A Heart for Young Adults

Josh and Jenn Winn are the Young Adults pastors at LIFE Foursquare Church in Decatur, Illinois. In this interview, they discuss with Steve Hohm about the areas of ministry assigned to their care. Their heart to see young adults come to know Christ in a real way, and to learn to process faith in Jesus in a real way are features of their ministry.
Listen here.

This podcast includes the song “White Man” (Words and music by Michael Gungor and Lisa Gungor.)

Links for this podcast include:

www.uprisingcommunity.com for the Young Adults ministry website.

josh@visitlife.org for Josh Winn’s contact email.

www.jennwinn.weebly.com for Jenn Winn’s blogspot.

Africa Calling

Sarah Brischle is a young woman on a mission. She is working with Africa Inland Mission in Uganda. This interview took place just a couple of days before she departed for Uganda to serve and love people through Smile Africa. Listen here.

This podcast includes two songs: “Africa Rain” by Alan Kisaka with Foursquare Worship, and “He Reigns” with the Newsboys. Enjoy the listen, and pray for Sarah. You can follow her blog at sarahbrischle.wordpress.com.

Guatemala Mission Team heads for Central America

On June 20th, our mission team from Rochester, Indiana at Faith Outreach Center began the journey to spend 10 days in Guatemala. With help from a Shelly, Mikela, Cynthia, and Greg, the team departed from the Faith Outreach Center parking lot in two vehicles. The van from Olive Branch Church carried most of the team members, and a private vehicle owned by Brian and Ramona carried the luggage. The trip to the airport was smooth and easy.

Upon check-in, the plans for the trip changed. The flight we were supposed to be on had been cancelled for mechanical problems. The next hour or so was spent with help from very nice check-in people for American Airlines. The result: our trip would take us only to Miami on our first day, and the team would arrive one day late in Guatemala. We were given vouchers for dinner and also for breakfast.

This is the second day, and the team is ready to resume travel. Everyone scored an A+ for attitude and flexibility yesterday. Let us continue our journey today with as much enthusiasm and joy and expectation as we had in the beginning.

Thanks for the prayers!!!

Pastor Steve

Team Members: Lisa Andrews, Joanna Lybarger, Ramona Gebert, Valery Correll, Brenna Gibson, Brent Gibson, Rex Correll, Christopher Hohm, Michael Hohm, and Steve Hohm.

The Transformation Series – Church

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Several pastors in the Rochester, Indiana area have been meeting for years for fellowship. A heart for seeking the Lord together has been increasing. There is a fresh determination to lift up Jesus Christ and seek God for a transformational outpouring of God’s Spirit on our region. This podcast is the first of several prayer gatherings and discussions surrounding major topics and areas of need in which pastor’s are looking to God for leading and change.
In this podcast, Pastor Buck Padilla of Trinity United Methodist Church, Pastor Ben Woodcox of Christ Fellowship Church, Pastor David Terhune from The Cross, and Pastor Steve Hohm of Faith Outreach Center gather together to pray for the Church.

The featured song in this production is “Jesus You Are Worthy” by Brenton Brown from the album The Wonderful Cross.
This music in the background includes the following instrumental selections:
From the album “Sweet Affirmation” by Sam Levine, “I Love You, Lord – O How He Loves You and Me”, “Great is Thy Faithfulness”, “How Great Thou Art”
From the album “Hymns of Prayer 8″ by Our Daily Bread, “Near the Cross”
From the album “Hymns of Comfort, Volume 5″ by Our Daily Bread, “Abide with Me”, “Breathe on Me, Breath of God” and “Peace Like a River – Amazing Grace”

The Transformation Series – Government

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Several pastors in the Rochester, Indiana area have been meeting for years for fellowship. A heart for seeking the Lord together has been increasing. There is a fresh determination to lift up Jesus Christ and seek God for a transformational outpouring of God’s Spirit on our region. This podcast is the first of several prayer gatherings and discussions surrounding major topics and areas of need in which pastor’s are looking to God for leading and change.

In this podcast, Pastor Rod Ruberg of Riverview Community Church, Pastor Bill Chappel of New Life Church, Pastor Buck Padilla of Trinity United Methodist Church, and Pastor Steve Hohm of Faith Outreach Center gather together to pray for government.

This music in the background includes the following instrumental selections:

From the album “Sweet Affirmation” by Sam Levine, “Great is Thy Faithfulness”

From the album “Spin 07″, “Open the Eyes of My Heart”

From the album “Spin 40″, “Come Thou Fount”

From the album “Hymns of Prayer 8″ by Our Daily Bread, “My Faith Looks Up to Thee”, and “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”, and “‘Tis So Sweet”, and “Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us”

From the album “Hymns of Comfort, Volume 5″ by Our Daily Bread, “Breathe on Me, Breath of God” and “Peace Like a River – Amazing Grace”

Adoptions, Service Dogs, and Miracles

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Ready to be inspired? This podcast is the story of the adoption of two wonderful people, Jacob and Jamin. As these twins grow up, special needs challenges have been a major factor of life. It appears that God is up to something, a blessing that will change the lives of not just the twins, but the whole family, their church, and even probably their community.

www.4pawsforability.org is a website mentioned in this podcast. Enjoy!!

Prophecy and the Birth of Jesus

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There are times when we must wait on the Lord. These times can be much longer than we wish them to be. It is important to continue to trust that God will do what He said He will do. In the case of the birth of Christ, there were prophecies about a righteous ruler that would come to sit on the throne of David, whose kingdom would never end. People hung tightly to those prophetic words. But, it took years before the promise was fulfilled. As you wait on the Lord, be encouraged in your faith. I hope you enjoy this podcast, which aired on WROI on Sunday, November 28th at 7:30 AM. God bless, and Merry Christmas!

Obedience in Prayer

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This is the audio from the sermon preached at Faith Outreach Center on Sunday, October 3, 2010. Pastor Steve Hohm preached a message entitled: Obedience in Prayer. This is part of the sermon series with a special emphasis on prayer entitled “Transformed: When God’s People Pray.”

Scriptures included in this sermon were:
Psalm 66:18-19
“If I had cherished sin in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened;
but God has surely listened
and heard my voice in prayer.”

Ezekiel 8:16-18
16 He then brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun in the east. 17 He said to me, “Have you seen this, son of man? Is it a trivial matter for the house of Judah to do the detestable things they are doing here? Must they also fill the land with violence and continually provoke me to anger? Look at them putting the branch to their nose! 18 Therefore I will deal with them in anger; I will not look on them with pity or spare them. Although they shout in my ears, I will not listen to them.”

Isaiah 59:1-2
Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short
that it cannot save;
Nor is His ear so dull that it cannot hear.
But your iniquities have made a separation
between you and your God,
And your sins have hidden His face from you
so that He does not hear.

I John 1:9
If we confess our sins,
He is faithful and righteous
to forgive us our sins
and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.

Some of the difficult issues that we face as believers have to do with our own personal walk and life. If we want to be blessed by God, it is important to live before Him in obedience to His will and His word. Trying to get God to bless us, when we are living directly opposite to the way He has told us to live, creates a dilemma for us. We must repent and turn from sin, and live in obedience in order for God to bless us.

New – Cleansed, Changed, Filled

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This is the audio from the sermon preached at Faith Outreach Center on Sunday, September 5, 2010. Pastor Steve Hohm preached a message entitled: NEW: Cleansed, Changed, Filled.

Ezekiel 36:22-24 – Purpose
“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone. I will show the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Sovereign Lord, when I show myself holy through you before their eyes.“

Ezekiel 36:25-27 – Path
“I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you, I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them.”

Ezekiel 36:28 – Promise
“Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God.”

Ezekiel 37:1-3 – Predicament
“The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?”
I said, “O Sovereign Lord, you alone know.”

Jeremiah 29:13-14 – Peace
“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”

Intercessory Prayer

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The Lord has called us as believers to a life of prayer. In this sermon, preached on Sunday morning, August 29, 2010 at Faith Outreach Center, Pastor Steve Hohm explores Intercessory Prayer. Here is a look at the prayer of Stephen in the book of Acts, as well as the prayer of Jesus in John 17. May the Lord bless you as you press forward in your spiritual growth in prayer on behalf of others. Recording length is 43:11.