Thriving Hills Church Podcast
Recent messages and other content from Thriving Hills Church in Orrville, Ohio.
Episodes
187 episodes
First Wednesday
One of our young communicators, Emilie Hunt, shares with us on how our choices do not only impact our present, but also the future.
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Power to Change - Breaking Bad Habits
Breaking bad habits in our lives isn’t always easy - sometimes it’s pretty difficult.But there is hope, and there is Power to Change. In this message, Pastor Chris shares the painful truth about our bad habits, and gives both practical appl...
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Power to Change - Creating God-Honoring Habits
If you’re hoping to make changes in your life, hope alone won’t do it - habits will. In this message, Pastor Chris explores the powerful truths behind habit science, and explains how it can work for you. No matter who you are, what you have don...
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Power to Change - Break the Loop
Few things in life are more frustrating than knowing you need to change, trying to change, but not actually changing. What we might not realize is why we do the things we do - because of what we believe about ourselves. Our identity creates ...
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31:46
Power to Change - Sick of Being Stuck
Few things in life are more frustrating than knowing you need to change, trying to change, but not actually changing. And that’s most of us: we want to change, we try to change, but we fail more than we succeed. If you’re Sick of Being Stuck, t...
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The Power of the Blood
As we get ready to launch into a new year, full of endless possibilities and the hope of positive change, it’s important to recognize that we can’t make these changes happen entirely on our own. There is a greater power that makes it possible. ...
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Christmas at Thriving Hills - The Sleepers
Life gets busy, heavy, and ordinary sometimes. Without realizing it, the best of us can “drift” and even “fall asleep” on our faith, our family, and our purpose. But we’re not the first people to fall asleep spiritually when God was close and r...
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Christmas at Thriving Hills - The Seekers
The story of the Wise Men (also called Magi) in Matthew chapter 2 is rich in far more than just tradition, but in application for our everyday lives. While their image has been a staple on greeting cards and in Nativity scenes, the real story o...
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Christmas at Thriving Hills - The Shepherds
The Christmas Story found in Luke chapter 2 is more than an ancient tale; more than tradition meant to be kept alive at a certain time each year. It is good news - of great joy - meant for all people, everywhere. Listen in as Pastor Chris sets ...
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Fruitful - Week 9: Self-Control
Now more than ever, our world needs to see the fruit of God’s Spirit modeled in the lives of genuine believers. This fruit is the evidence of what’s going on inside of us, and is the proof of who we are in Christ. When our lives feel out of con...
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Fruitful - Week 8: Gentleness
What is the fruit of gentleness? It is widely misunderstood, and yet, sorely needed in our world today. Jesus described Himself as gentle in Matthew 11:29 (NIV), and yet the Bible also tells stories of Him flipping tables, casting out demons, r...
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Fruitful Week Seven - Faithfulness
Worship Pastor GiaVanni Himes shares an important message on growing the fruit of faithfulness in our lives. In a world where people are often quick to move in the face of challenge and controversy, faithfulness stays.
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Fruitful Week Six - Goodness
Today, our guest speaker shares with us how we can let the fruit of goodness grow in our lives.
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First Wednesday - Three for Five
Pastor Alan Bostick, Emilie Hunt, and Heather Snyder share about people who have made an impact in their life.
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35:20
Fruitful - Week 5: Kindness
The fruit of God’s Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) isn’t something we can learn, but a byproduct of who we are. When we are producing this kind of fruit in our lives, then we know that what is going on inside of us is consistent with the Biblical va...
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Fruitful - Week 4: Patience
The fruit of patience is often misunderstood. It is not meant to help us deal with the annoyances of life - it is actually meant to help us endure the trials, struggles, and mistreatment we all face with a Christ-like attitude. This is importan...
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Fruitful - Week Three: Peace
If you want to get closer to God, it’s not something you can learn how to do - ittakes an all-in commitment to becoming someone new. It won’t happen overnight, but day by day and choice by choice, you can make the decision to grow deeper an...
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Fruitful - Week Two: Joy
If you want to get closer to God, it’s not something you can learn how to do - it takes an all-in commitment to becoming someone new. It won’t happen overnight, but day by day and choice by choice, you can make the decision to grow deeper and l...
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Fruitful - Week One: Love
If you want to get closer to God, it’s not something you can learn how to do - ittakes an all-in commitment to becoming someone new. It won’t happen overnight, but day by day and choice by choice, you can make the decision to grow deeper an...
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The Importance of Integrity
Pastor Chris sets the table for a new series starting Sunday by explaining the reason and occasion behind it.NotesJohn 15:8 NIVJohn 13:35 TPT2 Corinthians 2:17 NLTBe sincere.Galatians 6:2 NIVWalk in Christ’s authorit...
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I Have Decided
When someone says, “I have decided to follow Jesus,” what does that mean? Whatdoes it look like? Are we supposed to live our faith publicly and boldly, or should we keep it to ourselves? Sometimes, we want to live a life of faith and doing ...
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What Am I Doing Wrong?
So much going on in the world. So much uncertainty. Big decisions to make. How can we avoid being sucked into the media machine, and rightly discern God’s will for our lives?NotesThis world is not our home.Philippian 3:20 N...
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Brick by Brick
How does God lead us in our lives? At Thriving Hills Church, we believe that it is God’s will for every person on Earth to thrive in life through a relationship with Jesus Christ. In that relationship, we believe it is possible to know what God...
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