Flatirons Community Church Audio Podcast

What if the biggest problem you’re begging God to fix… is actually you?This message walks through John 6 and one of Jesus’ most famous miracles with a fresh lens. Thousands are hungry, the disciples feel overwhelmed, and Jesus asks a question that exposes how we think about trust, control, and provision. This isn’t just about bread and fish. It’s about why we keep waiting on God while holding tight to the very thing He’s asking us to release.Jesus isn’t short on power. The real issue is whether what He gives can move through us or stops with us.Transformation happens when we stop asking God to do more and start trusting Him with what we already have. When the disciples handed over what felt too small, Jesus multiplied it and everyone was fed. Even the disciples ended up with more than they started with. The miracle didn’t begin with abundance. It began with surrender. The same invitation stands today. Trust Him. Hand it over. Watch what He does next.

What if the thing keeping you stuck isn’t your past but the story you’re telling yourself about it?In John 5, Jesus meets a man who’s been stuck for 38 years and asks a question that feels almost offensive: “Do you want to get well?” This message digs into how labels, excuses, and a quiet victim mindset can keep us on the mat even when Jesus is standing right in front of us. It’s honest about real pain while confronting the patterns that shrink our faith and limit what we believe is possible.This story isn’t just about healing legs. It’s about healing identity. Jesus doesn’t shame the man, but He does challenge him to move. When we stop letting our wounds define us and start trusting what Jesus can do, agency returns, faith grows, and hope comes back online. The Father is still working, and that means you’re not finished yet.

What if the thing you're most ashamed of is exactly where Jesus wants to meet you? This message flips everything you thought about Jesus on its head. He’s not floating above your mess—He’s sitting right in it. In John 4, we see Jesus intentionally walk into a place everyone else avoided, to meet a woman everyone else rejected. She wasn’t clean, perfect, or put together. She was tired, ashamed, hiding. And Jesus met her there. Maybe you think you're too far gone. Too broken. This story proves you're exactly who He's looking for.What starts as a casual conversation by a well turns into a soul-deep rescue. Jesus doesn't avoid her past—He names it, not to shame her, but to free her. Her shame becomes her story. Her story becomes a testimony. And her testimony leads an entire town to believe. Jesus does the same for us. He doesn’t need the version of you you’re trying to fake—He wants the real you. The tired you. The hurting you. The hiding you. He knows everything you’ve ever done, and He still wants you.

What if your version of faith is built on the wrong thing? Your Faith Isn’t Working. Here’s Why,Most of us are living with a faith that’s built on a contract—“God, if I do this, you’ll bless me”—but that house of cards always collapses when life gets hard. In this talk, we walk through the end of John 2 and into chapter 3 where Jesus flips tables in the temple, calling out a broken system that held people hostage. Then He has a late-night conversation with a religious leader who has all the answers, but still feels lost. Jesus offers something radically better: a whole new life, not a better version of the old one.Jesus didn’t come to clean us up. He came to save us. Nicodemus, like many of us, had spent his whole life trying to earn his way to God. But Jesus tells him straight: unless you're born again, from above, you’ll never see the Kingdom. And He’s not talking about behavior—He’s talking about belief. In Jesus, we are not just forgiven…we are made new. Not by what we do, but by what He’s done. No more religion. No more shame. Just a new identity and a new life through Christ.

What if the reason your faith keeps falling apart is that you’ve built it on a deal God never agreed to?Too many of us walk into faith thinking it’s a contract—“God, if you do this for me, I’ll believe in You.” That makes sense until life hurts. When the money runs out, the diagnosis hits, or the prayers go unanswered, we’re left wondering if God broke the deal. In this message, we look at John 2 and how the miracle at Cana reveals something far deeper than a magic trick. Jesus isn’t interested in transactional faith. He wants trust that holds, even when the wine runs out.Real faith begins when the contract ends. Like the disciples watching Jesus turn water into wine or the paralyzed man lowered through the roof, it’s not about the miracle—it’s about what the miracle points to. When faith stops being about what Jesus can do for you and starts being about who He is, something shifts. Your foundation gets stronger. You stop interpreting God's love through your pain, and start trusting His heart when life doesn’t make sense. That’s where unshakable faith is born.