Jesus was "the man of sorrows" yet the source of joy and poured forth the "oil of gladness." Joy isn't just a deep contentment, but a true happiness that overflows from the reality of God. We often contend with God for His joy to come, but He has already placed His Spirit inside of us that is greater than any trial on this Earth. While we will experience the pains and sufferings of our world, our joy is not attached to it.

We see the examples set by Simeon and Anna of what it looks like to live in the middle of the promise, waiting for what the Lord has promised. Despite the middle ground of longing for more, they displayed supernatural contentment, and then get rewarded by seeing Jesus as the promised Messiah. Pastor Nick asks us if we would be content waiting our whole life to see the promise, even if it doesn’t look like what we expect.

Pastor Nick encourages our church with a timely word on following and surrendering to His Spirit. There's only so far we can go with our minds, or even, by simply reading the Bible. But through the Holy Spirit, we get lead into the truth of the Spirit. We don't control the process, we only control our surrender.

The Holy Spirit is knowable and gives us small promptings we can call “spiritual forensics.”

Jesus connected with people over shared meals, deep conversations, and the exchange of stories—illustrating how divine guidance works in everyday moments. Guest Ivan Filby gives us some practical wisdom to begin prophesying in everyday moments.

Join us as we pay close attention to God's subtle movements in our lives, encouraging an attitude of listening and spiritual awareness.

Joe Biddle goes through the differences of repentance and confession and how confession brings us into right alignment with Jesus, while repentance is a major turning of our sin. Confession is a gift of intimacy from the Lord.

Since Jesus has overcome, crushing the head of the serpent, the bruises of the heel from the serpent no longer have the right to stay. Elder Henrik Soderstrom leads us through different types of prayer and intercession that Scripture models for us, and we have from some in our body who have felt called to intercede often.

In Luke 22 Jesus tells Peter how he's prayed for him - for his faith to not fail him and to strengthen his brothers. But we see Peter fail; why would Jesus' request seemingly not be answered? We may not have good answers, but we can dive into this story to see how God answers this prayer for greater things and to restore us.

Stepping into spiritual warfare is not preparation for battle, it is the battle. Pastor Nicholas Kerton-Johnson encourages us in our identity in Christ to be people who rely on the full power of God, and not a fake version of it. Power has been the downfall of man, but Jesus gives us power through surrender and humility.

Thomas Jefferson famously took out the miracles of Scripture, but what does that leave you with? A powerless “gospel” that doesn’t change lives or hearts. Pastor Nicholas Kerton-Johnson encourages us to be adamant about the power of our prayers and what we’re called to Christians.

Ephesians 2:1-7, Mark 1:21-27, and Matthew 12:22-29

Pastor Nicholas Kerton-Johnson shares on the heart posture and effects of travailing prayer. We’ve seen great moves of God, not by creative programs, strategies, or great preaching, but by God’s people crying out for more of Him.