The Lamb of God

Who are you? If you call yourself a Christ-follower, then like John, we must know our position in relation to God and yield to His will. If you’re the captain of your own soul, you and you alone are responsible for figuring out who you are. But if your life is submitted to Jesus, then He wants to tell you who He’s created you to be. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Who Are You?

Who are you? If you call yourself a Christ-follower, then like John, we must know our position in relation to God and yield to His will. If you’re the captain of your own soul, you and you alone are responsible for figuring out who you are. But if your life is submitted to Jesus, then He wants to tell you who He’s created you to be. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

In the Beginning

The Gospel of John Series: What if we actually decided to live in the Blessing of His Grace and decided that you trusted the Grace of God to cover over all your shortcomings? No more guilt, no more shame, no more moral gymnastics. Just living in the overflowing, endless supply of God’s grace. Imagine that for yourself. Imagine that for your kids. Imagine that for your mom, your dad, your brothers, your sisters, your co-workers, your classmates… - Pastor Ryan Martinez

I’ve Hidden Your Word in My Heart

Today, we’re talking about the importance of the Word of God to the life of a believer. The title of my message today is “I’ve Hidden Your Word in My Heart…”. What’s going to happen if we don’t take this seriously? What’s going to happen if we don’t work hard to know God’s word and hide it in our heart? Today I want to talk about what happens to us when we don’t read and know the Holy Scriptures. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

This is truly how to worship Him

True worship is offering yourself to God as a sacrifice and saying “Do what you will”. You can honor and show reverence through song. We do it all the time. But the best way, in my opinion, and according to Romans 12, is living your life in a way that reflects Christ to everyone around you. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

This, then, is how you should pray

What does this look like for us? What does this look like for me?” It looks like having an honest conversation with the Lord. It looks like opening yourself up to Him and letting him know what’s going on in your life. Psalm 142:1-3 "I cry out to the Lord; I plead for the Lord’s mercy. I pour out my complaints before him and tell him all my troubles. When I am overwhelmed, you alone know the way I should turn." - Pastor Ryan Martinez

New Year, New You

It doesn’t matter where you’ve been, where you’re from, what you’ve done, what you’ve said… You are loved and God has a plan for you… And that plan involves making you new. You don’t have to make yourself new. You don’t have to fix everything yourself. You just have to trust Him… bring it to Him. Let Him do what He will. A New Year, A New You… And all you have to do is receive it from the Lord. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Silent Night

Life is rarely silent. Life rarely slows down enough for us to experience peace. Life is rarely settled. But God… But Jesus… The birth of Jesus changed all of that for the people of the bible. The birth of Jesus changed all of that for us here and now. If you have your bible, turn to Luke 2 and we’re going to read together how the birth of Jesus brought hope to everyone past, present, and future. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

We Three Kings

The Carols of Christmas Series: God said all the way back in the Old Testament that His people weren’t going to see it. He said “Fine. If you don’t want to see what I’m doing and embrace what I’m doing, I’ll use someone else. I use other people who don’t even know me.” What is “We Three Kings” truly about? It’s about recognizing the coming Savior of the World. It’s about recognizing the birth of the Lord of all Creation. It’s about being ready for what God wants to do. Are you ready? - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Joy to the World

Joy to the World is a wonderful Christmas song celebrating, of course, joy. But what if you are not in the mood to be joyful? We need to remember that joy does not come from us but it comes from the Father and He is who we need to look to. - Pastor Jason Pilgrim

O Come, O Come Emmanuel

The Carols of Christmas Series: This hymn helps root us in the Old Testament in a way that is richly biblical and centered on Jesus. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel is, by design, full of references to the Messiah in the Old Testament. It is sometimes hard for Christians, to make sense of the Old Testament. But this old Christmas hymn was meant to help us understand. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Grace Pays the Bills

What if you didn’t have to try to be good enough for God? What if you didn’t have to earn his love? What if God actually accepts you as you are right now? Well, He does accept you... right now... exactly as you are. You can’t ever make yourself good enough for God, so you don’t have to try. It isn’t possible to earn his love, so you don’t have to put in the effort. The only thing you can do… … ...is accept that you are accepted. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Give with a Greatful Heart

Joins us while Pastor Saint Clare with Delmarva Teen Challenge talks about giving with a grateful heart. - Pastor Saint Clare

Revealing the Kingdom of God

Jesus is exactly what God had in mind when he created Humans in his image. Jesus is our example. So, let me connect some dots really quickly: If we were created in God’s image to be like him, and Jesus is the example we’re supposed to look at to see what it means to be the image of God… then we are supposed to look more and more like Jesus. And if we’re supposed to look like Jesus, and our only job is to reveal the Kingdom of God to those who can’t see it yet, it’s logical to conclude that the way Jesus lives reveals the Kingdom of God. Pastor Ryan Martinez

The Net

If a tree is good, If it’s beneficent, if it’s worthwhile, if it’s useful, its fruit will be good Its fruit will be worth while. If a tree is bad, rotten, putrid, corrupt, worthless, useless, its fruit will be bad, its fruit will be the same. What if our only task was to reveal the Kingdom to those who don’t see it yet, and gather as many people as we can. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

The Hidden Treasure and the Pearl

If we’re not actively looking for the Kingdom, it will escape our notice. Because it’s here, now… We just must open our eyes and our hearts to it. And when we find it, anything short selling out and giving yourself completely to the cause of the Kingdom keeps the Kingdom of God hidden. Remember, it’s our job to reveal the Kingdom to those who haven’t seen it yet, and when we’re not all in for the Kingdom, it remains hidden. But when we go all-in, and relentlessly search for and pursue the Kingdom, we WILL find it and enjoy all the benefits that come with it. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

The Mustard Seed and The Leaven

Jesus is trying to drive home a point. I think we all have noticed from examining 5 parables of the Kingdom of God to this point that the Point Jesus is trying to make is that God’s Kingdom is here, now. There’s no waiting. It’s here. It’s always been here. It’s all around you. The Kingdom is inside of you. There’s nothing, there’s no one who can stop it. It doesn’t matter what you do or say… It doesn’t matter what I do or say… The Kingdom of God will advance! - Pastor Ryan Martinez

The Weeds

If you are trusting in Jesus, then you have been sown into God’s all-powerful, unassailable, eternal, left-handed Kingdom. If you are not trusting in Jesus, could it be possible that you are a weed? Notice I didn’t say If you’re attending church. I didn’t say if you are serving. Notice, I didn’t say if you give financially to the church you are sown into the Kingdom of God. If you TRUST is in Jesus, you are sewn into his Kingdom. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

The Lamp and the Growing Seed

Are we going to be the type of people that bear the fruit of the Kingdom? Or are we going to be the kind of people who oppose the Kingdom? Are we going to put the lamp on the lamp stand to show people who Jesus really is? Or are we going to hide him under the bed? - Pastor Ryan Martinez

The Parable of the Sower

The parable of the Sower sets a goal for us. But it’s not about amassing good deeds… It’s about experiencing the fullness of life as the Word bestows it upon us… which is fitting because this parable is told to us by the Word himself. His ultimate concern is that you and I be reconciled to the Father that we might one day be brought home to His Father’s house. He wants us to be whole… and the parable of the Sower says he will make us whole… If we don’t get in His way. - Pastor Ryan Martinez