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We kicked off our new series, Worth Saying, by tackling a topic that's often misunderstood: Christian Nationalism. Rather than asking what side we should be on, we looked at what it means to faithfully follow Jesus in the place He's called us. As citizens of God's Kingdom, we're invited to love our neighbors, seek the good of our communities, engage with truth and grace, and remember that our ulti...

Philippians ends where it began: defiant joy grows through gospel partnership. Paul has learned the secret of contentment because Christ is his center in plenty and in need, but he still rejoices deeply when the Philippians share in his trouble and strengthen the work of the gospel. The call for Good Shepherd is to go big, go locally, go globally, and trust that God will supply every need accordin...

Philippians 4:2-9 gives a path into peace that is more than a quiet life. Paul calls the church to fight for unity in the Lord, practice rejoicing, bring anxiety to God through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, and retrain the mind toward what is true and praiseworthy. Peace comes as we keep choosing trust, putting faith into practice, and helping others walk in what we have learned.

Philippians 3:12–4:1 calls us to press on because Christ has already taken hold of us. Maturity is not pretending we have arrived, but refusing to let yesterday define tomorrow while straining toward the prize: Jesus Himself. Because our citizenship is in heaven, we stand firm now, live as an example for others, and long for the day when Christ makes all things new.

This week in Philippians 3:1–11, we see that legalism and self-righteousness can quietly steal our joy by shifting our confidence from Christ to ourselves. Paul reminds us that our righteousness is not something we earn but something we receive through Jesus. As we surrender our lives to Him, we discover the freedom, joy, and new life that come from knowing Christ above all else.

In Philippians 2:19–30, we see that following Jesus was never meant to be a solo journey. Through Timothy and Epaphroditus, Paul highlights the power of gospel friendships, people who care deeply, serve sacrificially, and stand alongside one another for the sake of Christ. God often grows and strengthens us through the faithful people He places around us.

In Philippians 2:12–18, we are reminded that following Jesus is more than appearances. It’s about living with integrity, even when nobody is watching. God doesn’t leave us to figure it out on our own. He gives both the desire and the strength to walk in obedience. As we hold tightly to His Word, refuse grumbling, and choose joy even when it’s costly, we become people who shine brightly in a broken...

Philippians 2 shows us the pathway to unity: pride and selfish ambition divide, but humility and love hold the church together. As we fix our eyes on Jesus and His humility on the cross, He frees us to love others well, serve, and put others before ourselves.

Paul writes Philippians from prison, but instead of being consumed by fear or frustration, his focus stays on Jesus and the advancement of the gospel. Through suffering, obedience, and surrender, his life keeps pointing people back to Christ. And as one church united by one Spirit and one gospel, we’re invited to live lives that reflect Him in every part of our everyday lives.

At the Local Impact Summit, we highlighted nine incredible local ministries—Gospel partners making a real impact in our community. This is your invitation to step in and be part of what God is doing through them! Pray faithfully, serve in tangible ways, and give as you’re led.

Philippians is a defiant joy manifesto for people stuck in the middle. Paul writes as a grateful pastor who loves this church deeply and calls them out of the world’s normal into the abundant life Jesus promises. Week 1 framed the series around two anchors: God’s promises that form a flourishing life, and gospel partnerships that move the mission forward together. Defiant joy grows through promise...

God is growing Good Shepherd in a real and visible way. More people are coming, and lives are being changed. So we’re making room now as we listen to the Spirit and step into what He’s leading us toward!

Pilate is suddenly confronted with Jesus and asks the question every human has to answer: are You the King? He sees the truth, feels the weight, even says “Behold the man” and “Behold your king,” but stops short because surrender is costly and self-preservation feels safer. The cross and resurrection force the decision all of us face: wash your hands and stay surface-level, or surrender your life...

On Palm Sunday, we celebrate the arrival of King Jesus—but His procession into Jerusalem looked nothing like the triumphal entries of earthly rulers. Riding on a donkey, welcomed by blankets and palm branches, Jesus revealed a kingdom built on humility, surrender, and salvation rather than power and spectacle. And just as the crowds once cried “Hosanna,” we still live with the same hope today as w...

This week was a holy slowdown. Instead of adding more, we looked back and asked God to turn conviction into obedience because it’s easy to move faster than we actually follow through. With our three enemies in view, we leaned into prayer that confesses, breaks agreement with sin, tells darkness to go in Jesus’ name, and invites the Holy Spirit to fill what He frees. Slow down. Obey what He’s said....

Busyness is not just a personality trait. It can quietly smother faith, distract disciples, and keep believers ineffective. Scripture invites us into Christian wartime simplicity, an ordered life that clears space for prayer, devotion, mission, generosity, and obedience so we can stay focused on Jesus and the work of His Kingdom. Wartime simplicity invites us to trade busyness for Kingdom focus.

Greed can quietly become a stronghold, training our hearts to trust money, believe in scarcity, and live like everything is ours. Jesus warns that wealth can compete for our worship and choke out the fruit God wants to produce in our lives. Freedom begins when the Spirit shifts our mindset from owner to steward and from scarcity to abundance, as we practice joyful, surrendered generosity. We can b...

Holy zeal is not emotional hype. It is steady, disciplined devotion in the middle of a real spiritual battle. The enemy would love for us to drift into apathy and false peace, but Romans 12:11 calls us to stay awake, keep the fire burning, and serve the Lord with focused prayer and wholehearted love. Zeal is not built on fleeting motivation. It is formed through daily surrender, daily obedience, a...

Apathy, complacency, and lethargy are not personality quirks, they are spiritual strongholds that train God’s people to disengage while evil advances. Jesus is consumed with zeal for pure worship, and Scripture warns that “a little sleep” drift quietly destroys a life over time. This week calls the church to wake up, break agreements with false peace, and become alert, zealous, and spiritually awa...

Loneliness is a deadly stronghold the enemy exploits. From Scripture and current data, we confront isolation, name three common loneliness profiles, and call the church to five shifts that move us from spectators to family, from self-help to mission, and from superficial ties to meaningful connection in Christ. We end by inviting people to receive prayer for deeper community and freedom from bitte...

Division is the cultural cancer that weakens the church, but Jesus has already torn down the walls of hostility. From 1 Corinthians and John 17, we saw that love is the faith-supplement that builds spiritual immunity: it chooses patience, kindness, humility, truth, forgiveness, and endurance so a diverse body can live as one. Unity is not sameness. It is Spirit-formed oneness that becomes our publ...

Perversion is the cultural pull, but Jesus gives a better way. “Grace-driven chastity” means bringing our desires under the Lordship of Christ, fleeing what enslaves, and letting grace train us to say “no” to sin and “yes” to holiness. Think bad car alignment: the world, the flesh, and the devil tug you off the road, so keep bringing your heart back to Jesus with confession, community, fasting, an...

This series sets a single aim: move from unfruitful and unproductive to fruitful and effective by supplementing faith and resisting the enemy. Throughout this series, we will name the real foes the world, the flesh, and the devil, and train us up as the church to take our thoughts captive with the gospel. Over these next several weeks, our aim is to name the strongholds we are exposed to and repla...

We ask God to increase our faith. From Ephesus in Acts 19 to Wilberforce in Parliament to the feeding of the five thousand and the woman who would not quit, the pattern is the same: bring what you have, keep going, and trust God to do what only He can do. Bring what you have and let God do the rest.

We said what Moses said: if Your presence does not go with us, we are not going. From that place of prayer, we named the problem in NoCo (lostness, too few churches, shallow roots), the opportunity before us (a thriving body ready to be sent), and the plan: seek His presence, pray like it is real, commit deeply to a local church, and steward this property to bless our city while we partner, birth,...