Breakaway Ministries Podcast

Ephesians 4:14-16 One of the primary ways followers of Jesus must mature is in their ability to discern what is true from what is false, especially when it comes to the teachings they hear. Confidence doesn't come from being deeply familiar with the alternatives and imposters, but from intimate connection to the authentic. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Ephesians 5:14-16 Passion and zeal for God are not just admirable traits. They are commands — things we must cultivate. But where do we start when don't feel much of anything about what we say matters most? Well, if the cause of apathy is distance, the cure for it will include drawing near…regardless of what we feel. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Ephesians 5:1-21 If the Gospel changes everything, then everything must change...and our areas of greatest temptation will not be the exceptions. Although Paul has clear commands that affect every area of our lives, beneath them is an invitation -- to find true satisfaction in the only place it can be found. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Ephesians 4:17-32 Most of us know growth is a divine command -- and even want to change --  but get discouraged when "putting off the old self and putting on the new" proves easier said than done. But for those who remember who they were, remember what they were taught, and start with forgiveness....there is ALWAYS hope. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Ephesians 4:11-16 The divine invitation to costly obedience is not just about unity -- it's about maturity. Discipleship calls us to a child-LIKE faith, not a child-ISH one. When we sell out to believing in Jesus, befriending Jesus, and becoming like Jesus, there is a cost...but on the other side of full devotion is fullness of joy. It will be worth it...because HE is worth it. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Ephesians 4-5 Every devoted disciple must answer this question: How will I Walk? As Brian McCormack highlights the 5 times in Ephesians where Paul commands us to walk a particular way, we come face to face with a crucial truth -- to be fully free IN Christ, we must be fully submitted TO Christ. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

John 11 The word "revival" is being used more and more in this season. But what precedes it? And how will we recognize it when it arrives? Using the story of Lazarus in John 11, Brian McCormack presents the the 3 calls that many people will respond to when revival comes -- Come Alive, Come Awake, and Come Home. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

2 Timothy 2:1-7 Friend of Breakaway and NYT Bestseller, Jeff Bethke walks us through the 3 things God calls men to be -- soldiers who sacrifice, athletes with discipline, and farmers with patience. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin.  If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Ephesians 3:14-21 Paul is committed to enlarging his readers' understanding of how BIG the Good News really is. In this prayer, he asks the Father -- to strengthen us with the Spirit -- so we might know how BIG the love of Christ is. Spoiler: it is much bigger than you think. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin.  If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Ephesians 2:1-10 The bad news is worse than you feared...but the Good News is better than you can imagine. In this message Brian shows us how Paul unpacks the heart of the Gospel...which is not about bad people becoming good, but dead people  COMING ALIVE. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin.   If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Ephesians 1:15-23   Paul's prayer for his readers is that the Father would give them the Spirit, so they might know the inheritance, power, and HOPE that comes from an ever-deepening knowledge of Him.   For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin.   If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Ephesians 1:1-10 We've identified the top things Gen Z is looking for… and god is using Ephesians to give us everything we know we need, Gods gift to an anxious generation is a revival of PEACE…delivered through family, freedom, and forgiveness.   For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin.   If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Does my life have a purpose? Former Director, Timothy Ateek, now lead pastor of Watermark, walks us through 1 Chronicles 28 where David commissions Solomon. We finish an incredible school year by asking the Lord to grant us two crucial things: 1) an undivided heart, and 2) a clear calling. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

We seem live in a world of perpetual stimulation, with no satisfaction. Is a truly fulfilled life even possible? If so, where is such a life found? Brian McCormack walks us through Jesus' encounter with a Samaritan woman in John 4, and makes a bold claim — that truly knowing Jesus is the most satisfying thing in the universe. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Is real, lasting change even possible? If so, is it our own responsibility to make ourselves more like Jesus using our own resources and nothing more? Brian McCormack lays out the beauty of sanctification, and invites us to rest in God's promise to finish the work he has started in us. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Does your soul have an anchor? In the storms of life, what do you count on to see you through Brian McCormack (re)introduces us to the BIG Jesus of Colossians 1, and invites us to trust him — not only to save us for the life yet to come, but to sustain us in our lives here and now.   For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin.   If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

What is God's heart toward those who are far from him? Is there really a place for people who have previously chosen distance from him over nearness to him? Brian McCormack walks us through Luke 15 to see what happens when the lost get found. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Question: What does Jesus save us from? Answer: More than we think. And the best news of all time deserves a deep dive to see the glory of it all. Brian McCormack walks us through Romans 3 to see the depth of our problem, and the beauty of God's solution. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Statistically, the vast majority of us are fearful about messing up God's plans for our lives. Brian McCormack uses a look at the life of Paul to build a list of principles to inform our understanding of God's plan, and provide a process for making big decisions as a follower of Jesus. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give

Brenna Blain takes us to the city of Corinth to see just how broken people were in the first century church…then uses her own story to show us how true freedom comes through an unexpected means — submission of one's entire life to Jesus… messy parts and all. For more information about Breakaway, check out www.breakaway.org and follow us on social media @breakawaymin. If Breakaway has impacted your life and you want to generously give back, visit www.breakaway.org/give