FEARLESS

In this weeks sermon, our lead Pastor Jeremy Johnson dives deeper into the value of "Worship is our weapon," and gets us to look at the other ways in which worship is present and valuable in our lives.

At Fearless LA, we've set out to follow our values as set by our leaders and really make sure our Fearless family understands what those are before we can walk into our promise. Just like the first church, we needed to set out what we stand for before we can truly move past the surface level interactions of religion and move into relationship with God and with others.

Last week, we learned about worship as our promotion and how it is the highest honor we have to lead worship on Earth as it is in Heaven. This week, we look at how worship dismantles division.

Pastor Jeremy uses an instrument to illustrate the uniqueness of each string's sound, that separately is recognized as pure sound, still important, still valuable. But when these sounds come together, they create beautiful harmonies. Just as music comes together, so are we meant to come together to stir up one another to worship, to love. As iron sharpens iron, so must we sharpen one another to push past praise and worship God when it's not all working out, truly using our worship as our weapon to combat the midnight and push on till morning.

Hebrews 10: 20-25

Guess what ?! You've been promoted ! To what you may ask ? It may sound crazy but you are now the worship leader of heaven itself ! In this weeks Podcast, our Lead Pastor , Jeremy Johnson, takes a closer look on worship.

As he brings us deeper on this mind blowing topic of worship, we find out our new position and promotion is to be a worshiper. Before the enemy, Lucifer, fell from heaven; he was actually a worship leader himself. As pride and self promotion came, he was booted out of heaven. This left the position of lead worshippers of heaven open.

God took us, beings made of dirt, something so low to be seated at the right hand of God. All this to show that He can use anything to worship Him. He made us as intricate vessels able to lead the worship of heaven, right here from earth.

One of strongest weapons we have is our worship, it calls on the power of God when we are in our darkest moments. Worship is so important that this week Pastor Christy gave us a different perspective on it, getting us to dig deeper and understand how much value it holds in our lives. Have you ever worshipped when everything seemed to be going wrong? How hard was it to lift your hands in the middle of the night? Can you still praise God even when he hasn't answered yet?

Sometimes we have to learn to worship God through the "I don't want to right now" or in the "I don't see how this is going to change" and fight for a hallelujah when we haven't seen the promise come to pass yet. Imagine that one more praise, that one more worship being the one that leads to the breakthrough. At FearlessLA we worship in the midnight, beyond understanding, fearlessly, trusting that God is faithful because we know what he's done before and can do it again.

The articulation of our words in praise to God delights HIS heart, when we take our time to find our own words to thank God, the words that come from our spirit. There is something so beautiful about hearing it from your mouth, no one can worship for you.

Listen in on our Seven Reasons on Why We Worship and let these words pour into your life, opening the door to a closer relationship with God!

2 Chronicles 20:1

In this week's podcast, we are continuing to dive deeper into one of our core values, "Worship is Our Weapon". Pastor Jeremy Johnson breaks down the difference between our praise to God and our worship to God. Praise is free; it's easy to praise because it means we have something to thank Him for after a victory. Worship is a sacrifice; it is honoring God for who He is, not what He can or will do for us. We believe that in any situation we're walking through, we can stop and give God all of the honor through our worship!

Scripture References:

Jeremiah 29:11 (ESV)

1 Peter 2:9 (ESV)

2 Corinthians 3:17

A special message from our friend Jurgen Matthesius from C3 San Diego was with us for Pastor Jermey's 40th Birthday celebration. Pastor Jurgen shares about a powerful message on being a Rainmaker, and how we are challenged to become rainmakers in a draught. Understanding that water is one of the most valuable things to sacrifice while in a desert. God is sending us to be representatives of authenticity of Jesus Christ in our cities.

Scriptures Reference:

1 Kings 18:1-47 NKJV

Have you ever experienced a time where nothing in life seemed to be going right? When you had a pile of problems and no foreseeable solution? When the walls felt as if they were caving in and anxiety and fear were knocking on your door? In this weeks sermon, our lead Pastor, Jeremy Johnson dives deeper into one of our core values, "Worship Is Our Weapon". Just as Paul and Silas worshiped in prison, so must we worship in the midnights of our lives. When you can worship in the midst of a terrible situation, freedom is yours. Giving God praise for the victory already won stirs the spirit and calls on the strength of the Lord. Not only does our worship break us free but helps set others around us free. Who are the people around you that may need freedom? Is it a family member or a co-worker? As you listen to this week's podcast we hope that this message blesses you and encourages you to use worship as a weapon in the midst of life's situations.

Acts 16:16-39

In this week's sermon, Pastor Jeremy Johnson shares on the meaning and purpose of wisdom. What is it? How do we get it? How do we live it out? How does it impact our decisions?

Humbling yourself before the Lord is the beginning of growing wiser. God takes untrained, unschooled, ordinary men and women, fills them with wisdom and brings them before kings. Wisdom is given within, each person gaining more of it as they walk with God, it's knowledge lived out, one decision at a time. God wants to increase our wisdom to be so influential that we impact nations reminding them of the love of God. Go obediently into your daily life, putting God first, exchange your distrust for trust and walk out the wisdom given unto you.

It is not about gaining more knowledge for the sake of having knowledge. We need to live out the knowledge that we have. New wisdom is walking in old knowledge.

We were placed by God, strategically in this moment of time, for such a time as this. He wants us to use our faith to live an impactful, supernatural life.

Jer 29:11 ESV

2 Chronicles 9:5 NIV

2 Chronicles 9:22 NIV

Ps 51:6 NIV

Proverbs 9:10 NIV

This week of Pastor Jeremy's "Adulting" series focuses on an important part of our walk with God, the in between. The journey, the road still being traveled on as we move through the seasons of life. But just as the Roman official came to a moment in his life where he humbled himself before God to ask for healing for his son and went on his way taking God at his word that his son was healed. So must we, remain vigilant in trusting the word God gave us about our own lives. What happens when we're in the midnight section of the in between? When that word is hard to hold strong too? Or when the voices in your head make you question what you once heard so clearly? It is here that God searches your heart for rocks, things that may be blocking the seeds He wants to plant in the good soil of your heart. Listen in on how to find God's strength in the in between and know that God will bring what HE said to pass, especially in the seventh hour.

On this week's podcast, Pastor Christy Johnson, Mother of the House, dives deeper on this sermon series "Adulting". 1 Corinthians 13:11 ESV says "When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways." This week, we got to dissect the truth on childlike speech. Through this podcast, we find out that childlike speech not only effects others but can effect yourself and how you speak to yourself. Have you ever had childlike speech with yourself? Or even others? "Crucify your complaints and guard your gratitude." Sometimes, our complaints overshadow the blessings that we have been praying for. To combat it, guard your gratitude and allow yourself to have a perspective shift. In this life-giving message, we hope this matures your speaking and aids you along the path of adult speaking and maturity in the kingdom.

Have you ever felt like God seemed distant? Have you ever felt like He doesn't hear you? Or maybe you felt like He was asleep when you were in a crisis? In this message, Ps. Jeremy Johnson, Lead Pastor of Fearless LA, unpacks the idea that even in the midst of the greatest storm, God is with you and has never left. The disciples learned this lesson when they went out to sea in the midst of a storm while Jesus rested on the boat. We sometimes forget that Jesus is still with us because the storms of life are crashing into our boat, causing it to flood. But Jesus is still there. He may be silent, but He is never absent.

You may be going through a storm and think you are going to sink. But, fear not! Jesus is there with you, and if He is so calm that He can sleep through a storm, why should you fear?

Scripture References:

1 Corinthians 13:11 (ASV)

Mark 4:35-41 (NLT)

Matthew 8:23-27 (NLT)