Jesus Culture Sacramento Message of the Week

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is good news! God loves people and is in pursuit of them, and it’s his desire that none should perish. Pastor Banning explains how sometimes God uses famine and hard circumstances to push people to Himself. Often, it’s His kindness to expose faulty things in our lives that we have been leaning on, in order to help us realize that Jesus is a more firm foundation. We are called to share our story with the world, and invite others into the family of God.

We love missions and evangelism, and deeply believe in the power of sending and covering our missionaries in prayer and support. Pastor Banning invites some of our Jesus Culture missionaries, Micah and Hailey Studer, to come share testimonies of what God is doing in the nations of the earth.

Pastor Banning reminds us that choices are powerful, and there is sacrifice involved in choosing to show up and contribute to Ekklesia, the body of believers, on a weekly basis. When we gather, our worship, prayers, and presence brings breakthrough to those around us, and we experience the fullness of God in our lives.

Pastor Tamara Bennett, Senior Pastor of This Is Pentecost Fellowship Ministries, encourages us to live by the redemptive power and authority that God have given us as believers. When we choose to live in the fullness of this reality, we will see things shift in our lives and spheres of influence.

There is power released when we gather, and there is power released when we agree. Pastor Banning teaches us that the fullness of all that God has for us cannot be experienced outside of gathering with the people of God.

God’s idea of Church involves being together. Pastor Banning talks about the power of “ekklesia,” and what happens when we gather as the Church to worship, pray, and talk about the Word of God.

We are the representation of Christ to the world. Pastor Banning explains how Jesus was a man of peace, and our witness to the world should be the amount of peace that we bring into every room, circumstance, and relationship.

Delay is an important part of our walk with God, because in the waiting, character is produced in our lives. Pastor Becky Johnson teaches us how Jesus is intentional in His leading, and sometimes that includes delaying our breakthrough, but not denying the promises found in following Him.

We cannot calm storms that we are afraid of. Pastor Banning reminds us that the Kingdom of God is advanced through righteousness, joy, and peace. We are called to bring peace everywhere we go, because when we are living in peace, we have authority to dispel darkness and calm storms.

Peace can never be found anywhere other than God. Pastor Banning calls us to a life that refuses to stay in the storm, but instead chooses to connect to the truth of who the Father is, and how we view Him. We must connect to truth in order to experience freedom from fear, anxiety, and worry.