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Impact Church Podcast
This is the weekly podcast of Impact Church in Paris, TX.
We pray these messages encourage, inspire, and challenge you to take your next step as you continue to follow Jesus.
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Real Faith. Real Life., Part 6: Wisdom Comparison | Gabe Miller by Impact Church Podcast
Real Faith. Real Life., Part 5: Watch Your Mouth | Gabe Miller by Impact Church Podcast
Real Faith. Real Life., Part 3: Playing Favorites | Gabe Miller by Impact Church Podcast
The Christian life isn't a sprint, it's a marathon. This week as we continue our Five Years From Now series we look at three things that Paul encourages us to practice so we can endure and finish the race to become all that God desires for us to be.
Do people really reject Jesus or do they reject the view of Jesus they have been exposed to? In part two of our Five Years From Now series we discover how our life, behavior, and actions can reflect Jesus in a way that gives the people around us a better view of who He really is.
Where do you see yourself in five years? What do you see when you look back at the last five years? What if there are important questions we need ask ourselves as we plan for the next five years? In part one of our new series, Five Years From Now, we look at the process that God desires for each of us to go through as a Christian and what it means for our lives.
Sometimes it's not the enemy that is making you uncomfortable; sometimes it's God. God has more for your life than you can imagine, but sometimes He has to stir the nest a little so you can grow and experience the life and calling He has for you.
We are not a body with a soul; we are a soul with a body. For that reason, we should spend some time focusing on and paying attention to our souls. In this week's message we talk about the restless soul and how we can truly find rest for our soul.
After learning to think right, speak life, and act from our new identity we have to learn to fight against the schemes of the enemy. In the final message of our I Declare War series we talk about four things that will help us fight like a wolf.
What is the current state of Israel? What is God doing in Israel and around the world? This week we hear from Dr. Erez Soref, president of One For Israel Bible College, in a special message about what God has been doing in Israel and around the world.
As we continue our I Declare War series this week we talk about how our new thinking and speaking patterns should lead to new actions. In this week's message we discuss four things in our lives that we need to pay attention to regarding our actions and behaviors.
It's not what you swallow that pollutes your life, but what you vomit up. You don't have to say everything you feel but you will feel everything you choose to say. Our words carry weight. In this week's message from our I Declare War series, we talk about four truths regarding the things we choose to speak.
Have you ever made decisions based on how you felt? Have you ever felt trapped in a version of yourself that you didn't want to be? The truth is that you can change the way you feel by changing the way you think. In part one of our series, I Declare War, we talk about the importance of our thoughts and we break down four truths about our thinking patterns.
Are you problem focused or purpose focused in your life, marriage, career, etc.? In this week's message we talk about four things regarding living our lives on purpose.
Do you believe that God has good things for you every single day? Sometimes in life we are on the mountaintop and sometimes we are in a dark valley, but no matter what life brings our way the writer of Psalm 23 teaches us some things that can prepare us for the dark valleys that we will experience in seasons of life.
Did you know that you are rich? Many of us don't feel rich because of different reasons but the truth is that God has blessed us with so much so we can be a blessing to those around us. As we conclude our GREATER THAN series we discuss three things that God wants to teach us about our finances and how we can honor Him and open ourselves up to the blessing He wants to pour out on us.
What is the thing you're holding onto that is holding you back? God desires to bless you and give you greater in 2019 but there might be something you're holding onto that is holding you back from what He wants to do.
It's a new year and we all have goals that we set and want to accomplish this year. We want to be a better spouse, be a better parent, grow closer to God, have a thriving marriage, get out of debt, etc., but what if there is a key ingredient we're missing to help us get there?
What God did through our church in 2018 was incredible, but what we experience in 2019 will be GREATER THAN anything we've ever experienced!
As we prepare to leave 2018 and enter 2019 we believe that God has a breakthrough in store for you. Check out this week's message as we talk about four practical things we can do to experience the breakthrough that God desires for us to have.
Jesus is the reason for the season. Here's a reading of the Christmas story for you to enjoy and to help you remember the reason why we celebrate. From our family to yours...Merry Christmas!
We all experience interruptions in life, but it's how we interpret and respond to those interruptions that makes all the difference. This week as we conclude our series about The Christmas Option, we talk about three sets of characters that were a part of the aftermath of Jesus' birth and how they handled what could have appeared to be an interruption to them.
What if there is a blessing in discomfort? Many times we are praying for God to remove uncomfortable situations from our lives, but what if God is in the uncomfortable situations we experience and has a purpose for our discomfort?
Disappointments in life are inevitable, but many of us frame disappointment the wrong way. What if we learned how to reframe disappointments and see them as opportunities in life? Check out this week's message in part 1 of our current series, The Christmas Option.
There is a tension between work and rest that so many of us face daily. What does God's word say about work and rest and how can we learn to manage this tension in our lives.
Too often we associate worship with a location or a certain event. In this week's message we talk about how Jesus changed the game in the area of worship and how it applies to our lives.
Marriage. Kids. Immediate family. Extended family. Church family. Work family. Close friends. No matter what season of life you're in we all were created to do life together. When we run alone we might run fast, but it's when we run together that we will run far. In this weekend's message we talk about 6 key ingredients for every family to thrive.
Everything starts and stops with the heart. In this week's message Impact Overseer, Doug Reed, shares a message that deals with our hearts and will encourage and challenge you.
Sometimes there is a sneaky monster that come into our lives called the monster of inaction. This monster might be sneaky but it can corrupt our faith. In this week's message we discuss what inaction can cause in our lives and how we can practically fight back.
What if you're not fulfilling the purpose that God has for your life because of fear? In this week's message we discuss the monster of fear, what it causes in our lives, and how we can fight back.
What if there was something in your life that could be corrupting your faith? In this week's message we talk about the monster of pride in our lives, how it affects us, and what we can do to fight back against this monster.
If God answered all the prayers you've been praying, would it change anyone else's world but yours? In this week's message we talk about what happens in our lives when we pray and the importance of prayer.
Anxiety, stress, depression... Sometimes in life we are dealing with things that are deep. The question in today's message that we face sometimes is, "How do I tell my heart to beat again?" This week Pastor Amanda Miller shares a powerful message called DEALING WITH THE DEEP where we talk about the hard in life.
We live in a culture and society where we have a tendency to not experience the peace and contentment that God intends for us to have in our lives. In this week's message we talk about 2 contentment killers and a possible solution to bring contentment back into our lives.
It's time to think beyond what we see and what we think is possible. God is able to do more than we can ever ask, think, or imagine, but He wants to use us to do it. In this weekend's message we talk about the future of Impact Church and what's in store for us at our new campus.
In this weekend's message from our At The Movies series we discover what we can learn from one of the biggest movies of the year.
Have you ever felt like you were under pressure in your life? We all experience pressure in life from time to time and there are some important things we need to remember in those seasons of our lives.
What does faith require of me? In this weekend's message Pastor Gabe gives us 5 things that build our faith.
Your failure does not define you. God defines you. In this week's message we discover that God has a different plan and desire for the failures we experience in life.
In part 1 of our At The Movies series we are looking at the movie, Wonder to learn some important principles we can apply to our lives.
The words we say have power, therefore, we should think before we speak. In this week's message we discuss 5 questions we should ask ourselves before we speak.
Have you ever felt like the only person going through what you're going through or the only person who knew the thoughts you were having? Check out this weekend's message from our Snapshot series...
Do your actions, behaviors, and words reflect a life of honor? In this week's message we discover 3 areas where we are called to show honor and why honor should be such an important principle in our lives.
What if instead of asking, "What am I allowed to do?" we started asking, "What is this behavior or action producing in my life?" In this week's message in our Snapshot series, we talk about the fruit the Holy Spirit produces in our lives and what that production looks like.
Living by the flesh...Living by the Spirit. What does that actually mean? Why do I keep doing the things I don't want to do and not doing the things I do want to do? In this weekend's message from our Snapshot series we talk about freedom and how we can choose to walk in freedom every day.
Who is the Holy Spirit? What role does He play in our lives? Do we need Him? Check out this week's message in our Snapshot series.
How do you view winning and losing? What if there was a way you could always win in life? Check out this week's message...
In this week's vision message we learn about the vision of our church and what God has called us to do to reach more people for Him...Keep It Simple!
Are you tired? Are you weary? Does the burden you're carrying seem heavy? Jesus offers you an invitation and in the message we discover 3 things that His loves invites...
What if the season you're in is an opportunity for you to learn how to fight back. In this week's message we learn 5 areas of our lives that we might need to fight back in.
We all go through storms in our lives, but what we do during those storms determines whether or not we survive a lot of times. In this week's message we discover 4 important storm survival strategies to help us survive life's storms.
If God cares about what is lost then we should care about what is lost. So, what does that look like practically? Find out how we can all play an important part in being the church.
The first rule of the safari is to always stay with the group. What if this principal applied to our Christian lives also? How can we keep from isolating ourselves and make sure we stay with the group?
The church is not a building...We are the church! We all have a part to play. In this week's message we discover what 'being the church' looks like and what God is asking us to do.
When sin entered the world, so did shame; therefore, we all have a tendency to hide parts of our lives from people and our spouse. In this message we discover how we can step from the darkness into the light.
In this week's message we discover that marriage is meant to be about WE and not about ME.
By nature, we pursue what we do not have, but pursuit shouldn't stop when we say, 'I do.' In this message we learn 3 practical things we can do to make sure we continue to pursue our TWO.
How are your priorities in your marriage and other relationships? In this message we discover 'The Vow of Priority' which leads us to a God honoring marriage.
When we give God our first and our best, He will always do more with the rest. In this week's message we learn important principles we should all apply to our lives and 3 different mindsets regarding giving.
Have you ever been praying for something but not seeing the answer? What if it's all a matter of perspective and expectation? Find out more in this week's message.
As we begin a new year, their are a hundred different things we could do, but we all have that one thing that we probably need to do. What's your ONE THING?
God desires to pour out a blessing on your life...so much that it overflows onto everyone around you. Discover how you can receive all that God wants to pour out in your life this year.
Have you ever felt like the Christmas season was so complicated? In this week’s message we discover that it doesn’t have to be that way, and how we can all move from a complicated Christmas to and enjoyable one.
What if there was a shift you could make in your life that could change everything? In this week’s message we learn about a shift we should all make in our lives.
The story of your obedience can give others courage to be faithful in their own walk with Christ.
Too many times we have short-term memory and forget the things God has brought us through in the past. In this message we discover the importance of making monuments in our lives.
Psalm 23 says that Jesus has prepared a table for you in the presence of your enemies, but there are a few things you need to know about this table. Check out this week's message from our series, Tell A Good Story.
Every great story follows a certain pattern and that pattern includes a third blank. What are you putting in your third blank and does it have the potential to lead others to Jesus?
Are you stepping with God in your life? God is blessing you, but if you're not allowing what He has put in you to flow out of you, you might be in danger of these 3 things. God always has a next step for each of us. There's always more. What is your next step?
Sometimes God asks us to do things that seem crazy to us, but if we're going to be a church that produces crazy results in our city, it might look a little bit crazy.
Do you like fresh starts? What about do-overs and second chances? In this message, as we conclude our FILTERS series, we'll discover that no matter what your past looks like when it comes to your view and response to temptation, today is a new day and doesn't have to be the way it's always been.
How do you respond when you are tempted with something that isn't God's best for your life? In Part 3 of FILTERS we'll learn the importance of our response and how to change our response when temptation comes.
What we see, what we say, and the sound we listen to in our minds can keep us from focusing on the right things in our lives.
A new season in your life is approaching and God wants you to GET IN. But there are 3 things you need to know before you enter into this next season.
When it comes to social media we all like the filters. Filters can cause pictures to appear better than what they really are. This is exactly what the enemy does with temptation in our lives, but there is a way we can see through those filters.
These 4 things have the potential to change your perspective, your outlook, your marriage, your relationships, and so much more. It's all in the power of WILL.