Pacific Church

Back To Basics // Week 10 // Communion Pastor JF Wilkerson Acts 2:42 -47 NIV 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. 44 All the believers were together and had everything in common. 45 They sold property and possessions to give to anyone w...

Back To Basics // Week 9 // Worship Pastors JF and Ashley Wilkerson Exodus 20:3 NIV 3 “You shall have no other gods before me…” Colossians 3:16-17 NIV 14 16 Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. 17 And whatever you do, whether in word or d...

Back To Basics // Week 8 // Forgiveness  Pastors JF and Ashley Wilkerson  Matthew 18:6-9 NIV  6 “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. 7 Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to...

Back To Basics // Week 7 // Prayer Pastors JF and Ashley Wilkerson 1. Am I focused on the REWARD...Or the RELATIONSHIP? Matthew 6:5 NIV 5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.” Matthew 6:6 NIV 6 “But when you pray, go into your roo...

Back To Basics // Week 6 // Stewardship Pastors JF and Ashley Wilkerson Stewardship: the responsible management of something entrusted to one’s care Luke 19:12 -13 NIV 12 He said: “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to have himself appointed king and then to return. 13 So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Put this money to work,’ he said, ‘until I come back.’“ 1....

Back To Basics // Week 5 // The Holy Spirit Pastors JF and Ashley Wilkerson Ephesians 4:1-3 NIV 1 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:4-6 NIV 4 There is one body a...

Poured Out // Week 1 // Who Is The Holy Spirit? 1. Spirit of Truth John 14:17 ; 15:26 NIV 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. 26 “When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me. 2. The Hol...

Back To Basics // Week 3 // How to Study God's Word Pastors JF and Ashley Wilkerson 1. Scripture was Written FOR us… not TO us. Psalm 119:105 NIV Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. John 8:31 -32 NASB 31 So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly My disciples; 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you fr...

Back To Basics // Week 2 // The Church Pastor JF Wilkerson 1 Corinthians 12:12 -14; 27 NIV 12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. 14 Even so the body is not made up of one part but...

Back To Basics // Week 1 // What Really Is Faith? Pastor JF Wilkerson 1. Does My Faith Have Action? James 2:14 NIV 14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? James 2:15 -19 NIV 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but doe...

Get In The Wheelbarrow Pastor JF Wilkerson Matthew 28:16 -20 NIV 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of th...

Easter // The Resurrected Life Pastor JF and Ashley Wilkerson 1 Peter 1:3-4 NIV 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. 2 Corinthians 5:15 -17 NIV 15 And he died for all, that those who live shoul...

Palm Sunday // What It Means For Us Pastor JF Wilkerson Luke 19:28 -37 NIV 28 After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 30 “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie...

Who Is Jesus? // Week 6 // "Lazarus, Come Out!" Pastor JF Wilkerson Hebrews 1:1-3a NIV 1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his...

Who Is Jesus? // Week 5 // The Complete Healer Pastor JF Wilkerson Hebrews 1:1-3a NIV 1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his b...

Who Is Jesus? // Week 4 // Jesus Empowers Women Pastors JF and Ashley Wilkerson Hebrews 1:1-3a NIV 1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representa...

Who Is Jesus? // Week 3 // What Breaks The Heart Of God Pastors JF and Ashley Wilkerson Hebrews 1:1-3a NIV 1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact re...

Who Is Jesus? // Week 2 // How Jesus Navigated Storms Pastor JF Wilkerson Hebrews 1:1-3a NIV   1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation...

Who Is Jesus? // Week 1 // How Jesus Prayed Pastor JF Wilkerson Matthew 26:36 -38 NIV  36 Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” 37 He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38 Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of...

Identity // Week 5 // Back To The Beginning Pastor JF Wilkerson 2 Peter 3:8 NIV 8 But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. Genesis 1:1 NASB 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. bara - To fashion something out of nothing. Genesis 1:3 NASB 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there wa...

Identity // Week 4 // Navigating Seasons: Floats and Flowers Pastors JF and Ashley Wilkerson Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 NIV  1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: 2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a ti...

February 9, 2025 Identity: Healthier Relationships Pastor JF Wilkerson Matthew 22:36 -40 NIV 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40 All the Law and the Pr...

Identity: Who and Why You Are 1. Where did I come from? Genesis 1:26 -27 NIV 26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky,over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” 27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them;...

Identity: Our Calling As The Church Pastors JF and Ashley Wilkerson 2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV  14 If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.  2 Chronicles 7:14a NIV  14 If my people, who are called by my name, 2 Chronicles 7:14a CJB 14 If...

Pray First January 19, 2025 Pastor JF Wilkerson Acts 13:2-3 NIV 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off. 1 Thessalonians 5:16 -18 NIV 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all cir...