Our Mission To love all people at all times and lead them into a new life in Christ.
Our Vision To be a church that will be multicultural and generational, having a lasting impact on the people to whom we minister.
To see the gospel extend beyond the walls of our church through various outreaches.
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Maybe you are held up for such a time….
Have you ever been stuck on the interstate? You were moving along to your intended destination. Sunny skies, windows down, the radio blaring worship songs and the traffic slows down and suddenly you are stopped in the middle of traffic.
I have experienced this in life. Everything was going good and suddenly I am stuck in the middle of the road called life.
Stuck in traffic on the interstate you never know how long you will be sitting there. You can be aggravated or make the best of the situation. I am not thankful because of the situation. After all, I was excited for this road trip. We must choose not to allow this moment to steal our joy. In those times we are stuck you gotta keep the praise going (that will keep your spirits up) don’t raise your window up (keep breathing). When we are stuck in life like the traffic on the road we will begin to move again.
None of us like to be stuck but maybe we were held up for such a time that God only knows. May we learn to trust Him to be Sovereign Lord over our lives. At the times when we feel stuck maybe it is for a bigger purpose.
“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us. Ephesians 3:20
Maybe you are held up for such a time….
Have you ever been stuck on the interstate? You were moving along to your intended destination. Sunny skies, windows down, the radio blaring worship songs and the traffic slows down and suddenly you are stopped in the middle of traffic.
I have experienced this in life. Everything was going good and suddenly I am stuck in the middle of the road called life.
Stuck in traffic on the interstate you never know how long you will be sitting there. You can be aggravated or make the best of the situation. I am not thankful because of the situation after all I was excited for this road trip. We must choose not to allow this moment to steal our joy. In those times we are stuck you gotta keep the praise going (that will keep your spirits up) don’t raise your window up (keep breathing). When we are stuck in life like the traffic on the road we will begin to move again.
None of us like to be stuck but maybe we were held up for such a time that God only knows. May we learn to trust Him to be Sovereign Lord over our lives“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us. Ephesians 3:20
“For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.” Acts 17:28
From the very breath in our lungs to every beat of our heart we have is because of our amazing God. All the things we can taste, touch, smell, hear and are made possible through Him.
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THANK YOU GOD FOR SPEAKING TO US A NOW WORD IN REAL TIME
A WORD THAT WILL BRING ENCOURAGEMENT AS WE NAVIGATE THIS THING CALLED LIFE FOR IT IS IN YOU THAT WE LIVE MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEGIN AS WE BEGIN TO WIND DOWN IN OUR CALENDAR YEAR OF 2024 WE EMBRACE THE CHANGE AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEW YEAR OF 2025
YOU KNOW THE BEGINNING AND YOU KNOW THE END
WE ARE CALLED TO WALK OUT THE MIDDLE BY FAITH AND TRUST IN YOU WE WILL
YOUR WORD LORD IS OUR GUIDE
WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAND STEADFAST IN AND ON YOUR WORD
AS WE LOOK INTO YOUR WORD TODAY MAY OUR HEARTS BE STIRRED AND JOY RENEWED
WE WILL USE JOY AS A WEAPON TO MOVE INTO THIS NEW SEASON OF CHANGE
AMEN
God has said to us today.
Have I not been God in the small things?
Have you not seen me be God in the bigger things?
For you see, don’t try to judge me according to how you say, “Oh it is just a small thing or oh it is a big thing.”
For I AM God in all things not the size of what you perceive to be small or big.
Don’t allow the circumstances of life to judge me for who I AM already.
For I cannot be moved by what you see but what you say.
When you begin to speak it activates me into action.
For I only respond to what is in agreement with my Word.
Speak Kingdom words for that is the language that I hear and respond to.
When you speak with in unbelief it activates the world in which you live in your daily life.
When you speak words of my Kingdom and believe what I have said it activates a Kingdom response.
As Believers we based on our faith in God and His Word, not on what we see or how we feel.
2 Corinthians 5:7 “For we walk by faith, not by sight”.
2 Corinthians 4:18 “So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”
“I am not moved by what I see. I am not moved by what I feel.
I am only moved by what I believe.” Smith Wigglesworth.
From Rags to Riches the Story of the Born Again!
“Blessed are the poor in spirit. For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:1
Poor in the dictionary means in need of. We were spiritually bankrupt before we accepted Jesus as our Savior. Blessed is a grace word that expresses the special joys and satisfaction granted the person who experiences salvation. Ephesians 2:8-9 “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God; it is not from works, so no one may boast“
Riches to rags is the story of Jesus, who embraced it that it might become our story of rags to riches!
2 Cor 8:9 “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.”
House Of The Lord (song)
-We were the beggars And now we’re royalty
We were the prisoners And now we’re running free And we are forgiven, accepted Redeemed by His grace Let the house of the Lord sing praise-
LET FAITH ARISE!
Hebrews 11:1-2 “Now faith brings our hopes into reality and becomes the foundation needed to acquire the things we long for. It is all the evidence required to prove what is still unseen. This testimony of faith is what previous generations were commended for.”
Hebrews 11
Faith moved Abel to choose a more acceptable sacrifice to offer God.
Faith translated Enoch from this life as he was taken up into heaven.
Faith opened Noah’s heart to receive revelation and warnings from God.
Faith motivated Abraham to obey God’s call and leave the familiar.
Sarah’s faith embraced God’s miracle power to conceive even beyond child bearing years. Faith operated powerfully in Abraham as he offered up Isaac.
Jacob worshiped in faith’s reality at the end of his life.
Faith inspired Joseph and opened his eyes to see into the future.
Faith prompted the parents of Moses at his birth to hide him.
Faith enabled Moses to choose God’s will.
Holding faith’s promise Moses abandoned Egypt without fear.
Faith stirred Moses to perform the rite of Passover and sprinkle lamb’s blood to prevent the destroyer from harming their firstborn.
Faith opened the way for the Hebrews to cross the Red Sea.
Faith pulled down Jericho’s walls after the people marched around them for seven days
Faith provided a way of escape for Rahab the prostitute.
“And what more could I say to convince you? For there is not enough time to tell you of the faith of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets.”
Isaiah 55:10-11 “I don’t think the way you think. The way you work isn’t the way I work, says the Lord. For as the sky soars high above the earth, so the way I work surpasses the way you work, and the way I think is beyond the way you think.
Spirit Filled Bible-Kingdom Dynamics
“Thinking “Beyond”
God reminds us that His ways and thoughts are unfathomably beyond ours. It’s good to remember that when we are interceding-for the lost, or for seemingly impossible situations.
In that light, also remember:
-Light is more powerful than darkness
-Trust is stronger than error.
-There’s more grace in God’s heart than sin in men’s hearts.
-There’s more power in the Holy Spirit to convict men of sin than there is the power of satanic forces to tempt men to sin.
-There’s more power in one drop of the shed blood of the Lord Jesus to cleanse men’s hearts from the stain of sin than there is in the accumulated filth of men’s sin since Adam and Eve.
God is peace! We have peace because God is in us.
Jesus will soon be crucified. He is preparing his disciples by giving them encouraging words of comfort. This is a word not just for the disciples they are comforting words handed down to believers today.
John 14:27 shows us that Jesus is giving a gift of peace of mind and heart that the world cannot give. “Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed, and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.]”
As Christians our peace is not found in the world and what it has to offer. We live in the world, but we don’t follow the values, beliefs, and actions of the unbelieving world. Jesus said in John 17:14 ….becasue they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world….
Peace is not the absence of troubles but we have the power within us to deal with troubles in God kind of way.
John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]”
Philippians 4:6-7 “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with gratitude, make your requests known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will protect your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
In this chaotic time in which we are living, I want to encourage you everything is gonna be ok. Our trust in knowing God who has never failed.
Acts 27: 10-11 “Men, I can see that our voyage is going to be disastrous and bring great loss to ship and cargo, and to our own lives also.” But the centurion, instead of listening to what Paul said, followed the advice of the pilot and of the owner of the ship
Paul and his men were already on the ship. What else could they do? Just go along for the ride.
Acts 27: 21-22 “After they had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up before them and said: “Men, you should have taken my advice not to sail from Crete; then you would have spared yourselves this damage and loss. But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because not one of you will be lost; only the ship will be destroyed.”
They had not eaten anything and Paul said “you need to eat and get your strength back and take courage.” Paul started eating right in front of them. They must have seen how Paul was not all stressed about what was going on. He was encouraged they would all be ok so they all began to eat.
Be encouraged – we all are going to be ok. Keep trusting in the one who has never failed!
Malachi 4:2 “But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and you will go forward and leap joyfully like released and you calves of the stall.”
In Scripture, His healing is metaphorically associated with wings. Representation of power, to move, to act, to protect.
Psalms 36:7 “How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.”
Psalms 61:4 “I will seek refuge in the covering of Your wings.”
Psalms 91:1-4 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust. Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the hunter and from the deadly pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall find protection; His faithfulness shall be your shield and wall.
“Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory in the heavens.” Psalms 8:1
“The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and are safe.” Proverbs 18:10.
In ancient times, a person’s name was much more than a random identifier or title. A name expressed the person’s nature and individual attributes. God’s name represents His essential character and authority. The person of God and the name of God cannot be separated.
God makes His character known to us through His Word, through the person of Jesus Christ, and through the multi-faceted revelations expressed through His many names.
As Elohim, He is Creator; as Yahweh, He is the covenant-keeping, eternal I AM; as El Shaddai, He is the all-sufficient, all-powerful, God Almighty; as Jehovah Jireh, He is our Provider; as Yeshua, He is Savior. He is the Good Shepherd, who leads, guides, and protects; He is the Lamb of God, who lays down His life for us; He is Jesus, the Incarnate Son and Christ the Risen Lord; and He is the eternal, glorious, highly exalted, King of Heaven!
“Therefore God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:9-11
It is time to breathe again! Things come unexpectedly in life and knocks the breath out of us. The joy is gone, the hope is gone. We find ourselves just doing the motion of life. After all, life goes on. I come with a word for you today-you will breathe again. You will hope again, you will have peace and laughter again. That which has meant to take you out Holy Spirit says “Your God is going to cause it to be a stepping stone to your breakthrough. You are coming out stronger with a fresh vision of your life. Don’t slack up or slack back now is the time to move full throttle forward. This is the season of fast happenings. What you thought cannot be done before in this season, try again. For in this season you will accomplish what you thought you could not do. You have tried and become discouraged. What you thought was a failure was a setup to do it my way. This is the season I am anointing you to do the very thing you have desired but in the past could not happen. Now is the time to move forward with that dream. A can do it attitude is ascending upon you. Shine your shoes for you are stepping out of this season to a new day! Believe it, Receive it, Walk in it says the Lord!
“Ah, LORD God! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.” – Jeremiah 32:17
“For nothing will be impossible with God” – Luke 1:37
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”Phil. 4:13
As I was looking into the Bible concerning the word hope I found an interesting meaning. The Hebrew word hope is “tiqvah” which means to bind and gather. To hope in God means to bind God’s promises to yourself.
Deuteronomy 11:18-19 “Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.”
The word hope also means a “rope.” This meaning goes back to the word “hope” in Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Yes God has plans to prosper us, and knowing this truth ties us, ropes us, anchors us to our future. Hope is not a feeling but a rope held by our God. Hope intentionally wraps His words and truth around our heart, mind, and life.
Remember God’s plan is to give you hope “a rope” and a future. HOLD onto the ROPE!! Hope isn’t a feeling but a choice to hold on to what the Bible says is true!
As I was looking into the Bible concerning the word hope I found an interesting meaning. The Hebrew word hope is “tiqvah” which means to bind and gather. To hope in God means to bind God’s promises to yourself.
Deuteronomy 11:18-19 “Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.”
The word hope also means a “rope.” This meaning goes back to the word “hope” in Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Yes God has plans to prosper us, and knowing this truth ties us, ropes us, anchors us to our future. Hope is not a feeling but a rope held by our God. Hope intentionally wraps His words and truth around our heart, mind, and life.
Remember HIS plans to give you a “rope” and a future. HOLD on the Rope! Hope isn’t a feeling but a choice to hold on to what the Bible says is true!
Welcome to August the eighth month.
In the Bible, the number eight symbolizes new beginnings. We can look throughout the Bible and find examples of God’s wonderful beginnings for his people!
Are you looking for a new beginning? God is ever ready to give us a fresh start. “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:18-19
Could our holding on to the old, dwelling on the past hinder the new from bursting forth.
New beginnings offer a chance to break free from old mindsets and renew our hope in God. When new beginnings break forth – “For you shall go out with joy and be led forth with peace. The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you with singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.” Isaiah 55:12
May this month be filled with abundant blessings, and strengthened faith as we align with God’s will for our lives. God is our God of new beginnings!
Remember God is for you not against you! He is waiting for your surrender!
Always Remember- Friends, if there is no resurrection of Jesus from death, then all our preaching has been for nothing and your faith in this message is worthless. 1 Corinthians 15:14
Paul said that our preaching (the gospel of the good news) and our faith(that we have in the Scripture) would be useless had not Christ risen from the grave.
Other religions boast of their savior. But their savior has never risen from the grave. The religion of the Christian is that our Savior has indeed risen from the grave. The power behind Christ’s resurrection is now working on our behalf. This is a wonderful truth and good news!
Let’s never forget that Jesus is alive. This gives us hope that no matter what happens in our lives we will not face it alone. 2 Timothy 2:8 “Remember Jesus Christ [the ever-living Lord who has] risen from the dead.” We also have this promise in Romans 8:11 “The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you.”
Thank you, Jesus, that because you live, I can face tomorrow; because you live all fear is gone.
May we always remember…..
Always Remember-
And if Christ has not been raised from preaching is useless and so is your faith. 1 Corinthians 15:14. Paul said that our preaching (the gospel of the good news) and our faith would be useless had not Christ risen from the grave.
Other religions boast of their savior. But their savior has never risen from the grave. The religion of the Christian is that our Savior has indeed risen from the grave. The power behind Christ’s resurrection is now working on our behalf. This is a wonderful truth.
Let’s remember to never forget that Jesus is alive, that no matter what happens in our lives we will not face it alone. Let’s remember 2 Timothy 2:8 “Jesus the Anointed, raised from the dead.” We also have this promise in Romans 8:11 “The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you”.
Thank you, Jesus, that because you live, I can face tomorrow; because you live all fear is gone.
May we always remember…..
Someone asked me, “Do you think miracles are real?” My response, do you think God is real? They responded, “Of course I know God is real.” My response, you cannot separate God from miracles or miracles from God.
I know miracles are real because the Word tells us God is the God of wonders. Psalms 77:14 “You are the God that does wonders, you have declared your strength among the people.” The Hebrew word for “wonders” is ‘pala` (pah-lah), meaning miracle, marvel, supernatural deed. It is something beyond the human ability to achieve. You have declared your strength among the people. The word “declare” means, “to make known, set forth, to explain.” When we see God performing miracles He is saying, “this is what I do. I am showing everyone who I am.” The Bible uses three main words to refer to a miracle, sign, wonder, and power. These three words help us better understand what the phrase “God of miracles means.”
God does not want to keep all this miraculous power to himself. We are conduits of His miraculous power on the earth now!
Mark 16:14-18 The Church was given the Great Commission. Verse 17 These signs will follow those who believe. Kingdom Dynamics-Spirit Filled Bible. The signs accredit the gospel message and cannot be limited to the apostolic age any more than the Lord’s commission to carry the gospel throughout the world. The signs therefore confirm the ministries of Christ’s ambassadors in every generation.
Mark 26:15 “Go into all the world. The world is your sphere of influence.
In Luke 19:1-10 we read the story of Zacchaeus. Zacchaeus was one of the head tax collectors in the region of Jericho, and the Bible says he was a rich man. Zacchaeus heard Jesus was in town and sought to see him. Being of short stature he could not see over the crowd so he ran ahead and climbed a tree, figuring he could see Jesus passing below. Jesus stopped and looked up and called for him to come down. Jesus said to him, “I must stay at your house.” Zacchaeus begins to confess “Look, Lord, I give half of goods to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation I restore fourfold.” Jesus proclaimed that today “salvation” had come to Zacchaeus’ house, because he also is a son of Abraham for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Romans 10:9 “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Salvation has come to you. A forgiven believer now can have a completely new relationship with God and enjoy the benefits of salvation. The benefits do not just start when we get to Heaven. We are to enjoy the benefits of our salvation now!
Salvation means, “Deliverance, preservation, soundness, prosperity, rescue, general well-being. The word is used both in a material, temporal sense and in a spiritual eternal sense.” The NT especially uses the word for spiritual well-being. Salvation is a present possession with a fuller realization in the future.
(2 Corinthians 1:6 7:19 – Romans 8:11, 1 Thess. 5:8-9)
Experiencing the benefits of salvation now is cause for great joy!
This is a new season for all of us.
One morning this week I heard the words, “You have not been this way before.” I remembered these were the words Joshua spoke to the children of Israel.” The children of Israel were about to cross over into the Promised Land. Joshua 3:1 gave orders to the people. “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests, who are Levites, carrying it, you are to move out from your positions and follow it. Then you will know which way to go, since you have never been this way before.” Joshua gave them a plan to move forward – look for the ark and follow it. He was encouraging the people that they must keep their eyes on the presence of God. I want to encourage you to keep your focus on God and the truths of the Word. Follow hard after Him! Continue to depend on the guidance of Holy Spirit and ask for divine wisdom. As we do this we will be like God told the prophet Isaiah, “Your ears shall hear a word behind you saying, “This is the way, walk in it, Whenever you turn to the right hand or wherever you turn to the left.”
God called Abram to go and leave all that was familiar and go to the land that God would show him. God gave Abram the reason to go. “I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. Abraham started walking not knowing where but trusting God would show him the place called there.
Be determined to move forward and receive the great blessing God has for you at the there place!
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