Real Life Moment

Listen as Phil Thomas and Wendy McSwain talk through the current series and help us understand what Jesus meant when he said, "Take Up Your Cross."

Listen as Phil Thomas and Wendy McSwain talk through the current series and help us look into common sayings that people think are in the Bible.

Listen as Phil Thomas and Nick Grice talk through the current series and help us look into the book of James for encouragement in our faith.

Listen as Pastor Clint and Pastor Phil talk about how God's love pursues those who believe and those who don't through the story of Jonah.

Wendy and Interim Pastor Phil Thomas sat down to talk through our current series and how faith should invade all parts of our lives.

Clint Rhoney, our Executive Pastor, introduces our Interim Pastor Phil Thomas on this Real Life Moment. They also talk about why we need to focus on the basics and move forward in faith in our time of Lead Pastor Transition.

Our latest sermon series at Real Life is called Easter, Upside Down. Listen to a conversation talking through this series and how we can learn from the characters from the Easter story to see how this event can change our lives forever. The latest sermon series is here. https://discoverreallife.net/media

Our latest sermon series at Real Life is called Parables: Earthly Stories, Heavenly Meanings. Listen to a conversation talking through this series and what we can learn from these familiar stories from Jesus.  The latest sermon series is here. https://discoverreallife.net/media

Our latest sermon series at Real Life is called Now What? Walking by faith through the transitions of life. Listen to a conversation talking through this series and how it's helping all of us move through transition personally and corporately.  

Go to https://youtu.be/L4EHrg1LYF0 to see Mike's shirt and why he said was a Pastor Ninja!

The latest sermon series is here. https://discoverreallife.net/media

Our latest sermon series at Real Life is called Begin with the End in Mind. Listen to a conversation explaining why we need to know what happens at the end of the world and the benefits of living in light of eternity. The latest sermon series is here. https://discoverreallife.net/media

Our latest sermon at Real Life really resonated with lots of us. We have been and even are today, discouraged! Pastor Clint leads us through the story of Elijah and how God used him even though he was discouraged at times.

Full sermon here. https://discoverreallife.net/media/dealing-with-discouragement-5

Our latest sermon series at Real Life Church has taken us through Galatians 5. Paul tells us about the fruit that the Holy Spirit grows in our lives. Listen as we talk about the series, "The Fruit of the Spirit."

Watch the full series at https://www.discoverreallife.net/media.

Does your relationship need work? God has given us clear directions and the power of the Holy Spirit to make our relationships work better. Listen as Pastor Clint and Wendy talk through what we learned in the first week of the current series, Relationships that Work, and what we'll learn in the weeks to come. 

Watch the full Part 1 sermon here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJSloqFpGg0

Pastor Mike and Wendy talk through our current sermon series and share some behind-the-scenes for each message and a preview of the next two weeks.

On this episode of a Real Life Moment, Pastor Mike and Wendy reflect on the "Warrior" series and the life of Gideon. We also discuss the current world situation and what we need to know and do in these uncertain times.

Given up on those resolutions yet? Pastor Mike and I talked through the current sermon series New Year, New You. He revealed a few of the takeaways that can help us develop in our life with Christ.

For more information or to watch the full sermon series, go to HTTP://www.discoverreallife.net.

As a member or friend of Real Life Church, you have FREE access to a valuable resource, Right Now Media. It's like Netflix for faith. Listen as Wendy and Clint talk through how it works and how it has impacted some of our users. Go to DiscoverRealLife.net for more information.

Pastor Mike and I give you a teaser of some exciting things happening at Real Life Church this fall. We are still navigating a pandemic and have had to change some methods, but the message never changes.

Welcome to the next episode of a Real Life Moment. A podcast series presented by Real Life Church to offer you a quick moment of advice, inspiration, or simply a conversation we’d love to share with you. Today, our Student Pastor, Jason Gilbert, and I will be talking about a subject most parents of teenagers are navigating these days. Let’s talk about teenagers, smartphones, and social media.

Go to https://discoverreallife.net/category/blog/ for resources we talked about in the podcast.

Welcome to the next episode of a Real Life Moment. A podcast series presented by Real Life Church to offer you a quick moment of advice, inspiration, or simply a conversation we’d love to share with you. Today, we have a special guest. Rachael Elmore is here to share some thoughts and resources about the state of marriages post-pandemic. Our senior pastor, Mike Davis is also joining us today.

Rachael is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Supervisor (LCMHC-S) in North Carolina with 17 years of experience in the counseling field. She is also a National Certified Counselor by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC). She is a clinically-trained Christian counselor. She shares some thoughts to help us refocus on the dynamics of our marriage and see ourselves in a new light. 

For the freebie Rachael talked about in this episode or to learn more about Christian counseling, go to https://www.elmorechristiancounseling.org/ and sign up for Rachael's newsletter.

In this episode of a Real Life Moment, Clint Rhoney and Wendy McSwain talk through one practice that could be most important in the life of a believer. Listen to find out what this is and how to practice it.

Read the full blog post and SOAP explanation here:

https://discoverreallife.net/2021/05/04/just-one-thing/

All of us need an occasional visit to the Doctor for a physical check-up just to make sure everything is working as it should and there are no hidden or underlying conditions we need to address for our health. The same is true with our spiritual health.

Paul in Galatians 5:22-23 describes the characteristics that should be exhibited when a healthy follower of Jesus is walking by the Spirit. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control …”

Join our conversation with Clint Rhoney today as we walk through some questions that will help us check-up on our fruit!

Check out this podcast and learn how Real Life Church got connected with Around the Corner Ministries. Todd Alewine and his wife Sheila began this ministry in 2016 with a heart to equip churches and followers of Jesus to share their faith with those in their influence of where they live, work, and play.

In this episode, Wendy talks with Nick Grice and Todd Alewine about how to reach our neighbors with the gospel.  We discuss things like why we should reach out to our neighbors trusting God has sovereignly placed us where we are to live on mission. Approaches to share Jesus must be Spirit-led, filled with prayer, and done with God's heart for others as we seek to meet physical needs.

We will face challenges to share Jesus in today's culture but can be successful by remembering we should love God first, stay sensitive to where God is working, and that it's God who does the eternal saving of lives.

Todd explains how going through the Around the Corner workbook will help you with many biblical principles such as a renewed belief in the character of God, seeing others the way Jesus does, being more sensitive to the Holy Spirit, learning how to tell your life story, how to accurately share the gospel, and how to make disciples.

Are you ready to be obedient to the Great Commission? This podcast will help you along the journey.

https://www.aroundthecornerministries.org/

Pastor Mike has been leading us through a series called Overwhelmed on Sundays. Each week we see how to respond when we are overwhelmed chasing success or dealing with discouragement or stress! Listen in for a deep dive on the importance of talking about our mental well-being, how to get help when we need it and how to reach out to those around us. For the full Overwhelmed series, go to www.discoverreallife.net/messages.

The ministry staff of Real Life Church came together to share some ideas of how to keep Christ in Christmas this year. We hope you can find some inspiration to help your family look past the gifts and glitter to see the real meaning of Christmas.

Our second episode of Season 1 is a conversation between me, your host Wendy McSwain, Nick Grice, and Nakya Dozier. Take a few minutes to listen to how a chance encounter with our food pantry sparked a friendly competition and a ripple of inspiration.

NOTES

Engage at RLC: https://discoverreallife.net/engage

Welcome to our first Real Life Moment! I'm your host, Wendy McSwain and I'm speaking with Clint Rhoney about the benefits of making connections with other believers. This episode is a little longer than most of them will be, but we wanted to give it a big start. 

NOTES

Scripture Reference: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%202%3A42&version=NIV

Group Life at RLC: https://discoverreallife.net/get-involved/grouplife-ministry/