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How desperate are you for wisdom? Whether you’re navigating a parenting challenge, a financial decision, a difficult relationship, or uncertainty about your future, you need God’s perspective and help knowing how to apply it. In Week 1 of our series, The Gift of Wisdom, we look at Solomon’s story in 1 Kings 3. Faced with the responsibility of leading God’s people, Solomon recognized his need and a...

Can we trust the Bible? How can a good God allow suffering? How do we respond when someone asks a difficult question about Christianity? In Week 5 of CLife’s series Show & Tell: The Practice of Witness, Cat introduces apologetics—explaining the reasons for our faith and addressing questions that can become barriers to knowing Jesus. Drawing from 1 Peter 3:15–16, this message explores how thoughtfu...

Have you ever wanted to share your faith but struggled to find the words? In “Use Your Words,” Week 4 of CLife’s series Show & Tell: The Practice of Witness, we explore how our words and actions work together to point people toward Jesus. Serving others and building relationships help people experience His love. Sharing the Gospel helps them understand who Jesus is, what He has done, and how they...

Have you ever wanted to talk to someone about Jesus but worried you wouldn’t know what to say? God is already at work. Our part is to notice and join Him. In Week 3 of Show & Tell: The Practice of Witnessing, we explore how Philip’s encounter with an Ethiopian official in Acts 8 helps us learn to partner with the Holy Spirit in everyday conversations. Listen. Look. Ask. Risk. We can love people, p...

Some of the most important conversations in our lives began with someone who cared enough to listen. Someone showed up. Invited us over. Remembered what we were walking through. Made room for our questions. This week in Show & Tell, we watched Jesus do exactly that. In Luke 19, Jesus noticed Zacchaeus, called him by name, and entered his home. An encounter with Jesus changed his life. Relational e...

Who first told you about Jesus? Behind our story of faith is often someone who chose to share what God had done in their life. Now we can be part of that story for someone else. In the opening message of Show & Tell: The Practice of Witness, we explore Jesus’ call to be His witnesses—people who share what they have seen, heard, and experienced while following Him. Through Acts 1:8 and Psalm 40, we...

What does following Jesus look like in everyday life? Sometimes it looks like bringing a meal, offering a ride, helping a neighbor, or sitting with someone who is hurting. In the closing message of CLife’s series, Hands & Feet: The Practice of Serving, we explore service as a witness for the Gospel. The Gospel is the good news that Jesus came to us, took our sin upon Himself, died, and rose again....

Have you ever felt like someone’s project instead of someone they wanted to know? In week four of Hands & Feet: The Art of Serving, we explore how Jesus served people with dignity, compassion, and love. Following His example means paying attention to both what we do and how we treat the people we serve. Through the parable of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16, we are invited to see the person be...

What if the interruption you didn’t plan for is an invitation to serve? In Week 3 of Hands and Feet, we explore what it means to Be Available. Through the story of the Good Samaritan and Jesus’ encounter with two blind men, we discover how compassion moves us to notice people, pause, and respond with practical love. Sometimes the problem isn’t that we don’t want to serve—it’s that we haven’t left...

This week we’re talking about Hidden Service—serving others without needing recognition, applause, or even a thank-you. Jesus teaches in Matthew 6 that the issue is not whether people ever see us serving. The issue is why we want to be seen. Hidden service gives us an opportunity to examine our hearts and ask: Why am I serving? Is it out of love? Do I need recognition? Can it be enough that my Hea...

What does it really look like to serve like Jesus? In Week 1 of our new series, Hands & Feet: The Practice of Serving, we look at one of the clearest pictures of service in Scripture: Jesus washing His disciples’ feet in John 13. Jesus didn’t just SAY He loved people. He SHOWED it. Serving in the way Jesus served always comes from a place of love. It means willingly meeting practical needs, helpin...

Sometimes the greatest spiritual danger in our lives is not crisis. It is comfort. In the final week of our series, Jesus Among the Churches, we look at Jesus’ message to the church in Laodicea in Revelation 3:14–22. Laodicea was wealthy, successful, and self-sufficient. They believed they had everything they needed. But Jesus saw something different. “You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth a...

What do you do when you feel like you only have a little strength left? In Week 7 of Jesus Among the Churches, we look at Jesus’ message to the church in Philadelphia in Revelation 3:7–13. This church was not powerful or impressive by the world’s standards. They had faced hardship, uncertainty, and discouragement. But Jesus did not rebuke them. He encouraged them. “I know that you have little stre...

Maybe you have been running on spiritual autopilot. Maybe your prayer life is not what it once was. Maybe your passion has cooled. Maybe everyone around you thinks you are doing great, but Jesus sees what is happening in your heart. The message to Sardis was strong, but it was full of hope. “Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die.” — Revelation 3:2 NIV There was still something left....

Can truth and grace exist together? In His longest letter to the seven churches, Jesus speaks to the church in Thyatira—a church that was growing in love, faith, service, and perseverance. In fact, Jesus commended them for doing more than they had done at first. But alongside that encouragement came a serious warning. The church had begun tolerating sin within its own community, allowing false tea...

What happens when following Jesus and fitting comfortably into the culture around us are no longer compatible? In this message, we study Jesus’ words to the church in Pergamum—a church that had remained faithful under intense pressure, but had also begun making compromises. Spiritual compromise rarely feels like compromise in the moment. It often looks like one reasonable exception, one small adju...

What does Jesus say to His Church in the middle of suffering? In Revelation 2:8–11, Jesus speaks to the church in Smyrna—a church facing affliction, poverty, persecution, and uncertainty. Yet in the middle of their suffering, Jesus reminds them of a powerful truth: “I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich!” Jesus sees what His people are walking through. He knows our struggles, o...

This week we continue our series Jesus Among the Churches by exploring Jesus’ message to the church in Ephesus in Revelation 2:1–7. The believers in Ephesus were commended for their perseverance, discernment, and commitment to biblical truth. They faithfully rejected false teaching and remained steadfast under pressure. Yet Jesus lovingly confronted them with one heartbreaking reality: “You have l...

Many people approach the book of Revelation with fear, confusion, or endless speculation. But Revelation begins with something far greater—it begins with Jesus. In this first message of our new series, Jesus Among the Churches, we explore Revelation chapter 1 and discover that this book is first and foremost an unveiling of Jesus Christ. We examine the purpose of Revelation, how to approach its sy...

Prayer is much more than bringing requests to God—it is an invitation into relationship. In this final message of the Prayer: A Lifeline series, we learn that the deepest transformation in our lives doesn’t come from striving harder, but from staying closer to Jesus. As we contemplate Him, we are transformed into His image. Whether you’ve struggled with distraction, hurry, or simply don’t know how...

Are you listening? Prayer is more than talking to God. Prayer is also listening. In this message from our Prayer: A Lifeline series, we look at how God still speaks and how we can posture our hearts to hear Him. From the story of Samuel in 1 Samuel 3 to Mary sitting at Jesus’ feet in Luke 10, we are reminded that God speaks to open and attentive hearts. This sermon explores practical ways we can l...

What happens when God seems silent? Many of us carry prayers that have gone unanswered for days, months, or even years. In those moments we are tempted to fill the silence with our own explanations and assumptions about God. This message explores how faith responds when heaven feels quiet, why God’s silence is not always God’s absence, and how we can continue trusting His character even when we do...

Many of us struggle with prayer because we feel like we don’t know what to say. We compare ourselves to others, worry that our prayers aren’t spiritual enough, or wonder if God is even listening. But Jesus teaches us something different. Prayer is not a performance—it is a relationship. In Luke 11, Jesus invites His followers to ask, seek, and knock. He reminds us that God is not a distant authori...

Prayer is one of the most talked-about practices in the Christian life, yet many believers struggle with consistency, confidence, or knowing where to begin. In this message, we look at Luke 11:1, where the disciples ask Jesus, “Lord, teach us to pray.” Their request reminds us that prayer is something we all continue learning throughout our lives. Discover how Jesus modeled prayer, why prayer is m...

Today we finish our “By This We Know” series with a BONUS BONUS week through the book of 3 John! This short and often overlooked letter gives us a beautiful glimpse into friendship, faithfulness, hospitality, and encouragement. The Apostle John — now an elderly man near the end of his life — writes a deeply personal letter to his friend Gaius, not primarily to correct him, but to encourage him. An...