How could someone else tell if our heart is fully desiring God? There would have to be signs, right? Jesus actually talks about what these signs look like which indicate we desire God in our heart more than anything else. One of these signs is how we use our money. How do you use your money? Does it reveal that your heart is for God about everything else?

Did you know Jesus mentions Jonah and the city of Nineveh? This happens in Matthew 12 and the context really tells us what happened in the hearts of the people of Nineveh when Jonah came to town. In this message, we also understand that God sees people in two distinctive categories - those who are with Him and those who are against Him.

Do we want to have the same heart that God has? Do we want to be filled with love and compassion for those who are lost? Or, do we want to burn with anger towards them? How we answer these questions goes a long way in answering if we want to have the love and character that God is trying to produce in us.

What can we learn about humility and repentance from wicked people? In Jonah chapter three, we see how the Ninevites respond to a message from God. And God's response to the Ninevites is amazing! Our God of compassion and love shows His heart to us through today's message.

Jonah's prayer in Jonah 2 is... interesting. There are some good pieces to it, but it seems like he misses the mark in other things that he says. As we look at this prayer from the belly of the fish, we nee to ask ourselves, "Is this the right response to God?" Then, we'll talk about how we ought to respond to God when we find ourselves far from him because sin and rebellion has found its way into our lives.

Today we look at Jonah chapter 1. In this chapter we see God's unmistakable love for people. It doesn't always show up in the way we think it will. But God's good ways are higher than ours. He intervenes in our lives so that we will be saved from our own foolishness.

Acts 3 & 4 details the early church displaying incredible courage. Is this only a trait of the first church? Do churches today have genuine courage as well? Do we live our lives in a way that requires us to have courage? Will be choose to be bold and courageous when a moment calls for it? Today we look at the boldness and courage displayed by the early church and we talk about what that looks like in our context today as well.

After the Holy Spirit filled the believers at Pentecost and 3,000 more people joined the church, what happened next? What did the church do from that point on? Today we look at what the church devoted itself to and the experience of God that they had as a result of their devotion.

How will Jesus' followers be witnesses for Him? How will they make disciples for Him? They are just a small group and they are meant to take his message to the whole world. Here on Pentecost Sunday we see the empowerment of Jesus' church to fulfill the mission that He has given to us. Today we talk about the baptism and the filling of the Holy Spirit.

Jesus has promised the Holy Spirit to His followers. Do we joyfully receive it as a promised gift? In what Jesus says to us today in Acts 1:1-11, we learn that it's through the power of the Holy Spirit that we are able to be witnesses to the life of faith. This precursor to Pentecost is an important teaching for all believers who are seriously about following Christ.