The Well Ministry

Many Christians know the Lord's prayer, but do the rest of our prayers have the same heart behind them? In this week's sermon, Pastor Nathan goes through it line by line and shows us how we can follow this example from Jesus in all of our prayers.

Generosity, prayer and fasting are essentials to the Christian walk, but is there a wrong way to do them? In this week's message, Pastor Nathan begins explaining Matthew 6 and reveals how these verses can apply to each of us today.

So often we desire mercy for ourselves and justice for our enemies. In this week's sermon, Pastor Nathan wraps up Matthew 5 and Jesus' countercultural teaching on turning the other cheek and going the extra mile. 

Jesus didn't shy away from difficult topics, especially in the Sermon on the Mount. In this week's sermon, Pastor Nathan continues through Matthew 5 and explains what Jesus says about murder, adultery, divorce, and oaths and how it reveals the hidden issues in our own hearts and yet also point us to the goodness of His. 

Romans 8:28- a verse many Christians know by heart but is it written on our hearts as well? In this week’s sermon, guest preacher Ryan Pierce unpacks Romans 8 and what it means to truly know the truths laid out in this chapter.

Jesus said He came not to abolish the law but to fulfill it, but what exactly does that mean, and are there any laws from the Old Testament we're still expected to follow today? In this week's sermon, Pastor Nathan shows us how Paul's letters further explain this fulfillment and how it applies to the law and grace.

Jesus says we are the salt of the earth and the light of the world -- two ordinary things we're very familiar with. In this week's sermon, Pastor Nathan dives into these concepts and reveals what we may miss at first glance.

This week, Pastor Nathan delves into the Beatitudes to explain to us the foundations of righteous living.

What are we unwilling to leave behind to follow Jesus? In this week’s sermon, Pastor Nathan goes over the calling of Jesus’ first disciples and how the call on our own lives today hasn’t changed.

In this week's sermon, Pastor Nathan goes over Jesus being tempted in the wilderness and how Satan's strategies have not changed for tempting us today.

John the Baptist probably wouldn’t fit today’s expectation of someone who has a very influential ministry, and yet he drew crowds of people who listened to his call to repentance. In this week’s sermon, Pastor Nathan dives into John’s story and what it looks like when your life is centered around seeing God glorified as opposed to yourself.

If God intends to answer our prayers, why does he so often wait? For this week’s sermon, we take a quick detour to the book of Luke where Pastor Nathan gives us some background on John the Baptist and the years of silence that preceded him.

Who were the Magi and why did they come? In this week's sermon, Pastor Nathan goes over the Christmas story and explains how the Magi's response to Jesus sets an example for how we should respond to him today.

How do we hear from God? We often think of prayer as one-way — just us talking to God, but in this week’s episode Joe Croswell teaches us about hearing from God and then leads us in a time of guided prayer to practice listening. The timestamps for each prompt are below as well as the list to choose from for the third prompt. Prompt 1: 15:22 Prompt 2: 20:19 Prompt 3: 28:08 Prompt 4: 32:00 List of w...

The Book of Matthew is set apart in its focus on how Jesus fulfills the covenants and prophecies of the Old Testament. In this week’s sermon, Pastor Nathan introduces us to this book of the Bible and how, even just in the genealogy,  we can see that God is in every detail.

What does life under the care of the Good Shepherd look like? In this week’s sermon, Pastor Nathan wraps up our series on Psalm 23 and explains how this psalm doesn’t just describe what God does for us but also reminds us of who He is.

What does it mean to be anointed? In this week’s sermon on Psalm 23, Pastor Nathan explains the phrase “you anoint my head with oil” and why it is so important to the body of Christ.

What does it mean for God to go before us? In this week's sermon, Pastor Nathan unpacks what it looks like for a shepherd to "prepare a table" for his sheep and how this can give us a fresh understanding of how God prepares a way for us. 

In Psalm 23, David states that he fears no evil as he walks through the valley because God is with him and he is comforted by the rod and the staff of the shepherd. This week, Pastor Nathan explores what the rod and the staff represent and how they can both protect and bring comfort to the sheep.

Have we grown comfortable in our walk with Jesus? In this week's sermon, Pastor Nathan continues our study of Psalm 23 revealing how God restores our souls when we are far from Him.

God's continual desire for us is true peace and rest. In this week's sermon, Pastor Nathan explains what it looks like to trust Jesus to lead us to living water in the midst of fear, restlessness, and difficulty.

What does it mean to say, "The Lord is my shepherd"? Kicking off our series in Psalm 23, Pastor Nathan introduces the importance of knowing Jesus as the good shepherd, and the peace that comes when our lives are set on Him.

The book of Genesis lays the foundation for the entire biblical story. As we finish this series, Pastor Nathan unpacks the central themes of the book, wrapping up the story of Joseph and how it points us to the fullness of Christ's forgiveness.

Are we blinded to seeing God’s will for our lives because we refuse to put aside the blessing we’d rather have? In this week’s sermon, Pastor Nathan finishes the blessings at the end of Genesis 49 and shows us how the fruition of both the seemingly negative and the positive blessings benefited the nation of Israel as a whole.

When we think about Jesus, are we seeing the full picture? In this week's sermon, Pastor Nathan unpacks the beginning of Genesis 49 and how the prophecies for the tribes of Israel are fulfilled. It's yet another example of how the Old Testament points us to and is fulfilled in Jesus.