CrossPointe Sermons

Pastor Johnathan calls the church to reclaim its holy roar — not in anger or judgment, but in the Spirit-filled power of God. Drawing from the First Amendment, Paul Harvey's prophetic 1965 warning, and the reality of daily spiritual warfare, he makes clear that silence is no longer an option. The church must come together as both a Word church and a Spirit church, submitted fully to Jesus and empowered by the Holy Spirit, ready to let God's power do what we never could on our own.

Pastor Johnathan opens with a bold declaration: the church is ready for more of God — more of His power, His presence, and His miracle-working ability. But he quickly identifies the primary obstacle standing in the way: the spirit of fear. Rooted in 2 Timothy 1:7, he reminds the congregation that God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and a sound mind. That spirit of fear, Pastor Johnathan says, is a direct assault from the enemy, who is genuinely terrified of what God's people can do when they walk in reckless abandon for Jehovah and fully understand the authority they carry under the blood of Christ.

He also addresses the tendency of believers to try to live the Christian life in their own strength — fighting battles through sheer willpower, performing ministry on talent alone, and never stopping long enough to say, "Lord, I need You." Using the story from Matthew 17:14-21, where the disciples failed to cast out a demon, Pastor Johnathan highlights Jesus' diagnosis: faithlessness and too much connection to the world. The solution Jesus gives is clear — prayer and fasting. These disciplines, he explains, are not reserved for the spiritual elite. They are for every believer who hungers for more of God, desires to hear His voice more clearly, and wants to see breakthrough in their lives and in the church.

Finally, Pastor Johnathan lays out a practical call to action, inviting the congregation to join him and his wife in a season of fasting. He walks through four types of fasts — complete, selective, partial, and soul fasts — and encourages everyone to write down their plan, follow through with it, and most importantly, expect results. Because the God who created the universe, who sent His Son for us, and who is for us and not against us is more than worthy of our full expectation and dependence.

Pastor Johnathan opens with a passionate call for the church to pursue more — more of God's presence, healing, anointing, and correction — because the enemy is also ramping up his attacks. Using Moses' encounter with the burning bush in Exodus 3, Pastor Johnathan draws a powerful parallel: just as God called an unlikely, fear-filled Moses to an impossible assignment, God is calling ordinary, imperfect believers today. The key truth is that God was never unsure of Moses, and He is never unsure of you. The wrong person, fully surrendered to the right Jehovah, becomes exactly the right person for an impossible assignment.

Central to this spiritual shift is intentional prayer. Pastor Johnathan challenges the church by pointing out that other world religions — Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism — are deeply devoted to their prayer practices, while Christians often struggle to make time for the one true living God who promises, "I will be with you." He calls the church to united prayer starting in the home, modeled after the early believers in Acts 1:14 and Acts 2:42, who were constantly and devotedly united in prayer. The shift, he declares, is not coming someday — the shift is now.

Pastor Johnathan kicks off a new series called "Ready for More," calling the church to pursue a deeper, more supernatural relationship with God through bold prayer, spiritual warfare, and personal transformation. Drawing from Exodus 3 and Acts 2, he challenges believers to stop playing it safe, take off their self-protective sandals, and make a decisive shift toward the presence of God. The harvest field is ripe, the enemy is real but limited, and the time to press in is now.

Pastor Steve Smith kicks off a new series called "Encounters" by diving

into one of the most personal and powerful stories in all of Scripture —

the restoration of Peter in John 21. Peter, who had a front-row seat to the

miracles of Jesus, who walked on water, and who declared in John 6:68,

"Lord, to whom should we go? For you have the words of eternal life," still

fell into denial, driven by pride, fear of man, doubt, and insecurity.

Pastor Steve reminds us that in some way or another, we've all been there —

because every time we sin, we are, in a sense, choosing our own

understanding over the Word of God.

But the heart of the message isn't Peter's failure — it's Jesus' relentless

pursuit of restoration. Just as Psalms 23:6 tells us that God's goodness

and mercy are pursuing us all the days of our lives, Jesus went out of His

way to meet Peter on the beach, cook him breakfast over a charcoal fire,

and gently ask him three times, "Do you love me?" Pastor Steve points out

the remarkable detail that the charcoal fire in John 21 mirrors the

charcoal fire in John 18 — the very place where Peter denied Christ. Jesus

wasn't just feeding Peter a meal; He was replacing a painful memory with

one of healing and restoration, because as Romans 2:4 tells us, it is His

kindness that leads us to repentance.

Through this encounter, Jesus reminded Peter of his calling, reaffirmed his

commitment, and restored him with purpose — sending him out to feed His

sheep. Pastor Steve challenges each of us to do the same: to open the door

when Jesus knocks (Rev. 3:20), to repent and turn back to Him, to be filled

with the Holy Spirit, and to pursue the calling God has placed on our lives

right where we are. Whether you're a student, a worker, or someone who has

simply drifted away, Jesus is standing at the shore today, calling you back

home.