Experience Church

How can we tell that a word is really from God? How do we act after hearing from him? And how do we react when we don't think it's his word? This month's Lab continues last month's topic: hearing God's voice.

How do you set up your family and children up for success, especially when success doesn't mean graduating from Harvard or Stanford - but becoming more like Jesus?

When you take a snapshot of the modern American family, you will find that it's not as pretty as on TV. But if you start to pursue what God wants for you and your family, you are going to see the benefits.

With prayer and praise you're positioned perfectly for the promises of God to become real in your life and for the challenges that you will encounter.

God's presence transforms us from glory to glory, but your life might not seen all that glorious right now. How can you get away from your busy life and its concerns and into God's presence instead?

How do we hear from God? How do we know that what we hear is from God? And what happens if we hear from God in a different way than we thought?

What does God think about his church? His goal for the church is to be one as he is one. Being one with him and each other will concentrate his presence and glory in church - and in us.

God doesn't need us or our praise. But he wants and desires us. That's why he created us - and that's why he revealed himself to us in Jesus Christ. This is what sets Christianity apart from every other religion. (This messages was inspired by Pastor Michael Pitts, Planet Shakers)

The first part of our new message series asks the question: "Is Jesus really the king of your life?" And if he is, what does it mean?

Miracles and breakthroughs are not merely about faith but about exercising the revelation and the authority of the one who has conquered sin and death.

Peace is the birthright of every believer in all circumstances. But too often our focus is misdirected - just like the disciples' focus was misdirected when they were facing a storm that overshadowed their faith with fear.

Jesus' first miracle was turning water into wine. But why did he do it? Why did Mary ask him to? And what can we learn from her?

Jesus didn't heal the ten lepers right away - hear and learn from what he did first and in which way he challenged them before changing their condition.

Do you find yourself trapped and bound in an area of your life? God has an exit strategy that will roll the stone away, awaken your spirit and get you stepping forward.

Size doesn't matter to God. He can use anything we offer to him, if it is given in obedience, faith and sacrifice. When we offer our meager resources to God, we discover that the impossible isn't.

We don't put our faith into the things we're asking God for. We put our faith in the character of God. We step out in faith as the Spirit prompts us, because we trust in the grace and authority of our Savior.

We settle for far less than what God has for us if we don't pursue people that can speak into our lives and help us: spiritual fathers, mothers, older brothers and sisters that will stretch and grow us.

If we want to connect people to Christ, we need to take our time to observe, assess and seek to understand them and their situation - one size definitely doesn't fit all.

You are not your past, your job, your sin, your success, your family, your strength, your weakness, your hits or your misses. Who you are in Christ is who you really are.

Our greatest identity is that of a receiver, not a doer, a worker or a performer. As we receive from God, we can't help but to give our lives away to others.

Fear is something that we all have to deal with. In our monthly leadership series, several people share about their personal fears, how they conquered them and how we too can live fearlessly.

A rookie member of a sports team is already highly gifted and skilled, but needs to keep learning. That's an attitude worth copying. Let's not become veterans who have seen it all and know it all.

We all are broken and hurt in need of healing - but so often we find ourselves in the waiting room wondering if and when we will ever get well. Hear Jesus' words to you that will bring life and healing.

Seven miles was the distance between the big city of Jerusalem and the small town of Emmaus - the destination of two disheartened and disillusioned disciples 2000 years ago. Are you traveling in a similar direction?

The sixth piece of our spiritual armor is the sword of the spirit which is the word of God. Being able to wield that sword means being able to use the truth of scripture at any given point.