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It's the first Sunday of the year, and we are running into 2021 full of faith with a Daniel Fast starting Monday, January 11th. We know now more than ever how important it is to remove distractions and give God all of our attention, and this Daniel fast will give us room to do just that!

In this weeks message, titled "Views", our Lead Pastor Jeremy Johnson dives deeper into what a Daniel Fast actually is, and the blessings that come out of it! Fasting is climbing the mountain, which isn't necessarily fun, if we're honest it's exhausting. The fun is when you get to top of the mountain, and God gives you a new view, a different perspective on the same area. God is not going to remove you out of anxiety, fear, depression, but through this fast he will lift you to a whole new view if you let him!

What kind of breakthrough is God waiting to give you this year? Let this 21 day fast be what catapults you into a deeper more intentional relationship with Jesus. God desires our hearts to be fully surrendered to Him, and one of the best ways to give Him that, is to lay down everything else. This season will feel like a sacrifice, but in His hands a sacrifice is a blessing waiting to happen! We are so exciting to see the powerful ways God is going to move in your life during this season of devotion to Him!

Do you hear the rattle? In this message, Pastor Jeremy Johnson visits the Valley of Dry Bones and dives into the vision Ezekiel saw and how it can apply to the turbulent times we're living in. Johnson challenges us just like God challenged Ezekiel by saying, "Can ____ live again?" You can insert whatever applies to you: your job, marriage, family, business, church, etc. Whatever the dead thing is in your life, God is calling you to prophesy to it and command it to live again.

In this week's message, we are moved by our Lead Pastor Jeremy Johnson, as he shares a message titled "Believer" We get to experience the birth of Jesus and the true meaning of the Christmas Story, understanding the gifts sent to us at Jesus' arrival.

The trials and struggles that surrounded Jesus birth were significant. His parents went through hardship to bring him into this world. Their lives seemed to be ruined, but God had a plan. He was birthing miracles in the midst of their problems, bringing together seemingly negative events for their good. God did the impossible in their lives and through them. Their partnership with God through obedience was instrumental in this journey. Through struggle, Jesus was born, the spotless lamb.

God took Joseph and Mary on a holy journey, set them in his perfect timing, and brought forth the savior of the world. The world was forever changed, and we were gifted with Jesus' love and acceptance. We do not have to live as though we have lost, Jesus is continuing to pour out his gifts on us today. Join us for a joy-filled, life-giving message that will touch your heart today.

If your constant question to the Lord is "Why?" During hardship then this is for you. As we take on our 3rd week of our sermon series "Battle Fatigue" Our outreach Pastor, Pastor David Turner gives us 3 other words to replace our "Why?" with. In this sermon we take some practical ways to combat the lack of faith in our why and allow faith to bring perseverance in your season.

"How come sometimes I seek God and I don't find him?". We've all been there, seeking God and doing what feels right and yet…still no answer. Is God playing games with us? Is he just not listening? Does he just not care? The answer is No to all 3. The vibe actually says "God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble." So why do I feel alone and unheard? Truth is, maybe, you're not asking the right questions. Questions like How or what can allow us to move forward and out of the victim seat. When we ask "why" we aren't moving forward but when we choose to ask God questions that are filled with faith we choose to honor God at his word.

In this podcast, Pastor Jeremy Johnson continues in the "Battle Fatigue" series, adding more fuel and ammunition to your inventory of faith so you can not only get through this current season but also the rest of your life. In every battle, heroes will get tired and weary. But because of who they are and what they represent, heroes must rise above circumstances and internal conflict so that they may overcome whatever battle is in front of them.

Take hope! God is not surprised but what is happening. Even in the midst of all that's going on, God is still on the throne. He is still being worshipped and He is still in control. He will not let His children suffer, even when the world seems to be in chaos. He has never failed once, and He won't start now.

As you walk through your life, remember to lay aside every weight that slows you done. We sometimes pick things up that we were never meant to carry. Don't just lay aside sin. Lay aside the fluff that you thought you needed but God never ordained. Also remember to rest with God. Don't work in your own strength, or burnout will come. Rest in God's presence, and he will sustain you while you work for the Kingdom. Do these thing and Battle Fatigue will not set in easily for you.

In this season have you just felt simply tired? Have you been fighting an uphill battle? In this weeks podcast titled, "Battle Fatigue" our lead pastor, Jeremy Johnson brings us a timely encouraging word that gives us a new perspective on how to handle this thing we all deal with called, battle fatigue.

"Don't get tired of the work, but its okay to get tired in the work" If you've worked a job, gone to school, done ministry or even been a parent you've been tired in the work and tired of the work at some point in time. So what do you do? Pastor Jeremy takes us to a story about David and his mighty men! In their place of rest uprose a new battle that they've never seen before. What did David do? He chose to encourage himself in the lord. In that same way we can choose to encourage ourselves in the midst of these battles that we haven't faced before.

Isaiah 40:28-29 says "Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak." What an amazing God that we have that would extend his strength to us. If you are feeling tired in this season call upon the lord to give you strength! We pray this message brings encouragement and launches you on your walk with the lord in this season!

Take your rightful place in the body of Christ! In this series, Pastor Jeremy Johnson of Fearless Church puts a new spin on an old message. A once classic sermon series now has a fresh look. In this revamped version of "The Guardians Are Back," Pastor Jeremy explains how we as believers take many roles in the body but have one major position: the Bride of Christ.

We are appointed as "guardians" of the church. To be shepherds of the flock God has entrusted us to keep watch over. It is not just the pastor's job to maintain a flock. We as Christians are ministers in our own right, and we all have a dominion we guard, protect, steward. No matter who you are, what job you hold, how many kids you have, we all are entrusted with the responsibility of guardianship.

Who are you tending? Who are you feeding? Who are you guiding? Who's in your circle? Who is around you? Who has God entrusted to you to lead? Who has God given you to guard? Brace yourself, Guardian! Today, heroes rise!

Acts 20:28

On this weeks podcast we continue this powerful and perspective shifting sermon series called "The Lion In the Room". Pastor Jeremy, our lead pastor dives into a crucial and vital part of the body of christ and an important part of Gods heart, Unity. This sermon Titled "The Key of We Part 2", Discusses the vitality of keeping love at the center of what we do as the church .

"Love doesn't fail if it failed, it wasn't love". When we examine our lives how do we love others? Especially those difficult people…, maybe for you it's even someone who voted differently than you or someone who doesn't look like you. Could you still put love at the forefront of what you do? 1 Corinthians 13 clearly states the vitality of having love at the center of how we encounter one another. The bible clearly states that if we don't have love we are a "resounding gong or a clanging cymbal" or in other words just plain out annoying to God.

What can your love do for someone else? Could it bring healing? Could it bridge the gap between a non believer and Jesus? When we choose to love others regardless of they've done we become co labors with the Lord. Today will you choose to love others? As you listen to this podcast ask the lord to search your heart and allow him to do some heart surgery! We pray that this message encourages you and gives you a new way to see love!

On this weeks podcast we called "The Key of We". Pastor Jeremy, Our lead pastor dives into a crucial and vital part of the body of christ and an important part of Gods heart, Unity. This sermon centers us to standard of a kingdom mentality and heart posture.

Pastor Jeremy takes us to Matthew 12:25 NIV "Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand". In music, there is always a key ( key of A , Key of C, Key of B flat) the key allows all musicians to get on the same page to make essentially what we hear, a beautiful sound. The sound of unity sounds so much better than the sound of disunity. Imagine hearing a song but with something off… maybe it was the guitar or even the keys; none the less you would pick up on it instantly because it doesn't sound like its supposed to be there and you would not want to hear the song anymore.

Isn't that the same way the world views us? We tune to ourselves; our self righteousness, our entitlement, our selfish motives and we expect the world to want to hear of the Jesus we talk about.

Let's tune our hearts the Lord. When we accept Jesus as our Lord and savior we submit our way of doing things to him, in return Jesus gives us the kingdom way of doing things. When we let go of our entitlement, anger, self righteousness and selfish motives essentially we are picking up our cross to follow Jesus. When we tune our hearts to the lord we get back to the key of we which is the key of unity. We hope that the lord does heart surgery in this message, that the lord would minister to you in a new way and bring a perspective shift!

Happy Sunday Fearless family.
Join us this week for a word from our special guest, Izreal. This message is focused on a passage from Jeremiah.

In Jeremiah 18, the Lord spoke to Jeremiah and told him to go down to the potter's house. Jeremiah was obedient to the Lord and when he went to the potter's house and saw him working, the Lord spoke to Jeremiah once more: “O Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand..." (Jeremiah 6-7).

In this message, Izreal breaks down this passage and teaches us how it connects to our lives. Obedience activates the reality of God's favor in our life and leads to revelation. Jeremiah was obedient to the Lord, and the Lord spoke to him. The Lord may call you into the unfamiliar, but where He calls you, He is already working.

We can also learn something from this passage about the process of sanctification. When the clay on the potters wheel spoiled, the potter crushed it and re-worked it into something new. Just like they clay, God is constantly working us into something new (Isaiah 43:19). God's hand is on our lives even if we are going through something. God is with the church, even during trials and tribulation on Earth. God is still molding us-- as a body of believers-- to look more like Christ.

We are the church, unfinished.