Destiny Church of Jacksonville

Whatever captures your attention will eventually shape your affection.

Pastor Chris continued in our Anchored series on the book of 1 Peter with a powerful message about holiness. He taught that holiness starts with a prepared mind, it grows where hope is fixed, requires leaving the old life behind, and is our response to the God who redeemed us. It is intentional and how we honor the redemption we have been given.

What you feed will grow. If you feed your flesh, it will grow stronger. If you feed your faith, it will grow stronger. At some point, holiness requires participation. Will you engage with it this week?

Grace was not an afterthought in the heart of God, it was already written into the story before the fall ever happened.

Pastor Chris brought the next part in our Anchored series today and took us through 1 Peter 1:10-12. He taught that there’s nothing you can add to the finished work of the cross. Salvation, a free gift given to you because of the sacrifice of Jesus, is enough in all areas and we need to take care to not make it ordinary.

Grace is not cheap and the blood of Jesus is not mundane. This is death losing its grip and hell losing people that it thought that it owned. What we have in Christ is the most valuable thing.

Every area of bondage in your life is an area in which you can’t fully see God as He wants to be seen.

On this Mother’s Day, Pastor Jodi brought a phenomenal and challenging message about trauma, freedom, and the bondage we need to break to get from one to the other. She taught that no matter where you have come from, there is real freedom waiting for you. 

It’s time for new life! Will you do the work to take it today?

Your failure is not the final story.

Pastor Chris preached the house down this morning in a message about the fire, our faith, and the strength to see the finish line. He taught that the fire doesn’t just test your faith, it tells the truth about your faith.

Your feelings are real, but they’re not reliable. Don’t wait until you see what you’re looking for to rejoice. Praise Him in the midst of your trials this week!

When you know who you are in God, you stop letting everything around you tell you who you’re supposed to be.

Pastor Chris kicked off a brand new series today on the book of 1 Peter and the identity that we have in Christ and Him alone. He taught that you are not standing today because you are so strong. You are standing because God has been keeping you.

The same God who prepared your future is preserving you in the present. What looks like a disappointment today may be destiny in disguise. Will you choose to lean into thAT destiny this week?

If something feeds ego more than it forms Christ, it didn’t come from the Spirit of God.

Pastor Chris finished out of Unshakeable series this morning with a powerful word about discernment. He taught that not everyone who sounds spiritual is sent by God and that just because culture outgrew conviction doesn’t mean God changed His mind.

The enemy may be loud, but he is still losing! Will you practice discernment this week?

A church gets strong when faithfulness becomes normal.

Pastor Chris preached an incredible and powerful message about the importance of living our lives together in the everyday obedience that brings true freedom. He taught that the Gospel gives ordinary people eternalsignificance. In the Kingdom, obscurity is not insignificance.

You were not saved to spectate, you were saved to belong. How will you practice belonging and obedience in the mundane this week?

If Jesus chose the cross, then a grave was never going to hold Him in. Before the stone was removed, victory had already been secured.

Happy Resurrection Sunday! Pastor Chris brought a powerful truth this morning about the freedom that comes from the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord. Only Jesus can truly set us free!

Jesus came out of the grave so you wouldn’t have to stay buried. Get up and choose life in Jesus’ name today!

Maturity is proven by what flows through you, not just what settles in you.

Pastor Chris was back in the pulpit and preached a message so powerful that we have no choice but to take it and run with it. He taught that healthy believers don’t just grow roots… they produce fruit. If your walk with Jesus only benefits you… it hasn’t fully matured yet.

We are stronger together than we are alone. Will you choose to link up with your Christian community and love others into an eternity with God this week?

Pastor Jacob, our College and Young Adult Pastor, took the pulpit this morning with a powerful message about acting out our faith through the story of Joseph.

He taught that the storms we weather are about more than our temporary comfort or discomfort. They are about more than our own circumstances or platform. They are about what God intends to do in the world through you.

Will you choose faithfulness for the sake of obedience to God this week?