Bay Area Community Church

It’s easy to be excited and fired up about life when we are on the mountaintops with God. But the problem is that God doesn’t work in big and exciting ways all the time. It can be easy to get into a funk or even lose hope when it doesn’t seem like God is showing up or our expectations for our lives are not being met. Elijah’s story continues as we find him tired and weary instead of hopeful and courageous. If you need to be encouraged, you’re in good company with Elijah as God meets him and frees him from the funk, just as He desires to do the same for us.

In this next message of our series, we will continue our study on the life of Elijah, who was a mighty man of prayer. Elijah prays that it would not rain, and the heavens are shut up for over three years. Then he prays again, and the sky pours rain! How did he do it? Join us this weekend as we learn how to pray like Elijah.

Elijah was a mighty man of faith who stood against great odds and yet had “a nature like ours," he was just like you and me. Sometimes God calls us to stand alone in a world that is opposing His ways. That’s always a challenge. Yet the truth is “one plus God is always a majority.” When we fully trust God, He uses us regardless of the odds. Join us this weekend as we learn how to boldly stand alone for our Lord.

Elijah was just like you and me. He had all the same struggles, doubts, insecurities and challenges we face. And yet, God used him in incredible ways! Elijah is our new series on the Old Testament prophet who experienced God's supernatural provision following his obedience and great steps of faith. Join us as we study God's absolute sovereignty and our simple responsibility to obey Him.

As we wrap up Jenny’s Questions, we will address some common misconceptions about the afterlife. Most people’s thoughts on heaven don’t seem heavenly at all (i.e. floating on a cloud playing harps for all eternity. What?!?) This week we will look at questions like Will I be myself in heaven? Will I see dead relatives? Will there be animals and even old pets? As we explore biblical answers to these questions and more, we will also address how we can experience God now – before we meet Him face to face.

This week in Jenny’s Questions: Was Mary lying? Was Jesus an alien? What makes Christianity different, and why are there so many different kinds of churches? Oh and by the way, why is church so boring? Will I see my dead relatives and pets in heaven? These are fantastic questions that we will explore in depth.

This series we kick off learning clear answers to common questions about faith. These questions were among the first asked by my cousin Jenny a few months ago: Does God really exist? What about evolution? What’s the deal with dinosaurs? Did Noah’s ark really happen? What about Jonah and the whale? Why did ancient people in the Bible live so long? Oh, and was Mary lying? This is a great opportunity to learn answers to questions you, or perhaps your friends and neighbors, have been asking.

We all love a good story and being part of a good story. Every day you and I have a choice to make: which storyline we will live in. We can choose to live in the story that promotes self, seeks comfort, focuses on satisfaction, or strives for security. Yet there is another story, another narrative that is grander and truer than all the rest. It can and should define our lives as disciples. Join us as we look to understand our place in God’s story.

Forces of evil. Schemes of the devil. Flaming darts thrown in the heavenly realms. This sounds like something straight out of Star Wars or some other science-fiction epic. But this stuff is in the Bible! If it is true that there is a battle happening in the spiritual places, should we be afraid? To the contrary, through Jesus we avail ourselves to a heavenly armor against a defeated foe. We have all we need to stand against the all-too-real and everyday attempts of a present darkness that attempts to ruin the true life that is yours in Christ.