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What do you do when God doesn’t show up the way you expected? When life takes a turn you never planned, how do you keep trusting Him?

In this powerful Palm Sunday message, Pastor Scott Savage walks through Matthew 21 and the story of Jesus entering Jerusalem. The crowds welcomed Him as King but missed who He truly was because He didn’t meet their expectations. Could we be doing the same thing today?

Through a deeply personal story and biblical teaching, this message explores how unmet expectations can quietly shape our faith and even distance us from Jesus. You’ll be challenged to consider whether you’re following the real Jesus or just the version you hoped for—and what it looks like to surrender control and trust Him fully.

If you’ve ever felt disappointed with God, struggled with unanswered prayers, or found yourself asking “Why didn’t this go the way I thought?”, this message will meet you right where you are. Jesus may not be the King you expected—but He is the King you need.

⏱️ Chapters:
00:00 When Life Doesn’t Go As Planned
02:00 The Heart of Palm Sunday
04:00 If You Expect the Wrong King
07:00 Who Is Jesus Really?
10:00 Welcoming Jesus vs Expecting Control
14:00 Worship and Expectations
18:00 When Jesus Doesn’t Meet Expectations
22:00 The Warning We Often Miss
26:00 Why People Still Miss Jesus Today
29:00 Surrendering Your Expectations
33:00 A Prayer of Letting Go

📖 Scripture: Matthew 21, Luke 19, Revelation 3:20, Philippians 4:19
🎙️ Speaker: Scott Savage
📍 Cornerstone Church, Prescott, AZ
🗺️ Yavapai County | Evangelical Free Church of America
🗓️ Series: Stand Alone
📅 March 29, 2026

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What do you do when life places you in a season you never planned for? How do you stay faithful when you don’t know what’s next? In this honest and encouraging message, Chris Inman explores John 15 and Psalm 73 to reveal how unsettling seasons are an invitation to remain deeply connected to God.

Through personal stories and biblical insight, Chris unpacks the struggle of feeling stuck, overlooked, or uncertain about the future. He reminds us that comparison only deepens our frustration, but staying rooted in Christ leads to lasting fruit. Even when life feels unclear, God is still at work shaping something meaningful.

If you’ve ever wrestled with where you are in life or questioned what God is doing, this message will help you lean in instead of pulling away. You’ll discover that true peace is not found in having all the answers, but in staying connected to the One who does.

📖 Scripture: John 15:1–5, Psalm 73
🎙️ Speaker: Chris Inman
📍 Cornerstone Church, Prescott, AZ
🗺️ Yavapai County | Evangelical Free Church of America
🗓️ Series: The [Re]Main Thing (Week 6)
📅 March 22, 2026

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What if the reason real change feels so difficult isn’t because you’re not trying hard enough?

In this message from The [Re]Main Thing series, Pastor Scott Savage explores one of Jesus’ most powerful teachings about transformation in John 15. Many people spend their lives trying to improve themselves through effort, discipline, or performance. But Jesus points to a completely different path to real change.

Using the image of a vine and branches, Jesus explains that lasting growth doesn’t come from trying harder. It comes from connection. When we remain connected to him, real transformation begins to happen from the inside out, producing the kind of life marked by love, peace, patience, and purpose.

This sermon also tackles some honest questions people often have about faith. What does Jesus mean when he talks about branches that don’t produce fruit? How can you tell if your life is truly changing? And why does real spiritual growth take so much time?

If you’ve ever felt stuck, frustrated with your progress, or wondered why change feels so slow, this message will help you discover the deeper process Jesus invites us into. Real fruit grows where real roots remain.

📖 Scripture: John 15:1–8, Matthew 7:16–23, Galatians 5:22–23, Ephesians 2:10, Philippians 4:8
🎙️ Speaker: Scott Savage
📍 Cornerstone Church, Prescott, AZ
🗺️ Yavapai County | Evangelical Free Church of America
🗓️ Series: The [Re]Main Thing
📅 March 15, 2026

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Have you ever felt like God removed something from your life that you loved? A relationship, an opportunity, a season that seemed full of promise. In those moments it can feel confusing, painful, and even unfair.

But what if God is doing something deeper than we can see?

In Week 4 of The [Re]Main Thing series, Pastor Scott Savage explores Jesus’ teaching in John 15 about the vine, the branches, and the gardener. Jesus reveals a surprising truth about spiritual growth. Flourishing often requires pruning.

This message unpacks why God sometimes removes things from our lives, how our view of God shapes the way we experience hardship, and why painful seasons may actually be preparation for greater fruit. Through powerful illustrations and biblical teaching, Pastor Scott shows how trusting the Gardener can transform the way we see loss, setbacks, and change.

If you are walking through a difficult season, questioning what God is doing, or struggling to trust Him when life gets cut back, this message will help you see how God may be growing something new in you.

📖 Scripture: John 15:1-8, Psalm 139, Hebrews 12
🎙️ Speaker: Scott Savage
📍 Cornerstone Church, Prescott, AZ
🗺️ Yavapai County | Evangelical Free Church of America
🗓️ Series: The [Re]Main Thing (Week 4)
📅 March 8, 2026

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How do you love someone who is hard to love? What do you do when the person who comes to mind is someone who hurt you, betrayed you, or simply makes your life difficult?

In Week 3 of The [Re]Main Thing, Pastor Scott Savage explores what may be the hardest thing Jesus calls us to do: love people. Not just the easy ones. Not just the kind ones. But the ones who test our patience, challenge our grace, and expose our limits.

From John 15, we are reminded that you cannot love like Jesus unless you remain with Jesus. Love is not something we manufacture through willpower. It is fruit that grows from connection. When we stay rooted in Christ, we receive the very love we are commanded to give.

If you are struggling in a relationship, wrestling with forgiveness, or wondering why loving others feels so impossible, this message will challenge and encourage you. The remain thing must stay the main thing.

📖 Scripture: John 15:1–8, Romans 3:23, Romans 5:8, John 4:13–14, Ephesians 4:32
🎙️ Speaker: Scott Savage
📍 Cornerstone Church, Prescott, AZ
🗓️ Series: The [Re]Main Thing | Week 3
📅 March 1, 2026
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What if your biggest spiritual problem is not sin, but speed? Are you so busy that you are slowly drifting from the presence of God?

In Week 2 of The Remain Thing, Josh McClintock explores how hurry quietly damages our souls and keeps us from truly remaining in Jesus. Through the stories of Mary and Martha in Luke 10 and Judas in John 13, we see how distraction and self driven agendas pull us away from intimacy with Christ and meaningful connection with others.

Hurry does not just make us busy. It makes us unavailable. It distracts us from sitting at Jesus’ feet and distances us from the people right in front of us. But remaining with Jesus requires a pace that hurry simply cannot sustain.

If you feel constantly rushed, distracted, anxious, or spiritually dry, this message will challenge and encourage you to slow down, refocus, and rediscover the freedom of abiding in Christ.

📖 Scripture: Luke 10:38–42; John 13:21–30; John 15:1–8
🎙️ Speaker: Josh McClintock
📍 Cornerstone Church, Prescott, AZ
🗓️ Series: The [Re]Main Thing – Week 2
📅 February 22, 2026

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What does it actually look like to stay connected to Jesus when your life feels rushed, distracted, and constantly pulled in a hundred directions? Is it about trying harder, doing more, or adding one more spiritual habit to an already overloaded schedule?

In Week 1 of our series The [RE]Main Thing, Pastor Scott Savage walks through John 15 and Jesus’ powerful image of the vine and branches. Speaking to a people who saw the vine as their national symbol, Jesus makes a bold claim: I am the true vine. The invitation is not to strive, but to remain. Not to perform, but to stay connected.

In this message, you will discover the difference between trying and abiding, why spiritual fruit takes time, and how trusting the Gardener changes everything. If you feel overwhelmed, impatient with your growth, or discouraged by distraction, this teaching offers a clear and hopeful path forward. Remaining in Jesus is not about earning salvation. It is about staying relationally present so that He can produce in you what you cannot produce on your own.

Whether you are battling anxiety, buried in busyness, or simply longing for deeper spiritual growth, this message will challenge you to keep the remain thing the main thing.

📖 Scripture: John 15:1–8
🎙️ Speaker: Scott Savage
🗓️ Series: The [RE]Main Thing Week 1
📅 Sermon Date: February 15, 2026
📍 Cornerstone Church, Prescott, AZ
🗺️ Yavapai County | Evangelical Free Church of America
🌐 Learn more or plan a visit: https://prescottcornerstone.com

What do you do when you feel discouraged and tempted to give up? What if the reason you want to quit is not because nothing is happening, but because you cannot see what God is doing?

In this message, Scott Savage speaks directly to the quiet weight of discouragement and the moments when perseverance feels hardest. Through Scripture, real-life stories, and honest reflection, we are reminded that God is always at work, even when progress feels slow or invisible.

Drawing from Ephesians 3 and 4, this message points us back to purpose, faithfulness, and the importance of taking our next step with Jesus. It challenges us to resist the lie that nothing is happening and instead trust that God is growing something beneath the surface.

If you are tired, stuck, or wondering if your faithfulness still matters, this message will encourage you to keep going and trust that God is not finished yet.

📖 Scripture References
Ephesians 3:14–21
Ephesians 4:11–16
Mark 4:26–29
Galatians 6:9
Philippians 1:6
Zechariah 4:10

🎙️ Speaker
Scott Savage

📍 Cornerstone Church
Prescott, Arizona

🗓️ Sermon Date
February 8, 2026

🌐 Learn more or plan a visit
https://prescottcornerstone.com

What do you do when the things you keep turning to still leave you feeling empty? Why does going back to what once promised relief never seem to work? +

In this message from the Burn The Ships series, Scott Savage teaches from John 4 and the story of the woman at the well, showing how easily we return to wells that cannot satisfy our souls. Through a powerful and relatable look at human patterns, this sermon exposes why changing the bucket never fixes the problem and why real transformation begins when we look to a different source altogether. Jesus does not offer temporary relief or surface-level change. He offers living water that meets us fully, sees us completely, and satisfies us deeply.

If you are tired of feeling stuck, worn down, or spiritually empty, this message will challenge you to stop going back to what never satisfies and trust the One who truly gives life.

📖 Scripture: John 4:1–30, John 10:10
🎙️ Speaker: Scott Savage
📍 Cornerstone Church, Prescott, AZ
🗺️ Yavapai County | Evangelical Free Church of America
🗓️ Series: Burn The Ships
📅 February 1, 2026
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What do you do when the fear of people’s opinions quietly shapes your decisions, your faith, and your relationship with God? How do you follow Jesus when approval feels like something you cannot afford to lose? In this message from the Burn The Ships series, Pastor Scott Savage confronts the exhausting reality of people pleasing and invites us to discover a better way to live.

Drawing from Galatians 1 and 1 Thessalonians 2, this sermon reveals how people pleasing is really about misplaced approval and why trying to satisfy everyone eventually keeps us from fully serving Christ. Scott unpacks the difference between living for approval and living from God’s approval, showing how the gospel frees us from anxiety, fear of rejection, and the constant pressure to be liked. When our identity is rooted in what God says about us, we are finally free to live with courage, compassion, and faithfulness.

If you find yourself replaying conversations, avoiding hard truths, or feeling worn down by the need to meet expectations, this message will meet you right where you are. Learning how to stop people pleasing is not about becoming careless or harsh, but about trusting that God’s approval is already secure in Christ. When you live from that truth, it changes how you love people, make decisions, and follow Jesus in a world that constantly demands your approval.

📖 Scripture: Galatians 1:6–10, 1 Thessalonians 2:1–8, Proverbs 29:25, John 14:15, Hebrews 4:12
🎙️ Speaker: Scott Savage
📍 Cornerstone Church, Prescott, AZ
🗺️ Yavapai County | Evangelical Free Church of America
🗓️ Series: Burn The Ships
📅 January 25, 2026
🌐 Learn more or plan a visit: https://prescottcornerstone.com