FOUNT

By faith, we don't let our disappointment lower our expectations of God—instead God's grace meets us in our barren places and deals with past disappointments so that we can dream with Him for the future! This Dream Sunday, Pastor Josh Kelsey preached out of Isaiah 54 and encouraged us to prepare a space for God to fill. Does your dream in 2018 include other people? Is it big enough to include others in His love?

God is not for the religious, He is for everyone. He came for relationship. He's a secure God that came to us as a human to show us what relationship looks like, to let a fallen earth carry His glorious grace. This past Sunday, Pastor Josh Kelsey preached a message on the truth of grace. The birth of grace was for us all, all we have to do is let Him into our hearts.

What to expect when you're spiritually expecting: Expect that there's going to be a process. That you're going to need God to say don't be afraid. But also expect that when it's God it will bring change, holiness, Kingdom into everything. This past Sunday, guest speaker Mia Fieldes, grammy-nominated songwriter, preached a powerful message on intimacy with God and the process of giving birth to a God dream. Nothing that God grows comes into the world without having to breathe through it with Him, lean into Him, trust Him through it.

There's a reason we have grace. Grace is not merely a cover up for sin but the empowerment to be welcomed into the most perfect relationship that we could ever be welcomed into. God's grace has brought us in so that you may have access to His glory. This past Sunday Pastor Josh Kelsey preached a message on the reason for grace. His grace gives us access into the glory we were made for.

When God spoke, He created light—light because He wanted to reveal Himself to us, to show the world and all creation what kind of God we serve. To come under God's word is to take our lives from chaos to cosmos, from dark to light. This past Sunday, guest Pastor Robert Madu kicked off our GENESIS series this Advent season by encouraging us to trust God no matter what the season or circumstance. In His word is power to create something out of nothing, and all we have to do is trust in it!

When we know our divine origin and destiny, we are free to serve others from the security of who we are in Christ. This Sunday, Pastor Filmore unpacked the story of Jesus washing the disciples feet from John 13, revealing that Jesus' humility and servant nature is available to us when we keep our eyes on Him. We were meant for love, designed not to tread on people's feet in competition but to wash their feet in humility. Only after we encounter the radical, self-giving love of Christ can our hearts come alive to pioneer in humility so that we can truly consider others greater than ourselves.

We were created to draw close to our Creator and to carry a language of thanksgiving as we enter His courts! This Sunday, Pastor Emmanuel spoke on the story of the 10 lepers Jesus healed, and how only one returned with loud thanksgiving to fall at the feet of the one who worked His miracle. We are challenged to be people who reflect the fullness of the divine love we carry by being loud in our thanksgiving, not only loud in our requests or complaint. In gratitude, we are enabled to live out our revelation of His love for us for those around, for NYC and beyond!

We are trying to create spaces for life to happen, for people to be found. For the broken to mended. We are creating space for God to move. This past Sunday, guest Pastor Dan Lian preached a message out of Mark 5 sharing on the spaces we create for God to move in. God wants to shine His light, show His love, a love that never gives up through us.

It takes sacrifice and worship to make Jesus the center of our lives — and when we do the fragrance of our worship leaves an eternal legacy for those around us. This Sunday Pastor Josh preached a message on the anointing of Jesus and how generosity flows from the revelation of His great gift to us. He reminded us that it is not until we see how extravagantly generous God is towards us that we are able to pour out that same generosity to those around us. Moreover, Pastor Josh challenges us to behold the Son of God before we count the cost of living a life marked by extravagant generosity.