Rock Hill Church

Haters. You can't live with 'em, and you can't live without 'em. Any time you get serious about following Jesus you will experience hatred and criticism. In this message, Pastor Matt speaks on how to navigate this kind of opposition, and how to experience real joy.

Joy is not contingent upon external circumstances. Joy is contingent upon internal communion with Christ. Paul knew how to survive and thrive with just the bare necessities in life. In this message, Pastor Matt shares 4 ways you can experience joy with just a few simple ingredients.

There is great value in connection. We must have a strong connection with God and then we must have a strong connection with God's people. In this message, Pastor Matt teaches how to diagnose our spiritual connection by giving 5 helpful principles from Acts 11.

Do you like to celebrate? As followers of Jesus, we have much to celebrate and much to be thankful for. In this message from Esther 8, Pastor Matt teaches on how the Jewish people were intentional about pausing to praise and thank God for His goodness and His grace. From this example we learn how we can honor God through celebration in our lives today.

Forgetfulness can be fatal. We are prone to forget the goodness and the faithfulness of God. In this message from Joshua chapter four, Pastor Matt gives three ways we can fight against forgetfulness.

Life is full of good news/bad news situations. Esther chapter 7 is characterized by the good news of salvation, and the bad news of condemnation. As followers of Jesus we have to understand that in order to fully appreciate the good news, we have to acknowledge the bad news. In this message, Pastor Matt preaches the good news of the gospel from Esther chapter seven.

God is always at work. Even when we are sleeping or unaware, God is still active. In Esther chapter 6, the most prominent characters of the narrative, Esther and Mordecai, are sleeping. They never speak a word in the chapter. This is because salvation is not ultimately dependent on them, but on God. In this message we learn three ways that God is always at Work.

Have you ever been afraid of messing something up? Esther is about to meet with the King, and if something goes wrong, it would mess everything up. In this chapter we see an incredible example of courage from Esther. A life of faith is a life that is willing to move forward even when the conditions are not favorable. Listen in as Pastor Matt teaches through Esther chapter five.

Much of life is determined not by how you do something but by when you do something. In Esther chapter four we learn that timing is everything. Wherever God has placed you in life is not an accident. Whatever season you are going through is by God's design. In this message, we learn four ways to redeem the time that God has given us.

Sometimes life is just not fair. Why does it so often seem like evil is prospering while doing right is overlooked? In Esther chapter 3, we see unfairness take on a whole new level. In this message, Pastor Matt gives three principles to remember when life is not fair.