First Love Church

About First Love Church

These podcasts are messages that were preached at First Love Church in Ocala, Florida. We hope that you are encouraged and inspired by what you hear. We are a non denominational, egalitarian church that practices a generous orthodoxy. Find out more about our local congregation online at firstlovechurch.org. #firstlovechurchocala #firstlovechurch #ocalaflorida #egalitarian #Jesuschrist #jesus #nondenominational #pastor #spirituality #christian #eucharist #opentable #tableofthelord #communion #community #spirit #divine #femininedivine #creeds #orthodoxy #equality #welcome #followers #disciple #love #faith #hope #help #recovery #newlife #peopleofpresence #holy #holyspirit #sacred #Sophia #wisdom

Publisher

Heather Drake and Dennis Drake

Category

religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 May 2019

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

152 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   God Is Love

   “God is love” sounds simple until you actually try to live like it’s true. We start with 1 John’s relentless refrain and let it challenge the version of Christianity many of us inherited: a faith driven by fear, punishment, and pressure to earn our place. From the beginning, we come back to a steadier center. Eternal life is grounded in what Jesus has done, not what we manage to pull off, and that changes how we breathe, how we rest, and how we treat the people right in front of us. We...

2. 

   12 Oct 2026

   What If Gentleness Is Your Witness

   Worry can feel like responsibility, but it often just drains our bodies and shrinks our lives. We open Philippians 4 and let Paul’s words land the way he intended them: as love for a real community under real pressure. From the start, we remind ourselves of our identity as beloved family and the promise that the Holy Spirit seals us for redemption, so nothing “gets past” God’s care even when seasons change, stress piles up, and the future feels unclear. From there, the teaching gets practica...

3. 

   4 Oct 2026

   Bless It All

   Blessing gets misunderstood fast. We’re taught to call it “blessed” only when life looks shiny, comfortable, and successful, but Jesus keeps pulling us back to a deeper truth: the blessing is already here, and the Spirit can change our perspective so we can see it. From a backseat full of popcorn that turns into food for birds, to the hard honesty of the Beatitudes, we explore how God can turn what we label as inconvenience or mess into provision for someone else and even for creation itself....

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

3.0 / 5

2 ratings

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