Evergreen LA: Recent Episodes
Evergreen LA
Weekly sermons and worship moments from Evergreen Los Angeles- a church with a heart to see revival and the outpouring of God’s presence in your life, throughout Los Angeles, and the rest of the world.
October 13th, 2024
Making Sense of Suffering and Finding God’s Grace for Lasting Strength
In our final week in our Culture of Honor series, Pastor Tommy examines King David's lowest point of his rule and his heart of repentance. How do we make space for repentance and restoration in our lives biblically?
Knowing the Father and His care transforms every aspect of our lives and allows us to live in trust and rest. Pastor Tommy invites us on Father's Day to enter in to a greater relationship with God as Father.
(Teaching / Reference / Inspiration from Derek Prince and others on this subject.)
How do we hear God's voice and cultivate that as a community? In this sermon, Pastor Tommy shares how a healthy prophetic ministry is vital in local church and our daily lives, and he challenges us with practical ways to engage with hearing God.
In our series "Culture of Honor," we look at elements of belief and practice that contribute to relational health in our lives from a biblical framework.
Last week we taught an overview on The Culture of Honor. This week, we take it a bit deeper and see how it is built in a culture and through community.
A key to building towards a church in revival and sustaining a move of God is a Culture of Honor. How do we lean in to a culture that is safe and empowering, where we give room at the table to value others in grace?
God. Is. Faithful. Where men may be unreliable and fail you time and again, there is a stark contrast between the consistency of God’s faithfulness. When walking with Jesus, we get to lean on the Lord, trust him, and obey with full hearts.
Pastor Tommy spends the morning discussing what our church's mission and vision is and how we can be a part of dreaming together - in LA and discipling nations!
This week's podcast is a discussion on purpose and calling living in Los Angeles and the various difficulties many face living in their greater purpose living here.
Pastor Tommy lays the foundation and center of it all... "A Heart that is Fully in Love" is a heart that can overflow. A heart that is fully in love is a man who can step out in boldness and great faith. A heart that is fully in love is a person who isn’t taken out by the opinions of men. A heart that is fully in love is a soul who can now BUILD WITH JESUS from a healthy, happy, joy-filled posture.
Because Love COMPELS us. It is the great motivator. It moves us from religious duty of “I have to” to “I GET TO.”
In this week's Easter message, "Lives that Demonstrate Resurrection Power," Pastor Tommy Martinsen shares the importance of the cross and resurrection of Jesus and how these events change the entirety of how we live and see all of life.
In this week's message, Pastor Tommy brings us into the story of Palm Sunday, as we see Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem see the impact of His Kingship transforming our lives.
What happens when the doors don’t immediately open? How much do you pursue vs. let the favor fall in your lap? How do we deal with comparison and a desire for shortcuts to success? What does healthy promotion look like vs. an unhealthy self-promotion? When we don’t get our way or what we think is the best roadmap to success, what do we do with that?
We'll be discussing all of these questions in this week's Sermon of the Week!
In this episode, Bryan Seefried and Tommy Martinsen discuss wisdom from Proverbs surrounding the topic of finances and kingdom-focused work.
This teaching is all about God being a Refiner's Fire in our lives, what we do with hardship, and how the Holy Spirit also moves within us with holy fire, that compels us into bold faith and power.
From our series: Purpose & Passion: Fueling Individual and Community Vision, Pastor Tommy addresses the main hindrances from fulfilling your destiny.
In this episode, Bryan Seefried and Tommy Martinsen discuss wisdom from Proverbs surrounding the topic of lust, sexuality, and how to approach it as a follower of Jesus.
The most important thing in fulfilling your calling is to be led by the Spirit. Many Christians don't know how to follow the leading of God, but in this message Pastor Tommy looks at ways to identify how God is speaking and moving, in order to better follow His leadership.
Larah Seefried joins Tommy Martinsen to discuss a biblical response to receiving and giving correction well. Who should we be receiving correction from? How will correction feel? Is it ok if it hurts a little? What is a good culture of humility?
Pastor Tommy brings us deeper in the topic of our purpose, as we lay a foundation of the WHYS of our specific calling -- Why is it important to KNOW your calling? And why is it important to LIVE in your calling?
As part of our "Purpose & Passion" series, Pastor Tommy brings us into a discussion on calling, where we discover our general calling and specific calling.
Week 1 of our Greenhouse Homegroups Series // Unveiling Wisdom and Discernment: Navigating Life's Difficulties // This week we talk how to approach anxiety with God's wisdom.
The Holy Spirit is invisible – but the way that we “see” God is how he demonstrates himself by what He does. The ways that God shows up are the ways that he confirms the truth of who He is and the confirmation of the Gospel message.
Pastor Tommy teaches a short message followed by a gospel presentation by Bryce Crawford.
Pastor Tommy bring us deeper in our series "Purpose & Passion," revealing what the primary message of our lives is as followers of Jesus: Christ and Him Crucified.
One of the main reasons we have to keep the cross at the center of our life message is that the cross releases the supernatural grace of God into every area of our lives.
The supernatural grace of God is an invitation – it brings us to the end of our own wisdom and righteousness in our own strength — to show us that our own power is absolutely inadequate in comparison to His presence and power.
In our series "Purpose & Passion: Igniting Personal and Community Vision," Pastor Tommy desires to set you on fire with the all-consuming fire and passion of Jesus, and to find vision for your own life and part of the greater church body and regional move of God – to discover what you were born for and what that looks like operating in vision-filled community with a sharpened aim and focus to bring the Kingdom of God.
Jesus is the fulfilled longing for peace we all deeply crave. The amount of revelation that we have as we BEHOLD the Son of God at Christmas, the direct result will be a flooding of that perfect peace and loving light into our hearts as we BEHOLD, TREASURE, and PONDER this glorious truth. A savior has been born. Come, see, receive.
Does your calling feels too intimidating? Maybe you feel unqualified or even disqualified to what you believe God is drawing you into...
In this message, we look at Luke 1, which gives us a look into Mary’s process of hearing some complicated, life-changing news, and what her response would be as it settled, and it serves as a model for us in our moments of doubt where we need faith ignited.
In this week's message, we look at Isaiah 9's prophetic call of a Savior who would be a dawning of a light in the middle of our darkness. He is our eternal hope.
And in an incredible way, the last paragraph of John 5, Jesus himself answers from his own mouth - answering THE QUESTION - WHY you can trust who He is. In this week's sermon, we look at 6 reasons you can trust Jesus.
How do we live in the tension of truth and mystery and maintain trust? In this week's sermon, Pastor Tommy unpacks Scripture and practical ways to engage with trusting God in the middle of uncertainty.
Jesus longs to fill your life with fresh hope and purpose when we often feel we're running dry. In this week's sermon, we look at the story of the paralytic man at the Pool of Bethesda from John 5, and how Jesus brought miraculous hope to the hopeless. Jesus is still miraculously changing lives. See how we can posture ourselves to encounter Him in hope this week.
Our attention has to be refocused on Jesus Himself and the open heavens over our lives through the Spirit of God alive in us.
By abiding in Christ, remaining in Him, spending time with him – we actually let the impact of His realm, his thoughts, and his heartbeat to saturate our thought-life, belief systems, and ways of life… allowing the realm that you’re most aware of to impact the places we dwell.
Being the House of God, a temple of the Holy Spirit, is at the heart of everything we are called to be and do. You are called to be a house where his very glory dwells – where angels ascend and descend on assignment – living under and open heaven of God’s glory touching earth.
In this week's sermon, Pastor Tommy and his mom, Kathy, open up John 4, the story of the woman at the well, and we see how Jesus meets her in her shame and brings a total transformation by grace. Jesus is still meeting us at the crossroads, offering living water.
The Spirit leaps within us confirming this relational depth of connection with God the Father, forever changing the way that we live and commune with Him. When that rich, deep, consistent working of the Spirit is illuminated, our relationship with God becomes less about what we can GET from Him – and our obsession becomes more and more about BEING with Him.
This week's panel discusses a variety of important questions under the umbrella of spiritual warfare, including response to spiritual attacks, issues of sin that allow for attack, practices of drugs, new age, and the occult, and more.
One of the primary weapons God has given us in warfare is worship and praise.
The enemy clearly wants to fill our minds and hearts with darkness – but when we shift the focus of our minds and hearts with what our original design and assignment is (which is our living relationship with God Himself) we undo and expel the works of the enemy.
In this teaching, we look at the significance of Communion – what is happening during this act? How are we connecting to the power of God in this moment? And how do we implement the glory of communion into our daily lives?
Can you become so God-conscious and aware of his righteousness operating in power in you that you’re not even having to be sin-conscious! The theology of righteousness is a key to walking in victory from sin and spiritual warfare.
Todd White is a power-evangelist, living in Dallas, TX. His main life message is on identity, power, and love.
Learn how to discern spiritual atmospheres and then take authority over them to release heaven's influence. We can learn to understand what we are feeling and then understand the authority we have over it. We are called to be a THERMOSTAT, not a THERMOMETER.
If there are areas we need to help ourselves or others get free, to end the areas the enemy has a foothold, we must understand how the individual is bound or impacted by demonic activity. This is a practical message on experiencing freedom for yourself and others.
Whether you’re facing spiritual attack or demonic influence, or someone around you is, we want to help you arise in your authority as a believer. This teaching will bring a confidence when approaching various influences of darkness.
Pastor Tommy introduces teaching on Spiritual Warfare. What is it? How does it operate in our lives? What are we to be aware of? And what do we do about it?
We look at how to be positioned for victory over the enemy's works.
Pastor Tommy gives practical tools for spiritual formation and developing deeper intimacy with God. This message is a group discipleship format, filled with hands-on ways to connect with God in your daily time with Him.
What does it mean for the Word to have power? How do we relate to the Word with our spirit? In this week's sermon, it's all about the Word!
We invited a few individuals in our body who live in connection to Jesus beautifully and powerfully to speak into what this looks like in their lives, and to give wisdom of how others can connect with Jesus at a deeper level.
Not only is the cross demonstrating God's love for us, it’s also proving our value and worth to Him. When we understand the depths of His love, it opens us to receive the invitation of greater intimacy.
In the middle of a culture that fills our time with busyness, what does it mean to be a disciple of Jesus and intentionally draw near to Him? How do we cultivate friendship with God? Pastor Tommy teaches on developing intimacy with Jesus in this message.
Finishing our series on Romans 8, we go through one of the most life-changing portions of Scripture, unveiling the power of the Gospel for real life transformation: freedom from condemnation and into the riches of God's everlasting love.
Does everything happen for a reason? Is God causing and allowing pain and suffering? When life doesn't make sense, it's easy to question the goodness of God. This week, we look at Romans 8:28, one of the greatest promises in Scripture, and we see how it relates to our lives and situations of difficulty.
Featuring stripped-down versions of "Our Father," "Yeshua," "Alpha and Omega," "Pursuit," and "Nothing Else"
Easter Sunday 2023 - When we look at life through the death and resurrection of Jesus, literally we have completely new lenses. When the truth of the resurrection becomes illuminated in our lives, it redefines everything!
Hope is a birthright of every son or daughter of God through faith in Jesus. Romans 8 gives us rich teaching of our eternal hope and how to live with greater levels of hope activated for every believer!
One question we have to ask ourselves is – If Jesus is your Lord, the Holy Spirit is IN you – you HAVE the Holy Spirit, but does the Holy Spirit HAVE YOU? Am I living a life LED by the Spirit?
Pastor Tommy walks us further through Romans 8 and life in the Spirit.
As we open Romans 8, we discover hope to be both freed and ignited into the fullness of the power of the cross and resurrection power in our lives – to place us dramatically further in a position of victory.
We opened the floor to whomever would like to testify what God's been doing in their lives and to minister from their place of breakthrough.
Evergreen had the honor of hosting the Covells this Sunday. They share their story and infuse hope and calling into being in Los Angeles!
In response to the outpouring at Asbury University and other campuses and churches, we make space for God to move and to testify about the goodness of Jesus!
For those who walk with God and follow Jesus, there is something that is stirred within you and grows like a holy ache within your very core the more that you know God – this is a longing to be a man or woman that hosts the Presence of God well with your life. How do we step into hosting His presence well? Pastor Tommy shares his passion, and we believe you'll be stirred for "the more" of God.
There's a lot of confusion about the area of calling in our lives, and people often are in a place of great frustration because of it. This message stirs how to discern the will of God for our lives and walk in His very best for each one of us uniquely.
Pastor Richard continues our discussion of fasting by talking about the importance of heart posture throughout the fast, and practicing being led by the Spirit. He also addresses some misconceptions about the Daniel fast, and walks through his own fasting journey.
Pastor Tommy continues our series "Living with a Greater Mission" by looking at the very first missionary journey in Scripture, Acts 13 and 14. In this passage we find a "Pattern for Ministry" that powerfully prepares us in the areas God has uniquely called us to each be ministers.
Pastor Richard brings us into a discussion of the purpose and transformative power of fasting in our lives. There is a lot of confusion over this spiritual discipline, so we examine a biblical perspective on the topic and its benefits in our lives.
We kick off week 1 of our new series, "Living for a Greater Mission" by looking at Acts 11 and the how the mission of the early church remains the same -- preach the word with boldness and make disciples of all nations! Let God stir a greater purpose and passion in you through this message.
In Evergreen's Christmas Message, focusing on Luke chapter 2, Pastor Tommy unpacks the power of the Gospel found within the Christmas narrative, with many rich symbols pointing to the Lordship of Jesus.
Faith in its simplest form – is waiting on God. The main way that God transforms us is through waiting. How then do we respond and live our lives in the mystery of waiting? In this message, we look at Hebrews 11 and the faith-filled examples of Abraham and Sarah and see how this kind of faith can be activated in our own lives.
When God's timing feels like it's taking too long, we often ask, "When God?!" What do we do in the waiting? Can we trust His timing? This week of Advent, we lean into the Christmas story and open up a discussion of how this applies to our lives as we wait.
Have you ever approached someone you haven’t seen in a long time and automatically acted like a completely different person, wondering, "Who was that person I just became?" In this week's sermon, Pastor Richard discusses how to remove the masks, expose the imposter self and embrace a constant opportunity for transformation.
This Advent Season, we begin by looking at the life of Jesus and what his divinity and humanity mean to us and reflect on Him -- fully God and fully man.
As Evergreen's community pastor, Sarah has a heart to see our people come into greater unity, serve one another radically, and be examples to the world around us. Hear her heart of what she believes God is developing in this season.
What does it look like when the Holy Spirit is poured out in our lives and in our church meetings? How does God want to prepare us as individuals and as a church family for the move of His Presence? Pastor Tommy gives some vision to what this can look like and how we can better posture ourselves for what God is longing to do. For future reading and inspiration, check out Bill Johnson's book "Open Heavens" (positioning yourself to encounter the God of revival).
Have you ever felt confused about the baptism of the Holy Spirit? Have you ever strived for and tried so hard to perform and earn the baptism of the Holy Spirit, only to feel excluded, disqualified, unaccepted? In this week's sermon, Pastor Richard demystifies and clarifies the baptism of the Holy Spirit and how to receive this promise of the Father.
Pastor Tommy gives a message about how we can posture ourselves for a greater move of the Holy Spirit in our lives. We look at John 12, and see how we can activate belief and receive what God has in store for us.
In Part 1 called "The Judgment Trap," Pastor Richard focused on how judging others affects us personally. In this sermon, Richard discusses how judging others affects others and how it impacts a community. By rooting out judgment, he talks about how we can pull the best out of others and actually help them tap into more transformation through Jesus.
So often we're waiting for an external move of God, yet we are unaware of what is accessible by God's indwelling presence. There is a constant, endless, limitless supply of the oil of the Holy Spirit surging through your life, and therefore this revelation of truth opens us up to experiencing the more.
In part 1 of 2, Pastor Richard looks at what Scripture has to say about judgment and gossip and how we can see freedom through intimacy with God, rather than partnering with law.
We are in a season where God’s restoring a Christ-centered theology of the Holy Spirit. What does Scripture tell us about the Holy Spirit and His ways and workings? How do we respond to him as individuals and a church?
In this message, Pastor Tommy leads us into an examination of our busy lives in order to partner with the rhythms of the Spirit, full of peace, rest, and joy.
Main Passage: Matt. 14
Inspiration for this message and further reading: Carey Nieuwhof and Alli Worthington
In this sermon, pastor Tommy Martinsen looks at the narrative of The Road to Emmaus, from Luke 24, relating it to our own lives and how we can see Jesus as He really is.
God is not threatened by your questions – but he wants to meet you in your journey and unveil to you who he really is.
Much of this teaching was inspired from teachers like Tim Mackie of the Bible Project, where you can find more helpful teaching of the resurrection and what it means to us.
Ruth Mangiacapre has been in full time ministry since 1999. She was saved in 1980 at an Amway Convention in Albany, New York, and delivered from a life of fear and emotional instability. She has been a church planter, associate pastor, women's ministry leader and mentor, and is currently an itinerant prophetic minister. She has traveled all over the United States and to many nations where she brings a prophetic message, moves in the gifts of Holy Spirit and hosts His presence.
She is ordained with Christian International under Bishop Bill Hamon and New Day The Church at High Point under Apostles Mike and Debbie Sirianni. New Day The Church at High Point is Ruth’s local church and she is very committed and a part of the leadership team there. She is also a member of the Women In Ministry Network and on the leadership team of Patricia King's Women on the Frontlines. She is also a part of the Shiloh Company Lead Team overseeing prophetic intercession and considers prayer and intercession a core value of her life and ministry.
Ruth recently released her first book, "The Prophetic Journey." She is currently working on her second book. Her passion is to motivate others to fulfill their God-given purpose and to cultivate intimacy with Holy Spirit. She was married to her husband Andy for 42 years. Andy was a passionate soul winner.
She is mother to Dana and Andrew who are both married, and grandmother to the loves of her life, Jude and James. The greatest blessing in her life is seeing her whole family serve the Lord.
Doug Addison is the founder and president of InLight Connection. Doug is a prophetic speaker, author and coach. He is best known for his Daily Prophetic Words and Spirit Connection podcast and blog. He and his wife Linda live in Los Angeles, California where they are impacting the arts and entertainment and media industries.
Over the past twenty years, Doug Addison has been a cutting-edge prophetic leader, dream interpreter, entrepreneur, life coach, consultant and trainer. He is also a leading authority in the area of destiny achievement to educational institutions, professional associations and religious organizations.
In this week's sermon, Pastor Richard continues the discussion on the importance of becoming a people of humility. He illustrates the power of humility through a deepened sense of identity. He also talks about the beauty of hiddenness and being prepared for promotion.
One of the greatest contributors to sustained revival is cultivating a people of humility. But one of the greatest killers of revival is pride. Pastor Tommy looks at what factors contribute to developing a culture of humility and how we practically can walk in that together.
Do you feel unqualified for what you feel called to? Is your hope fading or do you feel lacking? Pastor Tommy leads us to the life of Moses who went through these feelings, and we learn what God says when we feel the same way.
Pastor Richard Song teaches how to live powerfully as believers in the season of promises fulfilled and to remember where God has taken you in His faithfulness.
Through faith, we learn to bridge the now-and-not-yet of the fullness of God’s Kingdom – drawing the reality of Heaven into this present world - that which is invisible into this realm. In this message, Pastor Tommy Martinsen leads us through Hebrews 11, the great chapter of faith, to see it ignited within us.
Pastor Tommy's parents lead Unveiled Church, Pasadena. His mom, Kathy, preaches on the theology of grace and how it impacts all of life.
Pastor Tommy Martinsen teaches how we can understand and more fully experience God as a good and perfect Father, no matter our relationship with our earthly fathers.
Do we really believe that Jesus has the power to change and transform us and those around us – or have we settled for a weak gospel based on our experience? Pastor Tommy Martinsen challenges us to renew our minds in the truth of the gospel for real power and transformation through Jesus.
As part of our "Teachings That Changed Our Lives" series, Michelle Cole brings a passionate word about the power of faith activated in our lives. Michelle is a Core Team Leader at Evergreen and leads the West Adams Greenhouse Home Group.
As part of our series, "Teachings That Changed Our Lives," Evergreen's Community Pastor, Sarah Mullaney Booher, gives an incredible message on the life-changing love of God.
Followers of Jesus live in a tension of having empowered, God-given identities – yet often still feel trapped in our sin and shame, very aware of our own shortcomings and weaknesses. In this sermon, Tommy Martinsen shows us how to connect with how God sees us... so that we can live from our Heavenly identities rather than what we currently are experiencing. Everything we do flows from knowing who we are. Listen to week 3 of our series, "Teachings That Changed Our Lives."
As part of our series, "Teaching that Changed Our Lives," pastor Richard Song talks about how The Finished Works of the Cross message has radically impacted his life. In this sermon, Richard talks about why this message was so impactful and how it affected every area of his faith walk, specifically in the areas of transformation, identity, intimacy with God and the pursuit of the things of God.
In week 1 of our sermon series, "Teachings That Changed Our Lives," Pastor Tommy shares how a correct view of God's sovereignty gives us new lenses to look at life. What is God's doing vs. the work of the enemy? Is God is control or in charge? How does God's sovereignty impact how we work with Him to accomplish His will? This teaching will empower and bring confidence in God's leading.
In this final week of our series "Worship & Glory," Pastor Tommy unpacks what happens when we worship. We remember, we respond, we return, we reconnect.
In part 3 of our Worship and Glory series, Pastor Richard brings us into the narrative of how he has grown to engage with God's presence in and through worship, and how we can continue to be a people who pursue His presence.
It's easy to see that there are a lot of issues with Christian dating culture. It's time to see some reform... Pastor Tommy explores ways we can enter into a healthy church culture for developing relationships and maintain a culture of honor through it all.
When we realize that God's heart toward is consistent and unconditional, it totally changes how we relate back to Him... How we connect with God, pray, and walk through every season of life. It's vital to know His true nature as a good Father.
How do we make the right decisions in life and walk in greater maturity, while continuing a faith journey of constant trust in God? Pastor Tommy teaches how to develop greater discernment.
Shaunda Miller, a member of our senior leadership team and worship pastor, encourages us to enter into a culture of worship that is of purity and authenticity, and how our daily lives can reflect this high calling.
Pastor Tommy kicks off a new series exploring what glory looks like in our lives and in a church setting and how our praise and worship impact the atmosphere.
Pastor Tommy Martinsen teaches the life-changing benefits of the cross and how Jesus' sacrificial death impacts everything.
As we are learning to be led by the Spirit, how do we make sure we stay in truth? As we wrestle through questions with God, how do also stay in truth? In this sermon, Pastor Richard Song encourages us to stay grounded throughout each season of life.
Are we seeing God's power demonstrated in our lives? Are we seeing the breakthrough we believe to be possible? The power is in the blood of Jesus. Pastor Tommy Martinsen teaches us how to apply this power to our lives.
Applying the Powerful Blood of Jesus, Sunday Sermon of the Week by Pastor Tommy Martinsen
March 6th, 2022