The Overflow Podcast

”Built to Last!” - Pastor Chuck Ammons

We live in a world obsessed with speed. We exhaust ourselves trying to run faster and build bigger. We are over-scheduled, under-nourished, and just plain tired. In the Bible, God compares the life He desires to build with us to a race. But this race isn’t a sprint. It’s a marathon worth running and one we were created to win! In this message, Pastor Chuck calls us to re-capture God’s vision for our lives and commit to run the long road of obedience all the way to the finish line! 

”The Miracle of Peace on Earth” - Pastor Chuck Ammons

The Miracle of Peace on Earth: Christmas is a beautiful season — for the most brief of days, all of us seem more hopeful, more patient, more aware of what really matters. The problem for all too many is that it withers just as quickly as the Christmas tree we put on the curb after our big day. In this message, Pastor Chuck shares what Jesus really meant when He said He came to bring PEACE ON EARTH — and that it would be “Good News of Great Joy for All People!” What could it look like to LIVE at peace: with God, and with the people He has allowed you to walk with on this earth? Step into a peace that LASTS!

”Equipped to be Sent” - Pastor Chuck Ammons

God has a vision for His Church…and she cannot be contained to a few hours on Sunday or a few gifted voices who do ’the work of the ministry.’ She is a SENT Body of multi-faceted glory, helping the world encounter every shade of Jesus! In this message, Pastor Chuck shares from Ephesians 3 and 4 about the 5-fold diversity of grace God has released upon the church and what it looks like when we dare to embrace it!

 

”Sent To Change The World” - Pastor Chuck Ammons

“God desires for the church to not just release individual missionaries who release the Gospel to individuals, but as communities who will live missionally, and go into our community permeating & tangibly changing the region by restoring justice, protecting the vulnerable, leading in innovation & discovery, and reclaiming the fullest expression of the creative arts.”

In this message, Pastor Chuck raises the ancient call of the church to be a ‘city on a hill’ and to reclaim their joyous position in justice, leadership, the arts, and within their own spheres of influence!

”Sent: Brandon, The Bay, and Beyond” - Pastor Erin Arruda

Sent--Brandon, the Bay and Beyond
Evangelist Leonard Ravenhill:
“Dear Believers, listen: The world is not waiting for a new definition of the Gospel, but for a new demonstration of the power of the Gospel.”

Have you been made new? Then you are that new demonstration of his power.

Romans 10:13
 And it’s true:
“Everyone who calls on the Lord’s name
    will experience new life.”
But how can people call on him for help if they’ve not yet believed? And how can they believe in one they’ve not yet heard of? And how can they hear the message of life if there is no one there to proclaim it? 15 And how can the message be proclaimed if messengers have yet to be sent? That’s why the Scriptures say:
How welcome is the arrival[g]
    of those proclaiming the joyful news of peace
    and of good things to come!

 2 Corinthians, “As God’s partners we beg you not to accept this marvelous gift of God’s kindness and then ignore it.”

Missionaries return:
You were saved to return to Jesus and to be sent to others. Live from a sent place

Missionaries assess:
Rhythms

Cultural values

Needs
                Physical needs-food, water, clothing, shelter, healing, medicine,
                Emotional needs- Acceptance, belonging, love
                Spiritual needs-the love of the Father, the blood of Jesus, the power of the Holy Spirit.

Missionaries release:
Share--Partake of, experience, enjoy with others, to have in common, to distribute, post, grant, tell divide and distribute, to apportion and take shares of something.

Start small, start here: I was __________, but now I'm _______________ because of Jesus.

”SENT Across the Street” - Pastor Chuck Ammons

There is a vast difference between living as a ‘citizen’ who learns about Jesus and a ‘missionary’ who lives, loves, and leads to carry Him to the world. In this message, Pastor Chuck shares how we can completely change the way we see, choosing to be SENT as Hometown Missionaries. “Before we can hope to reach the end of the earth, we’ve got to first be willing to go to the end of our street!” Super practical and life-changing. 

 

”Too Scattered to Be Sent” - Pastor Chuck Ammons

We desire so deeply for a life that matters, but all too often find ourselves feeling buried under a life we’re just trying to manage. In this message, Pastor Chuck shares 3 key decisions to re-align the hours of your week to live SENT: Begin with your BEST YES. Get a New Vision for Your Vocation. Clean Out Your Spiritual House. A life beyond anything you can ask or imagine is waiting. Are you ready?

”Seen, Saved, and Sent: Why the Father SENT Jesus…and why Jesus is SENDING You!” - Pastor Chuck Ammons

“I will build my Church” — Jesus. The Church is called to be a Bride who gathers together to adore her bridegroom and to be a Body of vital members who discover, disciple, and deploy their unique gifts as they scatter together to the ends of the earth. The problem is…many of us have inherited a messed up modern theology of the church that looks more like the individualistic, consumer, a la carte culture we are in than the Spirit who is IN us. But there is hope! Jesus is building His Church! In this message, Pastor Chuck shares 3 reasons Jesus was SENT to you — and how it changes everything about how you can order your days. It’s time to step off the sidelines and into the game. It’s time to be SENT!

 

”Undoing: UnOffended” - Pastor Chuck Ammons

Cancel Culture. Virtue Signaling. Soundbite Sentencing. We are living in a time where hurt and offense seem to surround us from every side — and often find themselves seeking to rise up from within. But we have been invited to do much more than survive the negativity. We’ve been called as peacemakers and ministers of reconciliation...to live UnOffended! In this message, Pastor Chuck shares how to ‘undo’ the scheme of judgment, accusation, and unresolved hurt through a life of honor and forgiveness that turns enemies to friends and invites prodigals home. 

 

”Undoing: Hope in Restoration” - Pastor Len Harper