Spirit Church

Spirit Church
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Life can be messy, faith can feel hard, and the world can get loud... but the Spirit of God still speaks. Each week at Spirit Church, we open God’s Word together to find wisdom, hope, and direction for everyday life. Hosted by Brad Straarup — because we believe there’s always more in Christ.Learn more about Spirit Church and upcoming gatherings at https://www.spiritchurch.co

  1. 3d ago

    How to Actually Do God’s Will | Brad Straarup

    You already know what God said. That's the hard part. You've been asking how to know God's will. But if you're honest, there's one area where you don't need a sign at all. You know exactly what He's asking. Forgive them. Make the call. Delete the app. Get in community. Let go of the money. You've known for a while. You just haven't done it. Most of the time, our problem isn't that God's will is unclear. It's that it's uncomfortable. In Week 3 of our series, How to Know God's Will, Brad opens the book of Jonah: a man who got exactly what so many of us pray for, a clear word from God, and ran the other direction. Maybe you've been asking God for something big while ignoring the small thing He already told you. Maybe you obeyed once, it got harder instead of easier, and part of you quietly gave up. Or maybe you've been running so long you're not sure you can turn around. You can. You're not too far gone, and you didn't miss your only chance. Jonah ran, and God still came after him. Because Jesus called Himself the greater Jonah. Jonah ran from his enemies. Jesus ran toward His. And when you remember He ran toward you, you stop running from Him. Knowing God's will was never the finish line. Doing it is. Don't run. Watch the full message and get the notes: https://www.spiritchurch.co/messages/how-to-actually-do-gods-will LINKS Plan your visit (Sundays 9:00 and 10:45 AM, Chandler, AZ): https://www.spiritchurch.co/im-newAll messages and notes: https://www.spiritchurch.co/messagesWebsite: https://www.spiritchurch.co/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiritchurch.co/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@spirit.churchTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@spirit.church

  2. Oct 26

    How to Make Decisions God’s Way | Brad Straarup

    Is that God? Or is that me? You’ve got a decision in front of you and you really want to get it right. You’ve prayed about it. Read your Bible. Asked people you trust. And you’re still not sure. Take the job, or stay? Go for it with this person, or wait? Start the business, or keep the paycheck? At this point you’d take any sign at all. And you keep second-guessing every nudge. Was that the Holy Spirit, or just what you wanted to hear? Was that peace, or was that fear? When both options look good, how are you supposed to know which one is God’s? Maybe you walked through a door you were sure He opened, and it’s been hard ever since. Now you’re wondering if you missed Him. Or maybe you’ve been asking for so long without hearing anything that you’ve quietly stopped expecting an answer. God isn’t hiding His will from you. And He isn’t as hard to hear as it feels right now. In Week 2 of our series, How to Know God’s Will, Brad gets practical about how God actually leads: three questions you can bring to any decision, and what to do when heaven feels silent. Bring the decision you’re carrying. God is still speaking. Watch the full message and get the notes: https://www.spiritchurch.co/messages/listen-closely LINKS Plan your visit (Sundays 9:00 and 10:45 AM, Chandler, AZ): https://www.spiritchurch.co/im-newAll messages and notes: https://www.spiritchurch.co/messagesWebsite: https://www.spiritchurch.co/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiritchurch.co/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@spirit.churchTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@spirit.church

  3. Oct 19

    Choose Freely | Brad Straarup

    You want to know God's will. You're just afraid you'll miss it. Should I propose or wait? Take the offer or stay put? Christian college or state school? Have another kid, or are we done? Saying yes to Jesus was the easy part. It's every question after that one that keeps you up at night. The #1 thing people have asked about is understanding God's will. So in Week 1 of our new series, How to Know God's Will, Brad steps into teaching mode and zooms all the way out for us.  Maybe you're so afraid of the wrong decision that you haven't made one at all. You've asked for a sign and heard nothing back. You're still waiting on a burning bush. Or maybe the fear runs the other way. You already made the call, and now you wonder if it was the wrong one. There was one right person, one right school, one right city, and somewhere back there you missed it. Ever since, it's felt like you've been living in plan B. Either way, this one's for you. Because God never told you to find His will. He told you to understand it. And His will was always pointing to a Person. Look to Jesus, and God works all things, even the ones you got wrong, for good. God's not asking you to crack a code. He's asking you to open a book. Love God. Then choose freely. Watch the full message and get the notes: https://www.spiritchurch.co/messages/choose-freely LINKS Plan your visit (Sundays 9:00 and 10:45 AM, Chandler, AZ): https://www.spiritchurch.co/im-newAll messages and notes: https://www.spiritchurch.co/messagesWebsite: https://www.spiritchurch.co/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiritchurch.co/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@spirit.churchTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@spirit.church

  4. Oct 12

    How to Be Financially Free | Brad Straarup

    It never looks like a trap. It looks like a deal. No payments for 12 months. The credit card you said you'd pay off "next month," fourteen months ago. The car payment that's bigger than your rent. You and your spouse don't fight about much, but lately every money conversation comes with tension. And nobody would ever guess, because you're carrying it alone. When we asked what you wanted to hear about, so many of you said the same thing: help, my finances are in trouble. So in Week 4, the final week of our series, You Asked For It, Brad opens one of the most famous stories Jesus ever told: a son who wanted it all now and ended up jealous of what the pigs were eating. With a real snare, a study on what a credit card does to what you're willing to spend, and a father who did something no man his age would do in public. And this isn't a giving message. No offering pitch. This one is just for you. If you've ever made a money decision you'd give anything to take back, this is for you. If you've ever found yourself in a habit, a relationship, or a secret you never meant to get this deep into, this is for you. If you've ever said "I'm fine" while you were drowning, this is for you. And if you're so deep you've stopped believing there's a way out, this is especially for you. Because Jesus told this story for people who think they've gone too far. And the son never even got to finish his speech. You're snared. But you're not stuck. No matter how deep you are, you can get out. Watch the full message and get the notes: https://www.spiritchurch.co/messages/how-to-be-financially-free LINKS Plan your visit (Sundays 9:00 and 10:45 AM, Chandler, AZ): https://www.spiritchurch.co/im-newAll messages and notes: https://www.spiritchurch.co/messagesWebsite: https://www.spiritchurch.co/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiritchurch.co/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@spirit.churchTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@spirit.church

  5. Oct 5

    How to Defeat Anxiety | Brad Straarup

    Nothing has happened yet. Your body just thinks it has. Your 16-year-old is 40 minutes late and her location won't load. The doctor's office wants to go over your results in person. Your boss texts "Can you meet at 4?" and you spend the next seven hours living out the worst case. Stress is pressure around you. Anxiety is pressure within you, and it always starts with two words: what if. When we asked what you wanted to hear about, anxiety was near the top of the list. So in Week 3 of our series, You Asked For It, Brad opens the words Paul wrote from a prison cell, chained to a guard, not knowing if he'd live: "Do not be anxious about anything." With two buckets, a bag of ping-pong balls, and one very important word: but. If you've ever lain awake at 2:47 a.m. rehearsing a conversation that hasn't happened, this is for you. If you've ever been in the room with your kids but somewhere else in your head, this is for you. And if you've ever been told a real Christian shouldn't feel this way, this is especially for you. Because Jesus faced a tomorrow that wasn't a what-if. It was a what-is. And He walked right into it. He drank His cup so you could cast yours. Do today. Hand Him tomorrow. Watch the full message and get the notes: https://www.spiritchurch.co/messages/how-to-defeating-anxiety LINKS Plan your visit (Sundays 9:00 and 10:45 AM, Chandler, AZ): https://www.spiritchurch.co/im-newAll messages and notes: https://www.spiritchurch.co/messagesWebsite: https://www.spiritchurch.co/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiritchurch.co/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@spirit.churchTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@spirit.church

  6. Sep 28

    Why Am I Stressed? | Brad Straarup

    You're not failing. You're carrying too much. Maybe you took the day off and you're still tired. Or you came back from vacation and you're still tired. Someone asks how you're doing and "I'm good" comes out on autopilot, while everything underneath feels one more thing away from cracking. When we asked what you wanted to hear about, stress was one of the most requested topics. So in Week 2 of our series, You Asked For It, Brad takes on the question behind so many tired answers: Why am I always stressed? With a physics equation, a check-engine light, and one empty Coke Zero can. If you've ever felt guilty for being stressed, like it means your faith isn't strong enough, this is for you. If you've ever said "let me check my calendar" when you really should say no, this is for you. If you've ever tried to fix someone who didn't want to be fixed, this is for you. If you've ever thought through every what-if in a future you can't control, this is for you. If you've ever tried to pray your way out of something and wondered why nothing changed, this is for you. And if the pressure in your life isn't going anywhere, the diagnosis, the layoff, the bills, this is especially for you. Because stress isn't a sin. It's a signal. And Jesus never promised to take all the weight off you. He promised you'd never have to carry it alone. Hard pressed on every side. But not crushed. Watch the full message and get the notes: https://www.spiritchurch.co/messages/why-am-i-stressed LINKS Plan your visit (Sundays 9:00 and 10:45 AM, Chandler, AZ): https://www.spiritchurch.co/im-newAll messages and notes: https://www.spiritchurch.co/messagesWebsite: https://www.spiritchurch.co/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiritchurch.co/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@spirit.churchTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@spirit.church

  7. Sep 21

    How to Win Spiritual Warfare | Brad Straarup

    You're in a fight. Whether you meant to be in one or not. The argument that went ten levels deeper than it should have. The thing someone said three weeks ago that's still running laps in your head. The fear that wakes you at 3 a.m. and won't tell you its name. That's not a bad week. That's a battlefield. When we asked what you wanted to hear about, one topic won by a long shot. So in Week 1 of our new series, You Asked For It, Brad takes on spiritual warfare — without the Hollywood version, and without the obsession. If you've ever wondered whether the devil is actually real, or just a cartoon with a pitchfork, this is for you. If you've ever known something was a lie and still couldn't shake it, this is for you. If you've ever wondered whether what you're walking through is an attack, a consequence, or something God is up to, this is for you. If you've ever had a dream, a moment in your house, or an experience you couldn't explain and never told anyone about, this is for you. If you keep praying about the same thing and nothing seems to move, this is for you. And if you've lost this fight for so long that you've started to believe it's just who you are now, this is especially for you. Because Jesus went to a cross and didn't stay there. He went to a tomb and didn't stay there either. The battle that decides everything has already been won. You don't fight for victory. You fight from victory. Watch the full message and get the notes: https://www.spiritchurch.co/messages/how-to-win-spiritual-warefare LINKS Plan your visit (Sundays 9:00 and 10:45 AM, Chandler, AZ): https://www.spiritchurch.co/im-newAll messages and notes: https://www.spiritchurch.co/messagesWebsite: https://www.spiritchurch.co/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiritchurch.co/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@spirit.churchTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@spirit.church

  8. Sep 14

    How Far Is Too Far? (Answering Your Relationship Questions) | Brad & Paige Straarup

    You sent over 60+ relationship questions anonymously. We answered them. Not the safe ones… the ones you'd ask a friend in a parking lot. Some of them were fun. Most of them were just real. So for the last week of It's Complicated, Brad and Paige went through them one at a time, out loud, in front of everybody. For singles: what to do with a season you didn't choose, and what most people get wrong about waiting. For dating: where the line actually is. Not a feeling. A boundary. For married: the questions people wrote down but would never say out loud, and a way to think through all of them. And then one section for everyone, because some things don't belong to a season of life. The thing you keep promising to quit. The thing that was done to you. The parts we usually go quiet on. We didn't go quiet. What the church avoids, the devil invades — and if we won't answer these, somebody else will. Six weeks ago we said it: the world's way makes it complicated. God's way makes it clear. This is what clear sounds like. Watch the full message and get the notes: https://www.spiritchurch.co/messages/ask-brad-paige LINKS Plan your visit (Sundays 9:00 and 10:45 AM, Chandler, AZ): https://www.spiritchurch.co/im-newAll messages and notes: https://www.spiritchurch.co/messagesWebsite: https://www.spiritchurch.co/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spiritchurch.co/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@spirit.churchTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@spirit.church

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Life can be messy, faith can feel hard, and the world can get loud... but the Spirit of God still speaks. Each week at Spirit Church, we open God’s Word together to find wisdom, hope, and direction for everyday life. Hosted by Brad Straarup — because we believe there’s always more in Christ.Learn more about Spirit Church and upcoming gatherings at https://www.spiritchurch.co

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  • Creator
    Spirit Church
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    63
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Spirit Church
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