Friendship & Enmity | Walking with God

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Pastor Seth Trimmer reveals his own journey of feeling spiritually stuck and asks how to move forward into walking with God.

The episode is a sermon by Pastor Seth Trimmer at Grace City Church on Palm Sunday. He opens by welcoming attendees and introducing the ongoing series 'Walking with God,' which he describes as deeply personal, stemming from his own journey of feeling spiritually stuck. Seth references Psalm 1:1-3, which the congregation has been encouraged to memorize, as a framework for understanding walking with God. He transitions to the New Testament, citing Colossians and Galatians to show the biblical continuity of this concept. The central thesis is presented: walking with God is about developing a friendship with Him while breaking bonds with the world. Seth delves into John 15, where Jesus calls his disciples 'friends' after three and a half years, marking a shift from servant to intimate companion. He emphasizes that this friendship involves constancy, as illustrated by Puritan theologian Richard Baxter's quote about being 'always with him.' Seth describes developing a non-verbal prayer life and even 'inside jokes' with God as signs of deep friendship. He contrasts this with the need to break friendship with the 'world,' defined not as people but as the system of values and practices rebellious to God, referencing James 4. To make this tangible, Seth uses the contemporary hip-hop beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake to argue that one cannot be friends with both God and the world. He cautions against reducing this to legalistic rules about media consumption, recalling his own experiences with 'purity culture' and subsequent reactions. Instead, he urges focusing on the treasure of friendship with God, citing historical figures like Thomas à Kempis and John Owen. The sermon concludes with a prayer inviting listeners to choose closeness with God, framing it as a choice where access is a gift but friendship is the reward.

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A warm sermon frames prayer as ongoing friendship with God, not only formal speech.

Walking with God treats prayer less as a set religious moment than as the steady communication of friendship with God. From Grace City’s Palm Sunday setting, Seth shapes the episode around the idea that Jesus desires a continuous relationship with people, one where prayer can be…

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If prayer feels like an appointment, you may appreciate the iPhone-inspired image of an open conversation with God.

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