Before Jesus taught us how to to pray, He taught us where to pray.  He told us that The Father is in the secret place waiting for us to come to Him. Where is the secret place? How do I get to the secret pace? What do I find or how am I influenced in the secret place? Listen as Pastor Jason answers these questions and more.

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Before Jesus taught us how to pray, He told us where to pray.  We are to go to our room and shut the door and pray to our Father who is in the secret place. It is in the secret place that we connect with our Father and bring Him our praise as well as our petitions. There are six petitions contained within the model prayer and they serve as a template for us in our daily prayer lives. Listen to this teaching and be stirred up to spend more and more time with the Lord in prayer.

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Prayer is something that you have to learn how to do.  There are principles and conditions that govern certain prayers and you can actually do damage if you pray wrong. Listen to this message by Pastor Jason as he talks about several things that you should never pray.

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Many people don’t pray because they don’t see the benefits of prayer. Some don’t pray because they don’t think that it makes a difference. Many people have become frustrated in their prayer lives because they haven’t seen results and so they have developed a bad attitude concerning prayer. Pastor Jason says that you will never be passionate about prayer until you first understand the primary purpose of prayer. Listen to this message and learn about the two primary purposes of prayer and why prayer should be a priority every day.

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Did you know Jesus hates shame? Pastor Jason Craft tackles one of the most dominant issues in our hearts, arguing that shame is the very first emotion after the fall in the Garden of Eden. What is shame? How do we identify it in our lives? And how can we walk in freedom. Watch as Pastor Jason shares unique and fresh Biblical truth on shame.

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A lifestyle of prayer and fasting leads us into heart-to-heart closeness with Jesus. This lifestyle is about the so-much-more we gain as we prioritize our relationship with Jesus and pursue Him on purpose. This lifestyle is all about the intentional movement of our heart towards God.

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The most frequent command in the Bible is… “Do not be afraid”. That’s right, “do not be afraid” appears in the NIV 70 times. This doesn’t include variants such as “fear not”, “do not fear”, and the like. “Do not be afraid” is a command, not a suggestion. Life is scary, but that doesn’t mean we need to be scared of it. Listen as Pastor Jason shows us three main ways to overcome and avoid fear on a daily basis.

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Human beings are made in the image of God, and God is a worker. Human labor has intrinsic value because in it we reflect our Creator. Work is a blessing and laziness leads to a curse. Listen to this teaching from Pastor Jason as he shares about three stages that we must go through if we are to abound in the work of God.

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The opposite of thriving is dying. Why do some churches thrive while others die? The answer might surprise you. Listen to this teaching by Pastor Jason as he closes out his series on the Church and talks about four phases that every thriving church must go through.

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