The Branch Church

We’ve all made a name for ourselves in one way or another. Many times these names are not something to be proud of. So what does Jesus do with those names? In today's lesson, Ryan Rainey helps us understand what the word sanctification really means. Through the story of John, the "Son of Thunder," becoming John, an "Apostle of Love," we hope you'll hear Jesus telling you, “I am not done with you.”

Exodus 13:17-14:31

This weekend we arrive at the end of our Way Maker series.

Scene: What’s estimated to be around 2.5 million Israelites leaving a land they’ve been in slavery in for more than 4 centuries.

“There will come a time in everyone’s life when they think everything has come to an end. And that will be the beginning.” - Louis L' Amour

Exodus 12

This weekend we arrive at the part of the story where 400 years of the Israelites being in bondage to Egypt comes to an end...
In.
One.
Night.
And what they do on that night gives a whole new meaning to the term “eat and run.”

Exodus 7-11

Returning to the story that we were in just prior to COVID, found in Exodus 1-14. Of all things, our services were first canceled on the very weekend Chris was going to walk us through the plagues. This story is the first of three in this section of Exodus; all three have much to teach us about our God who makes a way, and who foreshadows Jesus the Way!

We are living in a time in which we all could benefit from a renewed vision of God as our Way Maker.

In the final message of our “Finding the Strength” series, Chris brings us part 2 of teaching on the wonder and mystery of how God strengthens us through prophetic moments in our lives. We'll hear a couple of testimonies of this as well.

Learn some tips on how to discern if God could be speaking through someone, and how to discern something in your own heart and to what degree it could be from the Lord.

Returning to “Finding The Strength” this weekend, Chris explores one of the most wonderful and mysterious ways that God strengthens us -- and how God uses us to strengthen others!

Have you ever had an experience in which you felt like God was speaking to you through someone else? When what was said and the way in which it was said gave you pause and made you, at the very least, wonder? Perhaps it did far more than that! Have you ever had an experience in which someone told you they experienced God speaking through you?

It happens!

Addressing this particular way God moves, which is identified in scripture is not without its challenges. We’ll talk about those as well.

It’s been nearly six months since so much of our society was disrupted – from work, to school, to church, etc. This weekend, Chris presses pause on the 'Finding the Strength' series to reflect on where we’ve been and where we are as a church right now.

Anchored in Psalms and Hebrews, Chris will also address a few common questions he's been asked, and share with you some encouraging things happening among us that you may not know!

Have you ever asked God to do something about a situation and He did it, but in a way that you never would have imagined?

This weekend we’re spending some time with the story of Habakkuk and what it has to reveal to us about finding strength in the Lord when the ways of the Lord and unfolding events in our lives or world leave us confused.

“The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights.” - Habakkuk 3:19

What’s your strength-building plan? This week, Chris identifies some places of strength-building as referenced in Psalm 84:7. They’re varied. He leads us to them, but He won’t make us drink from them. Choices must be made. Every day.

"They go from strength to strength, till each person appears before God in Zion." - Psalm 84:7

We weren’t created to be strong apart from God. This week we're considering life as a road trip and the strength needed along the way. We also talk about finding water in dry places and wind our way thru Psalm 84.

"Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion." (Psalm 84:5-7)