GraceRiver Church Audio Podcast

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  Extreme Parenting: GOD EDITION - Week 1

  9/19/2010

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  Duration: 39:47

  Each person is created with a unique destiny. This week we explore how we can pick up on the destiny of a child (applicable to a friend, spouse, etc).

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  Extreme Parenting: GOD EDITION - Week 2

  9/26/2010

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  Duration: 31:56

  Every parent longs for their kid to be healthy, whole and ready for life. The word of God guides us in that desire with practical advice. Join us as we look at the first chapters of Proverbs from a parent's eyes.

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  Extreme Parenting: GOD EDITION - Week 3

  10/3/2010

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  Duration: 32:12

  What does it mean to lead your family spiritually? In a world full of "faiths" and a tolerance to all shouldn't you just let each member of your family decide for themselves? This Sunday we take a quick peek at Galatians 1 and then dive into Deuteronomy 6 all pointing toward becoming better spiritual influences to those around us.

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  God Moments

  10/10/2010

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  Duration: 42:32

  Moments and places when the presence of God becomes real to us so powerfully that it alters our lives. The bible is full of God moments. Your life might be as well.

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  Wired For Life - Fire In Your Soul

  10/17/2010

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  Duration: 32:54

  Why did God put fire in your soul? Has your passion ever gotten you into a mess? Today we begin our series "Wired for Life" Emotional Power and the Presence of God!

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  Wired For Life - Oh Joy!

  10/24/2010

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  Duration: 43:49

  Lost your joy? Know anyone who has? This week we take a journey through the scripture to discover the power of joy and how to access it anywhere, anytime!

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  Wired For Life - How to Break a Bad Mood

  10/31/2010

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  Duration: 48:32

  What does God say about moods? Could moods really move us toward Him?

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  Q and A With God - Where Are You God?

  11/7/2010

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  Duration: 43:09

  Sometimes it just doesn’t make sense! You obey God, do the right thing and then… the world is out of sorts and life implodes. What then? Where is God? Why doesn’t He do something? Isn’t that the real question, not where are you but why aren’t you doing something?

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  Q and A With God - REAL Questions, REAL Answers

  11/14/2010

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  Duration: 44:15

  If God is so great, why is there pain and suffering in the world? This question and many other questions that people want to know about God and the Bible are answered in this weeks message! You don't want to miss this one. God Bless!

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  Hope

  12/5/2010

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  Duration: 47:21

  Does it ever bother you when Christmas can be so full of life and hope for some and so empty for others that depression is rampant? If Christmas is hope how can anyone, anywhere access that hope? Who do you know needs hope? Where in your life could you use a little hope (or a lot of hope)?

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  Taste

  12/12/2010

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  Duration: 52:45

  Have you tasted Christmas yet this year? Has the season swept upon you and almost by you? Luke 2 two people taste Christmas. Let’s follow their story and see if we can taste it as well.

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  It's a Wonderful Life

  12/19/2010

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  Duration: 52:45

  What if Jesus had never been born? Would you lose more than the season? How would your life be different? Or maybe, how can your life be different now that he has come? Grace means you are favored! Have you experienced that reality? Wouldn’t it be wonderful to live from a different center, knowing that you are favored no matter what life brings? That favor is most clearly displayed in the cross. Today you are invited to the cross, invited to experience what is already real… you are favored.

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  In The Beginning GOD

  1/2/2011

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  Duration: 40:03

  A new year full of new possibilities! Where to begin? Genesis, the beginning of everything! Does it seem like beginning again is just a dream?

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  Freedom

  1/9/2011

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  Duration: 36:14

  Are you free? Sometimes it's so easy to be controled by money. Are you a millionare? You will be whether you realize it or not. God has a plan for you to be free, will you let him show you?

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  The Wonder Years

  1/16/2011

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  Duration: 36:14

  Where did we get the idea that doing life with Jesus was boring, stripped of adventure and wonder, flat and without joy? What if you could go back to the wonder years, the years when life was full of possibilities, exploding with hope and exuding joy?

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  The Crucial Years

  1/23/2011

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  Duration: 36:14

  The years you have now may be the most crucial years of your life! These years of spiritual development will determine the flow of God’s presence through you in the years to come. Are you ready for the crucial years?

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  The Fruitful Years

  1/30/2011

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  Duration: 28:14

  John 15:16 Jesus said the end goal He has for us is that we bear fruit. At first the Lord moves us through the wonder years of excitement and seeing the hand of God active in our lives. That is essential to every other step in spiritual maturity Then, in the crucial years we learn that we are indeed in a spiritual battle, that life is not just as we think we see it. The battle is most often in our mind, how we think about God, ourselves and others. In that same season our development depends upon our all out obedience as the word of God shapes our choices and decisions so that we obey though we may prefer not. The plan of God all along is for this next season, the fruitful season.

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  No Guts No Glory!

  2/6/2011

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  Duration: 35:53

  Mark 8:34 says "Embrace suffering and don't run from it." Really? How does anyone do that?? Why is suffering mentioned or pictured hundreds of times in the Bible, a major topic of Jesus, and yet we want to run from it? Is suffering really the mark of someone wanting to follow Jesus did you know that you signed up to suffer? Although we choose comfort, suffering may be the clearest moments to see God work in, around and through us.

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  Together, the Power of Friends and Faith

  2/13/2011

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  Duration: 41:00

  Friends! Everyone needs them and wants them. How then do so many of us find ourselves with a sense that we are doing life alone? What if the power of friends and faith was released in our home, our neighborhood, our church, our schools and offices?

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  Carried Along

  2/27/2011

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  Duration: 41:00

  Galations says to Carry each others burdens and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. We all carry things every day of our lives as pieces of our lives. Join us this week as we dive deeper into the concept of how we are carried by Jesus.

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  Together Part 2

  3/6/2011

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  Duration: 41:00

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  A Cross Just For You

  3/13/2011

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  Duration: 41:00

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  An Old Cross - A New Story

  3/20/2011

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  Duration: 41:00

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  Caught by Grace

  3/27/2011

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  Duration: 41:00

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  Catch a Break

  4/10/2011

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  Duration: 41:00

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  Palm Sunday

  4/17/2011

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  Duration: 41:50

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  Resurrecting Your Life

  4/24/2011

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  Duration: 41:00

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  Resurrecting Your Life Pt 2

  5/1/2011

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  Duration: 41:00

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  Resurrecting Your Life Pt 3

  5/8/2011

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  Duration: 35:45

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  Parenting Beyond Your Capacity Pt 1

  5/15/2011

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  Duration: 73:00

  Every kid goes wrong it seems. We may never feel like our kid could be included in that count but discover quickly that we are in undiscovered territory and our kid is now at risk. The more we try to pour on our love the more our own heart seems to be at risk. We'd like to save them but the more we try the worse it seems to get. It's not too late. They're not too far gone to come home. You're not either.

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  Opening the Future for those you love

  5/22/2011

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  Duration: 43:00

  Somewhere along the line someone opened the future for you, maybe a parent, a teacher, a friend. The decisions you make today can and will open or close the future for those you love. Today the choice is yours!

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  Healing in His Words
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  Duration: 43:00

  Malachi 4:1-3 is a promised description of the Messiah, when the day comes judgement will flow (and it did from Jesus toward those who were resistive) and healing would be released. The King James words it as "healing in his wings". We are Easter people therefore all of the promises of God are yes to us in Christ. The promise of healing is here for us as He is here for us with healing in His wings!

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  Kickin it Old School
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  Duration: 38:00

  Proverbs is a book about life and wisdom, and stupidity! When we ignore the wisdom of "Old School" the wisdom of those who have gone on before, we are left to ourselves and destined to make our own mistakes, which are the very ones others have made and we could have avoided. Wisdom calls out to us from the pages of this book. It is "old school" and it is indeed a life that "kicks"! Are you ready?

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  The Push-Pull of Spiritual Influence
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  Duration: 40:00

  No one likes to be pushed. Pushy, is never a compliment. Push mostly refers to a force from behind. When people are pushy spiritually it is mostly a turn off, resulting in the opposite of the desired outcome. Pushy mostly isn't viewed positively. However, push can indicate an inner drive. Some people have a push from within, a fire that burns in their soul. In the scripture that push comes from the spirit who pushes people to another decision, a turn, and repentance from ways of destruction, doubt and guilt and toward another destiny.

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  Cheap Imitations
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  Duration: 42:02

  Cheap imitations are everywhere, are they not? Each one promises the same functionality for half the price. If you have never experienced the real thing you might not even realize the limitation of the imitation you are using.

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  If You Go, We Go
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  Duration: 42:02

  How do you keep moving toward a life of faith in Jesus, when it seem's like around every corner is another obstacle that would have you turn back? Weary faith needs help. Today we discover what we do as a community of faith.

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  Church Friends
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  Duration: 38:00

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  Different
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  Duration: 42:00

  Differnt, not the same as another, unlike in nature, form or quality. Is there a difference that the Lord has made in your life? What precisely is that difference? Why is it that most people see no difference in those who are committed to Christ and everyone else? Different, NOT THE SAME.

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  Building Bridges

  8/7/2011

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  Duration: 42:00

  Bridges are built to span gaps. Relational bridges may be the most challenging. But then again, spiritual chasms can seem to reach galaxy proportions. How can we build a bridge for people who are far from God?

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  Matters of Life and Death

  8/14/2011

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  Duration: 32:24

  We always have some interest in eschatology or what will happen when the world comes to an end. We have even more interest when we lose someone we love. That is the background for Pauls's words here.

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  Here Comes the Judge

  8/21/2011

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  Duration: 40:04

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  Scraps and Leftovers

  8/28/2011

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  Duration: 40:04

  The last words of Paul to the church at Thessalonica seem to be a mismatch, a conglomeration of throw ins that appear to be disconnected and after thoughts. But look again. Could it be that the last words gather up the major teachings of the letter and form the essence of what really is a church?

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  Seasons

  9/4/2011

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  Duration: 38:20

  He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

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  Breathe

  9/11/2011

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  Duration: 38:20

  We all do it, or do we? It is woven into our nature and no one tells us we need to breathe. But we lose our breath, get the wind knocked out of us and try to catch our breath. The scripture uses breath as a metaphor, a picture of more than just air in lungs but life. Have you been breathing?

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  Essential Relationships

  9/25/2011

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  Duration: 38:20

  Every person who makes a significant contribution to the world has others who have made a significant contribution to their life and faith. Who has contributed to your life? Whose life are you contributing?

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  Ebb and FLow

  10/9/2011

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  Duration: 37:00

  What if all of life had an ebb and flow to it? What if real spiritual growth was not a constant going out of the tide or a coming in of one? What if your natural inclination was one or the other? What if both were missing the point and missing life? You were built to ebb and flow. Your life finds meaning in that context and that context alone.

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  In a Nutshell

  10/16/2011

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  Duration: 17:02

  The man who was grabbed by God and whose life was so radically altered from meeting Jesus wrote much of the New Testament. The Roman Road is taken from his letter to the Romans, highlighting verses as it progresses and revealing to us the need of a savior and the way to Jesus. Have you taken the Roman Road?

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  Spiritual Authority

  10/23/2011

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  Duration: 37:00

  Do you ever read the gospels or the Book of Acts and wonder where all of the power has gone? Why do they have miracles and moves of God and we seem to live more in a scientific moment, void of moves of God? Spiritual authority is available if you...

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  Taking a Stand

  11/6/2011

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  Duration: 37:00

  Paul was grabbed by Jesus and his life takes on a whole different dimension. His relationship with Jesus alters how he does life, how he sees life and what he cant walk past.

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  Finishing the Race

  11/13/2011

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  Duration: 33:17

  Greg Mills guest preaches in the final chapter of our study of Paul. Finishing the race.

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  Piling Up Thanksgiving

  11/20/2011

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  Duration: 33:17

  Gathering up all the experiences of a year can bring up a variety of thoughts and feelings. If we were to survey our own hearts would thankfulness be our response to the happenings of these last 12 months or would other thoughts surface?

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  The Christmas Drama Act 3

  11/20/2011

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  Duration: 33:17

  You may not be in the spotlight, center stage, your name may be lost to the masses and lost in history but your part of the Christmas drama is significant.

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  The Christmas Family Reunion

  12/11/2011

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  Duration: 33:17

  The family reunion gathers all of the family...those who fit and those who dont fit so easily, relatives we forgot and relatives we may have tried to forget! The family tree of Jesus though it spans generations names some interesting characters, some of whom should appall us if we knew their story.

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  Spreading Christmas Cheer

  12/11/2011

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  Duration: 33:17

  Joy to the world was the message from the angels. It came to shepherds sequestered among the flocks. Unknown to these shepherds Christmas cheer was being spread from Joseph to Mary. The interactioos between these two is an interactionn of grace and grace spreads Christmas Cheer otherwise known as joy!

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  Christmas Eve Service

  12/11/2011

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  Duration: 33:17

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  Think

  12/11/2011

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  Duration: 33:17

  Are you a thinker or a feeler? Either way Jesus commands us to Pursue the Lord with everything we have, our heart, our soul, mind and strength.

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  Soul Lover

  12/11/2011

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  Duration: 33:17

  Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with your mind and with all your strength.

• Faith and Muscles

  1/22/2012

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  Duration: 33:17

  To puruse the Lord will require every facet of you, your heart, soul mind and strength. With all of the focus on physique and fashion could it be we have lost the vision that our bodies are first and foremost a gift for spiritual development?