Messages on Church
Lifting Burdens
What if the biggest threat to your mission isn’t coming from the outside, but from the inside? In Nehemiah 5, the wall around Jerusalem is going up, the enemies have been silenced, and then the work grinds to a halt. Hungry families are mortgaging their homes and even selling their children into slavery, and the ones profiting are their own leaders. This message shows how unaddressed problems quietly erode our families, our churches, and our hearts. Watch how Nehemiah stops,…
Facing Opposition
Nehemiah’s wall is going up, and so is the opposition. In this message from our series through the book of Nehemiah, we look at Nehemiah 4 and how mockery, threats, and discouragement threaten to derail the work God called His people to do. We see how Nehemiah responded to critics by going to God first and then back to work. We also learn what it looks like to pray and act together, to encourage weary people, and to stand beside…
All Hands Build
Nobody builds a sandbag wall alone. In this message from our Nehemiah series, we look at Nehemiah 3, a chapter that names the real people who rebuilt Jerusalem’s wall, gate by gate, side by side. Some built near their own homes. Some refused to put their shoulders to the work. Others did double duty. People from outside the city joined in even though the wall didn’t protect them. Priests, goldsmiths, merchants, and daughters all worked together. Along the way, we…
Extend The Blessing
This week we wrap up our “Under Construction” series with a message about hospitality — what it looks like to actually open our lives to people, not just our calendars. We hear the story of building a spare room without knowing who’d ever fill it, and looking at Abraham’s welcome of three strangers in Genesis 18, we dig into what it really means to love people we don’t yet know. It’s a challenge to move past “entertaining” and into true…
Tools For Building
Continuing our “Under Construction” series, this message looks at how the early church grew their faith in Acts 2:42-47, and what it means for us today. Just like building a house takes more than owning tools, it takes actually using them, growing in faith takes intentional action, not just good intentions. This week we walk through five tools the early believers devoted themselves to: God’s Word as the foundation for growth, fellowship instead of trying to grow alone, communion to…
God Unexpected Blessing
Why would God choose to change the world through broken, flawed people? In this message, we explore why the church is God’s unexpected blessing—not in spite of our imperfections, but through them. If you’ve been hurt by church, struggled to see its value, or wondered why so many people stay despite the mess, this is for you. Discover how God’s ancient promise to Abraham—”I will bless you, and you will be a blessing”—comes alive in the beautiful cycle of giving…
Storytime with Jesus: The Great Banquet
Too often, Christians only invite people like them, or maybe people who are already Christians but who aren’t currently attending church or who are looking for a new church. But they make the safe invite. They invite “church folks”. They don’t think the guy covered with tattoos or the woman who cusses like a sailor would be interested in Jesus. But that’s the point of this parable.
God Wants Your Whole Heart
In the time of Malachi, much like today, many people’s love for God had grown cold. They were trying to serve him, without it actually costing them much at all. They wanted to live their lives on their terms AND receive God’s blessing.
Tithes And Offerings
How much money should you give to your church? The word,“tithe” means a tenth and is part of the law of Moses. But does that mean that today we are supposed to give 10% of what we make each year to the church? In this message we explore how the tithe and generosity apply to Christians today.
Faith In The Unseen
Only 10% of an iceberg can be seen above water. In the same way, we can only see a tiny part of our reality with our physical eyes. Instead, so much lurks beneath the surface of the physical world we can see, touch, and measure. Unless we put our belief in the unseen world, much of our lives will never make sense. That’s where faith comes in – faith is believing in things unseen, because what is unseen actually makes…
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