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Invitation by Illumination Just because one has knowledge of Jesus, doesn't mean they have experienced him.  Jesus is the light, and we can either live in the light or resist it.  We need to ask ourselves what is formless and void in our lives-- the areas in our lives that need to be redeemed, because wherever we resist the light, we invite darkness.  Join us as we begin The Light series, coi...

 As a Be-er, You Begin to Do What does it mean to serve the Lord?  Too often do Christians live this out as striving from a place of pressure in order to feel a sense of purpose, but that isn't what God desires.  He wants us to stop our hyperactivity and know first who He is and His love for us.  The truth is that we don't have to do anything and He still loves us.  Once we get that, a d...

Don't Lose Your Key God's intention is for us to know who we are in Him and express thanksgiving.  Before we do anything, we must start with gratitude.  The key to God is gratitude, so don't lose your key.  Join us as we conclude our Arigato series and Pastor Jules preaches on how to be true worshipers who put God in His rightful place as the One who was, who is, and who will always...

Gratitude helps people to understand how valuable they are, but oftentimes feelings talk us out of expressing thanksgiving.  For many, we feel that gratitude is a sign of weakness and admission of deficit, but God urges us to be a returner, like the one healed leper out of ten, who was the only one to return to Jesus to give thanks.  God reserves something for those who are grateful, that goes bey...

When we are betrayed by someone, it creates trauma in our soul.  We live loosely connected, near but not involved, and surrounded but not engaged.  Jesus never stops reaching for us, so how can we position ourselves as followers of Christ and continue to reach even if we've been hurt by people?  How do we borrow from God and live with faith rather than borrow from our past and transfer our pa...

Fear No Evil: Fear No Evil Out There How do we find peace and live a fulfilling life?  It requires evaluating our own lives with humility and trusting God's Word.  We need to ask ourselves daily if we will have the appropriate quality to our lives when Jesus returns.  Join us as we continue our Fear No Evil series and Pastor Jules teaches from 1 Timothy 4 on the necessity of not fearing the e...

Fear No Evil: In the Dark As the world is getting darker, we have a role to partner with the Lord.  Live in such a way that you can count your days, honoring God.  Especially with the unknown, we've got to fill in the gap with faith, not fear.  Can we be the type of church to fill in the gap with grace and not judgment?  Join us as we continue our Fear No Evil series and Pastor Jules speaks o...

Fear No Evil: The World Is Getting Worse Natural and social signs point to the last days.  As the world gets darker, God's sons and daughters rise up with a holy hope that's founded in God and not contingent upon the natural.  Join us as we begin our new series called Fear No Evil and Pastor Jules points to the signs of a world that is falling apart and how in the midst of darkness, only...

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The goal of gathering at church is for everyone to experience the love of God.  Too many people have cultivated a survival mentality of just coming to get what they want and forgetting about others around them, but God cares about the hearts of all people.  Jesus revealed the most important commandments of loving God and loving your neighbors.  What's beautiful is that our devotion to God dri...

The inability to manage our tiredness can lead to sabotage. When and where we rest determines the rest of our lives. Just as Samson turned to distraction as a replacement for companionship and as a result found himself robbed of his anointing, there are things that we think provide rest but actually makes us exhausted and unfit to make ethical decisions.  Whatever is pulling you away from God, nee...

In the Garden of Eden, every tree was good.  It wasn't until the serpent pointed out the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil to Eve that she noticed it.  And it wasn't until the serpent compared her to God that she began to believe the lie that she needed to be like Him when she was already made in His image.  How many of us believe this lie?  We are being deceived and need to remind one...

What do you do to deal with your pain? Are you working for your pain, or is it working for you?  When we submit our pain to God, He doesn't kill it -- He hires it and uses it and gives it purpose.  Pain has a purpose in the right hands, so don't exclude God from your pain and be willing to go through whatever process you need.  Join us as we continue our Sabotage series and Pastor Jules...

Small compromises on a God-sized promise leads to sabotage.  We might fool ourselves into thinking that a little compromise isn't a big deal, but the truth is a little bit can contaminate a lot.  God says, I love you too much to let you compromise, because He knows that finding sweet things in dead places ultimately leads to death.  Join us as we continue our Sabotage series and Pastor Jules...

We want to move beyond planning and be prepared for any condition, because when the wrong conditions and motives collide, there is sabotage.  David experienced sabotage when he impregnated another man's wife, when sin negotiated him out of God's will.  When he realized what he'd done, he cried out to God to heal whatever made him conducive to sin because he knew that sin unchecked i...

How was Paul filled with joy when he was imprisoned?  He preached that whether he lives or dies, Christ will be exalted and that is why he rejoices.  Either in deficit or surplus, God wins.  Even when you feel stuck in a proverbial prison, God is still working.  The question is, are we so fixated on where we want to be that we can't see what's right in front of us and how God can use tha...

Sometimes in the waiting, we wait the wrong way.  We stew in our dissatisfaction and dysfunction, making excuses, waiting for others, and blaming others.  But God calls us to acknowledge what He's already given us and to activate what we already have.  Join us as we continue up our Work in Progress series and Pastor Jules preaches on the reasons why our progress might be prolonged. Learn more...

Our culture suffers from an addiction to perfectionism.  Nothing is good enough, and as we focus on our lack, we lose joy in the process of attaining perfection. The truth is that a perfect life stands the test of trials; it is not void of trials.  We are to put our hope in not what we have, but in who God is.  Join us as we continue our Work in Progress series and Pastor Jules breaks down what pe...

To escape from temptation isn't self-discipline; it is the right answer that is our escape.  What is the right answer then?  It is God's truth.  Temptation isn't the addiction itself, but it is the lie that tries to emphasize deficit.  Where are you putting your focus-- are you focusing on what you have or what you lack?  Join us as guest speaker Pastor Ali takes us through the temp...

In the Book of Philippians, it says not to worry about anything but to pray about everything, yet more often we worry about everything and pray about nothing.  This deficit in our communion with God causes a deficit of the soul, and we become overwhelmed by the things we've given permission to occupy our thoughts by not protecting what we should.  When we work in prayer, though, over the thin...

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