Grace Community Fellowship (Fort Worth): Recent Episodes
Grace Community Fellowship
WHERE THE CHURCHED AND UNCHURCHED LOVE TO COME
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Grace Community Fellowship of Fort Worth is a Bible-based, evangelistic, Spirit-empowered church located in Hurst, Texas. Our members come from all walks of life, all races, and varied backgrounds. Families to singles. Twenty-somethings to eighty-somethings. Former drug addicts to the ones that grew up in church. The atmosphere is diverse, authentic, exciting, and always full of testimonies of changing lives.
Come experience the hope that only Jesus can give. You’ll find a place for you (and every member of your family) to learn the answers to all of life’s challenges.
The reward for serving is getting to serve the King! Hear Pastor Brandon encourage us to find our place of service at Grace. At the end of the message, you'll have the opportunity to sign up for an area of service at Grace. You can find this form at www.gcffortworth.org/service.
Finding Your Place in life to be all God desires for you starts with a heart that’s all in for God. Out of that love, we become disciples learning to hear and obey Him.
God has given the church the keys to the kingdom... the ability to bring Heaven to Earth! Hear Pastor Brandon share about how belonging to a church can change the directory of your growth in Christ.
Our new series looks at how we begin to find our place and connect with others. Today we look at Finding Our Place in the Church. We look at how God has chosen us and appointed relationships and a place for us so we will bear fruit.
Starting fresh is a daily decision. To be truly successful on our fresh start, we need to walk in the Spirit and walk with friends who will encourage us along the way.
The foundation for our fresh start is standing firmly on the promises of God. These promises can come to us in several ways, but we need to write them down, speak them aloud, and get them deep in our hearts.
We cannot be weighed down by what is behind us, but we must press forward to receive what God has for us. If you’ve been weighed down, pressed down, or held yourself back… it’s time to shake it off and step up to God’s best for your life.
The Christian life is one of ongoing transformation. When life derails our progress, we need God's grace for a fresh start. As we put our hope in Him, we should get excited about where He will take us!
God can, and will use every situation to mold our character to fit our calling. Although your current circumstances may not look like they fit God’s call on your life, do not be discouraged… God is at work!
Elijah faithfully followed God, but he still experiences low moments. God showed Elijah how to defeat moments of discouragement, and we can learn this lesson by examining his life.
Jonathan is an often-overlooked hero, but he demonstrates for us the principle of Kingdom Friendships.
Mary is an inspiration to sit at the feet of Jesus. One of our elders, Bob Paulus shares how we can strive to be more like her in our walk with Christ.
We finish our series on becoming a disciple of the Lord Jesus who purchased our salvation and reconciled us to God the Father by paying our debt on the cross. Today we look at what the Bible has to say about the rewards of a disciple who pays the price to follow and obey Jesus.
As we strive to become true disciples of Jesus Christ, there are obstacles to reaching maturity in Christ. Both the devil and the world will stand in our path as we follow Christ, but God has promised us that we can overcome these obstacles as we walk in the Kingdom of God.
As we continue our series on being a disciple for Jesus Christ, we discuss the different stages of maturity in Christ. It is vital that we continue to grow and mature as followers of Christ.
Pastor Jim looks at why being a disciple of Jesus is key to coming into God’s plans for your life and for fulfilling the mission He has given us to advance His Kingdom on earth.
Pastor Jim begins a new series discussing the cost of discipleship. Will we live up to the sacrifice the Christ made to save us?
God's default is to bless His children. Without a genuine understanding of this, we can fall into fear and concern when life goes differently than we planned. Hear Pastor Jim share this powerful teaching!
Jeff Abraham, one of our leaders at Grace, finishes out the series on our guiding principles. We hope you have enjoyed this series.
Today we look at Grace's guiding principle of Challenge. We become more like Jesus as we receive God's challenges in life and make the changes His truth requires.
Our God is a God of excellence. He has put that trait within us to be able to minister to others. Hear Pastor Brandon call us up to walk in excellence so others can be attracted to the Kingdom of God.
When God unfolded His plan, He chose you and me to work it out. In order to be able to accomplish all He has for us, we must learn to relate to each other as God's children.
Pastor Brandon begins a new series addressing the guiding principles at Grace. The first principle encourages us to grow individually and corporately into the things God’s intended for us to be!
Easter is a time we celebrate Jesus rising from the dead and freeing us from sin; calling us into a new life of faith. Our faith grows as we face the exhilarating and terrifying challenges of life, but we learn that God is holding us in every situation and empowering us to live victoriously in Christ.
As we live in uncertain times, how does God want us to respond to the chaos around us? Pastor Brandon shares from the book of Ecclesiastes as we discuss how to move to lives rich with meaning.
As we all deal with Covid-19 concerns and issues, we have to ask ourselves, am I a carrier? Today we look at the reality that we actually are all carriers of something. Are we carrying a virus, fear, anxiety? Or are we infected with the good news of Jesus and carrying hope, love, and faith to others?
Listen to Nathan Roach, our Marriage Ministry Leader, share some great marital habits that empower all of us - specifically three core habits that come from the Bible that can help every couple become their best.
In Marriage, God brings two individuals into union as a couple. This is a supernatural work of God. But often, many people come into their relationship bringing baggage and brokenness are not able to bring much to give to their spouse. The gospel of Jesus Christ wants to make each of us whole so we can bring health into our marriage.
Communication is a key area in building a strong marriage that reflects Jesus' love and unity with us, His bride. We look at a few ways husbands and wives can communicate to bring life into their relationship.
In the Old Testament, God's people demonstrated God's heart by praying for the peace and prosperity of Babylon. In the New Testament, the believers needed to do the same for Rome. In both of these examples we see God's heart that we pray for the world around us to prosper.
Scripture commands us to be generous to others. But, what does that mean? This week we look at what it means to follow our Lord and use his resources to build His Kingdom.
Mike Floyd, an elder at Grace, shares a message on honoring God through the tithe. God brings the Comforter into our lives and rebukes the devourer as we release God's tithe to the proper place and with the proper heart. Through this act of obedience, His true riches are released.
We begin our series on living intentionally as a follower of Jesus by looking at the cost of being a disciple and the outpouring of God's blessings in our lives as we learn to listen and obey in faith His commands.
This week we wrap up our Prayer and Fasting focus with a message on Community. As the community of God, we are called to take care of each other. God also has blessed us with resources to reach others.
Pastor Mike Rod joins us this week as we learn how to overcome the voices that separate us from our true source of help.
Our focus this week in our time of prayer and fasting is asking God for the resources we need to accomplish His calling in our lives. We look at some practical steps in how God wants to release His blessing in and through us.
We are to imitate the walk of Jesus, which will produce the life in us and others that He had. The Baptism in the Holy Spirit is pivotal in the life of Christians. He provides the source of wisdom, power, and the specific direction we all need in order to live a life of being more than a conqueror. We are to rule and to reign in life as His sons and daughters! Our victories will be the testimonies that set others free and draw them into the intimacy with God that we are living in!
Fasting is an act of humility and recognition that we need God to move in our lives to accomplish what He has purposed for us.The result is a deeper intimacy with God, renewal of our vision, and increased faith.
God's words are the only thing that never changes. As we approach this season of seeking God, we hope you are encouraged to listen intently to God speak to your heart and hold heavily onto whatever He says.
God is a mighty warrior... And he stands behind you as you face life day-to-day. Hear Pastor Jim share this aspect of Jesus and his strength.
How can Jesus be the Prince of Peace when we are surrounded by anxiety, depression, wars, and violence? This Christmas message will explain God's view of peace, and how Jesus can bring peace to your life.
God has blessed us in so many ways.We finish our series by looking at three areas of gifts from God to see in a new ways and let gratitude fill our hearts and lives.
As the people of God, we have so many reasons to express our gratitude to God. This week we looked at the differences between gratitude and ingratitude, and how we can respond to the toxicity of ingratitude.
Gratitude is a vital aspect of enjoying our life journey and impacting others. Developing gratitude as a lifestyle takes our willingness to change and a commitment to do things God's way.We look at 4 practical ways we can do this.
Gratitude is a choice. Each day we need to chose to have an attitude of thanksgiving. In this message, we'll see this attitude of Jesus is what brings us into God's presence, and it also provides us peace.
Ingratitude can creep up on us if we are not aware. We hope you are encouraged to remain thankful at all times!
Gratitude is huge!Cultivating gratitude as a lifestyle releases joy in our lives, makes us appealing to others so we can share God's life with them, and gives us the resilience we need as we follow the Lord Jesus.
The purpose of having Breathing Room in our lives is so that we can be fruitful in the things that God has created us to do and the things that God has called us to do. In this message, we learn what God's Word has to say about being productive.
Our culture drives us to do more than we can do and we run out of gas emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Today we look at some reasons we run out of gas and how we can keep our tanks full so we live the abundant life God wants for us.
Stress is a natural part of our lives, but how we deal with it determines the quality of our lives. Hear Pastor Brandon share keys to living above stress.
Learning how to have Breathing Room in our lives allows us to hear God and others more clearly, as well as enjoy life fully as God desires.Today we look at contentment as one of the keys to making more room between my load and my limit.
Busyness seems to have become today's status symbol of importance.Without control,busyness easily creeps in and we realize we have lost the peace and joy Jesus came to give us as part of an abundant life.Today we look at what Jesus says is the most important thing in life.
Each day we have the choice: start our day alone or start our day with God. This week we learn about what it looks like to have quiet time with the King of kings. Sunday's message covers practical issues such as where to start when reading the Bible and what versions might be most fitting.
The pace of life has gotten faster and faster, causing us to become more stressed and less productive.It impacts our joy in life and love for others as we find it harder to hear God in all the noise.We look at four areas to develop to slow our pace, hear God more in our daily lives, and impact those around us.
What would it look like to have extra space in your schedule? What about relief in your finances... what about peace of mind? We start our new series called "Breathing Room" as we learn how to better live in pace with God's desires for our lives.
Scriptures say that God poured out more joy on Jesus than on anyone and that the Kingdom of God is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.We look at the joy Jesus has and His desire that we have His joy in our lives.
Why does Paul list so many people in Romans 16? What exactly is a Holy Kiss? Hear this and more as we dive into the final chapter of our Romans Series.
Nathan Roach shares from Romans 15 how Paul tells us that the strong believer should help the weak believer understand and outgrow his spiritual weaknesses.He encourages us to ask the question, "How can I help"?
The apostle Paul looks at the practical aspects of loving one another as we walk together in harmony as God's family. He challenges us to learn to walk wisely in our liberty and respect one another's convictions.
In Romans 13, Paul deals directly with how we relate to authority, specifically governmental authorities. God has called us to be citizens of the Kingdom of God, who relate to our current circumstances with the same heart of Christ.
Why should we live our every day lives serving God and others? Elder Mike explores how we are to give ourselves as a living sacrifice to the Lord in order to influence the world with love and kindness.
God adopted us into His family and grafted us into His life. Hear the benefits that come with becoming part of a new family through faith in Jesus.
While we didn't deserve it, God gave us the gift of salvation. This gift is so much more than a ticket to heaven. This week we discuss the simplicity of salvation, and how we can share this incredible gift with others.
We move through Romans chapter 9 as we continue our Summer series. Pastor Jim shares that God's people are this who respond to him in faith.
This week we begin our new series covering Romans chapters 9-16. Pastor Brandon teaches some foundational theology needed before we can begin chapter 9.
One of our greatest sources of strength comes as we get still before the Lord. Pastor Jim encourages us to find a place and set a time where we can find a quiet place before the Lord.
Pastor Myles Sweeney wraps up our series on the Kingdom Parables. Now that we understand the gospel of the Kingdom, it is important that we know our responsibility moving forward.
Many explain this parable as the end of the world but when we look at the words Jesus used and the people he said them to, we get a different picture.Let's be good students of the Word and look at what Jesus was saying.
How would our lives change if we understood the value Christ placed on us? As we continue our series, Jesus uses a pearl to reveal to us how much His church is really worth.
We continue looking at parables Jesus told to give us better ideas about what the Kingdom of God is like. Today we look at who the treasure in the field is and the joy Jesus has about that treasure.
Jesus gave us the Parable of the Leaven to encourage us and give us a vision for the breadth of his Kingdom. Within this parable, we find a woman committed to seeing the world change around her.
Today we look at Jesus' parable of the mustard seed.God begins things with what seem to be small, insignificant actions but then it grows and becomes larger than ever expected.
We continue to look at what Jesus taught about the Kingdom of God.This is a call to wake up and have faith to get involved to advance God's reign in the world.
Our series continues as we look into the Parable of the Sower. In this parable, Jesus challenges us to fully receive his word to be able to grow in the Kingdom.
Everyday we are surrounded by advice, help, and knowledge. But, not all good advice is helpful in the long run. Pastor Brandon encourages us to learn how to discern good counsel and where are good sources of counsel.
Jesus told parables about His kingdom to help us understand the spiritual truth of the Kingdom of God. Today we look at the meaning of two key words, parable and Kingdom, so we have a good foundation as we look to understand Jesus' parables in the coming weeks.
At times all of us may face the temptation to act like everything is alright and display plastic fruit.God wants to develop genuine fruit and passion in our lives, but we have to allow Him to work in our lives so we have real life to share with others.
Bob shares a perspective of marriage that looks at relationships from the original point of creation. He asks us to look at why God gave us marriage, what its original purpose was and how we are being called back to that perspective.
To build a marriage that's memorable, you have to make memories. In this message, we walk through 4 ways to invest time in your marriage; they may be different than you think!
This message looks at four key elements that help us to make the kinds of choices which will produce the life and marriage that God has planned for us: hope, vision, intentionality, and grace.
We kick off our series on marriage looking at three foundational keys to building a strong marriage filled with joy and satisfaction.
The last of our series looks at the critical element of what is needed to have a vision for our work.We look at various aspects of the faith Daniel lived and how we need to apply it in our lives.
We discuss 5 practical insights to understand how to represent Him well in the marketplace and climb the corporate ladder.
As children of God, our work style should also resemble that of our Father. God’s work style has unique characteristics as should ours. We hope this series has been encouraging to you as you fulfill those things that God has entrusted to you.
Our work matters to God. When we learn to work the way God does, our work becomes an outward expression of our love for God that blesses Him. It becomes worship.
Many Christians have important conversations with friends and family members that change their relationships for the better. Pastor Lee Bryant shares how Christians can have crucial conversations with Jesus that will change their lives.
The beginning of each work week we wakeup with a choice - will I dread today…or love where God has placed me? Hear Pastor Brandon share how we can love Mondays because we know God has chosen and planted us exactly where He wants us to be.
Our new series looks at the importance of our work and the fact that God wants to use us and bless us in all we do. Today we look at the misconception of thinking about life being divided into Sacred and Secular.