The Grove Church

Our Real Need for Approval | How to Be Free from the Fear of Rejection and the Lust for Approval

“Live from approval, not for it.” FALLEN CONDITION We are slaves to the fear of rejection and the craving for approval. A few people’s opinions carry enormous weight, and without realizing it we let them rule our lives; shrinking, performing, and comparing to win a verdict we can never secure. SOLUTION IN CHRIST On the cross Jesus bore the rejection we feared most: “My God, why have you forsaken me?” so that in Him we are justified: declared approved, loved, and clothed in His perfect record. When the Father looks at us, He sees Christ. Resting in that finished verdict, we no longer need anyone’s approval, and we are free to live for God’s pleasure out of joy, not fear. VISION FOR THE GROVE The Grove to live as a community of sons and daughters who fear no one’s rejection and crave no one’s applause. Free from the lust for admiration and validation, with nothing to prove, we love God and love one another from that freedom; free and fully alive. Links: Website: https://thegrovechurch.co Instagram: https://instagram.com/thegrovechurchofficial Facebook: https://facebook.com/thegrovechurchofficial Sermon Audio: https://soundcloud.com/thegrovechurchofficial Podcast: https://tr.ee/c0BcdkUV3C Support Our Ministry: https://grovechurch.churchcenter.com/giving If this video was helpful to you, please like, comment, and subscribe — and share it with someone who needs hope today.

No Other Gospel | What you might be getting wrong about Christianity

BIG IDEA “Grace plus anything is no longer grace.” FALLEN CONDITION We are restless self-saviors. Even when we believe in Jesus, we keep trying to add our performance, politics, or tribe to His finished work — and in doing so we defect from the very grace that set us free. SOLUTION IN CHRIST On the cross Jesus cried tetelestai — “It is finished.” He paid the debt in full, bore the judgment we owed, and rose to deliver us from this present evil age. We are saved by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone. Nothing left to earn; only Someone to trust and worship. VISION FOR THE GROVE The Grove is a community where weary people lay down their self-salvation projects and find rest in the finished work of Jesus. We refuse to bend the gospel toward performance, partisanship, or tribe. Because Christ alone is our righteousness, we are free — free to obey out of joy, free to love across every line, and free to live as a worshiping people whose first instinct is, “To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.” Links: Website: https://thegrovechurch.co Instagram: https://instagram.com/thegrovechurchofficial Facebook: https://facebook.com/thegrovechurchofficial Sermon Audio: https://soundcloud.com/thegrovechurchofficial Podcast: https://tr.ee/c0BcdkUV3C Support Our Ministry: https://grovechurch.churchcenter.com/giving If this video was helpful to you, please like, comment, and subscribe — and share it with someone who needs hope today.

Secret Kings & Signet Rings | There's a Secret King Wrecking Your Home

Big Idea: Crown Christ & your house flourishes. Problem: We want the kingdom without the king, therefore we loose both Solution: Jesus comes to dismantle all false kings hidden deep in our homes, so we might crown Him Vision for The Grove: Become a community where the secret rooms of our hearts are thrown open and every false king is burned out, where Christ alone wears the signet over our marriages, families, workplaces, and finances. We are a people who build God’s house by building one another up—giving generously, serving joyfully, and welcoming the weary—so that the city around us catches the scent of Eden coming down. As lesser kings and queens under the greater King, we labor together until our house and God’s house are visibly the same Home, and our neighbors taste the blessing, peace, and abundance that flow only from Christ enthroned. Links: Website: https://thegrovechurch.co Instagram: https://instagram.com/thegrovechurchofficial Facebook: https://facebook.com/thegrovechurchofficial Sermon Audio: https://soundcloud.com/thegrovechurchofficial Podcast: https://tr.ee/c0BcdkUV3C Support Our Ministry: https://grovechurch.churchcenter.com/giving If this video was helpful to you, please like, comment, and subscribe — and share it with someone who needs hope today.

A Pure House | Why Your Obedience Isn't Bringing God's Blessing

Big Idea: In Christ, holiness becomes contagious. Problem: Obedience without a pure heart keeps the blessings from God’s presence from us Solution: Christ came to be defiled in death so we can be brought into the pure presence of God. Vision: The Grove becomes a pure house. Not a community of joyless performers trying to earn God's nearness, but a people whose hearts have been cleansed by Christ and now build one another up with joy. A church where holiness is contagious because Christ is our foundation, where the weary find a name better than sons and daughters, and where God's blessing flows out from His dwelling place, us, into our homes, our friendships, and the city around us. Links: Website: https://thegrovechurch.co Instagram: https://instagram.com/thegrovechurchofficial Facebook: https://facebook.com/thegrovechurchofficial Sermon Audio: https://soundcloud.com/thegrovechurchofficial Podcast: https://tr.ee/c0BcdkUV3C Support Our Ministry: https://grovechurch.churchcenter.com/giving If this video was helpful to you, please like, comment, and subscribe — and share it with someone who needs hope today.

4-26 Podcast

4-26 Podcast by The Grove Church