What do you consider your “Sunday Best?” Maybe you’re a fan of a nice suit, a freshly ironed dress shirt, and your grandfather’s watch. Or maybe your Sunday best is a flannel shirt paired with one of your nicer pairs of jeans. In today’s message, Pastor Chris teaches that your outward appearance does not reflect your status with God… your heart does. It doesn’t matter what your past looks like, what your wardrobe looks like, or where you’ve been. If you allow God to use you, you’ll do incredible things.

Waiting can be extremely hard. As humans, we are not really known for our patience… especially when it comes to driving! We wanted to get where we want to go as fast as we possibly can. In today’s message, Pastor Chris teaches that this is often how we approach life as well. We want that job now. We want that raise now. We want that law to pass now. As much as you wish you could have all these things now, it’s best to wait on the Lord because He knows exactly when you need them.

God calls people to be followers, but also to go out and share the good news about Him. You don’t have to be a full-time missionary to Cambodia to do that. Sharing the good news can happen when you fill your car with gas or when you go out to eat. Today, Pastor Chris teaches that wherever you go, God is right beside you, working alongside you to expand His kingdom. Next time you go out to eat, ask your waitress how you can pray for her, and watch how that opens the door for a Jesus conversation.

Whenever things aren’t going our way, we tend to isolate ourselves. Why do we do that? Why do we assume that when life gets hard, going through it alone makes it any easier? In today’s message, Pastor Chris teaches that God cares for the broken-hearted because He’s been broken-hearted. He cares for the hurt because He’s been one of the hurt. See, Jesus knows your pain. He knows what it’s like to be mocked, and He knows what it’s like to be abandoned. Don’t isolate yourself from Him.

What’s that thing in your life pinning you down? You know, the room around you is on fire, and one of the rafters fell, and it’s too heavy to escape, metaphorically speaking, of course. What challenges or burdens are keeping you trapped in that burning room? In today’s message, Pastor Chris teaches that none of that is too heavy for God. He’s the hero who wants to run in to save you. He wants to lift that rafter off you, but first you have to let go. Will you allow Him to rescue you from the fire?

Do you realize that every day, you fall short of the glory of God? He has set out a list of rules that no one can keep except for Jesus, and because of that, He could leave you behind for breaking His law. However, He didn’t do that. He sent Jesus to keep His laws and to act as the sacrifice required to pay your debt —a debt you will never be able to pay. In today’s message, Pastor Chris teaches that, as a broken human, you cannot reach God, so God, in His mercy, reaches down to meet you.

Often, it’s easy for us to ignore the advice of others, only to realize that they were right the whole time when things don’t go the way we expected. In today’s message, Pastor Chris teaches that, though Jesus let His persecutors know that He was God, they could not believe Him. They just thought He was just some crazy troublemaker, but when the veil tore, so did their reality… they had just killed the Son of God. However, the story doesn’t end there. Jesus would come back, and He would do it for you.

How often do you find yourself making excuses instead of taking the blame? It can be hard to admit responsibility at times, but it is the right thing to do. In today’s message, Pastor Chris teaches that when Jesus was condemned to death, none of the responsible parties wanted to stake their name in it. Pontius Pilate washed his hands… the Jews turned Jesus over to Rome to do their dirty work. Today, can you admit what they couldn’t? Can you admit that Jesus was on the cross for and because of you?

In today’s message, Pastor Chris teaches about two rocks. One of them, the Apostle Peter, crumbles under the pressure of man and denies Jesus multiple times throughout the night of Christ’s capture. The other rock is Jesus Himself. He is the Rock who never crumbled. He’s the rock that you can base your foundation on. If you are a born-again believer, He is the rock your faith is built on. If you’re not a believer, why not make that change today? Why not put your faith in Jesus Christ, the Solid Rock?

It can be incredibly frustrating when false accusations are made against us. “So-and-so told me you said this!” and “You said you’d do X, Y, and Z!” It puts us on defense and makes us want to retaliate with words that we probably shouldn’t say. In today’s message, Pastor Chris teaches that when this happens, you can respond as you usually would… or you can choose to respond like Jesus would. Now… be honest. Whose approach is better? Jesus, of course! Choose patience, gentleness, and self-control.