Verve City Church: Weekly Messages

Before the miracles, before the leadership, before the burning bush, there were forty years of sheep. Moses spent decades in obscurity wondering if his best years were behind him. If you've ever felt stuck, overlooked, or uncertain about what God is doing in your life, you'll find hope in the forgotten years of Moses' story.

Most people know Moses as a great leader. What they often forget is that he started as a fugitive. After taking matters into his own hands and making a terrible mistake, Moses ran for his life. If you've ever felt defined by regret, disappointed by your choices, or convinced you've blown your chance, this story is for you. Discover how God's grace can redeem even our worst moments. 

Some dads are heroes. Some relationships are complicated. Most of us have a little bit of both in our story. We want to honor the dads, coaches, role models, and mentors who helped shape who we are. So whether you're celebrating your dad, remembering him, or figuring out fatherhood yourself, this message is for you. 

Nobody wakes up one day and decides to become cynical. It happens slowly: one disappointment, one betrayal, one frustrating headline at a time. This Sunday, we’ll talk about how to protect your heart from cynicism without pretending life is easier than it is.

What if the greatest threat to your future isn't failure? What if it's success ? Not because success is bad… But because it has a way of revealing what's really happening beneath the surface. In this message, we look at how Jesus turns our assumptions about greatness upside down and offers a better way to live, lead, and make an impact . Whether you're chasing a dream, leading...

  Failure has a way of following us around. A mistake, a missed opportunity, a relationship that fell apart, a dream that didn’t work out; before long, what happened starts to shape how we see ourselves. In this episode, we explore how to face failure honestly, learn from it, and move forward without letting it define who you are.  

Ever feel stuck between two tough options… or overwhelmed by a decision you really don’t want to get wrong? This week Josh continues our “How to Handle Anything” series with a message on navigating impossible decisions. How can followers of Jesus move forward when life feels unclear, emotions are high, and every option comes with tension? Whether you’re facing a relationship crossroads, a parentin...

What do you do when someone drives you crazy, but Jesus still calls you to love them? This week we explored why love doesn’t mean becoming a doormat and how Jesus invites us to handle difficult people with curiosity, humility, and zero contempt. This series is for all of us who've ever thought, "I wish someone would just tell me how to handle this!" No matter what life throws at you...

Some things are too important not to pass on. In this special Mother’s Day message from Verve City Church, Josh Crain and Audrey Eisenberg explore one of the biggest questions every parent, mentor, friend, and follower of Jesus eventually faces: How do you pass your faith on to the next generation without forcing it, faking it, or losing heart? Through the story of Joshua and the Israelites, this...

Most of us have had moments of clarity. We notice the pattern, name the issue, and genuinely want life to look different. But insight alone rarely changes anyone. Real transformation happens when what we’ve awakened to becomes something we intentionally build into the rhythms of everyday life. Change is not usually dramatic, but architectural. It is formed through the repeated practices, relations...

One of the most confusing things about faith is this: you follow Jesus… and life is still hard. The struggles don’t disappear. The questions don’t go away. And sometimes that can make you wonder if you’re doing something wrong. This week, we’re going to talk honestly about why faith doesn’t remove struggle, and why it was never meant to. Because following Jesus doesn’t mean life gets easier. It me...

Life gets heavy when you’re carrying what was never meant to rest on your shoulders. In a world of pressure, noise, ambition, anxiety, and endless voices competing for your trust, it’s easy to end up living on the edge of your seat: always bracing, always striving, always trying to hold it all together. But what if the exhaustion you feel isn’t because life is too hard, but because the wrong voice...

Most of us want to change something. We want more peace, more discipline, more presence, more consistency. But no matter how strong the intention, we often find ourselves drifting back into the same reactions, habits, and patterns. Why? Because real change is harder than behavior management. Much of our lives are being shaped beneath the surface by distraction, autopilot, and thought patterns we b...

Ever wish you could rewind? Before the mistake. Before that big loss. Before life got complicated. Easter says you can’t go back. But you can start again. Jesus’ resurrection isn’t about restoring your old life. It’s about offering you a new one. If you’re ready for something better than a do-over, join us for Easter at Verve City Church. Real people. Real hope. A fresh start.

Luke’s Jesus forgives those who are killing him. He promises paradise to a criminal. He entrusts his spirit to the Father. Where Mark gives us anguish and Matthew gives us apocalypse, Luke gives us mercy. This week, we’ll see that the cross is about both what was done to Jesus and what Jesus does for others. Luke reveals a God whose final word over enemies is mercy, whose final word over outsiders...

Matthew records the same cry as Mark but shapes its meaning differently. The earth shakes. Rocks split. The temple veil tears. Tombs open. Matthew wants us to see what Mark made us feel. The cross is not merely personal agony; it's cosmic upheaval. It's a turning point in the story of the world. This week, we’ll ask: What if the cross was the moment everything changed? What if what looke...

 “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” If you were inventing a religion, this is not the line you would end with. Mark gives us a Jesus who does not float above suffering. He does not deliver a polished speech. He does not offer explanation. He screams a Psalm into the darkness. This week, we’ll explore the rawest of the Gospels. Mark shows us that faith is not pretending everything is fine....

Have you ever noticed that some Christians seem to be pretty obsessed with the end of the world? Last week, the United States launched an attack on Iran. Throughout the past week, many American pastors stepped into pulpits explaining what this war might mean for “the end times.” Words like rapture, millennium, and apocalypse started flying around. And here’s what’s fascinating: the system of Bible...

In 2024, Cal Newport of Georgetown University proposed that we have entered into a period of American life he dubs "The Great Exhaustion." Many of us feel incredibly tired, and not just physically. Mentally. Emotionally. Existentially. In Leviticus, God builds rest and reset into reality itself. Not as a rule, but as resistance. Not as religion, but as rebellion against a world that neve...

Once you get behind, it's really hard to catch up. Debt doesn't magically clear. Power doesn't usually volunteer to shrink. Systems drift in the direction of protecting whoever is already winning. We all know this. So here's the surprising part: buried in one of the strangest sections of the Bible is a vision for interrupting that drift. Like a reset button built into the fabri...

In the first week of our new series, Blood, Guts, and Fire, we begin a journey into one of the most mysterious books in Scripture: Leviticus. Raw and intense, Leviticus confronts us with blood and sacrifice and rituals that feel foreign to our modern sensibilities. But what if God was teaching his people that nothing in this world is disposable — not our bodies, not our relationships, not even the...

Relationships are messy because we’re messy. The Psalms show the pain of relational conflict and the beauty of restored connection. By understanding ourselves and others, we can build healthier, grace-filled relationships.

If Part 1 is naming anxiety, Part 2 is developing practices to move toward peace. Scripture gives us rhythms, habits, and reframing techniques that retrain our anxious minds. 

Anxiety is the body’s alarm system, but many of us live with the alarm blaring. The Psalms normalize anxious feelings and Jesus reframes the way we relate to our worries. 

Control is often fear dressed up as strategy. We manipulate, micromanage, and grasp for outcomes because we’re anxious about uncertainty. The Psalms bring us back to trust, surrender, and honest self-reflection.