Pastor Justin Simmons teaches on living your life not for the acceptance of others but of God. We are developed in the secret place where God alone can see our motivation to please Him and rewards us for it.

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Pastor Justin Simmons encourages believers to move from seed to fruit in their faith. If you will tend to your faith it can become a place of sustenance and provision.

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Pastors Justin and Melanie Simmons teach on raising up mature spiritual fathers and mothers in the church. Everyone has someone they can imitate Jesus from and everyone has someone they can model the ways of Jesus to.

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Pastor Justin Simmons speaks on the letter to Philemon and shares four cornerstone principles to move from having Christian meetings and into living Kingdom family. Love is the motivator in family while obligation will only last as long as you feel like doing it.

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Pastor Melanie Simmons challenges us to turn our enemies into neighbors. We cannot reduce our love to tolerating and putting up with others, but we must be for our enemy encountering Jesus and His goodness.

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Pastor Justin Simmons shares how Jesus reforms humanity's idea of getting even and living out of an "eye for an eye" world. Turning the other cheek may seem like a defeatist strategy, yet there is greater strength in not getting our own revenge and allowing God to vindicate us.

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Pastor Justin Simmons teaches on Jesus giving new understanding regarding the power of our words and the need for His new kingdom people to be filled with integrity. The world should see Truth living inside every believer.

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Pastor Justin Simmons sheds light on Jesus's reformation of adultery and marriage. What we focus on grows because our thoughts are the watering can to our heart's soil.

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Pastor Justin Simmons shares Jesus's method for getting to the root of sin and addressing the beginning point of murder. Anger is the root of murder's fruit. What is being planted in the soil of your heart?

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