Episode 23 with Luca Russo

Elim MPower

PODCAST OUTLINE In this episode we are chatting with Luca Russo, who looks after the livestream production and the student and twenties ministry at Birmingham City Church in Birmingham UK, as well helping to lead worship on Sundays and create video productions. Luca is Italian, the son of a pastor from Sicily, and he became a Christian as a teenager in a youth camp. He went on to study in bible college, and has always wanted to serve God with his life. Luca is married to Deb and they have a son. Luca shares his strong confidence in God’s capacity to provide for his needs, because of the number of times that God has come through for him and his family, again and again, even if it has come through at the last minute! He also reports a time when he had bronchitis so badly at the age of 17 that he had to go for a hospital for a week. Initial x-rays showed some very concerning scarring, but after praying with his dad, Luca received complete healing, so much so that the doctor called it a complete miracle. As men we are prone to trying to fix things ourselves, but Luca advises us to trust God’s character and capacity more often! Luca relates strongly to the character of David in the bible, because of his humanity. What marks David out was that every time he got things wrong, he had the ability to keep on returning to his heavenly Father’s house straightaway in repentance. If you sometimes don’t feel as spiritual as Jesus as a man, then all you have to do is look to David for a great biblical example! We play the spin wheel, and Luca shares his love of football and how he grew up playing it in the streets in his home nation of Italy. He also admits to being excellent at Fifa on his games console. Luca also highly recommends his Boss Tuner app which he uses all the time to tune his guitar, which works brilliantly. He also really enjoys his Pure electric scooter which he uses to ride in to church, with his son on board! It takes 4 hours to charge, and whisks him to his train station in the morning really quickly. In has a better range in warmer weather of up to around 18 miles but quite a lot less in colder weather, and can almost reach 26 miles per hour. Luca closes the podcast for us all in prayer. Thank you Luca, it was a great chat! https://vurbl.com/station/6UHJxuc7etf/