National Community Church Audio Podcast

It’s easy for us to fall into the ruts and the routines and sleepwalk through our daily existance. There’s a big different between sleep walking and dreaming. You can sleep walk past need. Past your calling. Past God’s work. But to dream on earth is to be awakened to a heavily realm. Dreaming is essential to living fully awake. We have a saying at NCC. We want to be a part of the dream that God has given you, and we also want to invite you to be a part of the dream that God has given the church. This series is not about chasing your whim or wondering off in a fantasy. This is God’s dream for His Church. One that requires sacrifice, submission, and laying down your own comforts to pursue the Holy Spirit. When you get in his presence it will lead to the power necessary to step into Dream.

The only explanation for everything God has done at NCC over the past twenty years is 5 words that Jesus declared 2,000 years ago—I will build my church.

We must be careful that we don't presume on God's power to protect us at our command when we are defiantly living outside of his command.

We can overcome the fear of missing out (FOMO) when our worship has the right focus.

You never outgrow temptation, but you can overcome it.

The greatest predictor of transformational learning is the quality of interaction.

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight. It’s the size of the fight in the dog. You’ve got to 1) Define Success 2) Take it One Step at a Time 3) Get Around the Right People 4) Adopt a Growth Mindset 5) Fight for Your Dream until your Hand Freezes to the Sword.

You are one risk away from a totally different reality, one idea away from a totally different mentality, one decision away from a totally different eternity.

When we lack the guts to go after our God-sized dreams, we rob God of the glory He deserves. Quit running away from what you’re afraid of. Run to the roar!

If you’re looking for an excuse, you’ll always find one. If you’re looking for an opportunity, you’ll always find one. Quit making excuses and start seizing opportunities.

You’ve stayed at this mountain long enough!

The scriptures said in John 8:36, “If the Son has set you free, you are free indeed.” The problem is that many of us have heard the good news, but we don’t live out the good news. We’ll talk about how to walk free. It’s starts with three primary understandings: Your issue is not your identity. God is bigger than your bondage. Focus on the process. Don’t tolerate the issues that you have become accustomed to. God has called you out to live free and live life in abundance.

When the storm rages in your life, drop anchor and pray for daylight.

Shame drives us into hiding, speaks accusation over our lives, and isolates us from others. On the cross, Jesus cancelled our guilt and obliterated our shame. The Holy Spirit is our Advocate who defends us against the Accuser.

The highest form of status in our nation is not power, it’s not money, it’s not social status, it’s the person that has ultimate independence. Who answers to no one. We spend most of our life working towards complete independence with our finances, with schedule, with authority. But John 15 teaches us that true greatness doesn’t come from detachment, but from attachment to the source of life. Moving mountains is not about our independent abilities, but having faith in God’s supernatural abilities. But the challenge is that we have such a hard time letting go of control. Independence has gone from pursuit to addiction and we have forgotten how to trust and lean into a God who is able. That’s fine, if we merely want to CLIMB mountains. But if you want to MOVE mountains, you’ve got to learn a different way. Join us as we discuss a different way.

What God has given you is enough!

Fear is natural - it's a default place. If we don’t choose something else, it chooses us. Where do you turn when fear knocks on the door?

At some point you have to stop talking to God about your problems and start talking to your problems about God.

We all have a desire to be real. It's what God wants from us too. He wants us to bring everything that we are to meet everything that He is, and it happens in worship. Lean in as our worship team shares a few quick Ted style talks that will challenge and inspire us on to a more authentic life of worship