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Our church has been and remains a community where new stories are being written for people’s lives each week. Stories of marriages saved and strengthened. Stories of addictions being broken. Stories of emotional healing and hope restored. But life isn’t just a story of victories, but rather a culmination of experiences that God uses to shape us into who we are. Our name captures that both sides of your story matter and everyday is another opportunity to live your story and begin life again. Where Life Begins Again is more than a slogan for us. Where Life Begins Again is an invitation for people to experience second, third, fourth, and fifth chances in their faith, their relationships, and with their God-given purpose. It’s a challenge to each of us to pursue God daily and start each day with a new mindset leaving behind the past and pressing onward each day toward God’s purpose for our lives. Our hope is that Storyside would continue to be a place where people feel safe, encouraged, and challenged to daily pursue God’s purpose for all areas of their lives. “Both sides of the story matter. The struggles and the pain that God brought you through have helped shape you, but now you have a new story to tell.” – Pastor Micah Pelkey
Episodes
Jan 12, 2022
Jan 12, 2022
31 min
Philippians 3
13 Brothers, I do not count myself to have attained, but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,
14 I press toward the goal to the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Have you ever felt stuck?
Steps to becoming unstuck:
1. They have to want to get unstuck.
2. What are they holding on to?
3. What do they need to release?
4. Are they willing to endure the discomfort of dislodging?
5. Can they take the pressure of the pull to freedom?
Joshua 1
1 After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ aide:
2 “Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites.
3 I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses.
4 Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.
5 No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
6 Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them.
7 “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.
8 Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
After…
I want God to speak.
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If we fail to accept "what is" then we stay stuck in "what was" and it will impede our movement into "what could be.”
Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.
— Benjamin Franklin
God reminds Joshua of his purpose.
God reminds Joshua of His presence.
What Now?
Jan 12, 2022
Jan 12, 2022
24 min
Free: not costing or charging anything.
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Free Gifts
All the Christmas presents in the world are worth nothing without the presence of Christ.
— David Jeremiah
John 3:16 — For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you more than you want to pay.
Romans 3
23 All have sinned and are not good enough to share God’s divine greatness.
Have you ever felt not good enough?
24 They are made right with God by his grace. This is a free gift. They are made right with God by being made free from sin through Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:8 — But God showed how much he loved us by having Christ die for us, even though we were sinful.
Even though…
Titus 2:11 — For the free gift of eternal salvation is now being offered to everyone.
Jan 12, 2022
Jan 12, 2022
58 min
Have you ever felt that you weren’t good enough for _______________?
Romans 6:23 — For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The meaning of life.
The wasted years of life.
The poor choices of life.
God answers the mess of life with one word: "grace."
— Max Lucado
John 4
4 Now he had to go through Samaria.
5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
6 Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.
7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?”
8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again,
14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
16 He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
17 “I have no husband,” she replied.
Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband.
18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.”
27 Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”
What would you do with the woman at the well?
28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people,
29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?”
39 Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”
If you knew…you would.
God loves us too much to leave us where He finds us.
We don’t get good to get God.
God has GRACE for the PLACE you are in right now.
If you knew…you would.
Jan 11, 2022
Jan 11, 2022
1 hr 55 sec
Who are the gifts in your life?
Psalm 127:3 — Behold, children are a heritage and gift from the Lord, The fruit of the womb a reward.
Psalm 127:3 — Children too are a gift from Adonai; the fruit of the womb is a reward.
Proverbs 22:6 — Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Our greatest contribution to the kingdom of God may not be something we do, but someone we raise.
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How much is this chair worth?
Ministries
Monies
Motivation
If we don’t teach our children, someone else will.
Children are our most valuable asset and our greatest hope for our future.
Parents: if you treat the church as optional, your kids will treat Jesus as unnecessary.
— John Wesley
I will commit my life to Christ.
We commit to care for the chairs at our table.
Jan 11, 2022
Jan 11, 2022
53 min
Matthew 27:57 — When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus.
Mark 15:43 — Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
John 19:38 — After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him permission. So he came and took away his body.
Luke 23
50 Now there was a man named Joseph, from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council, a good and righteous man,
51 who had not consented to their decision and action; and he was looking for the kingdom of God.
52 This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
53 Then he took it down and wrapped it in a linen shroud and laid him in a tomb cut in stone, where no one had ever yet been laid.
Success can often silence you.
Are you afraid of what they might say?
Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid.
Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.
EVERY decision is not an EASY decision.
It’s not how you start — it’s how you finish.
What have I been entrusted with?
I want to give God my best.
Commit to play your part in the plan of God.
Jan 11, 2022
Jan 11, 2022
57 min
1 John 2:1 — “My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”
Luke 22
31 “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan demanded to have you, that he might sift you like wheat,
32 but I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.”
33 Peter said to him, “Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death.”
34 Jesus said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow this day, until you deny three times that you know me.”
54 Then they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high priest's house, and Peter was following at a distance.
55 And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them.
56 Then a servant girl, seeing him as he sat in the light and looking closely at him, said, “This man also was with him.”
57 But he denied it, saying, “Woman, I do not know him.”
58 And a little later someone else saw him and said, “You also are one of them.” But Peter said, “Man, I am not.”
59 And after an interval of about an hour still another insisted, saying, “Certainly this man also was with him, for he too is a Galilean.”
60 But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.
61 And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the saying of the Lord, how he had said to him, “Before the rooster crows today, you will deny me three times.”
62 And he went out and wept bitterly.
John 1:42 — Andrew brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at Simon and said, "You are Simon, son of John. Your name will be changed to Cephas" (which means "Peter")
Who brought you to Jesus?
Who could you lead to Jesus?
Peer Pressure
You can love God and still get off track.
Have you ever hurt someone you loved?
Sifting shows us how fragile we can be.
Failing is not a disgrace unless you make it the last chapter of your book.
— Jack Hyles
God sees you on the other side of your struggle.
Luke 24
33 And they rose that same hour and returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven and those who were with them gathered together,
34 saying, “The Lord has risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!”
God sees your whole story.
Jan 11, 2022
Jan 11, 2022
Jan 11, 2022
45 min
Comeback: To return, regain, or recover.
Luke 15
11 Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons.
12 The younger son said to his father, ‘Give me now the part of your property that I am supposed to receive someday.’ So the father divided his wealth between his two sons.
13 “A few days later the younger son gathered up all that he had and left. He traveled far away to another country, and there he wasted his money living like a fool.
14 After he spent everything he had, there was a terrible famine throughout the country. He was hungry and he needed money.
15 So he went and got a job with one of the people who lived there. The man sent him into the fields to feed pigs.
16 He was so hungry that he wanted to eat the food the pigs were eating. But no one gave him anything.
17 “The son realized that he had been very foolish. He thought, ‘All my father’s hired workers have plenty of food. But here I am, almost dead because I have nothing to eat.
18 I will leave and go to my father. I will say to him: Father, I have sinned against God and have done wrong to you.
19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. But let me be like one of your hired workers.’
20 So he left and went to his father. “While the son was still a long way off, his father saw him coming and felt sorry for him. So he ran to him and hugged and kissed him.
Selfishness can come early in life.
Give Me
We often underestimate where a “give me” mentality is going to take us.
It’s not always wise to get your way.
Distance can become dangerous.
Churchgoers are like coals in a fire. When they cling together, they keep the flame aglow; when they separate, they die out.
— Billy Graham
What have you wasted?
What am I wasting right now?
How did I end up here?
When you have nothing left but God, you have more than enough to start over again.
— Mother Teresa
You can come back to the Father.
Jan 11, 2022
Jan 11, 2022
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1 Peter 2:9 — But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
1 Corinthians 14:40 — Let all things be done decently and in order.
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Better Together
Luke 11
1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
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Our Father
Heaven
Hallowed
Your Name
Prayer shifts me away from selfishness.
Today
I want a Godly “give me” mindset.
And forgive us…as we forgive.
Holy moments will often focus on forgiveness.
Lead Me
Luke 18
1 And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man…
Our commitment cannot be based off of our current events.
Don’t Quit
Jan 11, 2022
Jan 11, 2022
52 min
As long as we let the Word of God be our only armor, we can look confidently into the future.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Luke 8
4 And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable,
5 “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the air devoured it.
6 And some fell on the rock, and as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it.
8 And some fell into good soil and grew and yielded a hundredfold.” As he said these things, he called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
12 The ones along the path are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
13 And the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear the word, receive it with joy. But these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of testing fall away.
14 And as for what fell among the thorns, they are those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature.
15 As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.
The Word of God
The Sower
Stolen Seed
What has the devil taken from you?
Ephesians 6
10 To end my letter I tell you, be strong in the Lord and in his great power.
11 Wear the full armor of God. Wear God’s armor so that you can fight against the devil’s clever tricks.
12 Our fight is not against people on earth. We are fighting against the rulers and authorities and the powers of this world’s darkness. We are fighting against the spiritual powers of evil in the heavenly places.
13 That is why you need to get God’s full armor. Then on the day of evil, you will be able to stand strong. And when you have finished the whole fight, you will still be standing.
14 So stand strong with the belt of truth tied around your waist, and on your chest wear the protection of right living.
15 On your feet wear the Good News of peace to help you stand strong.
16 And also use the shield of faith with which you can stop all the burning arrows that come from the Evil One.
17 Accept God’s salvation as your helmet. And take the sword of the Spirit—that sword is the teaching of God.
18 Pray in the Spirit at all times. Pray with all kinds of prayers, and ask for everything you need. To do this you must always be ready. Never give up. Always pray for all of God’s people.
Shallow Seed
Are you rooted?
The Thorns
Position
Priorities
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Stuff > Seed
The Good Ground
If we want revivals, we must revive our reverence for the Word of God.
— Charles Spurgeon
Hear the Word of God
Romans 10
13 For, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring good news of good things!”
Hold on to the Word of God