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Greenhouse Sermons
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Weekly sermon from Greenhouse Church in Gainesville, FL.
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Surprised by Joy
May 1100:44:18Tap to summarizeWhat was it like to be the woman who became pregnant with God's Son? For thirty years she has kept the secret. Imagine that you're Mary- you remember the angels, the prophecies, the shepherds, the magi. Pastor Mike Patz brings a timely word, Loose Your Grip, from John chapter 2. Jesus has now begun to bring His teachings, and here is the first miracle, at the wedding of Cana. A wedding was a time of celebration and communal joy, and what brought the joy was the wine. Running out of wine would have been the greatest catastrophe! Have you ever been waiting for a promise to come to pass? Mary had! She says, "Son, do something!" Since Jesus only does what He sees the Father doing, His answer of "not yet..." was not what she wanted to hear. Mary must surrender to the timing. Waiting patiently on the Lord will often wreck your timeline. But the joy we crave is only found on the other side of surrender. Jesus will surprise you with joy!
Transcribe →From Alone to Never Alone
May 500:47:08Tap to summarizeIsolation, loneliness, and struggle are times that can feel meaningless. Life's hardest moments are usually quiet times, when we are alone. We are heavy, and when we break because we are without a comforter. Pastor Oscar Roche continues the series, What's the Point, a look through Ecclesiastes, at meaning, purpose, and the point behind it all.Pain can either draw us toward, or push us away, from God. He has promised to be the God of all comfort! With us always, we never need to walk alone.The wise one moves from being alone to "never alone." We can walk in the light and have fellowship with God and each other. Connection, dependence, and looking to Him are vital to live a full and passionate life.
Transcribe →The Urgency of the Whole Truth
Apr 7, 202500:49:02Tap to summarizeThere is salvation in no other name than Jesus! So when people get around us, do they recognize that we have been with Jesus?Pastor Mike Patz continues our Reorient series, saying, "All that Jesus began to do, we continue..." We are looking for Book of Acts happenings to abound in us today. The Lord added to their number, day by day, those who were being saved.Let us be faithful to speak of the things Jesus has done in and through us, the urgency of the whole truth. Half truths create complacency, but the full truth creates urgency. Why was the early church so urgent in sharing their faith? They were convinced of the goodness of God as well as the judgment of God. We must live ready to meet our Maker!
Transcribe →Wait For It
Mar 30, 202500:47:09Tap to summarizeWe are a culture who hates to wait! Addicted to the dopamine hit of the immediate, the temptation is to get lost in scrolling. Pastor Mike Patz continues our Reorient series saying, "All that Jesus began to do, we continue..." We are looking for the Book of Acts to be happening in us today. The key is the promise Jesus made, "You will be baptized in the Holy Spirit." If you want the power of Acts 2, you need to wait like they did in Acts 1. This power comes from God, and the waiting time to receive is about preparing for the power. Be willing to wait on Him, and be fully filled with the Holy Spirit today!
Transcribe →Communion is more important than we realize
Mar 24, 202500:53:14Tap to summarizePastor Mike Patz continues our look at the gaps between the early church and the modern church in the Reorient series. All that Jesus started we continue... we are looking for the Book of Acts to be happening in us today. The devotions of the disciples included "the breaking of bread", which we now know as the Lord's Supper, or communion. The Book of Acts church was regularly remembering Jesus, the Passover Lamb, through celebrating communion together. If you're oppressed, afflicted, or depressed, the breaking of bread is good news for you! When the bread is broken, the presence of Jesus comes closer. He breaks bondage, heals, and sets free! May our expectation of experiencing Jesus being present with us become a greater reality, right here, right now!
Transcribe →The Table & The Temple
Mar 17, 202500:46:29Tap to summarizeIn this message of our Reorient series, Pastor Mike Patz takes a look at the Book of Acts chapter 2, focusing on the Apostles Doctrine and Fellowship. Luke wrote the Book of Acts three decades after the time of Jesus. How did the disciples turn the world upside down in that short period of time? The early church was devoted to the temple, the table, and the word of God. It is not enough to go to church and hear the gospel. We have to continue at the table in fellowship, following Jesus' words to take the gospel to all people. His word always brings life. As a church, we want to reorient our lives in seeing the kingdom of heaven embodied in us on earth! What Jesus began, we must continue to do, going from being hearers of the word to doers of the word, with others.
Transcribe →Reorient Your Life
Mar 17, 202500:53:26Tap to summarizeDo you have a clear vision for your life? What do you burn for in your heart? When you get a vision, you can see farther than you could before. You're seeing with your heart, and you'll start to live by faith, and not by sight.Pastor Mike Patz open the Book of Acts chapter 1, as he begins a new series, Reorient. Greenhouse is a movement of disciples who reorient their lives around Jesus' call to make more disciples. We ask for people to receive the gift of sight, for as a church God has given us a vision that is clear! The words of Jesus are our compass. Spiritual growth is our goal; we burn for making disciples that make disciples. Jesus wants us to continue what He started!
Transcribe →Shame is the Name of the Game
Mar 17, 202500:43:49Tap to summarizeThese days, social media is used to mask the truth of our lives. It's like the fig leaves in the Garden of Eden in Genesis 3. In the series, Love Lies and Redemption, Pastor Mike Patz looks at the lie that comes when shame is allowed to control our lives. Our shame is literally killing us. We've been covering ourselves since the fall in the garden. Shame is the name of the game. Shame says you can either be fully loved or fully known but not both. It tells us, don't be vulnerable. Yet the best marriages, families, and businesses are vulnerable. God gave Adam the opportunity to reveal himself. There was no guilt. Nakedness is more than a lack of clothing; it's when someone knows you, fully. Even when we do Him wrong, God still desires to connect with us! God reveals, you can only be fully loved when you're fully known. If we're covered by God, we feel security, peace, and shalom. When we are fully loved and when we are fully known, that is like a slice of heaven!
Transcribe →When am I Ready to Date?
Feb 17, 202500:42:19Tap to summarizeThese days, we don't exactly have great examples when it comes to relationships. In the series, Love Lies and Redemption, Pastor Mike Patz looks at the lie that we need that perfect someone to complete us. Jesus always took things back to the creation, because before the fall we have a picture of what God intended for us. In Genesis 2, we see Adam in the garden. He did not tell God he was lonely; it was God's idea that man needs someone to compliment him. Adam knew his purpose and mission for life before he was given a mate. We cannot look to humans to complete us! If you come to God and still feel empty, lonely, and incomplete, you don't need a guy, you need your Master. Until you have God, everything else in your life will never be enough. The best way to know you are ready for a relationship is when you realize you're already complete in Him.
Transcribe →Imago Trinity
Feb 11, 202500:42:12Tap to summarizeIn Genesis 1, God had created everything so good. But in verse 26, God said, "It is not good for man to be alone!" No bueno! Adam is in a perfect relationship with God, and it still isn't good. Pastor Mike Patz begins a three-part series, Love Lies and Redemption, the lies that we believe about relationships, and the truth that sets us free. Today we are tackling the lie that I'm good by myself. I can do it alone! These days people are increasingly lonely. Surface level relationships are not working. Our anxiety, our addictions, and our sins cannot be healed alone. We're told there is a God-shaped void inside every man; yet according to God, there is a human shaped void that only people can fill. You'll never be fully you until you're part of a godly community. When you're in life-giving community, you're going to thrive! God is not a me; He is an us, the perfect Trinity.
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