Experiencing God's Love (ft. Brandon Shields)

John Mark Comer Teachings

Practicing the Way

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Do you know about God's love but struggle to actually feel it? Brandon Shields, Director of Church Engagement at Practicing the Way, shares his personal journey of moving from knowing about God’s love intellectually to experiencing it in a way that heals, transforms, and reshapes how we relate to others. He invites us to open ourselves to God’s loving presence and challenges us to not just receive that love, but to become it—embodied in how we see, hold, and care for one another.

Key Scripture Passage: Ephesians 3v14-21

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the John Mark Homer Teachings podcast. My name is Yinka Dawson and I'm your host.
0:10.5	Each week we feature teachings by John Mark or other voices in the formation space. Today we have a special
0:16.9	teaching from Brandon Shields, our director of church formation here at Practice in the Way.
0:22.6	Brandon just transitioned out of his role as lead pastor at Soma Midtown in Indianapolis,
0:29.6	so he could devote more time to helping other pastors think about formation in their own churches and contexts.
0:36.6	He recently gave this teaching during his last Sunday at Soma, and we loved it.
0:41.3	It's not only an amazing teaching on the love of God, but an amazing and rare example of ending well.
0:48.3	Here's Brandon.
0:55.5	Good morning.
0:57.9	My name is Brandon.
1:02.8	I serve for a few more hours as the lead pastor here at some of Midtown.
1:06.1	And after that, I will be just known as the founding pastor of this church.
1:08.9	And so it's such an honor to have you with us this morning.
1:10.1	Sorry if you're new again. I know this
1:11.2	may feel like you're crashing somebody else's family reunion. So sorry, not sorry. We're glad that
1:17.8	you're here. If you have a Bible, I want to invite you to go ahead and grab it and turn to
1:22.6	Ephesians chapter 3 is where we'll be this morning. If you don't own a Bible, there's a red one around you.
1:30.0	You can use that as your own.
1:31.1	It looks just like this.
1:32.5	And it'll be on page 1037.
1:36.0	And that's where we'll be here in just a minute.
1:37.5	Put your finger there.
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