Vineyard Richmond Weekly Message

Is all sin really the same in God’s eyes?

How on earth do you get through the day without making judgments on someone?

Even in the simplest of ways, scripture is being twisted in our world today. What did Jesus actually say, and how do we live it out?

A plant can look good. A plant can make leaves and be green, but if you are actually seeking fruit and it doesn’t bear fruit, it is worthless.

Today is a day for us to consider the fact that we get to start a new year— to start over so to speak. Our God is the God of second chances, of third, and fourth, and fifth, chances.

I see a God who sees you, hears you, knows you, wants you, calls to you, convicts you, and wants to put his arms around you.

Welcome to the end of a year. Does it feel like you are left with a lot of trash? Does it feel like you have been blessed in a lot of ways? You wake up, Christmas is over. Then what?

The Magi had no idea of the significance of their story. They were the first true strangers to acknowledge Jesus’ holy heritage. They were gentiles. This is a major hint that the Messiah will be for all people.

What was God thinking? He chose to save the world in such a strange way.

What child is this, who laid to rest, on Mary’s lap is sleeping? Or maybe more important— who is Jesus to you?

Mary held baby Jesus, and 33 years later she stood before the cross. Would Mary do it all again if she knew? As you stand in anticipation of the second advent of Jesus, the Lord’s Messiah, would you do it all again for the chance to be here?

Listen in on the word Pastor Joe shared at our Pulse Worship Experience. This was a night filled with Worship, Baptisms, and Ministry to one another.

What are the winds and waves that are threatening you right now?

A part of our mission is to become a community. As a community, we reach in to protect the wellbeing of each other and reach out to bring others in.

We yearn for the kingdom. We want so see people get healed, we want to see people get changed-- but to get there, we have to go through many hardships.

Are we even hungry? Do we want change? REALLY?

We can so easily buy into the idea that the world is crumbling, the sky is falling, and all is lost… UNLESS…

We are called to compassion, to care for the least of these: the outcast, the unwanted, and the rejected.

We can see from the beginning that it was the nature of God that he loves his children. Even when we don’t love his children, God loves his children.

There is a battle going on between heaven and hell and you and I find ourselves in the middle. God is seeking and saving his children, his lost sheep. The devil is seeking whom he may devour.

As we come together we know we have the right, individually and corporately, to come before God in prayer.

Both Abraham and Moses we considered to be friends of God. Do you think God likes you?

We are supposed to be teaching people to obey what Jesus said, commanded, taught, and prescribed for us to do.

While the 11:15a service had the chance to cheer our friends on in baptism, this is the full message that PJoe had prepared for the morning. This season, along with our small groups, we are digging through John Mark Comer’s “God Has a Name”. Knowing God begins with knowing his name.

Every single morning when I wake up, I feel like I ought to do holy things. I ought to pray. I ought to read scripture. I ought to journal and write about my spiritual life. But I don’t always want to.