<![CDATA[Core Worship | Sermons]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/ https://api.thechurchco.com/v1/media/578909/crop/hugesquarejpg/redirect Core Worship | Sermons https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/ RSS for Node Thu, 28 May 2026 17:46:40 GMT Welcome to the Core Worship podcast! Core is a worshiping community at Marvin Methodist Church in downtown Tyler, Texas. We exist to grow disciples and to share the love and hope of Christ. For more information visit marvin.church. Welcome to the Core Worship podcast! Core is a worshiping community at Marvin Methodist Church in downtown Tyler, Texas. We exist to grow disciples and to share the love and hope of Christ. For more information visit marvin.church. Welcome to the Core Worship podcast! Core is a worshiping community at Marvin Methodist Church in downtown Tyler, Texas. We exist to grow disciples and to share the love and hope of Christ. For more information visit marvin.church. Marvin Methodist Church Marvin Methodist Church communications@marvin.church false <![CDATA[When the Heart Catches Up to the Mind]]> Sermon text: Acts 2:1-4, Romans 8:14-17]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/when-the-heart-catches-up-to-the-mind b4437096-5756-4ec6-b4dc-86e2f7b74231 Sun, 24 May 2026 14:57:02 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Acts 2:1-4, Romans 8:14-17</h3> false no 1294 <![CDATA[Mission is the Fruit]]> Sermon text: John 4:7-15]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/mission-is-the-fruit 3aebcb89-572d-4281-88cb-f5529243f775 Sun, 17 May 2026 15:27:31 GMT <h3>Sermon text: John 4:7-15</h3> false no 1466 <![CDATA[Listening Shapes Obedience]]> Sermon text: Acts 10:19-20]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/listening-shapes-obedience ef32402e-f470-434b-b3b7-d611bd0d7751 Sun, 10 May 2026 19:46:25 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Acts 10:19-20</h3> false no 1465 <![CDATA[Fasting Shapes Desire]]> Sermon text: Matthew 6:16-18]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/fasting-shapes-desire fde848b7-3077-4b3a-96a7-7116de22e4d0 Sun, 03 May 2026 14:11:14 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Matthew 6:16-18</h3> false no 1308 <![CDATA[Prayer Shapes Attention]]> Sermon text: Luke 10:38-42]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/prayer-shapes-attention 9ee2531f-4c02-4767-a5a6-d64686dc96f9 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:10:52 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Luke 10:38-42</h3> false no 1387 <![CDATA[Scripture Shapes Imagination]]> Sermon text: Psalm 1:1-3; 2 Timothy 3:16-17]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/scripture-shapes-imagination b81325ef-a43f-4023-b399-44a209e781a1 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:56:28 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Psalm 1:1-3; 2 Timothy 3:16-17</h3> false no 1386 <![CDATA[You Are Being Formed]]> Sermon text: Romans 12:1-2]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/you-are-being-formed 9bb597aa-d2ac-4f38-8502-ce19ee7844d6 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 14:18:16 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Romans 12:1-2</h3> false no 1206 <![CDATA[The Triumphant Entry]]> Sermon text: Matthew 21:1-11]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/the-triumphant-entry 81e46632-b120-42de-9d0f-31845d903c62 Sun, 29 Mar 2026 14:02:35 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Matthew 21:1-11</h3> false no 1125 <![CDATA[Another Message]]> Sermon text: Nehemiah 8:1-12]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/another-message f575591e-653d-4bed-a83a-02609f55efb1 Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:07:42 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Nehemiah 8:1-12</h3> false no 2025 <![CDATA[Another Brave Hero]]> Sermon text: Daniel 6:10-23]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/another-brave-hero 1d61abb3-1050-4bf8-b917-ad75a8b19c5d Sun, 15 Mar 2026 15:44:34 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Daniel 6:10-23</h3> false no 1196 <![CDATA[Another Young Hero]]> Sermon text: 1 Samuel 17:40-50]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/another-young-hero 86245774-c97a-4e38-8c73-1582f128dcad Sun, 08 Mar 2026 14:08:06 GMT <h3>Sermon text: 1 Samuel 17:40-50</h3> false no 1315 <![CDATA[Another Leader]]> Sermon text: ‎Joshua 5:13-6:5]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/another-leader 5eca2621-2856-45ff-8569-7b566b1b70bc Sun, 01 Mar 2026 20:30:58 GMT <h3>Sermon text: ‎Joshua 5:13-6:5</h3> false no 1126 <![CDATA[Another Son]]> Sermon text: Genesis 22:1-14]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/another-son 2d3f27b0-9fc4-41b0-8a2f-07c3bf8add99 Sun, 22 Feb 2026 14:50:05 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Genesis 22:1-14</h3> false no 1243 <![CDATA[Two Sons, Two Responses]]> Sermon text: Matthew 21:28]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/two-sons-two-responses 23796b08-eeb0-4460-9cde-5e23662fc6c8 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:02:20 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Matthew 21:28</h3> false no 1189 <![CDATA[Restful: The Task of Rest]]> Sermon text: Matthew 11:27-30]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/restful-the-task-of-rest 983f30e2-2c67-4e1e-b6ad-d23fdb53da27 Sun, 08 Feb 2026 15:46:01 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Matthew 11:27-30</h3> false no 1113 <![CDATA[Restful: The Effect of Rest]]> Sermon text: Matthew 11:27-29]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/restful-the-effect-of-rest 18de27bf-2a4b-426a-8951-0735540e7ecc Sun, 01 Feb 2026 15:49:07 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Matthew 11:27-29</h3> false no 1335 <![CDATA[Restful: The Gift of Rest]]> Sermon text: Matthew 11:27-28]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/restful-the-gift-of-rest 3c4906d0-60a4-488b-9dc3-1617652c57b7 Sun, 25 Jan 2026 19:16:12 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Matthew 11:27-28</h3> false no 1478 <![CDATA[Restful: Rest Revealed]]> Sermon text: Matthew 11:27]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/restful-rest-revealed fbc8b22e-c922-419b-82c4-dbef10461307 Sun, 18 Jan 2026 23:42:51 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Matthew 11:27</h3> false no 1242 <![CDATA[Restful: Do You See This?]]> Sermon text: Ezekiel 47:1-12]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/restful-do-you-see-this 2c8228da-4454-4529-8a2d-ea3722f96fcf Sun, 11 Jan 2026 15:43:58 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Ezekiel 47:1-12</h3> false no 1209 <![CDATA[Wesley Covenant Renewal Service]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/wesley-covenant-renewal-service 3580f67d-cb8b-4426-8e14-33be55ec8c64 Sun, 04 Jan 2026 19:26:40 GMT false no 1423 <![CDATA[Wise Men Seek Jesus]]> Sermon text: Matthew 2:1-12]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/wise-men-seek-jesus c55f6091-a5d6-49aa-9fbb-972ac291ccb4 Sun, 28 Dec 2025 22:58:13 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Matthew 2:1-12</h3> false no 1173 <![CDATA[Love]]> Sermon text: Luke 2:8-20]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/love e143d3e8-f3d8-4ac8-83dc-e98708f3ba60 Sun, 21 Dec 2025 19:54:05 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Luke 2:8-20</h3> false no 921 <![CDATA[Joy]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/joy ac8457b6-b51c-4dcd-9e88-4c3793c99f54 Sun, 14 Dec 2025 14:58:08 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Luke 1:39-56</h3><p>But let God reframe who He is and what He's doing.</p> false no 1387 <![CDATA[Peace]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/peace 4a14fb93-914a-4038-8b70-90a8d0a1827a Sun, 07 Dec 2025 16:05:48 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Matthew 1:16-25</h3><p>Jesus doesn't just bring peace, He is peace. Peace rooted in God's presence and promise fuels obedience.</p> false no 1196 <![CDATA[Hope]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/hope f8d32f9c-7855-49bd-a486-4c5d266f8950 Sun, 30 Nov 2025 16:19:51 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Luke 1:5-25</h3><p>We have the hope of the world living inside of us and there are people walking around in darkness hoping to be brought to the light.</p> false no 1144 <![CDATA[Our Refuge and Strength]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/our-refuge-and-strength 85f8e3da-0776-4842-bdac-00cdeeeb7900 Mon, 24 Nov 2025 05:40:21 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Psalm 46:1-11</h3><p>We grow more in understanding in just how much we don't understand of how much He loves and adores us.</p> false no 1136 <![CDATA[Joined Together in Christ]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/joined-together-in-christ 22ca1a7e-d8ba-4b83-a9c7-7dca5e93860b Sun, 16 Nov 2025 19:05:09 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Ephesians 2:17-22</h3><p>God has poured out gifts to equip His people for the work of ministry so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith.</p> false no 1376 <![CDATA[Rivers of Living Water Flowing from Within]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/rivers-of-living-water-flowing-from-within 3586bb7f-0e20-4331-8dfc-d1ebd1be8fbd Sun, 09 Nov 2025 23:45:29 GMT <h3>Sermon text: John 7:37-39</h3><p>Are you thirsty for the Holy Spirit's living water to bubble up inside of you and to move you into ministry and to empower you to live the Christian life?</p> false no 2046 <![CDATA[The Shadow of Ambition]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/the-shadow-of-ambition 8eafa8bc-b642-4495-ac2c-f19ed5480f38 Sun, 02 Nov 2025 15:08:57 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Mark 10:37</h3><p>Ambition redeemed is Christ revealed in me and through me to this watching world around me.</p> false no 1025 <![CDATA[The Shadow of Shame]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/the-shadow-of-shame 197bcc2b-84aa-4bb2-9098-843c765b7f18 Sun, 26 Oct 2025 14:16:09 GMT <h3>Sermon text: Genesis 2:25</h3><p>You are never alone. Christ is present. He is with you. He promised never to leave you or forsake you.</p> false no 1369 <![CDATA[The Shadow of Loneliness]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/the-shadow-of-loneliness 0e3ea217-3bd1-40b3-800e-4c2a95ec9c38 Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:14:48 GMT <h3>Genesis 2:18</h3><p>The greatest threat to our well-being may just be that we are skimming along the surface of the life that God has intended for us.</p> false no 1162 <![CDATA[Every Good Work]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/every-good-work 8e65bfcb-3a5e-43c0-a173-302341ce4519 Sun, 12 Oct 2025 16:48:32 GMT <h3>Sermon text: 2 Corinthians 9:6-8</h3><p>God delights in a people who love to give because it is Godlike. We are giving as a response to His love because of who He is and what He has done.</p> false no 1464 <![CDATA[The Task Remaining]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/the-task-remaining b5fa6157-568a-4894-af40-8aebb96cf815 Sun, 05 Oct 2025 21:27:16 GMT <h4>Sermon text: Romans 15:20-21</h4><p>His heart burned for those people; it burned for those that were still yet to be engaged and reached with the Gospel.</p> false no 2463 <![CDATA[We Are A Prolific People]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/we-are-a-prolific-people a6e86d17-35c9-4804-a287-b321eef656d7 Sun, 28 Sep 2025 14:19:49 GMT <h4>Sermon text: 2 Corinthians 8:7</h4><p>There is no cultural category that is out of the reach of Jesus Christ. He is able to enter into it all. </p> false no 1550 <![CDATA[Relational: The Third Table]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/relational-the-third-table 5a6c390c-d224-4335-98bb-bdbf232b37dd Sun, 21 Sep 2025 15:06:15 GMT <h4>Sermon text: Luke 7:34</h4><p>Find out how those things and those places can be a platform for the Gospel.</p> false no 1850 <![CDATA[Relational: The Second Table]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/relational-the-second-table 7bb39ff3-06bf-4445-85a5-bfd658ed8138 Sun, 14 Sep 2025 13:15:17 GMT <h4>Sermon text: Acts 4:32-35</h4><p>Our call is to set the table as co-host with Christ. </p> false no 1530 <![CDATA[Relational: The First Table]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/relational--the-first-table 87a2733a-0272-4f4a-9705-7f69e5936ae8 Sun, 07 Sep 2025 14:12:28 GMT <h4>Sermon text: Luke 22:14-20</h4><p>This is why relational matters. We live in a world where people are isolated, struggling with loneliness and depression, and longing for true intimacy. That's why we seek to be a relational people.</p> false no 1366 <![CDATA[The Unity of the Spirit]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/the-unity-of-the-spirit 890547c6-80ae-46e7-be20-e2fe393f997a Sun, 31 Aug 2025 14:11:39 GMT <h4>Sermon text: Ephesians 4:1-16</h4><p>In Christ we have one Lord, we've been baptized into one body. We are family.</p> false no 1991 <![CDATA[Doing the Works Jesus Does]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/doing-the-works-jesus-does 0052406a-9ba8-4c78-944d-580dd05a992c Sun, 24 Aug 2025 14:13:16 GMT <h3>Sermon text: John 14:12-18</h3><p>Prayer changes things and that's what I saw happen through a small step in faith where the Lord did all the work.</p> false no 1954 <![CDATA[Greater Discernment]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/greater-discernment 361ec7eb-809a-434d-99dd-0d09f16524ce Sun, 17 Aug 2025 15:10:42 GMT <h4>Sermon text: Mark 3:13-15</h4><p>As we become familiar with God's voice in here, we just might become more aware of it out there. </p> false no 1512 <![CDATA[Greater Direction]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/greater-direction 42134a8a-f63b-4537-a5f0-1a4bbee58517 Sun, 10 Aug 2025 15:59:20 GMT <h3>Sermon text: John 1:35-39</h3><p>That is the heartbeat of our discipleship pathway and the heartbeat of Jesus' invitation to each and every one of us: Come and see. Let's just get started. Come and follow me.</p> false no 1211 <![CDATA[Discipline(s) = Freedom]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/disciplines--freedom 80db9a67-7615-4a74-9120-0891dea648c8 Sun, 03 Aug 2025 17:05:32 GMT <h4>Sermon text: Matthew 4:1-11</h4><p>Practicing the spiritual discipline of Bible study is one of the ways we live into the freedom Christ is offering us from the lies of Satan.</p> false no 939 <![CDATA[God's Sanctified Temple]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/gods-sanctified-temple e3dc4879-7d4d-4272-b4ad-70b19b698f1f Sun, 27 Jul 2025 14:15:34 GMT <h4>Sermon text: 1 Corinthians 3:16-17</h4><p>Together we are the temple. We need each other because the Holy Spirit dwells in each of us. </p> false no 1274 <![CDATA[Live it Out]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/live-it-out b81ba377-f3c3-4d9f-87cd-551d74eed8d8 Sun, 20 Jul 2025 19:53:06 GMT <h4>Sermon text: John 10:10</h4><p>Our physical life was given to us at birth. Our inner life has been shaped and formed over time. But zoe life, that is given and imparted into us by Christ.</p> false no 1313 <![CDATA[Vibrant & Living Faith]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/vibrant--living-faith 673be241-b0ac-4928-8ca1-b40d4d85d375 Sun, 13 Jul 2025 20:54:30 GMT <h4>Sermon text: Luke 18:1-8</h4><p>Why should we be persistent in prayer when we don't get immediate answers? Because maybe it is not His will, maybe it is not His timing, and maybe we don't know what is best. We have to keep praying and keep praying until we know one way or another.</p> false no 1595 <![CDATA[Entire Sanctification]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/entire-sanctification 85ccea1b-9bab-4e6b-ba09-2160c3793485 Sun, 06 Jul 2025 16:58:59 GMT <h4>Sermon text: 1 Thessalonians 5:23-28</h4><p>The sin that was once holding you down in your life is gone. You live a life in which you are constantly in tune with the Holy Spirit and denying your flesh.</p> false no 1133 <![CDATA[Rooted in Tradition]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/rooted-in-tradition 73f9abdc-0338-4fee-84a7-acf4e438e496 Sun, 29 Jun 2025 20:18:02 GMT <h4>Sermon text: 1 John 1:1-7</h4><p>This idea of sanctification and means this thing is set apart. Sanctification is the process of becoming more like Jesus. It is being changed from the inside out so that we come to genuinely love what God loves and love like God loves.</p> false no 1605 <![CDATA[Rooted in Liturgy]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/rooted-in-liturgy bf205500-a048-4606-9ea0-b1bfe5107d57 Sun, 22 Jun 2025 16:27:10 GMT <h4>Sermon text: Deuteronomy 16:1-17</h4><p>Liturgy is the work of the people, responding to the work of God. Liturgy gives us a shared language but it is not identical expression. The goal is not uniformity or unanimity. The goal is unity around the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.</p> false no 1869 <![CDATA[Rooted in the Word]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/rooted-in-the-word e709b14b-78ed-41d3-a318-8585e0c3124d Sun, 15 Jun 2025 16:06:21 GMT <h4>Sermon text: John 1:1-5</h4><p>Over a course of time, she kept asking who Jesus is to me and what does He mean to me and I realized I had never made that proclamation for myself. I just assumed I was a Christian because I sat in church every Sunday and I went to a Christian school.</p> false no 2389 <![CDATA[Is God Invited to Church?]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/is-god-invited-to-church cb595e6e-51d0-4705-b24c-077cc8f74b2c Sun, 08 Jun 2025 20:40:46 GMT <h4>Sermon text: 1 Chronicles 13</h4><p>When a Holy God comes, something has to give. When God has moved mightily throughout the history of the church, it is always characterized by prayer and repentance- humility.</p> false no 2096 <![CDATA[He Ascended into Heaven]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/he-ascended-into-heaven 0c7f0b1a-f149-49f9-9837-8d8374e399c3 Sun, 01 Jun 2025 20:35:56 GMT <h4>Sermon text: Acts 1:6-11</h4><p>Jesus did not answer their question with a question. He did not answer it at all, at least not definitively. Time was not His concern nor was politics. The mission was Jesus' concern.</p> false no 1507 <![CDATA[Members Only]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/members-only a4f31a81-7dbe-433b-bab5-85094632f5f5 Sun, 25 May 2025 16:15:54 GMT <h4>Sermon text: Ephesians 2</h4><p>We've been invited to be a part of the people of God; we've been offered immortality and everlasting life; we've been welcomed into a group of people that includes the prophets and apostles themselves, and not because we could afford to pay the dues- we couldn't.</p> false no 1595 <![CDATA[Thy Kingdom & Thy Will Be Done]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/thy-kingdom--thy-will-be-done 342d98e2-3540-4ad3-9083-93e8424553e3 Sun, 18 May 2025 20:19:50 GMT <h4>Sermon text: Luke 11:1-6</h4><p>It is our responsibility to pray that God's will be done. It is not our way, it is God's way.</p> false no 1436 <![CDATA[Relational]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/relational aa9f2ad4-000e-4820-a3c2-2c7b63fe3b58 Sun, 11 May 2025 14:08:52 GMT <h4>Sermon text: Psalm 67</h4><p>Let's put this on because it's what God has already been doing. It's who we are: Rooted. Restful. Relational. Life with God on behalf of the world.</p> false no 1605 <![CDATA[Restful]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/restful 8319109a-e4e2-4a14-b17d-c4133895f031 Sun, 04 May 2025 21:12:43 GMT <h4>Sermon text: Psalm 131</h4><p>Learning to sit in stillness of our unmet desires is the mark of spiritual maturity. Rest begins when we trust that God is more than just the meter of our needs, but that he is loving Father, the only one who can truly satisfy.</p> false no 1296 <![CDATA[Rooted]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/rooted 12851a32-b1b1-4fcf-976d-378551909c56 Sun, 27 Apr 2025 20:07:12 GMT <h4>Sermon text: Psalm 1:1-3</h4><p>But Christ calls us to something different: to be rooted in Him, bearing fruits that last.</p> false no 1642 <![CDATA[Giving Up Death]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/giving-up-death 9fcb2168-6c36-46bf-bd9c-2e957369ca2b Sun, 20 Apr 2025 22:23:21 GMT <h4>Sermon text: Matthew 28:1-10</h4><p>On this Easter Sunday, Dr. Marc Donaldson explores surrendering the power of death and embracing the resurrection life in Christ. How can I live each day as a testimony to the resurrection life I have in Christ?</p> false no 1362 <![CDATA[Giving Up Popularity]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/giving-up-popularity 6e832b09-d2e0-4bd3-b567-d0dcd342aaa8 Sun, 13 Apr 2025 15:06:14 GMT <h4>Sermon text: Matthew 21:1-11</h4><p>We are all tempted to seek approval from others. Am you willing to choose faithfulness to God, even when it is unpopular? </p> false no 1095 <![CDATA[Giving Up Scarcity]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/giving-up-scarcity f24eb8ed-07a3-4ea1-8731-b576f6130a48 Sun, 06 Apr 2025 20:19:47 GMT <h4>Sermon text: Matthew 14:13-21; Philippians 4:19</h4><p>We are all tempted to live with a scarcity mindset, even though we know that God's kindgom operates on abundance. The feeding of the 5,000 reminds us that in Christ, there is always enough. Rev. Jacob Joiner reminds us how powerful it is to embrace God's provision. </p> false no 1069 <![CDATA[Giving Up Our Lives]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/giving-up-our-lives 0e0460a5-a336-46f0-a37b-44d27e2f125f Sun, 30 Mar 2025 15:27:10 GMT <h4>Sermon text: John 12:20-26</h4><p>In this message, Dr. Marc Donldson explores the promise of fruitful lives through surrender. Many today believe that to be free means to do whatever you want, but Jesus' model for ultimate freedom is much different. What can you surrender to experience the fullness of God's purpose?</p> false no 1263 <![CDATA[Giving Up Distraction]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/giving-up-distraction 4daaefce-b98e-4744-905d-25f57c1dd48e Sun, 23 Mar 2025 14:05:53 GMT <h4>Sermon text: Luke 10:38-42</h4><p>In this message from Rev. Brandy Stevens, we're looking at how distractions pull us away from what matters most. Giving up distractions allows us to focus on God and live more intentionally.  How can you prioritize time with God?</p> false no 1614 <![CDATA[Giving Up Superiority]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/giving-up-superiority e7613962-68f1-41e4-89d6-4c1a634a3ef0 Sun, 16 Mar 2025 14:32:59 GMT <h4>Sermon text: John 4:4-15</h4><p>Jesus' interaction with the Samaritan woman shatters the boundaries of status, reputation and social norms. Are we willing to give up our sense of superiority and see others through the lens of Christ? Dr. March Donaldson talks on <i>giving up </i>superiority and embracing humility.</p> false no 1274 <![CDATA[Giving Up Expectations]]> https://marvinmethodistchurch.thechurchco.site/episode/giving-up-expectations 975e6abd-572c-45e3-b860-5d1fcb45ab51 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:59:05 GMT <h4>Sermon text: Matthew 16:21-28</h4><p>What do I need to do to fully embrace God's purposes? Dr. Marc Donaldson encourages us to give up our unmet expectations and trust in God's ways over our own understanding.</p> false no 1239 <![CDATA[What to Do When You Don't Know What to Do]]> Sermon text: 2 Kings 4:1-7

Life is full of challenges. How do you respond in the midst of crisis? Guest speaker, Jared Alcántara, gives insight on how we should respond when we don't know what to do.

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