Kentwood Community Church

Kentwood Community Church

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LISTEN TO OUR WEEKLY MESSAGES! Kentwood Community Church is a church of and for the nations and of the nations! It is our mission to know Him and make Him known. We aspire to live as disciple-making, leader-raising Christ-followers who multiply healthy, multi-ethnic church expressions around the world.

20h ago

Tea Time with Mick | 06.15.2026

Kentwood Community Church

3 min
1d ago

Spiritual Warfare - Weapons for Battle

This powerful exploration of spiritual warfare takes us deep into Ephesians 6:17-20, revealing three essential weapons we desperately need in our daily battles: the helmet of salvation, the sword of the Spirit, and the posture of prayer. The message confronts a sobering reality—many of us are walking through life unprotected, vulnerable to the enemy's relentless attacks on our minds. Without the helmet of salvation firmly in place, we fall prey to doubt about our salvation, paralyzing fear, crushing condemnation, and relentless discouragement. The sermon draws a stark contrast between going to battle with a butter knife versus a powerful sword, challenging us to move beyond secondhand spiritual experiences and actually know God's Word intimately. We're called to read it, meditate on it, memorize it, believe it, and speak it over every situation. Just as Jesus defeated Satan in the wilderness by declaring 'It is written,' we too must wield scripture with precision and authority. The message culminates with the most dangerous weapon of all—prayer in the Spirit. This isn't casual prayer about our daily needs, but desperate, persistent, warfare prayer that aligns us with God's will and unleashes His supernatural power. The early church had no resources, no political influence, yet when they prayed, the place was shaken, they were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they received boldness to face persecution. We're challenged to examine whether we truly believe in the power of prayer or if everything else in our lives takes priority. This isn't about performance or perfection—it's about desperation and dependence on the only One who can win our battles.

1h 2m
Jun 8

Tea Time with Mick | 06.08.2026

Kentwood Community Church

3 min
Jun 7

Spiritual Warfare- Armor of God Part 1

Standing firm in spiritual warfare requires us to be fully equipped with God's armor from head to toe. Drawing from Ephesians 6:14-16, we discover that our battle stance isn't passive but active, grounded in multiple truths: we stand in grace, in the gospel, in courage, in faith, in unity, and most importantly, in the Lord Himself. The belt of truth holds everything together, reminding us that while our enemy speaks lies as his native tongue, we anchor ourselves in God's unchanging truth. The breastplate of righteousness isn't our own filthy rags but Christ's perfect righteousness covering us completely. When God looks at us, He sees His Son. This overwhelming reality should fill us with such gratitude that we hunger to live righteously, not out of obligation but honor. The shoes of peace give us stability in the gospel, that good news that Jesus paid the debt He didn't owe so we could be free from the debt we couldn't pay. This gospel both anchors us and propels us forward to share with others. Finally, the shield of faith extinguishes every fiery arrow of doubt, fear, temptation, and worry the enemy launches at us. But here's the beautiful truth: our shields are designed to lock together with other believers. We weren't meant to fight alone. Vulnerability and transparency in Christian community aren't weaknesses but strategic strengths in spiritual warfare.

51 min
3d ago

Recognizing and Responding to Revival: Signs, Steps, and Spiritual Awakening

What if the very thing we've been praying for is already knocking at our door, but we're missing it because we don't know what to look for? This powerful exploration of revival challenges us to move beyond our comfortable religious routines and recognize the authentic markers of God's supernatural movement. At the heart of true revival lies something we often avoid: repentance. Drawing from historic revivals like those at Asbury, we discover that breakthrough moments typically begin when someone courageously stands up to confess sin and turn toward holiness. This act of vulnerability becomes the catalyst that opens floodgates, allowing God's presence to pour out in transformative ways. We learn that revival isn't about manufactured excitement or maintaining appearances of unity while harboring unforgiveness and unconfessed sin. Instead, it's marked by a supernatural loss of time awareness, a fresh vision of God's glory, and an impossible-without-God unity that echoes Jesus' prayer in John 17 that we would be one as He and the Father are one. The question we must wrestle with is sobering: How many times has God's Spirit moved through our gatherings, only to pass by because we weren't willing to respond with wholehearted repentance? Are we settling for special moments when God is offering us something far greater?

26 min
Jun 5

The Forgotten Secret of the Great Awakenings with Revival Enthusiast David Arbour

What if the key to experiencing genuine revival isn't just about prayer, but about rediscovering the power of true community? This fascinating exploration of America's Great Awakenings reveals a pattern we often miss: revival flourished where believers lived in high community—knowing their neighbors, depending on one another, and sharing life together. From Jonathan Edwards' famous sermon in Enfield to the sailors who felt conviction before even reaching New York harbor in 1857, we see God moving powerfully through interconnected lives. The historical evidence shows us something profound: when trauma or crisis drove people together, when they prayed collectively, and when they lived in authentic community, God's Spirit moved in extraordinary ways. Today, in our age of isolation and digital connection without real relationship, we're challenged to ask ourselves—are we building the kind of high community that becomes a conduit for God's power? The revivals of the past didn't just change individual hearts; they transformed entire towns, ending gambling and drunkenness, filling empty pews, and even changing how farmers spoke to their animals. This reminds us that true revival always has social impact, reaching beyond church walls to reshape culture itself. As we long for God to move again, perhaps we need to start by intentionally building the kind of biblical community that creates fertile ground for His Spirit to work.

24 min
Jun 1

Tea Time with Mick | 06.01.2026

Kentwood Community Church

3 min
May 31

Spiritual Warfare - Dark Night of the Soul

This powerful message confronts the cultural baggage we bring into our relationship with God—the rugged individualism, self-reliance, and emotion-driven faith that our society celebrates. From Frank Sinatra's 'My Way' to the countless anthems of self-expression that have shaped generations, we've been conditioned to place ourselves at the center of our universe. But what happens when we approach God with this same mentality? The sermon explores the profound spiritual reality known as the 'Dark Night of the Soul,' a season where God feels distant, His voice seems silent, and our emotions fail us. Drawing from 1 Kings 19 and the experiences of Elijah—who went from mountaintop victories to suicidal despair—we discover that even the most faithful believers can enter this wilderness. The message reveals that God uses these dark seasons not to punish us but to purify us, severing our attachments to counterfeit loves and emotional dependencies. St. John of the Cross teaches us that there are two paths into this darkness: our own sin that separates us from God, or God's deliberate work of refinement. The journey through requires us to stop measuring God by ourselves and instead measure ourselves by God. When feelings vanish and spiritual disciplines feel lifeless, we're invited to discover that love is not merely an emotion but a verb—a choice to remain faithful when everything in us wants to quit. The ultimate revelation is stunning: we cannot break God's love, but we can break ourselves against it. When we finally surrender our 'my way' mentality and embrace 'Christ alone,' we discover a love deeper than any feeling, a purpose beyond our pleasure, and a God who loves us too much to leave us as we are.

1h 2m

LISTEN TO OUR WEEKLY MESSAGES! Kentwood Community Church is a church of and for the nations and of the nations! It is our mission to know Him and make Him known. We aspire to live as disciple-making, leader-raising Christ-followers who multiply healthy, multi-ethnic church expressions around the world.

Creator

Kentwood Community Church
Years Active

2022 - 2026
Episodes

676
Rating

Clean
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