What if your faith is being shaped by a picture of God that He never gave you?

In Part Five of I Broke My Hope, John M.B. Davis explores how our experiences with acceptance, affirmation, security, comfort, support, and relationship can influence the way we see God and therefore the way we trust Him.

Through Scripture and the story of the father and his two sons in Luke 15, this message challenges us to examine the assumptions underneath our faith and allow God’s revelation to correct the picture.

You cannot rebuild hope on a distorted picture of the One you are hoping in.

Their Turn Wasn’t My Rejection confronts the quiet damage comparison can do when someone else’s progress starts making you question your own timing, worth, or relationship with God. Through Peter’s “What about him?” moment in John 21, this message exposes the danger of borrowed clocks and calls you back to the grace, assignment, and next step God has actually given you.

What happens when you still believe in God, but disappointment has changed the way you approach the future? In Part Three of I Broke My Hope, John M.B. Davis explores how biblical hope and faith work together, using David’s journey to show that faith must mature for the season ahead. This message is about rebuilding expectation without becoming naïve, reckless, or presumptuous and learning how to participate in the future again.

After disappointment, pessimism can begin to feel like wisdom. We call it being realistic, but sometimes preparing for the worst is a survival vow meant to protect us from ever being hurt again. In Part Two of I Broke My Hope, John M.B. Davis opens Psalm 42 to reveal how a wounded soul can tell the truth without allowing pain to predict its future and how we can begin practicing hope again without denial, control, or pretense.

When disappointment becomes doctrine, hope begins to shrink.

In Part One of I Broke My Hope, Pastor John M.B. Davis confronts the grief beneath guarded expectations, misplaced promises, and outcomes we quietly needed to prove God was good. Through Hebrews 11 and John 11, discover how to mourn the future you imagined without allowing the loss to define God, your worth, or what is still possible.

Your picture may be broken, but the Builder is still standing.

When Paul prayed for his thorn to leave, God answered, “My grace is sufficient.”

In GOD IS: Sufficient, Pastor John M.B. Davis explores what happens when God does not remove the pressure—but gives grace to endure it.

Your weakness is not the end of your strength.

What happens when people value what you provide but fail to see who you are? In part four of the GOD IS series, Pastor John M.B. Davis explores Hagar’s wilderness encounter in Genesis 16 and the God who sees beyond usefulness, pain, and human misjudgment.

This message confronts how being mishandled can shape our identity and reactions — and invites us to discover what changes when God’s vision, rather than people’s perception, becomes the final word over our lives.

What do you do when obedience looks smaller than what you remember? Through Haggai 2:1–9, Pastor John M.B. Davis confronts our tendency to confuse visibility with value and glamour with glory. Discover why different does not mean deserted, God’s presence remains in hidden seasons, and what looks insignificant may be producing a deeper work of Christ.

Be strong. Keep building. Don’t call it nothing.

What do you do when life presents a decision Scripture does not address directly? In “GOD IS: A Faithful Guide,” Pastor John M.B. Davis explores Isaiah 30 and explains how God guides us through commands, personal convictions, biblical wisdom, and responsible preferences. Discover how to discern God’s direction without confusing fear, impulse, or personal opinion for His voice.

Is God always angry or have we mistaken His holiness for hostility? In the first episode of the JMBD Podcast, John M.B. Davis examines the wrath of God, confronts distorted images of His character, and reveals how divine anger is connected to, not opposed to, divine love.