MAPS Global Sermons

Jesus' commitment to justice is what led Him to the cross. To restore all things, He must first redeem all things. The cross was the beginning of a work that will end in Jerusalem with all things made new. The response to the "new things" that God is releasing is new songs from His people in the nations. These prophetic songs will provoke Jesus to action. These songs are the sound of His inheritance and of His coronation when He comes to sit on David's throne.

God is building a spiritual family where hundreds can come in and go out from this place to the nations. Everyone has a part to play in order to cultivate a life of ministry to the Lord together.

God builds His house by raising up spiritual family. The house of the Lord is not a building, it is a people who are built together as a resting place for God. Spiritual families or "tribes" are within the global family, which is the church of Jesus. In this Sunday sermon, R.A. Martinez gives five defining characteristics for what it means to be and belong to a family.

Our essential WHY, the first and preeminent reason we (MAPS Global) exist is this: JESUS IS WORTHY. In fact, it is the fuel and the finish line of all of prayer and missions. We must diligently guard ourselves from religious rhetoric. The worth of Jesus is not a part of our branding. It's not a Christian cliche to us, but it can become that if we don't revisit it often and examine it. Listen as Chris Carter talks about the worth of Jesus as he walks through Revelation 4 and 5.

In the next few months, MAPS Global is going to go through the most significant transition in our history as we prepare to move the "ark of His presence" up to its permanent location. In addition, there are many in Richmond who are perceiving a prophetic moment that is upon us as a city. Because of the significance of this moment, we feel led to begin this process with a moment of fasting, prayer, and extravagant worship. We want to come before the Lord together and joyfully at the beginning of 2022 to confess that all that will take place is "not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord" (Zech 4:6). If His Presence does not go up with us, we will not go up from here.

Right now, we are standing on the shores of history watching the tidal waves of great glory, great harvest, and great trouble coming to the earth. Jesus' teaching in John 13-17, at the last supper, was to prepare His disciples to walk in mature joy, supernatural peace, and enduring love in their most troubling hour. Just as Jesus used this to prepare the disciples for the three days of darkness and trouble, so the last supper is meant to prepare the end-time church for the events leading up to the last three and a half years of great glory and trouble. When we sit with Jesus at the table and engage in this dialogue, the result will be joy, peace, and enduring love.

Right now, we are standing on the shores of history watching the tidal waves of great glory, great harvest, and great trouble coming to the earth. Jesus' teaching in John 13-17, at the last supper, was to prepare His disciples to walk in mature joy, supernatural peace, and enduring love in their most troubling hour. Just as Jesus used this to prepare the disciples for the three days of darkness and trouble, so the last supper is meant to prepare the end-time church for the events leading up to the last three and a half years of great glory and trouble. When we sit with Jesus at the table and engage in this dialogue, the result will be joy, peace, and enduring love.