Giving Light Podcast

Jesus Christ takes us from a place of condemnation and slavery to one of sonship with permanent residence in the Father’s house. In this message, Reuben Stoltzfus shares about knowing our powerful positioning as a son or daughter of God.

This week, we welcome Stephen Sands and his friends to talk about the impact of several locally based ministries. He also shares a message on the hope-filled nature that comes with believing in Jesus.

Jesus Christ is ever making intercession for us to the Father. Prayer, however, is not to be the ministry of Jesus alone, but rather that of every Believer. In this message, Pastor Steven Hilton highlights the effective power, benefits and responsibility of prayer for all those who follow Christ.

Through the narrative of Scripture, we see that the Apostle John was once known as a “son of thunder” but then later known as the “Apostle of Love.” Like John, we all can be transformed by Jesus. Once we experience this transformation, our lives can become the witness of His love to the world around us. In this message, Raymond Crum shares of the joy in the commission to “preach the Gospel” through our daily lives.

Through Jesus, we have access to resurrection life! This speaks of eternal life with Him to come, but also includes abundant life today. Through Him, we can have power to pray, prophesy, witness, love, and demonstrate the effects of the Kingdom of God right now, today, in our world. In this message, Pastor Steven Hilton exhorts us to share in the resurrection power that Jesus offers His believers every day.

Jesus is alive! In this Resurrection Day message, Pastor Steven Hilton draws attention to John chapter 20 and the peace and power that comes in knowing our risen Lord.

The Bible talks about the satisfaction of a fruitful life and John 15 shares that the only way for this to happen is through our connection with Jesus, our source. In this message, Pastor Steven Hilton talks about the goodness that comes from a life that abides in Him.

In John chapter 14, Jesus instructs His followers to not be troubled but to believe in Him. In this message, Pastor Steven Hilton walks us through this passage that leads us to better know, trust, and obey Jesus’ commands of love.

Everything that pertains to life is found in Jesus–in His life, His Kingdom, His way. In this message, Pastor Joel Hilton shares on the practice of being truly satisfied in Him as we meditate and continually learn to rely on Him, the source of our life who fills us to overflowing.

The Bible outlines a pattern of the human condition that leads us to live an inverted picture of the image-bearers of God we were created to be. In this message, Pastor Katie Stansfield points out this pattern as well as one behavior of followers of Jesus that combats the temptation to live according to the ways of the world but instead, leads us in the Way of Life.

How much do we miss of what God wants to do for us because we don’t understand what He’s doing and so we resist it? In this message, Pastor Steven Hilton takes us through John chapter 13 as Jesus washes the disciples' feet and teaches them valuable lessons along the way, even when at first, they do not understand the significance of His actions.

What or who we worship identifies us. In this message, Pastor Steven Hilton walks us through John chapter 12 recounting Mary’s costly gift of worship to Jesus and relating it to our own lives as we have the daily opportunity to give of our best to our King.

Resurrection life and power is found in the person of Jesus. In this message, Pastor Steven Hilton takes us through John chapter 11 pointing out that Jesus’ resurrection life is active in us today to conform us into His image and to demonstrate God’s life and power in and through us.

Jesus takes personal interest in you, His sheep. He calls you by name and declares His invested care for you. In this message, Pastor Steven Hilton walks us through John chapter 10 where Jesus states Himself as the Good Shepherd who provides more than only our physical needs, but became the Way so that we could have eternal life.

In this message, Pastor Steven Hilton walks us through portions of John 9 outlining the redemptive work of Jesus to save us from the curse of satan and deliver us into His glorious life.

In this message, Tracey Tressler shares from her personal testimony of going from a small town to the bright lights of Hollywood to the safe arms of the Father. This message will encourage everyone that God is always on time and always gives us what we need even if it isn't what we want. Things are not always as they seem and He has been guiding your life from the time you were born for your greatest breakthrough yet. Come and be greatly blessed!

In this message, Pastor Katie Stansfield shares an important update for Giving Light. She also speaks on the value of trusting the Good Shepherd to lead our lives in a good direction always.

The Bible tells us that without Jesus, there is no way to be saved from the grip of sin and death. However, through Jesus, we can be saved, redeemed, forgiven, washed clean, and restored to closeness with the Father God with full rights to the benefits of His Kingdom. In this message, Pastor Steven Hilton encourages us to lean in to what it means to truly be born again into the family of God.

Whenever we feel obligated to do something, it immediately creates a domino effect of thoughts, attitudes, and actions that often trap us in cycles of discontentment. But what if we didn’t have to live this way? In this message, Dr. Melodye Hilton shares some simple perspective shifts that we can tap into that can make a world of difference in how we approach our lives. Give your New Year a jump start of healthy and powerful mind change that can catapult you forward into a more fulfilled 2024 and beyond!

Join us as our favorite Raymond Crum shares a Christmas Eve message centered around Jesus.

Jesus is the best gift we could ever receive from our Father God. In this message, Pastor Steven Hilton attempts to scratch the surface of reminding us of all the benefits that come from Him that will take a lifetime and eternity to discover and receive. We are so grateful for Jesus!

Jesus came to seek and to save the lost. It has often be difficult for religious mindsets to grasp this concept that One so perfect would dare to fellowship with those entangled in sin. In this message, Pastor Steven Hilton highlights throughout John 8 and other Scriptures the mission of Jesus and how this can relate to our lives today.

Jesus tells us in the book of John that when we believe in Him, our hearts will overflow with rivers of living water. In this message, Pastor Steven Hilton encourages us to stay filled with the Spirit by stirring up the gifts of God within us.

The world promises us hardship in this life and the Bible even guarantees that life as followers of Jesus will not be without trials. However, because of Jesus, we also are offered all that we need to live a rich, abundant life not only in the age to come, but in the here and now. In this message, Pastor Steven Hilton shares the benefits and necessity of praise and thanksgiving to transcend us from a place of defeat into the place of triumph.

In this message, Kevin Ikeda shares a message of the transforming, revolutionizing, powerful, unlimited love of God.

In this message, Reuben Stoltzfus shares the power of saying “YES” to the Lord.

The Holy Spirit is a benevolent giver of good gifts. In today’s message, Loretta Kohr shares on one of the gifts of the Spirit called Words of Knowledge. When the Lord invites us to know a piece of knowledge not from our own natural mind but from His, He is inviting us into an opportunity of bringing Heaven to earth as we partner with Him.

In John chapter 6, Jesus says, “I am the bread of life.” He offers us eternal filling through His own life. In this message, Pastor Steven Hilton continues in this passage pointing out what God has made available to His children as we partake of what He’s done for us and what He wants to do in and through us.

Throughout the Scripture, forgiveness is continually highlighted as an identifying attribute of a follower of Jesus. To act like Christ is to live a lifestyle of forgiveness. In this message, Pastor Katie Stansfield draws attention to this attribute of God’s character as a forgiving God and what this means for those who bear His image.

Working through the core text of John 6:1-15, Pastor Steve highlights a God of abundance who sees us, provides for us, and takes what was lacking and broken and creates a better future.

In this message, Pastor Steve continues walking us through John chapter 5 and explores the mentions of hearing God’s voice that are described in this passage.

In this message, Pastor Steve begins walking us through John chapter 5 highlighting the relationship between the Father and the Son and relating how we too should share this attitude toward the Lord.

In today’s message, Reuben Stoltzfus shares with us on the love that the Father God has toward us.

How we rehearse our story will determine how we live our lives. In this message, Dr. Melodye Hilton talks about the power of our perspective and shares important, actionable steps for us to determine choices that can lead to a better outcome and better results for our lives.

In all ages, God has given testimony of His compassion, mercy, and healing power. In this message, Pastor Steven Hilton walks us through the first part of John chapter 5 to see Jesus heal a paralyzed man and the religious people’s responses to this act. We are also reminded of the power of remembering and rehearsing what God has done for us as a testimony for our own lives and the lives of others.

John’s gospel declares that Jesus is God. He is God with us, for us, and in us. There are no limitations in Him. In this message, Pastor Steven Hilton shares how God will often challenge us in order to help our faith to grow and mature.

Our Christian faith is NOT about blind obedience; our faith in God has so much supporting evidence! In this message, Dr. Melodye Hilton shows that scientific evidence continues to support our purposeful creative human blueprint. By aligning our lives and choices with the beauty of divine design, we can ask powerful questions that lead to powerful, value-generating results.

As we prepare to participate in water baptism, Pastor Steve talks about the importance, value, and benefits of baptism. Following in the footsteps of Jesus, we make this public declaration that we have died to our old lives and have been made new with Christ, our Lord.

Faithfulness is one of the defining attributes of God’s character according to His own description in Exodus 34:6. In this message, Pastor Katie Stansfield shares about what it means to put our faith in a faithful God and how it is not blind trust but founded in a great history of His faithfulness throughout generations.

The Bible is alive and powerful and still impacting lives all around the world every day. This week, we heard from Gideons International, an organization responsible for distributing more than 2 billion Scriptures in more than 95 languages to 200 countries, territories, and possessions across the globe since 1908 and continuing on today.

This week, Pastor Steven Hilton continues in John chapter 04 and shares how when we walk like Jesus in the world, the world wants to know Who we carry.

In this message, Pastor Steven Hilton begins walking us through John chapter 04 and highlights how God embraces and works with even the most outcast from society to spread the message of the Gospel throughout the world.

This week, Pastor Steve continues through John chapter 3, sharing what it means when the gospel says that He must increase, but I must decrease.

Whoever we align with is who we will give power in our lives. In this message, Loretta Kohr shares about letting go of the beliefs and partnerships that are contrary to the truth of God’s Word and coming into alignment with Him so that we can walk in the fullness of life that He has for us.

Throughout the Bible, God describes Himself as compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, and overflowing with steadfast love and faithfulness. In this message, Pastor Katie Stansfield continues in a series exploring these attributes of God as we look deeper at what it means that our God is a compassionate God.

In this message, Pastor Steven Hilton continues walking us through John chapter three sharing about how we are made victorious, equipped, and empowered through Christ.

In this message, Pastor Steven Hilton walks us through John chapter three sharing about the New Birth that we have received through Jesus.

Within this lifetime, we are finite beings in relationship with an infinite creator. Through Jesus, we have been given access to the infinite world, which creates the recipe for Heaven to invade earth through the miraculous. In this message, Dr. Melodye Hilton shares the power of what is possible when the infinite invades our finite world.

As human beings, our experiences with anger can cause us to carry a lot of baggage around the subject. Often as a result, we can accuse God of being a scary angry rage monster in the sky or of God’s anger being His first choice to right the wrongs of a wicked world. In this message, Pastor Katie Stansfield continues to unpack the character of God as He describes it in Exodus 34:6-7 and pointing out what it really looks like that He is a God who describes Himself as “slow to anger.”

We invite you to open your heart to receive from the Holy Spirit through this message from our very own Reuben Stoltzfus entitled, "We Become What We Behold."