In the previous message, I said that God wants to do something in you so that he can do something through you. The same is true for the church. God wants to do something in this house so he can do something through this house—so that our church, Westside Movement, will have a lingering impact. That’s what legacy is all about. Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. Here […]

What does a Jesus home culture look like? If your Christianity doesn’t impact you at home, what good is your Christianity? This is a profound question that I don’t think many people understand. As a pastor I do understand AND I know how big of a deal this is. The next generation, many of our young people are leaving the church and the Christian faith of their parents in mind-blowing numbers that we have never seen in this country. Their […]

They exchanged the truth of God for a lie. When Paul says that, what he meant was that people started to worship and serve what money can buy, created things, rather than the Creator. Money (and stuff) is the number one competitor for our hearts. But Jesus said that you cannot serve both God and money. He didn’t say you can’t serve both God and sex, or both God and power, or both God and yourself. He said, “Where your treasure is, […]

Johnathan was the son of the first king of Israel, Saul. Israel was in a battle against their arch rivals, the Philistines. Until this point Israel was a bunch of tribes. When there was trouble they’d be called together and fight under the direction of the Lord and his Prophet. Now there was a king and they were trying to function like other nations, but it wasn’t going so well. Their enemy came and attacked them drove them back. The […]

Favor isn’t for us—you’ll get in on the favor when its flowing through you, but it needs to flow and spill over onto your kids, friends, and colleagues. In the previous message on favor, we talked about how faithfulness activates God’s favor in your life. In this message, here’s the big idea: When you allow God’s favor to flow through you like Joseph did, it’s called GENEROSITY. In this message, we’re going to review three acts of generosity that produce life. […]

Joseph was a man who had the favor of God on his life even though there were times when it didn’t look like it. Favor isn’t always fun; it isn’t the absence of challenges. It is God’s presence in the middle of your challenges. Focus scripture: Jacob loved Joseph more than any of his other children because Joseph had been born to him in his old age. So one day Jacob had a special gift made for Joseph—a beautiful robe. […]

In this message we’re going to talk a little bit about heaven. Not just what it’s like, but of how having the knowledge of heaven should shape believers’ lives and actions. If you have an eternal perspective, you’re not just living for the here and now…you’re planting seeds that could have an impact for eternity! I will reluctantly tell about visions and revelations from the Lord. I was caught up to the third heaven fourteen years ago. Whether I was […]

The average person spends 2 hours a day using social media, which amounts to 5 years 210 million people suffer from internet and social media addictions worldwide Every 13 seconds, there is one divorce in America. On average, 1 person dies by suicide every 16.2 minutes. 77 % of people regularly experience physical symptoms caused by stress 76% of people cited money and work as the leading cause of their stress 48% Reported lying awake at night due to stress […]

The force of disappointment plays into grief and loss. We expect one thing and get another! Friendships fail, jobs come to an end, families fall apart, people die. Grief and loss are a huge part of our lives. Therefore, we have to have a proper understanding of our foundation…a foundation that will not move when everyone and everything around us moves. Join us as guest speaker Fred Shirley speaks on the subject of dealing with grief and loss from a […]

There is a ancient Japanese art form known as kint-su-gi, where they take broken pottery and put it back together with gold. The Japanese believe the repaired pottery is more valuable than the old, broken ones. The devil has tried to separate us but God is bringing us back together. Satan is the enemy, not the person with different politics than you, or the black man/white man/Hispanic/Asian/etc. Satan has done a fantastic job of dividing us. It’s his planet. You’re […]