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Help Me Pray: I Don't Get It - Austin Presnell

Somewhere between what Jesus promised and what we’ve experienced… there’s a gap. In the Gospel of Luke the disciples saw that gap too. They watched Jesus pray—and realized whatever He had with the Father, they didn’t have yet. So they asked Him, “Lord, teach us to pray.” Not how to say words, but how to actually enter into it. Maybe the problem isn’t that Jesus overstated the power of prayer… maybe it’s that we’ve never fully learned from Him. In this series, Help Me Pray, we’re stepping into that same request—coming to Jesus, and learning to talk to God the way He did. Text: Luke 11:4; John 14:12-14 _______________________________________ Learn more about The Beloved Church: https://www.belovedgr.church/ [https://www.belovedgr.church/] Subscribe to The Beloved Church | https://www.youtube.com/@belovedgr.church [https://www.youtube.com/@belovedgr.church] Follow us on Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/thebelovedchrch [https://www.instagram.com/thebelovedchrch] Follow us on Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/thebelovedchurch [https://www.facebook.com/thebelovedchurch] Helping the next generation fall in love with Jesus. #TheBelovedChurch #AustinPresnell

Festivals: Tabernacles - AJ Gillespie

This week, we will look at the Festival of Tabernacles, in which the Israelites celebrated how Yahweh dwelled with them during their time in the wilderness, and provided them all that they needed as they journeyed towards their permanent home (The Promised Land). Now, from the inside of the Promised Land, the Jews would practice this feast to remember both God's Presence and Provision. Then Jesus shows up to the scene in John 7 and declares: "If anyone thirsts, let them come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the scripture has said, 'out of his heart will flow streams of living water'". When Jesus said this, He was referring to the Holy Spirit, who all believers were about to receive. The hope and prayer for this morning is that we would see Jesus' Presence in us through the Spirit, and His Provision to quench our thirst and create in us "streams of living water". Text: Leviticus 23:33-43 + John 7 _______________________________________ Learn more about The Beloved Church: https://www.belovedgr.church/ [https://www.belovedgr.church/] Subscribe to The Beloved Church | https://www.youtube.com/@belovedgr.church [https://www.youtube.com/@belovedgr.church] Follow us on Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/thebelovedchrch [https://www.instagram.com/thebelovedchrch] Follow us on Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/thebelovedchurch [https://www.facebook.com/thebelovedchurch] Helping the next generation fall in love with Jesus. #TheBelovedChurch #AJGillespie

Festivals: Pentecost - Dave McGovern

We welcomed our guest speaker Dave McGovern with us on Sunday. Dave is a clinical mental health counselor and formerly the family pastor of our sending church TLC. Humans are shaped by stories. We are the only beings in all of creation who make meaning through stories of the past, present, and future. We are shaped by both external and internal stories. Every day, we are faced with the choice of living into God’s story or the story of this world. God’s story is rooted in rescue, provision, connection, transformation, and purpose, while the world’s story is rooted in shame, fear, comparison, scarcity, insecurity, and isolation. The story you tell yourself is the story you will live and look for. This begs the question: What story are you living? Text: Leviticus 23:15-22; John 14:15-20; Galatians 5:22-23 _______________________________________ Learn more about The Beloved Church: https://www.belovedgr.church/ [https://www.belovedgr.church/] Subscribe to The Beloved Church | https://www.youtube.com/@belovedgr.church [https://www.youtube.com/@belovedgr.church] Follow us on Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/thebelovedchrch [https://www.instagram.com/thebelovedchrch] Follow us on Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/thebelovedchurch [https://www.facebook.com/thebelovedchurch] Helping the next generation fall in love with Jesus. #TheBelovedChurch #DaveMcGovern

Festivals: Trumpets - Austin Presnell

The Feast of Trumpets is a wake-up call. In this message, Austin Presnell unpacks how this biblical festival points to repentance, spiritual alertness, and the return of Jesus. It’s a reminder to stop drifting, get right with God, and live ready—because the trumpet will sound. _______________________________________ Learn more about The Beloved Church: https://www.belovedgr.church/ [https://www.belovedgr.church/] Subscribe to The Beloved Church | https://www.youtube.com/@belovedgr.church [https://www.youtube.com/@belovedgr.church] Follow us on Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/thebelovedchrch [https://www.instagram.com/thebelovedchrch] Follow us on Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/thebelovedchurch [https://www.facebook.com/thebelovedchurch] Helping the next generation fall in love with Jesus. #TheBelovedChurch #AustinPresnell

Festivals: Atonement - Toran Scott

Atonement reminds us of something we don’t naturally live from—that we don’t have to carry the weight of our sin, our shame, or our striving to make things right. God has already made a way. Where we tend to hold onto guilt or feel the need to fix ourselves, atonement invites us to receive what Jesus has already finished. In our lives, this can look like actually letting go of the quiet pressure to prove we’re good enough. It’s choosing to bring our mistakes, our regrets, and even the things we try to hide into the light, and trusting that we are met with grace—not condemnation. It’s allowing ourselves to be honest with God, knowing that nothing we bring to Him changes His willingness to forgive and restore. So maybe the step forward isn’t trying harder, but surrendering more deeply. Releasing what you’ve been carrying. Letting grace do what striving never could. You are not defined by what you’ve done. You are not disqualified by where you’ve been. Because of Jesus, the gap has already been closed—and you’re invited to rest in that. _______________________________________ Learn more about The Beloved Church: https://www.belovedgr.church/ [https://www.belovedgr.church/] Subscribe to The Beloved Church | https://www.youtube.com/@belovedgr.church [https://www.youtube.com/@belovedgr.church] Follow us on Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/thebelovedchrch [https://www.instagram.com/thebelovedchrch] Follow us on Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/thebelovedchurch [https://www.facebook.com/thebelovedchurch] Helping the next generation fall in love with Jesus. #TheBelovedChurch #ToranScott