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In order to fight the Good Fight of faith, it's important to know that our faith comes by hearing the word of Christ—and there is a battle for our hearts to be receptive to His word! This past Sunday, Pastor Josh Kelsey walked us through the parable of the sower to challenge us to grow in faith by ensuring that the soil of our heart is good. The level of growth and harvest of the Kingdom in our lives is directly related to the condition of our heart. His word may start as a seed, but it grows into a Kingdom!

Faith lives in the realm of impossibility, don't let what you haven't seen God do prevent you from seeing what God can do. This past Sunday, Pastor Filmore Bouldes preached a message stirring our faith to believe in anything through Christ. Faith, moving in an atmosphere of compassion, can expect the miraculous things of God to happen in our lives.

Let's step into the good fight of faith because faith is the primary battleground we face in life. This past Sunday, Pastor Josh Kelsey challenged us to fight for our faith, to strengthen and train ourselves to build our lives in Christ. There is a fight in your life right now which means there is something of worth on the other side. The future is brighter with faith in your heart.

This past Sunday, Pastor Josh Kelsey finished our SUPREME series with a message encouraging us to be clothed in Christ by walking in our new identity in Him. The higher our view of Christ is, the higher our level of humility. Through Christ we are able to put on our new identity and bring true compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience into our world. Jesus is the solution.

We are set free knowing the fullness we have in Christ. In each of our hearts, we have a throne, and who we choose to crown King dictates much of our lives. This past Sunday, Emmanuel Hastings preached on the fullness that only Jesus can give us. Alone we cannot achieve fullness; we can only receive fullness through Christ being on the throne of our hearts.

We are here to elevate Jesus as supreme. The most dangerous place for the church to live is when Jesus is kind of important. This Sunday, Pastor Josh Kelsey preached in our SUPREME series challenging us to elevate Jesus as king in our lives. When we have supreme love for Christ we will find radical faith, to live not as lukewarm but as ambassadors of Jesus Christ.

Jesus is supreme. Jesus is ultimate, He is the highest expression of glory. This past Sunday, we kicked off our new series SUPREME with our annual Dream Sunday. Filmore shared about how we can reset our hearts to make the Lord first in our lives by seeking first God's kingdom. When we dream with His heart, our dreams will always include others.

Since the beginning of time, man has attempted to create a savior and tried answer the question, "Why I am here?" The virgin birth shows us that salvation requires no effort from man—God so loved us that He overruns every guilt and every shame in our lives. This week during our special Carols by Candlelight services, Pastor Josh Kelsey shared an encouraging message on Jesus' birth. His perfect love came to live inside of us, through the Holy Spirit. Who can resist perfect love?

When the Good News of Jesus' birth was announced to the shepherds, the angel's first words were, "Fear not." This was the Kingdom announcement of the end of fear because Christ came to break the distance between us and God. This past Sunday, Pastor Josh Kelsey preached a message on Jesus restoring our lives and bringing an end to fear. We can live in freedom knowing that Jesus is with us and for us.