Rolling Hills Community Church // Franklin Campus

As Christ-followers, we are all called to engage in missions. Sometimes we think that mission work is reserved for others, but actually it is the responsibility of every person who is a Christian. We can engage locally, nationally, and internationally through our prayers, giving, going, and even sponsoring those in need. Jesus said, “Whatever you did for one of the least of these… you did for Me,”...

Every person, through Christ, is called to minister. So often we think that the only “ministers” are those who are on staff at a church. But, actually, if you are a Christ-follower, then you are called to minister and serve the Body of Christ. God has equipped you with spiritual gifts – not simply to grow your own kingdom, but to grow His Kingdom. You grow spiritually when you learn to serve and i...

To follow, you have to move forward. It doesn’t matter if you have been following Christ for 40 minutes or 40 years, we all have a next step to take in our journey. He is ready to use this journey to change us. He wants to make us whole. He wants to make us holy. He wants to make us look like Jesus. He most often uses His Word and the His people to do this change in us. Are you ready to take your...

Starting today, let’s make a 40-Day Commitment to Grow Spiritually. This means we must engage. God created us to grow spiritually and this happens through community. We need others to help us in the hard times and to celebrate with us in the good times. We all want deep relationships, but this only comes when we are willing to invest the time and energy. Church is a gift from God to accomplish His...

This summer we have been on an amazing journey with the children of Israel as God brought them out of slavery and led them to the Promised Land. In our own lives, we are on an amazing journey with the Lord as well. God has freed us from being slaves to sin, and He is leading us to our forever home in heaven. What are we doing with this life we have been given? Are we following Jesus and blessing o...

God is intricately involved in every detail of your life. Because He is Sovereign, holy, and good, you can trust Him in everything. Whether you are going through a valley or on the tops of mountains, God is working all things out according to His will for your life. For the Israelites, God was showing them how He was going to meet with Him. He desires to do the same thing for you today! Will you t...

You might be in a people group where God's law was talked about more than God's love. In fact, you may have been burned by the church because you couldn't seem to get it right. The truth is, the law ultimately points to God's love. We are all law breakers, but we have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus. And when we see what great links God went for us to be called children of God through Jesus Ch...

God provides for His people. So often we worry. We wonder if God sees the circumstances we are facing. We all have needs. Yet, God not only sees, but He cares. God provides for all our needs. God takes care of His people every day. He invites us to trust Him and to follow Him. God provides for both our physical needs and our spiritual needs. God gave His only Son, so that we can have eternal life...

Freedom is a fine line. Enjoying it can quickly translate into abusing it. Celebrating it can easily fast forward into idolizing it. The key to keeping freedom in its proper place and living out one’s freedoms with well-stewarded grace is knowing where it came from and why we have it. In Israel’s case and in our spiritual state, freedom was God’s gift. It wasn’t awarded to Israel then and it isn’t...

Jesus Christ is our Passover Lamb. When God delivered His people out of being slaves in Egypt, He sent the last plague - the death angel. Yet, God told the Israelites to cover the doorposts of their home with the blood of a lamb. Every home covered in the blood of the lamb, the death angel “passed over” and the lives inside were saved. The blood of Jesus covers our hearts if you are in Christ Jesu...

Our God is a God of miracles. There are times when God breaks into our natural world with the supernatural. God is Sovereign over all creation and over your life. Even when a situation seems hopeless, don’t forget about God! Our God is able. God always fights for His people. What prayers are you praying that only God can do? Pray bold prayers. God longs to do miracles in your life. Trust Him and w...

The God of the Universe is calling out to you. He is inviting you into a relationship with Him through His Son, Jesus Christ. This is where The Greatest Adventure begins. Throughout the journey, God has a specific call to each one of His followers. You are uniquely gifted to accomplish His will. Whether it is being a parent, a grandparent, serving in a ministry at church, being baptized, or reachi...

God had a great plan for Moses, just like God has a great plan for each of us. God saved Moses in a basket in the Nile, and then gave Moses the best education in the world at that time. As Moses grew up, he didn’t fall in love with the comforts of this world, but kept a heart for the One True God. Moses ended up in the wilderness where God grew his faith and prepared him to lead His people. God is...

1 John ends with John making sure that we know that we have eternal life through the work of Christ and that should fill us with confidence that He is all that we will ever need. However, the last line warns us to guard ourselves from idols. Idols are objects of misplaced confidence that should belong to God alone. Those things cannot provide for us what we need. Only God can do that. A Beautiful...

God longs for you to embrace A Beautiful Life. The life God has for you is lived by faith and filled with love. As you grow in your knowledge of how much God loves you, then you can extend His love to others. As you love, you become more like Jesus. Are you living the life God has for you? If not, what is keeping you from experiencing God’s best? Will you allow Jesus this week to be the Lord of yo...

Scripture says "Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world". Do you believe that? As you consider the challenges you are facing presently, have faith that the Lord will see you through. Faith is a decision to live with fierce optimism.

As Christ-followers, we are called to live a life of love. Love is the distinguishing mark of a Christian. We are called to love God and to love others. Sometimes it is hard for us to love. We are selfish by nature. We want our way. Yet, love is putting God and others before ourselves. It is one thing to talk about love and another to actually live it out in our lives. Can the people around you se...

God wants us to know about the End Times. Sometimes talking about the End Times can bring angst and fear; however, the Bible talks about how this world will end so that we will not be afraid. God wants us to know the end so that we will be “confident and unafraid.” God wins! God is Sovereign over all. If we are in Christ Jesus, then we are on the winning side. Our goal is to not get distracted but...

God created you to grow spiritually. When we commit our lives to follow Jesus, this is just the beginning. We are then called to mature in our faith journey. This involves taking “next steps” spiritually - being baptized, reading God’s Word, praying, serving, and more. As we grow, we become more like Jesus. There are definite challenges that keep us from growing. Pushing past the challenges and gr...

God wants us to live a beautiful life. We all have a different amount of time on this earth, but for however long we are here, God wants us to live our best life. This is true both physically and spiritually. John, one of Jesus’ closest disciples, explains the importance of knowing and growing in Jesus if we are truly to experience our best life. A deep relationship with Jesus is what brings us jo...

Easter changed the world. Jesus conquered death and made a way for you and me to have eternal life. When we sinned, we were separated from Holy God. Yet, Jesus took our place on the cross. Jesus paid the price for our sins, and by His sacrifice, we can be redeemed. When we repent our sins and commit to follow Jesus, God sees us as righteous and we come alive. Our best life is lived in Christ Jesus...

Jesus takes the initiative with us. Jesus left heaven and came down to earth in order to “seek and to save that which was lost.” Luke 19:10. Because of our sin, we were lost - separated from Holy God. Yet, Jesus takes the initiative to come to us. Regardless of our race, our past sin, our religious background, or our socioeconomic status, Jesus comes to redeem and restore each one of us. Let’s rec...

We all want to know that we are valued and important. We spend the majority of our lives searching for it. In this passage, Jesus speaks about our need for importance and counsels us to stop and trust (like a child) that we are valued and important. We are important enough to die for. As we become more like a trusting child, we can truly begin to teach the next generation to find their value in Ch...

Saying yes to Jesus means saying yes to living on mission or living “sent”! Far too often we seem to think that being sent is for someone else. But according to Jesus, “living sent” is a part of the normal life of the believer. Not only that sent lives are joyful lives, and as followers of Christ we look most like Christ when we live sent! So hold tightly to the truth that “Where you are is where...