Forest City Church Podcast

In Week 4 of The Return, Jackie Glass unpacks 1 Peter 2 and challenges us to embrace our identity as God's chosen people living as exiles in the world. As we learn to trust God's provision over our need for control, we become a people who display His goodness through our lives.

Be sure to reference the Sermon Reflection Guide to help you go deeper and continue the conversation throughout the week.

 

The Return Week 4: "Exiles Not Owners" Sermon Reflection Guide

Pastor Leonard Davis continues our series The Return with a message titled “The Drift: When Control Replaces Trust.” Drawing from 1 Samuel 8, this message reveals how subtle drift occurs when we choose control over surrender and conformity over trust in God’s leadership. Be sure to reference the Sermon Reflection Guide linked below to deepen your understanding and apply this message throughout the week.

 

The Return Week 3- The Drift: When Control Replaces Trust Sermon Reflection Guide

Pastor Leonard continues our series The Return with a powerful message exploring Jesus’ vision for His church. In Christ’s Vision for His Church, we’re reminded that the church is not built around our preferences or comfort, but around the revelation that Jesus is the Christ—the One who tears down walls, makes strangers into family, and forms a people where His presence dwells. As Christ becomes our peace, we are invited to become the kind of people Jesus can build His beautiful, flourishing church with.

 

Be sure to reference the Sermon Reflection Guide linked below to go deeper and continue the conversation throughout the week.

The Return week 2: Christ's Vision For His Church sermon reflection guide

Pastor Leonard launches our new series The Return with a powerful message titled A Beautiful Bride. In Ephesians 5, we’re reminded that the church is more than a place we attend—it is the people Jesus loves, is shaping, and is preparing to reflect His beauty to the world. This message challenges us to move from passive participation to active contribution through love, unity, service, generosity, and holiness. Listen in and consider this question: Are you helping reveal the beauty of Christ through the way you live and love within His church?

If you have questions about this series you can submit them here. Questions will be answered on The Return Podcast.

Use the linked Sermon Reflection Guide to pray, process, and apply this week’s message throughout your week.

The Return week 1: "A Beautiful Bride" Sermon Reflection Guide.

In today’s message, Angie Addy reminds us that while pastors play a vital role in our lives, hearing God’s voice is something each of us is invited into personally. Teaching from John 10, she unpacks how we grow in recognizing God’s voice through familiarity, time in Scripture, and the work of the Holy Spirit. This message challenges us to move beyond spiritual dependence and step into a faith that is active and self-fed. God is speaking—and you can learn to hear Him.

Be sure to check out the Sermon Reflection Guide linked below to help you process and apply this message throughout your week.

Things you Don't need your Pastor For: Hearing God's Voice Sermon Reflection Guide

In “When Faith Walks,” Pastor Leonard Davis explores Gospel of Luke 17:11–19, showing that faith is revealed through obedience and gratitude. Ten were healed—but one returned.

Are we simply receiving from God, or are we responding to Him?

Use the Sermon Reflection Guide to reflect on what God is speaking and how you can walk it out.

 

When Faith Walks Sermon Reflection Guide

 

In “Presents of Presence,” Dr. Reverend Brandon Winstead explores how the risen Christ meets us in our fear, offering peace and empowering us through the Holy Spirit (John 20:19–29). This encouraging message challenges us to move beyond doubt and live out the reality of resurrection in everyday life. Don’t forget to access the Sermon Reflection Guide in the show notes to reflect and apply this week’s teaching.

 

Presents of the Presence Sermon Reflection Guide

Step into a powerful Easter experience as we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus and the victory that changed everything. In The Ultimate Victory, Pastor Leonard Davis reveals that what looked like defeat was actually the moment Jesus overcame sin, shame, and death once and for all. Because of the resurrection, we don’t have to strive to be enough—we get to live from His victory. Be sure to use the Sermon Reflection Guide linked with this message to help you process what God is speaking to you and take your next step.

 

Easter Sunday: The Ultimate Victory Sermon Reflection Guide

Step into a powerful Good Friday journey as we remember the suffering and sacrifice of Jesus and the love poured out on the cross. In The Ultimate Sacrifice, Pastor Leonard Davis reveals the deeper “why” behind it all—not just forgiveness, but restored relationship with God. Behold the cross… and behold the lengths God went to bring you back to Him.

Week 12 of All I Do Is Win features a powerful message from Gabe Zammit titled The King We Wanted vs. The King We Needed. Through Palm Sunday and the story of Ernest Shackleton, we’re reminded that when our plans fall apart, God may be accomplishing something deeper than we can see.

This message challenges us to trust Jesus not just when He meets our expectations, but when He doesn’t—because the greatest victory didn’t come through power, but through the cross. Be sure to reference the Sermon Reflection Guide linked below to go deeper and continue the conversation throughout the week.

 

All I Do Is Win week 12: The King We Wanted vs The King We Needed Sermon Reflection Guide