Messages

A message from the series “Unbelievable! When God Came to Visit.” In the fourth installment of our Advent series, guest Pastor Justin Davis focuses how the birth of Jesus is proof of God’s love for us. As he discusses this unending love, he emphasizes how God’s love for us defines our identity; how God moves towards us in love; how God’s love always keeps its promises; and how God’s love compels us to share it with others. He ends by sharing tangible action steps we can take to share God’s love with others in our lives.

A message from the series “Unbelievable! When God Came to Visit.” As we continue on in the story of Jesus’ birth, we again look to Mary’s example of faith to understand the joy that can be found in a life centered on God. Specifically, this message focuses on four sources of joy: the joy of living by faith, the joy of salvation, the joy of worship, and the joy of faith becoming sight.

A message from the series “Unbelievable! When God Came to Visit.” In this week’s message, which focuses on Mary’s faith in the midst of her finding out she was pregnant, we learn about the peace that we find only when we trust in Jesus. By looking at the example of Mary’s faith in the midst of her own unknown circumstances, we see the peace that’s found in steady faith, the peace that’s found in curious faith, and the peace that’s found in willing faith.

A message from the series “Unbelievable! When God Came to Visit.” In this first message of our “Unbelievable!” series, Pastor Christian focuses on the hope that is found in Jesus. In particular, he focuses on how to have hope when life is less than, when it’s more than, and when you’re in a season of waiting. In any season of life, Christ gives us a hope that can only be found in Him.

A message from the series “Standalone Messages.” In this message, focused on how serving the Church brings glory to God, Pastor Christian lays the foundation of service in a healthy church by emphasizing the responsibility church leadership has to hold their congregation accountable to spiritual growth. He then goes on to illustrate how service to one another in the Church is one of the best ways to mature in your faith, sharing Journey’s ministry philosophy that “Christians need to volunteer more than the church needs volunteers.”

A message from the series “How We Change the World.” In the final message of our “How We Change the World” series, Pastor Christian reminds us that we have the power of the Holy Spirit to accomplish God’s mission for us—to be disciples who make disciples. Through his teaching, we learn that we need to remain close to Jesus, the source of our power, to be effective disciples, and that we are called to bring “supplies” to accomplish God’s work. Finally, the message ends with an overview of seven spiritual “supplements” we can bring to the table, as well as a reminder to be fruitful and effective in our work as disciple-makers.

A message from the series “Standalone Messages.” In this powerful message from guest pastor Vance Pitman, we learn how God’s plan to accomplish His work has always been to do it through us, His people. Through multiple examples from Scripture, we see how God has always been at work in the world and how, as Christians, we’re invited to participate in His activity – in fact, it’s our calling. Pastor Vance closes with five key thoughts about accepting God’s invitation to join His activity.

A message from the series “How We Change the World.” In this message, Pastor Christian talks about discipleship being a desire of the heart to know that the gospel will continue on with others, even after we are gone. He emphasizes the importance of proximity to discipling others, and living in a way that’s both honoring to God and makes us credible to those around us. Finally, he ends with an important reason why discipleship is so important for all Christians.

A message from the series “How We Change the World.” In this message, Pastor Christian discusses the process of sanctification, giving us a functional definition of the term while also highlighting the difference between sanctification and salvation. By explaining this for us, we learn that sanctification is both God’s will for us and should always be something we’re working towards as believers.

A message from the series “How We Change the World.” In this, the fourth of seven messages in our series “How We Change the World,” Pastor Christian emphasizes the fact that once we become disciples of Jesus, how we see people and the point of our lives becomes clear. Using multiple Old Testament references, he shows us how it was always God’s plan that Jesus would die for our sins so that we may live in a right relationship with Him. He goes on to teach that this knowledge should not only change how we see people in the world, but should also change the purpose of our lives as we strive to live the way Christians are called to live.