What is the ONE thing we know for sure that God is deeply committed to?

It’s our first Missions Service for 2022! It’s a special day in which we get to celebrate the goodness of God in the ONE thing we know for sure God is deeply committed to. That being, the outworking of His redemptive plan for humanity through the Good News of Jesus Christ!

We are passionate about the mission God has given us because we believe every human being on the face of the planet deserves the chance to hear about the love and forgiveness God offers us through Jesus Christ. And we are passionate about this Good News because we believe there is no greater power in world that can positively affect a person’s life, relationships and destiny than the power of Jesus Christ!

Seeing people experience God’s redemptive love, power and forgiveness through His Son, Jesus Christ, is ONE thing we know for sure God is deeply committed to. It’s also the ONE thing we know for sure in which He will not fail. This means when we commit ourselves to something God is deeply committed to, we commit ourselves to something God will not let fail.

How can we commit ourselves to the ONE thing we know sure that God is deeply committed to and will not let fail? Take a listen and find out!

#GoodHabits #HealthyHabits #SpiritEmpoweredHabits #Transformation #RealLifeChange #Missions

How do you make sure your faith is growing in the right direction? What kind of habits do you need to build into your daily life to make sure your faith is not being led astray? 

In our current series, we have been focusing on building better habits, healthier habits, Spirit-Empowered Habits that will enable us to be more consistent in living a life that pleases God—the life we have always been meant to live in relationship with Him through Christ!

More specifically, we have been looking at the Apostle Peter’s second letter to the New Testament Churches. These churches were not only dealing with persecution on the outside, but also with false teachers spreading doctrines and philosophies contrary to the authority of the Spirit-Inspired Scriptures on the inside.

In order for believers in the Early Church to not be mislead, nor grow their faith in a way contrary to the Word of God, the Apostle Peter gives them a road map. 

It begins solidly with their faith. And then leads them in a specific direction towards the habits they needed to build, develop and strengthen in order to live a life that pleases God. It’s the life they were always meant to live in relationship with God though Christ!

How can we make sure our faith is growing in the right direction? Take a listen and find out!

#GoodHabits #HealthyHabits #SpiritEmpoweredHabits 
#Transformation #RealLifeChange

How is it possible to face every storm in life with a faith in God that is GREATER > than our fears?

In our current series, we have been focusing on building better habits, healthier habits, Spirit-Empowered Habits that will enable us to be more consistent in living a life that pleases God—the life we have always been meant to live in relationship with Him through Christ!

More specifically we have been looking at the Apostle Peter’s second letter to the New Testament Churches. These churches were not only dealing with persecution on the outside, but also with false teachers with impure and selfish motives on the inside. 

In order for believers in the Early Church to not be mislead, nor grow in pursuit of these false teachings and philosophies that undermine the authority of the Spirit Inspired Scriptures, the Apostle Peter gives them a road map. 

It is a list of ideals, pursuits, habits if you will, that Peter exhorts them to continually practice in order for them to grow in their love and knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ and to keep their faith strong. 

In today’s message, we want to talk about the habit of faith and consider this question: How is it possible to face every storm in life with a faith in God that is GREATER > than our fears? Take a listen and find out!

#GoodHabits #HealthyHabits #SpiritEmpoweredHabits #Transformation #RealLifeChange

What would it look like if you were more consistent with the things you know you need to be more consistent with in your life right now?

What would it look like if you began to build better habits around the things you want to be more consistent with or more faithful about in your life right now? What could that look like?

There is a probably picture you have in your mind of what life is suppose to look like. The problem is as faulty human beings, our vision of what the future could look is always limited. Our finite wisdom, strength and understanding are not enough to guarantee the future we often envision for ourselves. 

To take it a step further, while the practice of being more consistent, building better habits, or being more faithful are worthy endeavors, to the WRONG things, wrong goals, wrong vision and/or wrong ideas they can lead us in a direction our lives were never meant to go.

How can we be sure we are building better habits to be more consistent and faithful to the right things—to the things we know we need to be more consistent with in our lives right now? Take a listen and find out!

#GoodHabits #HealthyHabits #SpiritEmpoweredHabits #Transformation #RealLifeChange

How will you create the kind of atmosphere you need for the victories you’re seeking in the coming year? 

It’s that time of year when people are making resolutions and setting new goals for themselves. They’re trying to eat healthier, exercise more, prioritize their lives better, doing just about anything to facilitate something better for their lives in the coming year.

The problem is most people won’t realize the goals they have set for themselves at the beginning of a new year. And it probably won’t be because they didn’t have a good plan, but more than likely because they didn’t have good habits. 

The habits we practice, especially the habits that find strength in the Spirit of God, play a huge role in creating the kind of atmosphere all of us need for the victories we seek in the coming year! 

Why? Because the atmosphere will always determine what lives or dies. There is a reason why a desert cactus doesn’t thrive in Alaska or the Yukon. The atmosphere is not conducive for it. In the same way, the atmosphere our habits create will ultimately determine whether our dreams, and the goals we have set to realize those dreams, live or die!

How CAN you create the kind of atmosphere you need for the victories you’re seeking in the coming year? Take a listen and find out!

#GoodHabits #HealthyHabits #SpiritEmpoweredHabits #Transformation #RealLifeChange

How does God grant us access to everything we need to live the life we were meant to live?

With the beginning of a new year, there are a lot of people who going to be making an investment in themselves. And more than likely, it’s going to begin on Monday morning. They’ll be diverting their time, resources, and energy which will directly impact their calendar and check book in order to bring about the changes they really to make in their lives in the coming year.

Many businesses know this. So accordingly, they’re also going to work hard to market their products and services through social media and/or television advertising so that they can gain a greater market share of the money they know people are ready to spend right now. 

Eating healthier food, trying a better diet plan, getting a gym membership, reading more books, going back to school, saving more money or learning a new trade is just a sample of the things people are willing to invest in to facilitate life change. 

The problem is most people won’t get the return they really want from the money they spend in this next year. Pursuing healthy life changes is a noble goal. And if you have a good strategy in place you’re already a little farther than most. But a good plan is not necessarily the difference maker. 

Even with a good plan most people will not reach the goals they have set for themselves. Why? It won’t be because they had a bad plan, but because they had bad habits.

In this new series we’re going to learn how Spirit-Empowered Habits hold the key to not only living the life we are meant to live here in earth, also how it benefits us in the life to come! How does God grant us access to everything we need to live the life we were meant to live? Take a listen and find out!

#GoodHabits #HealthyHabits #SpiritEmpoweredHabits #Transformation #RealLifeChange

What were the first words spoken from heaven, after Jesus was born?

The Christmas event in the arrival of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is so monumental, so life-changing and filled with world impacting wonder that the first words spoken from heaven after Jesus’ birth cannot help but offer one of the greatest invitations to a life we would have never dreamed or imagined!

In the middle of our everyday circumstances, perhaps even the fearful times you may find yourself living in right now, these heavenly words bring “good news of great joy and for all people” (Luke 2:10). 

How could these first words from heaven after Jesus’ birth impact our lives today? Take a listen and find out!

#Advent #Christmas #Holidays #Hope #Believe #Wonder

12-19-2021: The Magnitude of Christmas (pt.4)

How does Christmas offer the greatest hope for our deepest regrets?

In the Bible narrative, it was nine months ago when Zechariah the priest made a bad decision in a decisive moment. He had an encounter with the Angel Gabriel in which Zechariah rejected the Word that was being delivered to him. 

As a result, not only did the Angel Gabriel strike Zechariah mute (a life changing event that in and of itself would have far-reaching and long lasting consequences), but it also created a moment he would certainly regret for the next year of his life.

Do you have things in your life you wish you could have done differently? How can the Christmas story reveal our greatest hope for our deepest regrets? Take a listen and find out!

#Advent #Christmas #Holidays #Hope #Believe #Wonder

What is it that enables God to fill a person’s life with joy and wonder? 

It’s the 3rd Sunday of Advent—a day in which we are reminded that there is a joy in the Gospel, the Good News of Jesus Christ, that is hidden from the wise and prudent yet revealed unto babes (Matthew 11:25). It is a joy made possible in the middle of our everyday lives and is meant to fill us with life-giving wonder as we look towards the future. 

It’s not something every person experiences, however. It’s a joy hidden from some (the wise and prudent) and yet revealed miraculously to others (unto babes). And if you have never experienced this life-giving joy before, I would submit to you that maybe it’s not by accident that you’re listening to this message today, but that God has a purpose in it.

We cannot avoid the fact that during the season of Advent we are reminded that God wants to once again capture our attention, draw us closer to Himself, and fill us with joy and wonder!

But what does that look like? How does God do this? Take a listen and find out!

#Advent #Christmas #Holidays #Hope #Believe #Wonder

How does God make anything He wants to do in our lives possible? 

It’s the 2nd Sunday of Advent—a day in which we are reminded that God wants us to have an encounter with His grace.

Last week we learned that for the prophet Isaiah, when grace showed up, it changed everything He ever knew about God. Isaiah once thought God was unapproachable in the sense that sinful humanity could not stand in the presence of a Holy God. But his encounter with grace changed all that. As a result, Isaiah become the foremost prophetic voice of the Coming Messiah than any other prophet in the Bible.

In contrast, as we take a look at Zechariah the priest today, we will learn that when grace showed up, he didn’t know what to do with it. He didn’t understand it. In fact, he faltered to believe in it. And as a result, it would enormously impact not only his life, but the lives of those he loved and served. 

Zechariah’s story reminds us that not everyone responds to God’s grace the same way. What can we learn from Zechariah about how God makes anything He wants to do in our lives possible? Take a listen and find out!