Shartel Church

Jesus said that all the commandments in scripture were based on loving God and loving people. This message will focus on what that kind of love looks like…love that truly flows from the Heart of God to us, and then through us, to the world around us.

The heart is the wellspring of life. What we allow into our hearts will flow out from our hearts. This message will encourage you toward spiritual reflection, healing, and intentionality in what we allow into our hearts.

This message challenges believers to stop living divided between the old life and the new life. In Jesus, we are invited to live fully surrendered, fully alive, and fully free.

Jesus didn't perform a miracle to make Peter a better fisherman. He did it to set the stage to make Peter a "fisher of men." God has a higher calling for all of us. He wants to work through us to transform the world.

As Peter experienced the grace and power of Jesus, he made another amazing discovery. His own sinfulness. His proud and stubborn heart was broken. Humility and gratitude replaced his cocky, self-confident attitude. Broken people are pliable people. And they are EXACTLY the kind of people God can use.

God’s response to Peter’s faith was not a few fish. Nor even a good catch of fish. It was a haul of fish that was more than he could have ever imagined! So many that the nets were breaking, and they needed help bringing them in. Peter discovered what we all need to discover: You can’t limit God. Because no matter how big you can imagine, God can do MORE!

Peter and his brother had fished all night and caught nothing. As Jesus challenged them to go out deeper, He also challenged them to let go of their past failures, their past discouragements, and their past pain. We can’t follow God to the future while we’re staring back at where we’ve been.

A deeper walk with God requires us to take deeper steps of faith. Steps into waters we’ve never been in before. Sometimes, the greatest obstacles to the work that God wants to do in us are the comfort zones we refuse to leave. Our faith is the doorway to the deeper things God has for us.

God is always taking steps in our direction to work in our lives. But WE have to welcome Him in! This message will look at how giving God time and space in our lives to work is the beginning of the “deeper” work He does. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Easter is an empty tomb, death defeated, sin forgiven. Easter is brokenness restored, a new covenant, a promise fulfilled. Easter is our redemption, eternal life, a celebration. Easter is a Risen Savior.