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The Kingdom of God is not made up of individuals! It's made up of a family! Family is one of the major themes throughout all of Scripture, beginning with the Father, Son, & Holy Spirit. We need each other! One of the ways we encounter Jesus and grow in our relationship with Him is through our relationship with others! God uses people in our lives to speak to us, encourage us, empower us, challenge us, pray for us, prophesy over us, and more!

In Acts 2:42, it says that the people of the early church devoted themselves to fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to prayer. THE CHURCH is not a corporation. It's a family of people who are so in love with God and so hungry for more of Jesus that they can't help but gather together and pursue Him together! It's time to plug into the family of God!

Charles Spurgeon describes Psalm 119 like this: “It contains no idle word; the grapes of this cluster are almost to burstingfull with the new wine of the kingdom…it contains within its depths an ocean of fire, and those who devoutly gaze into it shall not only see the brightness, but feel the glow of the sacred flame.”

The more we read, meditate on, and examine Psalm 119 and the Word of God in its various descriptions, the more we fall into the depth of God’s goodness and expand into the breadth of the riches of His ways. God’s instructions, His commands, His principles, and His governing laws are not restrictive. They are expansive. They provide for our protection and prosperity and offer us life in every circumstance.

In Matthew 13:3-9, Jesus invites us, through this parable, into a teaching of seeds that have fallen on fertile soil, producing an abundant harvest of crops.

In this sermon, we examine cultivating wholeheartedness, humility, and being fully present in order to become good fruit-bearing soil.

We invite you to quiet yourself, slow down, and allow God to sift through the rocks, thorns, and shallow soil as you experience His life-giving Presence.

The Holy Spirit is an absolute game changer for the Christian! God sent His Spirit so the dead in Christ would come alive, so our churches would not be cold but instead be hot and on fire for Jesus, so the ordinary would become extraordinary, so miracles would become normal, and so much more!!

The Church was birthed in a revival fire on the day of Pentecost! We need the Spirit in us and the baptism of the Holy Spirit on us!

The Holy Spirit is the key to effective evangelism! God poured out His Spirit on the day of Pentecost for the purpose of being an effective, powerful witness for Jesus! The disciples quickly moved into mission after they were filled in the upper room. As we go, He goes! As we preach the good news and pray for the sick, the Holy Spirit moves in power!

Everything happens by the Holy Spirit! We have to have Him in us, and Jesus will baptize us into Him! It's the Spirit-filled life that we all long for!!

A message to encourage you as you move from limited to abundant, from discouragement to promise, and from stagnant waters into the river of life.

Key Themes:

• Abraham walking the length and breadth of the land God was giving to him.
• Learning to discern God's voice.
• Remembering who you are.
• Entering into the joy of surrender.

Many know the encouraging words from Jeremiah 29:11: "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.”

These words are full of hope and inspiration about God's plan to give us hope and a future. But knowing these words in the context of when they are given and the story surrounding them further expands our understanding of the goodness of God and the greatness of His plan for us.

Sunday Morning Message

Sunday Morning Service

How do we position ourselves for the coming fruitfulness of God even as emptiness threatens? Empty ourselves of the need to save ourselves by holding onto the fruit of injustice. Empty ourselves of the spices that preserve things that should be dead. Empty ourselves of allowing past failures to determine our destiny.

The daily health of our heart is determined by the hope we live from. Hope is the belief that our future gets to be greater than our present and fully anticipates great, mighty, and powerful things in our everyday life! We have hope because we believe God is good and we know that Jesus has won the victory! Hope changes your life on the inside and partners with God to bring change on the outside. It's time to hope in Jesus like never before! It will change your life!