Jesus Culture Sacramento Message of the Week

Banning Liebscher teaches about God’s power being made perfect in weakness by looking at the writings of the Apostle Paul. Banning challenges us to embrace weakness even though our first instinct is to avoid it.

This week, Zack Curry shares about the transformation that’s available to us when we trust fully in Jesus. Taking us through the life of Peter, we see Peter’s moments of weakness and failure that became invitations for him to meet with Jesus and be transformed. Holding to the promise that God finishes what He starts, Zack challenges us to anchor our trust to who God says He is.

Banning Liebscher continues his challenge to us that Christianity and community cannot be separated. The fullness of God’s plan in your life involves the community He places you in. He takes us from an organized to an organic community and in the process there is a struggle that we often try to avoid.

In this week’s message, a Jesus Culture panel addresses the impact of community on their lives. They talk about the importance of living in connection with one another. Entering into community can be inconvenient and tough, but it is one of the most life-giving things we can do as believers. We want to move from being a crowd of people to a FAMILY that does life together.

In this week’s message, Banning talks about the importance of being aware of God’s favor in your life. Favor is a huge marker of which season you are in. Knowing and being aware of that favor allows you to fully walk in what the Lord has for you.

In this week’s message, Kim Walker-Smith highlights the importance of empathy as we love others. Choosing to love and understand people mean that we exhibit the love of God. In doing so, we truly represent the heart of Jesus towards us when He gave His life for ALL of us.

In the week’s message, Banning Liebscher talks about the true impact of encountering God. A life that is fully dedicated to staying in His presence will change the lives of those we come in contact with. They encounter Him because of His fragrance that is on our lives.

There is safety and provision when we stay in a place of thankfulness. This week, Banning challenges us to create a habit of being thankful. He reminds us to not only be thankful for the big things and for what God does, but also for the small things and for WHO God is.

In this week’s message, Ben Fitzgerald expands on the fear of man in our lives. Ben highlights how we reason away the wisdom of God because we fear what people think of us. When we fear man more than God, we live a pseudo version of ourselves and become someone God never intended us to be. However, the only opinion that truly matters is the one from the One who created us.

How do you handle change? Often times we become frustrated or rigid when God moves us from one season into another. This week, Banning talks about our struggle with change and how, when we are simply BEING with Jesus, we actually become aware of and equipped for the season that we’re in.

At the root of insecurity is a lack of identity. When we live from a place of insecurity we can’t fulfill the role God has for us. We will not be defined by what we do. Instead, we will be defined by what God says about us. In the midst of all of our insecurities, God will show up and give us a new name. Only God can speak identity over us! It’s time for men to know their name and speak identity t...

This week, Banning encourages us to accept God’s invitation to encounter Him. “Revival is not a random event. It is connected to an invitation from God that people turn aside from the norm and respond to.” When we are connected to God, we recognize His presence and encounter His heart.

Special guest, Jay Vallontton, reminded us this week how intently fear is working to become our master. When we operate from an instinct to survive, we partner with fear. However, we are not called to just survive! We are called to thrive in God’s Kingdom by casting out fearful thoughts and rejoicing in His Presence.

In this Message of the Week, Zack Curry delves into that what we say, and when we say it, can radically impact our lives. He focuses on the significant difference between reacting and responding and that grace is released when we are slow to speak. It is a choice to stop, invite in the Holy Spirit, listen to what other people are saying, and release life over the specific situation.

In this week’s message, Banning speaks on the the importance of diligently and intentionally caring for our internal world. When we have a healthy heart, our lives become fully engaged and we are fully alive. We become motivated not by fear or pain, but by the internal vision that is purposefully placed in our hearts by God. This message is an eye opening reminder to identify “what are you motivat...

This Mother’s Day, Banning Liebscher shares a message on “The Love of a Mother”. God’s love for His children is expressed in so many ways. Just like a mother for her own children, He expresses His love by nurturing, protecting and comforting. This message is a great reminder of the great sacrifice moms make and that God made for all his children.

This week, special guest speaker, Francis Anfuso, joined us to continue our conversation on the “Leadership Mindset”. Francis shared personal stories of victory through vulnerability and his journey as a leader. Listen in as he talks about the importance of renewing your relationship with Jesus each day in order to be the leader you are called to be.

A leader influences and carries a burden of responsibility. This Sunday, Banning Liebscher shared a message on “A Leadership Mindset”. Many (in fact, ALL of us) are called but few are chosen; a leader always raises their hand to accept the challenge of being the head and not the tail – that is how you ‘get chosen’.

This Easter Sunday, guest speaker, Randy Bohlender, shares the incredible truth about the “Adoptive Love” of the Father. God had you in His heart way before you ever existed. His commitment to His sons and daughters is strong and forever. This message is one that reminds us that no matter our circumstances, we have a Father who loves us and is in pursuit of our hearts AT ALL TIMES.

In this week’s message, Pastor Banning Liebscher talks about God’s pursuit of our hearts. The God of the Old Testament and the New Testament is the same God, who wants us to follow Him and obey Him because of our love for Him, not because we are afraid of punishment.

“Those who live with convictions, live with both an anchor and a compass.” In this week’s message, Banning talks about the importance of having convictions as core beliefs. Convictions help to guide our lives and hold us secure in times of testing.

In this week’s message, ‘For the Next Generation’, Banning talks about how we as the church are called to care for children, youth and young adults. We need to cover, lead, and believe in those following in our footsteps.

In this week’s message, Banning talks about The Truth Factor and challenges us to take stock of our spiritual and physical health. When we drop our guard on these two things, especially in a long season of waiting, our heart becomes exposed to lies. Listen in as Banning gives us the 4 E’s to tackling a “Cat in a U-HAUL” season of life!

As Christians we need to be the most confident people on earth. This week we had guest speaker Paul Geerling from iSee Church with us. He encouraged us that looking back on what the Lord has done gives us the confidence to look to the future, in faith and expectation for what He will do.

This week we had the privilege of having our own Kim Walker-Smith speak on Forgiveness and Justice. “Jesus didn’t die for one moment with us. He died for a lifetime of moments with us.” We cannot let unforgiveness in our hearts rob us of our connection with Jesus and others around us.