The Creative Connection With Ed Young

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  From Pit To Purpose 17.09.2026 24min

  In this episode of The Creative Connection, Pastor Ed explores the painful experience of betrayal by examining the biblical story of Joseph, highlighting how betrayal often surfaces during times of success and comes from those closest to us, but through God's grace and the example of Jesus, betrayal can be transformed into a process of spiritual growth and redemption.
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  Shark Bait 16.09.2026 24min

  In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young teaches about the nature of temptation as a process involving alluring bait and a dangerous hook, urging believers to recognize pride, prosperity, and misplaced priorities as common temptations, and to embrace trials with joy, endurance, and maturity by aligning their will with God's will.
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  Chum In The Water 15.09.2026 24min

  In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young teaches that temptation is a process engineered by the enemy to ensnare believers through their God-given desires misused, but emphasizes that God tests believers to strengthen them and provides the strength and a way to overcome temptation, highlighting the victory found in being born again and relying on God’s power rather than our own.
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  Moving Forward 14.09.2026 23min

  In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young challenges listeners to reflect on their spiritual posture ten years after 9/11, urging them to humble themselves, put their faith in God, and live in surrender and obedience rather than self-reliance, emphasizing the choice to bow to Christ now rather than later in light of the ultimate spiritual battle facing the nation and individuals.
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  Shark Smart 11.09.2026 24min

  In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young challenges true followers of Christ to actively engage in "fishing for men" by sharing the gospel, emphasizing that this mission inevitably attracts opposition—symbolized as "sharks"—which believers must recognize, confront, and, when necessary, avoid in order to fulfill their calling effectively.
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  Surviving An Attack 10.09.2026 23min

  In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young teaches that believers will inevitably face attacks and distractions—symbolized as "sharks"—when pursuing God's new direction, but through faith, prayer, and praise, Christians can be refined rather than defined by hardships, embracing Jesus as the King of their crisis and responding with trust, submission, and baptism.
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  Swimming With Sharks 09.09.2026 24min

  In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young teaches that life requires us to navigate challenges like swimming with sharks by listening attentively to God's guidance, seeing clearly through faith, breathing deeply in His Word, and trusting Him to swim with confidence amid life's dangers and uncertainties.
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  Ultimate Outfit 08.09.2026 24min

  In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young closes the series on prayer as the piece that completes the armor of God, teaching believers to daily take up God's tailor-made "war-drobe" and engage the Word through a HEART grip—Hearing, Examining, Analyzing, Remembering, and Talking—fighting life's battles from their knees in the war room of prayer.
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  War Wear 07.09.2026 24min

  In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young teaches on the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, showing that faith quenches the enemy's fiery darts (doubt, anxiety, rebellion, trials, and sensuality), that the battle is won in the mind, and that God's Word is the believer's one offensive weapon.
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  Battle Coverage 04.09.2026 24min

  In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young unpacks the first pieces of God's "war-drobe"—the belt of truth, the breastplate of righteousness, and the gospel boots of peace—teaching that believers stand their ground in a cultural, cosmic, and personal war by being clothed in Christ's truth, righteousness, and peace, secure in the victory He has already won.
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  Victory In The Battle 03.09.2026 24min

  In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young teaches that believers are seated with Christ in the heavenly realms and fight not for victory but from it, urging them to rely on God's strength and strategy—putting on the full armor of God—to stand against the devil's schemes and the strongholds of pride, greed, and envy.
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  Strongholds 02.09.2026 24min

  In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young opens the series by teaching that the Christian life is spiritual warfare against an unseen enemy who builds "strongholds"—individual, cultural, and cosmic areas where Jesus isn't Lord—and calls believers to recognize the devil's schemes and put on the full armor of God to fight from Christ's victory.
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  Who Are They? 01.09.2026 24min

  In this message, Ed Young closes the series by teaching that the people we surround ourselves with have serious sway over our lives, contrasting Samson's ruin among the wrong "they" with Nehemiah's strength among the right "they," and offering six questions to discern whether the people closest to us are pointing us toward God or away from Him.
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  Behind The Wall 31.08.2026 24min
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  God Ops 28.08.2026 24min

  In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young teaches that there is no opportunity without opposition, tracing Nehemiah's preparation, simplification, and determination as the wall-building project escalates from mockery to an outright plot to attack, and calls believers to stay on the wall rather than come down to meet their critics on their own terms.
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  The Target 27.08.2026 24min

  In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young opens the series by teaching that everyone is an influencer, using Nehemiah's story to show that leaders master the task of "the ask"—questioning others and questioning God—and that as we pursue the target God has given us, we will always face opposition, since envy begins where our influence ends.
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  The Finest Hour 26.08.2026 24min

  In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young teaches that weekly corporate worship is the believer’s “finest hour,” an appointment with God that should be approached with preparation and participation. He urges listeners to come prayed up, rested up, dressed up, linked up, and fessed up, and to engage worship through singing, generosity, and active response to God’s presence and grace.
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  Everyone Worships 25.08.2026 24min

  In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young teaches that worship is intrinsic to every person, but that it must be directed toward God as our primary passion rather than toward sports, success, self, or other distractions. He argues that true worship is a whole-life response to God’s identity and activity, expressed in both praise and service, and calls listeners to bow the knee to Jesus now in surrender and obedience.
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  Worship Is 24.08.2026 24min

  In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young teaches that worship is a whole-life response to God’s identity and activity, not just something done in church. He emphasizes that true worship is expressed through thanksgiving, praise, and obedient action, warning against empty religious emotion that does not translate into a life of surrendered devotion.
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  Unleashing Unforgiveness 21.08.2026 24min

  In this episode of The Creative Connection, Ed Young closes the series by sharing openly from his own seasons of shame—including the loss of his daughter—and returns to the parable of the unmerciful servant to teach that forgiveness is uncomfortable, unusual, unceasing, and unemotional, giving five steps to name, own, and release the shame we carry.