Fully Alive in Christ

As we step into 2026, we look to Joshua 3 and the moment God’s people stood at the edge of the Jordan River—facing an unknown future and learning to move forward by following His presence together. This message invites us to shift from individual faith journeys to a shared one, rooted in trust, unity, and obedience. God forms His people not in isolation, but in community. Like a grove of trees sha...

On the final Sunday of 2025, we gathered a little differently. Instead of rushing ahead, we paused to reflect, remember, and give thanks for what God has done this past year. Drawing from Joshua 3–4 , we revisited the moment when the Israelites stood at the edge of the Jordan River, called to follow God’s presence into unfamiliar territory. After experiencing a miracle, God instructed them to buil...

Merry Christmas. On this fourth and final Sunday of Advent, we turn our attention to God’s unending love —a love that did not remain distant, abstract, or untouchable, but took on flesh and bone and came near. Advent invites us to slow down and remember the story of Jesus’ coming: Hope. Peace. Joy. Love. Not as ideas, but as a Person. This message explores the deepest truth of Christmas: Immanuel...

The Advent season meets us honestly. Some of us feel the sparkle of Christmas; others feel the ache. Many of us feel both at the same time. In this message, we pause to name that reality while leaning into the deep truth of Advent: Jesus is our Joy. In Luke 2, angels step into a dark field and announce “good news of great joy for all people.” But what kind of joy is this—and how do we experience i...

This week we stepped into the Advent theme of Peace, but not the thin version of peace we often imagine. In Isaiah 9, Jesus is called the Prince of Peace, and the angels in Luke 2 proclaim “peace on earth.” Yet when we look at our world, our culture, or even our own homes, it often feels like the opposite. In this message, we explore the deeper biblical meaning of shalom—a word that goes far beyon...

The first week of Advent leads us straight into the tension we all feel: we’re people living between promise and fulfillment. Scripture shows generation after generation waiting in the dark for God to move and when the Light finally breaks in through Jesus, we see the shaping power of hope. In this message we explore: Why Advent begins with waiting How the 400 “silent years” form the backdrop of J...

This week at Living Waters, we closed our Foundations series by exploring a Kingdom perspective on the end times — one rooted in Jesus’ words, historical context, and the unstoppable hope of His Kingdom. So many of us grew up with fear-based teaching about the end: tribulation, escape plans, rapture anxiety, the Antichrist, and a world destined to fall apart. But what if Jesus meant exactly what H...

This week in our Foundations series, we explored what it means to be Kingdom People —a Spirit-filled community called and empowered to represent God to the world. From Babel to Pentecost, Scripture tells the story of a God who restores what was divided. At Pentecost, His Spirit was poured out on all people —sons and daughters, men and women—empowering each one to carry His presence and proclaim Hi...

This week, we explored what it means to live as people filled with God’s Spirit — a people of Kingdom authority, power, and presence. The same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead now lives in us, empowering us to know Him deeply, to make Him known boldly, and to walk in victory over anything that stands against His Kingdom. The outpouring of the Holy Spirit is not a one-time experience but an on...

In this week’s message from our Foundations series , we explored the unseen battle between truth and lies, a spiritual reality that shapes how we see God, ourselves, and the world. Jesus said, “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:32) The enemy’s strategy is deception. Subtle lies that distort reality and keep us bound by fear, shame, or confusion. But through the cro...

In this week’s message from our Foundations series , we explored what it means to love God with our whole being — heart, soul, mind, and strength — and how spiritual maturity cannot happen apart from emotional health. When we’re born again, our spirit is made new, but our history, habits, and emotional patterns often remain unhealed. Many of us live with spiritual dissonance , believing God is goo...

This week in our Foundations series, we explore what it means to love God with our whole being — heart, soul, mind, and strength. We aren’t meant to live divided lives. Spiritual in one part and disconnected in another. God’s love is meant to fill every room of the house, bringing healing and wholeness to our entire being. Discover how loving God with all that we are shapes how we love others and...

In this teaching, we explore how the entire story of Scripture is a covenant journey between God and humanity, culminating in the new and better covenant Jesus established through His death, resurrection, and ascension. From Noah to Abraham, Moses to David, each covenant revealed more of God’s heart, but it’s in Jesus that we see the full picture. He didn’t come to abolish the Law but to fulfill i...

In this message, we begin the next movement of our Foundations series—shifting from spiritual practices to the core beliefs that shape how we live. Jesus announced a Kingdom unlike any other. In His Kingdom, the sick are healed, the forgotten are seen, the oppressed are valued, and the table is open to all. This Kingdom is not built by power or politics but by love flowing from hearts that have be...

In this conclusion to our Foundations practices, we explore how prayer slows us down, places us before the Father, and shapes us into people of love in a culture of distraction and division. Romans 12 calls us not to conform to the patterns of this world, but to be transformed by the renewing of our minds—and prayer is where that transformation happens. From Acts 12, when the church prayed earnest...

ServiceIn a culture of injustice and division, Jesus calls His followers to live a different way—through the practice of Service . This message in our Foundations series reminds us that service isn’t about proving ourselves to God or performing for others. It’s about becoming people of love for the sake of the world. Like fascia in the body, service connects to every other practice—Sabbath, prayer...

In a week marked by violence and hostility across our nation, we turned to Jesus’ call to be a community of hospitality in a culture of hostility. This message from our Foundations series reminds us that true witness doesn’t start with pointing at the problems “out there,” but with letting Jesus search our own hearts. Before we can carry His love into a hurting world, we must repent of judgment, a...

Generosity is more than just about money. It’s about living with open hearts and open hands. In this message, John unpacks what Scripture teaches about generosity, how it shapes us as resilient disciples, and why it’s more than just giving, about it’s becoming. You’ll hear how generosity forms us into a community of contentment in a culture of consumerism, why it goes beyond finances, and how God...

n this message from our Foundations series , we dive into the biblical practice of fasting: what it is, why Jesus assumed His followers would do it, and how it awakens a deeper hunger for His presence. Throughout Scripture, God’s people fasted. Jesus Himself began His ministry with fasting, and He taught, “When you fast…” not if . Fasting exposes our disordered desires, retrains our appetites, and...

Practicing the Way

Our culture prizes radical individualism. The problem? It’s leaving us lonely, disconnected, and spiritually stunted. More than half of Americans say no one truly knows them. But from the very beginning, God designed us for interdependence. Jesus built His ministry around small, intentional circles. People who shared life, meals, and mission together. The early church devoted themselves to the tab...

The Practice of Sabbath is to be formed in rest. To Sabbath is to trust that God is working when we’re not, to embrace our limits, and to let go of our addiction to hurry, hustle, and proving our worth. This ancient practice is spiritual warfare in disguise because it fights back against the cultural lie that we are what we produce.

Prayer

In this message from our House of Prayer series, we look at Paul’s prayer in Colossians 1:9–14 and learn what it means to pray with intention. From house arrest, he prays for a group of believers he’s never met, asking for things that matter eternally: spiritual wisdom, endurance, fruitfulness, strength, and joy. Kim invites us to step beyond surface-level prayers and into deeper alignment with Go...

In Ephesians 3:14–21, we hear the heartbeat of Paul grounded in the presence of God, not the pressure of circumstance. From a prison cell, Paul crafts a prayer, not for rescue, but for revelation. This week, we continued digging the well of prayer in our lives, homes, and church. Join us as we walk through Paul’s prayer and rediscover that God’s power in us is more than enough.