Wonder Church

We all have assignments from God for our life. But, sometimes we can feel stuck. We are making no apparent progress in life. What do we do when we feel this way? How can we get unstuck? Together, let's find out.

We all have assignments from God for our life. We all have important Kingdom purpose. We all have dreams from God. But, how often do we start on those purposes and then our lives get so full that we get stuck and can't progress. In Hebrews 12:1, we are encouraged to throw off all the burdens that slow us down and the sin that trips us up and run the race that God has set for us. In this series, we will seek to do just that. The first step in decluttering our lives and pursuing God's purposes, is to have courage and assess how unmanageable our lives have become. We can't purge, until we open the door.

On Easter, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. But, why did He come and what did he accomplish on Easter? In this message, Pastor CJ studies the famous verse, John 3:16, and helps us see the essence of the Gospel, and the hope of Christianity.

In this message, we conclude our study of Psalm 23.  We find that having journeyed with "My Shepherd" through the ups and downs of life, the writer, and the believer, are speak with confidence about loving care of God. We are able to live a life of  "dwelling in the house of the Lord" now and forever.

We see our Shepherd become also our Host. As a Host, He provides all that we would ever need or want, including the protection and covering of being in His care. The blessings that He pours out on us are not small, conditional, or limited by any means.  Instead, they are absolute, infinite, and complete. 

Pastor Darius Giles share about the God's ability to take the brokenness in our lives and redeem it. The Bible is filled with countless examples and statements regarding this. Not only is God able to redeem, but brokenness is a requirement for redemption to occur. Broken people are the only people that God uses.

Psalm 23:4 is perhaps the most recognizable passage in the entire Bible. We love this passage because we can relate to the times of walking through "the darkest valley". But, there is a message of hope in this passage.  That hope is found in the shepherd that doesn't just lead us "to" the valley; He leads us "through" the valley.

Pastor Jay Smith brings a study of Psalm 34.  In this beloved Psalm, King David writes from a context that is filled with anguish.  The psalm is filled with pain, hope, and most of all, honesty.  For those of us studying it, we can relate with many of the things that David writes.  We also can put our trust in the same one that David trusted: God.

Psalm 23:3 tells us two things that "my shepherd" does.  In this breakdown verse 3, we will discover the beauty of this passage and how it so clearly points us to the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ.

We are studying Psalm 23:2. This verse follows the preceding verse (1) which is the thesis statement for the whole chapter: The Lord is my Shepherd, I have all that I need. Verses 2-4 are premises or reasons why the thesis is true. You could say that verses 2-4 tells us, "what my Shepherd does..." And we learn that he does two things: he leads us to rest and to peaceful streams. The sheep are completely dependent on the Shepherd to provide both of these things. Thus, we learn that rest and provision are the result of God's goodness and grace in our lives, not by works or ambition.