Walking in Truth

If you’ve ever been to a hockey game, you know there are high emotions and lots of physical roughing up that happens. Thankfully, there are those tall walls of plastic that keep the players from coming into the stands. The players have a limit to where they’re able to go. Boundaries and limits can actually be a good thing so that you can thrive where you are. Today, Pastor Johnny mentions the bene...

An inheritance is something that you feel honored to receive, knowing that your relatives before you cared enough to leave you with something they worked hard to earn. Well in today’s passage, Pastor Johnny talks about what it means to have the Lord as your inheritance. It may not seem all that exciting as you hear about it. But what you need to realize is that having the Lord as your inheritance...

The Roman Empire was a powerful force that spread and took over much of the known world at the time. The Romans ended up taking control of places that hadn’t been conquered before. Every place that was ruled by them was under their authority. Well today, Pastor Johnny asks you if there are parts of your heart and your life that still need to be conquered. Are you holding on to certain areas, in ho...

So often, it’s exciting to see a house or a room transformed from what it once was to something even better. Well, try this on for size. What if you changed a cruise ship to a battleship? That would be a different twist on renovation, right? But today, Pastor Johnny is saying that this is a necessary change for the people of God and the church to transform from what was easy- breezy to being battl...

When you think about concrete as it’s poured, it’s soft and moveable. But as time goes on, the concrete sets and becomes firm and then immoveable. The whole point of using concrete as a substance is so that it will be very difficult to move or manipulate once it dries. Well in today’s teaching, Pastor Johnny doesn’t want you to have a heart like concrete that becomes so hard that you’re unable to...

When you think about the great empires that ruled in history, you might think of the Persian Empire or the Roman Empire. These great nations expanded their territory and took over areas that weren’t originally theirs. Well today, Pastor Johnny has a message for you…God wants to expand His territory in your heart. He wants to take over and rule and reign in a way that will only bring blessing and v...

It’s hard to let go of control. You have everything in place and things are happening just as you want them to, but there’s something empty about it. You can’t quite put your finger on it, but it’s almost as if the most important piece of the puzzle has somehow gone missing. Today, Pastor Johnny is saying that seeking God and His will in the thing you’re pursuing is the biggest and most important...

Classic signs of an enemy are that they’re not for you, that they’re looking to attack you, and that they somehow have a good knowledge about you. But have you ever thought about the fact that usually, an enemy is in some ways similar to you or tries to camouflage themselves, as if they’re one of you? Today, Pastor Johnny gives fair warning that your enemy is looking to take you out and sometimes,...

What comes to mind when you think about Easter Sunday? Do chocolate bunnies and Easter egg hunts arise in your memory? Those are nice things, but they’re not the important reason that Easter is even a holiday. In today’s teaching, Pastor Johnny shines a light on the real reason why Easter should be celebrated. There’s an importance to the fact that this event happened and it compels you to believe...

Seeing is believing, right? But what about when you just hear about something happening but you weren’t there? You have to go on an eyewitness account. You may not have seen the car accident happen, but you can gather information, based on someone who was standing on the sidewalk and saw the event take place. Today, Pastor Johnny wants you to see the truth behind Jesus’ resurrection. This is the o...

When you make a reservation at a restaurant, you’re claiming a spot that you plan to fill. Nobody else can take that spot because you’ve gone out of your way to reserve it. Well today, Pastor Johnny wants you to know that when you buy-into what Jesus did for you personally, you’re getting a special reserved seat in the courts of heaven! Your place is being held just for you and no one else. If any...

With the current worldwide “plague” that has affected everyone, it brings you to a realization of how powerless you are against such things. But did you know that every person is born into a type of plague called sin? This also seems impossible to overcome. Today, Pastor Johnny reminds you that there’s one Person who can help rescue you from the most crippling of diseases, which is sin. Jesus Chri...

When you take your car in for a car wash, there are times that a special protective coating is offered to keep your car from getting smudged or dirty as easily. What if you could have that kind of protective coating for your body or for your life in general? Well, you can! Today, Pastor Johnny talks about how Jesus’ blood that was shed for you is that protective coating. It’s proof that you believ...

When you think of a lamb, the image that probably comes to mind is a cute and cuddly baby lamb that’s tiny and soft. You’d like to take it home as a pet and get to enjoy it. What typically doesn’t come to mind is the idea of that same lamb being killed and its blood being spread everywhere. Kind of a gross thought, right? Well today, Pastor Johnny helps you see how the lamb spoken of earlier in th...

Jesus’s story demands a response. You can’t simply hear about the Savior and do nothing! In today’s message, Pastor Johnny will urge you to decide what your relationship with Jesus is going to look like. Do you simply want Him around for what you think He can do for you? Or would you rather know Him as He is, the humble and perfect Savior who died for your sins? It’s a choice every person must mak...

Many people come to Jesus with an expectation that He’s going to give them exactly what they want. Maybe that’s you! Pastor Johnny today will be reminding you that there was a purpose to Christ’s time here on earth, but it wasn’t to make your life comfortable. It wasn’t to remove all the bad things from your life. It was to give you Salvation! Jesus loves you too much to let you live in sin foreve...

Jesus had many opportunities to take control – the crowds loved Him, and He certainly had the power to overthrow the government, even rule the world! But Pastor Johnny today will remind you that Jesus routinely stepped away when talk of leadership came up. It wasn’t His time – until He got closer to the cross. Today you’ll join Jesus as He makes His way into the city of Jerusalem, riding on a donk...

How are you supposed to confront someone in a nice way, but also a direct way? Too often, there’s this idea out there that if you disagree with anyone, you’ll be cancelled in person, online, everywhere. Today, Pastor Johnny wants to encourage you to not be that type of person who’s unwilling to hear something from a friend or a family member, even if it stings a little. Try to remember that that p...

There’s that expression of “giving credit where credit is due.” Well in today’s message, Pastor Johnny teaches about Joshua and God’s people carrying through with the conquest of Jericho. Before they could do this, God wanted to see their hearts be right before Him. So if you’re hoping, or praying, or waiting on an answer or a solution to a problem you’re currently in, it might be time to assess w...

When you don’t want people to bother you, you put up walls to keep people out of your business or the things that are too personal to share with anyone. But today, Pastor Johnny is asking you to tear those walls down that divide you from relationships with others and with God. Sometimes, it takes a lot of faith to believe that God can break down those walls in your life. But when that happens, the...

You might be the laughingstock of your school. Maybe you’re considered the freak in your neighborhood. You stand out in your job as the one who does things differently and you might be looked down on for that. Well today, Pastor Johnny is talking about doing things in a way that doesn’t always make sense, but that it may be God’s way, which is non-traditional. Have courage to go-against- the-flow,...

Sometimes, you need a little reassurance. When you’re learning a new skill, it’s nice to have your teacher tell you that what you’re doing is going in the right direction. And if you’re not, they’ll let you know! Well today, Pastor Johnny talks about how God reassured Joshua in leading all these people into new territory. Sure, there were some fears of the unknown, but God has a way of bringing a...

You think about a large rock and there’s little chance of something breaking through the outer surface of the rock because it’s so hard. Now think of you heart being hard like that rock. How is anything supposed to seep into your heart if you’re unwilling? Today, Pastor Johnny wants you to have a soft heart that’s open to hearing from God. Will you listen to God’s Word and be willing to take actio...

Sometimes, you’ll do something to mark the end of one season and the start of a new one. Maybe you have a celebration dinner or you do an outing that marks the end of an era. Perhaps you establish some traditions in a new house or you break some habits that you’ve been holding on to far too long. Well today, Pastor Johnny explains the purpose behind what God asked His people to do before entering...

When you think of statues or even of ruins from ancient history, it reminds you of what has happened in the past. But too often today, you can go about your merry way, moving forward. But sometimes, it’s important to remember where you’ve come from in order to know where you’re going. Today, Pastor Johnny talks about ways you can put-into-practice remembering what God’s done so that you don’t forg...