Flood Church - Audio Podcast

Image Of The Invisible: Living It UpIt’s strange how much a change in perspective changes how we see the world and our place in it - especially spiritually.Paul knew this, and urged the young Colossian church to change their perspective to see the things above, where Christ is. Because when our focus is on Christ, everything else falls into its rightful place.Pastor Sean shares about what it means for our everyday lives to set our hearts and minds on things above.

Image Of The Invisible: Spoken ForThis week we are joined by the founding Pastor of Flood Malawi, Sean Kampondeni.  Sean continues our discussion of Colossians looking at Colossians 2:14-23, and what it means to be saved by grace.  That nothing can condemn us, because we are already spoken for.

Image Of The Invisible: Become Who We AreKnowing who we are meant to be, who we truly are, has to come from somewhere deeper, somewhere more solid - somewhere eternal. Only God, revealed fully in Jesus Christ, is big enough to hold our true identity. This Sunday, we're continuing our series in Colossians by taking a deeper look at just what that it means to truly become who we are.

Image Of The Invisible: The SecretI've wanted to be more present with my children and more present in my community, but everything has felt hazy and muddled. Maybe your week has left you feeling hazy and muddled too?This Sunday, we will be continuing our look at Colossians and picking up this very theme. How do we grow firm in our faith when everything feels off? When our experience of reality is distorted and disorienting? I hope we all find some encouragement as we look at these questions together.

Image Of The Invisible: Coloring A Different PictureThis week, we're continuing our series Image of the Invisible, walking through the book of Colossians. In this letter, Paul is reminding the young church that Jesus is the Creator and Sustainer of life. He is God incarnate and in him all things were created and all things are held together. He is the head of the church and should be the head of our lives.Our role is simply to trust and love him.

Image Of The Invisible: FaithingColossians is a letter written with the intention to re-establish the Gospel — that Jesus is the Living God and the source of life and loving relationships. In the midst of the competing philosophies and “fake news” of the time, Paul reminds the Colossian church — and us — that faith in Christ is not a one-time event. It is instead a continuous encounter, an encounter rooted, strengthened, and overflowing with thankfulness that Christ is alive and we are alive in him.  We begin our new Summer series, Image Of The Invisible: A Letter Of Encouragement To The Colossians, with an introduction to Colossians looking at Colossians 1:1-14. 

Flood Summer Kickoff: Lifestyles Of The Lost And LeprousGuest speaker Damean Easter teaches from Mark 1:40-45 about the healing of the leper.  We see how like the leper, we are broken people with our own issues that Jesus wants to heal.

Don't Quit Your Day Job: RestFrom the beginning of Creation when God rested, through the third Commandment, and all the way to Jesus' own rhythm of ministry and rest, we see a God who cares deeply about humanity learning to regularly pause and surrender to the goodness that is rest, refreshment, and renewal.We conclude our series, Don't Quit Your Day Job, on the integration of our faith and work. Pastor Grace Wilkinson explores the essential but neglected topic of developing a healthy rhythm of rest and work.

Don't Quit Your Day Job: Career DayFor a pastor, it's pretty clear how faith gets expressed at work, but for others, that can be a challenging path to navigate.This Sunday, Pastor Matt Hammett shares the stage with members of our church family who are doing just that - integrating their faith into their workplaces, paying attention to where God is at work, at work.This is an amazing opportunity for us to hear from a diversity of voices who are leveraging their occupations for God's kingdom.

Don't Quit Your Day Job: The Crucible Of WorkConflict is all around us in our everyday lives, especially in the workplace.  How do we, as sons and daughters of God go about becoming peacemakers during trials in and out of the work environment?  This week we look at Matthew 7:1-5 to see what Jesus says about casting aside judgement and dealing with conflict in an effective, loving way.

Don't Quit Your Day Job: Sharing Faith At WorkHow do we have meaningful conversations about faith at work?  How are our jobs shaping us?  This week Pastor Matt Hammett looks at Romans 10:9-17 to see different ways we can effectively live on mission with Christ in the workplace.

Don't Quit Your Day Job: The City RejoicesHow do we live the hero's journey in the workplace?  Many times we see work as a necessary evil, or means to an end.  In reality work is how we spend our time, talent and treasure, to create, cultivate and sustain something and/or someone outside of ourselves.  This week we see how work is integral, not incidental, to the mission of God in the world.

Don't Quit Your Day Job: Passionate WorkIn his book, Let Your Life Speak, Parker Palmer understands vocation (from the Latin word vocare, “to call”) as that which one can’t not do. We often think of our vocation as merely a career and our calling as our life’s passion. But is this conventional thinking true?No matter where you are or what you do, your truest self can’t not do what the One Who Calls has placed in your soul. And “in Christ”, our natural trajectory is to grow into this vocation-calling.This Sunday we’ll continue our new series Don’t Quit Your Day Job by diving into this surprising truth. I hope you join us as we investigate the holy intersection of our passions, possessions, and problems.

Don't Quit Your Day Job: Your Life's CallingMany of us have daydreams of quitting our jobs to get on to what we really want to do with our lives, but God’s invitation for us is not to beam up from where we are. He invites us to be committed to our ordinary lives in extraordinary ways. Rather than waiting for God to send us to far-off places, we want to learn to view our workplaces as spaces God has sent each one of us to bring his hope and healing!

Easter: A Wonderful DayThis Easter, Pastor Matt Hammett celebrates the miracle of Jesus' resurrection by looking at His life, and the wonder that was marked by it.

Through Parched Lips: Surrender to LoveHow do we live faithfully amongst the challenges of life?  We wrap up our message series, Through Parched Lips, by responding to Jesus’ commitment on the cross.  Looking at at Jesus' statement "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit" we learn how the path of a fruitful life is a faithful life.

Through Parched Lips: It Is FinishedThis week, we look into John’s unique account of Jesus’ last words and his proclamation, “It is finished.” This statement may seem simple on the surface, but in truth, it’s the core of our faith and the crux of human history.  A rally cry of God’s victory over the power of sin and death. And this call is not for spectators.

Through Parched Lips: Jo SaxtonSpecial guest speaker, Jo Saxton, continues our series Through Parched Lips with a message on Jesus's statement on the cross "I Am Thirsty".Jo is a popular author, dynamic speaker, and anointed leader! She seeks to challenge societal stereotypes and helps people discover who they truly are, by seeing themselves the way God sees them.Born to Nigerian parents and raised in London, Jo brings a multi-cultural and international leadership perspective. She has served on staff in multiple churches in the United Kingdom and the United States. A sought-after speaker, Jo has spoken at colleges/universities, churches, acclaimed national conferences and has been featured at the esteemed National Day of Prayer.

Through Parched Lips: The Crucified GodThe crucifixion of Jesus stands alone in all of human history. No religious imagination could have come up with a crucified God (not just a resurrected god, but a crucified one). That’s why the passion of Jesus towards the cross is the crux of the Gospels--it reveals what God is like.This week we’ll be wrestling with Jesus’ cry from the cross--the only last words found in two different Gospel accounts.

Through Parched Lips: This is UsIn the Gospels, it’s not always obvious to us why Jesus chose to communicate certain things on the cross. It's up to us, as an exercise in faith, to dig deeper into his words and their context in order to discover their deeper significance, meaning and application to our lives.  That deeper meaning is what we’ll be exploring this Sunday as we continue our series Through Parched Lips. We'll be delving into why, while on the cross, Jesus chose to tell his mother Mary, "Woman, behold your son.”