web01.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:22:47 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Impact Church Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Followjesus” https://impactchurch.fireside.fm/tags/followjesus Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0700 The Impact Church Podcast features weekly messages from Impact Church in Arizona, led by Pastor Travis Hearn. Each episode is designed to help you grow in your faith, experience real freedom, and live out God’s purpose for your life. Impact Church is a life-giving church committed to seeing lives transformed through the power of Jesus Christ. Through biblical teaching, practical truth, and Spirit-led messages, this podcast exists to encourage you, challenge you, and equip you to make an impact wherever you go. Whether you are new to faith or have followed Jesus for years, the Impact Church Podcast is a place to find hope, clarity, and direction for everyday life. To learn more about Impact Church, visit impactchurch.com or download the Impact Church AZ app. en-us episodic Weekly messages from Impact Church designed to help you grow in faith and live in freedom. Impact Church The Impact Church Podcast features weekly messages from Impact Church in Arizona, led by Pastor Travis Hearn. Each episode is designed to help you grow in your faith, experience real freedom, and live out God’s purpose for your life. Impact Church is a life-giving church committed to seeing lives transformed through the power of Jesus Christ. Through biblical teaching, practical truth, and Spirit-led messages, this podcast exists to encourage you, challenge you, and equip you to make an impact wherever you go. Whether you are new to faith or have followed Jesus for years, the Impact Church Podcast is a place to find hope, clarity, and direction for everyday life. To learn more about Impact Church, visit impactchurch.com or download the Impact Church AZ app. no Impact Church, Impact Church AZ, Pastor Travis Hearn, Christian podcast, church podcast, weekly sermons, Bible teaching, faith podcast, Christian sermons, freedom in Christ, Christian encouragement, biblical teaching, Arizona church, Phoenix church, non-denominational church, Jesus-centered teaching, spiritual growth, purpose and calling, Christian leadership, Sunday sermons Impact Church creative.department@impactchurch.com Episode 166: The Road To The Cross Part 2: Buried Alive https://impactchurch.fireside.fm/166 84defe72-8b5e-45ee-aa93-1a0d46948e6c Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0700 Impact Church 166 The Road To The Cross Part 2: Buried Alive full Impact Church If you keep falling into the same sins and cycles, this message shows why true freedom comes not from trying harder but from fully surrendering and letting your old life die so you can step into a new identity in Christ. 46:42 no If you keep falling back into the same sins, habits, or struggles, you’re not alone—but there is a way out. Many people try to follow Jesus without fully letting go of their old life, which is why the cycle never breaks. The Bible teaches that real freedom doesn’t come from trying harder—it comes from dying to the old you. This message explains why lasting change requires surrender, not just belief. In this sermon, Pastor Travis Hearn of Impact Church teaches what it truly means to follow Jesus by putting your old life to death and stepping into a completely new identity in Christ. In this sermon, you’ll learn: Why you keep going back to the same sin cycles Why believing in Jesus isn’t the same as surrendering to Him How your old identity keeps sabotaging your spiritual growth What water baptism really means (and why it matters) How to finally break free by fully letting your old self die You don’t need a better version of yourself—you need a new life. The moment you stop negotiating with God is the moment everything begins to change. What if the breakthrough you’ve been praying for is on the other side of letting go completely? BreakFreeFromSin, WaterBaptism, ChristianTransformation, SpiritualGrowth, FollowJesus If you keep falling back into the same sins, habits, or struggles, you’re not alone—but there is a way out. Many people try to follow Jesus without fully letting go of their old life, which is why the cycle never breaks. The Bible teaches that real freedom doesn’t come from trying harder—it comes from dying to the old you. This message explains why lasting change requires surrender, not just belief.

In this sermon, Pastor Travis Hearn of Impact Church teaches what it truly means to follow Jesus by putting your old life to death and stepping into a completely new identity in Christ.

In this sermon, you’ll learn:

Why you keep going back to the same sin cycles
Why believing in Jesus isn’t the same as surrendering to Him
How your old identity keeps sabotaging your spiritual growth
What water baptism really means (and why it matters)
How to finally break free by fully letting your old self die

You don’t need a better version of yourself—you need a new life. The moment you stop negotiating with God is the moment everything begins to change. What if the breakthrough you’ve been praying for is on the other side of letting go completely?

]]> If you keep falling back into the same sins, habits, or struggles, you’re not alone—but there is a way out. Many people try to follow Jesus without fully letting go of their old life, which is why the cycle never breaks. The Bible teaches that real freedom doesn’t come from trying harder—it comes from dying to the old you. This message explains why lasting change requires surrender, not just belief.

In this sermon, Pastor Travis Hearn of Impact Church teaches what it truly means to follow Jesus by putting your old life to death and stepping into a completely new identity in Christ.

In this sermon, you’ll learn:

Why you keep going back to the same sin cycles
Why believing in Jesus isn’t the same as surrendering to Him
How your old identity keeps sabotaging your spiritual growth
What water baptism really means (and why it matters)
How to finally break free by fully letting your old self die

You don’t need a better version of yourself—you need a new life. The moment you stop negotiating with God is the moment everything begins to change. What if the breakthrough you’ve been praying for is on the other side of letting go completely?

]]> Episode 165: The Road To The Cross Part 1: Follow Me https://impactchurch.fireside.fm/165 f96f061e-8551-4b69-b400-6f1b12955738 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0700 Impact Church 165 The Road To The Cross Part 1: Follow Me full Impact Church This sermon explains that truly following Jesus means surrendering your life—denying yourself, carrying your cross daily, and choosing obedience over comfort. 48:11 no Many people like the idea of Jesus, but struggle with what it actually means to follow Him. In Luke 9, Jesus makes a bold statement: if anyone wants to follow Him, they must deny themselves, take up their cross daily, and follow Him. This message challenges the modern idea of comfortable faith and reveals the true cost—and the true freedom—of discipleship. Understanding what it means to surrender your life to Christ can change everything about how you live, decide, and walk with God. In this sermon, Pastor Travis Hearn of Impact Church teaches what Jesus really meant when He said, “Follow Me,” and why discipleship requires more than belief—it requires surrender. In this sermon, you’ll learn: Why calling yourself a Christian is different from truly following Jesus How “but first” excuses quietly delay obedience to God What Jesus meant by denying yourself and carrying your cross daily Why the greatest enemy of surrender is often postponement How losing your life for Christ leads to true spiritual freedom Jesus never asked people to simply admire Him—He invited them to follow Him. The road to the cross is not comfortable, but it is transformative. When pride dies, when self steps down, and when Christ takes the center of your life, resurrection power begins to reshape who you are. FollowJesus, ChristianDiscipleship, TakeUpYourCross, DenyYourself, CostOfDiscipleship Many people like the idea of Jesus, but struggle with what it actually means to follow Him. In Luke 9, Jesus makes a bold statement: if anyone wants to follow Him, they must deny themselves, take up their cross daily, and follow Him. This message challenges the modern idea of comfortable faith and reveals the true cost—and the true freedom—of discipleship. Understanding what it means to surrender your life to Christ can change everything about how you live, decide, and walk with God.

In this sermon, Pastor Travis Hearn of Impact Church teaches what Jesus really meant when He said, “Follow Me,” and why discipleship requires more than belief—it requires surrender.

In this sermon, you’ll learn:

Why calling yourself a Christian is different from truly following Jesus

How “but first” excuses quietly delay obedience to God

What Jesus meant by denying yourself and carrying your cross daily

Why the greatest enemy of surrender is often postponement

How losing your life for Christ leads to true spiritual freedom

Jesus never asked people to simply admire Him—He invited them to follow Him. The road to the cross is not comfortable, but it is transformative. When pride dies, when self steps down, and when Christ takes the center of your life, resurrection power begins to reshape who you are.

]]> Many people like the idea of Jesus, but struggle with what it actually means to follow Him. In Luke 9, Jesus makes a bold statement: if anyone wants to follow Him, they must deny themselves, take up their cross daily, and follow Him. This message challenges the modern idea of comfortable faith and reveals the true cost—and the true freedom—of discipleship. Understanding what it means to surrender your life to Christ can change everything about how you live, decide, and walk with God.

In this sermon, Pastor Travis Hearn of Impact Church teaches what Jesus really meant when He said, “Follow Me,” and why discipleship requires more than belief—it requires surrender.

In this sermon, you’ll learn:

Why calling yourself a Christian is different from truly following Jesus

How “but first” excuses quietly delay obedience to God

What Jesus meant by denying yourself and carrying your cross daily

Why the greatest enemy of surrender is often postponement

How losing your life for Christ leads to true spiritual freedom

Jesus never asked people to simply admire Him—He invited them to follow Him. The road to the cross is not comfortable, but it is transformative. When pride dies, when self steps down, and when Christ takes the center of your life, resurrection power begins to reshape who you are.

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