Reach Community Church

This is the garden in which good fruit grows, the soil that God cultivates and cares for, the place where a blessing is commanded. Unity. This is the garden where we can stand before God, naked and unashamed. Unity This is the garden where blame stops and gratitude begins, the ground in which holy longing and holy being collide. Unity

Three times in the gospels Jesus said, “My house will be called a house of prayer…” We know that even though things seem out of control in our world God is still working. 2 Chronicles 7:14 says “if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray…” What if… the church was UNITED in prayer? Would the church experience an even greater move of the spirit of God?

This week, we start a three-week series called One: The Church United, and over the next three weeks, you will get to see how much we believe in the work of “The Church” and not just one Church. Today, you will hear from me, and in the next two weeks, you will hear from two of my closest friends and pastors. We decided on The Church United because, in our current culture, you see more disunity tha...

Throughout time, people have asked the question…why am I here? For us as believers in Jesus Christ, it’s really a simple answer…TO KNOW GOD, AND TO MAKE HIM KNOWN! We read our bibles, go to church, listen to Christian podcasts, pray, and spend a lot of effort in getting to know God, but what about making Him known? How often do we share about Jesus with those that don’t know Him? How do we do that...

Happy Father's Day!! As we celebrate Father's Day, I want to talk about the opportunity we are given to invest in something that will outlive us, and I am not talking about our careers. The truth about those is we will quickly be replaced and soon forgotten about. Sorry if that hurts!! If you want to leave a legacy, investing in people is the best way to do that. People are the one thing that surv...

You were not made to muscle through this world; you were not made to pull yourself up by your bootstraps. No matter how much our culture tells you otherwise. We were made for community. We were made to help each other along the way. If you are here this morning, I hope you see the need for others to help encourage you to take the next step in your faith. When everything is working correctly, this...

How awesome would it be to walk with Jesus in person? Life would be easier if he were always with me. I would make much better decisions and choices. He would be there when I had a question or concern to bring me understanding and clarity. Jesus told his disciples that he was leaving, but in that same breath, he told them that it was to their benefit because he would send another helper/comforter/...

How do you make it through a typical day? How do you make it through your worst day? How you answer these question will determine the outcome. Let me confess here that I am a work in progress. I am still figuring out how to live completely in the trust of the Lord and handle every overwhelming situation with grace and mercy through the Holy Spirit. Today, we will learn from a man who faced many im...

Jesus is the Good Shepherd. That statement offers us so much hope. Today's text comes from John 10. Jesus will continue to open our understanding of his divinity, leadership, and the world's desire to call you another way. He is the way, the truth, and the life. He calls for us to trust, believe, and obey him. That path will be challenging, but it is the only one that will produce the fruit from t...

Moms know us better than anyone else. They aren't fooled like others. They know a fake cry from a real one. They also see our potential better than anyone else. And their mission in life is to see their children succeed. They have a way of seeing the truth that is hidden. So, what does this have to do with Jesus's first miracle? A few things. First, we see a mother who knows what is hidden from ev...

Disciples Follow Jesus!! That is the plain and simple truth. If you are not following Jesus, are you his Disciple? Look what Jesus says in Matthew 16:24 ….“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. Today, we will look at the invitation Jesus gave us to follow. We are all following something; let us intentionally follow Jesus, the author, and perfecter o...

What are you preparing for? Prior Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance. Have you ever heard this before? Our active and ongoing relationship with Jesus prepares us for what is coming our way because life is happening to you, whether you are planning it or not. Today's text comes out of Luke 22 and Matthew 26. The world of the Disciples is about to come crumbling down, and Jesus is taking the...

Here is the question we will wrestle with this morning. Are you offered a place in the kingdom of God? Hopefully, you are thinking to yourself, of course, this is Church, a place where we are invited into the Grace of God each Sunday. The better question is, what are you doing with the invitation? The offer has been made, and many will get the invitation, but few will choose to accept the offer. T...

We just spent the last two weeks talking about what Jesus was willing to do for us to show his love by making a way back to the Father for you and me. The question for today what does God want from us now? How do we demonstrate our love and faith for our savior? How do we love an unseen God? We love people that we can see. Hopefully, you are wearing your steal-toed shoes today because the words of...

HE HAS RISEN!!!! Last week, we talked about Luke nine and the fact that Jesus set his face toward Jerusalem, meaning he set his face toward the cross, meaning he set his face toward your freedom and redemption. Today, we will look closely at what Jesus accomplished on the cross and what he meant when he said it was Finished. The real question you need to answer today is what this means for me!! 

Today, we are starting our two-week series celebrating our resurrected SAVIOR called "It is Finished." But before we get to the finished work of the cross, you must know that nothing would stop Jesus from completing his mission. His mission was the world's redemption, and there had to be a cross. Luke tells us in chapter nine that Jesus set his face toward Jerusalem. Where are you going? How deter...

Reach Community Church

Most people in this room believe God can do great and miraculous things. God's ability isn't the hard part. Don't get me wrong, it takes faith to reach this point, but it's relatively easy to believe that God can. The hard part is this question. Is he willing to do it for you? This is where the text is going to lead us today. Let's see what God might want to say and do today if you are willing.

Pastor Randy Thornton - Grace Church Southern Pines

How do you see the Father? How you answer this question determines your willingness to interact with him. Does he care, does he pursue, does he forgive, and does he want me? I don't want you to answer those questions with just your theological knowledge because good theology matters for nothing if it doesn't affect how you live. The Gospels were the Father's way of teaching us truths about him. Re...

Today, we continue our walk through the life of Joshua, a faithfully consistent man. We have seen that his faithfulness starts with his connection to the presence of God. I believe that was the seed that grew him into the man we are reading about today. We also saw how important it is to have a POV filtered through our trust in the father. Recently, I have been challenged by the fact that I don't...

Do you know what POV stands for? Anyone?! It stands for Point of View. POV is a particular attitude or way of considering a matter. The way you interpret what you see matters. You people can see the same thing and have two completely different perspectives. If you are married, you know exactly what I am talking about. You can both witness the same thing and have two different responses. Right!!! A...

Welcome to 2024. Ready or not, it is here. What do you want out of this year? You may even have set some goals. Sadly, most of those will be forgotten by the middle of this month. I want more for you than just a better, skinnier, or richer you. I want to help you live like Jesus is better than everything else. I want Jesus to invade our hearts, homes, and cities. The real question is, how do we do...

Christmas Eve Service 2023

Today, we continue our Love Showed Up series. When love shows up hope in never lost. Hope is a dangerous word when it is linked to most things. I hope this doesn’t happen, or I hope so. Biblical hope isn’t placed on something that may fail you. Biblical hope puts all its confidence in one person. Today, I want to take a more extended look at a text I briefly discussed two Sundays ago and wrestle w...