Each of us has the opportunity to live with great expectation and anticipation—Jesus has made each of us a new creation! This Sunday Pastor Josh preached a message out Peter and John's encounter with the lame man by the temple gates. Through Peter and John's faith in the power of Christ within them, they were able to give the lame man more than he was asking for—they not only gave him physical strength and healing but they gave him access to Jesus. By putting our own faith in action, we can now reach out to others and give them the same access of Christ inside us.

Jesus enters into our pain. He connects with us in our sorrow and brings comfort in our hearts when we need relief. This Sunday Pastor Emmanuel Hastings encouraged us out of John 11 as we looked at Jesus raising Lazarus back to life. Christ came to bring resurrection and life, and He is working through our situation — not just for our own lives but for those around us to reveal His glory in His time.

Jesus always initiates and then He illuminates in our lives so that we can see Him. He wants to save and restore us as we look to Him. This Sunday, Pastor Filmore Bouldes preached a message on John 9 on how we are all blind without Jesus. When we see Jesus we see ourselves, we find our true identity and our vision is restored.

There is no escaping sin in this life, but Jesus has taken on our guilty verdict so we may live free in this life and for eternity. This past Sunday, Pastor Josh preached a message on Jesus's encounter with the adulterous women in John 8. Through this story we are able to experience His unchanging love for this woman and all of humanity, ultimately displaying the sacrifice He was soon to make on the cross. Whether we find ourselves relating more to the woman caught in sin or the self-righteous Pharisees, God's love is poured out on all of us, as we have all fallen short of His glory.

This past Sunday, Pastor Josh Kelsey preached on John 5 of the story of the man that was lame for 38 years. In our own times of helplessness, when the world cannot give us enough strength, Jesus encounters for healing and to reveal who He is. We're able to receive His strength, by nothing of our own efforts, but by everything Jesus did on the cross. He calls us into freedom, even with our scars, so we can can tell of His healing power to others.

Leaders rebuild walls to protect that which is valuable to God and to His church. This ALLIN Team Night, Pastor Josh Kelsey preached a message on leadership from the book of Nehemiah. Our city will always be a burden to us if we don't have a burden for it, we need to know the need in order to have a vision. Let's stay focused on what we are called to do in order to reach this city.

This Sunday Pastor Josh Kelsey preached a message on the first encounter Jesus had after the Sermon on the Mount. In one touch, Jesus reached out to a leper that approached him in humility for healing and cleansed him. As we look to the leper as the sin in our own lives, we learn how to approach Jesus with the same humility and boldness. We are called to come to Him as we are.

What are you doing to see Jesus? This Sunday Pastor Josh preached a message on the story of Jesus' encounter with Zacchaeus, a despised chief tax collector. Jesus constantly tests the heart of men and women showing them that He came for the sole purpose of salvation for everyone. Although Zacchaeus was short in stature, it was this disadvantage that caused him to see Jesus differently. He reminds us that we're never too far away for God to see us and call us by name.

God comes to us — He meets us and comes directly to our hearts to bring freedom. We have access to His living water as an endless source of overflow. This Sunday, Pastor Josh Kelsey preached a message on our source of life in Jesus. If we don't go to Jesus as our well of living water, we will run other people in our life dry. It's the positioning of our heart that determines where we find our thirst and fulfillment.

When grace touches your heart it doesn't matter what judgement comes your way. Grace always triumphs. This Sunday, Pastor Josh Kelsey preached a message of freedom that is found through Christ's radical grace. God wants to set us free so that we can bring freedom through others. We are forgiven so that we can forgive.