Podcasts about summer sundays

Summer Sundays 3rd August 2025There is a difference between sitting down for a rest, and settling down to stop1. Obedience over the obvious2. Make camp in the strange places3. Build God's thingObedience needs ears more than it needs eyes

8 Aug 2025 : Summer Sundays - A Sacrifice of praise by Waypoint Church

Gail reads the parable of the sower from Matthew 13:1-9 and Diane Watts from Baptists Together speaks on noticing the fruit of the kingdom of God at Pembury Baptist Church on 27th July 2025.

Summer Sundays 2025 - Episode 1 : The Old Testaments and New Testaments Point to Jesus

Summer Sundays : 1"... let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess - Why? Because God, who made the promise, is trustworthy." Hebrews 10v23The promise is goodThe promise giver is good

On Sunday 20th July, as we started our 'Summer Sundays', Gail had her debut speaking to us and asked three important questions to challenge us - Do we know how much God loves us? - How does God's love affect our everyday lives? - What are you going to do with your one and only life? Watch the video that we watched Find out more about Unravelling For more information about who we are, what we believe and how you can get involved, please visit our website

Rob reads from Habukkuk 1:1-6 and John Baker uses the book of Habukkuk to encourage people to move from fear to faith at Pembury Baptist Church on 20th July 2025.

In this episode... - We discuss some classic 90s summer movies - Do some pretty hard Would You Rather's - And then we play a fun round of Guess the HeighAge Squid Game Season 3 Review https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fiends-watch/id1459470576?i=1000715591251  

Prayer is an essential part of our relationship with Christ. In this message, Jen Matthews and Danielle Doss help equip us in prayer.

This week, Hope City Church celebrated a God-sized miracle—our first-ever Kids Camp! With 89 campers, 61 volunteers, and unforgettable moments of worship, creativity, and learning, we saw students experience faith in action. In this message, we explore how kindness, serving, and forgiveness aren't just concepts—they're how we Live It Out! Discover why we believe faith is meant to be lived, not just learned.

Hey folks – as those of you familiar with The Table will know, we change things up in the summer. We don’t gather on the long weekends (if you are able, get outside!), and what we do from week-to-week can vary considerably. We will still endeavor to livestream and podcast, making the Talky Bit part […]

Ever felt like your story was too broken for God to use? In this message, Pastor Brandon LeFevre shares the powerful stories of Gideon and Josh Hamilton—proof that God gives purpose to the overlooked, the doubting, and the defeated. Discover how God's purpose can redeem your past and reshape your future.

Jen Matthews shares for the last week of Summer Sundays.

Pastors Brandon and Danielle Doss share for the last week of Summer Sundays.

Pastor David Wear of Victory Church shares the relationship between faith and works.

David and Stacy Pavey share their story of redemption and restoration.

Today on the Expanding with Andrea podcast - we've got another bonus Summer Sundays episode for you! This episode is here to help you let things be a little easier. This is where manifestation meets entrepreneurship. FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM

Rodney and Deborah Moore share their story of how God transformed their life and marriage.

Pastor Derek Dale of Brighthouse Church shares an incredible message for week 2 of Summer Sundays.

Welcome to the Expanding with Andrea podcast! This episode is here to give you the pep talk you need to go all in and manifest the pivot of your dreams. Book a 1:1 with me + step up your messaging ASAP

Pastor Jen Matthews kicks off Summer Sundays with this weeks message helping us to discover purpose through who God created us to be.

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Legacy Summer Sundays- Chase Holsomback by Chase Holsomback

So the morning of day 2 my husband and I were sitting with the 2 oldest and were talking with them about how intentional God was when he created them. And how incredible it is to be a woman. How God took from Adam's side to form her goes to explain the meaning of the word that GOD originally spoke when referring to woman.  He called her “ezer kenegdo” which means alongside, or counterpart. We talked about why I have the word EZER tattooed on my wrist… to remind me that the root word for ezer is a rescuer or an ally a warrior that is a skilled companion and partner.   In a world that is trying to equate being a female to wearing a dress and makeup. I want to make sure they understand that God has a reason he designed us the way that he has. And it has nothing to do with our personality or style preferences, but everything to do with our purpose.   Summer Journal - https://amzn.to/42N4MEq Instagram - https://bit.ly/SusanBethInstagram Pinterest - https://bit.ly/SusanBethPinterest The SHE IS Podcast - https://bit.ly/thesheispodcast     Intro & Outro Music Credit: Music: https://www.purple-planet.com - License Free  Background Music Credit: Alexander Blu https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderBluMusic/

Summer Sundays- Christian Barnes by Chase Holsomback

Summer Sundays WHO WE ARE NOT Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” Then they said to him, “Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?” He said: “I am ‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Make straight the way of the Lord,” ' as the prophet Isaiah said.” John 1:19-23 (NKJV) SOMEBODY ELSE'S EXPECTATION WE ESTEEM TRANQUILITY OVER INTEGRITY WE PUT MONEY OVER MORALITY WHO YOU USED TO BE Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” Then he sternly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah. Matthew 16:13-20 NIV YOUR OWN Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NIV Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. Matthew 16:24-25

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Summer Sundays- Richard Dixon by Chase Holsomback

As I was writing these thoughts and prayers out I found myself writing a thought that immediately popped into my mind…   Eve was living in scarcity when she believed a lie. I then wrote out a question - What lie am I believing that is altering my destiny? Here Eve was living in paradise and scripture tells us that the God of everything that was and is came and walked with her and Adam and yet … Instead of standing fully in the abundance of all that God is she found herself in a scarcity mindset that opened her up to believing a lie.   Having a scarcity mindset over an abundance mindset can play out on many different levels in our lives.   Summer Journal - https://amzn.to/42N4MEq Instagram - https://bit.ly/SusanBethInstagram Pinterest - https://bit.ly/SusanBethPinterest The SHE IS Podcast - https://bit.ly/thesheispodcast     Intro & Outro Music Credit: Music: https://www.purple-planet.com - License Free  Background Music Credit: Alexander Blu https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderBluMusic/  

Summer Sunday Schemes and Strategies 7.16.23 Ephesians 6:10-12 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. There is a tactical shrewdness the enemy uses. The devil seldom attacks openly but transforms himself into an “angel of light” where we are caught unsuspecting. He is a dangerous wolf that enters Christ's flock as a sheep. Sometimes he roars like a lion, but prefers to be more subtle like a serpent. – John Stott 1 Peter 5:8-9 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. 2 Samuel 11:1-3 In the spring, at the time when kings go off to war, David sent Joab out with the king's men and the whole Israelite army. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem. 2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, 3 and David sent someone to find out about her. If you were your own enemy, what strategies, tactics and schemes would you use against you? Discernment: the ability to distinguish and understand between right and wrong, truth and falsehood, and good and evil. It involves perceiving and comprehending spiritual truths, making sound judgments, and making choices that align with God's will In order to walk in discernment: Rooted in scripture Tested by the church and community of faith Consistent with the character of God and the person of Jesus Sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit Clothed in humility We have power and authority over Satan through the finished work of Jesus We must use wisdom and discernment to continually be aware of the tactics and strategies of the enemy in our lives Ephesians 6:13-20 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. 14 Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.16 In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; 17 and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God,18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, 19 and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak. THREE COMMANDS: Be strong in the Lord Put on the full armor of God Stand firm If you were your own enemy, what strategies, tactics, and schemes would you use against you?

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Summer Sundays- Wilmari Hamilton by Chase Holsomback

In our humanity and desire to control entering this rest can be challenging. We can have this never-ending need to feel productive… Even in our relationship with God. We can sometimes think the more we ‘do' the more we will experience and bring to life Yet, the mystery is the beautiful dance we must learn and get in rhythm with is ‘the being'   You are worthy of rest   And you are loved. Before you ever do one single thing.    Sometimes it takes a sabbath for us to remember this truth.   Summer Journal - https://amzn.to/42N4MEq Instagram - https://bit.ly/SusanBethInstagram Pinterest - https://bit.ly/SusanBethPinterest The SHE IS Podcast - https://bit.ly/thesheispodcast     Intro & Outro Music Credit: Music: https://www.purple-planet.com - License Free  Background Music Credit: Alexander Blu https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderBluMusic/

2 Kings 5:1-12 (ESV) 5 Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master and in high favor, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. 2 Now the Syrians on one of their raids had carried off a little girl from the land of Israel, and she worked in the service of Naaman's wife. 3 She said to her mistress, “Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.” 4 So Naaman went in and told his lord, “Thus and so spoke the girl from the land of Israel.” 5 And the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So he went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing. 6 And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, which read, “When this letter reaches you, know that I have sent to you Naaman my servant, that you may cure him of his leprosy.” 7 And when the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? Only consider, and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me.” 8 But when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, he sent to the king, saying, “Why have you torn your clothes? Let him come now to me, that he may know that there is a prophet in Israel.” 9 So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood at the door of Elisha's house. 10 And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be clean.” 11 But Naaman was angry and went away, saying, “Behold, I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call upon the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper. 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage. Are you willing to receive whatever God gives with a grateful heart, or must it be on your terms? 2 Kings 5:13-19 (ESV) 13 But his servants came near and said to him, “My father, it is a great word the prophet has spoken to you; will you not do it? Has he actually said to you, ‘Wash, and be clean'?” 14 So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. 15 Then he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and he came and stood before him. And he said, “Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; so accept now a present from your servant.” 16 But he said, “As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused. 17 Then Naaman said, “If not, please let there be given to your servant two mule loads of earth, for from now on your servant will not offer burnt offering or sacrifice to any god but the Lord. 18 In this matter may the Lord pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, leaning on my arm, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon your servant in this matter.” 19 He said to him, “Go in peace.” The idea of shalom means so much more than just tranquility or “without trouble.” It means “completeness, soundness, welfare, and peace with God, especially in a covenantal relationship.” “We are not to consider this answer as implying that service of God and service of Rimmon might be combined without any incongruity. The prophet appears rather to be willing to leave the good seed already sown to bear fruit in due season. Being sown of God it must multiply, and peace would be the result of its further development.” -Cambridge Bible Commentary JOHN 16:7 (ESV) 7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. What do we see throughout all scripture from the Garden to the Tabernacle to the Temple to the birth of Christ to the giving of the Holy Spirit? God wants to BE WITH His people.

So here I am purposely wading through puddles walking barefoot through a parking lot ….basically living my best life. (haha)   And I've got to tell you… it felt good.   It felt good to instead of getting frustrated and resisting getting wet I walked straight into it and chose to follow whimsy and get wet!   We talk a lot about living life intentionally here on the podcast and that's such an empowering thought and intention on the one side…   But life doesn't always…match up to our expectations of how the days and weeks are going to look.   So do I still believe we should live intentionally absolutely …   We just need to make sure that intentionality continues when we have no choice but to enter the storm in front of us.   This season is more than likely going to bring a  summer storm or two your way.   And you might not have a choice of whether you have to walk through it but you absolutely have the choice in how you are going to walk through it.   I would love to remind you today whether you started this Summer season in the middle of a storm or understand there is more than likely one on the horizon …my hope and my prayer is that you will intentionally take off your shoes…   And you will recognize the ground your feet are touching is sacred.   And you are not walking through any storm alone.   Just as I felt the hard pavement underneath my wet feet that day as I made my way through the parking lot. Reminding me with my senses I am alive and I am supported.   I hope you are reminded of that truth today as well.   Summer Journal - https://amzn.to/42N4MEq Instagram - https://bit.ly/SusanBethInstagram Pinterest - https://bit.ly/SusanBethPinterest The SHE IS Podcast - https://bit.ly/thesheispodcast     Intro & Outro Music Credit: Music: https://www.purple-planet.com - License Free  Background Music Credit: Alexander Blu https://www.facebook.com/AlexanderBluMusic/

Summer Sundays 7-2-23 Both sin and busyness have the exact same effect - they cut off your connection to God, to other people, and even to your own soul. -John Mark Comer "Hurry is not just a disordered schedule. Hurry is a disordered heart." -Jon Ortberg Am I becoming who I want to become? Matthew 11:25-28 25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. 26 Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do. 27 “All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. 28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” "In this truth lies the secret of the easy yoke: the secret involves living as Jesus lived in the entirety of his life - adopting his overall lifestyle... Our mistake is to think that following Jesus consists in loving our enemies, going the "second mile", turning the other cheek, suffering patiently and hopefully - while living the rest of our lives just as everyone else around us does... It's a strategy bound to fail.” -Dallas Willard "A yoke is a work instrument. Thus when Jesus offers a yoke he offers what we might think tired workers need least. They need a mattress or a vacation, not a yoke. But Jesus realizes that the most restful gift he can give the tired is a new way to carry life, a fresh way to bear responsibilities... Realism sees that life is a succession of burdens; we cannot get away from them; thus instead of offering escape, Jesus offers equipment. Jesus means that obedience to his Sermon on the Mount (his yoke) will develop in us a balance and a "way"of carrying life that will give more rest than the way we have been living.” -Fredrick Dale Bruner “A good christian is often someone defined by what they don't do and how nice they are. But someone who is good at being a Christian is not someone pretending to be Jesus (by stuffing down their emotions) nor are they performing for Jesus's approval. Rather, they are training to become like HIm. Like Peter, they make mistakes, but they fall forward. A person who is training to be like Jesus steps out of boats, turns over tables, hangs out with sexual minorities, blesses their enemies, and eventually learns to say the right thing at the right time. This was the story of Jesus's disciples who through training learned to eventually cast out demons, feed the hungry, heal the sick and have the same heart as Jesus for the whole world.” -Jon Tyson