Fully Alive in Christ

Acts tells the story of how the early church was born, grew together, was scattered, and then spread the story of Jesus everywhere they went (Acts 8:4). We want Living Waters to be one big community of transformation, but how would that happen if our “big” community wasn’t also made up of a bunch of small, healthy, Jesus-looking groups of people passionate to know Him and make Him known? That’s ho...

Today’s message is not going to be a typical Father’s Day message. And truly it may seem like a very simple message. Since last Sunday, the Lord has been saying to me, “Follow Me”. I wake up in the morning and that is the first thing he says to me. As I go through my day - he keeps telling me to remind us all to Follow Him. If you have been in church at all, you know that being a Christian is to f...

To be a COMMUNITY OF TRANSFORMATION, we must be Spirit-led. The early disciples were operating in GRACE (undeserved supernatural favor) because they HAD A DIRECTIVE FROM THE SPIRIT OF GOD. We must not discount the ways that God wants to speak to us, to you. He shows up for us - to lead and guide us. When we believe the Spirit of God is alive and active today, and we are CONSTANTLY IMMERSED (“bapti...

This great outpouring (of God’s Spirit) - of boldness, power and presence didn’t coincide with everything “going well” for them. It was during government oppression and ongoing political and religious upheaval, confusion, loss, grief and direct persecution WHEN God poured out HIS SPIRIT (breath of life), and set a fire from the kindling of broken plans and people that is still burning today.

To be a New and Better Covenant People, because, in Jesus, God is creating a diverse yet united "one new humanity” (Eph. 2:14-16) that includes "every tribe, every tongue" (Rev. 7:9) - (Every race, nation, social and economic status, cultural background, and religious background). Jesus is our peace and has removed every wall of hostility, distrust, and division, so we ARE removing hatred, distrus...

Our heart is to be a place where we will continually believe for miraculous and supernatural healing in people’s lives – physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual. Listen as Drew unpacks what we believe in the area of Kingdom Wholeness.

Our heart is to be a place where those who have been overly churched, disengaged, disenfranchised, or deeply wounded – can heal, find hope and joy restored, and return their yes to Jesus – in an environment free from performance, judgment, coercion, comparison, or competition.

We believe that Scripture clearly and coherently teaches equality between men and women in God’s Kingdom, church, family and in marriage. This is a foundation of who we are at Living Waters. We believe women share equally in God’s image; Are equal recipients of Christ; Are equal recipients of God’s Spirit poured out; we are equal inheritors of the kingdom of God that Jesus inaugurated, and equal p...

The New Testament was written at a time when the Old Covenant was passing away and the New Covenant was just beginning, because of that there is a tension of a “mix” between these two realities that sometimes still finds its way into Church culture today including but not limited to our finances.

Join us as we begin a 6 week series on our collective mission and vision. We look forward to partnering with you as we delve deep in what God is specifically doing in us and through us a house.

I have one Easter message, WHAT DID/DIDN’T HAPPEN ON THE CROSS - Easter is about celebrating the resurrection but we would appreciate it EVEN MORE when we understand what transpired on THE CROSS. I will preach it on repeat gladly because it dismantles TOXIC CHRISTIANITY, challenges an unhealthy (but pervasive) picture of God, and invites people INTO FREEDOM IN JESUS. So tune in and get ready to ge...

What happens when Jesus disappoints our expectations? The fickle nature of humanity, the people who cheered him were quite possible the same who cried out for his crucifixion. What do we cling to when we've lost faith in Jesus' promises, or we don't like the way things are turning out? Are we like the woman with bleeding issue who just grabs ahold however she could? Or are we like Judas, trying to...

The Lord reminded me of the word He spoke over our house at the beginning of the year. He wanted me to bring us back to that word as we have now finished up our Intimacy, Identity and Inheritance series to remind us and also to encourage us to move out into all that He has for us. As we cultivate Intimacy with the Lord, know our identity as children of God and step into the fullness of our inherit...

God has designed your life and filled it with purpose. He is up to far more than you can comprehend, and He has placed dreams in you before you were formed in the womb. He is now calling them to life! It may scare you to death, but give God your yes fully and without reservation. Kill fear and excuses, comparison, and inadequacy right now! You have something unique to carry and release through as...

The enemy, through circumstances, conditioning, self-doubt, comparison, and learned expectation, works diligently to program our minds to feel UNWORTHY and UNABLE to walk in the power of God here on earth...and to convince us that's normal. No one leaves here today with an UNCLAIMED INHERITANCE…or believing you have squandered the gifts, calls, and anointing that are on your specific life. No one...

Now, as joint-heirs, Jesus' victory is shared with us when we accept God's invitation to be His sons and daughters. In this way, His victory is our life source. The degree we are walking in victory is the degree we are accessing our inheritance on earth. Any area of our lives where we are not living in total victory is a candidate for His goodness and power to visit and set right.

We want to see a family of FULLY ALIVE believers experiencing deep INTIMACY with the Holy Spirit, who are secure in their IDENTITY in Christ, and who rise in their INHERITANCE (from the Father) to express the fullness of the Kingdom in every area of our lives. Knowing WHO WE ARE and WHO WE BELONG TO is our IDENTITY. Walking it out is OUR INHERITANCE.

Identity is the tangible expression of your faith. Identity does not come as a result of striving, it comes as a result of surrender. If “What comes to mind when you think about God” is the most important thing about you, then what comes to mind when you think about you is a close second. I can tell what you think God is like based on how you treat yourself when you fail, how you respond to others...

The true self refers to a sense of self based on authentic experience, the unhindered u, where at the core we feel truly present and alive. The “false self” is a defensive facade, behind which the person can feel empty, it’s behaviors being learnt and controlled rather than spontaneous and genuine. Listen to this week's message and find out how this connects with our true identity in Christ.

In Jesus, you ARE defined by God alone. He identifies you as his own. We get to live from this identity, not forever grasping and contending for identity. You are not defined by the opinions of others or by your circumstances. You are not defined by your successes or failures. How you look, what you’ve done, what you’re trying to do.

We do not earn God's love and affection as a wage, but receive it as a gift. We are not performing, we are resting in and enjoying His presence, unity with Him that we can access ONLY because of the completed work of Jesus Christ.

We believe that intimacy is the core and the place where our relationship with Christ is rooted and it's from intimacy that everything flows. So when we teach on intimacy, we desire that it would remind you of God's passionate pursuit of you, of his constant invitation to your heart to be safe, set free and satisfied in Christ. We want the power of his love and desire to compel you deeper into his...

Intimacy is the root of your life in Christ. It is this connection to the source of life from which everything else grows. Allowing the roots of your life and love to stretch into the depths of God’s presence. That love that is abundantly available to you.

What do you look like FULLY ALIVE in Jesus? In John 10:10, Jesus told us that while we may have an enemy who wants to “steal, kill and destroy,” He came to “give life to the fullest, abundant and overflowing!” His heart is that you and I would be “fully alive,” in His infinite, resurrection life that springs from the everlasting well of God — right now and into eternity. As a church community, we...

As we step into this new year, there is anticipation and excitement starting to bubble up.  The question is, what is in store for each of us in 2022?     The last two years have held a lot for each of us.   We have gone through heartache and pain and have received new gifts, tools, and ways to approach life.  I believe that all that we have walked through over the past couple of years has set us u...