Dan River Church Podcast

Busyness creates anxiety, division, and pride. Are you too busy? What's the solution to busyness? Start your day in God's presence. Stop trying to earn God's approval (which is based on who He is, not on what you can or will do). Schedule God's priorities.

Pastor Todd Hartley brings a word on how jealousy steals our Christmas. Jealousy troubles our hearts, hides the truth, removes our joy, impacts our actions, and focuses on what we may lose rather than what God has given.

Pastor Scott Randlett brings a powerful message in what steals our Christmas. We all have an ENEMY who wants to steal our TRUST in who God is.

Jesus is the Good Shepherd. You can know about the shepherd without knowing the shepherd. How can you truly know the Shepherd? Follow the voice, rely on the strength, and accept the love of the Shepherd.

Pastor Scott Randlett continues to preach on the I AM statements of Jesus. This week he takes a dive into, John 8:12 -- Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.” Pastor opens his message reminding us that everyone starts life in the dark. We must understand that light defeats the dark, exposes the truth, heals the broken and revives what is dead.

As we begin this new series diving into the "I AM" statements of Jesus, Pastor Scott Randlett looks at the statement, "I am the bread of life." From this statement Jesus is telling us that he satisfies, strengthens and saves us, no matter the situation we are in.

Pastor Scott Randlett delivers an encouraging message on leadership. He opens his message by stating "Everybody can LEAD somebody, but leadership is INFLUENCE."Leaders always look beyond appearance.Leaders always go first.Leaders always desire to learn more.Leaders always pour into others.Leaders always examine their own life.

Pastor Scott Randlett covers a great portion of Timothy where Paul is teaching us to train to be godly. Training is always better than repairing. In order to train for Godliness we need to:Stay faithful to the gospel. Keep our eyes focus on eternity.Expect the pain and never give up.Realize that our integrity is far greater than our words.

Pastor Scott Randlett provides a great reminder on how we should pray and who we should pray for. Prayer is a conversation with God, and is very important in our relationship with Him. Jerry Falwell Sr. once stated, "Nothing of eternal significance is accomplished apart from prayer."

Pastor Scott Randlett begins our new series with not wasting our time. We need to stay focused on the Truth and stay amazed by the Gospel. These are two important details that are discussed throughout the first chapter of Timothy.

Pastor Scott Randlett delivers in amazing message on how God is enough. Being rich with God means that our faith, gratitude, generosity, eternal home is greater than our worries, grumbling, greed and earthly home.

Pastor Scott Randlett lead us through the parable of the Good Samaritan. Focusing on what the two main purposes of the story, which are, love God supremely, and love everyone else the way you love yourself.

Pastor Scott Randlett provides an amazing message on forgiveness. the Bible reminds us over and over about forgiveness. This week it is revealed to us in Matthew when Peter asks God how often should he forgive someone.

Dr. Troy Temple delivers a great message on understanding and knowing who God truly is. He outlines the areas in which we need to understand ourselves in order to understand God.

Pastor Scott Randlett delivers an amazing message on the human heart. He focuses on The farmer as the Son of God, the seed as the message of salvation, and the soil as the human heart. We need to understand the condition of our heart before truly living for Christ.

As we start the new series, Pastor Scott Randlett focuses on The Father. The Father brings us an abundance of joy, provides unconditional love and generously loves us endlessly. We need to pivot our focus on The Father and not independence, instant gratification, inclusion and superiority.

Pastor Todd Hartley wrapped up the sermon series with focusing on God above all else. The main idea for this sermon is the we MUST intentionally seek to hear from God because of the importance of His voice and the loudness of our times.

We tend to overestimate our ability and underestimate God's power. We all need help when we're tempted, troubled, and tired. Help is available. Complete surrender is more important than self-control. And close connections are more important than isolation.

The world wants us to focus on being happy and if we are happy we will be satisfied. Pastor Scott Randlett dives into differing between happiness and joy. Joy comes from the Lord and will satisfy us completely.

All of us struggle with suffering and pain. It can be hard to comprehend why we suffer if we follow the almighty God. Pastor Scott Randlett shows us the truth and purpose of pain/suffering, allowing us to follow Jesus no matter the circumstances.