Dwelling Place Anaheim

This morning, our guest speakers Neil and Janet Young remind us of what truly distinguishes us on this earth.

It’s not our morality. It’s not our brilliance.

It is His presence.

His presence — always available, always near.

Whether it’s a Monday morning at work or a Saturday afternoon at the store, we can live aware of Him.

So take your everyday, ordinary life, and place it before God as an offering.

From visions of Jesus to answered prayers in remote villages, every moment pointed to the truth that Jesus is who He says He is.

As Psalm 48:8 says, “As we have heard, so have we seen.” These stories aren’t just to be heard—they’re an invitation to enter in.

This morning, Alan continues our journey through the letter to the Hebrews as we lean into the gift and grit of enduring faith.

Every promise from Him is designed to reveal the favor that rests within. His promises propel us forward into our future and invite us into a process that is by faith. A promise is the sign that your past is being swallowed up by your future. The Lord of the new history is among us — you are not who you were; you are being changed.

A promise is your future inviting you into a life-changing process. Every promise comes with a process — and that process often attracts problems. But it is the process and the problems that forge in us the weight and glory of enduring faith.

James and others share powerful stories of God’s faithfulness — stories of God’s freedom breaking into lives, His faithfulness in every season, and how He’s moving across our community and beyond. Let these stories stir us to “consider how we may have encourage one another on toward love and good deeds” (Hebrews 10:24).

In a world of financial anxiety and uncertainty, Psalm 23 reminds us that the Lord is our Shepherd and our Resourcer. God breaks the power of lack, fear, and the devourer, inviting you to rest in His provision, receive His abundance, and walk in overflowing blessing—goodness and favor running after you all your days.

Alan shares today from Hebrews 10 as we look ahead to our Heart for the House Offering next week.

This offering isn’t primarily about where we are going or even what we are giving towards.

It’s about who we are becoming — a house of prayer, a people of worship.

Let’s remember who we are. Let’s declare what really matters. Let’s stir one another up with radical generosity. Let’s give with clarity. Let’s sow now into the story He is writing.

His House. His Presence. His Glory.

This is the hour of unwavering hearts: not only to endure, but to ignite. Unwavering hearts never stand alone; they awaken fire in others.    Hebrews 10:24–25 calls us to stir one another, to provoke love and good works, to refuse numb isolation and instead build a communion of courage. These hearts are not content to merely survive the shaking; they strengthen others in the storm. We lean in, lift up, and lock arms with the weary. We speak life into trembling voices. We call the hesitant out of hiding. We say, “Come, hold fast with me. He is faithful, and He will not fail us.”

Alan shares with us from Hebrews, exploring how we navigate the tension of holding on to a finished work in an unfinished world.

Jesus has done it—once for all. His blood speaks a better word, bringing healing to the hurting, wholeness to the broken, and hope to the weary. We’re not waiting for something better. His work is enough. What God has done holds us.

And yet… not all things are under His feet. It is finished—but not yet fulfilled. The Kingdom has broken in, but the world remains broken.

We live in the tension of the already and the not yet—holding fast to a finished work, while longing for its final unveiling.

Today, Alan shares from Psalm 71 as we launch our kids album, Shout for Joy.

This moment is more than an anointing. It’s more than an album. It’s more than an altar. It’s a declaration of absolute confidence in the God who never fails—the One who redeems, restores, renews, and empowers.

And so, we will always have hope. We will be a people of consuming hope—consumed by hope, conquering through hope. That’s the kind of heart we’re bringing into the days ahead.

Our heart is to establish a Dwelling Place—not just a good church.

The difference between a good church and a Dwelling Place is who it’s built for.

A good church is built for people to gather.

A Dwelling Place is built for God to come and remain.

It’s all about His Presence.

We choose faithfulness to His promise.

Faithfulness to His Presence.

Faithfulness to His heart.

Faithfulness to His house.

We are prioritizing His heart, His Presence, and His voice.

We are prioritizing His glory, His beauty, and intimacy with Him.

We don’t do this to become His Dwelling Place—

We do it because we already are.