Sunday Sermons

We are in a battle daily, so we must daily prepare for battle. One of the ways we daily prepare to stand firm in this battle is by daily putting on the shoes of readiness that comes with the gospel of peace. When we put on the shoes of PEACE daily then throughout the day we experience God’s peace in our lives, regardless of what we’re going through. You keep your shoes of peace on and experience the peace by remembering what Jesus did for us, following Jesus one next step at a time and continually talking to God throughout the day.

We are in a battle daily, so we must daily prepare for battle. One of the ways we daily prepare to stand firm in this battle is by daily putting on the breastplate of righteousness to protect our hearts from enemy’s attacks. We protect our hearts daily by daily choosing to trust and obey. The protection of your heart is vital because it is the core of your being, the center of everything you feel, think, are and do. If we don't want to be a war casualty, we must put on the breastplate of righteousness.

Each one of us has an enemy who is against you, and who is attacking you. One way the enemy attacks is through the distortion of what is truth. He has been using it since the garden and uses still to this day. We are in this battle daily so we must daily prepare for battle. We prepare by daily putting on the armor of God so when the enemy attacks we will be ready. One piece of the armor is the belt of Truth. Your ultimate authority will determine your truth. We must know God’s principles, promises and ways only known through scripture and then we must apply those truths so we can detect the deception from the enemy.

We are in the midst of a battle every day. This battle is not against him, her, or us, but an unseen battle against someone who fights with the forces of hell to destroy everything and everyone God is for. You have an enemy who is against you and is going to attack you to either keep you from Jesus or as followers of Christ everything He has for us. We are in a battle daily, so we must daily prepare for battle.

Our body needs everybody to take extreme ownership of the faith of the next generation, in order for us to live as the body of Christ. If we are going to carry on Jesus’s mission of being his hand and feet to reach the lost, we must be relentless about doing that with the next generation because 93% of people who put their faith in Jesus do that by the age of 18. The ways we can take extreme ownership of the next generation is by giving generously, sacrificing our preferences, prioritizing your relationship with Jesus and by serving the next generation. The faith of the next generation is worth everything!

Our church needs everybody to take extreme ownership of the health of our church, in order for us to live as the body of Christ. The relational health of our body impacts us living as a fully functioning body of Jesus Christ. You and me are responsible for the health of we.

Our body, Relevant Community Church, needs everybody to take extreme ownership of growing in our relationship with Jesus, in order for us to live as the body of Christ. One of the vital elements to continually be transformed is to grow in our relationship with Jesus because He is the only one who can transform our lives. If you are a person who has put your faith in Jesus, it’s your responsibility to grow in that relationship with Jesus. To do that you have to pick up the fork and eat.

Our body, Relevant Community Church, needs everybody to take extreme ownership of the financial health of our body, in order for us to live as the body of Christ. There’s a lot of things that can prevent us from giving generously, one big reason that will prevent us from living as a member of the body of Christ by giving generously is being a consumer. A consumer is when we treat the church as a commodity or product that can only be consumed. God’s job is to work and move powerfully in ways only He can, AND our job is to give generously, they are not isolated. They are connected AND the latter comes before the former. When we do what only we can do, God has promised to do what only he can do, when we don’t, God hasn’t promised anything. We must take extreme ownership of the financial health of our body by asking God What he would have you do in regard to our generosity and then acting in the way God prompts.

Jesus Christ came, died, rose to be the hope of the world. Before he physically left, He established his church to be the physical embodiment of Him as His agent of hope in the world here and now until he physically returns. When a local church is living as the Body of Christ, they are experiencing divine unity despite disagreement, the love of Jesus is seen and felt, people are putting their faith in Him, and lives are being transformed. Unfortunately, this is most people experience inside the local church. For Relevant to operate as the body of Christ it requires each of us to take full responsibility for everything that impacts us living as a fully functioning body of Christ

We all wonder, question, and doubt and do so through a specific frame of reference. When our reasoning doesn’t provide all answers, we wonder about deep stuff through a specific frame of reference. When it comes to Christ-followers, their frame of reference is not theology, philosophy, or a belief system. It's a person. Navigating through doubt begins and ends with fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.