Revival begins with obedience. The Bible commands us to believe and be baptized, and Jesus Himself modeled this for us. It's an outward sign of an inward change because your relationship with Jesus is personal, but it was never meant to be private. If you've said yes to Jesus, He’s inviting you to obey Him and be baptized. Revival starts here!

How do we get 'Revival Ready'? What are you believing God for? God is waiting for you to seek Him. And when you do, you’ll find Him. Because He’s not hiding; He wants to walk with you, and He wants to send revival!

Are you lonely? God has a solution! Do you feel like nobody really knows you? God has a solution! Do you eat most of your meals alone? God has a solution! Do you long for community and fellowship? God has a solution. God has a solution for loneliness.

Maybe you think you have enough friends. But let's correct your thinking because relationships matter. The way we are connected to each other matters to God. In fact, the whole Bible is really a book about relationships, and our faith is to be lived out in the context of relationships. That’s why the Bible spends so much time talking about relationships: because they matter.

Three out of five of us say we’re lonely right now. And that’s not God’s plan for you. It’s not what God wants for you.

I know you got tired. I know you felt taken advantage of. I know it never got reciprocated like you thought it should. I know you felt the sting of rejection. I know you invited those people who didn’t come, and you felt like a fool. I know that. But do it again.

Be hospitable. Be real again. I know you’re scared. I know you think they won’t understand you or accept you or relate to you. I know you have some things you think you need to keep hidden, to keep a secret. To keep in the dark. But I’m asking you to be real again. Put yourself out there again. And I believe God will honor it, and you will become UN-lonely!

People will fail you. People will disappoint you. People will hurt you. People will let you down. And there will be days when you will feel lonely, but I want you to always remember that you’re never alone. You have a friend who sticks closer than a brother. His name is Jesus, and He promised, I will never leave you or forsake you. That even in your loneliest moments, He is with you.

So you got another round of chemotherapy this week? You can still have joy. You can do everything through Christ, who gives you strength! You just got laid off from your job? You can still have joy. Why? Because you can do everything through Christ who gives you strength. Do you have big issues at home? You can still have joy! Walking through a painful divorce? You can have joy. Grieving the loss of a loved one? You can have joy! Feeling all alone? You can have joy. Not sure you can pay the bills? You can have joy. Do you have a big decision that is stressing you out? You can have joy!

Here’s the secret – There is a strength greater than your own that will carry you through whatever you’re up against – So choose Jesus, and you choose joy!

We all chase happiness but what we really want, what we really need, and what we really desire is something that supersedes happiness. Because happiness comes and goes. Happiness is based on external circumstances. Happiness depends on the weather, or on your mood, or your circumstance. Happiness is all about what’s happening out there. But joy lasts, joy is rock solid steady, joy is all about what’s happening in your heart, and Paul says you can have it. You can have joy.

Joy is an emotion – psychologists list it as one of the six basic innate human emotions. But it’s different from happiness. Happiness is based on what’s happening around you – and joy is based on what’s happening within you. Joy is inner contentment. Joy is a peace and satisfaction and inner delight. Very few of us ever truly get to a place in life where we experience joy; it's so elusive.

Actually, it’s our pursuit of happiness that so often keeps us from experiencing joy. We want to be happy! But God wants us to have something that supersedes happiness. God wants us to have joy. And Paul writes to tell us how to have joy.

Waters Edge Cares. We want the world to know that WE Care. When there is a problem in the world, WE Care enough to take CARE of it! No matter the problem, no matter the issue, no matter how big or small, no matter how daunting or expensive or difficult or tiring. No matter the need. WE are Waters Edge Church. And WE will take care of it because WE Care.

WE are the church, which means WE are the hope of the world; therefore, WE are Jesus’s strategic plan to do something about it. And that’s why WE CARE!