Dwelling place Lithia Podcast

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Thank you for joining us for Dwelling place Lithia Service. We hope this message will help you find your Identity in Christ and create grow in your Life! We hope you enjoy this message. If you would like to partner with us you can do so @ dwellingplacelithia.org

  1. Oct 18

    The Gift Is Never the Promise. God Is- Jamie Franklin

    Send us Fan Mail What does it mean to seek first the kingdom of God? In this Matthew 6:33 sermon, Jamie shows that Jesus gives an order: seek His kingdom and His righteousness first, and food, drink, and clothing follow. This is not a prosperity message. Jesus is talking about the most basic needs of life, and the promise only works in one direction. Drawing on Matthew 22, Augustine's teaching on the order of love, and the banners over Israel's camp in Numbers 2, Jamie explains it this way: love of God is the root, and love of neighbor is the fruit. Seeking His kingdom is the root, and provision is the fruit. From there he looks at what disordered love looks like: the Pharisees using Corban to dodge caring for their parents, Solomon starting with the temple and ending with idols, and the servant who buried twenty years of wages in the ground. Paul shows the right order. He received what he needed in prison but did not seek the gift itself. The goal is to delight in God Himself, not to delight in God to get His gifts. Scripture referenced: Matthew 6:24-34, Matthew 22:37-40, Song of Solomon 2:4, Numbers 2:1-34, Romans 3:21-24, Philippians 3:7-12, Mark 7:9-13, Philippians 4:17-18, 1 Kings 11:4-43, Matthew 25:14-30, John 21:1-14, Romans 9:3, 1 Corinthians 9:27, Hebrews 12:4, Psalm 37:4, Matthew 6:9-13, John 10:4-5, Ephesians 6:12, Matthew 4:5-6 "The gift is never the promise. God Himself is." If this message challenged you, follow the show so you don't miss what's next, and leave a rating and review to help others find it. Then share it with someone who is worried about tomorrow. Dwelling Place Lithia https://www.dwellingplacelithia.org/ Support the show

  2. Oct 11

    God Already Ran After You. Now What? - Shawn Johnson

    Send us Fan Mail Does God really run after us? Jesus answered that Himself: the shepherd leaves the ninety-nine, and the father runs down the road to his son. In this message, Shawn walks through Luke 15 and asks what our response should be to a God who already chased us down. The answer starts with prayer. Not polite, "if You have time" prayer, but fervent prayer: heat of mind, eagerness, animated zeal, warmth of devotion, the kind that says "Lord, send me wherever You need me, not where I want to go." From there he turns to Matthew 4 and 5, where Jesus heals the sick and hurting before He ever opens His mouth on the mountain, and then starts with "Blessed are the poor in spirit." Through the story of Gideon's army whittled from 32,000 to 300, a widow who trusted God with everything she had, and a shepherd who carries the wandering sheep on his shoulders, Shawn calls us to stop waiting to see what God will do and start asking, "God, what do You want me to do today?" Scripture referenced: Luke 15:1-7, Luke 15:11-32, Philippians 4:1-6, Matthew 4:23-25, Matthew 5:1-6, Judges 7, Psalm 23:1-2 "I've already run after you. I've put you on my shoulder. But there's a time I'm about to send you out." If this message encouraged you, follow the show so you don't miss what's next, and leave a rating and review to help others find it. Then share it with someone who needs to hear that God has never stopped running after them. Dwelling Place Lithia  https://www.dwellingplacelithia.org/ Support the show

  3. Oct 4

    The Royal Way: Living Like the King's Child-Jeremy Smith

    Send us Fan Mail Before the stars were hung in the sky, God knew your name and chose you to be His child. So why do so many believers still live like orphans hoping to be allowed in the back door? In this message, Jeremy walks through Ephesians 1, where Paul, writing from a prison cell, opens his letter with who we are in Christ before he ever tells us what to do. We are chosen, adopted, redeemed by the blood of Jesus, lavished with grace, and sealed with the Holy Spirit as the guarantee of our inheritance. God did not make a mistake when He called you; He did it "in all wisdom and insight." Jeremy challenges the habit of identifying with who we used to be. If you were crucified with Christ and made a new creation, the old you is dead. Through the parable of the prodigal son and a story from the book God's Smuggler, he shows what changes when we stop approaching God as hired help and start approaching Him as Abba, Father: our prayers change, our fear of lack changes, and our witness changes, moving from winning arguments to walking in the power of the Holy Spirit. Scripture referenced: Ephesians 1:1-14; Galatians 2:20; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Colossians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Hebrews 12:1, 12:18-24; Matthew 6:9-13; Luke 15:11-32; John 5:19; John 14:12; 1 Corinthians 2:1-5; 1 Corinthians 14:23-25; Exodus 33:15-16; John 8:11; Hebrews 10:26-29; Galatians 5:1 "You act out of who you think you are." If this message spoke to you, follow the show so you never miss a message, and leave a rating and review to help others find it. Share this episode with someone who needs to hear that the Father is standing by the road waiting for them. Dwelling Place Lithia  https://www.dwellingplacelithia.org/ Support the show

  4. Sep 27

    Success' Failures and Inconvenience -Jamie Franklin

    Send us Fan Mail What if you climbed all the way to the top of the ladder, only to find out it was leaning on the wrong wall? In this message from Philippians 4:12-13, we look at what Paul called "the secret": learning to live with plenty and learning to live with little. Success is knowing what God told you to do and pulling it off. Failure is knowing and not doing it. And the enemy is perfectly fine with you being successful at the wrong thing. We walk through Ezekiel's picture of a people God rescued and made beautiful, who then trusted in their own beauty; Jeremiah, who obeyed God for years, was mocked, beaten, and lowered into a cistern, and never saw the fruit of his labor; the five foolish virgins who were holding money instead of oil; and Paul and Silas singing in prison because they were not imprisoned on the inside. The secret is the counterweight. Your circumstances, finances, family, health, and uncertainty will always feel heavy until you put the right weight on the other side of the scale: the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus our Lord. Scripture referenced: Philippians 4:12-14; Philippians 3:7-8; Colossians 3:2; Deuteronomy 8:10-18; Ezekiel 16:6-15; Luke 10:30-37; Luke 19:40; Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 6:16; Jeremiah 7:27; Jeremiah 12:5; Jeremiah 20:7-18; Jeremiah 38:6; Genesis 3:17-19; Romans 8:19-23; Matthew 13:1-23; John 10:27; John 11:21; Matthew 25:1-13; Acts 16:25; Acts 21:10-14; 2 Corinthians 1:3-4; 2 Corinthians 8:14; Acts 4:32-35 "If you get to the top of a ladder, but you're on the wrong wall, it's a failure." If this message encouraged you, follow the show and leave a rating and review so others can find it. And share it with someone who is tired of waiting on a word from the Lord. Dwelling Place Lithia  https://www.dwellingplacelithia.org/ Support the show

  5. Sep 13

    Better Than GPS: How the Holy Spirit Guides You

    Send us Fan Mail Before GPS, you got lost. A lot. So what does it mean that Jesus said sending the Holy Spirit would be even better than that? In this message, we pick up at the end of John 15 and move into John 16, where Jesus tells his disciples he's leaving them, hard things are coming, but he is sending a Helper who will guide them into all truth and bear witness about him. We walk through what it actually means that the Holy Spirit convicts, guides, and gives direct access to the Father, no longer through an intermediary but by name, in Jesus' authority. From there we look at what Jesus promises next: that the disciples' sorrow will turn into joy, a joy no one can take from them. We talk about what that looks like practically, staying tuned to the Spirit's promptings (including a story about a middle-of-the-night wake-up call to pray, and a story about a near-miss on a cliff), and why 1 Thessalonians 5 ties rejoicing, prayer, and not quenching the Spirit together as one command, not three separate ones. Scripture referenced: John 15:26-27, John 16:1-4, John 16:7-15, John 16:16-24, 1 Thessalonians 5:12-22 "God has joy for you. No matter what you're doing, no matter what you're going through, God has joy for you." If this message speaks to you, leave a rating and review, it helps other people find this podcast, and share it with someone who needs to hear it today. More from Dwelling Place Lithia https://www.dwellingplacelithia.org/ Support the show

  6. Sep 6

    You're Not Too Dirty to Approach the Throne-Jamie Franklin

    Send us Fan Mail If you dilute wine with water, it still looks like wine. If you shave the edge off a coin, it still looks like a coin. Isaiah says that's exactly what happened to God's people, and it gets worse from there. This message traces one story across three prophets and lands in Romans 8. We start in Isaiah 1, where the prophet tells Judah their silver has become dross and their wine has been diluted, a picture of a faith that looks real on the outside but has been quietly counterfeited. A century and a half later, Ezekiel says something worse: there's no longer any silver left to refine at all, just dross, and even the priests who were supposed to know better had failed. But God still preserves a priestly line through the Babylonian captivity, and when we get to Zechariah's vision, the high priest Joshua stands before the Lord in filthy garments and is clothed in clean ones anyway, his sin removed before he ever does anything to earn it. That's the picture Romans 8 fulfills: there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because what the law could never do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did. We close by looking at what it means to walk according to the Spirit rather than the flesh, even when we still carry dirt on our garments from places we didn't choose to walk. Scripture referenced: Isaiah 1:21-31, Ezekiel 22:18-30, Zechariah 3:1-10, Romans 8:1-21 "Just 'cause our garments are dirty doesn't mean we can't approach the throne." If this message speaks to you, leave a rating and review, it helps other people find this podcast, and share it with someone who needs to hear it today. More from Dwelling Place Lithia  https://www.dwellingplacelithia.org/ Support the show

  7. Aug 30

    The Knife, the Vine, and the Fruit: Why God Cuts Away What You Love - Shawn Johnson

    Send us Fan Mail Would you pay thousands of dollars for a single piece of fruit? Japanese farmers do exactly that. They prune away every bud on the vine except one, so all the sweetness and nutrition pours into that one piece of fruit. That strange practice is where this message starts, and it opens up one of the hardest truths in Scripture: God prunes the branches He loves most. Walking through Isaiah 5 and John 15, this message asks the question every believer eventually has to face. When something painful gets cut out of your life, is that punishment, or is that preparation? A well tended vineyard that still produced bad fruit. A gardener who prunes not because He enjoys cutting, but because He sees a harvest we can't see yet. A branch that has to decide whether to stay connected to the vine or try to produce fruit on its own. This one is honest. Stories about pride, ambition, distraction, a father's surgery, and a hard question asked on an airplane: what actually brings you joy? If you've ever felt like something was being taken away and wondered why, this message will change how you see the knife in the gardener's hand. Scripture referenced: Isaiah 5:1-7, John 15:1-8, Galatians 5:22-23, Hebrews 12:11 The branch sees the cut. The gardener sees the harvest. If this message speaks to you, subscribe to Dwelling Place Lithia for more, leave a comment about what God is pruning in your life right now, and share it with someone who needs to hear that the cutting isn't the end of the story. https://www.dwellingplacelithia.org/ Support the show

  8. Aug 23

    The Woman at the Well: How Jesus Ends Every Debate - Jeremy Smith

    Send us Fan Mail There's a difference between welcoming someone into your home and being desperate for them to come home. When a guest knocks, you welcome them in. When your own daughter comes home, you don't just welcome her, you hold on and hope she doesn't leave. That's the line this episode draws between how most of us treat the Holy Spirit and how the early church treated Him. Walking through John 4, this episode looks at the woman at the well, and how Jesus never had to argue her into the truth. He simply revealed what He already knew about her life, and every wall she had built came down in a moment. No debate, no argument, just the truth of who He was. From there it moves into Acts and Jeremiah 2, asking a hard question: are we welcoming the Holy Spirit into our services, or are we desperate for Him to lead our actual lives? This one challenges the idea that reading your Bible, praying, and having good church services is the finish line. It's an honest look at broken cisterns that keep filling up and draining out, and a call to stop debating people into belief and start showing them God is real. Scripture referenced: John 4:1-26, Acts 8, Acts 10, Acts 15, Jeremiah 2:1-13, Exodus 33:15-16, 1 Corinthians 14:24-25 "You can't be a Christian and not try to look like Christ. It's not even grammatically correct." If this episode challenges you, subscribe so you don't miss the next one, leave a rating and review, and share it with someone who needs to hear it. Dwelling Place Lithia Lithia, FL Support the show

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Thank you for joining us for Dwelling place Lithia Service. We hope this message will help you find your Identity in Christ and create grow in your Life! We hope you enjoy this message. If you would like to partner with us you can do so @ dwellingplacelithia.org

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  • Creator
    Dwelling Place Lithia
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    282
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    © 2026 Dwelling place Lithia Podcast
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