Serving Jesus Christ

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is: What Kind Of Ground Are You? Today's message actually starts in a field. So if you've ever planted a garden, or watched a farmer work a field, or even just tried to grow one stubborn tomato plant on your back porch, this one's for you. Today we're opening up to Matthew 13:18-23. This is Jesus explaining His own parable — the Parable of the Sower. Now, here's...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is: Rest For Your Soul! Today's message is called "Rest for Your Soul," and it comes from one of the most beloved passages in all of the New Testament — Matthew 11:28-30. Jesus looks out at a crowd of people who are worn out, beaten down, and carrying loads they were never meant to carry alone, and He says something that stops everyone in their tracks: "Come to...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is: NOT PEACE, BUT A SWORD! Today we are preaching from Matthew chapter ten, verses thirty-four through forty-two. And honestly? This is one of those passages that might make you sit up straight in your chair. Jesus says something that sounds shocking at first: He did not come to bring peace but a sword. He talks about division in families. He talks about crosse...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is: WHERE GRACE GOES WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING LEFT! Today's message is called Where Grace Goes When You Have Nothing Left. We're spending time in one of the most breathtaking passages in all of the New Testament — Romans chapter 5, verses 6 through 15. And I have to tell you, when I sat down to prepare this message, I kept reading these verses over and over. Not be...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is: Who Does He Think He's Eating With? Today's message comes from Matthew chapter 9, verses 9 through 13. The title is "Who Does He Think He's Eating With?" — and honestly, that is the question that hangs in the air the moment Jesus sits down at a dinner table with a tax collector and a bunch of sinners. The religious leaders were scandalized. The neighbors wer...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is: Waiting On God With Whole Heart! Today's message comes from one of the most beloved poems ever written — Psalm 8. And I want you to hold on to that word: poem. Because that's what this is. King David didn't sit down with a theology textbook when he wrote Psalm 8. He stepped outside under the vast, star-splashed sky of the ancient Near East, and something dee...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is: Waiting On God With Whole Heart! Today we're opening up Psalm 25, and I want to tell you right up front — this is one of those passages that feels like it was written yesterday. David wrote this psalm at a time when he was surrounded by enemies, weighed down by his own sin, and genuinely unsure which way to turn. And yet, instead of running away from God, he...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is: Trust God! Today's message comes from 1 Peter 5:6–11, and we're calling it "Humble Yourself, Stand Firm, Trust God: Living in the Grip of God's Grace." This passage was written by the apostle Peter to Christians who were scattered across the ancient world, facing real suffering, real pressure, and real fear. And honestly, Peter's words feel like they were wr...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is: The God You Don't Know - Yet! In this episode, we're digging into one of the most remarkable scenes in the entire New Testament. We're heading to Athens, Greece — the intellectual capital of the ancient world — where the Apostle Paul stands in the middle of the Areopagus, the famous hill where the greatest thinkers of the day gathered to debate ideas. And Pa...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is: You Are God's Own: Living as the Living Stones Today's message comes from one of the richest, most identity-shaping passages in the entire New Testament — 1 Peter 2:2–10. And I want to tell you right up front: this is not just theology for the seminary classroom. This is a living word for living people in a confusing world. Peter is writing to believers who...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is: The Voice That You Can Trust! You know what? We live in a world full of voices. Everywhere you turn, someone is telling you what to believe, how to live, what matters most. Some voices are loud. Some are persuasive. Some even sound spiritual. But here's the question we need to ask— which voice can you trust? Today we're going to look at John 10:1-10, where J...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is: Cut To The Heart! Today we are looking at Acts 2:36–41. This is one of the most powerful moments in the entire New Testament. Peter is preaching at Pentecost. The Holy Spirit has come. And now something incredible happens—the people listening are cut to the heart . Let me say that again, because it matters: they are cut to the heart. And here's the thing—thi...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:  From Doubt To Faith! Today we are stepping into one of the most personal and relatable passages in all of Scripture—John 20:24–31. It's the account of Thomas, often called "Doubting Thomas." And honestly, I think many of us understand Thomas better than we might like to admit. Here's the thing—Thomas isn't just a man in the Bible. Thomas is us. He represent...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:  Because He Lives: Hope for Today and Tomorrow! Today we are focusing on the greatest event in human history—the resurrection of Jesus Christ. And we are going to reflect on that truth through a beloved hymn, Because He Lives. Many of you know the words: "Because He lives, I can face tomorrow. Because He lives, all fear is gone." But here's the thing—those w...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:  The King We Didn't Expect, The Savior We Needed! Today we come to one of the most recognizable scenes in all of Scripture: Palm Sunday. Crowds are gathering. Voices are rising. Branches are waving. People are shouting, "Hosanna!" It feels like a celebration. It looks like a victory parade. And honestly, if we stopped there, we might think everything is goin...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:  I Am The Resurrection And The Life! Today we are looking at one of the most powerful statements Jesus ever made. In John 11 , standing in the middle of grief and loss, Jesus says something astonishing: "I am the resurrection and the life." Those words were spoken to a woman named Martha whose brother Lazarus had just died. Her heart was broken. Her hopes se...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:  Walking As Children Of Light Today we're looking at a powerful passage from the Apostle Paul's letter to the Ephesians— Ephesians 5:8–14 . In these verses, Paul talks about the difference between darkness and light . That's something even children understand. When the lights go out at night, everything feels different. You can't see clearly. You might stumb...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:  While We Were Yet Sinners Today we spent time in one of the most powerful passages in the entire Bible— Romans 5:6–11 . The message is simple, but it is life-changing: God demonstrated His love for us while we were still sinners. Think about what we saw together. 1.      First, we learned that humanity is helpless in sin. We cannot rescue ourselves or earn...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:  Sinners in the Hands of a Holy God Several years ago, there was a controlled burn planned outside a rural community. The goal was good — clear brush, prevent a larger wildfire later. Experts monitored wind, timing, moisture levels. But something changed. The wind shifted faster than expected. Flames moved in a direction no one predicted. What was controlled...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:  I'm Still A Little Bit Curious When I was a boy, I used to love looking at maps. Big paper maps. I would trace the highways with my finger and imagine traveling to places I had never been. I had never seen the Rocky Mountains, but I knew they were there. I had never stood on the ocean shore, but I believed it existed because the map showed it clearly. Now h...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:  I'm Just A Little Bit Curious When I was a kid, one of the hardest things to hear was, "You'll find out later." You ask a question—about a trip, a surprise, what's coming next—and the answer is just vague enough to leave you hanging. No details. No timeline. Just waiting. But even then, there was something reassuring about it. I didn't know what was coming,...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:  You Are the Light and Salt In the World This is not a message about self-promotion. It is not a call to moral superiority. And it is certainly not a command to withdraw from the world in fear. Instead, it is a clear, steady call to faithful presence—to living in such a way that the grace of God, the truth of Christ, and the goodness of the gospel quietly bu...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:   God's Wise Way! In  1 Corinthians 1:18–31 , the apostle Paul speaks to a church that is getting pulled into pride, cliques, and competition. And Paul doesn't fix it by giving them a motivational speech. He fixes it by pointing them back to the center of everything: the cross of Jesus Christ . Today we're going to move through the message in three sections...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:   The Lord Is My Light! Today we turn our attention to Psalm 27:1–4 , a passage that has steadied the hearts of God's people for centuries. These words were not written during a peaceful chapter of life. They were spoken in the midst of danger, pressure, and uncertainty. David is not offering theory here—he is giving testimony. In this narrative-style sermon...

This Sunday's Inspirational Message is:   Behold The Lamb! Today we walked through John 1:29-42 and saw four movements: beholding Jesus the Lamb who removes sin, hearing testimony that points to Him, responding to His personal "Come, and you will see," and extending that invitation by bringing others. The big idea? Jesus calls us to Himself and then sends us to others—simple, personal, life-changi...