Metro Community Church

We all carry around some emotional baggage, but how much and how heavy it is is determined not by our past experiences but rather our willingness to deal with it. When we unpack our baggage before Jesus, He offers us healing and equips us to run the race of our lives in faith with endurance, ensuring our victory.

Our earthly fathers often shape our first picture of fatherhood, and those experiences can influence how we see God. Through the prodigal son, Jesus reveals a Father who is present, compassionate, pursuing, generous, and restorative. This sermon invites us to recognize the pictures we’ve projected onto God, allow Jesus to reframe them, and receive the love of the Father as He truly is—so we can stop striving for His affection and experience deeper intimacy with Him.

Have you ever played the running game with God? Jonah tried it. It didn't work out too well for him and some friends he was tagging along with on a short ride. What happens when we run from God's plans, purpose, and call on our lives? Let's find out.

How is it possible that we can rest and still be tired or return from vacation feeling like we need another vacation? Contrary to what may be promoted to us from travel influencers and others, true sabbath rest is not about PTO but about full trust and confidence in God.

This sermon is an invitation to experience the story of the Prodigal Son in a personal way. There are two sons in the story, the Prodigal and the older brother. At different points in our Christian life, we can relate to each of them. The hero of the story is the Father, who lovingly embraces both sons. The hope for this sermon is to experience our Heavenly Father’s love in a fresh and powerful way.

Heartache, pain, and trials are sadly to be expected in this life. They are part of our present reality. But greater than any pain we presently suffer is the truth that, while our pain is present, our hope is eternal. How can we hold onto hope in suffering?

So many of us carry a quiet belief that spirituality is supposed to be neat, a linear path from doubt to certainty, from struggle to victory, from brokenness to wholeness. We hide the parts that don't fit that picture, convinced that if our faith were "real enough," it would feel more settled. Find out this Sunday why spirituality has to be messy, and not neat, and why that might be the very thing that empowers you, not the thing that holds you back.