Walking in Truth

With the current worldwide “plague” that has affected everyone, it brings you to a realization of how powerless you are against such things. But did you know that every person is born into a type of plague called sin? This also seems impossible to overcome. Today, Pastor Johnny reminds you that there’s one Person who can help rescue you from the most crippling of diseases, which is sin. Jesus Christ is the only One who has the antidote to this sickness and He’s the answer and the cure!

When you take your car in for a car wash, there are times that a special protective coating is offered to keep your car from getting smudged or dirty as easily. What if you could have that kind of protective coating for your body or for your life in general? Well, you can! Today, Pastor Johnny talks about how Jesus’ blood that was shed for you is that protective coating. It’s proof that you believe in Him and that you’ll be spared from a judgment that no one wants to face. That judgment’s worse than a plague!

When you think of a lamb, the image that probably comes to mind is a cute and cuddly baby lamb that’s tiny and soft. You’d like to take it home as a pet and get to enjoy it. What typically doesn’t come to mind is the idea of that same lamb being killed and its blood being spread everywhere. Kind of a gross thought, right? Well today, Pastor Johnny helps you see how the lamb spoken of earlier in the Bible ends up being an example of what Jesus would live out…being a type of lamb slaughtered for you.

Jesus’s story demands a response. You can’t simply hear about the Savior and do nothing! In today’s message, Pastor Johnny will urge you to decide what your relationship with Jesus is going to look like. Do you simply want Him around for what you think He can do for you? Or would you rather know Him as He is, the humble and perfect Savior who died for your sins? It’s a choice every person must make, and it’s going to determine how the rest of your life is played out!

Many people come to Jesus with an expectation that He’s going to give them exactly what they want. Maybe that’s you! Pastor Johnny today will be reminding you that there was a purpose to Christ’s time here on earth, but it wasn’t to make your life comfortable. It wasn’t to remove all the bad things from your life. It was to give you Salvation! Jesus loves you too much to let you live in sin forever. He’s giving you another option, a better option – living in freedom in Him! Are you ready to come to Jesus as He truly is?

Jesus had many opportunities to take control – the crowds loved Him, and He certainly had the power to overthrow the government, even rule the world! But Pastor Johnny today will remind you that Jesus routinely stepped away when talk of leadership came up. It wasn’t His time – until He got closer to the cross. Today you’ll join Jesus as He makes His way into the city of Jerusalem, riding on a donkey, humbly displaying who He is and why He’d come. Jesus came to rule hearts, and to win souls!

How are you supposed to confront someone in a nice way, but also a direct way? Too often, there’s this idea out there that if you disagree with anyone, you’ll be cancelled in person, online, everywhere. Today, Pastor Johnny wants to encourage you to not be that type of person who’s unwilling to hear something from a friend or a family member, even if it stings a little. Try to remember that that person cares about you and be willing to entertain the idea that there might be an area of your life that needs change.

There’s that expression of “giving credit where credit is due.” Well in today’s message, Pastor Johnny teaches about Joshua and God’s people carrying through with the conquest of Jericho. Before they could do this, God wanted to see their hearts be right before Him. So if you’re hoping, or praying, or waiting on an answer or a solution to a problem you’re currently in, it might be time to assess where your heart is toward God. Are you willing to follow His lead when it doesn’t make sense?

When you don’t want people to bother you, you put up walls to keep people out of your business or the things that are too personal to share with anyone. But today, Pastor Johnny is asking you to tear those walls down that divide you from relationships with others and with God. Sometimes, it takes a lot of faith to believe that God can break down those walls in your life. But when that happens, there’s an openness and a trust that comes about that’s far better than the fortress you had.

You might be the laughingstock of your school. Maybe you’re considered the freak in your neighborhood. You stand out in your job as the one who does things differently and you might be looked down on for that. Well today, Pastor Johnny is talking about doing things in a way that doesn’t always make sense, but that it may be God’s way, which is non-traditional. Have courage to go-against- the-flow, even if people sit there mocking you and making fun of you. It’s ok to be different when you’re going God’s way!