Family Fest Speaker Podcast

Rich Phenow - WWF16 Talk #1 - Come and follow me.

The invitation that Jesus gives throughout the gospels is both a spoken invitation and an unspoken invitation. Many who listened to the invitation experienced its power and saw he truly was who he said he was. If we haven't said yes to His invitation, there's something missing in our lives. We’re all invited into this loving relationship, but we need to say Yes.

Scriptures: Matthew 4: 18-28, John 11

 

Rich Phenow - WWF16 Talk #2 - Fearless like Jesus

Our fears become obstacles and barriers to trusting God. Essentially we're saying to God “My fears are greater than your abilities.” God says “fear not” because fear can sink us faster than anything. Fear can keep us away from trusting Him. Once you're empowered to trust God, you begin to do things that are beyond your fears.

 

Scriptures: Matthew 14: 22-23, Isaiah 43

Rich Phenow - WWF16 Talk #3 - To be a servant

Jesus came to give up his godliness and to serve. Being a servant is a difficult call on anyone's life, but we know it's a call to lower ourselves to see the needs of others. It is in serving others that we see the grace of God and that we receive the grace of God.

Rich Phenow 4 - WWF16 Talk #4- Radical Encouragers

Encouragement is powerful and has amazing impacts on people. It’s a tangible way to love others and change lives. It's looking at others in our connected world and telling them we appreciate them. But it's not just about what others do for us, it’s the tool that battles the shame and untrue messages about ourselves.

Michael Havercamp - WWJ16 Talk #1 - The Family

The family is a privileged place where God designed himself to be revealed to our children and to us. In the midst of the tension families create; God is fully present. Gratitude is the first step from going where you are to wherever it is to being fully alive.

Michael Havercamp - WWJ16 Talk #2- Acknowledging our Brokenness

Our lives and the world that we live in are broken. Experiencing brokenness is part of being human. The story of the Prodigal Son unveils this sin that's at the heart of the story for both of the brothers. Does our own brokenness relate to the younger son, the older son or by some strange confluence of the two? In what ways do we try to deal with our brokenness and make sense out of all of it?

Michael Havercamp - WWJ16 Talk #3 - Come follow me

Jesus says, I see you and I choose you. I know you. I know the depth of your heart. I know your failures. I know your shortcomings. I know it, I see through it and I see so much more in it. I choose you.

Michael Havercamp - WWJ16 Talk #4 - Real love takes risk

Jesus is calling us out but often we are too afraid to fully follow Him. We are comfortable in our little world. We are called and sent out by Jesus to be his ambassadors, to be a part of the body of Christ. He wants us to go out in the world and the world desperately needs us.

Michael Havercamp - WWJ16 Talk #5 - On the mountaintop

We see things with extraordinary clarity when we're in a high place. We feel extraordinarily alive when we're in that high place and life feels abundant. As disciples of Jesus Christ we head his call and listen to his voice.

Kyle Jackson - SS15 Talk #1- Listening to the voice of the Holy Spirit

When we listen to the Holy Spirit, great things happen. The Holy Spirit is the part of God that we feel. The Holy Spirit is accessible to all of us, at all times. We have to be careful not to put up roadblocks but to make way for the voice to lead us.

 

Scripture: Genesis 1:1-2