Opendoor Church Weekly Messages

Are you living like an ambassador for Jesus, or has your faith quietly become all about you? In this message, Pastor Michael Chandler wraps up our 40th anniversary series with the final piece of our vision: going forth to reveal Him to our community and world. Drawing from Matthew 28 and Acts 1:8, he reminds us that sharing Jesus is not the calling of a select few but the call of every Christ foll...

Are you still on fire for Jesus, or has your love for Him slowly started to grow cold? In this message from our series celebrating 40 years as a church, Pastor Aaron Kennedy walks through Matthew 24, 1 John 2, and Revelation 2 to show how the love of many will grow cold in the last days: our love for God, our love for one another, and our love for the lost. He unpacks how culture, compromise, and...

Are you being led by God’s presence, or driven by your own plans and abilities? In this message, Pastor John Conway shares from 2 Corinthians 3 how embracing God’s character and gifts transforms us from glory to glory. He reminds us that we are led by His presence, not a platform; confident in the Holy Spirit, not ourselves; bold in declaring and demonstrating who He is; and set free as we are cha...

Are you settling for knowing about God instead of actually knowing Him? In this message, Elder Elliotte Pearson walks through the names of God revealed in Scripture, from Jehovah Jireh, the Lord who provides, to Jehovah Shalom, the Lord our peace, and shares personal stories of provision, healing, deliverance, and peace. He reminds us that God’s character must be discovered, revealed, and experien...

Are you being led by God’s presence, or driven by your own plans and abilities? In this message, Pastor John Conway shares from 2 Corinthians 3 how embracing God’s character and gifts transforms us from glory to glory. He reminds us that we are led by His presence, not a platform; confident in the Holy Spirit, not ourselves; bold in declaring and demonstrating who He is; and set free as we are cha...

Are you settling for knowing about God instead of actually knowing Him? In this message, Elder Elliotte Pearson walks through the names of God revealed in Scripture, from Jehovah Jireh, the Lord who provides, to Jehovah Shalom, the Lord our peace, and shares personal stories of provision, healing, deliverance, and peace. He reminds us that God’s character must be discovered, revealed, and experien...

What if the way you love people is the clearest evidence that you love God? In this message, Pastor Michael Chandler continues our 40th anniversary series by looking at what it means to be a church that loves people. Teaching from 1 John 4, he reminds us that we love because God loved us first, and that real love looks like Jesus laying His life down on the cross. He shares three marks of a church...

Are you loving people the way you did when you first fell in love with Jesus, or has your love slowly grown cold? In this message, Pastor Aaron Kennedy shares from Revelation 2, Matthew 24, and 1 John 4 how the clearest evidence of our love for God is the way we love the people around us. He defines agape as the deliberate choice to seek another person's good, even when emotion, agreement, or reci...

What if the way you love people is the clearest evidence that you love God? In this message, Pastor Michael Chandler continues our 40th anniversary series by looking at what it means to be a church that loves people. Teaching from 1 John 4, he reminds us that we love because God loved us first, and that real love looks like Jesus laying His life down on the cross. He shares three marks of a church...

Are you loving people the way you did when you first fell in love with Jesus, or has your love slowly grown cold? In this message, Pastor Aaron Kennedy shares from Revelation 2, Matthew 24, and 1 John 4 how the clearest evidence of our love for God is the way we love the people around us. He defines agape as the deliberate choice to seek another person's good, even when emotion, agreement, or reci...

Are you still loving God the way you did at first, or has your faith slowly settled into routine? In this message, Pastor Michael Chandler begins our 40th anniversary series by unpacking the first part of Opendoor Church's vision: to be a church that loves God. Drawing from Jesus' words to the church in Ephesus in Revelation 2, he reminds us that loving God is more than a catchphrase on a wall. It...

Are you as in love with Jesus today as you once were, or has your heart slowly grown cold without you noticing? In this message, Pastor Aaron Kennedy launches our Generation to Generation series, celebrating 40 years as a church by returning to Opendoor's original vision: to be a church who loves God. Drawing from Matthew 24, he shares how easily love can drift and grow cold, and calls us back to...

Are you still loving God the way you did at first, or has your faith slowly settled into routine? In this message, Pastor Michael Chandler begins our 40th anniversary series by unpacking the first part of Opendoor Church's vision: to be a church that loves God. Drawing from Jesus' words to the church in Ephesus in Revelation 2, he reminds us that loving God is more than a catchphrase on a wall. It...

Are you as in love with Jesus today as you once were, or has your heart slowly grown cold without you noticing? In this message, Pastor Aaron Kennedy launches our Generation to Generation series, celebrating 40 years as a church by returning to Opendoor's original vision: to be a church who loves God. Drawing from Matthew 24, he shares how easily love can drift and grow cold, and calls us back to...

Are you experiencing the presence of God, or have you lost the sense of Him without knowing why? In this message, Guest Speaker Dr. R.T. Kendall shares from the story of Peter and John in Acts how the Holy Spirit is gentle and sensitive, and how bitterness, anger, and unforgiveness can quietly lift the sense of His presence from our lives. He reminds us that the Spirit came down on Jesus and remai...

Are you experiencing the presence of God, or have you lost the sense of Him without knowing why? In this message, Guest Speaker Dr. R.T. Kendall shares from the story of Peter and John in Acts how the Holy Spirit is gentle and sensitive, and how bitterness, anger, and unforgiveness can quietly lift the sense of His presence from our lives. He reminds us that the Spirit came down on Jesus and remai...

Are you reading the Bible, or are you actually chewing on it? In this message, Pastor Megan Holland shares that we are called not just to read God's Word but to feed on it, the way Jesus answered temptation with Scripture. She walks through six practices for taking it in: pray, read, discover, apply, meditate, and discuss. Then she leads us through John 11 to put them into practice together. If yo...

Are you reading the Bible, or are you actually chewing on it? In this message, Pastor Megan Holland shares that we are called not just to read God's Word but to feed on it, the way Jesus answered temptation with Scripture. She walks through six practices for taking it in: pray, read, discover, apply, meditate, and discuss. Then she leads us through John 11 to put them into practice together. If yo...

Are you unknowingly passing dysfunction down to the next generation instead of breaking it? In this message, Pastor Aaron Kennedy shares how children inherit our practices more than our beliefs, and how the giants we refuse to confront in ourselves become the giants our kids are left to face. Using the story of Caleb, he reminds us it's never too late to kill the giant in your life, and that heali...

Are you fighting to win, or fighting for what God has actually called you to protect? In this message, Pastor Miriam Wamer shares the story of Jacob wrestling with God the night before facing his brother Esau, reminding us that God changes our identity and our fear before He ever changes our circumstances. She unpacks the difference between a testimony, the story of what God has done in us, and a...

Are you unknowingly passing dysfunction down to the next generation instead of breaking it? In this message, Pastor Aaron Kennedy shares how children inherit our practices more than our beliefs, and how the giants we refuse to confront in ourselves become the giants our kids are left to face. Using the story of Caleb, he reminds us it's never too late to kill the giant in your life, and that heali...

Are you fighting to win, or fighting for what God has actually called you to protect? In this message, Pastor Miriam Wamer shares the story of Jacob wrestling with God the night before facing his brother Esau, reminding us that God changes our identity and our fear before He ever changes our circumstances. She unpacks the difference between a testimony, the story of what God has done in us, and a...

Are you letting busyness hide wounds that still need to be healed? In this message, Pastor Aaron Kennedy shares how the weight we carry isn’t just sin, but unresolved wounds that quietly grow when we ignore them, and how consistency, not intensity, is what actually produces lasting change in our walk with God and our marriages. He walks through Hebrews 12 and offers a simple, practical rhythm for...

Are you serving your spouse in the small, ordinary moments, or waiting for the big gestures to prove your love? In this message, Pastor John Conway walks through John 13 and Jesus washing the disciples' feet, showing that real love in marriage and relationship is an action, not just a feeling, and that it often shows up in the inconvenient, unglamorous moments of everyday life. He unpacks five tru...

Are you letting busyness hide wounds that still need to be healed? In this message, Pastor Aaron Kennedy shares how the weight we carry isn’t just sin, but unresolved wounds that quietly grow when we ignore them, and how consistency, not intensity, is what actually produces lasting change in our walk with God and our marriages. He walks through Hebrews 12 and offers a simple, practical rhythm for...