The Grove Community Church Podcast

The Grove Community Church Podcast

Welcome to The Grove Community Church (formally known as Lake Cities Community Church). We are a nondenominational Christian church in Rowlett, TX. This podcast is a place where you can listen to our sermons and other content. We pray it will be an encouragement to you and your walk with Jesus Christ. Our mission is to win people to Christ, build them up into healthy and balanced believers, and send them out into our community, country, and to the ends of the earth to spread the love of Jesus. We hold tightly to what we believe, but we will not let grey issues define us as a people. That means wherever you are on your journey of faith, you are welcome here. Ephesian 4:4-5 "There is one body and one Spirit- just as you were called to the one hope when you were called, one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all." Our desire is to win people to Christ, build them up into healthy and balanced believers, and send them out into our community, country, and to the ends of the earth to spread the love of Jesus. We believe that as we fulfill our mission, we will move closer to our vision: To be a mid-sized church serving the community around us and to be a multigenerational church with a next-gen lean. To be a mid-sized church serving the community around us: We are in the middle of building a new facility on what once was a field next to our current building. This new facility, combined with the current building will allow us to expand our ministry capabilities by partnering with two for-profit companies to invite the community into our facility every day of the week. We believe God is leading us to expand to a church of 300-400 people. This growth will allow us to better serve Rowlett and the surrounding community. To be a multigenerational church with a next-gen lean: We have a passion and love for all ages and demographics at The Grove. We truly desire to be a multigenerational and multicultural church and we believe we can best do this by leaning toward the next generation. What this means is that we use accessible language, music, graphics, and outreach events that we feel will be appealing and attractive to the current generation. As we do this, we are committed to holding tightly to the truths found in the Bible and to loving all of our members equally, regardless of age, race, or gender.

Episodes

April 21, 2024 33 mins
The devil seeks to devour and destroy Christians. Thankfully for us, we have been given strategies to use against the devil. Listen along as Pastor Craig unpacks these four strategies of spiritual warfare.
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Pride is many of us either struggle with or have struggled with in some capacity. Pride isn't always thinking too highly of yourself, it can also be thinking to lowly of yourself. Like weeds in a yard or garden pride, whichever form it takes, can be hard to root out of ones life. In these two verses, Peter helps us understand how we can overcome pride and instead take on a countenance of humility.
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April 7, 2024 37 mins
As Peter starts to wrap up his first letter to the church, he gives special instructions to the Elders of the church. These instructions lay out how an elder is supposed to lead the body of Christ. However, these principles can be applied to other positions of leadership within the church. Listen along to hear Peter's message, what should motivate leaders, and three leadership contrasts that shed light on the meaning of leader...
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March 31, 2024 25 mins
He is Risen! Many of those in Jesus' life did not expect for him to rise from the grave. However, once they saw the evidence, it was undeniable. God asks each one of us, "Will you believe?"
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March 24, 2024 33 mins
We have all experienced a time in our life where we have misunderstood a message. As Jesus made his triumphant entry into Jerusalem, during his last week before his death, every single person in the crowd misunderstood the message Jesus was trying to deliver to them. This Palm Sunday, tune in to hear about the crowd misunderstood Jesus, and how we can correctly apply the message Christ has for us.
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March 17, 2024 32 mins
So far in 1 Peter we have talked a lot about suffering, but we haven't focused yet on how we should feel about suffering on an emotional level, or what to then know about suffering in that context. Listen along to find what we should feel about suffering, and how we can then do about it.
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When it comes to the body of Christ, we all have a spiritual gift given to us from God. Building on the previous verses talking about our need for urgency, Peter now tells us how we can accomplish the things we need to; through our spiritual gifts.
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March 3, 2024 41 mins
As Christians we should have a strong sense of urgency because we know this world will not last forever and that it is not our home. But what should we feel urgency for? In these three verses Peter says that we should be urgent in praying, loving, and hospitality. Listen along as Pastor Craig fleshes out how we can have a sense of urgency in these three areas.
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February 25, 2024 27 mins
We all have things in our past that can be tempting to return to. Sin can sometimes seem attractive. However Jesus has made a way for us to leave behind sin and walk with him. Listen along to discover how we can leave our past behind.
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We now come back to our study of the book of 1 Peter. Today, Dr. Timothy Ralston guides us back into this study by explaining three reasons Peter gives as to why we as Christians should do good despite suffering for that good.
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February 11, 2024 43 mins
This week we welcomed the Martin family, our missionary family from Japan, and heard Tim Martin preach. Listen along as he connects what the Martins experience on the mission field in Japan to the experience of Paul and Barnabas in Acts chapter 14.
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February 4, 2024 28 mins
As we prepare to host our missionary family from Japan next week, it is important for us to understand what exactly a missionary is.
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Those who give generously will be blessed generously. This is God's math, which sometimes is hard for us to grasp. In This final sermon in this series, we will learn how to overcome the enemies of generosity and experience the irony of generosity.
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January 21, 2024 29 mins
The past two weeks we have learned how God provides money for us and what we should in turn do with that money. This week we will learn whenever we worship we are giving. Listen along as we hear from our worship pastor, Trey Crisson, as he shares what worship is and why it is always giving.
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Last week we learned the different ways in which God provides money for us. This week, we will hear from Pastor Craig about what we should now do with the money we have been blessed with.
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New year, new sermon series! Many New Year resolutions include getting abetter handle on our personal finances. In this first sermon out o four, Pastor Craig lists several ways God provides money for us, and a couple of sinful ways for making money.
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December 31, 2023 37 mins
Happy New Year! As we welcome in a new year, Pastor Craig take us through a lesson on 4 different cups mentioned in the Bible, and how they apply to what we expect from 2024.
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December 24, 2023 15 mins
A very common element of household Christmas decor is a nativity set. The nativity scene has also been painted time and time again throughout the course of history. In each painting, and in many nativity sets, there are always two Christmas characters that appear. Listen along as Pastor Craig tells who these Christmas characters are.
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December 17, 2023 33 mins
The fourth week of advent; love. This week Pastor Craig talks about the love seen in the Christmas story, how we can therefore love Jesus Christ, and how He loves us.
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In this third week of advent we focus on joy. Joy can be one of the hardest fruits of the spirit to understand. The secular world around us often gets true joy wrong, and there is no room for those who may be struggling to find joy. Listen along as the joy of the Christmas story is revealed, even in unjoyful circumstances.
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