Jesus Culture Sacramento Message of the Week

It is irrational to believe in the resurrection and live in compromise. Our response to Jesus’ death and resurrection must be allowing Him to forgive us for our past, sin, shame, unbelief, and compromise. Andy Byrd, co-founder of Youth With A Mission’s Fire and Fragrance, Circuit Riders, and co-leader of The Send, calls us to be wholehearted followers of Jesus by remembering His goodness and drawing near to Him despite our circumstances and natural tendencies.

God on the move is the answer for personal and national revival. Pastor Banning Liebscher delivers a strengthening teaching on the practicals of revival- how we define it, and what we need in order to go where He is leading us and combat the chaos and confusion of the world.

There is power in recognizing that the Kingdom of God is alive inside of us, and that we are all called to be leaders. Pastor Francis Anfuso reminds us that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and we must be willing to tear down every stronghold and idol in our lives in order to finish well and experience revival in our personal lives.

Sometimes God will get you to your purpose in a much different way than you thought. Christine Caine reminds us that God’s purposes and promises are not the same as His method. His word over our lives is greater than the vehicle or the circumstances that He uses to bring us to fulfillment.

Christine Caine, founder of The A21 Campaign and Propel Women, provokes our hearts by challenging the foundations of our hope through the story of Lot’s wife. We are to cling to God and not linger in the past, but often we get stuck between the things God asked us to leave behind, and where He is taking us because we are hoping in the wrong thing. Where are your hopes anchored?

If we want to disciple others in the ways of Jesus, we must steward and grow in tangible disciplines. Pastor Banning teaches us that the pursuit of people, gaining permission to speak into their lives, our presence, perspiration, and patience are all necessary facets of discipling others that we must do in order to help others.

Being a disciple of Jesus requires everything in our lives to be surrendered. Pastor Banning Liebscher reminds us that the ways of the world and the way of Jesus cannot coexist. Jesus asks us for everything, because He knows the reward in our lives will be far greater than anything the world could ever give us. Will you be a person that moves towards Jesus, even when the crowds go the other way?

Phil Manginelli, Lead Pastor of The Square Church in Smyrna, Georgia, gives meaning and direction to the heart behind being a disciple. Discipleship is Jesus’ simple invitation to follow Him. As we spend more time with Jesus, we innately become more like Him in what we do and how we look to the world.

Being a disciple is about following Jesus at all costs, even if it doesn’t make sense. Pastor Becky Johnson brings a convicting and powerful word about the importance of clinging to God, and how maturity in Christ is reflected when our actions line up with our words.

Disciples are those who are being transformed into the image of Christ. Pastor Banning challenges us to not live a stagnant, Christian life, but instead to always allow the wisdom and revelation of God to flow into our lives, and out of our lives to others. Are the works of God evident in our lives?