You may have heard the song "Graves into Gardens," and maybe even heard our worship team do this song. It’s a celebration that when Jesus comes along, life comes with him. This series takes us into our celebration of Easter. Easter is the celebration that Jesus came along. He came to our lost souls and gave us life (eternal life). He came to our sorrow and brought us joy. He came to our hopelessness and gave us hope. He came to our worry and gave us peace. He came to our sin and gave us forgiveness. There is nothing better than Jesus! In part 1 we see how Jesus makes all things new. Because of Him we can go from fear to faith, from darkness to light.

As neighbors in our community, we should express extraordinary hope with undeniable grace everyday that we can.

This series hits the most basic, but perhaps most impactful way to demonstrate the love of Jesus to others. This truth is so important that Jesus identified it as the second greatest command. In part 1 we look at how God has placed you where you live on purpose and for a purpose.

We were honored to have Lee Grady with us on this weekend. Lee is an author, award-winning journalist, missionary and speaker. Lee is the author of six books, including 10 Lies the Church Tells Women, 10 Lies Men Believe, and Fearless Daughters of the Bible. His years at Charisma magazine gave him a unique perspective of the Spirit-filled church and led him to write The Holy Spirit Is Not for Sale and Set My Heart on Fire, which is a Bible study on the work of the Holy Spirit. In this message Lee challenges us and encourages us to take 3 steps to be used by God.

Lee Grady spoke an incredible word to women at our Women of Worth event.

Connectivity to Christ will keep us pressing forward in our relationship with Him, living for Him, loving others and focused on spending eternity with Him.

We are empowered to live out God’s love in our lives, to love our neighbor as ourselves, to love our enemies, and to love others.

Jesus is the vine, God is the Gardner. The goal for our lives as followers of Christ is to bear fruit, living fruitful lives that honor God.

For transformation to take place in our life we must remain connected to Christ and that's a choice of the will.

The importance of spiritual and personal connection cannot be understated. Disconnect doesn't happen immediately. It's a slow fade as we make one little decision here and then another there and before we know it we've disconnected ourselves from the very life source we need in our spiritual walk. We must make every effort to stay connected. Growth and life only takes place when we are connected to the life source.