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We need to flag the way we communicate if we want to bear the name of Jesus in our lives.  Our words, both spoken and typed, reveal if we work with God or against Him.  Approach your words with humility, give purpose and intentionality to them, and fight fire with higher.  We need God to purge our hearts so that we can communicate the way He calls us to.  Join us as we continue our Flagged series...

Flagged: Half Truths We'd often rather cancel our past and keep things hidden than bring our past with us and be upfront about who we are.  The danger of that is feeding the people around us a partial truth, a lie, an identity that we've created for ourselves, which ultimately leads to isolation from others and from God. What God desires for us is to reconcile with our past in order to r...

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God is the God of runaways, a tower of refuge for those seeking safety.  Can we be a church that people run to?  What does Jesus have that we need to carry as a church in order to become that place of refuge?  Truth and Grace.  Not mercy and legalism or our own sense of godliness, but the truth of who Jesus Christ is and the truth of our distance that makes us want to run to Jesus, who then gives...

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The fear (reverence, awe, acknowledgement) of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Prov. 9:10), but the fears of the world will unravel you.  Only one can prevail; if we don't allow our lives to be led by faith, we will be led by fear.  Our faith can either grow facing fear or be choked out by fear - which one sounds like you?  Join us as we continue a new series called "Centered" a...

As we begin the new year, God is calling us to center our lives by bringing focus and intention to our decisions.  In a flurry of ideals and expectations, it's easy to fall prey to fretting over how we appear before others, just as the Pharisees fixated on the outside and forgot what's inside.  Jesus challenged the Pharisees' expectations because he knew that what mattered was being...

The lineage of Jesus was not a string of perfect people but rather a genealogy of broken and obscure individuals.  The beginnings of Jesus was not a place of luxury or favor but rather isolation and poverty.  So have hope that if God brought the Prince of Peace and Lord of Lords from such humble circumstances that He can use you no matter where you are.  Don't give up but press in; God is wit...

Mary and Joseph were two ordinary people who made history as the parents of Jesus because of their willingness to be available.  God creates a purpose and finds a person who has the qualifications but may not even realize it yet.  Make yourself available to God to become what He's called you to be.  Humility is the key.  Join us as Pastor Jules takes a look at Mary and Joseph's answer to...

Pursuit of Possessions vs. His Presence The way we view money reveals where we place our attention and affections.  Do we keep it neatly separated from God, do we pursue it as if it were our god, or do we give God access to our finances?   This is important to determine because it involves our identity.  Wherever our passions go, our identity goes.  Do you invest for the here and now or for eterni...

A life of worship moves beyond songs.  It is a life that pleases God.  It is not a performance out of guilt, but an outpouring of a grateful heart.  Join us as we explore the life of David and how he stood before God and his life embodied worship even through adversity and compromise.  As we continue our One Thing series, Pastor Jules teaches on the different expressions of worship and how we can...

Where do you get your confidence from?  Watch for when you are shaken and doubt the goodness of God.  In Romans, it says that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ, but it can separate us if we allow it to.  When physical things separate you from God's love, it's time to check where your confidence lies.  If your confidence comes from your position in Christ that God is with yo...

In an era when America has created an idol out of all of us, it is important more than ever to take God, our One Thing, into everything we do.  This is worship.  There has been a crisis of order, an inability to put the right love in its rightful place, and as a result, there has been chaos as our worship has become divided.  Join us today as we continue our One Thing series and Pastor Jules instr...

One Thing In Psalms, David sings of the One Thing he desires, which is to dwell in the presence of God.  What does that look like as we go to work and live our everyday lives?  What happens when we say yes to the One Thing and put it over everything else?  Heavenly alignment.  Something divine and dangerous.   A life of worship that is calling to us.  Join us as we begin our One Thing series and P...

When we get offended, what is our first reaction?  We typically react the way we’ve been raised rather than the way we’ve been saved.  And as a result, relationships suffer and can even become severed. What God wants when we are offended, is restoration the way He restored us to Him. Join us as we continue our Hood Series and Pastor Jules speaks on the scandal of falling for offense versus doing i...

The disciples argued over who among them was the greatest when Jesus corrected them.  Don't we do the same thing?  We create our own ideas of what being great looks like and disregard the opinion of God.  We step over what's important to Him and as a result, we find that something's missing from our lives.  Have you been so ambitious that you lost sight of what is important?  Ambiti...

We are looking for more than a religion or lifestyle but an encounter that will change us forever.  Zaccheus experienced this when he encountered Jesus-- when Jesus stopped just for him and went to his house.  As Zaccheus opened up his home and life to Jesus, as Jesus sat across from him within arm's reach, his brokenness and sin transformed into generosity and compassion that filled his home...

When Jesus returned to his hometown as the Messiah, the people were too familiar with him and saw only his past.  This kept them from coming to Jesus and seeing him for who he truly was.  They missed out.  God is calling you to go back to your spiritual hometown-- not to relive the pain and trauma, but as those redeemed and made new, to bring light and hope and to expose the love of Christ to the...

Jesus confronts religious leaders in their hypocrisy and legalism.  They were so concerned about how they appeared that they never dealt with their heart. They felt they had the right to judge others and as a result, stood in the way of people truly looking for Jesus.  Sound familiar?  If you are overly concerned with how others see you or don't even care, it is a sign that there are wounds a...