At the beginning of each year we pause to make sure we are investing our time, energy, and resources to build God’s kingdom. In this message we explored our responsibility to receive from these who have gone before us and share with those coming after us.

This Sunday we heard from Philip Dow, Pastor Chris' younger brother who is Lead Pastor at Fossil Creek Church in Fort Worth. Philip spoke on Luke 2:41-52. This passage shows that if you want to remain close to Jesus then you must actively pursue Him.

When we make room for Jesus, he changes everything!

Sometimes God leads us to places we don’t want to go to accomplish His purposes. We can trust that wherever God leads us, He is present and is working His plan. We can embrace this space as a place of grace.

Joseph teaches us that obedience is essential to experiencing the fullness of life that Jesus offers.

The Holy Spirit is active all through the birth story of Jesus. Everything the Spirit does in the birth story, He still does in our lives today!

Through Kingdom Builders giving Christian Chapel supports over 50 missionaries and ministries working in 30 nations around the world. Stephen & Bailey Kuert are Kingdom Builders partners who are engaged in church planting efforts throughout Africa. Stephen gave us an update on how the kingdom is advancing through church planting and challenged us to continue doing all we can to make Jesus famous in our lives, our community, and all over the world.

When Jesus renews your mind, he also renews your speech! When you speak words of life, it builds you up and encourages the world around you.

If we want to win the war in our mind, we need to turn up the volume on the truth the Spirit speaks to us, and turn down everything else. In Ephesians 5:17-20 we learn what it looks like to maximize the right things, and minimize the wrong things.

Your thoughts create a soundtrack for your life. Romans 8 teaches us that the Holy Spirit gives us a soundtrack that leads to life and peace.