Vive Church With Adam Smallcombe

Have you ever found yourself on a need to know basis?It turns out there are some things that are nice to know and some things that you need to know. There is however one thing that every believer needs to know, what is your mission. This is known as the ‘Great Commission’, or in other words the main mission that is given to every disciple of Jesus. If you already know about the mission maybe what holds you back from fulfilling the mission is the fear of the unknown. When what you DO KNOW is greater than what you DON’T KNOW there is NO ROOM FOR FEAR. Tune in as Pastor Adam kicks off a brand new series, ‘No Time to Die’, with a message titled ‘A Need to Know Basis’.

How do we build an eternal church with our temporary lives? What kind of church are you setting up for the future?In the final installment of the series ‘Best Church Ever’, Palo Alto Campus Pastor Michelle Stewart brings a powerful message titled ‘Best Church Forever’. The best church ever needs generations to become the best church forever. Don’t be the one so busy in the business of others that you neglect the One whose business you need to be about. The next generation will be able to win and fight their battles because you have fought and won your battles. Jesus calls us to have a child-like faith to overcome battles and build an eternal church. Every generation has a part to play in the eternal church. Eternity is in the balance.

What is the big deal with being in church?The assembly of the people of God is powerful. Every one of us is called to build the church and the Bible is a design manual for the church. When assembling takes place, connection is required. We are called to be a part of something so much bigger than ourselves. Tune in as Pastor Keira explores this in a sermon titled ‘Assembly Required’.

 Have you found the church you’re looking for? Are you confused about what kind of church we are? The enemy strives to corrupt what is clear and create confusion in our lives and our definition of what a church should be. Pastor Adam Smallcombe challenges the view that the church should fit in a descriptive statement. The church should reflect the kingdom of God, which doesn’t fit a singular description, it cannot be boxed. The church is about action and its evidence is the outworking of lives being set free and transformed.  What kind of church are we? You tell us!

What is the Church to you?  What isn't the Church to you? Does your view of the Church cause you to be critical? Tune in as Pastor Adam dives into the scripture to unpack these questions with a timely message titled, ‘Not Your Average Church’. The church is not powerless and is the only eternal element on earth. Being planted in the church always follows being connected to Christ. You cannot treat what is sacred as common. Whatever you treat as common in your life will always give birth to criticism! Train your mind to take captive those thoughts that allows you see the church as common. The reason you think the church is common is because you see it as something you attend and not something that you are. Everything you think originates from what you believe in your heart. Examine your heart and seek repentance to restore your heart.

How do you find the best church?  Is it through good or bad reviews?  The comfort of the community programs?  Style of worship?  No.  The best church ever is the one you are invested in. On VIVE’s 9th Birthday Sunday, Pastor Adam's powerful message titled, ‘Best Church Ever’ breaks down what makes the BEST CHURCH EVER.

 Are you only a spectator to the miracles of God? Do you choose to have passive participation when it comes to God’s will? There is an expansion on the horizon, and God is calling His people to enlargement. Enlargement is in the DNA of the church. What is not natural for the church is to shrink back. The stretch of the church is both personal and collective. It is the stretch that strengthens you and as you stretch out you take up ground from the enemy. Listen as Pastor Keira Smallcombe explores all of this in a message titled, ‘The Power of Participation’.

What does it look like to live a life with an all in faith?Pastor Adam has gathered kingdom builders to share their incredible testimonies of faith. How do you distinguish between a reckless faith and a bold faith? It starts with figuring out where your identity comes from. Faith is a feeling mechanism in your life. Tune into this special panel installment of the vision series, 'Spare No Expense'.

Are you a faith talker or a faith walker? Sometimes you speak faith but you don’t have the practical application behind it. Pastor Adam Smallcombe continues the vision series, ‘Spare No Expense’, with a powerful message, ’Scrappy Faith’. When you resign yourself to fate instead of having a functional faith you are removing yourself from any responsibility. Faith is an invitation to partner with God. Faith employs the natural and the supernatural. God can do a lot with a little, but he cannot multiply nothing. When you have something that you consider nothing, you eliminate the supernatural element of God. Scrappy faith is not elegant, it requires your involvement. The only thing you cannot afford to do is disqualify yourself.

BREAKING NEWS! Lead Pastor Adam Smallcombe has interrupted our current series with VISION Series, “Spare No Expense.”  In this message, Pastor Adam delivers a big announcement to our global church on responding to the call of God by faith. Count the Cost of NOT responding to this call. It’s amazing what God can do with a life fully surrendered.If you have not experienced Vision Season at VIVE, you are in for an amazing opportunity. Catch this message to hear this bold vision and consider being a part of history by partnering with us.Visit vivechurch.org/vision today for more information on how to partner with us. 

Are we trusting in God with ALL of our circumstances? Or are we still leaning on our own understanding?In this 3 point message, Pastor Adam Smallcombe unpacks Proverbs 3:5-6 and connects our action steps on the other side of trusting God’s miracles. Wisdom is not just knowledge, but knowledge applied and put to work. God’s plan is to invite us to partner in His plan for us. When we posture ourselves in faith and lean into God, we let God direct our path.

How can the way we use our words build or destroy the wisdom God requires us to pursue?We serve a God that uses words so intentionally, and wisdom tells us that life and death is in the tongue. So what do we do when we find ourselves in the middle of a “foolish conversation”?Pastor Michelle Stewart provides a tool for us to be able to watch the T.R.A.P of foolish talk and ultimately hold the RIGHT conversations with wisdom.

How is humility connected to greatness?Humility is not minimizing yourself, but in everything maximizing Him. Pastor Vance Roush delivers a captivating message in the series ‘PROverbs.’ Humility comes from challenging motives, staying on mission and from understanding you are on “house money.” Knowing nothing is ours in the first place, but everything has been freely given to us by God, through Christ Jesus.

What's "wisdom" all about, and is it truly the key to success?  And if it is, how do we get more of it?  Pastor Adam Smallcombe (Global Lead Pastor)  kicks off a brand new series "PROverbs" - teaching us that wisdom isn't something we simply gain.  Wisdom is something we pursue and it starts with becoming first a "fool for Christ."

What does it mean to “do what is good”? If it is not by works but by faith, why does Paul preach to not stop doing good?Doing good is an invitation to partner with God - to partner with God’s Plan and God’s Purpose. Pastor Michelle Stewart concludes the series ‘All Ways All Good’ with a timely message titled ‘Do What is Good’. You can not be spectators to what God is doing on this earth, you are called to be movers - kingdom builders. You are anchored in the goodness of God. God has a plan for you, God has a purpose for you.

Should good be hard to grip? Would you know good if you saw it?In Romans 8:28 Paul mentions three important characteristics for believers; Love sincerely, hate evil, and cling to good. Pretending leads to pretensions. You have to be able to spot a counterfeit. Deceit starts small, but there is no middle ground with evil. Evil works to separate you from God. If you want to love sincerely, it’s in the details. If you want to hate evil, it’s in the appetite. If you want to cling to good, it's in your grip on grace. Pastor Carly O’Rourke continues the series ‘All Ways All Good’ with an incredibly powerful message titled ‘Get a Grip on Good’.

What is the will of God for you? What do you do when you miss His will? Your purpose is found in your pursuit of Him. Even in opposition, God makes a way for us. Catch this week’s installment of the series, “All Ways All Good,” where Pastor Luke Stewart tackles these questions in a sermon titled, “Good God’s Way.”

Do you know what’s good for you? Do you miss good things in a difficult season only until it is evidentially good in another season? How do you navigate those difficult seasons?God doesn’t want you to just be comforted in difficult seasons but He wants you to be confident in every season! In this installment of the series, ‘All Ways All Good’, Pastor Adam Smallcombe delivers the Lord’s word in a sermon entitled, ‘It’s ALL Part of the Plan’.  When it comes to being a believer, it is less about what we do and more about who we are. A believer is someone who God foreknew. “Predestined” speaks more to the process than the destination. We are predestined to be conformed back into the likeness of Christ. No matter what comes, God has a plan. And if God is for you nothing can stop you!

What does temptation look like for you? What has your life produced?  How has temptation affected what you produce?In the next installment of the series, ‘All Ways All Good’, Pastor Michelle Stewart delivers a powerful message entitled, ‘The Fruit of Temptation’. Where as temptation wants you to partake in fruit, God wants you to produce fruit. God will not take you out of temptation but he will bring you through temptation. God is faithful! Have a resolve to produce no matter what happens in life.

Are you convinced that God is good to you? Why if God is good, do bad things happen to good people?God’s plan is to do good things through you, not just for you. In the third installment of the series, ‘All Ways All Good’, Pastor Adam Smallcombe delivers an educational message entitled, ‘Bad Things, Good People’. Gods original plan for humanity was PREEMPTIVE. God did good things. After sin entered the world, God’s plan is now REDEMPTIVE, God is making things good, through you. Redemption is an invitation to partner in the plan of God. As the church you become the avenue in which the world experiences the goodness of God.