Freedom Fellowship

Who’s really in control of your life?

In this message from Psalm 24:1–6, Pastor Eric Grosek introduces himself to the Freedom Fellowship family, shares some of his testimony and journey in ministry, and explains how God led him and his wife, Katie, into this new season at Freedom Fellowship.

From there, Pastor Eric challenges us with a simple but important question: Who’s really in control?

“The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein.” — Psalm 24:1

We make plans. We fill our schedules. We set priorities and try to position our lives for success. But what happens when God interrupts those plans? Are we willing to surrender our time, our future, our priorities, and even the things we hold most tightly to Him?

Walking through Psalm 24, Pastor Eric looks at what it means to approach God with “clean hands and a pure heart,” to recognize the idols that can quietly take priority in our lives, and to become a generation that truly seeks the face of God.

God created it all, owns it all, and knows us completely. The question is whether we will trust Him enough to give Him control.

“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” — Psalm 51:10

Scripture: Psalm 24:1–6

Speaker: Pastor Eric Grosek

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After spending the summer walking through the Minor Prophets, Pastor Landon turns to Ezra and Nehemiah to look at the historical setting surrounding Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi—and to reflect on the faithfulness of God at work in His people.

Before Ezra organized anything, before Nehemiah inspected the walls, and before anyone picked up a tool, God was already working. He stirred hearts, opened doors, provided what was needed, raised up laborers, and accomplished what His people could never have done in their own strength.

In this message, Pastor Landon also shares an update on Freedom Fellowship’s Kimberly building project and gives thanks for the many ways God has provided through His people. From volunteers using their skills and trades to unexpected provision and answered prayer, we are reminded that the building itself is not the mission—it is simply a tool.

Jesus is the mission.

As a church, our calling remains the same: to preach His Word, make disciples, reach the lost, equip believers, raise up laborers, and faithfully follow wherever the Lord leads.

Like the people in Nehemiah’s day, may we have “a mind to work”—not only on a building, but on the work of God’s Kingdom in our families, our relationships, our discipleship, and our community.

We plan faithfully. We work diligently. We hold our plans loosely. And we trust the Lord completely.

Above all, we keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith, trusting that whatever God does next, Christ alone will receive the glory.

📖 Scriptures: Ezra 1:1–3; Ezra 6:14; Ezra 8:18; Nehemiah 2:17–18; Nehemiah 4:6; Nehemiah 6:15–16; Zechariah 4:6; Proverbs 16:9; Matthew 9:37–38; 1 Peter 4:10; Hebrews 12:1–2; Psalm 127:1

Speaker: Pastor Landon Churchill

Date:9/6/2026

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After a summer walking through the Minor Prophets, Pastor Landon closes the series in the final book of the Old Testament: Malachi.

Malachi speaks into a spiritually cold and compromised generation, yet God begins with a powerful reminder: “I have loved you.” Even when His people wander, grow cynical, or give Him their leftovers, God remains faithful, calls them to return, and points them toward the One who is coming.

Throughout the message, Pastor Landon highlights the central themes of Malachi: God desires our hearts, not empty religious activity; He calls His people to honor Him with their best; He refines and transforms those He saves; and He remains faithful even when we are not.

Malachi also brings the entire story of the Minor Prophets to a powerful conclusion. A messenger would prepare the way, the Lord Himself would come, and the Sun of Righteousness would arise with healing in His wings.

Then came roughly 400 years of silence.

But God had not forgotten His promise.

When the fullness of time had come, Jesus Christ entered the story—the promised Savior, the spotless Lamb, the risen King, and the One who is coming again.

After looking back through Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi, one truth stands above everything else:

It’s all about Jesus.

The King came.

So don’t grow weary. Don’t grow cold. Don’t give God your leftovers. Don’t mistake His silence for His absence. Return to Him, worship Him, proclaim the good news, and keep looking up.

📖 Scripture: Malachi 1–4

“But to you who fear My name the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings.” — Malachi 4:2

Speaker: Pastor Landon Churchill

The book of Zechariah points us toward one incredible truth: the King is coming.

Pastor Landon walks through Zechariah’s prophetic message—from Israel’s restoration and the call to “return to Me,” to remarkably specific prophecies about Jesus Christ. Zechariah foretells the King riding into Jerusalem on a donkey, thirty pieces of silver, the pierced Messiah, the struck Shepherd, and ultimately the return of Jesus to the Mount of Olives.

The same God who perfectly fulfilled His promises concerning Christ’s first coming will be faithful to every promise concerning His return.

Prophecy isn’t given simply to fill our heads with knowledge. It should change the way we live. If Jesus is coming, we should live ready, hold this world loosely, turn from sin, share the Gospel, and faithfully finish the work He has given us.

Return to the King, because the King is returning.

📖 Scripture: Zechariah 1–14

In this message, Pastor Landon walks through the book of Haggai and God’s repeated challenge to His people: “Consider your ways.”

The issue wasn’t simply rebuilding a temple—it was about priorities. God’s people had become comfortable, distracted, and willing to live with unfinished obedience while His mission moved to the margins.

Haggai challenges us to examine what has first place in our lives, where we may have delayed obedience, and what God is asking us to do today.

Comfort, success, possessions, and busy schedules can never satisfy what only Christ can. The greatest promise in Haggai isn’t that life will become easy—it’s God’s promise: “I am with you.”

Consider your ways. Obey what God has placed before you. And build your life around what will matter for eternity.

In this message, Azi teaches on the necessity of prayer and why it must never become an empty routine.

Looking at Hebrews 11, John 15, Acts 2, and 1 Thessalonians 5, we’re reminded that prayer is rooted in faith, strengthened by God’s Word, and meant to be a daily part of our walk with Christ.

Through fear, unanswered prayer, grief, temptation, or uncertainty, we are called to keep seeking God, trusting Him, and praying without ceasing.

As a church, we’re also challenged not just to talk about prayer, but to pray together—for one another, for our church, and for God’s will to be done.

“Stop all your idling. Get on your knees and pray.”

On this special Baptism Sunday at Freedom Fellowship, Pastor Landon shares from Galatians 5:1 and the true freedom found only in Jesus Christ.

Baptism does not save us—Jesus saves us. Baptism is a public declaration of what Christ has already done: our old life is buried with Him, and we have been raised to walk in newness of life.

We celebrate several brothers and sisters taking that step of faith and publicly declaring, “I belong to Jesus.”

“Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free.” — Galatians 5:1

Pastor Landon looks at Acts 2 and Ephesians 4 and Christ’s design for a healthy church—one devoted to God’s Word, fellowship, prayer, unity, generosity, and faithfully using the gifts God has given.

This service also marks the ordination of Azi Onama as a pastor of Freedom Fellowship. As a church family, we celebrate not simply a new pastor, but the faithfulness of Jesus, who continues to build, equip, and care for His church.

Our calling is not to manufacture growth, but to remain faithful: open the Word, love one another, pray continually, serve humbly, proclaim the gospel, and keep Christ at the center.

Scripture: Acts 2:42–47 • Ephesians 4:1–16

“The goal is not that people think Freedom Fellowship is wonderful. The goal is that people think Jesus is wonderful.”

The book of Zephaniah begins with the thunder of judgment, but it ends with the sound of singing.

As we continue our journey through the Minor Prophets, Zephaniah gives us a powerful picture of both the holiness and the love of God. Sin is serious, judgment is real, and the Day of the Lord is coming—but the God who judges sin is also the God who delights in saving sinners.

Judah had experienced outward religious reform, but many hearts remained far from God. They continued the sacrifices and ceremonies while drifting into complacency, divided worship, and idolatry. Zephaniah warns us that familiar religion can never replace a living relationship with Jesus.

The call of this book is clear:

Seek the Lord.

God lovingly warns His people before judgment comes, inviting them to repent, return, and find refuge in Him. Every warning points us toward the cross, where Jesus—the spotless Lamb of God—received the judgment our sin deserved.

Then the message changes from judgment to joy:

“The Lord your God in your midst,

Through Jesus, our judgment has been taken away, our enemy has been defeated, and the King is in our midst. God does not merely tolerate His redeemed people—He rejoices over them.

When fear, shame, grief, anxiety, and uncertainty overwhelm us, God may not immediately explain everything, but He promises His presence. He quiets us with His love and reminds us that our salvation rests not on how tightly we hold onto Him, but on how faithfully He holds onto us.

Key Scriptures:

* Zephaniah 1–3

Do not drift. Seek the Lord. Rest in His love.

Speaker: Pastor Landon Churchill

What do we do when God’s plan does not make sense, our prayers seem unanswered, and the circumstances around us begin to shake our faith?

Pastor Timothy walks through the book of Habakkuk, one of the most honest and relatable prophets in Scripture. Habakkuk looked at the violence, injustice, and corruption surrounding him and cried out, “How long, O Lord?” God answered—but His answer was not what Habakkuk expected.

Through this powerful conversation between the prophet and God, we learn that the Lord is not intimidated by our honest questions. When our faith feels unsteady, we are invited to stand our watch, seek God’s perspective, and cling tightly to Him.

Habakkuk’s name means “to embrace,” “to cling,” or “one who wrestles.” His journey reminds us that wrestling with God can ultimately teach us to hold onto Him more firmly. Even when everything appears to be falling apart, the believer can confidently declare:

“Yet I will rejoice in the Lord,

I will joy in the God of my salvation.”

—Habakkuk 3:18

The circumstances may not immediately change, but God can strengthen our feet like those of a deer, enabling us to stand securely and walk faithfully through difficult and uncertain places.

Key Scriptures:

• Habakkuk 1–3

• Habakkuk 2:4 — “The just shall live by faith.”

• Habakkuk 3:17–19

• Psalm 73

• Romans 1:17

• Galatians 3:11

• Hebrews 10:38

No matter what burden, disappointment, loss, or unanswered question you are facing, steady yourself on Christ. Stand, watch, listen, and trust that God is still working—even when His ways are beyond what we can currently understand.

Guest Speaker: Pastor Timothy Bachleitner

Date:7/12/2026

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