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MSU Research Foundation PodcastInside 20 New Deals and Two New Funds with Jeff WesleySend us a textIn this episode, David Washburn interviews Jeff Wesley, Executive Director of Ventures at the MSU Research Foundation, to recap a high-impact fourth quarter of venture activity. Jeff shares highlights from 20 new investments and financial transactions completed between April and June 2025, including support for startups tackling everything from microbiome therapeutics to plant health monitoring, as well as portfolio wins like the acquisition of Atlas Space Operations and a major funding milestone for Traverse City–based Takanak.We also cover two major announcements: th...
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MSU Research Foundation PodcastEmpowering Michigan's Entrepreneurs with Jeff WesleySend us a textIn this episode, David Washburn introduces Jeff Wesley, Executive Director of Ventures at the MSU Research Foundation. Jeff shares his journey from growing up in Chesney, Michigan, to leading transformative ventures at the Foundation. With a rich background in accounting, leadership, and entrepreneurial innovation, Jeff discusses his roles at Deloitte, a dental distribution company, and Two Men and a Truck before joining the MSU Research Foundation. Together, they delve into the creation of the Foundation's venture ecosystem, including its venture creation and investments subsidiaries—Spartan Innovations, Red Cedar Ventures, and Michigan Rise. Jeff of...
2024-11-1119 min
Wesley Foundation at MSUUnstuck: Everything you need to grow in grace Pt. 1Teaching from 3/22 kicking off our series on getting unstuck through grace.
2024-03-2228 minWesley Foundation at MSUAbba Week 3Worship from February 6th continuing our look into God as Abba. This week is a look at the options for being Abba's kid through Like 15.11-32 and what each of those options means for us and our relationship with Abba.
2024-02-0827 minWesley Foundation at MSUAbba Week 2Worship for January 30th with guest preacher Chap Fenwick continuing our series on God the Father. This week we are looking at how we are to act more like children to God and: Ask for help, be willing to forgive, learn to follow.
2024-02-0838 minWesley Foundation at MSUAbba Week 1Worship from January 23 kicking off the semester and a series about God as Abba and what it means for God to be our father.
2024-01-3134 minWesley Foundation at MSUListening to the LordWorship from November 14 looking into God speaking to us and how to listen to the Lord.
2024-01-3127 minWesley Foundation at MSUPsalm 77: Do you ever feel like Asaph in Psalm 77?Worship from October 24, diving into Psalm 77 and how to honestly talk to God through prayer.
2024-01-3125 minWesley Foundation at MSUWoman at the Well (ft. Sam Wadsworth)Worship teaching from October 17, 2023 brought by guest preacher Sam Wadsworth, Associate Pastor at Heritage Church Hattiesburg.
2023-10-2430 min2023-10-2437 minWesley Foundation at MSUThe Book of Philippians: A Worship Study Pt 4Week 4 of delving into the book of Philippians.
Phil 4.23 / NLT: May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit
>> The grace of Jesus + your spirit = healing, wholeness, & holiness
Phil 4.23 / The Message: Receive and experience the amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, deep, deep within yourself.
2023-10-2427 minWesley Foundation at MSUThe Book of Philippians: A Worship Study Pt. 3Week 3 of delving into the book of Philippians.
Joy = grace recognized
Rejoice = being glad because the grace you recognize
The genius of God's way is that he designed our relationship with him to depend on what he did in Jesus instead of the best that I can do.
"I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me." Philippians 3.12
2023-09-1150 minWesley Foundation at MSUThe Book of Philippians: A Worship Study Pt. 2 (ft. Will Rambo)A look into what we are keeping locked away from God and letting him in through the lens of Philippians Chapter 2 with guest preacher Will Rambo for the Orchard Tupelo.
2023-09-1155 minWesley Foundation at MSUThe Book of Philippians: A Worship Study Pt. 11.) We want God to speak to us through his word.
2.) We want to learn to feed ourselves spiritually and to fall more in love with his word.
2023-09-1152 minWesley Foundation at MSURooted Retreat, prt. 4Colossians 2:7 — Join in the conversations that happened at Rooted Retreat in February! This episode includes Night 2 of worship by Black Voices Gospel Choir of MSU, Billy Stone, and teaching by Leanne Burris.
2023-05-051h 00Wesley Foundation at MSURooted, prt. 3Colossians 2:7 — Join in the conversations that happened at Rooted Retreat in February! This episode includes Night 2 of Seed Talks by Caroline Philips, Olivia Moore, and Wes Schrickel.
2023-05-0552 minWesley Foundation at MSURooted Retreat, prt. 2Colossians 2:7 — Join in the conversations that happened at Rooted Retreat in February! This episode includes Night 1 of worship by Billy Stone and teaching by Leanne Burris.
2023-05-0531 minWesley Foundation at MSURooted Retreat, prt. 1Colossians 2:7 --- Join in the conversations that happened at Rooted Retreat in February! This episode includes Night 1 of Seed Talks by Rocky Shack, John Foster, and Paulette Buford-James.
2023-05-0545 minWesley Foundation at MSUComing HomeWe're all searching for a home. Somewhere we are known and belong to above all others. So how do we find it? We'll be looking into John 14 and what Jesus has to say about how we can come home. Join us!
2023-05-0523 minWesley Foundation at MSUAwakened Life, prt. 3Prayer - "Your prayer life is at its best not when you're praying about big things occasionally but when you're praying about small things continually. At its best, prayer is a living conversation with God. Before there was any sin or suffering in this world, there was prayer. We're told Eve and Adam walked and talked with God in the cool of the evening. So, prayer isn't meant to be the solution to our problems - it is that, also - but the satisfaction of our relationship and intimacy with God." [Pete Greig]
2023-05-0533 minWesley Foundation at MSUAwakened Life, prt. 2Worship happens when, through giving all we have to God, we meet Him in our hearts. Jesus says in John 4 that we are able to worship Him in Spirit and truth - but what exactly does that mean? Listen in to learn more!
2023-05-0524 minWesley Foundation at MSUAwakened Life, prt. 1"Throughout history, God has moved in mighty ways in particular seasons. You might know of these times as times of awakening. We believe it is His desire to do that again through our emerging generation. So the question is - are you awake?"
2023-05-0533 minWesley Foundation at MSUTriggered Terms of Our Time, prt. 3Gaslighting is a term you hear in the context of relationships. It's an action taken against someone - so how does that happen? And what can we do to stop it?
2023-03-0332 minWesley Foundation at MSUTriggered Terms of Our Time, prt. 2We’re unpacking two more terms of our time loaded with meaning and impact—truth and toxic. One we might want to pump the brakes on, and the other needs to be applied liberally.
2023-02-2733 minWesley Foundation at MSUTriggered Terms of Our Time, prt. 1Whether it was in a light conversation with a friend or printed on a book cover, you’re probably familiar with the term ‘triggered.’ It’s become a common descriptor of the state of being for us today, but what does it really mean? This week at Worship, we’re going to look at Exodus 2, an experience that would change the course of life for Moses and an entire people, and what it has to say to us when we find ourselves triggered.
2023-02-2723 minWesley Foundation at MSUIncrease & DecreaseJohn the Baptist is famous for saying, “Jesus must increase, and I must decrease.” The Message gives a fresh take on these words: “This is the assigned moment for Jesus to move to the center, while I slip off to the sidelines.” [John 3.30]
This week at Worship, we’re studying John 3.22-36 and taking a look at what it means for me to decrease and for Jesus to increase in my life. What if surrender, submission, & self-denial are actually the way to make the most of your life?
2023-02-2724 minWesley Foundation at MSUAbide & Abound, prt. 3Luke 3-4, When college feels so much like a wilderness, how can we survive it and even thrive in it like Jesus did when he spent time in his own wilderness? The quick answer is found in what happened to Jesus right before his wilderness--and it can happen for us, too. Abiding in Jesus' identity leads to abounding in Jesus' faithfulness.
2023-02-0834 minWesley Foundation at MSUAbide & Abound, prt. 22 Corinthians 9 - so you've been abiding, but what does it mean to abound? What exactly is it that's abounding? And who's doing it?
2023-02-0822 minWesley Foundation at MSUAbide & AboundTwo verses [John 15.5 & 2 Cor 9.8] and two words can make all the difference in the way 2023 plays out. Two simple words – in the right order. So which is it? Is it abound & abide? Or abide & abound?
2023-01-2322 min2022-12-0829 min2022-12-0832 minWesley Foundation at MSUHevel, prt. 2Ecclesiastes 3:1-11. Hevel is our current reality, but it doesn't have to be our destiny. What if it's true that we're made for beauty and eternity instead of meaninglessness?
2022-11-0930 minWesley Foundation at MSUHevel, prt. 1A study of Ecclesiastes-Where can we find joy in a world filled with uncertainty?
2022-11-0827 minWesley Foundation at MSUKingdom Focused-God's Not DoneJohn 20:19-22 "When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Sp
2022-10-2427 minWesley Foundation at MSUKingdom Focused-priority, understanding, growth, & attributes.From the very start of his ministry, Jesus is clear about his focus. Jesus is obsessed with, focused on, oriented around the huge idea of the Kingdom of God. When we follow Jesus, his focus becomes our focus...his obsession becomes our obsession...his priority becomes our priority. But what is the Kingdom? How does someone like me get in? And what do I do when I'm part of the Kingdom of God?
2022-10-1124 minWesley Foundation at MSUWith JesusMark 3:13-15 With Jesus. Jesus radically wants to be with you. His love for you knows no boundaries and his desire for a relationship with you has no limits. Jesus comes to be with you so you can be with him.
2022-09-1925 min
Wesley Foundation at MSUInto the Unknown...Be Strong and CourageousHas God ever called you to something that you've never done before? It can be intimidating because the unknown is scary. It can feel overwhelming because you may doubt yourself and your abilities. Let's take a lesson from Joshua and his calling while also looking for wisdom on what to do when we're on a road we've never been on before by looking at what God tells the Israelites to do through Joshua.
2022-04-2925 minWesley Foundation at MSUMade For More (Wholeness), prt. 3Isaiah 59:8 paints us well by saying, "They don't know where to find peace." Though this was written about a different people group, Isaiah's words speak to the landscape of our culture today. Within so much hate and division alongside worry and fear, we are people in need of peace. We long for more wholeness and peace because we were made from wholeness and peace.
2022-04-2826 minWesley Foundation at MSUMade For More (Relationships), prt. 2Made for more: relationships. One area of life where we often experience less than we're made for is our relationships. All kinds of relationships, from family and friends to romance and roommates. Created in God's image, we have the capacity for the same two adjectives that describe God's relationships -- holy and love -- to describe our relationships. When it comes to relationships, what are your adjectives?
2022-04-2830 minWesley Foundation at MSUMade For More (meaning), prt. 1Made For More: Meaning, Connection and Wholeness. We long for more because we're made for more. the Bible describes us human creatures as being made in the image of God. That explains a w hole lot about us. It explains our Creator's original design for us, and it explains our longings, like why we ache for a purpose, why we crave connection with others, and why we hunger for wholeness. This image of God thing means that we're made for more than we're probably experiencing. It means we're made for a meaningful purpose, connected relationships, and satisfying wholeness.
2022-04-2731 minWesley Foundation at MSUResolute DiscipleshipTwo big ideas from Luke 9.51-62:
1/ Jesus was stubbornly determined to do his mission for our good.
2/ Jesus calls us to follow him with the same kind of resolute determination. His path led him to the cross and beyond. Ours does, too.
2022-04-2718 minWesley Foundation at MSURooted in LoveDo you ever feel scattered kind of like tumbleweed? The nature of a tumbleweed is that it gets blown all over the place and it's not rooted in anything. In Colossians 2, Paul gives us five ways to put down roots in the love of God reminding us that what we are rooted in matters.
2022-04-2723 minWesley Foundation at MSUExtravagant Love Calls Us To Love ExtravagantlyWhat does extravagant love look like? How does knowing that we are extravagantly loved call us to love extravagantly?
2022-02-1028 minWesley Foundation at MSUBold Goals, prt. 2What makes a bold goal bold is not that it’s your daring attempt to be your best version of yourself. We’ve tried that before, right? What makes a bold goal so bold is that it’s God’s audacious vision for your life. Tonight’s Bold Goals: Build something that’ll last (Luke 6.47-48). Live with power and purpose (Acts 1.8).
2022-02-1028 minWesley Foundation at MSUBold Goals, prt. 1We’re coming up on our two-year Coronaversary. We’ve been limping along, locked-down, living our least life now, struggling through grief and sickness, and dealing with quarantine and isolation. But even in the middle of it all, we can partner with God and pursue his Bold Goals for us.
Over the next two weeks, we’ll take a look at four Bold Goals to make the most of the life we’re living. Tonight’s Bold Goals: 1/ Faith that amazes Jesus [Luke 7.1-10]. 2/ Growth that makes me all God created me to be [2 Peter 1.2-11].
2022-02-1024 minWesley Foundation at MSUThe Epiphany of the Faithful (Jonathan Franz)Come to know and see Jesus for who he is in our waiting and the consolation of a hope well placed
2022-01-1917 minWesley Foundation at MSUWaiting“Waiting on God” while placing hope in Him instead of in what we are waiting for.
2021-12-1321 minWesley Foundation at MSUHow To Pray, prt. 4Pause. Rejoice. Ask. Yield. Our teaching series on How To Pray wraps up with a look at what it means to yield or surrender to God in prayer. One way to put it is "He must increase, and I must decrease."
2021-11-1023 minWesley Foundation at MSUHow To Pray, prt. 3At Worship, we're in the middle of a teaching series on prayer based on the Lord's Prayer and the acronym P.R.A.Y. -- Pause. Rejoice. Ask. Yield. This week, we're talking about asking. "Prayer means many things to many people, but at its simplest and most obvious, it means asking God for help." (Pete Greig, How To Pray) Sometimes we're asking for help because of our own needs (Give us today our daily bread). Sometimes we're asking for what others need (Your Kingdom come). Sometimes we don't get exactly what we ask for (Your will be done).
2021-11-0228 minWesley Foundation at MSUHow To Pray, prt. 2I’ve come to the conclusion that most people’s biggest problem with prayer is God. They envisage him scowling, always disapproving, needing to be placated or persuaded in prayer." But Jesus says something completely different. The God to whom we pray is extravagantly kind, the father of the prodigal who comes running toward us with arms flung wide, whenever we approach him, wherever we’ve been, whatever we’ve done. [How To Pray, Pete Greig]
The word P.R.A.Y. is our How-To-Pray outline. Last week we learned that prayer starts with a PAUSE. Tonight, R is for RE...
2021-11-0230 minWesley Foundation at MSUHow To Pray, prt. 1Keep it simple, keep it real, and keep it up. That's pretty good advice about how to pray.
2021-10-1431 minWesley Foundation at MSUBe StillWe all have our go-to set of answers to the question “how are you doing?” One answer that we like a lot: “busy.”
How are you doing? Busy.
We are doing busy? Is that even a sentence? Apparently it is. But God calls us to something different: stillness. Tonight, we’re looking at Psalm 46. 10 and asking this question: what kind of stillness do you need? Hope you’ll join us for a moment of stillness and worship tonight!
2021-10-1226 minWesley Foundation at MSUFinding Hope To Get Through It When It's Hard To Get Over It"Our hope isn't necessarily that good will eventually come, but that good is already happening. Our hope isn't that God will one day work in our lives, but that he is already working."
2021-10-1214 minWesley Foundation at MSUA World Full Of Priests is God's Dream!Hugh wraps up our "Worship" series on a teaching from 1 Peter!
2021-09-1629 min
Wesley Foundation at MSUWorship Through SingingThis week at Worship, Katie teaches the beauty of worship through singing.
2021-09-0320 minWesley Foundation at MSUWorship with Your LifeWhen it comes to worship, we have two basic options: Attend worship or embody worship. Guess which one Romans 12.1-2 cheers us on to choose!?!
2021-09-0225 minWesley Foundation at MSUGrace Upon GraceThis week at Worship, Hugh speaks on what grace upon grace means from John 1:16.
2021-09-0118 minWesley Foundation at MSUThe Socially UN-distanced Miracles of Jesus, prt. 4The faith-and-action of four friends was the catalyst for Jesus’ miracle of healing and forgiving a paralyzed man. The faith-and-action of the four friends challenges us to live a thriving life that bridges the distance between a broken world and the ongoing miracle of Jesus’ healing and forgiveness. It’s time for us to thrive like that!
2021-04-2312 minWesley Foundation at MSUThe Socially UN-distanced Miracles of Jesus, prt. 3When life crowds in with all its pressures, there is still room for us to creep up behind Jesus — if that’s all we feel we can do — and reach out to touch him, in that odd mixture of fear and faith, believing that his presence will change us. Sometimes Jesus brings a miracle and other times he meets a need always leaving us with a deeper peace than when he found us.
2021-04-2311 minWesley Foundation at MSUThe Socially UN-distanced Miracles of Jesus, prt. 2Two deaths…two socially un-distanced touches…two miracles…two lives restored…and an invitation to you to leave death behind and to live like God made you to live. This week at Thrive -- How Jesus' death-to-life miracles can change the way you live and die.
2021-04-2310 minWesley Foundation at MSUThe Socially UN-distanced Miracles of Jesus, prt. 1Jesus wouldn’t have been very good at social distancing in a pandemic! Isolation and separation would’ve hit him hard. Physical distancing would not have come easily to Jesus. The story of Jesus is the story of a man who was with people – sometimes in crowds, sometimes with small groups. Jesus frequently touched people. And there was power in his touch! In many of his miracles, Jesus broke all the coronavirus rules and touched someone.
2021-04-2310 minWesley Foundation at MSUGod's Will and God's Ways - Sovereignty in the Wake of Suffering (Katie Heckel)You’ve probably heard or said some of these sayings before, often within tragedy and hardship as a way of grasping for meaning behind suffering. Sayings like:
“Everything happens for a reason…”
“God is in control…”
“It was God’s timing…”
“Lord willing” or “it must have been God’s will…”
But what if some of your suffering wasn’t God’s will?
This week at Thrive, we’re wrapping up our “God’s Will and God’s Ways” series by discussing God’s sovereignty. How do we understand God’s will and his sovereignty in the wake of hardship and sufferin
2021-03-1918 minWesley Foundation at MSUGod's Will and God's Ways - Decisions (Hugh Griffith)Decisions. Doesn't it sometimes feel like college life is just one decision after another... Summer plans, major change, class scheduling, a new involvement on campus, relationships, where to live next year, Jimmy Johns or Chick-Fil-A, grad school or get a job...which job...what if I can't find a job??? God's will. How can I be confident that my decisions are synced up with God's will? Does God have an opinion about everything? What if God is silent? If only God would come help me with these decisions...
2021-02-2316 minWesley Foundation at MSUGod's Will and God's Ways - Calling (Hugh Griffith)What do I want to do with my life? Or maybe the better question is, What does my life want to do with me? This week at Thrive, we're starting a three-week series on God's will by talking about God's will and our calling. Because God has a will, it’s not all up to me alone to figure out what to do with my life. Our Creator has helpful input and good intentions for what we do with our lives. Because I have a will, I play the crucial role of responding to God’s callings. It's a beautiful thin...
2021-02-2212 minWesley Foundation at MSUIntimacy, prt 2: Self-Awareness (Katie Heckel)In the Bible, a lack of awareness is often compared to blindness. And blindness is often portrayed as a central obstacle to intimacy with God and others. So how does God help us with our blindness? Two ways:
1/ God utilizes other people to help us see.
2/ God helps us with our blindness is by showing it to us.
How we respond once we’ve become aware has the ability to grow us closer to one another building intimacy or it can push us away from one another breaking intimacy.
2021-02-2213 minWesley Foundation at MSUIntimacy: God Listens (prt. 1) - Katie HeckelWould intimacy be a word you would use to describe your relationships? What about with God? One way to summarize the Bible’s story is this: It is the story of God’s hunger for intimacy; his pain at its loss; his determination to recapture it; and his fierce joy at its redemption. This week at Thrive, Katie’s teaching on intimacy with God and how God’s presence and God’s listening means our relationship with him can grow in intimacy. Hope you’ll join us and bring a friend!
2021-02-0413 minWesley Foundation at MSULive Loved (1 John, prt. 3) - Hugh GriffithLiving loved is one continuous experience that starts with being loved by God. Then living loved trusts the love that sent Jesus to solve our estrangement and our eternity issues. And then lives out the loved you receive.
2021-02-0414 minWesley Foundation at MSULive Light (1 John prt.2) - Hugh GriffithThe Gospel of John makes an amazing claim about Jesus: “His LIFE brings LIGHT to everyone.” [Jn1.3] How’d you like for your life to be warmed and brightened by the light of Jesus? That’s the truth we find in 1 John 1.5 – 3.10 in Week 2 of our Bible study series on 1 John.
2021-02-0412 minWesley Foundation at MSULive (1 John prt. 1) - Hugh GriffithThis week at Thrive, Hugh kicks off our series in 1 John. He speaks on how Jesus is life breaking it down into four parts: 1). Jesus is the Word of life, 2). Jesus defines life, 3). Jesus existed before the beginning, and 4). Jesus is eternal life. Sin disrupts life, but fellowship is restored because the blood of Jesus forgives and cleanses us bringing life to our life.
2021-02-0414 minWesley Foundation at MSUGroaning and Hoping: Freedom (Pat Ward)This week at Thrive, our good friend and Wesley alumnus, Pat Ward, teaches on finding freedom in our groaning. Pat says, “Being free and living free are two different things.” Pat dissects Paul’s words from Romans 8:21 about “glorious freedom,” and he walks us down the road from groaning to freedom, offering wisdom on how we find this “glorious freedom.”
2020-11-0625 minWesley Foundation at MSUGroaning and Hoping: Brokenness (Katie Heckel)We all carry the baggage of being broken. We’re broken people living in a broken world making broken decisions and responding to our brokenness with brokenness. So there’s a lot of potential for life to bring along the way deep disappointment, hurt, and pain, which often becomes baggage that we carry. So, what do we do with all of this brokenness?
2020-10-2116 minWesley Foundation at MSUGroaning and Hoping: Racial InjusticeOne thing the Spirit is saying ”ugh” about is racial injustice and our world’s need for racial reconciliation. Could we join the Spirit of God with an “ugh” of our own? This week at Thrive! Join us!
2020-10-2111 minWesley Foundation at MSUGroaning and Hoping: Politics (Hugh Griffith)Groaning...It's our gut-level response when our reality isn't what we're longing for. Maybe you're groaning about Bulldog football or the presidential election. A big cultural problem like racisim deserves our groaning. Or maybe you're groaning about your own brokenness or because of some hurt you experienced along the way. The really good news we find in Romans 8 is that we never groan alone! The Holy Spirit turns our groaning into hoping!
2020-10-2117 minWesley Foundation at MSUKingdom Values: Power (Katie Heckel)Would power be a word you would use to describe your spiritual life...Powerful? Jesus says in Acts 1:8 that “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you...” The life and power of Christ are made accessible through the in dwelling person of the Holy Spirit. One of the reasons for not using the word “powerful” to describe our spiritual life may be because we don’t fully know the Holy Spirit and how the Spirit works within our lives. This week at Thrive, Katie Heckel gives us a crash course in “Holy Spirit-ology”:: 8 Facts about the Holy Spirit an...
2020-10-0615 minWesley Foundation at MSUKingdom Values: Community (Katie Heckel)This week at Thrive, we’re talking community. What if community “as you know it to be” is not actually what God designed “community” to be? Today we’re connected digitally more than ever, yet disconnected physically more than ever. We’ve traded commitment-based communities for temporary human interactions that are based on personal preference. We’ve idolized individualism to the extreme. We’ve been trained to value our preferences, tastes, and freedoms above anything else. #youdoyou And we’ve even fallen into the trap of customizing our friends. We’re in need of rediscovering what a healthy God-designed community looks like a...
2020-09-2512 minWesley Foundation at MSUKingdom Values: Identity (Hugh Griffith)This week at Thrive...let’s dive into Identity! A really tricky thing about identity is that we tend to embrace whatever gives us approval as the thing that defines our identity. Basically, identity is the definition of myself that I accept from the thing that gives me approval. When it comes to identity, there are a million ways we can get it wrong, but there’s a clear way we can get it right and live out an identity that’s worth your life. Instead of living your life for approval, you can live your life from approval as a n...
2020-09-2513 minWesley Foundation at MSUKingdom Values: Gospel (Hugh Griffith)This week at Thrive...Gospel. “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” -Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride. “Gospel” is one of those Christianese words that we toss around a lot, and we kind of know what it means…but do we really? Or if we know what it means, are we truly living it out?
2020-09-2514 minWesley Foundation at MSUJesus at the Center (Katie Heckel)This week at Thrive, Katie Heckel teaches on Colossians 1:15-22 — We Thrive when Christ is at the Center of our Lives. What does having Christ at the center do for our lives? How do we reorient our lives around Jesus?
2020-09-0312 minWesley Foundation at MSUThriveology, prt. 2 (Hugh Griffith)This week, Hugh continues our 2-part Thriveology series by examining John 7:37-39. Here's the bottom line: We thrive…when Jesus quenches our thirst…and…when the Holy Spirit fills us up… and…when living water overflows from us into our thirsty world.
2020-09-0313 minWesley Foundation at MSUThriving prt. 3Acts 1 & 2 tells the story of how the Holy Spirit takes us from survive mode to thrive mode!
+ There’s no thriving unless God keeps his promise!
+ There’s no thriving without receiving what you need!
+ There’s no thriving without diving in!
2020-04-2931 minWesley Foundation at MSUThriving prt. 2Thriving = fruitfulness. Katie Heckel teaches on what it means to be fruitful? How do we grow to produce fruit? In John 15, Jesus teaches us that God has tied together our fruitfulness with His presence, Word, and our surrender.
2020-04-2937 minWesley Foundation at MSUThriving prt. 1Surviving or thriving? Hugh Griffith asks, "What if the circumstances you're just hoping to survive could be a place where you could thrive?" Thriving happens when the life of Jesus wells up in you and flourishes in you and gives life to the world around you. Time to thrive!
2020-04-2931 minWesley Foundation at MSUFrom Emptiness to CapacityFrom emptiness to capacity -- Hugh teaches on how God grows grace in our empty spaces. Bible study from 2 Peter 1.1-11.
2020-04-0226 minWesley Foundation at MSUTurning our Grief into LamentHow "well" do you respond to suffering? How "well" do you grieve? What we do within our pain can play a role in determining the direction of our spiritual life. Our pain needs to be processed. Katie teaches on how the expression of grief and distress is an important aspect of our relationship with God. By looking at the book of Lamentations, we learn that the appropriate response to the brokenness in our world is to communicate our distress and grief to God. Thank you Mark Swayze for joining us on our 2nd virtual Insight on Instagram Live - @MSStat...
2020-04-0227 minWesley Foundation at MSUThe Moses Method for Moving from Exile to PurposeLife was going along smoothly for the most part. You had your routine. You had your people. You knew your identity and your purpose. Sure, life was a burden at times, but it was mostly good--and at least it was predictable. But then...a turning point. Everything changed. Suddenly. Abruptly. And now everything's different. You're far from where you wish you were, longing for what you used to have. And you worry and wonder how it'll all play out.
All that probably feels true about you, my college student friend, and it is. But it was first true of Mose...
2020-04-0218 minWesley Foundation at MSURelate{able} - prt. 4Relate{able} takes a look at dating and marriage in light of 1Cor6.11 with Hugh talking through:
• Several faithful ideas for dating
• How a relationship grows toward marriage
• How to know when a relationship is ready for marriage
• When a relationship ends
2020-03-0342 min
Wesley Foundation at MSURelate{able} - prt. 3Single by choice...single by circumstances...single, yet dating...single, but engaged -- Would you use the word fullness to describe your singleness? What things hinder your singleness? What does Jesus say about singleness? God uses singleness to make a significant difference for the kingdom...Tonight at Insight, Katie’s teaching truth to help you make the most of every SINGLE moment of your life. Relate{able} - prt. 3
2020-02-1937 min
Wesley Foundation at MSURelate{able} - prt. 2Tonight at Insight, Hugh teaches on Relate{able} - prt. 2. It sounds like a Jesus juke, but it’s just so true: What every relationship needs is more Jesus! More Jesus & less of me/you makes every relationship better so you & I can truly be all that we can be for each other—all because we’re so full of Jesus. Thank you, John 3.30, for that relate{able} truth! Also tonight… 2 bad ideas & 1 good idea for what to do with our relationship desires AND an overview of the Bible’s overarching vision for relationships.
2020-02-1431 min
Wesley Foundation at MSURelate{able} prt. 1Relate{able} – A new teaching series at Insight on relationships. The One who wired us to relate makes us able to relate.
How’s it going with that huge part of life we refer to as relationships? Friends and family. Single, dating, marriage, and sexuality. Gender, orientation, and preference. Can you relate?
Roommates, classmates, til-death-do-us-part mate?
Single, single for a season, called to be single, reluctantly single, strategically single?
Mother, father, sister, brother, grandparent, uncle, aunt, and cousin.
Boyfriend, girlfriend, hanging out, talking, dating?
Gay, straight, bi?
Male...
2020-02-0530 minWesley Foundation at MSUA Beginner's Guide to Holy Spirited Prophecy, Dreams, and VisionsHugh teaches from Joel 2.28-29 pointing out three Holy Spirited ways you can bring the Kingdom to your corner of our crazy world.
2020-01-2930 minWesley Foundation at MSURooted in JesusThe Bible’s idea of rooted is a relationship. Rooted means I’m connected to the One who nourishes and anchors my soul. Rooted means being connected to Jesus in a way that creates an overflow from my life into the world around me. Rooted full-fills me with the treasure of Jesus!
Tonight at Insight, we’re ramping up to our Rooted Retreat with this message by Hugh from Colossians 2.7.
2020-01-2228 min
Wesley Foundation at MSUWhat Kind of Blind are You?What kind of blind are you? Nearsighted, farsighted, blurry vision, double vision, tunnel vision, partially blind, completely blind, blind spots, legally blind, color blind, blind date, blinded by the light, blind to truth, blind as a bat… So many ways to be blind—and spiritually blind. But here’s hope: “I once was blind, but now I see!”
2020-01-1525 min
Wesley Foundation at MSUA New Kind of NewNew Year’s resolutions, a word for the year, fresh goals, exercise plans, & good intentions… Down the drain on average by January 12! That’s how long most of our new efforts last—12 days.
Maybe what we need is a different kind of new. Maybe what we need is someOne who specializes in new.
2020-01-0824 minWesley Foundation at MSUChristmas InsightWonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace! Tonight’s message unpacks the meaning of this prophetic name Isaiah gives to Jesus. That poor innkeeper had no idea who he was turning away that first Christmas night!
2019-12-0421 min