Adventure Christian Church: Sermons & Messages

What does it mean to be spiritually lost, and how do we become found? In this message from Lost & Found, we pause to explore why lostness matters so much to Jesus, how faith in Him brings rescue from sin, and the responsibility we share in seeking others. Through Luke 19:10 and Romans 10:9–15, we’re challenged to work through our discomfort, speak truth with love, and become aligned, aware, and ac...

Most of us don’t set out to get lost. We drift through distractions, small decisions, and believing things that lead us away from Jesus. In this message from Lost & Found, we explore Luke 15:1–7 and the Good Shepherd who notices, pursues, carries, and celebrates the one who wandered. Discover Jesus’ heart to bring you home into His loving care—and His invitation to offer that same care to those cl...

Jesus came to seek and save the lost because He loves people too much to leave them vulnerable and far from Him. In the opening message of Lost and Found, we explore why lostness matters to God—and how easily our hearts can drift from His concern for people who need rescue. Through Luke 19, Ezekiel 34, and Luke 15:1–2, we discover that being lost never lessens someone’s value or Jesus’ love for th...

We all want our lives to matter—but we’d prefer it not to cost us our comfort. In the story of the Good Samaritan, Jesus challenges us to stop asking who qualifies to receive our compassion and start asking whose neighbor we’re willing to become. Because Jesus first moved toward us with mercy, we can exchange protecting our comfort for carrying His compassion into the messes around us. Comfort cre...

It’s possible to be surrounded by people and still feel completely alone. In Luke 8:43–48, a woman who had suffered for twelve years came to Jesus hidden in a crowd, hoping to be healed without being seen. Jesus healed her body, but He didn’t let her remain hidden—He called her “daughter” and restored her identity, dignity, and belonging. Like her, we often reach for distractions, achievements, so...

It’s possible to be busy, productive, and moving forward while still drifting from the life we were made for. In Luke 5, Jesus steps into Peter’s ordinary life and leads him one faithful step at a time—from the familiar shoreline into deeper trust and a greater purpose. We trade drift for direction when we stop asking Jesus to bless the course we’ve chosen and allow His voice to determine our next...

Jesus didn’t come to be one more piece that gets added to the life we’ve already built or the life we’re trying to build for ourselves. He is the original designer who comes to lead the assembly of the whole thing so that our lives work the way they’re meant to and they accomplish the mission they’re made for.

Pride has a funny way of making us dependent on the very things we think we're gaining independence from. In the end, pride leads us to indifference. It's not that we don't care, but rather that nothing/ no one really matters outside of ourselves. This is what Jesus confronts in His final letter to the church.

When culture, society, even friends and family shut doors in our faces, we can wonder if anything we do matters at all. Jesus reminds us that He is the one that holds the keys to life and when we're with Him there's no such thing a locked door. Though we feel as if we have little strength, He reminds us that our strength is found in being with Him.

Jesus gets close enough to see beyond outside appearances, but not to shame us. Jesus doesn't allow us to settle for a fake way of life. Jesus came to give us the opportunity for an abundant life, which thrives inside and out. This is the real life He offers.

Inaction is action. Doing nothing is still doing something. When we are passive we allow something or someone other than Jesus to lead and influence us and those we care about.

When the pressure on our lives begins to give way to suffering, Jesus doesn't ask us to try harder. He leads us to surrender everything to Him.

It is possible to do things for Jesus with a heart that has drifted away from Him. Jesus loves us too much to let us settle for religion without relationship.

Jesus' love comes close enough to speak the truth, and then it stays long enough to see the healing it offers take shape in our lives.

When we get distracted by life and drift from God, He lovingly causes us to stop, refocus, and recenter our lives on Him.

What if that one person you can't forgive is the key to unlocking God's kingdom in your life? God's kingdom breaks through when we offer grace to unlikely people. Paul's letter to Philemon reveals that even devoted believers can be held back by that last 1%—bitterness toward someone who wronged them. We're challenged to identify our "Onesimus"—that person we've written off—and welcome them back as...

Jesus jumps into our lives and fixes messes that we can fix and He offers us a life that we can't earn. This is Easter.

It is finished

The way into a new life, goes through the death of the old one.

Have you ever felt the walls of comfort closing in, shrinking your world smaller and safer? This week we unpack Jesus' boldest power move yet—crossing to the other side. Through the story of Jesus confronting a storm and transforming a demon-possessed man, we discover how comfort builds walls that separate us from people Jesus wants to reach, while courage breaks those walls down. A "safe" life of...

Have you ever wondered if your biggest impact could come from thinking smaller? In a culture obsessed with platforms and influence, Jesus made a stunning power move—stepping away from growing crowds to invest deeply in just twelve people. This week we explore this counterintuitive strategy, revealing how Jesus transformed ordinary fishermen and outcasts into world-changers not through mass appeal,...

Proximity creates possibility. Have you ever considered that your daily location choices could be strategic moves in God's kingdom? Jesus' first ministry power move was simply relocating from tiny Nazareth to bustling Capernaum. This power move reveals how proximity creates possibility for God's work. Jesus intentionally positioned Himself among the lost, hurting, and searching. This challenges us...

What if the chaos of our world isn't the end of the story? Through a fresh look at Revelation and the Psalms, we see that exuberant praise—even in difficult times—connects us to God's ultimate victory. Drawing from the ancient Hebrew meaning of "Hallelujah," we're invited to trade our discouragement for celebration, knowing Jesus has overcome the world. Praise can shift our perspective from earthl...

God never promises us the absence of pain in our ever changing situations and circumstances. He promises us His unchanging presence in the midst of it and through all of it.

Before, during, and after the fights that we face, no matter the odds, praise points to the God who fights for us and brings us victory.