renovate: Recent Episodes
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renovate is a church plant in Fairmont, WV. We are a community of believers seeking to live out of the grace of the Lord. Our weekly setting is informal, so when you listen to these podcasts, you may feel like your listening in on a conversation, because you are! We hope that you will be blessed and encouraged by these talks, and if you like, send us an email at renovatecommunity@gmail.com and let us know what you think! Thank you.
In the continuing section on yielding to God through prayer, Pastor John Carnes examines the practices of confession, repentance and forgiveness and how it frees our relationship with God and with each other.
Continuing in the theme of yielding to God, Pastor John Carnes discusses the importance of learning to listen to God and the ways that He speaks to us in and through our lives, as we pray and converse with Him.
In this session of How to Pray, Pastor John Carnes explores the practice of contemplative prayer, what it is and how it can help us deepen our prayer experience with Jesus.
In this message, we tackle the uncomfortable subject of unanswered prayers and how we handle them and what our response should be to them. Using Jesus' own unanswered prayer in the Garden, we explore how to continue to hold onto our faith even when the answer is no.
In this next session, we focus on asking God for others and what it means to intercede for others and how to pray with the promises of God for them.
In the third installment of the series, we begin looking at asking God for things. This week specifically we discuss petitioning God for our needs and if its okay for us to do so, and how we can build and use our faith to trust him for the answers we need.
In this message, we discuss the importance of taking time for silence and reflection as well as rejoicing in praise for who God is to us. These are very essential forms of prayer.
This starts a new series based on Pete Greig's book, How to Pray: A Simple Guide for Normal People. This message looks at the importance of prayer and how to keep it real, keep it simple and keep it up.
In the conclusion of this series, we explore how Boaz is a type, a picture, of Christ our Kinsman Redeemer and how Jesus is working even still to redeem the stories of our lives.
The third installment of this series on the Book of Ruth examines Ruth's boldness and faith as she approaches Boaz and challenges us to live in waiting expectation for God's promises and covering in our lives.
The second installment of the series in the Book of Ruth explores Boaz and how the Lord works ahead to provide for our needs.
We begin a series on the book of Ruth and the story of Naomi and her travels and troubles in and from the land of Moab and how it relates to our spiritual journey today.
Continuing his series on Boundaries, PJ examines how our boundaries get broken and the damage it does to our souls.
In this final part of the series on Esther, we learn how God turned around the planned attack against the Jews and brought about victory and peace.
In this third part of the series on Esther, we learn about the pride of Haman and how God works to expose the plan of the enemy and protect the people of God.
In this second part of the series on Esther, we learn about the plot to kill the Jews and Mordecai and Esther's reactions to the crisis.
PJ begins a series on the book of Esther with a look at the first two chapters, centering on Queen Vashti's rejection and Esther's elevation to her place and the lessons we can draw from them.
PJ shares a message on Micah 6:8 outlining what it is that God says he requires from his people: act justly, love mercy, walk humbly.
PJ celebrates Pentecost weekend by sharing a message about the Holy Spirit and the roles he plays in our lives.
PJ shares five lessons he believes we've either learned, need to learn or have observed in the past several weeks of quarantine and self-isolation.
During Lent, we will be exploring stories of people who met Jesus during his ministry. In this message, we meet the rich, young ruler who asks what he needs to inherit eternal life. We learn about the one thing that was keeping him from following Jesus.
During Lent, we will be exploring stories of people who met Jesus during his ministry. In this message, we meet John the Baptist and see how Jesus impacted his whole life. We particularly look at a period of doubt in John's life about Jesus and explore how we can handle the doubt we have in our own lives.
During Lent, we will be exploring stories of people who met Jesus during his ministry. In this message, we meet Blind Bartimeaus and see how his experience of Jesus can teach us about ourselves and the question Jesus asks both him and us: What is it that you want me to do for you?
Are we commanded to fast? What benefits are there to fasting? What should I fast? We look at these questions and more in this pre-Lent message on the spiritual discipline of fasting.
Paul teaches us in the 15th chapter of 1st Corinthians that not only was Jesus resurrected, but that because he was, we will be also and that it is an essential part of the Gospel message. When will this happen? What will we be like? We explore this in the last part of this series on Lessons from a Letter.
In this message in our series on the book of 1st Corinthians, Pastor John Carnes examines chapter 14 and discusses the way that the spiritual gifts of tongues and prophecy are to be handled in the church gathering according to the Apostle Paul.
Continuing our series on the letter of 1st Corinthians, Pastor John Carnes looks at the "Love Chapter" and what Paul describes as the most excellent way to live our lives.
Continuing our series on the book of 1st Corinthians, Pastor John Carnes explores what it means for the church to be compared to the Body of Christ, taken from chapter 12 of Paul's letter. Does everyone have gifts and talents to offer the church? Does everyone have a place in the Body?
In this continuing series on the book of 1st Corinthians, we look at Paul's instructions about the love feast and the celebration of the Lord's Supper. We also examine the meaning of his warnings about taking the bread and the cup in "an unworthy manner."
Picking up where we left off in the series on 1st Corinthians, we look at the first half of chapter 11 and discuss what it meant for men to be the head of women and the question of whether or not women can participate in ministry in the church.
In this message, Pastor John Carnes explores Paul's words to the Philippians about forgetting what was behind and striving toward the future. As we contemplate the beginning of a new year, we discuss what it is that we need to leave behind and what we want to carry into the future.
In this conclusion of the Advent series, Pastor John Carnes examines the story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus in the stable. We talk about how wherever God shows up he transforms...including the human heart.
Our Advent sermon series continues with a message entitled "Grace Invites All." Through the story of the shepherds encounter with the angels, we discuss how grace invites everyone to be part of the story of Jesus' salvation.
Our Advent sermon series continues with a message entitled "Grace Tells Us Who We Are." Through the story of Mary and the angel, we get to see a glimpse how grace does the same work in us that he did in Mary. We learn that we have received the same message Mary did and what grace tells us about who we are.
In this new Advent series, Pastor John Carnes shows how we can find grace throughout the story of Advent. In this message, he shows from the story of Zachariah and Elizabeth and the prophecies of Isaiah how grace made the first move before Jesus came to earth and how grace also works first in our lives personally, preparing the way for the Savior in us.
In this look at 1 Corinthians 8 and 10, Pastor John Carnes discusses how Paul addresses the "gray areas" of right and wrong and what part our consciences play in those situations.
In this message on 1 Corinthians 7, Paul discusses marriage, divorce and the advantages of singleness. We discuss some of the most weaponized scriptures in this letter and the context in which Paul was actually speaking to the church.
In this message, Pastor John Carnes explores 1 Corinthians 5 and 6 and discusses how Paul challenges the church to take on attitudes and actions that are different than the world.
Pastor John Carnes begins a new series on the themes found in 1st Corinthians. In this message, we examine the call to unity and love for each other found in chapter 1.
The Prophet Isaiah spoke a prophetic word to Israel explaining to them the kind of fast that God really wanted and it was different than the Israelites thought. We examine God's desire found in Isaiah 58.
Pastor John Carnes speaks about the foundational scripture of our church and the core values we hold as a community of faith.
In this message, Pastor John Carnes discusses the way that the enemy uses offences in our lives to trap us and put us in bondage to emotions of hurt and anger and rejection. He also shows Jesus' answer to getting out of the trap.
Pastor Brad Bennett shares a message about understanding our identity in Jesus and how it affects how we live our lives. Note: There are some minor technical issues with this recording. We apologize for any listening difficulties.
In this message, Pastor John Carnes examines the story of Jehoshaphat and the people of Judah who found themselves surrounded by several armies at once. God told them that he would fight the battle. How do we allow God to fight the battles of our lives?
In this message, Pastor John Carnes explores the goal of grace in our lives: to grow us up in maturity in the image of Jesus.
Concluding our series on the authority of the believer, Pastor John teaches what it means to pray in Jesus' name. He talks about how we represent Jesus and walk in his righteousness.
Continuing our series on the authority of the believer, we look at the authority given to us to minister in gifts God has placed in us and in the Church. We examine the ministry gifts, motivation gifts and manifestation gifts listed in the New Testament.
Continuing the series on the authority of the believer, Pastor John Carnes discusses the power that God gives over the devil and how we can stand against him in our lives.
Continuing the series on the authority of the believer, Pastor John Carnes discusses the tools Paul tells Timothy that God has given us to defeat fear.
In this series, Pastor John Carnes is talking about the authority that Jesus gave to his followers. In this message, we discuss the great commission and how God has given us authority through our connection with Jesus.
In this message, Pastor John Carnes talks about the importance of thankfulness and leads into a communion service.
We are examining the "I am" statements of Jesus. In this message, we discuss the story of the feeding of the 5,000 and the aftermath of that miracle. We see what Jesus meant by saying "I am the bread of life."
We are examining the "I am" statements of Jesus. In this message, Jesus describes himself as the light of the world, during the Feast of Tabernacles. He contrasts himself against the darkness of this world and calls us to live in the light.
We are examining the "I am" statements of Jesus. In this message, we discuss how Jesus compares himself to a good shepherd and is the door to the sheepfold.
We are examining the "I am" statements of Jesus. In this message, we explore the story of the raising of Lazarus and what Jesus meant by him being the Resurrection and Life.
We are examining the "I am" statements of Jesus. In this message, we talk about what Jesus meant by saying he was the only way, the real truth and the life.
We look at the allegory Jesus taught about the Vine and the Branches and learn from the story how we can grow and produce fruit in our lives which will bless the world and give glory to God.
Pastor Brad Bennett shares a special message on Pentecost weekend about the empowerment of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
God saves us instantly as we receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior. But changing us into the image of Jesus is a lifelong process. Learn how we are called to participate in the process of sanctification, becoming holy as Jesus is holy.
How much do we think about our thoughts? In this message, we look at how God thinks about us and the power of agreeing with His thoughts about us over what we ourselves think. He wants us to know His thoughts and agree with Him.
What do we do with our doubts? Are they the same as unbelief? And how do we handle the doubts we deal with in life and in faith? We look at these questions and more.