Vive Church With Adam Smallcombe

How weary are you after everything that has happened in 2020? Have you been able to rejoice despite feeling so weary? Is it possible that there is a hidden gift in our trials and oppositions? Even though these difficult situations seem like a tool of the enemy, it is only when we are silenced by our situation that the enemy is victorious. So boast about your weakness and allow God to work in you and shift your perspective. Tune in to Pastor Adam as he reveals that in our weakness HE is strong in this weeks sermon 'Let the Weak Speak'.

What expectations did you have at the beginning of 2020? With all the disappointments that were faced this year, how do you approach the coming year with faith and expectation without setting yourselves up for further disappointment? How can you have hope in hopeless seasons? Hope is not based on your faith but rather based on His faithfulness! Pastor Adam reveals truth that we are equipped with a HOPE that is LIVING, LASTING and THRILLING, in a message titled 'The Thrill of Hope'.

How often do you feel all too human? Has the enemy convinced you that you have a unique purpose that is only for you as an INDIVIDUAL and not a fit with the GLORIOUS CHURCH? Do you understand that God has purpose, power and promise that is meant to be experienced together with the UNITED Church? Pastor Adam challenges us to find our ASSIGNMENT and correct our ALIGNMENT as he closes out the 'The Glorious Church' series with the message titled, 'Get it Together'.

How do we deal with a world whose culture is one of ALIENATION and ISOLATION? Pastor Michelle Stewart preached a message as a part of the Glorious Church series called 'Together at All Costs'. Do we give way to the individual preference that can give rise to the hostility that aims to divide us? Or do we remember the PROMISES that God wants done through us? Or the PURPOSE that is meant to take priority over our preference? Or the PRICE that God has paid for us on the cross? We tune in as Pastor Michelle discusses our commitment to togetherness and declares the glorious church a house united no matter the cost.

How do we LOVE together, in a world that desperately wants us apart? Pastor Vance Roush preached a message as a part of the Glorious Church series called Heavenly Places. With our many differences, one clear commonality is our need for grace. And a key ingredient of staying together is staying thankful. Entitlement will isolate you. Like a puzzle piece, we weren’t meant to remain alone, but to find our fit and move together as the body of Christ. Tune in as Pastor Vance invites us to bring heaven to earth, as we commit to togetherness.

God is greater than any odds but how do we react when God's vision is set before us? Are we TOGETHER with God or do we allow the enemy to DIVIDE and conquer? If there is no togetherness there is no agreement and with no agreement there is no victory. Tune in as Pastor Keira kicks of Vision week with a new series 'Glorious Church' and message 'The Power of Agreement'.

If your money could talk, what would it say about your faith? Is your faith accompanied by action or do you have a dead faith? Tune in as Pastor Adam speaks with members of the VIVE team about how God has rewarded their faithfulness in the final installment of Mad Money, “Money Talks”.

What is your mindset when it comes to money? In this week's message, “Making Friends with Money", Pastor Adam unpacks the parable of the 'Unjust Steward' in Luke 16. Is money the MOTIVE or is money the MEANS in our lives? Are you living beyond your means or are you living within your means? How do we navigate our finances when the unexpected happens? Living within your means that before the unexpected comes you are expecting and ready. How do we go from wasting money to working money? How do we put to work the gifts given by God to further His kingdom? Tune in as Pastor Adam helps us shift our mindset about money and provides us with practical ways of "Making Friends with Money".

What does GREED mean to you? In this new series, Mad Money, Pastor Adam Smallcombe delivers a message that covers the real meaning of greed and how to get over it. Who is greedy? Is it the one that GOT MORE or the one that GAVE LESS? Often the most NEEDY are the most GREEDY! How do we reach a state of contentment? Do we view contentment as a destination OR do we view it as a learned skill? A person that does not give in a season of LACK is the same person that won't give in a season of PLENTY. Contentment comes from the CONSISTENCY of GIVING, regardless of season. We don't need to worry about what we have, but rather, we must trust what God has for us. Tune in for this challenging message, “Getting Over Greed."

How are you managing the bag? In this new series, Mad Money, Pastor Adam Smallcombe delivered a message that covers the principles of giving. When it comes to money, God controls the increase. We are responsible for managing what's in our bag. How are we managing what we've already been given? It is easy to say we would give more when we get more, but the principles of heaven are at every stage to give what we've got. More than money, we manage our mind, manage our memory and manage our motivation. And we trust that God has more for us, pressed down, shaken together and running over. Tune in for this challenging message, “Managing More.”

Why is worship so confronting? Do we have a problem with worship? We give worship to things we find worthy, we sacrifice for the things that we find value in. What WELLS do we build for ourselves? Do we build wells so that we can RECEIVE worship or do we use the well inside of us to GIVE worship? God's provided the ultimate sacrifice for us and the only appropriate response to God's GRACE is to WORSHIP. But what is on the ALTAR of our lives? Are we bringing our whole BROKEN selves to the lord? Tune in as Pastor Carly O'Rourke delivers a powerful message for this season with, ‘Broken Altars, Empty Wells’.

Pastor Jake Sweetman (from C3 Los Angeles) delivers a powerful message for this season with, ‘My Courage Can’t Be Cancelled’.Are we courageous enough to follow the Lord despite the persecution from the world around us? If you want to be courageous under the lordship of Jesus you must understand how they first followed courageously in the Old Testament. What made you decide to LIVE for Jesus? Was it when you realized that God's love is greater than your sin? But do we also realize that we are accepting that we are going to LIVE in PERSECUTION if we LIVE in CHRIST? Do we have the COURAGE to continue to RUN until we are DONE? Do we have the FAITH to trust that God may deliver us from the persecution if our race is to continue or understand that God may not deliver us if our race has run its course?

PLAY THIS ON REPEAT  // This is a recording of a profound moment during our leadership night ("The Hub").  If you're facing fear, doubt or confusion, this is for you.  If you're ready to march into the new season that God is calling you to, this is for you.Pastors Adam and Keira flowed in prophecy and ministry as we stood on the cusp of shifting into the new season for our church. It was so powerful, that we decided to surface these recordings to our church.  Play it on repeat daily.  Let this build your faith.

PLAY THIS ON REPEAT  // This is a recording of a profound moment during our leadership night ("The Hub").  If you’re dealing with anxiety, fear or are in need of breakthrough, this is for you.  If you're ready to leave fear behind, and live out the life God has purposed you for, this is for you.Pastors Adam and Keira flowed in prophecy and ministry as we stood on the cusp of shifting into a new season for our church. It was so powerful, that we decided to surface these two tracks so that we could play it on repeat daily. Let this build your faith.

When commotion is all around you, how do you hold onto hope? Pastor Vance brought a message that challenges us to be courageous when facing doubt and opposition. In this unprecedented season, we've been so obsessed with the interruption on our way to our destination. But if we shift our perspective, we would see that Jesus is more obsessed with who we BECOME on the WAY to our destination. This puts context to the commotion. The goal is not full confidence but more courage, knowing that God is in control.

 How is your frame of mind? Has your frame of mind changed during this difficult season? We must understand the frame of reference to engage with the frame of mind. How has the enemy manipulated your frame of mind to confuse and hide the truth? What assumptions are changing our frame of mind?  Do we allow fear to frame our future? Being a Christian requires CHANGE but TRANSFORMATION does not happen without a CHALLENGE. Tune in as Pastor Keira delivers the first message in the new series Your New Look Local, ‘The Challenge with Change’.

How does the church mobilize? What are the gifts possessed by the members of the church? Are these gifts being misused to elevate or isolate yourself? These spiritual gifts are not meant for personal fulfillment but to edify the body of Christ. Every DISTINCT gift is CRITICAL to the movement of the church and showcases the DIVERSITY of God. The body of Christ has many parts but each part is exactly where God wants it to be. We need to stop asking God 'Can YOU move?' but rather ask 'Can you move ME!'. Tune in as Pastor Adam delivers the final message in the Distinct series, ‘Many Parts Mobilized'.

How do we deal with confusing situations? Do we let our fear or faith takeover? The most confusing situations often possess the potential to produce the most clarity. When we fail to see God’s vision in our lives, is it because of a lack of sight, or is our lack of vision due to our sight on the confusions of the world? Fear can be contagious but we must lean into our faith and allow for our CONVICTION to be CONTAGIOUS. Tune in as Pastor Adam delivers the next message in the Distinct series, ‘Clear and Contagious Vision’.

What is God's purpose for my life? What is God's call for my life? How does God's calling fit in with my passion? Often we are unsure how to answer this because we fail to assess what we are free from and what we are free for. God's grace has provided us with great forgiveness but also with great permission. So while it is hard to determine WHAT we are called to do in our lives, we have the permission to focus on the WAY we do it as a representative of Jesus. Tune in as Pastor Adam delivers the next message in the Distinct series, 'Permission for Passion'.

We need to understand the intentionality of Jesus and that nothing is random. What do we do in our lives with intention? We have been called to be intentional with our invitation and the greatest invitation starts with our reputation. Tune in as Pastor Adam delivers the next message in the Distinct series.