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Jesus came as a king like no other. He didn’t come as a conqueror with a castle…he came to invite Himself into the kingdom of our hearts.

If you want to have your best year yet, you’ll have to recognize one thing first: it’s not about you.

We all want to grow…in our career, in our relationships, and maybe even in our faith. Jesus explains what real growth in good soil can look like.

What do you do when you lose something valuable, like a credit card? You don’t just sit around and celebrate all the already-found cards, do you? No. You turn the house upside down looking for it. When God sees something of the highest value lost, he does the same thing. And we should too!

What would it look like to start 2024 fresh, inviting God into your year? How could this year become about something bigger than yourself? It makes a real difference to involve Him in your plans. This could be your BEST YEAR YET.

We are all loving for something. In Christmas, we find an invitation to live for something beyond ourselves.

We can say we believe in God, but it’s the actions that make the difference. What does it look like to care enough to do something about it when it comes to your faith?

Life comes at you fast…and often the temptation is to hold onto what we have instead of holding things loosely and letting God have control. The question comes down to this - whose kingdom are you really building?

Everyone has Christmas traditions - trees, parties, family gatherings…things we all look forward to. Tradition, however, can get in the way of the real meaning of Christmas. This was true in the time of Jesus, and if we’re not careful, it can be just as true for us today.

Lynn Marshall teaches us from John 11 and the miracle of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead.

Did you know that sheep know their shepherd's voice? So when they're in trouble or wandering away, he can call out to them and they'll come back? That's exactly what God does for us.

You know that feeling after you’ve been caught doing something you shouldn’t be doing, but before you receive the punishment? It’s a bad feeling. And it’s often how we feel when it comes to God. "I’ve been caught, and I know He’s going to punish me.” That’s how we feel, but is that how God really is?

We all experience certain hungers in life. Hunger for healing, for possessions, and a hunger for comfort...John describes these hungers and Jesus' remedy for our appetite.

No matter who you are or where you are from or what you’ve done, Jesus has gone to great lengths to reach you. The Samaritan woman he encounters at the well is a perfect example of his willingness to do everything to reach us.

We all have questions about God…we all have questions for God, that we’d love to ask Him if we could. Jesus loves it when we engage Him with our questions. Do we always get the answer we want? No. But bringing them is a great way to grow our relationship with Him.

Jesus had a very unique way of doing things…he did and said many things that give us a new perspective on people, situations, and life.

What does it look like to be a Christian? Not just one in name only, not just a cultural Christian…but a real one. When you boil it all down, being a Christian simply means being a follower of Jesus. And the only way to understand how to follow Him is by getting to know Him as well as you can, and then trying to follow in His footsteps.

Everyone has questions about heaven. The Bible speaks specifically about a lot of our questions. Let’s take a look at what it says.

What is heaven really going to be like? And how does that impact what we do on earth right now?

What do you think of when you think of heaven? Maybe they thought excites you…maybe it bores you…or you may not think about it at all. The reality is, our view of heaven directly impacts how we live here on earth.

What are you looking forward to in life? Here’s the truth - we live toward what we look forward to. Let’s consider what we ought to live toward and how a better understanding of heaven will change our lives in the here and now.

Listen today as two ordinary people, just like you , change the world.

The word “discipline” is not always a fun, friendly word…but it can be. A lot of the good things we want in life are on the other side of this not-so-bad word.

A good foundation is necessary for most things in life. Faith is no different. Jesus had several things to say about how to build your life and faith on something that will last.

There are moments in our lives that are important. An event, meeting a particular person, a camp you attended, even something bad that happened…these things can be used by God to draw us to Himself and build up our faith.