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Pursuing God with Gene Appel
Gene Appel is the senior pastor of Eastside Christian Church, a multi-site church based in Anaheim, California. Since 2008, Gene has led Eastside into multiple seasons of rapid growth and as a result, Eastside has been consistently named among the 100 fastest growing churches in America. Gene’s recipe for success is simple: Pursue God, Build Community, and Unleash Compassion. Eastside’s explosive growth is rooted in a deep conviction that God’s heart and God’s grace is for everyone, resulting in a radically inclusive community of God-conscious “servant leaders” who serve both locally and globally. Join Gene Monday - Friday as he walks you through practical biblical teachings that will foster a deeper connection and awareness of God’s activity and presence in your life. No matter where you are at with your walk with God, this podcast is for everyone.
Episodes
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Episode 1044: The Rewards of Talent
We’ve spent this week diving into how we invest what God has given to us. In Matthew 25, we’ve already looked at four principles to live by. The last principle is compensation: If I use it wisely, I will be rewarded. Talent is cheap...
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Episode 1043: Problems Can Provide Protection
As we explore a story Jesus told in Matthew 25, we review a fourth principle: It’s wrong to bury your talents. Why do we bury our talents? Why are we afraid? What fears keep us from using our talents? Satan can fill us with at least...
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Episode 1042: Using Our Talents
We are looking at how God blesses everyone with talents. We have already looked at how He owns everything and how He gives each of us talents to invest. The third principle in Matthew 25 is accountability; God expects us to use our talents.&nbs...
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Episode 1041: God Gives Us Talents
Jesus’ story in Matthew 25 reminds us that everything he gives us is an asset to manage, not a possession to control. The second principle is allocation.God has given each of us talents. There are three different varieties of talent: abi...
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Episode 1040: God Owns it All
While we focus a lot on God’s incredible gifts to us through the good news of Jesus, we should also consider our gifts to God. In Matthew 25, Jesus told a parable showing how to make your life count regardless of how limited your ab...
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Episode 1039: The Upside to our Problems
This week, we’ve been reframing our problems by looking at the hidden upsides they tend to have. The final up-side is God can use problems in our lives to produce a Christ-like reflection in us. There really is a huge upside to our ...
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Episode 1038: Problems Can Provide Protection
We’ve been looking at some of the upsides to the problems we all deal with from time to time.Today we’ll discuss long-term protection with the story of Joseph. The biggest problem you are facing right now could actually bring...
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Episode 1037: Correction in Life
We all have problems, and they impact us in one way or another. So far this week, we’ve seen that our problems can help us discover direction and give us a desire for personal inspection. The third upside to our problems is needed correction.&n...
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Episode 1036: Personal Inspection
We are looking at how problems have an upside we can leverage to our benefit. Problems can result in personal inspection to reveal what's really in our hearts. Consider some of the lessons Moses gives us for navigating the seasons o...
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Episode 1035: We All Have Problems
Have you ever had a really, really bad day? The Bible is clear that even if you love God with all your heart, you are not insulated from problems.If problems are going to be a definite part of our lives, how can you learn to see them as ...
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Episode 1034: A Spirit-Led Life
We have reached the end of a week exploring what it looks like to live a life that is led by God’s Spirit. To walk in the Spirit is to move at God's pace, with His purpose, and in His power. If you follow Jesus, being filled with th...
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Episode 1033: Testing the Holy Spirit's Leadings
When it comes to discerning the leading of the Holy Spirit, we need to know His fingerprints so we know it's really Him. Every time you sense a leading from the Holy Spirit, it's also important to test His leadings. One of the most ...
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Episode 1032: Following the Holy Spirit's Lead
This week, we are talking about what it means to be led by God's Spirit. When we are led by the Spirit of God, we don't just follow rules, we follow His voice, His peace, and His presence. But learning to follow takes some practice.Sever...
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Episode 1031: God Leads Our Lives
We are exploring the unexpected and powerful ways God leads us in our lives this week. There are two kinds of guidance when God is leading you by the Holy Spirit. The Spirit's guidance is not about personal success, but about person...
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Episode 1030: God Guides Us
God has always projected Himself into this world and its history through His Spirit. God is much more willing to actively lead and guide our lives than many of us are willing to believe. God is guiding, but many of us are just not listening. Go...
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Episode 1029: Looking at the Bible
We’ve talked about several ways of looking at the Bible this week, but today we’ll end on two core reminders when it comes to the Bible.What commitment should you make this summer?
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Episode 1028: Engaging with the Bible
This week, we’ve been reviewing how to engage with the Bible in a life-strengthening way. God's Word gives you hope in crisis, comfort in despair, strength when weak, wisdom when confused, guidance when seeking direction, and power ...
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Episode 1027: The Scripture Diet
As we talk this week about developing and maintaining good habits surrounding the Bible, ask yourself if your current diet of scripture is leaving your soul satisfied.The Bible says the Word of God is spiritual food. The Bible ...
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Episode 1026: Some Foundations Crumble
God wants your new spiritual life in Him to replace your old life permanently.When life's inevitable storms, trials, and temptations come, those built on God's Word remain solid rather than crumbling. Today, we’ll review four worldly fou...
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Episode 1025: An Integrated Life
Since it’s been a month since the New Testament Challenge, we’ll focus this week on how you can maintain a heart for God’s Word and how you can integrate it into every area of your life.When you segment your life, you live a segregated l...
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Episode 1024: The Power of His Spirit
As we take the final lap through Acts 1 and unpack the power the first Christians had, we discover it is still available to us today. Our power doesn’t come from our level of faith, but from the One we have faith in. God makes the p...
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Episode 1023: The Promise of Power
This week, we are contemplating the role of God’s Holy Spirit when it comes to transforming and using our lives. As creations of God, we are fearfully and wonderfully made. But without power, we cannot function. Early Christians wit...
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Episode 1022: The Internal Power of God
Jesus Christ was God in the flesh who came with power. He proved that power when He was raised from the dead. His followers had seen the resurrected Lord and the results of His life, but they had no power themselves. Chapter 1, verse 5 brings u...
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