Connect Church Global Podcast

SANE-ity // Week 4: A Storm Is Coming

What do you do when Jesus leads you exactly where you least expected to go? Apostle Ken Bennett brings a word he did not plan from a pulpit but received in the middle of an actual storm. While traveling on business in St. Martin, the entire island was shut down under hurricane watch. And in that hotel room, with luggage packed for sunshine and a forecast full of chaos, the Lord whispered the foundation for this message: a storm is coming. Not as a threat. As a warning. Drawing from Matthew 8:18-24, we revisit the moment Jesus led his disciples directly into a seismos, a violent, earthquake-like storm at sea. Their seamanship was not the problem. Their theology was. Because you can follow Jesus into a boat and still not fully trust the one steering it. 🔥 "The storm may have had permission to form, but it did not have the authority to finish." This is not a message about avoiding storms. It is about surviving them with your worship and your sanity intact. God sometimes allows a storm not to show us what is wrong with the weather, but to reveal what is missing in our worship. If your faith is built on circumstances instead of God's character, the storm will steal your sanity, threaten your faith, and shipwreck your soul. But when you have survived enough storms, you stop panicking over the forecast. And what He said on the shore still stands in the storm. Three things to do while the rain comes: expect delays, pack light, and hold on to your faith. 📍 Join us in person: Sundays at 8:25 AM, 9:55 AM, or 11:55 AM and Wednesdays at 7:15 PM 📱 Download our app to stay connected. Apple Store [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/connect-church-global/id1559595002] | Google Play [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.subsplashconsulting.s_7NK6ZS&pcampaignid=web_share] 🔔 Like and Subscribe for more life-giving sermons from Connect Church Plano 💬 Continue the conversation: Share how this message impacted you using #SaneIty #AStormIsComing #SaneIty #AStormIsComing #ConnectChurchPlano #DoingLifeTogether #ApostleKenBennett #Matthew8 #StormSurvival #RadicalFaith #TheOtherSide #WhatISaidOnTheShore #PackLight #ExpectDelays #HoldOnToYourFaith #BiblicalTeaching #ChristianLiving #Theology #FaithInTheStorm

SANE-ity // Week 2: Do You Know Why You Exist, Part 2

What happens when you've been a hammer living in a kitchen your whole life? Apostle Ken Bennett picks up where Week 1 left off, digging deeper into existential malpractice: living beneath your divine design while convincing yourself you're living the life Christ died for. The world has headlines. The enemy has altars. And if you're not careful, what you fear becomes what you revere, and what you revere becomes what you reflect. Drawing from Genesis 1:27-28 and Romans 1, Apostle Bennett reveals that you were never designed to define yourself. God already did that. You are not your struggle. You are not your trauma. You are not your crash. You are an image reflector, created to bear the invisible attributes of God in a world that is desperate to see what He looks like. 🔥 "When people want to know what God is really like, they ought to be able to look into your life and see His invisible attributes." This isn't about perfecting your image. It's about returning to your original design. The enemy is using headlines as competing altars, bending hearts toward fear, politics, identity, and individuality until worship gets redirected away from God entirely. But worship is not a form, a fashion, or a show. It is a posture of the heart. And if worship is the pathway to sanity, then unprocessed sin is the detour to insanity. It is time to come back to Eden. 📍 Join us in person: Sundays at 8:25 AM, 9:55 AM, or 11:55 AM and Wednesdays at 7:15 PM 📱 Download our app to stay connected. Apple Store [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/connect-church-global/id1559595002] | Google Play [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.subsplashconsulting.s_7NK6ZS&pcampaignid=web_share] 🔔 Like and Subscribe for more life-giving sermons from Connect Church Plano 💬 Continue the conversation: Share how this message impacted you using #SaneIty #ImageReflector #SaneIty #DoYouKnowWhyYouExist #ConnectChurchPlano #DoingLifeTogether #ApostleKenBennett #Genesis1 #Romans1 #ImageReflector #DivineDesign #TrueWorship #ExistentialMalpractice #IdentityInChrist #CompetingAltars #YouAreWhatYouWorship #BiblicalTeaching #ChristianLiving #RevivalFire

SANE-ity // Week 1: Do You Know Why You Exist, Part 1

Do you know why you exist? Apostle Ken Bennett launches a brand new teaching series right after revival week with a question that cuts straight to the core: In a culture that has lost its mind, where do we find ours? The answer is in His presence. And the threat to staying there is something the church has quietly perfected: spiritual Bella Figura. Drawing from 1 Peter 1:13 and 1 Peter 2:1, Apostle Bennett introduces the concept of existential malpractice: using your life for something it was never designed for and calling it spiritual. Like a hammer trying to function in a kitchen, there's nothing wrong with you. The problem is you're out of place. 🔥 "Sophistication without surrender is just confusion dressed up in designer clothes." This isn't just a post-revival pep talk. It's a warning and an invitation. Three levels of existential confusion threaten every believer: temporal confusion (living for the moment instead of eternity), identity confusion (letting culture define you, trauma name you, and success measure you), and purpose confusion (where insanity takes up residence and your worship gets redirected). Because here's the thing: you are what you worship. And whatever you behold, you begin to become. If you don't like who you are, you don't have a hater problem. You have a worship problem. 📍 Join us in person: Sundays at 8:25 AM, 9:55 AM, or 11:55 AM and Wednesdays at 7:15 PM 📱 Download our app to stay connected. Apple Store [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/connect-church-global/id1559595002] | Google Play [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.subsplashconsulting.s_7NK6ZS&pcampaignid=web_share] 🔔 Like and Subscribe for more life-giving sermons from Connect Church Plano 💬 Continue the conversation: Share how this message impacted you using #SaneIty #ExistentialMalpractice #SaneIty #DoYouKnowWhyYouExist #ConnectChurchPlano #DoingLifeTogether #ApostleKenBennett #1Peter #TrueWorship #IdentityInChrist #ExistentialMalpractice #BellaFigura #YouAreWhatYouWorship #SpiritualHealth #Revival #BiblicalTeaching #ChristianLiving #Sanity

Flourish // Week 4: Flourishing Trust

What if your worry is actually a tax on a future you can't control? Apostle Ken Bennett brings a prophetic word in Week 4 of the "Flourish" series, tackling the third dimension of a whole believer: trust. This isn't a message about tithing or financial planning. This is about who you really believe your source is. Drawing from Matthew 6:25-33, we examine the difference between a worrier and a warrior. A worrier is constantly calculating, constantly striving, and constantly losing sleep. A warrior rests in God's confidence and moves with the assurance that provision is not the reward for your hustle. It is the response to your alignment. 🔥 "You've been worrying like it's your job. God is inviting you to rest like it's His." This isn't just encouragement. It's a rewiring. When the kingdom of God becomes your pursuit, provision becomes His responsibility. Seek first the Kingdom and watch what gets added. In a season of rising costs, job insecurity, and economic uncertainty, Jesus isn't asking you to ignore reality. He's inviting you into something radical: trust that doesn't panic when the numbers don't add up and faith that sends the Word to every bill, every diagnosis, and every unstable part of your life. Your hustling days are over. God owns it all. 📍 Join us in person: Sundays at 8:25 AM, 9:55 AM, or 11:55 AM and Wednesdays at 7:15 PM 📱 Download our app to stay connected. Apple Store [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/connect-church-global/id1559595002] | Google Play [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.subsplashconsulting.s_7NK6ZS&pcampaignid=web_share] 🔔 Like and Subscribe for more life-giving sermons from Connect Church Plano 💬 Continue the conversation: Share how this message impacted you using #FlourishSeries #FlourishingTrust #FlourishSeries #FlourishingTrust #ConnectChurchPlano #DoingLifeTogether #ApostleKenBennett #Matthew6 #SermonOnTheMount #RadicalTrust #RadicalProvision #WorrierToWarrior #SendTheWord #KingdomFirst #NotByWorry #TrustGod #BiblicalTeaching #ChristianLiving #NotableProvision

Flourish // Week 3: Flourishing Character, Part 2

How do you measure character? Apostle Ken Bennett gives us one of the most memorable measurements for spiritual growth you'll ever hear: 12 to 14 inches. That's the distance from your head to your heart. This is where transformation either happens or fails to happen. Drawing from Galatians 5:22-23, we examine the fruit of the Spirit and discover that you can know all about love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control without actually living them out. The journey from knowing to becoming is the most important journey you'll ever take, because character is the only possession you'll take to eternity. 🔥 "I've been focused on getting fit to be attractive to the world when I should be focused on getting fit to be attractive when I meet You." This isn't just head knowledge. It's heart transformation. And it requires both grace (the Holy Spirit's power) and effort (your cooperation). Your family is the most accurate measurement of your spiritual health. They see you when you're tired, stressed, and frustrated. What does your family say about your character? 📍 Join us in person: Sundays at 8:25 AM, 9:55 AM, or 11:55 AM and Wednesdays at 7:15 PM 📱 Download our app to stay connected. Apple Store [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/connect-church-global/id1559595002] | Google Play [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.subsplashconsulting.s_7NK6ZS&pcampaignid=web_share] 🔔 Like and Subscribe for more life-giving sermons from Connect Church Plano 💬 Continue the conversation: Share how this message impacted you using #FlourishSeries #12to14Inches #FlourishSeries #12to14Inches #ConnectChurchPlano #DoingLifeTogether #ApostleKenBennett #Galatians5 #FruitOfTheSpirit #HeadToHeart #CharacterDevelopment #SpiritualGrowth #GracePlusEffort #FamilyEvidence #ContactHigh #StayConnected #AbideInChrist #Transformation #ChristianLiving #BiblicalTeaching