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In “Farewell”, Rodney shares some parting words to the New Vision Church congregation in San Antonio, Texas after almost 12 years of leading and pastoring the local church. Farewells are always an awkward mix of memories, emotions, and expressions of love. Rodney shares some words of encouragement and warning as the church transitions its leadership. He reminds them, so many today are in pursuit o...

In “I Didn’t SHRINK”, Rodney shares that transitions in life can fill us with stress, and overwhelm us with all sorts of concerns. The people in the Bible were not any different. The apostle preparing to leave and transition his ministry after a long extended stay and residing in Ephesus for over three years in prepares to leave the Christian believers and church he started in the city of Ephesus....

In “Into Your Hands” Rodney shares that You will experience a time in your life when you will have to take a leap of faith requiring you to fully trust, and completely place your life into God’s hands. It can be a scary thing. It is a common experience. But if you trust God and place your life into his hands, it will be the act that moves God to do the miraculous in your life. Christians are to li...

In “Here Comes The Bride”, Rodney shares that with the events that have been transpiring in Israel, Some have wondered if this could be the beginning of the end times, and whether Psalm 83 could prophetically be playing out right in front of us. A more accurate assessment is we are not at the beginning of the end, but near the end of the end. The Marriage Supper in Revelation 19 is a beautiful pic...

In “The Gift Of A Legacy”, Rodney shares that “The Gift of a Legacy” means more than just heirlooms, financial inheritance, or the passing of real estate to your heirs. How much thought do you give to leaving “The Gift of a Legacy”? You can leave an heirloom, but it can be stored away, and never appreciated or used. You can leave money, but it can be spent quickly or lost in foolish ways. You can...

In “Christ-Leaders”, Rodney shares that in the Kingdom of God, God has called us to live, and strive for a life of compound growth, expansion, and fruitfulness. Christ-Leaders think, “How can I multiply the Kingdom?” Living things are thriving things. In the church, we’ve done well at calling people to follow, but we’ve done a horrible job at calling people to lead. The call to simply follow deman...

In “Love Me”, Rodney shares that churches often speak of, and reminded us to love God, and love others. Additionally, we want you to know that God loves you. While not always addressed, you also need to be encouraged to love yourself. Having a healthy self-identity is not easy when you live in a world that constantly works against you having a healthy view of yourself. We need to develop a biblica...

In “Our Legacy – The Next Generation”, Rodney shares that stewarding the responsibility of parenthood, and our Christian responsibilities of passing our faith onto our children is a high calling. Our legacy is only one generation away from extinction. Faith is built and passed on by scripture, tradition, reason, and experience. One generation is to pass on their faith, knowledge, and experience to...

In “Philemon – A Story of Forgiveness, Restoration, & Reconciliation”, Rodney shares that true faith is expressed in actions, not just words. True faith is more than just intellectual ascent or emotional stirrings, faith should produce the fruits of righteousness. Far too often, the church has requested too little of people who call Jesus, Lord. Much of the churches anemic condition is it has...

In “Timing – Set Up or Setback to Success”, Rodney shares that To experience success in life, business, relationships, or even your spiritual walk, understanding and embracing the truth about this contributing factor is essential, “Timing, Timing, Timing”! Think of the millions of decisions you have made over your lifetime. How many do you wish you could change, or do over? How many of those negat...

In “Sacrifice – The Price For Success”, Rodney shares that God has a plan for your life. God’s plan is big. If you ever get a sense of God’s plan for your life, you want to be successful. For many, the difference between missing out on God’s best and success in their life, ministry, and success in fulfilling God’s plan for their life is the amount of sacrifice someone is willing to pay. Most every...

In, “Walking With God”, Rodney shares that God walked with Adam and Even, the first humans, in the Garden of Eden, and they experienced close spatial and relational proximity. Similarly, today, God is still walking and talking with his people. You can experience and ever deepening and growing personal relationship with Jesus. The Christin is seeking for more of God, can experience fellowship with...

In “The Persecuted”, Rodney shares that wearing the authentic label of being a Christ follower will naturally invite persecution to all who wear it. The authentic Christian life calls us to come out from among the world, and to live distinctively and recognizably different. The persecuted are not harassed because of crimes against humanity, or sins against God, but is on account of righteousness -...

In “Peacemakers”, Rodney shares truths about one of the most critical labels that will help us identify his followers is that of a peacemaker. Do not confuse a peacemaker with timidity. Being a peacemaker may be the bravest and most challenging thing you ever do. The starting point to being a peacemaker is to personally be at peace with God. In a very real sense Jesus is the first peacemaker. “For...

In “Pure In Heart”, Rodney shares that the next recognizable label you should desire to wear as a Christ-follower is the label of “Pure In Heart.” We tend to think of sin as primarily something visible or seen, but God is actually more concerned with where that sin originates – the heart. Like people who slap on paint to a dilapidated house on the verge of being condemned, we hopelessly try to pai...

In “Mercy”, Rodney shares that mercy is what we don’t always like to give, but always praying to receive. Mercy is often associated with a negative context of not dispensing consequences, punishment, or wrath that is deserved because of wrong behavior, or less than what is appropriate, or expectations. Mercy is more than us letting an offense go, or feeling bad for the plight of someone. Mercy inc...

In “Hunger And Thirst”, Rodney shares the next recognizable label you should desire to wear as a Christ-follower. It is the label of Starving for the Right Thing – Starving for Jesus. There is no other hunger or thirst that is more important or necessary than our hunger and thirst for Jesus. People often pursue things passionately attempting to feed the hunger and quench the thirst in their soul w...

In, "Happy Are The Humble" Rodney shares that we live in a world that on one hand we embrace and admire arrogance, cockiness, and pride. On the other, we are put off by it, and more importantly for us to remember, God is not impressed with it, but praises humility and gentleness. Jesus desires hid disciples to appropriately dress in godly humility, in this world. People of the Kingdom of God shoul...

In “Mourning”, Rodney shares that Jesus tells us true comfort is found through mourning. For someone to mourn or lament means they feel guilt, sadness, deep sorrow, and grief. It refers to a person who will even manifest their grief with wailing and outward expressions that cannot be hid. The scriptures indicate that we should mourn over our personal afflictions and troubles. We should grieve with...

In “Poor In Spirit”, Rodney shares that we live in a culture that often judges and identifies individuals based on the labels they wear. We are identified by our clothes, purses, electronics, and cars. It doesn’t take much investigating to find out what sports team each of us support, but what about our Christian faith? How are followers of Jesus Christ identified? What are the characteristics tra...

In “Receive The Baptism In The Holy Spirit” Rodney shares that Pentecost to both unbelievers and believers is often misunderstood. They hear Pentecost and all sorts of images run through their mind, much of it inaccurate, unfortunately. For believers, Pentecost is celebrated as the Day the believers were first baptized in the Holy Spirit, and was the birth of the Church. In this message we explain...

In “Hey Jude”, Rodney shares that the New Testament book written by Jude was extremely relevant for the Christians living in the first hundred years of the churches birth, but Jude’s words and message speaks a clear and concisely to our generation. Jude is telling the true believers to be alert and keep themselves free from these teachings and lifestyles that would cause them to stumble in their f...

In “Think Bigger”, Rodney shares that on this Mother’s Day, Jesus wants you to know you are more than your past, your current situation, or what you think your future may be. Jesus see’s you, he hears you, and loves you. You aren’t overlooked. You are a part of God’s intentional divine plan. You are a continuation of Jesus’ divine mission. God’s purposes for you are greater than any dream you have...

In “Seek First”, Rodney shares that besides focus, another key factor in your success this year is can you learn to focus on what is essential, and prioritize what is most important. Your attempt to organize your life is a Godly thing. Something deeply spiritual can happen in your life when you begin to get your life in order. In fact, the more organized a person is the greater potential of them b...

In “Divine Urgency” Rodney shares that many of us have family or close friends who have never accepted Jesus as their Savior and Lord. As well as, many of us have family or friends who at one time served the Lord, or at least professed to having a growing relationship with Jesus, but have since walked away from the church, their relationship with Jesus, or the Christian faith altogether. This mess...