Spring of Life Messages
Do you have questions about God and how to live out your faith? Spring of Life is a church community in Southeast Orlando committed to welcoming all to become vessels of God's overflowing grace
If you'd like to talk with someone or learn more, visit our website at springchurch.org
Episodes
230 episodes
Fasting, Going Without To Make Room - Wake Up! (February 1st, 2026)
Fasting isn’t a popular spiritual discipline. Going without is counter cultural. These scriptures explore how fasting is a spiritual gift that helps us grow in our walk with Jesus.
•
22:51
Finding God In Silence - Wake Up! (January 25th, 2026)
The Prophet Elijah has been seeking God and risking everything to be faithful. God shows up to the prophet in an unlikely way. How do we learn to find God in the silence and actively work to create space in our lives where we can listen to God?...
•
19:02
Why Reading Scripture Matters - Wake Up! (January 18th, 2026)
The Bible is a gift that God gives us that helps us faithfully live out the call God places on each of our lives. By practicing the spiritual discipline of reading scripture the stories of God shape us allowing us to love the Lord with all our ...
•
22:21
Learning To Pray Like Daniel - Wake Up! (January 11th, 2026)
Daniel is faithful in prayer and we can learn from his witness. He talks to God every day in many different situations. How do we allow the spiritual discipline of prayer to shape us on our good days and when we find ourselves in the lion’s den...
•
28:27
Covenant Renewal (January 4th, 2026)
Every year we begin by renewing our covenant to God and submitting to follow Christ. We will reflect on the talents God has given to us and pray the Wesleyan Covenant Prayer. This is a time of deep surrender, faithfulness, and commitment to fol...
•
24:17
The Newborn King Escapes (December 28th, 2025)
The Holy family flees Herod’s murderous rage, fulfilling a prophecy. Jesus is revealed as the new Moses and the humanity of his vulnerable family is on full display. God uses the tragedy to fulfill the prophecies about who Jesus would become.
•
22:11
Christmas Eve (December 24th, 2025)
The most profound part of the story of the Grinch is the ending most people skip over. The grinch carves the roast beast, he is welcomed to the table and given the seat of honor. The heart of the Grinch grew and the hearts of the Who’s gr...
•
8:29
A Heart To Follow - The Grinch & The Heart of Christmas (December 21st, 2025)
The Grinch responded to what the Whos had done. They sang songs of Joy so instead of gleefully dumping their possessions off Mount Crumpet, he brought them all back to town. The Magi responded to what God had done with a desire to give what the...
•
21:50
Joseph's Unmet Expectations - The Grinch & The Heart of Christmas (December 14th, 2025)
The grinch and Joseph both had unmet expectations. The grinch expected people to cry when their toys were gone but they sang a joyful song instead. Joseph expected to get married and start a family like everyone else but then his life suddenly ...
•
20:42
What Mary Reveals - The Grinch & The Heart of Christmas (December 7th, 2025)
The Grinch was excited to expose Christmas for what it really is, a fraud. Mary gets to be a part of something big, revealing God for who God really is. Their hearts are both changed in the process and other lives are changed as well.
•
19:24
Zechariah Couldn’t Believe It - The Grinch & The Heart of Christmas (November 30th, 2025)
Zechariah didn’t believe it was possible. The Grinch didn’t believe a heartfelt celebration of Christmas was possible either, he was cynical, thought it just all came from a store. By the time John the Baptist is born, Zechariah’s heart has gro...
•
21:03
The Blessing of Wealth and The Blessing of Poverty - The Paradox of Money (November 23rd, 2025)
The paradoxes about money we've explored aren't meant to be resolved privately but lived out in the context of Christian community, where we help each other discern faithful stewardship. Individually, we must examine our hearts with diagnostic ...
•
25:57
Saving or Giving? - The Paradox of Money (November 16th, 2025)
Scripture affirms both the wisdom of saving and planning and the call to radical generosity and daily trust in God's provision. The path of faithfulness isn't choosing one over the other but discerning which word you most need to hear: if you t...
•
25:10
A Dangerous Blessing - The Paradox of Money (November 9th, 2025)
The Bible presents wealth as both divine blessing and spiritual danger refusing to give us a simple answer about whether money is good or bad. The truth is that wealth, like any powerful gift from God, can either serve kingdom purposes or becom...
•
22:35
All Saints Day (November 2nd, 2025)
What do we believe about death, and what does it teach us about a life well lived? We honor the saints who have gone before us and explore the hope and mystery of rapture theology. As we remember those from our community who have passed in the ...
•
17:13
Technology: A Gift Or An Idol? (October 26th, 2025)
How do we embrace the gifts of technology without allowing it to become an idol we are addicted to or a force that dehumanizes our neighbors. How do we have a healthy connection with technology. How do we name where we are in our relationship w...
•
20:43
Letting Go Of Judgement w/ Pastor Madeline Luzinski (October 19th, 2025)
Jesus cautions us against making judgment of others before doing our own self-reflection. Ultimately God is the judge of people. We should have an attitude of humility and compassion toward others.
•
24:07
Yearning for Peace (October 12th, 2025)
The world feels anything but peaceful these days many of us long for peace. Not merely absence of violence but the presence of real peace. Jesus offers his disciples the gift of peace of heart and mind. How do we receive peace and how do we liv...
•
19:15
Compassionate - Mile Markers of Faith (October 5th, 2025)
In pop theology we think of heartbreak as something that happens to people who engage in sinful behavior. But heartbreak is a reality of sin and brokenness. The heart of God breaks many times in the bible, the fall of humanity in Genesis 3, Laz...
•
23:28
Thoughtful - Mile Markers of Faith (September 28th, 2025)
Ghandi once said, “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” This is the disconnect between being Christian in belief but not action. How do we allow our faith to direct all our decisio...
•
21:40
Don't Worry w/ Alex Shanks (September 21st, 2025)
What Did Jesus mean in the sermon on the mount when he said, "Don't worry" and what that means for our lives? Why did Jesus say not to worry? Because life is more than it seems, because God is fully invested in your care, because worry ch...
•
18:06
God's Glory Transforms Lives (September 14th, 2025)
The veil in the Old Testament that symbolized the sins of God’s people prevented them from seeing His Glory and has been removed by the death and resurrection of Jesus. Now we are invited into God’s Glory and thus the transformation of our eart...
•
30:10
Acceptance - Mile Markers of Faith (September 7th, 2025)
When people have different gifts, talents, passions, experiences we have a choice in how we approach difference. We can welcome it or we can be afraid of it. The image of the body of Christ gives us a framework for how to approach differences w...
•
21:19
Whole - Mile Markers of Faith (August 31st, 2025)
Jesus wants wholeness for you in mind body and spirit. The heart of God is revealed in the story of the suffering man and it also revealed some of the things his neighbors valued more than his wellbeing. How do we follow Chrit in ways that brin...
•
22:55
Relational - Mile Markers of Faith (August 24th, 2025)
We are called to be in relationship with each other as people of faith because we are all part of the one body. Relationships are hard work but they are so infinitely valuable. How are you building relationships to build up the body of Christ?
•
27:22