Student Life Podcast: Recent Episodes
Abundant Life
Welcome to the Student Life Podcast. This podcast features messages and other content from the Student Ministries at Abundant Life located in Syracuse, NY. You can learn more about us and connect with us at abundantlife.church/students.
Why don't we pray more often? This podcast dives into the hindrances to prayer and how we can have more meaningful prayer to develop the relationship we desire to have with our heavenly Father.
What kind of ideas have you developed around prayer? This podcasts explains how effective prayer requires us to be persistent and faithful in our belief.
Week one of the "Teach Us How To Pray" series begins the discussion on why we pray, and why prayer is such an important aspect of our daily lives.
Have you ever experienced a tough trial? In this message, we are challenged to press into our faith during hard times and let the water take us. We must fix our focus on His hand, not our feet!
Have you ever felt out of reach from the power of God? In this message, we learn of the available, accessible, and undeniable power of God in our lives. He is present and mighty in the physical.
What if you focused on God instead of the problem? Through the story of Paul and Silas, we learn to overcome our battles with songs of praise. We seek God first and place Him at the center of the trials we often go through.
Have you fully committed to something? God constantly calls us to come to him boldly and give him all of who we are. Through the story of Elisha, we learn to put our hope in Gods plan for us, answer our call definitively, and be sold-out for Him!
Have you ever wanted a change? In this message, we learn about the transformative power of the Holy Spirit. We have potential and purpose when we partner with God and experience his presence. God's power is transformational and contagious.
Do you struggle with pride? God calls us to use humility and faith together. The ambition of the humble is faith. In this message, we learn that humility is freedom from pride and arrogance.
Has there been a time that you've felt weak? This week Sampson taught us the importance of partnering with God to reveal His strength through our weaknesses. He is merciful and gracious and although we fall, we will get back up!
God is with you. This life does not prevent suffering, but God promises well-being, a future, and a hope! Being confident in his word and promises, we can act in boldness. This week, Daniel teaches us how to develop a willingness to take bold risks for the kingdom of God and walk the walk.
We live in a world where it’s becoming increasingly difficult to be a Christian. Persecution, rejection, and pain are often the result of living a life out loud for God. To make an impact in this life the way God designed us to, we need several tools to navigate the challenges of being a Christian in the modern world. Our new series, Walk the Walk, will show us the qualities we need to thrive in our lives as Christians, seen through the lens of people in the Bible who had to live for Christ under difficult circumstances. This week, Paul teaches us the motivating power of a Godly purpose.
What is your social feed saying about your personality? Are you casting careless or intentional words to your circle of influence? Melanie Chapman will be talking about how our newsfeed has a part to play in ones image and purpose as a Christian. Our newsfeed can act as a testimony to bring others closer to Jesus.
What does your feed say about you? In part two of “What’s Your Algorithm” we look at the effects your feed has on the way people see you. We also discover that the ruling elite tried to cancel Jesus, which led to some interesting encounters and lessons we can learn about how to rise above the opinions of others and do what God calls you to do.
What does your feed say about you? In “What’s Your Algorithm?” we look how what we consume on social media determines what we are shown. That formula is called an algorithm. What does your algorithm say about you and what do you want it to say about you?
Unfortunately, bullies are a part of social life, including social media. Understanding what's behind the bullying nature can help you overcome it, especially that "Knock Out" punch that can really deflate you. In the fourth week of our series, Go Social, Natisha Crossman talks about finding and sticking to your tribe to help you be successful.
As our Go Social series continues, Reverend Seth Crossman teaches you how to avoid comparative desire by building a strong foundation of who you are based on God's word, not the latest trends, what everyone is doing and what seems like the most fun.
In the second week of our series, Go Social, Brandi Ginty encourages us to audit our social media influences, limiting the time and influence of those things that prey upon our weaknesses and instead focusing on the Word of God which builds upon our strengths.
Is it real or fake? There are billions messages posted to social media every day, but can they all be trusted? In our new series GO SOCIAL, Pastor Ken Chapman explores the reality of the media we consume, and the profound affect it can have on our relationships, our self-perception and our walk with God.
We close out our series "Crushin'" with a message from Reverend Seth on developing a love relationship with God. Just like in a romance, we don't want to stay at the crush phase, but we want to go deeper, experience more, and find out what it is like to love at the highest level.
In our third week in this series, we dive into Psalm 103:9-19 and see how much David appreciated God's love for him. Billy Ginty really brings home this point and let's our realize how much God loves us and why.
God wants all the glory and praise for all the good things He has done. It’s our responsibility as His children to give credit where it’s due. That’s what David does in Psalm 103: 6-8. We dig into those scriptures and talk about the nature and name of God.
In week 1 of our New STLF/J.High Series: Crushin' Pastor Ken takes us through the first five verses of Psalm 103, hearing how David crushed on God's goodness and character and how we can do the same.
A testimony is a legal term where you have first-hand knowledge of an event and are asked to present the truth to a jury. In Christianity, your testimony is the story of how Jesus entered your life and changed it for the better. In the final instalment of the Shift series, we learn how important it is to understand how a story is shared, the impact of Christ in our stories, and the transformative power of our personal testimonies.
Have you ever seen a roadblock coming in your life before it happened? In this message, Pastor Ken Chapman teaches us how to keep moving so we don't get stuck in our lives.
Sometimes, we get so focused on our own goals and growth, we but other people in the rearview mirror. In this message, Reverend Seth Crossman teaches us how to shift out focus from ourselves to other people so we can reach our fullest potential.
Have you ever felt stuck with where you're at in life? In this message, Ryann Crofoot teaches us how to find contentment even when we feel like life is dragging us down.
Have you ever felt overwhelmed by fear or anxiety? In this message, Pastor Ken Chapman teaches us how to experience fear without becoming trapped in it.
There are a lot of things and people in the world telling us who and what we should be. In this message, Pastor Ken Chapman teaches us the true source of our identity and how to claim it for ourselves.
Sometimes, life feels like it's one step forward and two steps back. In this message, Pastor Ken Chapman teaches us that, though our successes bring challenges, we don't have to do life alone.
Have you ever felt like life is just one hit after another? In this message, Colby Sutter encourages us to keep swinging, no matter what life throws at us.
Have you ever felt like the things and people around you were just fake? In this message, Pastor Lee Wilson teaches us how we can challenge our mind to sort through the fake and live a meaningful life.
Have things ever felt out of control in your life? In this week's message, Pastor Ken Chapman teaches us how to exercise control in healthy ways.
How do we love someone when we know they're living in sin? In this week's message, Pastor Ken Chapman teaches us how to walk in both compassion and righteousness.
In this message, Ryann talks about the things that try to steal or distort our identity, and how we can protect ourselves from them.
We've all had moments where things just don't go our way. In this message, Pastor Ken teaches about hope, disappointment, and what happens in the space between our expectations and our reality.
We experience thousands of thought and feelings every day. In this message, Ryann Crofoot teaches us how we can keep the weight of those thoughts from dragging us down.
How do we deal with the hatred of the world when we are called to perfect love? In this week's message, Pastor Ken Chapman teaches us how to keep our happiness even in the midst of haters.
Almost everything we see is trying to influence us in some way; how do we decide what and who to follow?
Everywhere we look, someone or something is trying to tell us who we are. Are the things and people you follow helping you become your best self?
This week, Pastor Ken taught us the importance of surrounding ourselves with honest and humble people to help fill the gaps in our lives.
In this message, Ryann teaches us how to build a fortress of hope so we can see restoration in the broken places of our lives.
We've all experienced shame in our lives. In this message, Pastor Ken Chapman teaches us what to do with it so we can find God's restoration.
Ryann teaches us that restoration is a sometimes painful process, but we can trust God through it all.
Pastor Ken shows us that God sometimes allows things in our lives to break, but He's got a plan to prosper us.
The Armor of God can help us regain our sense of normalcy and combat the enemies we face in our lives.
The Armor of God can help us regain our sense of normalcy and combat the enemies we face in our lives.
The Armor of God can help us regain our sense of normalcy and combat the enemies we face in our lives.
We may not be living in “A Quiet Place,” but in this message, Pastor Lee explains why taking the time to be quiet can bring us to the next level in our lives.
“It’s important to know what you believe when you say you are a Christian.” Today, Pastor Lee walks us through what it means to be a Christian, and what Christians believe.
In this podcast, Pastor Lee shares 21 Bible verses to prepare us for life in the 21st Century.