Parkside Christian Church Podcast

Topic: Your Delivery Has Arrived
Scripture: Isaiah 7:14
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Next day delivery has changed how most of us function. We click the BUY NOW button and expect to be able to almost simultaneously hear the package hit our front porch.  None of us have much patience to wait for anything. If it doesn’t get delivered over the course of a couple days, we think something is seriously wrong.
When Jesus was born, he surprised almost everyone, because Israel had been waiting for so incredibly long, that most people had stopped waiting altogether. He showed up and instantly started fulfilling prophecies from hundreds of years earlier. Still some people wanted to call customer service because he wasn’t what they expected. Other’s saw what the rest were missing. He was exactly what the prophets had told them to be waiting for. He was exactly what we all needed.
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Topic: On Time Delivery
Scripture: Romans 5:6 and Jeremiah 23:5-6
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Next day delivery has changed how most of us function. We click the BUY NOW button and expect to be able to almost simultaneously hear the package hit our front porch.  None of us have much patience to wait for anything. If it doesn’t get delivered over the course of a couple days, we think something is seriously wrong.
When Jesus was born, he surprised almost everyone, because Israel had been waiting for so incredibly long, that most people had stopped waiting altogether. He showed up and instantly started fulfilling prophecies from hundreds of years earlier. Still some people wanted to call customer service because he wasn’t what they expected. Other’s saw what the rest were missing. He was exactly what the prophets had told them to be waiting for. He was exactly what we all needed.
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For more information about Parkside Christian Church visit our website at parksidechristian.com

Topic: VIDEO MESSAGE "Tree Planted by the Waters"
Scriptures: Jeremiah 17:5-9
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Peace of Mind sounds incredible. The tranquility of a quiet stream on loop in your brain. That peace feels like the golden ring on life’s carousel; always just out of reach. There is the average day to day struggles of life, but so many of us also combat mental illness in our lives, and the lives of those we care about. It leaves us feeling isolated, inadequate, and broken. Life doesn’t feel like a peaceful river; it feels like we are drowning in a flood.  
Jesus calls all who are weary to follow him. He promises us rest. He doesn’t tell us to pray harder to find mental peace or health, just like he doesn’t tell us to pray harder that our broken arm would heal itself. When Jesus rescued us, he placed us in a spiritual family. All of us are going to experience sickness both physically and mentally. God promises he is with us in those struggles, and he has also blessed us with our faith community, and professional resources to navigate those challenges. Don’t struggle alone, and don’t believe the lie, that if you only tried harder or had more faith, then you’d find peace of mind.
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Join Matt Robinson as he talks with special guest Collin Rhoade, Founder/Program Director of Inner Trek and licensed therapist, who shares about misconceptions people have about counseling, how counseling or therapy works outdoors, the story behind Inner Trek, and more. For more information about Inner Trek, visit www.innertrekguides.com/home.
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For more content from our Peace of Mind Series, check out past episodes of the Parkside Christian Church Podcast or find the sermon videos on the Parkside Christian Church YouTube page.
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For more information about Parkside Christian Church visit our website at parksidechristian.com

Topic: How can we support others?
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3
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Peace of Mind sounds incredible. The tranquility of a quiet stream on loop in your brain. That peace feels like the golden ring on life’s carousel; always just out of reach. There is the average day to day struggles of life, but so many of us also combat mental illness in our lives, and the lives of those we care about. It leaves us feeling isolated, inadequate, and broken. Life doesn’t feel like a peaceful river; it feels like we are drowning in a flood.  
Jesus calls all who are weary to follow him. He promises us rest. He doesn’t tell us to pray harder to find mental peace or health, just like he doesn’t tell us to pray harder that our broken arm would heal itself. When Jesus rescued us, he placed us in a spiritual family. All of us are going to experience sickness both physically and mentally. God promises he is with us in those struggles, and he has also blessed us with our faith community, and professional resources to navigate those challenges. Don’t struggle alone, and don’t believe the lie, that if you only tried harder or had more faith, then you’d find peace of mind.
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For more information about Parkside Christian Church visit our website at parksidechristian.com

Topic: What does the Bible Say about Mental Health
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:5-10
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Peace of Mind sounds incredible. The tranquility of a quiet stream on loop in your brain. That peace feels like the golden ring on life’s carousel; always just out of reach. There is the average day to day struggles of life, but so many of us also combat mental illness in our lives, and the lives of those we care about. It leaves us feeling isolated, inadequate, and broken. Life doesn’t feel like a peaceful river; it feels like we are drowning in a flood.  
Jesus calls all who are weary to follow him. He promises us rest. He doesn’t tell us to pray harder to find mental peace or health, just like he doesn’t tell us to pray harder that our broken arm would heal itself. When Jesus rescued us, he placed us in a spiritual family. All of us are going to experience sickness both physically and mentally. God promises he is with us in those struggles, and he has also blessed us with our faith community, and professional resources to navigate those challenges. Don’t struggle alone, and don’t believe the lie, that if you only tried harder or had more faith, then you’d find peace of mind.
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For more information about Parkside Christian Church visit our website at parksidechristian.com

Join us today as our partners from Easter Dominican Christian Mission share their stories and perspectives about what God is doing in their lives and through their mission work. Please pray for our mission partners at EDCM.
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For more information about Parkside Christian Church visit our website at parksidechristian.com

Topic: Right Size Me
Scripture: John 13
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Jesus told his disciples that he was gentle and humble of heart. Humble and gentle is not what you’d expect from an all-powerful being. Jesus took it even further though. He said we should be humble too. Reaching all the world with the love of Jesus doesn’t require us going big or being exceptional. To reach our world with the love of Jesus we have to be willing to be exceptionally small. 
An apex predator elicits fear and respect from their prey. They are big, fast, strong, and dangerous. Our instincts would tell us if we want to make it in life we have to eat or be eaten. It seems that to be exceptional, we’ve gotta go big. What if exactly the opposite was true? In the New Testament we read that God’s power is made perfect in our weakness. •••For more information about Parkside Christian Church visit our website at parksidechristian.com