Pastor Isaac Ketner (Harvest Binghamton) shares from the book of John that we have been invited to know, follow, and bear witness to Jesus.

Guest speaker: Erik Messerschmidt shares from the book of James 3 statements to preach to myself when I need patience in a trial.

Josh Baun, an Elder at Harvest Buffalo, shares from God's Word that there is nothing in your life that is more important than your relationship with the Lord.

True Kingdom citizens choose to live under Kingdom authority.

As we finish the beatitudes, Pastor Ricky shares that our transformation is for the purpose of the King's glorification.

As the King is transforming our lives, we can expect righteousness to be confrontational and to receive persecution as confirmation of our faith.

The King’s agenda is to utterly & increasingly overhaul my life by making me a peacemaker.

This week we learn from Matthew 5:6-7 that the King's agenda is to utterly and increasingly overhaul my life by making me be the kind of person who possesses new appetites for righteousness and displays new instincts of mercy.

We continue through the Beatitudes focussing on verses 4 & 5. Here Pastor Ricky shares that the King (Jesus) is making us into the kind of person who makes space for grief and makes much of meekness.

Pastor Ricky is back from his summer sabbatical and ready to kickoff Fall with a new sermon series based on the Sermon on the Mount from the book of Matthew.