As I listened to this, I kept seeing in my mind a picture of flowers growing in the cracks of a sidewalk or a road. This parable seems simple at first, but it isn't. Sometimes, I wish He would clear out some of the rocks I can't seem to move. Also, I thought of this: John 4:37- one sows and another reaps. Sometimes, we are working the soil for someone else to plant the seed.

Caleb is my favorite! Give me my mountain!

Because of the guilty the innocent suffer. Consequences affect the lives of those closest to us. Sin wants to steal, kill and destroy.

Trust and obey for there’s no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and OBEY.

Great message Pastor. I love that Our King Jesus welcomes whosoever to His table. He made room for me, and I’m eternally grateful 🙌🏻.

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Amen Pastor!!! Great Word!!! I love that we can be Kingdom Builders wherever we are planted. As a homemaker, He gives me opportunities every day to be salt and light. Such an encouraging message 🙌🏻.

We love the Would You Rathers! 🎉

I like the would you rathers

Great word and instruction for both the beginner and seasoned saint and everyone in between. Thank you!

I love sweethearts😅

I love that praise is a powerful weapon we can use against the enemy and also gives honor to our Father who is so worthy of our praise 🙌🏻.

I’m going to continue to pursue Him with a hungry heart and appreciate how we are taught and encouraged to do so as a congregation.

So good Pastor Kelley!! 👏🏻🙌🏻💕

We ARE blessed to do hard things🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻!

Jonathan, that was beautiful!! Thank you so much for sharing!!

Let go and let God do it even though it's hard or u don't know why it's going on but trust God!

My church family is a very big part of my life. I love the relationships and friendships that I have acquired that will go with me into eternity. I love the comment of “a place to give and receive from others. “

I love the thought of acknowledging daily “Look what I did WITH the Lord”. It makes me”playing my drum for Him” so satisfying.

My mom has made legitimate homemade gingerbread houses for competitions. She has photos😁!

Thanks for the shout-out! We saw the t-shirt and it reminded us of our devil stomping pastor!!

Jesus paid a great price for us. Is He getting what He paid for from us through our worship? Keep provoking us, Pastor. Excellent message!!!

Love the T-shirt!!!

Wow - what a great discussion! Also, what a great feeling of throwing off those graveclothes and putting on the cloak of Christ! Thank you! I so look forward to worship on Sundays and Wednesday night, and also these podcasts!!! ❤🙏

I love that Jesus feels my pain and sorrow and gives me hope of eternity forever with Him that gives me security in trusting Him. He WILL do it!

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Such a great message on this encounter with Barabbas! Jesus was quiet and showed only love for Barabbas. This truly was THE GREAT EXCHANGE…He took my place so I could be FREE🙌🏻

Such a powerful message to apply to our lives! Thank you Pastor. “I hear the dry bones rattling “!!!!!

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I love that God gives us opportunities to demonstrate our obedience and His Lordship in a tangible way through our giving. It brings my heart joy! Your explanation of “the eye” was excellent. Never heard that before. Thank you for another great truth explained and delivered Pastor.

I love how you presented this and ❤ that your speaking and teaching biblical principles of money. It's all God and how blessed we are to use it for his kingdom. I really liked the breakdown of Matthew 6.22 your eye idiom. 😊

I am so glad that you brought up the remainder of Matthew 6. I talked about that in Life Group last night as we discussed our sermon notes. It was verses 25-34 that impacted my life so much, and so goes along with it all.

This was such a welcome podcast!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you - I love our church and am so excited to see how the youth are excited also!!! We are so blessed to have such wonderful youth ministers who love our young people (and us older young people too ! It brought tears to my eyes when I saw all the youth coming on stage and the little ones accompanied by a teenager holding their hands! A beautiful sight!!!❤🙏

As a person who has just recently transitioned from Youth to Young Adults, I completely agree with P. Curtis that we need to find out for ourselves who we are. I know I experienced my greatest faith increase when I began to pursue the Lord myself and ask Him my own questions. A piece of advice for the current Youth: start serving in a ministry that goes along with your strengths but also challenges you. 1) you'll learn new things that will increase your skills and 2) the friction will challenge you spiritually in a way that causes you to look to God. I say this from personal experience :) Great podcast as always!

This was a great podcast. Love the passion and commitment our Pastors have for our children, youth and young adults. Sunday’s message showed me the importance of prayer over our children and youth. God showed me I am who I am today not because of accomplishments in my life but because of the prayers prayed over me since birth and through my childhood from Sunday School teachers and youth leaders. Those prayers and their results continue today; even though those precious people who prayed for me have long been with Jesus. This has lit a spark in me to be praying daily over our Cornerstone children, youth and young adults. Exciting days ahead! Happy to be a part and supporting what God is doing😃.

Hey Jeremy I was one of the kids from one camp ,the movement camps also a few conventions and I’m not a kid anymore 😂 (about to be 24) but every time I hear you talk it just pulls me in! I love listening to you preach and how you talk about the lord! I have been absent in the church since then but now I’m trying to get back!

Love this topic❤. It is so vital to show the world how necessary it is to be a part of a church family. I’m a beneficiary of one who has had a church family my entire life. I love my Cornerstone family and am excited to be a part of the impact we are making locally and globally as we serve to share the Good News and the love of Jesus.

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FOOD for the heart. Focus On Obedience Daily

notes from the podcast: being a person after God’s own heart is not only emotional but involves perseverance and trust in God you don't know the impact you have on people those poor children in indiana have nothing to do but play in cornfields

Hello! Fellow extrovert, I just want you to know that I am excited for this Sunday's sermon and our new series. I also want you to know that one of my favorite parts of the sermon is when you say, "now turn to your neighbor..."

Psalm 23 has such a "life-saving" message for me. Many years ago I was going through a very sad time in my life - I felt like I was in such a deep, dark place and I didn't know what to do. I was always listening to TBN for peace and there was a pastor on one evening talking about Psalm 23 - being in the "valley". He said that many who are in that valley are seeking an escape from the pain and take a detour (which can lead to drugs, alcohol, etc.) to ease the pain and may be in that "detour" for many years seeking relief, but eventually they will have to finish the walk - that if they'd stayed in the valley they may have only been ONE step away from being out of the valley! That gave me such wonderful hope and it changed my whole vision! God is my vision, my hope, my love and my life. He had me turn that TV program on that particular night at that particular time! He sent me that vision and hope! Thank you Lord! ❤

I was trying to work things out with my now ex-wife when I was down and out in relation to my career. An opportunity arose for me to make a lot more money, but I had to be on the road every week. I didn’t want the job because I was afraid it would hurt our progress and I didn’t want to be away from my 5 year old daughter. My ex convinced me to take it and 2 weeks later I received divorce papers. I spent the next 2.5 years traveling and being a “weekend dad” because I couldn’t find something local. Then I had my BUT GOD moment. I found a job at home making half my salary and jumped all over it to be with my child. To make a long story shorter, within a year I had primary custody. I got to raise her from then on, coach all of her sports teams, and have the relationship with my baby that I always wanted. Now she’s a Senior in high school with an off the charts GPA, will graduate a semester early, and has served in the children’s ministry at Cornerstone for the past 3 years. I had a less than 1% chance of getting custody of my child as a man and every odd was stacked against me, BUT GOD had other plans!!!

REMEMBER (FORGET NOT) all His benefits who forgives ALL my sins and heals ALL my diseases, who redeems my life from the pit….Just remembering these things keeps me fueled up to live a life of gratitude and praise!!! Remembering His faithfulness my entire life - I could write a book! Another wonderful message Pastor. Thank you!

it's funny how, in almost every episode, you guys start talking in detail about food and wonder how you got to that topic. y'all must be podcasting on an empty stomach😆. anyway, you preached a great sermon, Pastor jeremy!

Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful experiences!!! Maybe I can live a camp experience through this!! Growing up I went to camp once - I was so homesick I was absolutely miserable! I never went back, but I laughed so hard at the video of the "tube jump" it was worth it!!! Praise the Lord for His love and sense of humor!!! Thank you both for your love of our youth! They are truly blessed, and so are we!!!🥰👏🙏

I am expecting for God to touch our lives tomorrow morning!!!

Loved hearing about camp and what God did throughout the week. We are so blessed to have our youth and young adult pastors so passionate in their calls to reach this generation with bringing them into personal encounters with God. Well done!!! Coming to church expecting His presence to explode in our assembling together as God transforms lives🙌🏻.

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Maybe the best podcast to date. I received more from this message than I did on Sunday. Thank you both!