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Hocus Bogus Week 2: An idol isn’t always something you bow down to; it can be something you refuse to lay down. In week two of Hocus Bogus, Pastor Matt explores how relationships, ambition, comfort, and even ministry can take the place that belongs to God. This message challenges us to examine what we’re protecting, respond to the Holy Spirit’s conviction, and surrender fully to Jesus. Have we simply made room for God, or have we given Him the throne?

Hocus Bogus Week 1: Are there areas of your life you still haven’t surrendered to God? In this week’s message, Pastor Matt confronts the rebellion we can overlook in our attitudes, habits, and everyday choices. Exploring spiritual warfare and Jesus’ example of obedience, he calls us to repentance and reminds us that victory begins when we surrender our will to God.

What do you do when people are talking about you instead of talking to you? In the final week of this series, Pastor Matt looks at the story of David and Absalom and challenges us to stop allowing other people’s words to control our responses. You may not be able to control the rumors, assumptions, or narratives people create about you, but you can control what comes out of your own mouth. Spiritual maturity means choosing grace over gossip, responding instead of reacting, and trusting God with your reputation. Let them talk; but keep walking. Jesus is still Lord.

Read My Lips Week 2: Everybody is talking, but not every voice deserves authority in your life.

In week one of Read My Lips, Pastor Matt unpacks the weight of our words and the power they have to shape our relationships, environments, expectations, and direction. From Genesis to John 1, we see that God is a speaking God, and when the King speaks, His Word carries authority.

So whose words are you agreeing with? Your past? Your feelings? The voices around you? Or the Word of God?

Words are never weightless. It’s time to speak life, align our words with what God has already said, and let His Word have the final word.

Read My Lips Week 1:

Words are never weightless. They carry life, death, influence, and authority.

In this message, Pastor Matt challenges us to ask a life-changing question: Who gets the final word over our lives? Culture, our feelings, our past, and the voices around us all have something to say; but none of them are King.

Through John 1 and other passages throughout Scripture, we discover the power of God’s Word, the authority of Jesus as King, and the responsibility we have to speak life instead of death. When we understand the weight of our words and begin aligning them with what God has spoken, it can change our thinking, our families, our schools, and the world around us.

It’s time to stop treating words casually and start speaking with faith, wisdom, and purpose.

Following Jesus doesn’t mean the struggle immediately disappears. It means something inside of you has changed.

In this message, Pastor Matt unpacks what it means to become a new creation in Christ and why spiritual growth is about more than changing your behavior. Through Paul’s words to the Corinthians, we see that the tension between who you were and who you’re becoming isn’t always evidence that you’re failing; it can be evidence that God is forming you.

You don’t have to become a perfect person. You’re called to surrender to Jesus, take on His yoke, and allow Him to shape your life. Salvation makes you new. Discipleship teaches you how to live new.

Jesus didn't come to establish another religious system; He came announcing a Kingdom. While religion focuses on rules, performance, and trying to earn God's approval, the Kingdom is built on the finished work of Jesus Christ. Through His death and resurrection, He fulfilled the Law, secured our salvation, and invited us to live as sons and daughters led by the Holy Spirit instead of by religious obligation.

In this message, discover the difference between religion and the Kingdom, why Jesus preached the Kingdom above everything else, and how understanding your identity in Christ changes the way you live, worship, and face life's battles. When you stop striving to earn what Christ has already accomplished, you'll begin to walk in the authority, freedom, peace, and purpose that belong to every citizen of God's unshakable Kingdom.

Religion says, "Do."
Jesus declares, "It is finished."

What are you really chasing? God's presence or your preferred personality?

In this powerful message, Pastor Matt challenges the mindset of building our faith around favorite speakers, worship leaders, or moments instead of building our lives on Jesus, the Bread of Life. Through the story of Ruth returning to Bethlehem, he reminds us that hungry people don't chase personalities; they chase bread.

This message calls believers to mature from spectators into disciples, to stop allowing preferences to dictate faithfulness, and to realize that God can speak through anyone He chooses. The Church was never meant to revolve around one platform or one person. It was always designed to equip the saints to carry God's presence wherever they go.

Whether you're struggling with consistency, looking for deeper spiritual growth, or wondering what it means to truly hunger for God, this message will challenge you to pursue His Word above everything else.

Piece of Mind: Anxiety doesn't begin with circumstances; it begins with thoughts. In this message, we explore Paul's teaching on renewing the mind, taking every thought captive, and breaking down strongholds before they take root. Discover the difference between facts and God's truth, why unmanaged thoughts lead to anxious living, and how Sabbath, Scripture, and stillness become powerful tools for transformation. If you've been battling worry, fear, overthinking, or mental exhaustion, this message will help you shift your focus from "What if?" to "What did God say?" and experience the peace that comes from having the mind of Christ. 

Pastor Matt explores the story of the blind man who wasn't fully healed after the first touch of Jesus. Through this often-overlooked passage, we're reminded that healing isn't always immediate. Sometimes it unfolds through stages, seasons, and a journey of dependence on God.

If you've ever wondered why you're not where you used to be, yet still not where you want to be, this message is for you. Discover the hope that partial healing isn't failed healing, it's healing in progress. Learn why community matters, why honesty before God is essential, and how the same Jesus who touched you before is faithful to touch you once more.

You're not abandoned. You're not failing. You're healing.