where we will get relief from our struggles and trials but God wants us to know that He has been there watching over us all along. As Pastor Michael Reeve shows us, God knows what we need and He wants to protect us. We hope you are blessed by today's message. To find out more, check us out online at proximitychurchgso.com.

Prayer is never easy. But that's because it has never been about the words we pray but about the relationship behind it. Join us as Pastor Michael Reeve takes us through Luke 11, where Jesus answers a question about prayer in a fresh way. It is a game-changing perspective that could open up your prayer life like never before. If you'd like to know more about Proximity Church, please visit online at proximitychurchgso.com or on Facebook.

Having a sense of belonging is one of the greatest feelings that we can have. But sometimes, it comes at a cost. And honestly, it is harder because we put up these walls that we have to jump over. Thankfully, Jesus says that we belong because of His sacrifice and not ours. Join us as Pastor Michael Reeve takes us through Acts 14 & 15 and shows us that the person who tells us most often and loudest that we don't belong is ourselves. We don't need to listen to that voice. We need to listen to Jesus and come live in Him.

Our story should overflow into the lives of the people around us. But sometimes it is so hard to stay connected to God and to His people. Join us as Pastor Michael Reeve lets us know how we can plug into the power of God and tell the story of what Jesus has done in our lives. If you're interested in finding out more about Proximity Church or more about this message, check us out online at https://www.proximitychurchgso.com/ or join us for one of our Sunday services (9am, 10:30am, and online).

God wants us to live out His purposes on purpose. Join us as Pastor Michael Reeve walks us through Mark 14 as he shows us how to live out the purposes of Jesus. It can lead to uncomfortable moments but it has the power to change you and to change the world! If you're interested in finding out more about Proximity Church, check us out online at https://www.proximitychurchgso.com/ or join us for one of our Sunday services (9am, 10:30am, and online).

Join us as our Guest Experience Leader, Logan Macon, shares with us from 2 Chronicles 20:12. I think we can all agree with Logan that "change happens at the speed of our relationships." Listen in to explore this topic more.

Join us as Pastor Michael Reeve takes us through Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem in Matthew 21. As you'll hear, before the glory of Jesus' resurrection was the humility of the cross. This is powerful because it shows us who Jesus really is. His power was in connecting with us and in giving us salvation. We hope you are blessed by today's message! Let us know how we can be praying for you.

The message of Jesus is nothing if not a message of hope. Join us as Pastor Michael Reeve shares with us that the things of this world don't necessarily make up the Kingdom of God. It could be that they are in direct contrast to what God wants. Let's join in and see what God is doing with His Kingdom here on earth.

When we understand and believe Christ's love for us, it compels us to reorient our lives around Jesus. Join us for a powerful message from our Student Pastor, Matthew Surprenant, as he shows us that when we properly understand the love that Jesus has for us it compels us to believe, it compels us to see differently, and it compels us to act.

It's quite awkward to talk about money but it is essential to Jesus. Therefore, we should not avoid it. Join us as Pastor Michael Reeve discusses money and how it can ultimately show where our heart and motivations lie.

Why do we feel like we have disappointed God? Where does that come from? Join us as Pastor Michael Reeve explores the concept of a restrictive God and what that does to our relationship with Him.SPOILER ALERT: God isn't disappointed in you!

Love does it's best work when it's the most difficult to give. Join us as Pastor Michael Reeve explores what to do when love is difficult.

Sometimes we find ourselves worshipping the narrowness of who we want God to be, rather than the fullness of who He actually is. Join us as Pastor Michael Reeve takes us a journey of seeing who God really is.

Having to wait for anything is difficult but even more so when you are waiting on troubles to pass. Join us as our Worship Pastor Jason Bunch takes us through 2 Chronicles 7 and helps us understand what to do while we are waiting!Focus on God during this time and you'll be that much better as we get through these trials!

Can we be honest and admit that every now and again we struggle to feel the presence of God in our lives? When we look around us, and He doesn't seem to be there, what then? How should we feel about that?In today's message, join us as Pastor Michael Reeve shows us what God is doing when it seems like He's not there.

This Easter we celebrate that the same Jesus who wasn't finished with the cross, and who wasn't finished in the tomb, isn't finished with us today!Join us as Pastor Michael Reeve shares a powerful message on Jesus' life!

The woman at the well. John 4. We've heard her story before and we'll likely hear it again because the really powerful stories are the ones you hear more than once. They're the ones that keep coming back. Jesus spent time with this woman. He pointed out her sin not to condemn her or to accuse her. Jesus isn't surprised by your past but He's wanting to take you to your bright future as you follow Him. Join us as Pastor Matthew Surprenant takes us through chapter 4 of the Gospel of John. As we learn in this message, Jesus loves us too much to leave us where we're at. If you have a relationship with Jesus, then you can know that despite your past shame and your present failures, your future is secure in Jesus. We hope and pray that you meet Jesus more clearly today.

Joy is hard to come by in the difficult circumstances. But what if that is when God wants us to choose joy the most? Join us as Pastor Michael Reeve explains the concept of joy using John 3. We hope you are blessed by this message from Proximity Church. There are lots of difficult things going on in the world today due to the COVID-19 virus and we are here for you so that you can draw near to God more fully. As always, if you are blessed by this ministry and would like to make a donation to further God's ministry with Proximity Church, you are able to make a donation of any amount through our website. Thank you.

If you take even a quick look through the Gospels, you can see that Jesus doesn't care about our comfort zones. While the world faces the realities of dealing with the coronavirus, it is easy to get caught up in things. But Jesus is able to calm every storm and He will do the same during this time. Join us as Pastor Michael Reeve shares with us from John 3 and lays out the fact that Jesus is always about helping us remember that we are never in control. He shares with us that Jesus disrupts our lives and helps us put down our illusion of control to surrender our lives to Him.

The story of the leper and the centurion. These are some of the best examples of faith we can find in the Bible and they are in one chapter of the Gospel of Matthew (chapter 8). As we learn from Pastor Michael Reeve, Jesus didn't just do something only He could do. Jesus did something everyone could do. He touched the leper with compassion, with love, with joy. Join us as we take a week off from the Book of John and hear this powerful message in the midst of all the madness of the world today. We serve a God who gets in our messes and meets us there 100%. Right now, we may have many things fighting to keep us fearful (stock market, coronavirus, and much more) but we serve a God who is powerful enough to be with us. He'll never leave us or forsake us.

We’ve wrongly assumed that Jesus could never be angry. But in reality, if He doesn’t get angry, then He doesn’t care. Join us as Pastor Matt Surpenant shares what drove Jesus to get angry in the Gospel of John. Pastor Matt points out that these people were so focused on the religious system that they didn't see that the system pointed to Jesus. When we focus on a system instead of Jesus, it becomes about our own efforts. Our lives should point completely to Jesus! This is a must listen so join us as we break down the passage found in John 2:13-25.

Join us as Pastor Michael Reeve shares with us the story of Jesus and the miracle at the wedding. Sometimes we get so caught up with miracles that we miss out on the fact that they are really just signs. Miracles can come and go but a sign points to the miracle maker. Every single person Jesus healed died again but knowing Him gives us full life. The work of Jesus isn't a demonstration of what He can do for you, but who He can be for you. We hope you are blessed by this week's message.

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Join us for a word from our Student Pastor, Matthew Surprenant, on the Kingdom of God. He shows us that God's grace saves us from being idle and from thinking we need to save ourselves. This is a message on the parable of the master and the works. The Kingdom of heaven is not full of people who worked to get there. It's full of people who responded to His grace alone so make sure you have ears to hear so that you can understand and then respond to God's call on your life.

Today was a special day because we were able to ordain our very own Student Pastor, Matt Surprenant. In this special message, Pastor Michael Reeve shared with us that accepting a calling is not just for those called to full time ministry. It is for every single Christian in every single arena of life. As we learn, the more you know Jesus, the more you know who you are not. We also learn that freedom is found in knowing that no one, including you, gets to say who you are. Freedom is also found in knowing that your purpose is not dependent on your perfection.

When Jesus shows up in our lives, what are we going to do about it? Join us as Pastor Michael Reeve breaks John 1:4-14 and see that it can be easy to miss Jesus in our lives but we must do all we can to see what He's up to.

Sometimes we can miss God's gifts because they seem too big. Other times we can miss them because they happen so often and seem so ordinary. Join us as Pastor Michael Reeve takes us through Luke 1 and we hear more about the grace of God in the life of Zechariah. This all leads up to the birth of Jesus . . .

God doesn't want us to just claim His promises. He wants us to claim Him. Join us as Pastor Michael Reeve takes us through another moment of Advent and helps us understand more about the promises of God.

Join us we finish up our series on the values of Proximity Church. We are all about Your Guest. We know that our first time guests probably came because you invited them here so we want to honor them and you by doing all we can to help them connect with God and with Proximity Church. Inviting people to church says that you believe God has something for people and you want them to have it. So make sure to share what God is doing in your life with your friends, family, co-workers, and neighbors.

Join us as we go through our values as a church. There's a big difference between community and connection. Community shares interest but connection is all about intimacy and vulnerability. Being seen and known by someone else.

The #1 reason people are not close to God is because they are not giving Him time. At Proximity Church, we are all about the other 167 hours when you're not in church. Join us as Pastor Michael Reeve walks us through Acts 17 and learn about the "forest of idols" in their world as well as our own. As always, find out more about Proximity by checking us out online at proximitychurchgso.com.

It's so easy to get stuck where we are at and never get there, right?Remember the frustration of finding out over and over that your princess was in another castle? Man. That's some preparation for LIFE right there! Can you close your eyes and still see (still FEEL) that smug dog from Duck Hunt is still laughing at you to this day?Join us as Pastor Michael Reeve helps us decide not to rage quit life, but to get out of the rut and LEVEL UP!!

Money is always about perspective. Is it God's money or ours? Take a moment and listen to our Worship Pastor Jason Bunch share with us on the value of shifting our perspective and living a full and abundant life with our finances.

There are many animals that have a bad reputation but the ant is one of the best examples of an animal living out of its God-given design. Listen in as our Student Pastor Matt Surprenant shares with us some valuable feedback from the book of Proverbs on the ways we can be more like the ant.

If you choose your friends poorly, it could be death to you. Listen in as Pastor Michael Reeve explains to us that "a companion of fools suffers harm" (Proverbs 13:20) and that you should choose those who are closest to you with more purpose. If your friends don't tell you about the spinach in your teeth, they won't tell you about the times you're screwing up your life. So make sure to be wise in your pursuit of life-changing friendship.

One of the powerful functions of the Holy Spirit is that of a Helper. Listen in as our Worship Pastor Jason Bunch shares with us on the power of the Holy Spirit to move in our lives and what it means to be filled with the Holy Spirit. If you'd like to find out more about Proximity Church, please check us out online.

We need to be reminded that the Holy Spirit has the power to move in our lives. Join us as Pastor Michael Reeve shows us that the Holy Spirit can take the things that should separate us and it uses them to bring us together.

Listen in as Pastor Michael Reeve shares with us about how the Holy Spirit takes ordinary moments and makes them extraordinary. If you'd like to follow along, we'll be reading through Genesis 28 and following the story of Jacob.

It is very easy to leave behind the Holy Spirit and if we do, we'll miss out on the whole point. Join us as Pastor Michael Reeve shares with us about this key part of God. If you haven't ever experienced the Holy Spirit, this is a great message to listen to. Pastor Michael shares with us how if you've put your faith in Jesus, you are already spiritually gifted! You'll also how the Holy Spirit's main function is to point people to Jesus!

In our day and age, it can be so easy to settle for a convenient faith over a good faith. Listen as Pastor Michael Reeve shares with us from Luke 9 about how Jesus would like to be followed. Don't follow Jesus just when it is convenient. Follow Him because it is good for you, your family, your friends, your co-workers, and your world. It's impossible to focus on what God has for you if you're too focused on what God had for you. So join in as we learn more about what makes your life full of faith.

This message was recently recovered and we are thankful to share it with you now. Pastor Michael Reeve shared with us on 7.7.19 on the controversial verse from 1 Corinthians 14:34: "Women should remain silent." He gives us more about the context and shows us that there is a lot more going on underneath the surface. You don't want to miss this message because it is quite powerful! There is noise in your life that could be drowning out what God is doing and we want to help you hear directly the voice of God. As Pastor Michael shares with us, "If the enemy can't destroy you, he will distract you."

We thought we had lost this message due to sound issues but this message is from a few weeks ago and it is brought to us by Jason Bunch, our Worship Pastor, who shared with us from the book of Jonah. We hope you are empowered and encouraged as Jason shares with us on the idea that it is not grace if it just stays with us. God calls us to be accepting of grace that comes to us and give grace to others as much as we can.

This week's message was brought to us by Logan Macon, our Guest Experience Team Leader, who shared with us on how we should approach time. In our culture, our job becomes our worth or our identity. But it's our job as Christians to be culture setters. We are to be more like Jesus by simply sitting at His feet and learning all that He has to show us. Colossians 3:23-24 Luke 10:38-42Numbers 11:10-17

This week we had the privilege of hearing our new Student Pastor, Matt Surprenant, share a message on the peace of God from Philippians 4:4-7. Dive in to hear more, but as Matt shares with us, to know peace is to know and experience God.

Instead of making God the master of our list, we put the master on our list. But God wants to set our priorities and not just be one of our priorities. This is a powerful sermon all about helping us set our priorities fully in the way God wants us to.