Jesus Culture Sacramento Message of the Week

Biblical community is countercultural and challenges our Western value of independence. Pastor Banning teaches us that our lives as Christians are meant to be lived, celebrated, and challenged within the context of community, as we are on the journey of becoming more like Jesus.

Obedience is the doorway into the blessed life. Pastor Michael Brodeur teaches us how obedience to God and discipleship are the same thing. Obedience requires that we partner with the Holy Spirit in our compliance. God will never make us do anything, but He will always partner with us to help us change our desires and actions. Is there a pattern of disobedience in your life?

Following Jesus is a radical call to obedience and submission. Pastor Banning Liebscher teaches us that the mark of a disciple is a desire to obey God. If we want to be radically obedient in our lifetime, we must have radical intimacy with Jesus, because our willingness to do what God asks of us is directly connected to us encountering His love.

Pastor Banning continues his teaching on the importance of the Word of God in our daily lives. As followers of Jesus, we will not experience the fullness of life that God wants to release to us through the Bible if we do not approach it properly. When we approach reading the Bible with humility and allow our hearts to receive the words and then go and act upon them, there is blessing that comes up...

Jesus has the power to run everything from governments to galaxies, but at the center of who He is and what He does is the Church. Pastor Jeremy Johnson, Lead Pastor of Fearless Church in Los Angeles, reminds us that we are called to be a part of a family of believers that look and sound like Jesus. We can't say we love God and not love His bride, the Church.

Understanding the names of God gives us access to the power of God revealed in the name. God names himself for a reason. Pastor Brandon Cormier, Lead Pastor of Zeal Church in Colorado Springs, brings a timely and powerful word to our church about the importance of recognizing God's names and being able to hear when He calls ours. When He speaks, and what He speaks is vital to our relationship with...

Spiritual hunger is the byproduct of hope rising in our lives. Andy Byrd, co-founder of Youth With A Mission's Fire and Fragrance, Circuit Riders, and co-leader of The Send, encourages our church family that it is possible to have so much hunger for God in our lives that we never lose our zeal. God wants to reconnect the heart of the Church to His presence, as we are on the verge of a global spiri...

Our lives are to be planted in the Word of God, because any other foundation that we would attempt to plant our lives on is unstable and faulty. Pastor Banning explains the importance of being disciples that study scripture and practice the Word of God in our daily lives. We cannot afford to have a casual, inconsistent relationship with the Bible.

Jesus offers us the baptism of the Holy Spirit so that we would be His witnesses and move in power in our daily lives, doing all the things that He did. Kathi Frye, one of our Jesus Culture Sacramento Associate Pastors and Lead Intercessor, shares with us a powerful message on the meaning and importance of being filled with the Holy Spirit in order to experience the fullness of life that God has f...

Forgiveness is the currency of Christianity. Pastor Becky Johnson unpacks the concept of forgiveness and its direct connection to living a life of freedom in Christ. When we are unwilling to forgive, and we forget that God is the final judge, we keep ourselves in a place of bondage to others and sin.

Sometimes we forget that no sin or circumstance is bigger than the cross. Jesus set us free from sin and our past. Pastor Paul Geerling, Senior Pastor of iSEE CHURCH in Australia, reminds us that when we have a revelation on the inside of the freedom God gave us, it changes how we live on the outside.

Any area of my life that is not dripping with freedom is under the influence of a lie. Pastor Becky Johnson teaches us the importance of getting free of any and every lie that stands in the way of us believing who God says that He is. What we believe about God will directly shape how we interact with Him. Is your experience of God limited by lies you are believing?

Jesus came to save us from death and deliver us and make us whole from the effects of sin. Pastor Banning teaches us that any area in our lives that we are not free in, Jesus invites us to be set free. Are you settling for things in your life that are actually just the effects of your life before you knew Jesus?

As followers of Jesus, we are called to live a life of ceaseless prayer. Pastor Banning envisions our church family to be people of relational prayer, where we are constantly talking to God about everything. In order to establish this relationship with God in our lives, we must know Him as a father and a friend.

Pastor Banning casts vision for the upcoming year, and shares some exciting changes with our Jesus Culture Sacramento church family.

Every time we tell others about the works of God, we are sharing about His power, goodness, and righteousness. Pastor Banning is joined by Phil and Sarah Smith to remind us that when we tell the story and activity of God in our lives, we prophesy to anyone listening, and we help show others what is available and possible with God.

Our modern day culture is not generationally minded, but the Kingdom of God is. Pastor Becky Johnson reminds us of our responsibility as followers of Jesus to pass along the law of God, the power of God, and the wondrous works of God to the next generation. It is not a suggestion, but a command. When we share the testimony of Jesus it shapes a generation to hope in Him.

Each of us has a story to tell of the activity of God in our lives! Our personal story of encountering Jesus encourages others and declares God's faithfulness and trustworthiness. Pastor Banning Liebscher hosts five men from our Jesus Culture Sacramento community to share their God stories with our church family.

We have a whole society built on comparison and envy. Pastor Becky Johnson reminds us that envy and comparison will rob us of the fullness of life. When we compare ourselves to other people, we will compete where we are called to celebrate. As believers, there is a way that we can respond to envy and comparison in our lives that's different from the rest of the world.

Our satisfaction in life often rises and falls on our circumstances, but we are called to be prisoners of hope not our circumstances. Pastor Mark Kresge teaches us that the secret to being satisfied comes from trusting Jesus in every area of our life.

Discipleship is the process of becoming more like Jesus through partnership with the Holy Spirit in and through our lives. Pastor Banning Liebscher casts vision for 2025, and calls our church family to a year of focused and intentional discipleship.

Church was God's idea and God's design, and there is an objective that He created. Pastor Becky Johnson talks to our church family about the call of God given to the Church—to walk in a worthy manner, keep the unity among believers, and get equipped.

Pastor Banning Liebscher is joined by Pastor Michael Brodeur to continue exploring what the Bible teaches about healing and how we are called to live in the tension between Heaven and earth. Ultimately, we have to remember that the Word of God does not submit to our experiences, but rather, our experiences must be submitted to the Word of God.

This week, Kris Vallotton, Senior Associate Leader of Bethel Church in Redding, California and co-founder of Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry and Moral Revolution, joined our Jesus Culture Sacramento family and shared a powerful message on the importance of learning from the past, but not living in it. We are entering a new era, where we must look at what has happened and has been done, in o...

The Kingdom of God is anywhere that Jesus has dominion, and it is always demonstrated through radical love and power. Pastor Banning unpacks our role as believers who are in Christ, the resources we have access to as citizens of Heaven, and the call to be ambassadors of Jesus' Kingdom on earth.