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This Sunday Pastor Josh Kelsey preached a message out of Acts 16, where Paul and Silas were thrown into prison after casting out an evil spirit and setting a young girl free. Although innocent, with every reason to complain, in their darkest hour Paul and Silas sang hymns and praised God from their jail cell. This shows us that praise isn't about our circumstance, but about Jesus' position in our lives. We too can be encouraged to praise even in the toughest of situations. Our freedom and our praise has the opportunity to set others free!

The transformation from Saul to Paul is a story for each of us. This week Pastor Filmore Bouldes preached a message out of Acts 9, where Saul encountered Jesus on the road the Damascus and Ananias encountered Saul to reveal his calling. How incredible that God works through other people to reveal our own calling! Many times we can doubt God's plan for our lives or feel shaken by prayers that seemed to go unanswered, but this story examples just how suddenly God can work when we keep trusting in Him. Jesus comes into our lives, changing our desires and mission in life, and bringing glory to His name — all so that we can share that hope with others.

This Sunday Pastor Josh Kelsey preached a message out of Acts 4 of opposition and boldness. Things of this world compete for our worship, but when we're found in Christ we can confront our trials with a supernatural boldness and continue to endure hardships knowing that our identity rests in Him alone. We have the been given the authority to speak out in Jesus' name freedom and healing over others' lives just as Peter and John did. As we continue to endure through trials and opposition, we rest in knowing that they're producing the character and hope of Christ in us.

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.