Advertise on podcast: NewLifeRH

It’s easy to come to church asking, “What am I getting out of this?” But what if what God is doing in you was never meant to end with you? This Sunday, we’ll look at how Jesus turns receivers into givers and consumers into family, and how each of us can bring something to the table.

Have you ever considered everything that had to happen for you to be where you are today? Every life is shaped by people, decisions, and unexpected turns along the way. As we begin our Trajectory series, we're looking back with gratitude, celebrating the joy of the journey we've shared, and looking forward with confident hope. God has been faithful, and He's not finished working in us.

What if the Holy Spirit is already at work around us, and we're just not recognizing it? God is working in ways we don't always see or understand, and He invites us to participate in what He's doing. Through the story of Philip in Acts 8, we'll discover that following the Holy Spirit isn't about controlling outcomes or having all the answers. It's about paying attention, making ourselves available, and trusting God with the results. The question isn't whether the Holy Spirit is working, but whether we're willing to join Him.

What do you do when you’re still struggling with the same things you were years ago? Does it mean the Holy Spirit isn’t real, or that you don’t really belong to God? In Romans 8:9–17,it shows that the Spirit doesn’t wait for us to be strong. He moves into our weakness, fights alongside us, and calls us family.

What would change in your thinking and behavior if you lived every day knowing that God is with you? In this message from Luke 1, we look at the moment Gabriel greets Mary with a declaration that changed everything: "The Lord is with you!" Even when Mary was confused and troubled, God's presence wasn't just a promise for that moment. It was true for her tomorrow, next year, and forever. The same is true for us. Jesus is Immanuel, "God with us," and through the Holy Spirit, God is still with us today to comfort, teach, counsel, remind, and guide us.

Paul starts his most important letter with a diagnosis. Before he talks about the gospel's saving power he describes what happens to a mind that has adapted to ignoring God. Confident. Darkened. No idea. Romans 1 is the problem. Romans 12 is the answer. This week we talk about what it actually takes to think again.

Solomon said it plainly: there is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. He wasn't describing obvious sin. He was describing a path that looks straight, feels right, appears virtuous. And still leads somewhere destructive. Week three of God of the Gaps is about the person standing in the gap...and why you can't navigate it honestly if you won't look at yourself honestly.

When the Bible doesn't give you a specific answer, how do you know what the wise choice is? This week we break down three directions every wise decision has to come from. UP — what does God say? AROUND — what do wise people say? IN — what do you know about yourself? Because sometimes the most important question isn't what you're choosing. It's why you're choosing it.

What do you do when there's no verse for that? Most of us do one of two things...we decide the Bible has nothing to say, or we go find the verse closest to what we already wanted to do anyway. But what if answers were never actually the point? In week one of God of the Gaps, we look at why Solomon asked for wisdom instead of answers ,and why that single decision is still the smartest prayer ever prayed.

What actually finishes the work you started? Five weeks ago, Back to Better asked what's at the center of your life. This week, the series comes full circle...a finished wall, an old prophecy, and a thread that's been there the whole time. "Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit." We close the series at the Table, where the whole story lands.

Getting back to better doesn’t mean the resistance disappears. In Ezra and Nehemiah, God’s people discovered that opposition could discourage, intimidate, and even delay the work, but it didn’t have to determine what happened next. This week, we’ll discover how to recognize resistance without mistaking it for a reason to quit, and how to keep moving when something pushes back.

Every friendship you have started somewhere small. So did Israel's. This week in Back to Better, we're in Ezra 3 — and we're launching Life Groups. You don't have to know where it will lead to trust God with where it begins. Find your people.

Your rhythms don't just reveal who you are — they shape who you're becoming. Week two of Back to Better: Israel returned to the land, but before the Temple was even rebuilt, they rebuilt something else first... their rhythms. Morning and evening. Week after week. You make your rhythms, then your rhythms make you. What are yours making you into?

Every life has a zero milestone — the thing you measure everything else against. If your starting point is wrong, everything measured from it will be wrong too. Week one of Back to Better: God doesn't just bring His people home. He resets what they're measuring their lives against. What's God stirring in you this season?

Every journey teaches us something. This week, discover what Jesus says to lay down, what to pick up, and how traveling lighter leads to living freer.