Briarwood Church

Life gets louder in the summer, and the loudest voice usually wins. In Week 1 of Voices: Cut Through the Noise, Pastor Jamisen walks through Matthew 14, where Peter walks on the water until the voice of the storm grows louder than the voice of the Savior. We are always being discipled by something, and the voice we trust determines the life we walk in. Turn down the noise and turn up the voice of God, starting with five minutes in the Word and five minutes of prayer, five days a week.

Mary came to the tomb expecting to mourn, but love had already shown up. On Easter Sunday, the final week of When Love Shows Up, Pastor Jamisen walks through John 20 and shows that God does His best work in the dark, rolls away the stones we cannot move, and calls each of us by name. If the grave could not hold Jesus, your chains cannot hold you. At the cross love stayed, but out of the grave love won.

The nails did not hold Jesus to the cross; love did. On Palm Sunday, in Week 4 of When Love Shows Up, Pastor Jamisen walks through the crucifixion in John 19 and shows that the cross is not decoration but the greatest picture of love the world has ever seen. Jesus paid the full price, forgave us while we were still breaking it, and broke the power of death so new life is possible. The cross is not just a moment to admire; it is an invitation to lay down sin and shame and receive what He has already finished.

Tables have a way of revealing people. In Week 3 of When Love Shows Up, Pastor Jamisen takes us to the Last Supper in John 13 and Luke 22, where Jesus knelt to wash the feet of a doubter, a denier and a betrayer, and still handed Judas the bread. Love shows up knowing hearts are complicated, serves when it is not deserved, and refuses to become bitter. Everyone at that table failed, but our failures are never greater than His love, and your seat at His table is still there.

Storms reveal what we really believe. In Week 2 of When Love Shows Up, Pastor Jamisen walks through Mark 4, where the disciples, right where Jesus told them to be, wake Him in a sinking boat and ask, 'Teacher, don't you care?' Following Jesus does not mean avoiding storms, and His silence never means His absence; one word from Him changes everything. Sometimes Jesus calms the storm and sometimes He calms us in it, but either way, fear does not get the final word.

Before there was a resurrection, there was a wilderness. In Week 1 of When Love Shows Up, Pastor Jamisen opens Luke 4, where the Spirit leads Jesus into the wilderness and He answers every temptation with 'It is written.' For the believer walking in obedience, the wilderness is not punishment but preparation, and what God builds in private He displays in public. We are not fighting for victory; we are fighting from victory.

Before launching the “When Love Shows Up” series, Pastor Jamisen Hancock asks the church a hard question: are you in the crowd, or are you carrying a cross? Drawing from Luke 9:23 and John 6, this message challenges us to move beyond admiration of Jesus into daily surrender and committed discipleship. Miracles attract crowds, but crosses reveal disciples — and resurrection power belongs only to those who embrace crucified living.

God never draws you in just to keep you in. In Week 3 of Draw Me In, Pastor Jamisen Hancock closes the series in 1 Kings 19 — where Elijah, fresh off restoration, is immediately sent back out on mission. Commission begins with movement, grows through investing in people, and is fulfilled through surrender. God draws you in for intimacy, calls you up for identity, and sends you out for impact.

In Week 2 of Draw Me In, Pastor Jamisen Hancock shows that purpose doesn’t begin when you feel ready—it begins when you say yes. Drawing from 1 Kings 19, Jeremiah 1, and Isaiah 6, this message reveals how God calls the discouraged, the ordinary, and the overlooked into lives of lasting impact. Your obedience today may become someone else’s greatest legacy tomorrow.

Life gets loud — but God speaks in a whisper. In Week 1 of Draw Me In, Pastor Jamisen Hancock walks through 1 Kings 19, where Elijah goes from his greatest victory straight into exhaustion and despair — and God meets him there. Not with rebuke or noise, but with rest and a still, small voice. God doesn’t raise his voice to compete with culture; he lowers it to invite closeness.