The Rim Church

In John 10, Jesus reveals himself as the Good Shepherd, reminding us that wise decisions come not from simply finding the right answers but from learning to recognize and follow his voice. This message challenges us to move beyond one-sided conversations with God and cultivate a two-way relationship where we listen for his guidance through Scripture, his character, and the community of faith.

Drawing from 1 Corinthians 1–2, this message explores how God’s wisdom turns the world’s logic upside down, working through the weak, overlooked, and broken to accomplish His purposes. Through the stories of unlikely people throughout history and the ultimate example of the cross, we’re reminded that our limitations don’t disqualify us from being used by God—they’re opportunities for Him to work t...

What do we do when we’re facing a difficult decision and desperately want God to tell us what to do? Through the story of King Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles 20, we discover that wisdom isn’t about finding the right answers but knowing the God who holds all things, learning to seek Him first in prayer, trust His sovereignty, and walk in reverence and closeness with Him.

In Mark 10, Jesus encounters a wealthy young man who has everything the world says should satisfy, yet struggles to surrender the one thing standing between him and a deeper relationship with God. As we conclude our generosity series, we’re invited to consider what we’re holding onto too tightly—whether money, relationships, careers, or everyday habits—and what it looks like to trust Jesus with op...

What does it mean to move from doing generous things to becoming a genuinely generous person? Drawing from 2 Corinthians 8, this message explores how God’s grace transforms generosity from a fleeting moment of inspiration into a lasting way of life, inviting us to stop trying harder and start receiving more deeply from Him.

What if generosity was never really about finding the right number, but about responding to who God is? Through Scripture, we see that giving is ultimately an act of worship and trust, inviting us to stop asking, “How much is enough?” and start asking, “What am I still holding onto?”

This message from Luke 12 challenges us to consider whether the things we are chasing most aggressively—wealth, security, and possessions—are actually working against us. Through the parable of the rich fool, Jesus exposes the lie of materialism and invites us to honestly examine what we are trusting to make us feel secure, successful, and ultimately like we have enough.

What does it really mean to live with open hands, especially when giving can bring up suspicion, financial pressure, or the temptation to simply give enough to check a box? John 3:16 reminds us that generosity begins with God, who “gave” out of love, challenging us to see our own giving not as an obligation but as a reflection of His sacrificial, cheerful, and abundant generosity.

We are invited to examine whether our finances reveal that we truly trust God as the owner of everything or whether we are holding tightly to what we have as if we are the owners. Drawing from Matthew 25 and Genesis, it calls us back to our original design as stewards who trust God, open our hands, and use what He has entrusted to us to multiply His goodness in the world.

Matthew 16 reminds us that who we believe Jesus is shapes how we live, pray, and engage with the world around us. Rather than trying to convince others of Jesus, we are called to be so captivated by who he is that our lives naturally bear witness to his beauty and greatness.

Revelation 2 challenges us to see that the greatest danger to our faith may not be rebellion, but slowly drifting from our love for Jesus while continuing to do all the right things. Through the church in Ephesus, Jesus reminds us that our obedience, service, and sound doctrine mean nothing without love, inviting us to repent, return to our first love, and make Jesus the center of everything we do...

Hosea 14 ends the book with a tender invitation to return to God, offering a clear path of repentance that begins with honestly naming our sin, renouncing false sources of security, and trusting in God’s faithfulness. Rather than leaving us in our wandering, God promises healing, love, peace, flourishing, and His presence when we stop organizing our lives around everything except Him and come home...

What if the most spiritually dangerous season of our lives is not when everything falls apart, but when everything is going well? Hosea 12 & 13 reminds us that comfort can lead to forgetting, forgetting to pride, and pride to trusting ourselves instead of God—yet through it all, God relentlessly pursues his people, freeing us not only from our past but for a full life with him.

Hosea 11 reveals that God’s love is anchored not in our faithfulness, but in his character, pursuing us even in the midst of our failure and unfaithfulness. Through tender images of a father caring for his child, we see a God who refuses to abandon us and continually invites us back into his love.

Hosea 10 confronts the subtle danger of prosperity, revealing how God's blessings can slowly become the very thing that leads our hearts away from Him when comfort replaces dependence. Yet the chapter ends with a hopeful invitation to break up the hard soil of our hearts, sow righteousness, and seek the Lord, trusting Him to bring the life and renewal only He can provide.

In Hosea 9, we continue to see how Israel's story reflects our own tendency to forget who we were created to be. Even in the midst of our brokenness, God lovingly pursues us, using both grace and discipline to call us back to Himself and restore our true identity.

In Hosea 6–7, we see that God exposes our sin not to shame us, but to draw us back into a loving relationship with Him. Rather than calling us to earn His approval through religious performance, God invites us to stop striving and rest in the faithful love He has already offered through Christ.

This week's message from Hosea 5–6 reminds us that God's discipline is an expression of His love, meant to draw us back to Him rather than push us away. While we often look to temporary comforts to ease our pain, only God can truly heal and restore our hearts. Through the gospel, we see that His discipline isn't meant to destroy us but to transform us, leading us from brokenness to new...

Luke 15 reminds us that the parable of the lost son is really about two lost sons and one loving Father. The younger son was lost through rebellion, while the older son was lost through pride and religious performance. Both were far from the Father's heart, yet the Father pursued them with grace, showing that God's love isn't earned by good behavior or lost through failure. The gospel...

God’s desire is not only to forgive His people, but to restore them to a deep and intimate relationship with Himself. Through the picture of a faithful husband pursuing an unfaithful wife, we see God’s relentless love calling us back to wholehearted devotion, surrendering the idols that compete for our hearts and responding to His grace with worship and trust.

Hosea 2 reveals that our sin is more than breaking rules—it wounds the heart of a God who desires an intimate relationship with His people. Yet even in our unfaithfulness, God's compassion and faithfulness remain steadfast, as His ultimate goal is not condemnation but restoration and salvation through Jesus, our greater Hosea.

In Hosea 1, we see God use the prophet’s marriage and children to show how His people had turned away from Him, reminding us that success and comfort don’t always mean we’re close to God. Even in the middle of Israel’s unfaithfulness, God promises restoration through Jesus, showing that His warnings are meant to draw us back to Him, not push us away.

The gift of speaking in tongues is a pathway to deeper intimacy with God, revealing it not as a source of confusion or division, but as a Spirit-given language for prayer, praise, intercession, and personal strengthening. Through passages like 1 Corinthians 14 and Acts 2, we see how tongues can operate missionally, corporately, and personally—ultimately inviting believers to pursue the fullness of...

Even in His final moments on the cross, Jesus paused to see, honor, and provide for His mother, revealing the deep personal care He extends to each of us today. Through Mary’s journey of surrender and faithfulness, we’re reminded to honor the mothers and spiritual mothers in our lives by truly seeing them, valuing them, and recognizing them as image-bearers of God.

In this teaching, we explore how healings and miracles—from the signs and wonders of the Old Testament to the miracles of the New Testament and the gifts of the Holy Spirit—point beyond themselves to something greater. They are signposts of the Kingdom of God, giving us a glimpse today of what will one day be fully revealed.