Westside Christian Church - Sunday Messages

Westside Christian Church in Bradenton, FL invites you to join us as we Share Jesus, Build Believers, and Show God's Love through our weekly podcast with teaching from Lead Pastor Matt Ennis.

Westside Christian Church - Sunday Messages is a religion podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 307 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Beautiful Feet

  Aug 16, 202626 min

  What if we had a time machine that could show us the eternal consequences of a single moment? That vivid image opens up one of the most urgent conversations we can have as followers of Christ: what does it mean to truly share the gospel with the people around us? This message takes us into the heart of evangelism, not as a program or a church event, but as the natural culmination of every spiritual discipline we pursue. Drawing from Romans 10, we explore Paul's powerful chain of four questions that trace the pathway of salvation from Christ sending out heralds all the way to a believer calling on the name of Jesus and being saved. The sobering reality that heaven and hell are genuine destinations is not meant to paralyze us with fear but to ignite in us a compassion that moves us to action. We are reminded that the Greek word for preaching, karyoso, was never limited to what happens behind a pulpit. It means to be a herald, a mouthpiece for the king. And the king has already given his command. The question this message leaves ringing in our hearts is simple and searching: who is the one person we are being called to boldly share the good news with?

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  7th Day

  Aug 9, 202632 min

  What if one of the most powerful spiritual disciplines available to us is something we have nearly forgotten how to do? Rest, true and purposeful Sabbath, is not a suggestion tucked away in an ancient text. It is woven into the very fabric of creation itself. From the opening chapters of Genesis, we see that after completing the heavens and the earth, God rested on the seventh day and made it holy, setting it apart from all other days. This was not because God was tired. He is all-powerful and all-knowing. It was because he was showing us something essential about how life is meant to be lived. The rhythm of six days of work followed by one day of deliberate rest is not a cultural relic. It is the original design. When we skip Sabbath, we are not just missing a break. We are stepping outside the creative order God established for our flourishing. The Ten Commandments reinforce this, calling us to remember the Sabbath and keep it holy, a moral instruction tied directly back to creation. The message is clear: we were made to work, and we were made to rest. The question is whether we are willing to reclaim what was always meant to be ours.

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  Look Toward Heaven

  Jul 26, 202631 min

  What if prayer was never meant to be a last resort? So many of us treat it like a fire alarm -- something we reach for only when life feels out of control. But John 17 pulls back the curtain on something far richer. In this deeply personal prayer, we see Jesus interceding with intentionality and intimacy -- not in a moment of crisis, but in a moment of profound love. He prays for protection, for unity, for sanctification, and for the glory of God to be the driving purpose behind everything. The central lesson here is stunning: prayer is not a panic response. It is a posture of the heart, one that reflects our dependence on God in every season, not just the hard ones. When we begin to see prayer the way Jesus modeled it, we stop treating God like an emergency contact and start relating to Him as the Father He is. That shift changes everything about how we live, how we love others, and how we carry our burdens together.

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  Return

  Jul 19, 202628 min

  This message confronts us with a powerful question: what has our undivided attention? Drawing from the book of Joel, we're reminded that even when we've wandered far from God, His invitation remains: 'Even now, return to me.' The prophet Joel uses the devastating image of locusts consuming everything in sight to illustrate how judgment approaches, yet emphasizes that it's never too late to come back. The call to fasting isn't about religious performance or earning God's favor, but about intentionally removing distractions so we can hear His voice again. Just as we might feel uncomfortable visiting a friend while constantly checking our phones, our relationship with God suffers when we allow the noise of life to drown out His presence. The most striking insight comes from Jesus' 40-day fast in the wilderness, where His hunger wasn't primarily physical but spiritual. He was hungry for His Father. The challenge presented here is deeply relevant: 71% of us check our phones within 10 minutes of waking up, and 59% would feel relieved with less social media exposure. Our screen time is stealing our Jesus time. This seven-day fast from technology isn't about legalism but about saying 'here's my heart, Lord' and meaning it. When we disconnect from our devices and reconnect through daily Scripture reading and prayer, we create space for God to perform heart surgery, removing the things that have made us adversaries to Him and transforming us from the inside out.

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  Release

  Jul 12, 202628 min

  This powerful message challenges us to examine what we're truly holding onto in our spiritual journey. Drawing from Jesus's prayer in Luke 22:42 where He says 'not my will, but yours be done,' we're confronted with the radical difference between self-actualization and sanctification. While our culture constantly pushes us toward living our truth and becoming our best selves, the Christian journey calls us to something entirely different: denying ourselves, taking up our cross, and looking more like Jesus rather than a better version of ourselves. The sermon walks us through Jesus's ultimate act of submission, from Gethsemane to the cross, where despite having the power to stop everything, He chose silence, surrender, and intercession. His submission wasn't weakness but intentional strength, releasing control for the Father's will. We're invited to consider what we're gripping too tightly: finances, relationships, addictions, anxiety, worldly success, or pride. The question isn't whether we have something to submit, but whether we'll have the courage to nail it to the cross and trust that there is no other name but Jesus through which we find salvation and freedom.

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