Have you ever noticed those motivational posters on the wall in like the dentist's office lobby? You know, the ones with a nice landscape or a cute animal, and they have one word in bold letters… “Courage.” “Beauty.” “Believe.” So I always ask, “Believe what?” Well, in his message today, Pastor Ron is going to help you understand what it means to believe in Jesus. It’s not just an intellectual acknowledgment of the facts about Him, but it means that you surrender your life to Him, trusting Him for eternal life.

Surrendering to Jesus is like stepping onto a path far better than the one you’ve walked. In today’s message, Pastor Ron describes how giving your life to Christ opens a plan richer than anything you’ve known. He promises not just a better life now but the best life in eternity. As a believer, you’re called to hold a reverential awe of God, which Scripture names the fear of the Lord. This awe sparks the beginning of true wisdom. Are you embracing Jesus’ plan and living with a holy awe of God?

Loving the unlovable is like offering warmth to someone in a bitter cold storm. In today’s message, Pastor Ron reveals how your love for others, especially those with clashing personalities or faults, proves your faith is real. Some people are easy to love; others will test your patience. Yet, when you respond with Christ’s love despite the difficulties, the world notices. Being able to unite people through love shouts the truth of Christianity. Are you showing Christ’s love to even the hardest people in your life?

The truth about Jesus is like a litmus test revealing what’s genuine. In today’s message, Pastor Ron unveils how any spirit confessing Jesus Christ came in the flesh is from God. If a church or movement fails to affirm Jesus as fully God and fully man, it’s off the mark. You can gauge any group’s legitimacy by how they honor and exalt Him. False teachings sideline His divinity or humanity, leading you astray. Are you checking if the groups you follow truly exalt Jesus as both God and man?

Unity in faith can be like a bridge built on solid ground, not shaky compromises. In today’s message, Pastor Ron explains how the desire to unify is noble, but flawed when it means aligning with ungodly values. You might hear calls to drop doctrinal differences in the church for the sake of being one. Some push to accept any beliefs or practices, urging a “kumbaya” approach. That’s a trap! You can’t trade the truth for anything! Will you stand firm on biblical truth, even if unity seeks compromise?

What a challenging truth. Most of us can probably resonate with that quote. I think this is why it’s sometimes easier to feel compassion and love for a person on the other side of the world, that you’ve never met, as opposed to the person you pass on the street. Your first reaction to them may be fear or even annoyance, assuming they deserve their station in life. As Pastor Ron will challenge us in today’s message, we need to allow Jesus to fill us with His grace and compassion for all people.  

There’s been a push in recent years to label addiction as a disease. That may not be far from the truth, but when it’s used as an excuse for remaining in harmful habits or selfish lifestyles, it becomes a problem. All of us are born with the spiritual disease of sin. As Pastor Ron will point out in today’s message, on our own, apart from Christ, there’s no lasting cure for this disease. When we come to Christ, He opens our eyes to the destruction of our sin and offers us the only real cure for it.

Is that an accurate description of your life? If your life is characterized by sin and the occasional good deed, that’s likely a sign of what’s happening internally. As Pastor Ron will point out in today’s message, when Jesus comes in and saves your soul, a transformation happens. Your life will shift from predominantly serving yourself and living in a way that dishonors God to a life focused on serving Him and others, though you will occasionally stumble in the flesh.

Imagine that… if you knew Jesus was coming in a few days, what would you fill those few days with? As Pastor Ron will point out in today’s message, you’d likely change some of your plans. You probably wouldn’t care about fitting in the latest episode of that series you’ve been watching. You probably would be a lot more careful about how you treat the people around you. The truth is, Jesus could come in a few days… or even a few minutes. We need to live our lives with that in mind.

Jesus’ return hangs over you like a sunrise that could break any moment. In today’s message, Pastor Ron discusses how John and the early disciples lived with constant expectancy of Christ’s coming. If they felt that urgency, how much more should you today? Peter says that a thousand years is like a day to God, so 2,000 years is a mere blink. Time has no limit or restriction over the Lord; His return is always near, and it only gets closer. Are you living with the daily expectancy that Jesus could come back today?