Renovation Church Podcast: Recent Episodes

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Each week on the Renovation Church Podcast, you'll hear teaching from pastors from both our Simpsonville and Greenville locations. Visit us at www.theRenovation.church

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This week, Pastor Jeremy continued our series, Under My Roof, as we talked about how to have healthy marriages that honor the Lord. 

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This week, Pastor Matt continued our series, Under My Roof, as we talked about how to have healthy marriages that honor the Lord. 

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This week, Pastor Jeremy continued our Under My Roof series by talking about money and how we can live richly by trusting God with our finances. 

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This week, Pastor Matt continued our Under My Roof series by talking about money and how we can honor the Lord by trusting Him with our finances. 

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If you're gonna live under my roof, you have to live by my rules"... but what rules should those be? And... how do we convince our harshest critics and closest loved ones that our rules are the ones they should live by, too?
This week we began our series about marriage, parenting, finances, keeping peace, and more!

The foundation for all of this is trusting that God is our provider! 

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This week, Pastor Jason wrapped up our Proverbs series with a challenge to repent and take action against the injustices we see around us today! 

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This week, Pastor Matt finished up our Proverbs series by talking about how we were made for community and how we make wise decisions in choosing that community. 

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This week, we continue our series on "Proverbs." Join us as Pastor Jeremy Havlin speaks on how to make good decisions and why those decisions can be hard to make.

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This week, in our series on "Proverbs," Pastor Matt Humphrey teaches about finding the wisdom to make decisions, and understanding the weight our decisions carry.

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This week, we continue our series on "Proverbs." Join us as Pastor Jeremy Havlin speaks on how to make good decisions, and why those decisions can be hard to make.

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This week, we continued our series, "Proverbs," as we look through various passages from the book of Proverbs. We heard a challenging word about having a good name and the importance of honesty.

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This week, we continued our series, "Proverbs," as we look through various passages from the book of Proverbs. We heard a challenging word about adultery and how we can guard our hearts against "playing with fire" with sexual temptation and sin. 

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This week, we started our new series, "Proverbs," as we look through various passages from the book of Proverbs. Pastor Dean Coursen brings a great word about how we can steward our finances in a God-honoring way.

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This week, we continued our series, "Proverbs," as we look through various passages from the book of Proverbs. We can find so much wisdom in this book and know that we don't have to learn the hard way. 

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This week, we continued our series, "Proverbs," as we look through various passages from the book of Proverbs. We heard a challenging word about adultery and how we can guard our hearts against "playing with fire" with sexual temptation and sin. 

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This week, we started our new series, "Proverbs," as we look through various passages from the book of Proverbs. We can find so much wisdom in this book and know that we don't have to learn the hard way! 

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This week, we started our new series, "Proverbs," as we look through various passages from the book of Proverbs. We can find so much wisdom in this book and know that we don't have to learn the hard way! 

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We had a great Father's Day as Matt challenged all of the men in our church family, talking about the impact that they can have on our families and communities! 

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This week, we heard a great message from Pastor Jeremy and his dad, Mike, as we celebrated Father's Day! 

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This week, we wrapped up our series, Called By God, as we talked about our purpose. We see through Matthew 22:37-40 that the most important commandments are to love God and to love others. 

This week, let's accept the challenge of loving people; whether that looks like serving, showing hospitality, showing kindness, encouraging someone, or even helping carry someone's burdens, let's make this commitment together! 

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This week, our Student Pastor, Gabe Pecoraro, kicks off our Christmas series, "A Weary World Rejoices". We have a Wonderful Counselor who orders all things, uses people, and has given us an Advocate. Check out this week's sermon to hear how we can find hope in Christ as our wonderful counselor. 

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How does the promise of our Wonderful Counselor give us hope? 
This week, Pastor Matt kicks off our Christmas series, "A Weary World Rejoices". We have a Wonderful Counselor who will never leave us, leads us into truth, and ultimately is our hope!

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"Generosity demonstrates the heart of the Gospel"This week, Pastor Matt wraps up our Rhythms series with a challenging message about generosity. When we live a life full of gratitude and knowledge that all we have belongs to God anyway, it results in a life full of generosity.  Grateful hearts are generous! 

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"The only way to be present is to surrender a past you cannot change and to trust God with a future you cannot control"
This week, Pastor Jeremy continues our series, "Rhythms", as we talk about being present through repentance. When we fail to repent, it can often cause us to feel isolated and alone instead of being present in each moment. God doesn't want to expose you; He wants to heal you!! 
Tune in this week as we talk about this spiritual discipline of repentance! 

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One of the most important spiritual disciplines we can have is spending time in God's Word. This week, Pastor Matt continues our series, "Rhythms", as we talk about the importance of the Word in our daily lives. Our foundation determines the quality of our life and we know that the best foundation is the Word of God! 

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This week, Pastor Jeremy continued our series, "Rhythms". We are often in such a big hurry in our lives that we fail to remember that God is our shepherd who wants to lead us. When we allow Him to be our shepherd, we begin to trust that He is enough! 

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This week, we had our friend, Pastor Steve Keyes, with us to kick off our series, "Rhythms". Pastor Steve walks us through the story of Elijah and how God calls him to rest, and through that rest, Elijah is able to hear God and revive his purpose. 

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This week, we had our SVL Teaching Pastor, Jason Thompson, with us to kick off our new series, "Rhythms". We often ignore the 4th commandment to observe a sabbath and rest. Jason talks about why this commandment is   still relevant and important today! 

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This week, Pastor Jeremy wraps up our Disconnected series with a powerful message about trusting God in all circumstances. What we worry about most reveals where we trust God the least and we know that we can trust Him in all things! 

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This week, Pastor Matt wraps up our Disconnected series with a convicting yet practical message about setting boundaries with the technology in our life and filling our day with life-giving things. 

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"God doesn't want you to pursue happiness, He wants you to pursue Him!"
In a world full of constant ways to be entertained and a priority on self we are called to purse Jesus more than anything else, including our own happiness. God cares about us being happy, just not as much as He cares about us being whole! 

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This week, Pastor Matt continued our series, "Disconnected", as we looked at the difference between our strongest desires and our deepest desires and the pitfalls we can fall into if we prioritize the wrong ones. 

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This week, Pastor Jason Thompson gives us a different perspective on our series about being disconnected from technology and distractions. We can't just retreat; we must be proactive to connect to Christ. In order to do that, we have to share the truth with other people, even when it isn't popular. 

This week, we learned about how we can share truth in love. 

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This week, our senior pastor, Jeremy Havlin, presents a message about who we are as a church. 

We want to live for what matters most, not just what matters now. Sowing means we may not see a return right away or ever, but we trust that God is faithful and able! 

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How do we parent and lead our families in this digital age we live in?

This week, our Senior Pastor, Jeremy Havlin, talks about the urgency we should have in making healthy changes to our families and habits.

Join us as we see how developing these habits can bring us closer to God and our families.

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How do we parent and lead our families in this digital age we live in? 

This week, our GVL Local Lead Pastor, Joe Cuyar, shows us how we can develop healthy digital habits for ourselves and for our families. 

Join us as we see how developing these habits can bring us closer to God and our families.   

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What would happen in our lives if we chose to truly remain and abide in Christ? 

This week, Pastor Jeremy kicks off our series, "Disconnected", with a challenging word about how we choose to spend our time. 

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How do we live an intentional life of purpose in a world of hyper-connectivity and constant notifications? 

Join us as Pastor Matt kicks off our series, "Disconnected", where we discuss how our high calling requires a high standard.

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"We believe it is about His kingdom through His power for His glory"

This week at Renovation GVL, we got to hear from our Senior Pastor, Jeremy Havlin, as he shared the heartbeat and vision of Renovation Church. We are passionate about God's Kingdom and being obedient to where He leads! 

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This week, Pastor Jeremy wraps up our series focusing on the Lord's prayer. When we look at verse 13, "For thine is the Kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen", we see how the entirety of the Trinity is represented in Jesus' prayer. We also see this powerful truth: "Prayer is about His Kingdom, through His power, for His glory!". Join us as we wrap up this incredible series! 

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When do we pray? 

This week Pastor Matt teaches from John 15 on how prayer is less of a thing we do and more of a rhythm of abiding in our relationship with Jesus. Join us as we look at some practical times we really should pray.

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Are our prayers too safe? 

This week, our Greenville Teaching Pastor, Matt Humphrey, highlights 3 "dangerous" prayers that will make us uncomfortable but lead us closer the Father. 

Join us as we look at what happens when we pray for God to "Search me", "hide me", and "make me". 

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In this week's message, Pastor Jeremy continues our prayer series, "Before the Throne". Verse 13 says. "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil". We may be tested with many trials, but we know that Jesus understands us in our weaknesses. We can be confident that God will deliver us when we pray! 

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"Forgiveness protects our heart and opens our eyes and ears"

This week, Pastor Jason continues our series, "Before the Throne", with an important message about forgiveness. In the Lord's prayer, Jesus commands us to show others forgiveness and grace because we have received forgiveness and grace from Jesus! 

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What do prayer and worship have to do with each other?

This week, Pastor Joe Cuyar brings another perspective to our series, “Before the Throne,” by discussing how prayer and worship help us practice being in the presence of God. 

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What do we do in the space between asking and receiving? 

This week, Pastor Matt continues our series, "Before The Throne, by discussing questions we need to ask ourselves as we wrestle with the prayers that don’t get answered how or when we would expect. Are we willing to trust the Lord's response? 

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"The Father wants to be our provider"

In this week's message, Pastor Jeremy continues to look at the Lord's Prayer as our guide in how to pray. Verse 10 says, "Give us this day our daily bread". We can trust that God will give us everything that we need both in the natural world around us and the supernatural! Trusting Him as our provider is not just about the provision itself, but it is about our relationship with God Himself.

Let's develop a new spiritual hunger for our Father as we trust Him as our provider! 

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"Is it selfish to ask?" 

In this week's message, our Senior Pastor, Jeremy Havlin, addresses a few questions we may have about prayer. We see these questions answered by the way that Jesus prayed in the Lord's prayer and through his other teachings in the new testament. In today's message, Pastor Jeremy talks about how, "The more time we spend with God, the more our asking changes." The more we pray, the more we are reminded that the Father's will is so much better than our own, and we can have faith in that truth! 

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How do we pray? This week, our Greenville Teaching Pastor, Matt Humphrey, unpacks the example Jesus gave us of how to pray in the Lord’s prayer. In it we find more than just the right words to speak, we find that prayer is about the posture of our heart.

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This week, our Senior Pastor, Jeremy Havlin, kicks off our new series, "Before the Throne". In week 1, Pastor Jeremy talks about how when Jesus teaches us how to pray in Matthew 6, he refers to God as "Our Father". We have a Father who is holy and set apart, yet we still get to have a deep and real relationship with. We can trust that He is good! 

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This week, our Greenville Teaching Pastor, Matt Humphrey, kicks off our new series, "Before the Throne". In week 1, Pastor Matt talks about the necessity of healthy communication in our relationships, especially our relationship with Jesus. In light of the importance and power of prayer, we must reconcile the things that stand in the way of us boldly coming to the throne of grace.

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Join us for Day 8 of our Holy Week Devotionals as we celebrate Easter Sunday! Today, our Senior Pastor, Jeremy Havlin, will be leading us through John 20:1-31)

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Join us for Day 7 of our Holy Week Devotionals. Today, our Women's Ministry Director, Jessica Havlin, will be leading us through Mark 15:1-48.

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Join us for Day 6 of our Holy Week Devotionals. Today, our Simpsonville Local Lead Pastor, Dean Coursen, will be leading us through Matthew 26:36-46.

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Join us for Day 5 of our Holy Week Devotionals. Today, our Simpsonville Care Pastor, Robbie Funderburk, will be leading us through John 13:1-30.

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Join us for Day 4 of our Holy Week Devotionals. Today, our Greenville Teaching Pastor, Matt Humphrey, will be leading us through Matthew 26:1-13.

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Join us for Day 3 of our Holy Week Devotionals. Today, our Student Pastor, Gabe Pecoraro, will be leading us through Matthew 22:34-40.

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Join us for Day 2 of our Holy Week Devotionals. Today, our Simpsonville Teaching & Discipleship Pastor, Jason Thompson, will be leading us through Matthew 21:12-22.

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Join us for Day 1 of our Holy Week Devotionals. Today, our Greenville Local Lead Pastor, Joe Cuyar, will be leading us through Luke 19:28-44.

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Join us for Day 1 of our 21 Days of Prayer as one of our elders, Pastor Timothy Pender, talks about declaring God’s truth.

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Join us for Day 18 of our 21 Days of Prayer as our Greenville Local Lead Pastor, Joe Cuyar, talks about the importance of our words.

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Join us for Day 17 of our 21 Days of Prayer as one of our Women’s Ministry Leaders, Donna Sherer, talks about the guarding against cynicism.

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Join us for Day 16 of our 21 Days of Prayer as our Student Pastor, Gabe Pecoraro, talks about the learning to live with expectation.

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Join us for Day 15 of our 21 Days of Prayer as one of our student ministry volunteers, Hannah Spears, talks about faith that is built on God’s Word.

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Join us for Day 12 of our 21 Days of Prayer as our Men’s Ministry Director, Brian Spears, talks about how resting is spiritual warfare.

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Join us for Day 11 of our 21 Days of Prayer as one of our Student Ministry Volunteers, Ellie Pecoraro, talks about Being moved by who God is, not just what He does.

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Join us for Day 10 of our 21 Days of Prayer as our Simpsonville Teaching Pastor, Jason Thompson talks about the Guarding our hearts in a noisy world.

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Join us for Day 9 of our 21 Days of Prayer as one of our worship leaders, Ashley Humphrey, talks about not being in a hurry and getting used to the quiet.

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Join us for Day 8 of our 21 Days of Prayer as our Simpsonville Local Lead Pastor, Dean Coursen, talks about how It’s not just about asking, it’s also about listening.

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Join us for Day 5 of our 21 Days of Prayer as one of our Greenville Communications Coordinator, Laura Beth Cuyar, talks about how Only Those That Seek Will Find.

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Join us for Day 4 of our 21 Days of Prayer as our Simpsonville Worship Pastor, Jeff Spears, talks about the The Beauty of Consistency In Seeking.

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Join us for Day 3 of our 21 Days of Prayer as our Women’s Ministry Director, Jessica Havlin, talks about Guarding against Distractions.

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Join us for Day 2 of our 21 Days of Prayer as the pastor of Edge Community Church, Brad Lewis, talks about our Posture of Seeking the Lord.

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Join us for Day 1 of our 21 Days of Prayer as our Greenville Teaching Pastor, Matt Humphrey, talks about the Importance of Seeking the Lord.

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In this episode, Pastor Jeremy talks through what we can expect during the next 21 days.