BreakPointe Podcast

Honoring God not only gives Him His due…it gives you your reserve. Everyone knows: life can wear you down. Work for 6 days in this broken world, and your spirit can be stretched, drained, depleted and sometimes broken. That's why God gave us the Sabbath...as a gift. A 24-hour period of re-creation every week to rest and be replenished. To play and pray. The Sabbath is God's "spa for the soul" where our Creator reaches in to restore & repair what's been broken or depleted inside of us during the week. Do you need a day at God's Spa? Listen in as Pastor Tom invites us into the life-giving rhythms of Sabbath living.

Listen Now:

 Standard Podcasts [42:04m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player

You can’t give what you don’t have. People push themselves to the breaking point for all sorts of reasons: Some fear not keeping up. Others feel guilty for saying no. Still others suffer from "Superman Syndrome"…believing that human limits don't apply. That's why God builds margins into our lives…literally mandating margins to break our bondage to overwork. Time to rest. To reflect. To remember who really runs the Universe. Without margins, our ability to be generous is hampered...sometimes crippled. Listen in as Pastor Tom discusses how our culture rewards people who push beyond their limits...and how God counters by inviting us all into the rest and freedom only He can offer.

Listen Now:

 Standard Podcasts [38:29m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player

Our lives should be marked by peace, not stress; by contentment not consumption. Many of us live life in overdrive. Pedal to the metal, foot on the accelerator, Mach 5, take it to the limit, stretched to the outer edge in all areas of life. 80-hour workweeks, endless bills, emails, To-Do lists, activities, sports, classes, and commitments. Our time, our money, our relationships...all pushed to the breaking point. With no margin for error. Life in overdrive can be exhilarating...at least for awhile. Because when we live without margin or breathing room between our LOAD (what we take on) and our LIMITS (what we can sanely handle)…bad things happen. To our relationships. To our finances. More importantly: to our souls. Are you pushed to the breaking point? Stressed out? Listen in as Pastor Tom discusses God's invitation to slow down, stop the insanity, and enter into the holiness of rest, renewal, and life-giving margin.

Listen Now:

 Standard Podcasts [48:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player

Lessons from the life of Queen Esther.

Listen Now:

 Standard Podcasts [38:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player

God's gift to us completes us. I remember as a child opening the perfect gift…usually defined by me as the gift I had requested. I danced!!! What is the perfect gift? What do we do with the perfect gift? On this Christmas Day we want to discover how to put into the center of our lives the perfect gift from God our Father.

Listen Now:

 Standard Podcasts [34:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player

Because you get what you don’t want doesn’t mean you’ve received what you don’t need. We don’t always understand how God works and what He brings to us is not always welcome. How do we handle what we don’t understand? God’s word has some direction for us on this subject.

Listen Now:

 Standard Podcasts [31:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player

We wrestle not simply with a need but with a nemesis. God gave us not only a present but a presence. Christmas gifts usually represent the love of the giver and seek to address a need or a want in the life of the recipient. What was God looking at when He was getting ready to give the ultimate Christmas gift? Come and let’s find out.

Listen Now:

 Standard Podcasts [42:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player

My understanding of life is rooted in my understanding of God. Possessing information is very different than possessing wisdom. Discernment is the ability to see through the superficial and into the depths of issues before us. How is your discernment in life? Let’s see what God has to say to us about this issue.

Listen Now:

 Standard Podcasts [37:21m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player

God opens our eyes with wisdom when we dive into the deep “see” of God’s vision. Have you ever noticed that whatever our environment, it determines what we see. If I’m in the mountains, I see mountain scenes. So…when we chose our spiritual environment we need to be very intentional about where we stand. What do you “see” in life? Let’s see what God’s word has to say.

Listen Now:

 Standard Podcasts [45:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player

What God has for us may not clear our senses but it senses what is clear.  We rely a great deal on our senses and when one is down we consider ourselves handicapped.  So, how do we get a grip on the expanse of the wisdom of God when it goes beyond our senses? What does the Bible have to tell us?

Listen Now:

 Standard Podcasts [49:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player