Memorial Baptist Church Jefferson City

What do your words, reactions, and desires reveal about your formation? This sermon from Pastor David explores what comes out of us when life presses in—and how Jesus invites us to be formed by His Word, filled by His Spirit, and set free by His truth. 🔥 In this message, we unpack: ✅ Why memorizing Scripture is about formation, not information ✅ How Jesus responded to temptation and suffering—w...

The Bible is not just a manual or collection of facts. It is the very breath of God—alive, active, and personal. In this sermon, we learn from Jesus’ example how to handle Scripture with reverence, wisdom, and real-life application. We’re reminded that we grow not by knowing more, but by letting God’s Word change us. ✅ Learn how to observe, interpret, and apply God’s Word ✅ Understand why Script...

Meditation isn’t about mastering information—it’s about meeting with God. In this week’s message, Pastor Nathan unpacks what it means to meditate on God’s Word—not to prove a point or gain head knowledge, but to be with the Living Word and be transformed. 🔥 In this episode, you’ll explore: ✅ What Scripture truly is and what it’s for ✅ How Jesus fulfilled the Word and invites us to abide ✅ Why...

What story are you living in—and is it true? In this week’s message, Pastor David explores how the Bible is more than information. It’s the true story of reality that restores us in Christ and re-stories how we live, think, and love together. We don’t just need more content or information—we need a new map. One that leads us to Jesus. 🔥 In this episode: Why everyone lives by a story (whether they...

What if the Bible is not just a textbook to conquer or a rulebook to fear… what if it’s an invitation? An intimate invitation to a person and presence- truth and reality? In this message Pastor David explores how the Bible is not merely a book of information, but a divine invitation into spiritual formation and transformation through Jesus Christ. The stories we believe shape the lives we live—and...

In a world of noise, distraction, and pressure—prayer is resistance. Not resistance by might, but by presence. It’s how we push back against isolation, performance, and spiritual drift. This message from Pastor David walks through John 15 and 2 Corinthians 3 to remind us that Jesus doesn’t just call us to obey—He calls us to abide. To look, behold, remain, and live. Prayer is not a performance—it’...

God is speaking—are we listening? In a world full of noise, distraction, and distortion, Jesus calls His sheep to know His voice and follow Him (John 10). 👂 Hearing is biological. Listening is relational. This message from Pastor David invites us to quiet the noise, open our ears, and tune our hearts to the voice of the Shepherd. Just like a guitar drifts out of tune over time, so do our hearts....

Jesus carries our burdens—and calls us to carry the burdens of others. Through His perfect intercession, we’ve been invited into a holy priesthood, standing in the gap on behalf of those in need. This week, Pastor Nathan teaches us that intercessory prayer is not a task for the spiritually elite—it’s a call to love others with compassion, to pray like their pain is our pain, and to trust in the me...

Is prayer really worth it? What’s the point if God already knows everything—or when it feels like He isn’t answering?   In this message, Pastor Adam helps us reframe prayer not as performance or obligation, but as an honest, ongoing conversation with a relational God- The Father. Through Psalm 73, Philippians 4, and James 5, we learn that sometimes the most powerful prayer we can pray is: “God, ch...

When you think about God, what comes to mind? A distant judge? A cosmic boss? Or a compassionate Father who longs to be with you?   In this message, Pastor David opens our new series on prayer by showing how Jesus invites us not into performance—but into presence. Through the aching words of the disciples, “Lord, teach us to pray,” we discover that prayer isn’t a skill to master—it’s a relationshi...

Jesus didn’t just die for Barabbas—He died for us. In our place. And because He rose, the story doesn’t end at the cross—it begins there. This Easter message, preached in two parts by Pastors David and Adam, begins with the sobering weight of our sin and ends with the living hope of the resurrection. Through the story of Barabbas, the cross, and the empty tomb, we are invited to surrender to the o...

What does a Jewish festival, a Seder meal, and the Last Supper have in common? Everything. In this message, Pastor Adam brings the Passover to life, showing how Jesus redefined it to form a new covenant for all who believe.   🔥 In this message, you'll learn: ✅ Why rhythms, rituals, and remembrance matter ✅ How God used the Passover to form His people ✅ How Jesus transforms Passover into Commun...

Jesus didn’t ride into Jerusalem quietly. He came in peace—but with authority. He fulfilled prophecy, confronted hollow religion, and demanded a response. This Pre-Palm Sunday, Pastor David walks through Matthew 21 and shows how Jesus is The King You Can’t Ignore. 🐴 Colt – Peaceful, prophetic protest 🧥 Cloaks – Costly worship, surrender 🙌 Crying Out – Praise with expectations 👑 King – The King...

From the beginning, God has been building a family—not just a people, but a household. Through Jesus, we’re not just saved—we’re adopted. In this message, Pastor Jimmy walks us through what it means to be “Familified”—grafted into the household of God through faith in Jesus, and called to live as brothers and sisters in a spiritual family. 🔥 In this message, Pastor Jimmy unpacks: ✅ How Jesus red...

A life that won’t fall apart is built day-by-day, moment-by-moment, on Jesus Christ, through the power of the Holy Spirit.   When Jesus finished His most famous teaching—the Sermon on the Mount—He didn’t end with a benediction or a blessing. He gave a warning: Will you build your life on His words, or just admire them?   🔥 In this message, Pastor David unpacks: ✅ Why Jesus is the only true found...

From childhood, we learn to hide our mistakes—but God calls us to bring them into the light. The Bible shows us that confession isn’t about shame—it’s about freedom, healing, and true life in Jesus. Confession is surrender leading to healing, freedom, worship—the way to true life.   🔥 In this message, Pastor David unpacks: ✅ Why confession is surrender, not punishment (Psalm 32:1-5) ✅ How hidin...

Suffering isn’t what God intended, but in His mercy, He meets us in our pain. When Jesus faced the weight of the cross, He turned to the Father in honest, lamenting prayer. His example teaches us how to bring our deepest emotions before God—without fear, without hiding, and without losing faith.   🔥 In this message, Pastor Jimmy unpacks: ✅ Why Jesus lamented in Gethsemane and how it models praye...

Our natural desires—hunger, rest, pleasure—are God-given, yet sin twists them into appetites that can lead us away from Him. We are either mastered by our desires or mastering them through Christ. 🔥 In this message, Pastor Nathan unpacks: ✅ Why our flesh is not inherently evil, but fallen (1 Cor. 10:1-14, Jer. 17:9) ✅ How Jesus' victory in the flesh changes how we handle temptation ✅ The dange...

What messages are shaping your soul? Every day, we are either being formed by the truth of Jesus or deceived by the lies of the enemy (The Devil). The messages we consume shape our hearts, minds, and actions.   🔥 In this message, Pastor David unpacks: ✅ How the enemy uses lies to distort truth (John 8:44) ✅ The spiritual battle for your mind and identity ✅ How Jesus stood against Satan’s lies...

🛑 What is shaping your soul—Jesus or Babylon? From Cain and Nimrod to the Tower of Babel and Babylon, Scripture reveals a powerful pattern: we are always being formed—either by the world (Babylon) or by Christ. 🔹 What does Babylon symbolize in the Bible? 🔹 How did Israel become like Babylon? 🔹 What does it mean that we are a city on a hill? 🔹 How does John 15 call us to abide in Jesus rather...

Join us as we begin PRACTICING THE WAY - Following Jesus together!   The Spiritual disciplines are not RIGHTEOUSNESS, they are WISDOM-  Dallas Willard   Following Jesus isn’t merely knowing about Him- it’s trusting, obeying, and becoming like Him as His Spirit transforms you within His Church family through abiding in Him and walking in loving obedience to His ways- that is LIFE, ABUNDANT and ETER...

What does it mean to CHANGE THE WORLD?!    "The question isn’t how we can change the world—it’s how we can join the One who already has?"   Jesus says: "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me." - John 14:6   Jesus is THE WAY → Living differently. (disciples, deacons, shepherds in Christ) Jesus is THE TRUTH → Declaring Jesus boldly (counter to lies, spea...

What does it mean to connect with each other Authentically?   Love one another as He loved     Jesus is everything!       Sermon by:  Pastor Nathan   ------------    You are welcome and loved by the Lord and His Church!    ------------   If you need prayer or help, please reach out to us! We are a church that desires to follow Jesus and seek His Kingdom as one body together in Him through loving H...

How can you know God deeply?   Knowing God, the creator of everything, takes prayer, Scripture and community.   Jesus is everything!     Sermon by:  Pastor Jimmy   ------------    You are welcome and loved by the Lord and His Church!    ------------   If you need prayer or help, please reach out to us! We are a church that desires to follow Jesus and seek His Kingdom as one body together in Him th...

Worship is a humble submission to the majesty of God. We worship Christ because only he is truly worthy. Only Christ makes everything right.    Where do you go?     Jesus is everything!     Sermon by:  Pastor Adam   ------------    You are welcome and loved by the Lord and His Church!    ------------   If you need prayer or help, please reach out to us! We are a church that desires to follow Jesus...