Words Every Christian Should Know: Breath

If you are a Christ-follower, you have the breath of God in you. His Spirit is inside of you, right now. You are now a part of the New Creation. The Presence of God is with you wherever you go. When your faith and trust is in Him, there’s not a single place on earth His breath, His Spirit can’t go. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Words Every Christian Should Know: Love

“God's love is described as the Greek word agapao, which means unconditional love, preferential love that is chosen and acted out by the will. It is not love based on the goodness of the beloved, or upon natural affinity or emotion. Rather this is benevolent love that always seeks the good of the beloved.” - Pastor Jason Pilgrim

Fables: The Boy Who Cried Wolf

The crowd will easily tune out cries for help, but Jesus wants us to listen and respond with compassion. - Pastor Jay Newland

Fables: The Lion’s Share

God is the Lion of Judah and He gets the glory and spoils of the work. We share in God’s work to advance the kingdom of Heaven and to glorify God. We do so with the attitude of gratitude because of what He has already done for us. He died on the cross for our sin, defeated death and sin, and reconciled our relationship with God. – Pastor Brandon Payne

Fables: The Ass and His Master

When contentment is an issue for us we should double, triple, quadruple down on our gratitude and thankfulness to God. Thankfulness & Gratitude is the key to contentment and God supernatural peace. - Pastor Curtis Jones

Fables: Belling the Cat

It is one thing to say you want God to intervene and direct your life, but quite different when it requires obedience. God is always positioning to work on more than just the problem you see. - Pastor Craig Johnson

InFALLible - Pursuit of Gods Grace

In this message, we’ll explore the theme of human fallibility by diving into the Biblical story of King David. His transgressions illustrate that even the most faithful and revered figures are not immune to sin and failure. By acknowledging our shortcomings and seeking forgiveness, we can rise again, strengthened by God’s unwavering love and mercy. Through reflection, repentance, and renewal, we find that true infallibility lies in our persistent pursuit of God’s grace - Pastor Ryan Martinez

How Will You Believe What I Say?

Have you ever gotten a good look in the mirror. A real, honest assessment of where you stand when it comes to truly trusting God in your life. And don’t get me wrong… being honest with ourselves can be one of the most difficult things to do… But we must be honest with ourselves to know where we truly stand with Him. The good thing though, is we can do this by the power of the Holy Spirit living inside of you. He is the Advocate who helps us when we can’t help ourselves. Lean on Him. Rely on Him. Trust Him. And He won’t steer you wrong. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

A Time is Coming

What we’re missing is not believing in the fact that Jesus is the Son of God but delighting in that fact, embracing that fact, and making Christ the treasure and the Lord of your life by surrendering to him. In other words, "belief" is seeing him for who he really is, seeing him as infinitely valuable as the Son of God. It's not just acknowledging the fact that he is the Son but also seeing him as infinitely precious and valuable. But when the Holy Spirit begins to work in our lives we're not deceived like that anymore. We recognize that our value is nothing compared to Jesus' value. Instead, we just want to know him, be with him, enjoy him, follow him, and celebrate him. That transition—that change of heart, so that we are now looking away from ourselves to Christ and embracing all that God is for us in him—that is what faith is. That is what belief is. That is what saves. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Would You Like to Get Healed?

What does a Messiah do? How does a Messiah act? What does a Messiah care about? And that’s what I want to dive into today. There are so many characteristics of the Messiah that we have to learn and understand, but today, I want to look at 3 Characteristics of the Messiah today in order to understand Him better and to better understand what He wants for us. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Will You Never Believe In Me?

Could you imagine living a life with God where you don’t have to wind yourself up to some arbitrary level of faith… That whatever faith you have right now, God can work with? And as you continue to bring what you have to the Lord, HE will grow it. Bring what you have, no matter how much or how little, and He will use it to His Glory. Your Testimony Matters. Your Level of Faith Doesn’t Matter. These are 2 principles vital to our growth as disciples of Jesus. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Worship the Father in Spirit and in Truth

Growing to become more like Jesus in believing and understanding that There is no assignment greater than another assignment and God uses it all to draw people to Himself and reveal His Kingdom to those who don’t see it yet. Becoming more like Jesus. That’s what this is all about. That’s why we’re walking verse by verse through the Gospel of John - Pastor Ryan Martinez

He Must Become Greater

When it comes to loving people, there is no competition. We have to understand who we are in relation to Jesus. We need to recognize Jesus’ authority in our lives. These are the attitudes towards the things of God we can learn from John the Baptist. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

God Sent His Son Into the World

If you want to enter the Kingdom of God, you must be born again AND Condemnation has no place in the Kingdom of God. These are two important truths from our passage today that we have grasp and we have to live them out. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Freedom from Hoplessness

Freedom has already been purchased but needs the message of good news to be delivered and declare that hopelessness doesn’t win. Hopelessness is not the end of the story but is overpowered by the hope and trust we have in God - Pastor Andy Kaup

Freedom from Addiction

In the midst of an addiction, you may become fearful at times, you may doubt your effectiveness, you may want to run, hide and throw in the towel. But know this, God does not waste anything. Lean into Him and leave room for God to have the last say. The word of God shows us that if we would just press and persist in trusting in the Lord, even during our darkest days, God will intervene in our circumstances and turn them around for our good. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Freedom from Bitterness

The bitterness, spiritual devastation, mental anguish… unforgiveness. God wants to free us from it all. And here’s the good news: Every single believer in Christ can be free from bitterness. We don’t have to be bitter and resentful and unforgiving and mentally anguished and spiritually devastated anymore. Can you imagine that? Imagine a life free from resentment, a life where you don’t have to be disgruntled… What if you could actually let go of that grudge and live in the freedom God always intended for you? This is God’s will for you and me… Freedom from Bitterness. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Freedom from Guilt and Shame

Guilt and shame change the way we see ourselves. Guilt and shame can lead to an identity crisis. Remember, guilt says “I did a really bad thing” and enough guilt can lead to shame, which says “I am a bad person.” When we’re living with shame and constantly believing “I am a bad person” we eventually stop believing that we are the image of God. We stop believing that we are who He says we are. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Freedom from Fear

Fear is a crazy thing. It can cause us to think and behave in ways we normally wouldn’t. But God never intended for us to live in fear, and when He’s with us, when we’re with Him, there’s nothing to fear. - Pastor Ryan Martinez

Freedom from Death

How many of us are truly aware of the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross that faithful day over 2000 years ago. So many were and are oblivious to the sacrifice that had just been made on their behalf. So many of us do the same thing to God. We wave as we pass Him by, never give a second thought to the sacrifice He made on our behalf. God allowed the jaws of death to close in on His Son. And millions pass by oblivious and indifferent. God sending Jesus to die on our behalf was not a panic move; it wasn’t a spontaneous decision. It was planned. Jesus’ death was not the result of jealous Jews or hard-hearted Romans. It was the result of a loving God, who in His wisdom, said there was no other way. Jesus chose the nails, to demonstrate just how far he was willing to go to win your heart. He chose the cross to prove just how much He loves each and every one of us. - Pastor Ryan Martinez