Point View Church

We finished up our series for now "A People Empowered" this past Sunday! Being witnesses to Jerusalem, your Jerusalem, your Home. We see in Acts 2:42:47 the actions of the disciples who have been filled with the Spirit have compassion for their home. We look at 3 things that we see from Acts passage that cultivates compassion. 

We are empowered with a witness that overcomes and transforms this world! But quite often we our witnesses to an age of cynicism and Cancel Culture which looks to pull down another, see only the negative, question everything…  and so we lose the wonder. To be an effective witnesses we must cultivate the wonder of God to bare witness of a truer and better story! Isaiah 43:10-12 passage gives u...

We see in the book of Acts followers of Jesus voices were empowered when filled with the Spirit! Our voices are the most power weapon given to us. Our voices are given authority by assignment. As we focus on the assignment given to us, authority is given to empower our voices.

The power we receive with the Holy Spirit, is a power to see signs, wonders, and miracles, but it is also power to transform us. When we stir the Holy Spirit in us, we are changed. The power gives us the strength that to walk out every day and be who the world around us needs. We already have all that we need, but we must be stirred up regularly. 

Acts 1:8 is our scripture verse for this series "A People Empowered". It says we will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon us. The Holy Spirit is a long awaited gift and more than ever the church needs to show that power to the world! One of the first steps to acting in power is how do you receive it? How do you receive a gift?

We are faced on daily bases by community killers - Busyness, Isolation, Fear & Shame, Inward Focus. There is power in community that can transform us and our world, John looks how we overcome community killers and the fruit we will see in community. 

Suffering is an integral part to our transformation into Christ Likeness (Rom 8:17, Roman 8:28-29 1 Peter 6:7) which is a far cry from the western narrative of the only pursuit of happiness. Equally we were never called to suffer alone. How do we let suffering do its work to see us thrive? 

In these chaotic moments of life where the world seems to fall apart, our identity as Christians comes alive. We are the living hope for this world! Will you act in it or move with the world?

Have you ever felt a wrestling inside yourself of who am I? Or am I who I am meant to be? Most of us feel this battle of inside of us, a battle of false self & true self. Looking at the story of Peter we see Jesus desires in community for us to discover our authentic selves. Enjoy this message as Pastor Jonny pulls out Jesus heart for an authentic community. 

Ground zero to Following Jesus In Community is, what is Jesus' view of community? What does he think its suppose to be? Jesus was not only offensive in His teaching but also by who he called community, family... What was so radical about it and why should it matter to us?

This past Sunday Pastor Jonny laid out the vision for Point View Church and God heart for the house. 

Pastor Craig finished up our series looking at Matt 5:38-48 - Retribution and loving your neighbor in the gap.

As we continue our teaching from the sermon on the mount we look at the passage of Matt 5:33-37 on Oaths. How does this teaching guide us in the gap? What does this mean for us as followers of Jesus?

As we continue our "IN THE GAP" series we read through Matthew 5:27-32 and Jesus' response to Objects and Oppressions. 

Religion says keep your outward actions right but as follower of Jesus calls to a heart change beneath the surface. We look at Anger in Matthew 5:21-26 and how Jesus calls us to live.

We have started a new series "In The Gap". A life as a Christian is to stand in the gap to see a shift of Gods Kingdom in our worlds. How to do we stand in the gap and thrive? What posture do we take? This past Sunday we looked a Joy in the gap

We are warned about gaps in life, don't fall down the gap, you will get hurt in the gap. As we experience an ever growing gap in our nation God speaks of a different story, He is looking for followers to stand in the gap. What does it mean to stand in the gap? How do we stand in the gap? 

Reading from the passage John 14:1-6 Pastor Craig leans into the true meaning of Gods place for you. 

As we continue our series of "Your Place" we looked at a place we live through out our whole lives, called "The Waiting Place".  Looking through the lens of Genesis 8 with the story of Noah we looked at the importance of waiting and what it produces. 

"Place" is important to our belonging but what if we are rooted in the wrong place? We are called to an intimate space with the Father and so building value in this place is primary to our walk.

We have kicked off a new series called "Your Place". We feel in this season God is preparing hearts to get in place. Kara shared a great word on how we disqualify ourselves from our place. You are vital to your place.

On Father's day we are reminded of the need for Father in this cultural moment. Today we leaned into the desire of our Heavenly Father, to love your neighbor as yourself.

In this difficult season God is doing a deep work in us, thou uncomfortable there is a purpose in mind. Pastor Craig spoke this purpose, to the Refiner's fire. 

This past Sunday we celebrated Pentecost Sunday from our homes online. Pentecost (50th day) or feast of weeks was a day where the children of Israel would offer up their first fruits. The birthing of the church on Pentecost where the Holy Spirit was poured out, was Gods first fruit of the new covenant. What was the result of this first fruit? Listen to this message from Pastor Jonny. 

Drawing close to God, being a child of God means we invite our heavenly Father's discipline. We looked at Hebrews 12:5-11 as we understood what it meant for a Father's discipline in our life and what it produces.