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What happens when we re-align our actions and thoughts to God's truth?  We are reborn and raised. One of the greatest areas of attack is the mind.  That is where the enemy whispers his lies, deceit, and temptations.  Sometimes he doesn't even have to do much but sit back and watch the lingering effects of trauma become strongholds in our minds.  How do we resist the thoughts that are in...

How can we expect God to do a good work in and through us if we withhold parts of our lives from Him?   When we reserve areas of our hearts and are unwilling to allow God access, we deny ourselves some of the promises He has for us.  To be fully reborn and raised, all of the old has to be buried. A partially buried believer will experience only a partial change in their lives. What area of your li...

What Time Is It? The pandemic has left us dazed and confused but look up because your redemption draws nigh.  Arise and shine!  This is a time to stay connected to the body, to go deeper in our discipleship, and live in the presence of God like never before.  Join us as special guest Pastor Dave Patterson from TFH Vacaville speaks on the times we are in and gives a prophetic exhortation to TFH Oak...

Special guest Pastor Dawn Costa shares the word with us.  Learn more about us at tfhoakland.org

God works in our lives aligning things to bring us closer, simultaneously unlocking the things that have had us bound. But there are doors we keep closed, that God meant to be left open-- doors that allow God and others access to our lives.  Maybe God wants to do a work in your heart now. Will you allow him access to those painful areas; will you surrender to his Master plan?   Join us for our Eas...

Have you ever had to do something you didn’t want to do?  Like never before, we are free to live without any obligation, and we avoid it at all costs. We are in a pandemic of commitment.  But sometimes we have to stop and ask ourselves: Is it a painful obligation or a divine invitation?  What starts off as an obligation can be changed based on our interpretation. If God is the initiator, it’s not...

What stops us from opening the door that Jesus stands at?   What does God want to remove from our lives and replace it with? What have we been holding onto that's been robbing us from the great exchange? God can take our pain and trauma and redeem it.   He invites us into His life and out of our pain.  He calls us to do the same for others.  We get the humble opportunity to say, God has somet...

For the One That Doesn't Belong If a man has 100 sheep and one wanders off, wouldn't he go look for the one?  We, as a church, are called to go look for the one and bring them back to their place at the table.  Jesus ate with people who didn't belong and was always extending the table for everyone.  Who is "the one" in your life that you can invite and pull out a chair for...

Building Faith (There's a Place for Everything) Minimizing hurt, displacing trauma, removing the possibility of God, and dismissing truth in order to keep what makes us happy.  What do these things have in common?  We've all done this when we don't know where to bring our hurt and facts, when we get overwhelmed and don't know what to do with it.  As a result, our faith breaks d...

Faith is our foundation, an unseen substructure on which we build our lives.  Faith is how we see and what we believe is reality.  What is the condition of your foundation of faith?  Is it structurally sound?  Can it withstand unbelief and uncertainty?  Join us as we continue our Not by Sight series and Pastor Jules teaches on the rhythm, requirements, and revelation of faith.   Learn more about u...

We falsely think we can get what we want from God when we fulfill an arbitrary action the way kids think they can get anything with a "please".  We've been so consumed with pleasing ourselves and others that it has become impossible to please God with these divided desires.  We think God is scrutinizing our every action, yet He is our Father who simply desires closeness with us.  Jo...

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Moses met with God in order to lead the people.  He moved up and down the mountain to maintain relationships with both God and people.  God wants us to meet with Him - we don't have to rely on others to hear God for us.  He also wants us to forge relationships that strengthen over seasons and circumstances.  Relationships aren't meant to be static but elastic.  We all change.  Being awar...

We need to flag the way we communicate if we want to bear the name of Jesus in our lives.  Our words, both spoken and typed, reveal if we work with God or against Him.  Approach your words with humility, give purpose and intentionality to them, and fight fire with higher.  We need God to purge our hearts so that we can communicate the way He calls us to.  Join us as we continue our Flagged series...

Flagged: Half Truths We'd often rather cancel our past and keep things hidden than bring our past with us and be upfront about who we are.  The danger of that is feeding the people around us a partial truth, a lie, an identity that we've created for ourselves, which ultimately leads to isolation from others and from God. What God desires for us is to reconcile with our past in order to r...

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God is the God of runaways, a tower of refuge for those seeking safety.  Can we be a church that people run to?  What does Jesus have that we need to carry as a church in order to become that place of refuge?  Truth and Grace.  Not mercy and legalism or our own sense of godliness, but the truth of who Jesus Christ is and the truth of our distance that makes us want to run to Jesus, who then gives...

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The fear (reverence, awe, acknowledgement) of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Prov. 9:10), but the fears of the world will unravel you.  Only one can prevail; if we don't allow our lives to be led by faith, we will be led by fear.  Our faith can either grow facing fear or be choked out by fear - which one sounds like you?  Join us as we continue a new series called "Centered" a...

As we begin the new year, God is calling us to center our lives by bringing focus and intention to our decisions.  In a flurry of ideals and expectations, it's easy to fall prey to fretting over how we appear before others, just as the Pharisees fixated on the outside and forgot what's inside.  Jesus challenged the Pharisees' expectations because he knew that what mattered was being...

The lineage of Jesus was not a string of perfect people but rather a genealogy of broken and obscure individuals.  The beginnings of Jesus was not a place of luxury or favor but rather isolation and poverty.  So have hope that if God brought the Prince of Peace and Lord of Lords from such humble circumstances that He can use you no matter where you are.  Don't give up but press in; God is wit...

Mary and Joseph were two ordinary people who made history as the parents of Jesus because of their willingness to be available.  God creates a purpose and finds a person who has the qualifications but may not even realize it yet.  Make yourself available to God to become what He's called you to be.  Humility is the key.  Join us as Pastor Jules takes a look at Mary and Joseph's answer to...