The Overflow Podcast

"The Lord is our Success: The Hope of Finding our Voice, Overcoming our Obstacles, and Thriving in who we were Created to Be" - Pastor Chuck Ammons

What is ’success’ for the follower of Jesus? Is it accumulating possessions to comfort and secure us? Acquiring positions where others revere us? Or is it something else entirely? In this message, Pastor Chuck shares the invitation of God’s upside-down Kingdom of a table in the wilderness in the very presence of our enemies…so that we AND THEY might be invited closer to take a seat as a friend of God.

“The Lord is Our Security: The Confidence of ‘Fearing No Evil” - Pastor Chuck Ammons

For many of us, sometime between our spiritual childhood and adulthood (and often many other times throughout our journey), we find ourselves facing a ‘dark night of the soul’ or a ‘wilderness experience’ where yesterday’s faith simply doesn’t work anymore. These valleys can be disorienting, overwhelming, or downright scary. The question isn’t IF we will face trials that are too big for us; it’s where we will look when it does. This matters greatly because, “the deserts of your life will either ultimately REFINE you or they will DEFINE you!” In this message, Pastor Chuck points our attention to see our Shepherd leading us through the shadows of our trials! 

"When We're in the Valley" - Pastor Erin Arruda

We fear even the reference of the Psalm 23:4 "valley of the shadow of death." We forget that shadows require light to even be seen. Jesus has joined us in our valleys to shed light on the difficulties we face. He does this to polish us and to forge his character in us so that we will experience fullness even in lack. 

"The Lord is Our Sustenance: Rhythms of Rest and Roads of Renewal" - Pastor Chuck Ammons

We humans have a restlessness problem. Whether wrestling with over-busyness, loneliness, or a lack of vision or purpose, many find themselves physically, emotionally, and spiritually tired...and desperately longing for any kind of hope. In this message, Pastor Chuck calls us to see Jesus standing on the field where we live, inviting us into true rest. Filled with practical ideas that can bear immediate fruit, this is a welcomed message for the over-tired and the weary. 

"Overflow Church Turns 5!" - Pastor Chuck Ammons

Overflow Church Turns 5! In this message, Pastor Chuck looks back to the very foundation of Overflow’s story, more than 43 years ago, through the courageous and obedient faith of many sons and daughters of God whose faces and names we won’t know until heaven. Celebrating God’s faithfulness as he shares the foundational DNA that shapes the Overflow Family, everyone is invited to join in on the Great Adventure God holds through His Church in the years to come!

“The Lord is Our Sufficiency: The Satisfaction of Being and Having Enough” - Pastor Chuck Ammons

Psalm 23 is one of the most quoted passages in the Bible, that has brought comfort and strengthen many. But do we have any idea the depth of the God who is waiting to meet us there? In this message, Pastor Chuck invites sons and daughters out of contractual Christianity that often amounts to nothing more than “treasure assurance” or “treasure insurance,” into the delight of actually knowing Jesus AS our Treasure. He also shares the powerful natural progression from receiving God’s love to courageously and contagiously releasing it which happens we understand who our Shepherd is. 

“The Lord is Our Shepherd: The Sheep Need their Shepherd!” - Pastor Chuck Ammons

All of Creation is groaning within for the sons and daughters to be revealed. They ache, as in the pains of childbirth, waiting to see the hope we carry! In this message, Pastor Chuck shares what God is stirring on the hearts of many for the Church of Tampa Bay, new streams the Pastors of Overflow are sensing at home, and a call for the Body to Fast together to position and prepare our hearts to join the Father in the imminent harvest!"

”Leaving Heaviness and Being Led into Hope!” - Pastor Chuck Ammons

On this last message of 2023, Pastor Chuck shares about God’s desire to wash away the disappointments, heartbreak, and setbacks of the past year and to wash over His beloved kids with health, holiness, and wholeness for everything 2024 holds in store. Sharing the imagery of baptism and foot washing, all are invited into both a healing embrace and a hopeful expectancy!

”Wonder: Stepping into the Light” - Pastor Chuck Ammons

“When you’re in the dark, every unknown fear and unhealed trauma longs to control the narrative. We won’t see clearly until someone turns on the lights. This is precisely why Jesus came!” In this message, Pastor Chuck shares 3 ‘darknesses’ we all face in the here and now — the Darkness of Misery, the Darkness of Mystery, and the Darkness of Mismanagement — and how a baby in a manger appeared as the “Light of the World,” bringing hope home, even in the darkness!

”We Get to Give!” - Pastor Len Harper

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