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Everybody wants power.
Power to fix their life. Power to silence anxiety. Power to finally feel like they matter.

But what if the reason you feel powerless… is because you’re plugged into the wrong source?

In Week 1 of our new series “Who’s Got the Power?”, we look at three lives in Acts — a King who rose, a coward who was restored, and a counterfeit that collapsed — and discover this truth:

The power you’re missing might be connected to the priorities you’ve chosen.

This message will challenge casual Christianity, expose fake faith, and call you into something real.

Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do… is let it end.

In Week 7 of our relationship series, we talk about the hardest decision many people face — knowing when to walk away. Not every relationship is meant to last forever, and staying simply because you’ve invested time, emotion, or history can quietly cost you your future.

Using Philippians 3 and key biblical principles, this message unpacks three honest questions to help you discern whether a relationship is building your calling or slowly eroding it.

If you’ve ever wrestled with letting go, starting over, or trusting God after heartbreak — this conversation is for you.

Most people spend months planning a wedding… and almost no time preparing for a marriage.

In this message, we talk about what no one tells you: every marriage begins with a funeral. When you say “I do,” something has to die — your selfishness, your old patterns, your independence. If the “me” doesn’t die, the “we” won’t survive.

We walk through four major fault lines that make or break a marriage:
💰 Money
🛏 Intimacy
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family
🧳 Baggage

Whether you’re single, dating, engaged, married, or recovering from divorce — this is premarital counseling for everybody.

Because marriage doesn’t fix what you bring into it… it exposes it.

5 Dating Lies | Relationship Series Part 5Culture has discipled the way we date more than Scripture—and most of us don’t even realize it. We copy what we see, chase what we feel, and call it normal… even when it’s quietly breaking us. But God’s design for relationships was never confusion, compromise, or cycles of heartbreak—it was clarity, holiness, and life.In this message, we expose five common lies about dating that shape our choices, our character, and our future:• Dating is biblical• Dating is a destination• Dating is harmless• Dating is a project• Dating is privateIf you’ve ever felt stuck in unhealthy patterns, confused about God’s will, or frustrated by repeated relationship pain—this message is for you. Because the real issue isn’t just who you’re dating… it’s what you believe about dating.Jesus is the only relationship that can hold your expectations without breaking. When that relationship is right, every other one finally starts to make sense.Subscribe for more messages, share with someone who needs this, and let’s learn to date with wisdom—not just feelings.

Green Lights & Gaslights 🚨 | How to Choose Wisely in Dating & Relationships

Most relationship pain doesn’t come from bad intentions—it comes from ignored warning signs.

In this message, Green Lights & Gaslights, we talk about how Scripture trains us to recognize danger before damage, why discernment matters more than chemistry, and how to avoid walking into relationships that slowly pull you away from God.

We cover:
• Why rushing intimacy clouds wisdom
• The danger of vague, undefined relationships
• How broken promises create instability
• The difference between being needed and being secure
• Why accountability reveals character—not control

The Bible never promises you won’t fall in love with the wrong person—but it does give you wisdom to choose well. This message is about learning to read the warning lights God already gave instead of asking for signs after the damage is done.

Whether you’re single, dating, or healing from a past relationship, this message will challenge how you evaluate relationships and call you to choose clarity, character, and community.

Key takeaway:
Stop searching for “the one.” Start becoming someone who can choose well.

Are You Graced for the Weight? | Common Ground

Why do some relationships bring relief… and others feel exhausting?

In this message, Krystal walks us through a powerful biblical truth: not every weight you’re carrying was assigned to you. Using Galatians 6, Hebrews 12, and the story of Ruth and Boaz, we learn the difference between burdens we’re called to help carry and loads we were never meant to shoulder.

This teaching confronts loneliness, comparison, and the pressure to fix or carry what belongs to someone else—and reminds us that God only supplies grace for the weight He assigns.

If relationships feel heavy, this message will help you identify what to lay down, what to carry, and how God forms us through the weight He gives.

Bottom line: When God assigns the weight, He supplies the grace.

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Relationship Series - Part 1

Welcome to Part 3 of our Job series: “When We Misunderstand.”
This message zooms in on the moment God finally speaks out of the whirlwind in Job 38:1–7—not to explain Himself, but to reveal Himself.

Here’s the truth:
When life hurts, our beliefs about God get exposed. And bad beliefs don’t just distort our view of God—they derail our whole life. Job shows us what happens when even faithful people start believing the wrong things about who God is.

In this message we unpack 4 lies people believe at rock bottom:

1. “God is against me.”

2. “God owes me.”

3. “God forgot me.”

4. “God must answer me.”

And then we look at the God who answers—not with explanations, but presence.
You don’t need every answer. You need an anchor. And Christ is the God who meets you in the storm, speaks truth over the lies, and holds you when everything else is shaking.

• Why our theology gets warped at rock bottom

• How suffering exposes what we really believe

• The danger of loud voices + bad theology

• What God actually says to Job (and to us)

• Why explanations don’t produce faith—but presence does

• How Jesus is God’s ultimate response to human suffering

Job 38:1–7 • Job 33:9–12 • Job 36:11–12 • Job 37:23 • Isaiah 55:8–9 • Mark 13:32

If this message encouraged you, share it with someone walking through a hard season.
God may not answer every question––but He never wastes pain, He never leaves you alone in the dark, and He’s better than anything you lost.

Key Themes:Scriptures Covered:

When God Restores | Job 42:10–17

We love the idea of restoration—until God starts changing us. In this message from Job 42, we unpack what real, God-authored restoration actually requires: repentance, reconnection, and reconstruction. Job didn’t just get his life back—God rebuilt him into someone new.

If you’re stuck wanting a fresh start without real surrender… if you want God’s blessing without God’s process… this message is for you. God doesn’t rewind your past—He rebuilds your future. And real restoration is only found in Jesus.

📖 Scripture: Job 42:10–17
🔥 Topics: Repentance, Community, Obedience, Healing, Trusting God’s Process
✝️ Big Idea: You don’t need your old life back—you need God.

🔥 God, Are You There? — Part 1: When Life Falls ApartLife doesn’t wait for you to be ready. One day it’s good — the next, everything’s in pieces.This message dives into the story of Job — a man who lost it all but never lost his faith.Because it’s not if life falls apart… it’s when. And when it does, the question isn’t why did this happen? — it’s will you still stand?In this message, Pastor Nick Henderson unpacks 4 ways we make suffering worse and how to anchor your faith when life doesn’t make sense.📖 Scripture: Job 1:20–22🎙️ Speaker: Nick Henderson | Common Ground