FOUNT

On the cross, Christ defeated everything that stands between you and God—not one thing has been left in debt, everything redeemed! But there's a reason He covered us with His grace: that we might have a New Beginning, receiving and living by His Spirit. This Sunday, Pastor Josh explored Jesus' encounter with the disciples as He appeared in the midst of their fear and breathed the Spirit of life into them (see John 20). Jesus restores us to our original design — image-bearers of God and carriers of His Spirit — by setting us free from fear and bringing us into an encounter with His life-giving Spirit!

God is committed to your flourishing. This past Sunday, Pastor Filmore Bouldes shared a message from John 20, Mary's encounter with the risen Christ, on planting and flourishing in the garden of God. Whenever Jesus seems to not be found in your life, He is closer then you think. Jesus is the gardener of new creation, trust in His unfailing love for you today. If you are looking for purpose to flow through your life, plant yourself in the garden and find yourself in the house of God.

This Easter Sunday, Pastor Josh showed the lengths Jesus went to find us and rescue us. His grace is stronger than our sin. The Cross is stronger than death. Love may be able to die, but Perfect Love could not stay dead. In the cross and resurrection we see Him giving us a new hope, a new creation, a new beginning.

This Sunday Pastor Georgie Kelsey unpacked the idea that people who know they are well loved by God are equipped and empowered to love others well. When Jesus laid out His new commandment in John 13—that we love others as He loved us—He raised the bar on what loving others looks like. It's the love we have for others, whether they are neighbors or enemies, that will distinguish us as Jesus' disciples and followers. Pastor Georgie encouraged us to learn to receive the love of God better, so that we can love others better—like Jesus loves us.

This Sunday Pastor Josh Kelsey launched our new series, PERFECT LOVE! God wants us to grow in love so that we can show others His true love. His agape love is a one-way love that expels fear in our lives — and since fear is a spirit not a feeling, it takes the Spirit of God and His perfect love to drive out all fear. Where fear leads us into bondage, God's Spirit of Love will lead us and others into true freedom.

This Sunday, Pastor Filmore Bouldes challenged us to count the cost in our walk with God. If we are going to follow Jesus toward who He's called us to be, it's going to cost our passion, priorities and possessions. We love others best when we love God most.

This Sunday Pastor Josh Kelsey shared on the gospel of peace, which brings a peace with God, with yourself and with others. Speaking out of Ephesians 6, he revealed how essential it is to wear the gospel of readiness on our feet as we walk with God. God makes us ready to move forward in life, to gain traction in our walk and to get a firm grip on who we really are in Christ. Let's put the gospel of peace on our feet today to gain forward movement in our purpose and our lives!

God is constantly preparing us for something, He never leaves us where we are at. This Sunday, Pastor Mark Kelsey encouraged us about all that God has prepared for us to become and to do, to bring God's glory to the earth. He unpacked three stages of preparation — the Cross, our progression in reconciliation, our role as a voice crying in the wilderness — to help us see just how much God has done to prepare us to shine His glory in New York City.

This Sunday, Pastor Josh calls us to return to the table of the Lord, the place He has prepared for us to encounter the identity, acceptance, and right-standing with Him that He freely gives to us. At this table, when we learn to sit with Him, we will learn who we really are in His eyes and all that He's already prepared for us. Once we've sat, we will know to what kind of table we are inviting others.

Fighting the good fight for others means overcoming opposition. This Sunday, Pastor Josh Kelsey encouraged us out of Mark 2 on how we fight for others in our lives. Our faith carries others when they cannot carry themselves. When we risk for the gospel, lives are transformed as they meet Jesus. We are called to do whatever it takes to get people to the feet of Jesus.