Vineyard Church of Augusta Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Reese LeRoy | In this new message series, we discover that the story of Jonah is about so much more than a man getting swallowed by a big fish. As we examine chapter one, we see that the book is all about the great compassion of our God – compassion for us and for the world around us!
Reese LeRoy | In the final message of this series, we focus on Jehovah Nissi as revealed to Moses and the Children of Israel in Exodus 17. As the Lord our Banner, God leads us into battle, He fights for us, He protects us, and He gives us the victory through His power and might.
Sam Sahyouni | In this message, Youth Pastor Sam Sahyouni explores Jehovah Shammah (The Lord Is There) and what God’s presence means for us today: A Gift of Grace: God delights in simply being with us, offering a loving presence nothing can separate us from. The Here & Now: Through the Holy Spirit, we are God’s temple, carrying His Kingdom into our world right now. The Not Yet: The joy we feel today is just a glimpse of the full restoration God promises for the future.
Reese LeRoy | Jehovah Jireh is the God who sees our needs and provides for them. Our all-knowing God anticipates our needs and provides exactly what we need in response to our surrender and faith. This truth is powerfully revealed with Abraham and Isaac in Genesis 22.
Reese LeRoy | As Jehovah Rapha, God wants us to know that He is the Lord who heals us, and it is His will to make us whole. Our scripture focus for the message is Exodus 15, and it includes “God stories” of healing from individuals and couples in our VCA family.
Jim Wenzel | The Lord reveals Himself and His righteousness by giving humanity His law; however, we are unable to fulfill it due to our fallen nature. Thankfully, the Lord provides a way for us by taking our human nature. Jesus clothes us in His righteousness by faith and we are then free to follow and serve Him by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Dr. Tamara Noel | God’s revelation of His names to us is an invitation to trust and experience Him in that facet and nature of His character. As part of our inheritance, peace is available to us even in the midst of the storm. Peace is a person, Jesus the Prince of peace. Get to know Him today.
Reese LeRoy | Our series on the names of God continues with a focus on Psalm 23. This psalm of David reminds us that Jehovah Rohi is always present in our lives and acts as our Good Shepherd as we follow Him and respond in obedience to His Word.
Reese LeRoy | By knowing the names of God, we discover who God truly is and who He desires to be to us and for us. We begin our summer message series with the first name revealed to us in scripture – Elohim. Elohim is the one true, all-powerful God who is Ruler and Creator of the universe – a dynamic He wants us to know and experience in our lives today.
Thor Colberg | Vineyard Church of Augusta Founding Pastor Thor Colberg talks about the naturally-supernatural dynamic by which Jesus advanced the Kingdom of God during his ministry here on earth. It’s an approach he invites his followers to adopt today!
Reese LeRoy | This message focuses on the fruit of the Holy Spirit as detailed in Galatians 5. This formation of the character of Jesus Christ in our lives is only produced by an ongoing personal relationship with the Holy Spirit.
Dan Wager | The Book of Acts gives Christians the framework for living & doing ministry in the Kingdom of God. We simply need to engage with what & who we encounter in Like’s writings!
Reese LeRoy | In this final SNAPSHOT OF TRANSFORMATION from the Gospel of John, we find a beautiful story of healing, forgiveness, and recommissioning for Peter. With this encounter with Jesus in John 21, we can all be reminded that God never stops being FOR us…even in our failures. He faithfully provides opportunities for us to grow and experience His redeeming love.
Mary Margaret LeRoy | The love of Jesus brings transformation and that brings freedom. Just like the woman at the well, when we accept that we are fully known by Jesus, we then understand we are fully loved.
Dan Gaudinier | Nicodemus was a Pharisee but unlike many of his peers, he remained open to the possibility of a move of God beyond his understanding. As a result, he experienced profound spiritual growth. As we explore his snapshots of transformation in the Gospel of John, we will see the importance of remaining sensitive to wonder and mystery of an infinite God.
Reese LeRoy | Whenever Jesus encountered a disruption in the peaceful order of God’s Kingdom purposes, he didn’t explain the origins of evil. Instead, he acted to set things right. In John 9, a man born blind encounters Jesus, the Light of the world. God’s work is displayed in this man through healing for both his physical blindness and his spiritual blindness.
Reese LeRoy | Throughout the Gospel of John, there are numerous accounts of how different people had different experiences with Jesus that led to lasting change and spiritual transformation. In today’s message, we focus on Thomas and see that our doubts can be healthy and purposeful when they are grounded in a search for truth and a desire to grow closer to God.
Dr. Cheryl Jones | As we learn to live in forgiveness and from forgiveness, the future we dream of begins to take shape and our lives reflect the freedom Jesus promised us.
Reese LeRoy | On this Easter Sunday, we turn our attention to John 20 where Mary Magdalene experiences an empty tomb and a life-changing encounter with the Risen Savior. This passage helps us see that Jesus’ resurrection enables us to be people of hope who live in confident expectation that God will make all things right – first in us…then in the world around us.
Reese LeRoy | Jesus understood the pain of rejection. He was rejected by the very people he came to save. The good news for us is that the One who was rejected chooses us, welcomes us, and loves us in all of life…including the times when we experience the fickleness of people and the pain of rejection.
Sam Sahyouni | What do we do when our world stops, but God seems to stay 20 miles away? In this installment of our LENT… For Real! series, we dive into the raw, messy, “Day 4” reality of the death of Lazarus in John 11. It’s a story for anyone who has ever prayed an “if only” prayer—“Lord, if you had just been here, this wouldn’t have happened.” We explore the unsettling tension of God’s timing and why Jesus—the Resurrection and the Life—waited two extra days before showing up. Discover why the “blessing” of mourning isn’t found in the absence of pain, but in the proximity of a God who is called to our side (Parakaleo) to weep with us before He ever works a miracle. Whether you are like Martha, needing the “Head Truth” of the Kingdom, or like Mary, needing the “Heart Presence” of the God who weeps, this message is a reminder that your “Day 4” is not your final chapter. It’s time to be unbound.
Reese LeRoy | There is an epidemic of loneliness in our world. When we experience loneliness, Psalm 23 serves to remind followers of Jesus that we are really not alone. God invites us to place our absolute trust and peaceful confidence in Him as our loving Shepherd and gracious Host.
Dr. Tamara Noel | We serve the God of miracle, signs, and wonders who displays His strength in the midst of His people. We are invited to come boldly to the Lord, fully confident that He is able to do more than what we can ever dream. Yet, in this world we will have trouble. Here are three key lessons for the believer to keep in mind about suffering.
Reese LeRoy | In John 3, Jesus interacts with a religious leader named Nicodemus. Nicodemus came to Jesus with a number of questions that Jesus welcomed. In their interaction, we see that a holy curiosity is a gift from our good and loving Heavenly Father who invites His children to come to Him with everything…including our questions.
Reese LeRoy | Our message series for Lent begins in Matthew 4 where we find Jesus in the wilderness. In this difficult setting, the perfect Son of God demonstrates to broken humanity that we are perfectly created to need God’s love and care for our perfectly imperfect lives.
Don Pearson | The scriptures and the history of the church give testimony to the ministry of healing prayer. Jesus modeled it, Holy Spirit empowered it, 2000 years of church history testifies to it, and every believer can learn how to participate with Him in healing prayer.
Reese LeRoy | The prayer of blessing is a unique ministry tool that God gives us to affect His good purposes in people’s lives. The first thing God did after He created Adam and Eve was to bless them. In Scripture we see that the blessing of God is not to be kept only for ourselves. It is to be shared and imparted to others because we are blessed to be a blessing.
Mary-Margaret LeRoy | When invite the Holy Spirit into our prayer time, he helps us and lovingly guides us. Romans tells us we don’t know what to pray, but the Holy Spirit does.
Reese LeRoy | Our new message series on prayer continues with a focus on praying passages from the Bible. When we pray Scripture, we use the words of the Bible to guide and inform our conversation with God. While there are many practical reasons to pray scripture, ultimately this approach helps our prayers become a truer reflection of the heart of God for ourselves and for others.
Reese LeRoy | We begin 2026 with a focus on prayer and a reminder that God invites each of us into a greater experience of spiritual growth and deeper intimacy with Him through amazing privilege. As St. Augustine wrote, “True, whole prayer is nothing but love.”
Reese LeRoy | In this final message from our Advent and Christmas series, we consider lessons about prayer and waiting from Simeon and Anna from Luke 2. The message also includes a contemplative exercise where we reflect on 2025 and anticipate what God is inviting us into in 2026.
Dan Gaudinier | We might not have to be perfect for God to love us. But we do need to be ready to receive His love, to nurture our connection with God and others, and be bold to reveal His generosity to those around us.
Reese LeRoy | On this third Sunday of Advent, our focus is the joy of God’s kingdom. This joy is not something we can engineer. It is a grace – a gift of God that is rooted in faith in Him and an awareness of His presence with us at all times. With the story of the Wise Men, we see that joy is a pursuit of the heart that leads us to worship and results in blessings of direction and protection for our lives.
Robin Trafford | Because of Joseph’s obedience, the Prince of Peace was ushered into this world. We have the privilege of accessing this peace by inviting God’s Kingdom into our day to day lives.
Reese LeRoy | On the first Sunday of Advent, we focus on the hope we have in Christ. By looking at the account of Zechariah and Elizabeth in the Gospel of Luke, we see how this hope is based on God’s character and His never-ending faithfulness to us.
Reese LeRoy | On this final Sunday of Compassion Month, we look at the story of Jonah and how God reveals His great compassion for the people of Nineveh. In the life of Jonah, we see our human tendency to care more for the things that bring us comfort and pleasure than for the people who are lost and hurting.
Todd Matthews | Todd Matthews of His Feet International was our guest speaker. Todd shared about his organization that focuses on making disciples of unreached people groups in Asia. Todd challenged us with Jesus’ teaching from the Parable of the Great Banquet and explained how life’s interruptions can be opportunities for kingdom inbreakings and holy moments.
Mary-Margaret LeRoy | Jesus reveals the Father as he is moved with compassion to heal the sick and feed the hungry. We, in turn, are invited to be the hands and feet of Jesus. As he commanded the disciples to bring the loaves and fish to him, Jesus invites us to bring our resources as well as our brokenness to him. This sermon explains how this is the imprint we intend to follow as we serve the poor.
Reese LeRoy | We begin Compassion Month at VCA with a focus on the compassion of our God. Throughout scripture we see that God’s compassion is not merely emotional or passive. It is always active and powerful, offering forgiveness and rescuing those who believe.
Duke Lancaster | Duke and Marie Lancaster are Vineyard pastors who love the church and give themselves to seeing it encouraged and empowered across the country and around the world. In this message, Duke talks about the absolute essential role of the church in the life of every believer.
Sam Sahyouni |If we wait until the work is done to rest, we’ll never rest. Kingdom rest starts before the list is complete — because rest is an act of trust.
Reese LeRoy | In the final message of our series on Ruth, we see how the story concludes with Ruth marrying Boaz and Ruth giving birth to Obed, who would become the grandfather of Israel’s greatest king David. Ruth, Boaz, and Obed are also included in the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the King of kings and Lord of lords. Their stories remind us that God has purposed that everyone be included in the story of His kingdom coming and advancing throughout the world.
Reese LeRoy | Ruth’s journey reminds us that lives that seek to follow God are marked by both seasons of doing and times of being still. When we have done all that we can do, God invites us to be still, to trust in Him as our Redeemer, and then watch Him do what only He can do.
Mary-Margaret LeRoy | New seasons don’t happen like the flip of a switch. They take time and so we wait. At the most critical part of Ruth’s story, she had to wait. Transformation takes place as we wait with the Holy Spirit. Ruth’s example of waiting and submitting mirrors that of Jesus.
Reese LeRoy | This week in our series on the Book of Ruth, we focus on the important role of guardian-redeemer that will be carried out by Boaz. Boaz foreshadows how Jesus will come to rescue and restore all who trust in him as our Savior and our Redeemer.
Reese LeRoy | In our series on the Book of Ruth, we see how God will sometimes use ordinary, natural circumstances to bring about His extraordinary, supernatural plans for our lives. Ruth 2 reminds us that our lives are in the hands of God who is sovereign and is always at work in ways we often do not recognize or perceive.
Reese LeRoy | This message marks the beginning of a new series on the Book of Ruth. In this short four-chapter book from the Old Testament, we’re able to see how this young widow’s ordinary decisions and everyday faithfulness to follow God resulted in Him responding to her with extraordinary and unimaginable experiences of His love and goodness…just like He desires to do for us today!
Reese LeRoy | Reading scripture is a spiritual practice that is essential for followers of Jesus. As we come to God’s Word with hunger and expectation, the Holy Spirit will show us the paths we should take in life and empower us with strength and courage to carry us through difficult times.
Reese LeRoy | In his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus presumed his followers would give, pray, and fast. When carried out for an audience of one, these spiritual practices help align our hearts and lives with God. In the final message of this series, we examine biblical fasting and see that, ultimately, it is about the cultivation of a greater appetite for God’s presence and the priorities of His kingdom.
Reese LeRoy | In Matthew 6, Jesus talks about the spiritual disciplines of giving, praying, and fasting as natural expressions of a healthy disciple’s life. In this passage, Jesus instructs us how NOT to pray, and he also gives us a framework for our prayers. With the model of the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus invites us to a deeper level of intimacy with Father God resulting in greater effectiveness with our prayers.
Reese LeRoy | In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gives principles for healthy spirituality that truly reflects God’s rule and reign in our life. Among the principles for healthy spirituality in our religious life, Jesus talks about giving, praying, and fasting. This message focuses on Jesus’ presumption that the life of a healthy disciple will be a life that gives.
Reese LeRoy | In the final message of our series on miracles from the Old Testament, we focus on Elijah and the spiritual showdown with the prophets of the false god Baal. Thousands of years later, this event serves as a reminder to us that the Lord our God is holy and powerful. In His love, He calls us to rid our lives of sin so that we can live fully surrendered to Him.
Mary-Margaret LeRoy | God’s power and sovereignty are on full display in the miracle of the parting of the Red Sea. And so is his steadfast love. All of this is available to each of us right now, in this moment.
Sam Sahyouni | In this week's message, we explore one of the most surprising miracles in the Old Testament—the moment God made an iron axe head float. It’s not dramatic or life-threatening, but it reveals something powerful: God cares deeply about the small stuff. Through this story, we’re reminded that nothing is too ordinary, too personal, or too insignificant for God to notice. He’s not just powerful in the extraordinary; He’s present in the everyday. Whether it's lost keys, quiet worries, or small daily burdens, God is near—and He invites us to bring it all to Him.
Reese LeRoy | The story of Balaam and his donkey shows us that God will go to incredible lengths to protect and guide us in the ways that are best for us. It’s up to us to listen and obey.
Dan Gaudinier | When looking at the miraculous victory at Jericho, we should consider the ways the ways the Israelites drew close to God in order to move from substance living to the fullness of God’s favor. We too have the ability to meet God at the nexus of obedience, and worship and step in to the fullness of His promises.
Reese LeRoy | In 2 Kings 4, we have another example that God is faithful to provide for those who look to Him - sometimes in miraculous ways! God welcomes us in our emptiness and invites us to trust Him - even when you have no idea of how He is going to care for us.
Dr. Cheryl Jones | The Old Testament tells stories of God the Father interacting with His creation on a day to day basis in a way that reveals His character to us, today. We learn that He is a God of integrity who honors His promises, a God of compassion who honors our choices, and a God of wisdom whose miracles bring life and hope.
Reese LeRoy | In our summer message series on miracles from the Old Testament, we see that miracles can happen when our faith in God is expressed in obedience to Him. Daniel 3 gives us a very vivid example of this with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Their story reminds us that God does not promise us a life without trials and difficulties. When they do occur, He promises to be with us and carry us through.
Reese LeRoy | We launch our new summer message series on miracles in the Old Testament in 1 Kings 17. Through His prophet Elijah, God performs three miracles and reminds us that He is Lord over nature, that He has unlimited resources for those who trust Him, and that He is Lord over death in all its forms.
Dr. Nadar Sahyouni | In this message, from guest speaker Dr. Nader Sahyouni, we explore what it means to hear God's voice and how we can grow in confidence that it’s truly Him speaking. Through Scripture, we learn practical ways to tune our hearts to His leading and how His voice brings clarity, peace, and wise discernment in our daily lives.
Don Pearson | In order for us to live in the freedom of our own forgiveness we must be willing to forgive/release those who have sinned against/hurt us.
Reese LeRoy | Jesus invites us to choose the life-giving resources of God's kingdom rather than the things of this world that can never satisfy. Ultimately, this is an invitation to trust God, not to settle for less, and to continually choose His best for us.
Tamara Noel | Jesus' death and resurrection make it possible for us to find purpose and significance as humans. He gifts us with His salvation and invites us to enjoy This Resurrection Life. Today, we delve into the Joy of Sowing and Reaping!
Reese LeRoy | The call to confession and repentance is God's invitation to joy-filled intimacy with Him. These practices bring us into salvation, and they continue in the Holy Spirit's work of sanctification as He makes us more like Jesus. Confession and repentance are a vital part of our relationship with God that brings about joy-filled freedom.
Reese LeRoy | Jesus' resurrection life is available for our fragile lives so that we can experience his abundant life. In order to experience God's gift of salvation and sanctification (the on-going process of becoming more and more like Jesus), we need to acknowledge the ongoing challenge of sin. Genesis 3 shows us how sin impacted relationships in the Garden of Eden, and how they continue to impact relationships today.
Reese LeRoy | On this Easter Sunday, we focus on John 20 as we join Mary Magdalene at the empty tomb. Because of the tomb was empty and Jesus is resurrected, we are able to have the same kind of intimate relationship with Father God that Jesus has with Him!
Dan Gaudinier | In our series "This Fragile Life," we are looking at how, in the messiness of life, God meets us, helps us, and calls us beyond. In the triumphal entry, as in life, Jesus makes His way to meet the deepest cry of the human heart; just perhaps not how we expect.
Reese LeRoy | Our only right response to the extravagant love of God is extravagant worship. In John 12, we see Mary's beautiful example of this and how our love for Jesus is meant to be a beautiful fragrance to the world around us.
Reese LeRoy | Living out the reconciling work of Christ requires us to view ourselves and others through a lens of God’s grace. Even in the midst of life’s trouble and pain, Paul's words in 2 Corinthians 5 challenge us to focus on God’s grace for ourselves and then see how His grace can live through us.
Sam Sahyouni | We all love to plan, map out our lives, and take control of our future—but what if clinging too tightly to our plans is actually keeping us from something great
Reese LeRoy | Is it okay to complain to God? The Book of Psalms gives us many examples of such laments where the writer complains to God that things are not as they should be. In Luke 13, we see where Jesus expressed his own version of lament over Jerusalem. With these examples, we see how lament invites us into a holy place of truth-telling, vulnerability, comfort, and belonging with God and with one another.
Mary-Margaret LeRoy | We live in the push and pull of joy and sorrow. But Jesus is present in the good and the bad. Looking at Jesus' experience in the wilderness we have an example of light in darkness.
Reese LeRoy | The Holy Spirit is the bond of love that welcomes us into God’s family and invites into Jesus’ mission. With a focus on Acts 2, we see that for both the Early Church and the Church today,Jesus’ mission for His Church cannot be accomplished without the power of the Holy Spirit.
Robin Trafford | You are the perfection of God through faith in Jesus. We will explore how the Holy Spirit helps daily make this a reality through His power and love in our lives.
Reese LeRoy | Every day we can affect the world around us with our words. What if we started praying “Come Holy Spirit” before we uttered the first sentence? The Holy Spirit wants to fill us with His love and power and influence every expression of our lives - including our communication.
Don Pearson | The Holy Spirt lives in us to transform us until we naturally reflect the heart and nature of God. Then He manifests His presence on us so that the supernatural realities of the Kingdom of God can be expressed through us.
Reese LeRoy | God's perfect plan is for us to be filled with His Spirit - not just once, but continually! First, the Holy Spirit fills us to quench our own spiritual thirst, and then He fills us to make us a channel of spiritual refreshment for others.
Mary-Margaret LeRoy | The Holy Spirit teaches our hearts that we belong to Him. He emboldens us to do what he’s called us to do. The Holy Spirit is our strength in weakness. He enables us to live the best life Christ has for us.
Reese LeRoy | It is vital for us to know what the Holy Spirit does so that we can be open and welcoming to Him to do what only He can do in us. We pray the ancient prayer "Come Holy Spirit" with the expectation that He will bring order to our chaos, fill us with power and joy, set us free from all that binds us, and purify and transform our hearts.
Reese LeRoy | We continue our series on the Holy Spirit with a focus on the Spirit's nature. We need to be familiar with the Holy Spirit’s nature and character so that we can better recognize Him and His activity in our lives and in the world around us.
Reese LeRoy | We begin the New Year with a new series on the Holy Spirit. The third person of the Trinity is a person, not a thing, who desires intimate relationship and interactive partnership with us. In this teaching, our focus is on Jesus' words from John 14 and 16 where he describes the work of the Holy Spirit and why it is advantageous for the Holy Spirit to come to us.
Reese LeRoy | We conclude our Advent and Christmas message series with the story of Simeon and Anna who demonstrate a right and beautiful posture for waiting. Their examples remind us that even in our waiting, God is at work, and He invites us to draw near to Him so that we can experience His goodness and faithfulness.
Mary-Margaret LeRoy | Knowing the love of God isn't enough. We must experience his love. When we do, it's transformative peace overflows and we share his love. We are light in darkness.
Reese LeRoy | On this third Sunday of Advent, we focus on Matthew 2 and the account of the Magi's visit to the newborn King. In this ancient story, we find practical parallels on how God's love fills us with joy as we seek Him and His purposes for our lives today.
Dan Gaudinier | On the second week of Advent, we look at God’s gift of Peace. In the life of Joseph, Jesus’ earthly father, we see a man who was able to find incomprehensible peace in uncompromising obedience. The illusive search for peace in the frenetic pace of our anxiety riddled modern society finds its fulfillment in Jesus, the Prince of Peace.
Reese LeRoy | On this first Sunday of Advent, we focus our attention on how God’s wondrous love gives us hope and invites us to be a part of His divine story. Through the story of Rahab, we see how making the choice to participate in God’s story gives us hope and meaning for every season of life.
Reese LeRoy | We conclude this message series with the last two chapters in the Psalms of Ascent. Psalm 133 encourages us to live in unity with one another and then describes the benefits of doing so - anointing and refreshing. Psalm 134 reminds us that the journey of discipleship that begins with a life of repentance leads to a life of never-ending praise.
Reese LeRoy | Psalm 132 celebrates simple obedience as the daily response of faith that leads to a promised hope in God's kingdom purposes for our lives and for the world around us.
Mary-Margaret LeRoy | Waiting FOR God is different than waiting ON God. His call to wait for him is his invitation to a time of healing and repair.
Reese LeRoy | Psalm 129 reminds us that we can persevere and endure hardships because our righteous God is committed to us!
Jim Wenzel | Psalm 128 reminds us that the Lord blesses us through our families and unites us as His Church.
Reese LeRoy | We continue our series on the Psalms of Ascent with a focus on Psalm 127, a wisdom psalm that gives us a warning about the wrong way to work and provides us an example of work that is done to the glory of God.
Sam Sahyouni | Psalm 126 reminds us that even in the midst of our suffering God is working behind the scenes to redeem our hardships with joy.
Reese LeRoy | Psalm 122 is the song of a person who decides to go to church and worship God. This passage shows us how the habit of worship in church gives us a structure for life, nurtures our relationship with God, and centers us on His ways.
Jeff Brooks | In this series on the Psalms of Ascent, we focus on God’s promise in Psalm 121 to help us and to never leave us alone on our journey. In the passage we are reminded that God calls us, God leads us, God provides for us, and God preserves us!
Reese LeRoy | The Psalms of Ascent (Psalms 120-134) express deep longing for and sheer delight in the presence of God. These prayers and worship songs remind us of who God is, who we are in Him, and where He is leading us. Psalm 120 is an invitation to invite God into our distress. It also reminds us that God desires that we be instruments of His truth and peace even in the midst of deception and conflict.
Sam Sahyouni | The standard of generosity that Jesus sets for us is unreasonable. Let’s let the example of Jesus challenge us to move from being reasonably generous to unreasonably generous.
Reese LeRoy | In His perfect love, God invites and encourages us to trust Him with the finances He has entrusted to us. This requires equal measures of grace and faith combined with careful planning and faithful practice.
Reese LeRoy | Kingdom generosity invites us to deposit our treasures with an eternal mindset, rather than one that is temporal and fleeting. We consider Jesus words’ from Matthew 6 and Luke 12 where he invites us to trust God by giving generously from what He has entrusted to us.
Reese LeRoy | Participating in the generosity of God’s kingdom requires us to live with the understanding that everything belongs to God. Our time, talent, and treasures are not so much given to us as they are entrusted to us. God is the owner, and we are His managers and stewards.
Reese LeRoy | In this new message series, we consider how God has set the standard for generosity in His kingdom – a model He invites His children to follow. In the ultimate expression of His generosity, God loved us by giving us His Son Jesus!
Reese LeRoy | In Mark 12, Jesus is asked by a Jewish scribe which command in the Jewish law was most important. Jesus makes it clear that there is one command that is more important than all others – to love God. God is love, He alone is worthy of our wholehearted love, and loving Him most produces in us the healthiest love for self and for others.
Reese LeRoy | In Mark 8, Jesus makes it clear to his disciples then and to us today that following him calls us to daily exchange our self-centeredness for Christ-centeredness. But the exchange is worth it because he gives us true life and souls that thrive!
Patrick Campbell | How do you describe yourself to the world when it comes to your faith? Would you declare you are a Christian or would you say an apprentice?
Reese LeRoy | In Mark 6, Jesus returns to his hometown of Nazareth where he only heals a few people due to their resistance and lack of faith. This story is a reminder that faith matters when it comes to seeing greater expressions of God’s rule and reign setting things right in our lives and in the world around us.
Reese LeRoy | At the end of Mark 4 and the beginning of Mark 5, we see where Jesus reveals his identity as the Son of God, his power demonstrated in miracles and signs and wonders which are ultimately always expressions of his great love. Thankfully, Jesus, the Son of God, still stands ready to rescue us and set us free with his powerful love!
Angela Otero | Looking at some short verses about Jesus withdrawing from people, we ask: How is God forming us when we feel abandoned by Jesus? What is the invitation from God? You are not as alone as you think you are. Jesus is there in the darkness waiting for you.
Reese LeRoy | In Mark 5, there is a “story within a story” that demonstrates how Jesus is with us to turn our fear into faith in our Heavenly Father. In both parts of this “double feature,” we see how our faith honors God and serves as the channel through which His power can work in our lives.
Reese LeRoy | In this passage from Mark 2, Jesus invites a tax collector to follow him and confronts self-righteous critics. The interaction reminds us that the Son of God came to earth for sinners in need of forgiveness.
Rodger Otero | On the Sabbath we stop long enough to be able to recognize what is truly good.
Reese LeRoy | On Pentecost Sunday, we look at the end of Mark 1 to see how Jesus’ Holy Spirit-empowered prayer made it possible for him to do Holy Spirit-empowered ministry.
Mary-Margaret LeRoy | Wherever Jesus went he set things right bringing healing and freedom. As his followers, we’re empowered to do the same.
Reese LeRoy | In our series on the Gospel of Mark, we consider Jesus’ invitation to his disciples to come and follow him. As followers of Jesus today, we see this first as an invitation to personal relationship with God. But it is also a daily invitation to welcome God’s rule and reign into every part of our lives and everything we give ourselves to.
In a season of unprecedented loss in the life of our church family and many of our personal lives, it’s important to process our losses prayerfully. But how? As Christians, we can pray into, or lament, our suffering and pain. We struggle with loss, grief, or injustice in our lives and community, yet it is rare to hear about Prayers of Lament in the 21st Century church. Yet the Bible records Prayers of Lament in Psalms, Jeremiah, and Lamentations. Chapter 3 of Lamentations provides an outline to voice our complaints, transition from despair to hope, and acknowledge God’s sovereignty.
Reese LeRoy | In our series from the Gospel of Mark, we focus on Jesus’ baptism. We see how this important act launched Jesus’ public ministry and serves as a powerful picture of God’s kingdom breaking into our broken world.
Reese LeRoy | Our new series on the Gospel of Mark begins with a focus on Jesus’ identity as Good News, as King, as the culmination of God’s plan to save the world, and as the ultimate model of the Spirit-filled life.
Rodger Otero | In the hands of the resurrected Jesus, doubts are the seeds of fresh faith.
Tamara Noel | We are all incredibly loved by our heavenly Father. Even when we can’t see Him, He is working. The Holy Spirit does want to partner with all of us. When helping hurts, ask how may I serve?
Reese LeRoy | Resurrection Morning is the perfect time for us to conclude Paul’s letter to the Galatians. He ends the letter with the same theme he presented at the start: The Gospel is Jesus plus nothing else! This message focuses on the Cross of Christ and how Jesus’ death and resurrection launched new creation for the whole world!
Reese LeRoy | This Palm Sunday message looks at how Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem is a model of life in the Spirit and the ultimate example of sowing and reaping in God’s kingdom.
Reese LeRoy | Paul continues to explain how the Gospel of Jesus Christ is superior to the Law. At the end of Galatians 4, Paul illustrates this truth with the story of Hagar and Sarah – one representing human effort and the other, God’s promise. We are reminded that we become “children of promise” through grace and faith in Jesus Christ, not with our failed human efforts.
Mary-Margaret LeRoy | Before and after. The Galatians wanted to go back to the ‘before’ Christ. Everyday we get to chose if we’ll lean into the “after” of following Christ. It’s terrifying and beautiful and good.
Reese LeRoy | At the end of Galatians 3 and the beginning of Galatians 4, Paul continues to champion the superiority of the Gospel of Jesus Christ over the Law. He calls us to reflect on who we were under the Law, and who we are because of the Good News of Jesus Christ. Ultimately, those who are in Christ are called to live each day knowing that God loves us just like He loves Jesus!
Rodger Otero | The invitation of Christ is to leave the safety of domesticated religion for freedom and flourishing.
Reese LeRoy | In chapter three of Galatians, Paul focuses on the superiority of the Gospel and the failure of the Law to redeem humanity. This passage also encourages us to examine our own hearts and minds regarding our own spiritual identity. We should ask ourselves, "Is my identity rooted in the cross of Christ and the gift of the Holy Spirit, or is it rooted in works of my flesh?"
Angela Otero | Here we go again! Add-ons and Othering. True faith is remembering what Jesus did for us that we could never do for ourselves.
Rodger Otero | The wise follow Jesus through the fog of life with the help of companions and sages.
Reese LeRoy | In this next section of his letter to the churches of Galatia, Paul defends his apostleship by recalling how Jesus was unveiled to him and called him to preach the gospel to the Gentiles. Paul's experience reminds us that God wants all of us to have our own personal revelation of the gospel from Jesus Christ so that we can share and live out the good news of His kingdom.
Reese LeRoy | In this series on Paul's letter to the churches of Galatia, we are reminded that the true Gospel is Jesus Christ and nothing else. Like Paul, we should live each day as members of God's family sent by our loving Heavenly Father to share the good news of grace, peace, and rescue through His Son Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Reese LeRoy | In this message, we consider the prayer practices of two people who encountered the infant Jesus and see how their routines and rhythms might inspire us in the year ahead. In their examples, we see how prioritizing prayer and other spiritual practices helps us grow closer to God and experience His comforting presence.
Reese LeRoy | On this third Sunday of Advent, our theme is joy, and our focus is Mary's Song commonly referred to as The Magnificat. Mary's response to God in Luke 1 reminds us that our "yes" to God expressed in worship and surrender fills our lives with the joy of His kingdom.
Reese LeRoy | On the first Sunday of Advent, we examine Isaiah's prayer found in Isaiah 64 and consider how we can use it to invite hope rooted in God into our lives and world today. As we wait and pray, we are reminded that Jesus came into the world at a hopeless moment and continues to meet us in our hopeless moments today
Reese LeRoy | Proverbs makes it clear that care and concern for the poor are essential components of living wisely. Proverbs is also very practical and gives us specific instructions - namely, to share our food with the needy (Proverbs 22:9). In this message, we highlight the way Vineyard Church has fed the poor in Jesus' name in 2023 and look ahead to more opportunities in 2024.
November is Compassion Month for us at Vineyard Church, so our prayers this month will center around this theme: First, God's compassion for me; then God's compassion for those I love; then God's compassion for my neighbor; and finally God's compassion for the poor.You can do this all at once, or take each movement one by one for four days.
Reese LeRoy | November is Compassion Month at Vineyard Church. It's a time each year for us to focus on God's heart for the poor. We continue our study of Proverbs and focus on its teachings on how we should care for those in need. There we clearly see that care and concern for the poor are essential components of living wisely.
Mary-Margaret LeRoy | Proverbs 31 is a picture of what it's like for men and women to be present to the things God calls each of us to. It's an invitation to wisdom.
Rodger Otero | Our world needs fewer people who unmake peace, and more people who make peace.
Reese LeRoy | God is love, yet His perfect and protecting love requires Him to hate anything that seeks to harm or diminish those He loves. In this look at Proverbs 6, we will see how the way of wisdom calls us to rid our own lives of the behaviors God opposes and to avoid those who practice them.
Reese LeRoy | Proverbs has a lot to say about the wonderful satisfaction sex can bring when we follow God’s guidelines, and the devastating pain it can bring to us and to those close to us when we choose to ignore them. Proverbs 5 helps us explore the purpose, power, and preciousness of sex.
Angela Otero | Making use of those things that help to bring us closer to God and leaving aside those things that don’t.
Rodger Otero | Particularly when the stakes are high and the path forward is unclear, what we need is spiritual discernment.
Reese LeRoy | In our series on Proverbs, we focus on the introductory talks from a father to his son and the poems of "Lady Wisdom." These chapters provide the foundation for reading the rest of the book and show us how God invites us to gain wisdom from Him and to express it in our lives for this generation and for future ones.
Reese LeRoy | In this new series on Proverbs, we start right at the beginning of wisdom with “the fear of the Lord” (Proverbs 10:9). We see how awe and reverence for God and a healthy respect for His definition of good and evil serves us well as we navigate everyday life.
Mary-Margaret LeRoy | Let’s Party. The heart of the Father is invitational-it’s welcoming to all. We get to participate in the party God’s throwing!
Reese LeRoy | In this message based on a parable from Luke 14, we see that Jesus invites every part of every person to his banqueting table to receive His grace and goodness.
Rodger Otero | The way the Kingdom comes and makes disciples of Jesus is the same way we go and make disciples of Jesus.
Reese LeRoy | Our God who is love desires that each of us experience His love and then share it with others. Jesus' parable of the sower reminds us to faithfully sow seeds of God's love and to trust Him to take care of the results in the lives of others
Reese LeRoy | Thankful people express gratitude to God AND to the people around them. We look to Colossians and to several of Paul's other letters to the early church to see how living grateful - both upward and outward - demonstrates to the world that the kingdom of God is now here on earth and being expressed in our daily lives.
Reese LeRoy | In this message, we consider Paul's encouragement in Colossians to be thankful people along with his personal example of this kind of decision in Acts 16. In both, we see how thanksgiving and gratitude expressed in a worshiping life powerfully impacts us and those around us.
Eric Dean | The Bible teaches us that our true identity...who we really are...is defined by our Creator, not by our nationality or culture.
Angela Otero | God invites us to actively participate in our own healing from anxiety, depression, and grief. Philippians 4:8-9
Reese LeRoy | When we pray with thanksgiving, God gives us His peace - not necessarily an answer to our prayer or a change in our circumstance.
Reese LeRoy | The Apostle Paul's instruction to not be anxious is ultimately an invitation to relationship with God nurtured in prayer with thanksgiving. With thanksgiving, we are able to redirect our focus to God and reinforce our trust in Him in anxious times.
Rodger Otero | After we lay our anxieties on the altar, we need prayer guides to lead us somewhere else.
Jay Pathak | Jay who is the National Director, Vineyard USA concludes the series “Empowered.”
Mary-Margaret LeRoy | Spiritual gifts are given to us by a loving God. We can trust him and the gifts he gives. These gifts reveal to others the beautiful and precious love of God.
Reese LeRoy | In our series on the Holy Spirit, we focus on the gift of PROPHECY – hearing from God and speaking for God. From Paul’s letter to the Corinthian Church, we get a clear description of prophecy and definitive instruction that it always be strengthening, encouraging, and comforting to the recipient.
Reese LeRoy | In this new message series on the Holy Spirit, we will focus on His work as Revealer who is always revealing goodness and truth. The Holy Spirit reveals Jesus to us, empowers to us reveal Jesus to others, and gives us clarity and direction when we are confused and aimless.
Reese LeRoy | On this Easter Sunday, we conclude our series on the Lord’s Prayer with a focus on the praise-filled doxology at the end of the prayer. We celebrate that God’s good, loving, and faithful response to all the petitions of this prayer is made possible because of an empty tomb and a risen Lord!
Angela Otero | Jesus’ Triumphal Entry in Passover week and His activity in the Temple declare: “I lead you not into temptation; I deliver you from evil!”
Reese LeRoy | The Lord’s Prayer invites us to daily practice reconciliation with God and with each other. Through the parable of the Prodigal Son, we can understand that we don’t forgive to earn God’s forgiveness. Rather, we are invited to forgive others in response to God forgiving us.
Reese LeRoy | In this new message series for Lent, we focus on the prayer Jesus taught his disciples to pray. Throughout this series we will discover that the Lord’s Prayer is a trustworthy framework for learning how to have simple and intimate conversations with our Heavenly Father.
Rodger Otero | God has entrusted us with the care of His entire creation because His entire creation is His temple.
Reese LeRoy | As people created in the image of Creator God, we have all been entrusted with creativity for every arena of life. Like all of God’s gifts to us, creativity needs to be nurtured and stewarded well for His glory and for the benefit of those around us.
Reese LeRoy | The stewardship of our lives includes the way we handle the financial resources God has entrusted to us. Today we will consider God’s invitation and encouragement to tithe – to give 10% of our income to our local church. As we honor God with money, we will experience spiritual growth and experience more of God’s rule and reign here on earth
Mary-Margaret LeRoy | Relationships can be wonderful, hard, terrible and beautiful. The Holy Spirit will help us bring kindness, forgiveness, understanding, and discernment to them all.
Reese LeRoy | In the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25), we see that being a good steward of what God has entrusted to us is both good for us and for the world around us. As we faithfully and creatively steward God’s gifts to us, we will see His kingdom advanced and experience His joy in our lives.
Reese LeRoy | There is so much that Creator God has entrusted to us…things He has created and given to you and me. But are these things really MINE or YOURS? Do they really
BELONG to us? Did God give them to us to do with them as we please? God entrusts us with good gifts so that we might use them to honor Him and benefit others. On this New Year’s Day, we’ll be reminded of ways we can honor God each new day!
Reese LeRoy | On this fourth Sunday of Advent, we focus on God’s protecting love that saves us, protects us, and guides us on this journey of life.
Angela Otero | God puts spiritual families together: sometimes he invites you to seek out family and sometimes he invites you to receive people as they come to you.
Reese LeRoy | God's formational work in our lives and in our families often comes with challenging situations and circumstances. As we consider Jesus' earthly family, we see this dynamic on full display in the life of Joseph. We can be encouraged to see how God led Joseph and how he was able to experience lasting peace with Immanuel - God with us!
Mary-Margaret LeRoy | We are justice and righteousness in the flesh. Just as Jesus did in Luke 18:35-42 when he stopped everything to heal the blind beggar, we can stop to minister to those in need.
Reese LeRoy | We continue our Compassion Month series with a focus on God's instruction to DO justice and righteousness as we serve and care for the poor. We can activate these in our lives by giving time and attention, money and financial resources, and our voices and influence to help the poor.
Reese LeRoy | November is Compassion Month at Vineyard Church. It's a time to focus on God's heart for the poor. Our theme for the month is Amos 5:24: But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! The passage reminds us that the worship that pleases God calls for right relationship with Him and right relationship with our neighbor, including the poor and powerless. Care for the poor is an essential part of the worshiping life.
Rodger Otero | There is more going on behind the curtain than what appears on the stage.
Reese LeRoy | In this section of Ephesians 5 and 6, Paul writes about mutual submission in everyday relationships. As God's active rule and reign fills these relationships, they are redeemed and infused with His goodness, freedom, and kindness.
Sam Sahyouni | We live in a broken world, and when we enter into a relationship w/ Jesus He brings us out of darkness and into the light. However, we still live in a world wrought with darkness. We have a sinful nature within us. Therefore, to grow in light, and push back darkness, we need to practice constant vigilance.
Don Pearson | The Apostle Paul called the followers of Jesus in Ephesus to stand apart from the cultural norms of their society, avoiding the accepted behaviors of the day. This call is so "now" needed for the Christ followers of our time as we seek to be Kingdom of God agent's in the midst of today's culture!
Reese LeRoy | In this section of Paul's letter, he calls us to fully integrate our faith in Christ into our thoughts, our senses, our identity, our words, our emotions - into everything we are!
Reese LeRoy | One of Paul's major themes in Ephesians is unity in the Body of Christ. In Ephesians 4:1-10, we are called to be united in our mission, in the way we honor and value each other, and in our dependence on the Holy Spirit.
Reese LeRoy | What if the scale of our prayers is directly proportional to our understanding and experience of God's love for us? We continue our exploration of Ephesians with a look at Paul's prayer for the Church to have God's power rooted in His love.
Angela Otero | Learn more specifics about the church's Growth Pathway! No matter where you are in your journey of faith, Jesus makes it possible to walk with God in confidence and freedom and as part of the community of faith.
Rodger Otero | The world as we know it is polarized and exclusionary, so Christ came to create a single new humanity for God to live with.
Reese LeRoy | In this message, our focus is grace - God's unmerited favor. In Paul's letter, he helps us see God's grace as the means of our salvation and also the loving force that empowers our life and enables us to do good works in response to His amazing grace.
Robin Trafford | We are created to live life together to fulfill the gospel of Jesus. In this sermon we will look at the example the church at Ephesus set for us and how it is still applicable today.
Reese LeRoy | This message begins our extended exploration of the book of Ephesians. Paul's letter of encouragement begins with worship emanating from God's lavish love for all of us. It is God's desire to form a body that expresses His love and goodness here on earth. For that assignment, God has picked you, and it is His pleasure to have you on His team!
Rodger Otero | The Spirit's gifts are God's grace to help us best influence those around us.
Reese LeRoy | A large portion of the Gospels deals with the healing ministry of Jesus. Every follower of Jesus has been called to pray for the sick and to be receptive to gifts of healing. Learn how to do this so that God's kingdom can be extended in our community and throughout the world.
Dan Wager | Of all the spiritual gifts God gives the church, speaking/praying in tongues is most designed for our own individual edification & personal prayer/worship.
Mary-Margaret LeRoy | The gifts of the spirit are good gifts God gives us to help others. The gift of prophecy is a gift of encouragement that can serve as a trail marker to help people go from the trailhead to the summit. It allows us to be the conveyance of God's love
Reese LeRoy | Spiritual gifts are not merit badges or rewards for a few special Christians. Spiritual gifts are tools that the Holy Spirit wants to give to EVERY follower of Jesus so that we can do his ministry. We'll look at Paul's first letter to the Church at Corinth as a foundation for how to be open to and operate with spiritual gifts.
Angela Otero | Pay attention to what we are paying attention to because where we place our attention shapes our minds (re)forms our souls.
Reese LeRoy | We are people of God's kingdom. God's kingdom has a King, and His name is Jesus. Through the lens of Psalm 95, we see how we are to approach the King in worship as we ask ourselves "Does everything in my life reflect that Jesus is my King?"
Rodger Otero | Worship is a physical and communal practice that transforms us from the outside in.
Reese LeRoy | In this first message series on worship, we focus on how our worship welcomes God's manifest presence. As we worship, we can experience God's presence just like the first disciples did on the Day of Pentecost. As we worship, we can experience His presence that sets us free like Paul and Silas when they were imprisoned. This message also reminds us that the circumstances of our lives do not diminish the character of God or His worthiness to be worshiped.
Confession and repentance bring us into relationship with God, and they are a vital part of our on-going spiritual growth. Through the lens of the Apostle John's first letter to the early Church, we see that these spiritual practices are vital to living daily in God's joy.
Rodger Otero | Part of living life in new creation is learning how to recognize Jesus in the world around us.
Mary-Margaret LeRoy | Surrendering to the Spirit of God isn't giving up who we are, it's discovering who Christ intends us to be. We discover the authentic love and kindness of the Father.
Reese LeRoy | We can best leave behind the "old" self and live into the "new" creation we are in Christ when we recognize empty wells or "broken cisterns" in our lives. With words from the Prophet Jeremiah and Jesus' interaction with a Samaritan woman, we can cultivate a greater thirst for the presence of God so that we can fully discover who we are and who we are meant to be.
Reese LeRoy | God’s offer of new creation calls us to leave old patterns of brokenness and pain to live in new freedom and health in Christ alone - a work brought about by the Holy Spirit. As followers of Jesus, our focus is not "sin management," but intimate relationship with God that leads to dependency and obedience to Him.
Reese LeRoy | We conclude our series on Easter Sunday with "Resurrection and Life Everlasting." We'll look at Jesus' healing of Lazarus and see that resurrection is an event, a person, a process, and a present reality for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Angela Otero | An important part of understanding our relationship with God is the ability to contemplate the forgiveness of our sins, and before we can understand the importance of Easter we must wrestle with our own human need for saving.
Reese LeRoy | As we continue our series on the Apostles' Creed, our focus is "the communion of saints" - the local church. Jesus builds his church with perfectly imperfect people and makes it the primary instrument for advancing his kingdom. Pastor Reese explains what commitment to and love for the local church looks like and how it should be expressed by all the "saints."
This week in our series "The Mystery of Faith," we focus on the Holy Spirit. The third Person of the Trinity is our Encourager and our Helper in all things - including prayer. We will look at Romans 8 to see how the Holy Spirit wants to help us pray.
Reese LeRoy | We continue our study of the Apostles' Creed with a focus on Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord. We will consider how Jesus comes in love to make visible the invisible God and how we ultimately proclaim that Jesus is Lord through our obedience.
Rodger Otero | Jesus describes the Father as a Gardener who loves us and wants us to flourish.
Reese & Mary-Margaret LeRoy | We conclude the series with EROS because for EROS or intimate and sexual love to be all that God intended it to be, it must be rooted in a committed friendship and a bond of familial love between a husband and wife, which is built on AGAPE, unconditional, selfless and sacrificial love, God’s kind of love.
Angela Otero | Human families teach us broken love, but God can redeem and heal us with the purest love.
Reese LeRoy | AGAPE: love that is unconditional, benevolent, self-giving, doesn't ask for anything in return, and doesn't consider the worth of its object.
Reese LeRoy | We are people of the Kingdom of God who pursue culturally relevant missions in the world.
Mary-Margaret LeRoy | Engaging in Compassionate Ministry done through the power and presence of the Holy Spirit is why we exist.
Reese LeRoy | We are a people of the Kingdom of God who experience and worship God. As people of a kingdom, we recognize that we have a King who is worthy of our worship.
Reese LeRoy | Something that there is no shortage of in the world around us and maybe even no shortage in our own lives…fear. What about exchanging "A Spirit of Fear for an Embrace of Love" specifically the perfect love of God given to us through His Son Jesus.
Rodger Otero | Jesus comes like a gardener to exchange our desolate badlands for a joyous oasis.
Reese LeRoy | In Reese's sermon, he talks about the wonderful thing that happens when we exchange our turmoil for Messiah's peace.
Angela Otero | This Advent we’re approaching Christmas day through prophecies from the book of Isaiah. We all have a need to hope, and Isaiah speaks of a hope in Someone Greater who promises to exchange real-life battles for real-life hope.
Reese LeRoy | In Jesus' interaction with the woman caught in adultery, we get a picture of how God treats with kindness, those taken advantage of by inequitable systems that leverage shame.
Mary-Margaret LeRoy | Mark 1:40-45 talks about a man with leprosy that seeks healing from Jesus. Jesus shows compassion for this man and heals him. Likewise we should show others this same type of compassion. Mary-Margaret discusses this in depth. Let's listen.
Reese LeRoy | November is Compassion Month at Vineyard Church of Augusta. In this first sermon of the series God's Justice for the Poor, Pastor LeRoy asks: What is justice? What does justice mean for our everyday lives…especially when it comes to the poor?
Reese LeRoy | It’s a question worth asking today: What is greater? The influence of the church on the dominant culture, or the dominant culture's influence on the church? Is my life more influenced by kingdom of this world, or by Jesus and the kingdom of God?
Rodger Otero | In this sermon from our Urgent Love Letters series, we learn that Jesus opens up permanent admission into God's presence.
Reese LeRoy | In this sermon, we continue to look at Jesus' letters to the seven churches in Asia Minor. Specifically Sardis. Conquering soldiers came like a thief in the night to capture Sardis. So this letter served as a spiritual wake-up call for them and for us.
Mary-Margaret LeRoy | The city of Thyatira was a busy commercial town with lots of tradesmen. These tradesmen would have to belong to a trade union in which idols were worshiped. This was a big problem if you happened to follow Jesus. Let's unpack this.
Reese LeRoy | Continuing the sermon series, urgent Love Letters, we look at the letter to the church at Pergamum. The city lacked in commerce but it made up as a center of religion and worship, namely to pagan gods. In His letter, Jesus calls them to remain true.
Rodger Otero | In this sermon, we're in the second of the seven letters found in Revelation. There were rumblings about certain issues in the city of Smyrna. Jesus' message to the church: When angry, accusing crowds explode, stay faithful to the Faithful One.
Reese LeRoy | In this sermon we take a look at the letter to the church in Ephesus. "Like you used to" is a message calling us to reflect on our past and look ahead to all that God has purposed for us both as a church family and as individual households.
Reese LeRoy | In this message series, we look at some urgent love letters… messages from Jesus to His Church found in the last book of the Bible, Revelation. What was written for churches 2000 years ago still has much to say to us today.
Rodger Otero | When Jesus feels aloof, you can trust Him that there's more going on than you realize.
Reese LeRoy | God is at work all around us. He invites us to join Him in His work. We have been speaking about evangelism. And we could look at it as an adventure with God where everyday activities can be opportunities to share our faith. Let's step out.
Rodger Otero | Evangelism is not a strategic marketing plan. Evangelism is telling the truth about the good we have experienced with Jesus.
Reese LeRoy | Evangelism can certainly feel awkward. Sharing our faith can be intimidating. Many of us get overwhelmed when we think about evangelism. Many avoid evangelism for fear of failure.
Rick and Ellen Coffin | The Coffins followed God's calling to plant a church in India. This is their story and how COVID has affected that work.
Angela Otero | As this podcast series closes we need to look at our goals. First, we want to bring God glory in our work places. Second, we want to value and honor all people who do honest and faithful work. And finally we want to have gratitude for our own jobs.
Rodger Otero | A clear identity shapes a way of living that generates more glory for God.
Reese LeRoy | In this sermon Reese talks about how all work is holy. This relates to how we view and how we do our own jobs, but also how we view the work of others.
Reese LeRoy | We’re going to look at how we view work--both our own work and the work of others--and how we do work, and what it says about our relationship with God.
Don Pearson | In this sermon, Don Pearson discusses the battle for identity in an age of outrage.
Reese LeRoy | Fun and laughter are good gifts from God. They are good medicine for the body, mind, and spirit. Fun, laughter, and celebration were all part of Jesus’ life when he was here on earth, and they should be part of our lives today.
Reese LeRoy | Fun and laughter are gifts from God that should be embraced and enjoyed by allHis children. So why do so many people associate Christians with everything but fun? Could it be that we take ourselves too seriously?
Rodger Otero | Jesus had a habit of having celebration parties with all the "wrong" people while others thought this behavior was a nightmare. Jesus was just doing what God is doing.
Reese LeRoy | Do we consider fun, humor, or laughter “unimportant” or even “unspiritual?” Jesus was probably someone that others wanted to be around; not just because He did miracles and preached the Word of God but Jesus was a fun person to spend time with.
Rodger Otero | Cars are designed to run on a specific kind of fuel, so are we as human beings.
Thor Colberg | Question for the day: "What is in your core being that you have got to see happen in your life?" This is not your bucket list.
Reese LeRoy | God speaks and amazingly beautiful and wonderful things are created and brought to life. Satan also speaks. He speaks lies, and the results are doubt, fear, and, ultimately, death.
Reese LeRoy | Hope is alive because Jesus is alive! This hope is not wishful thinking…but confident expectation based on solid certainty that God will do what He has promised to do. One of the most important and vital ways we do this is through prayer.
Michelle Bauer | "We have this Hope for an anchor for the soul, firm and secure." (Hebrews 6:19) That hope is found in Jesus.
Reese LeRoy | Jesus is our living hope. The word hope is a noun. But it is also a verb!
Reese LeRoy | Jesus Christ has been a solid rock for those who have hoped in Him. And He will continue to be a solid for those who hope in Him as we face the days ahead.
Reese LeRoy | People are fickle and how quickly their opinions and sentiments can change…even about the only perfect human being who has ever walked on earth. Jesus was not exactly the kind of Messiah the Jews were expecting. Jesus came in a very different way.
Putty Putman |As Jesus was doing His ministry here on earth, He was always stating that the Kingdom of God is at hand. Jesus was obsessed with this message.
Reese LeRoy | God gives us freedom of choice, and as the author of Psalm 84 had found for himself, the better choice is a personal experience of God’s presence over and above anything else.
GOD WANTS TO BLESS US WITH HIS FAVOR AND HIS GOODNESS. In God’s work of redemption for our lives, HE ALSO MAKES US A BLESSING! And through His people, the Body of Christ, GOD WANTS TO BLESS EVERY PEOPLE GROUP ON THE ENTIRE PLANET THROUGH US.
God’s blessings come to those who decide every day to take God at His word despite circumstances to the contrary. Every day, God desires that we experience His blessings in our lives. God also desires to bless others through us each.
Sabbath rest, a time that God gives us to rest and play in. The time when one gets to stop working so hard and do something one really wants to do. A time to create, to laugh, explore or just nap. That's the kind of Sabbath God designed to be a blessing.
As we explore A YEAR FOR BLESSING in this sermon, we’re going to return to the story of Abraham. God called Abraham and told him that He would make a great nation through him…and that through this nation, God would BLESS ALL NATIONS…ALL PEOPLE GROUPS.
From "The Message" version of the Bible, Proverbs 18:21 says: "Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit-you choose." What we say to our children and other peoples children, matters. Let's listen to Mary-Margaret as she explains this.
Who is the in crowd in the Kingdom of God? Think about it for a moment... As we'll hear, Jesus effectively says that to live in the Kingdom of God means to be in with the out crowd.
As followers of Jesus Christ today along with all those who have preceded us, we live in the blessing that God gave Abraham…the blessing of a Savior who would come through his lineage.
In Genesis 12 and 13, there are four different altars that Abram built as he journeyed with God to see God’s purposes fulfilled in him and his family… as he endeavored to be the blessed man that God had called and purposed him to be.
God blesses us in order to bless others and His blessings are never suppose to end with us. Blessing is a unique ministry that God entrusts to followers of Jesus so that His kingdom purposes can be affected in people’s lives.
If the King was coming, what song would you sing? What song would you play as His anthem as He marched in?
The JOY of God’s kingdom is not a fleeting emotion, but a sense in our souls produced by the Holy Spirit as He causes us to see and recognize the beauty of Christ in God’s Word and in the world around us.
Of all the announcements that you made in your life, what was your most favorite, life-changing announcement? Pick of a college, marriage or perhaps the birth of a child? What about this announcement: A GOOD King is coming!
In the founding of our country, the United States broke away from the British monarchy and were determined NOT to follow their model for our new government. But in our own individual lives, WE NEED A KING.
In this podcast, let’s look at Matthew 9 to see that one of the most important actions compassion calls us to is prayer. Nothing of eternal significance happens apart from prayer.
This podcast looks at a story in which Jesus has compassion not just with a child, but to that child's parent as well. As with many stories in the Gospels, this is a rather extreme and fantastic story. Follow along in Mark 9:14-32 ESV. Let's listen.
Ministry to the poor can be overwhelming if our focus is only on the resources of this world and not on the resources of God’s kingdom…which are completely UNLIMITED.
Because of the pandemic locally and globally, we have more people in poverty. In this on-going season of shelter in place…social distancing…God is renewing His call to HANDS-ON COMPASSION…EVEN ON A BAD DAY.
Tuning in to the voice of God is ultimately about growing in the intimate relationship He desires with all of us. The question isn't "Does God still speak today?" The question is " Are we listening?"
God is present and communicating all around us. Any interaction with God is going to be fraught with mystery. And today's sermon is full of mystery so let's listen.
Can God talk to us through dreams? Dreams are mentioned 21 times in the Bible. Let's listen.
Tuning in to the voice of God is a great benefit to OURSELVES. But like everything else in the Kingdom of God, it’s not just ABOUT us or only FOR us. Our tuning into the voice of God can also be of great benefit to OTHERS.
What does God's voice sound like? It's a legitimate question. Let's explore this in the third podcast of the series: "TUNING IN to the voice of God."
When God speaks, amazing things happen and He speaks TO His Creation…the people He created in His image. The question isn’t “DOES GOD SPEAK?” The question is “ARE WE LISTENING?”
As we begin this new message series, ask yourself three questions. The first: Does God SPEAK? The second: Does God speak TODAY? And lastly: Does God speak TO ME today? Let's listen!
In this podcast, we look at a challenging passage in the Gospels. It’s Mark 10 and the story is referred to as JESUS AND THE RICH YOUNG RULER. More precisely, the second half of the story when the rich young ruler turns away from Jesus' offer.
Small groups are a BIG deal at Vineyard Church of Augusta. It’s what we were made to do; develop a relationship with God and with fellow believers. How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity.
Even in difficult times God calls us to LOVE HIM with everything we have…and to LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR AS WE LOVE OURSELVES. AND He’s still calling us to GO INTO ALL THE WORLD with the Good News of His love for us.
Continuing our series CHRISTIANS AT OUR BEST…a series inspired by Missiologist Ed Stetzer’s book “CHRISTIANS IN THE AGE OF OUTRAGE.” This podcast looks at OUR LIFE ONLINE…TO THE GLORY OF GOD!
Continuing our series CHRISTIANS AT OUR BEST…a series inspired by Missiologist Ed Stetzer’s book “CHRISTIANS IN THE AGE OF OUTRAGE.” This podcast looks at OUR LIFE ONLINE…TO THE GLORY OF GOD!
During the current climate, there is much to be outraged or offended by. There is everything from economic, political, racial and heath crises on going plus whatever personal hardships you may be dealing with. So how do we deal with so much at one time?
During the current climate, there is much to be outraged or offended by. There is everything from economic, political, racial and heath crises on going plus whatever personal hardships you may be dealing with. So how do we deal with so much at one time?
In a time of outrage and chaos, God calls His sons and daughters to LIVE IN HIS LOVE every day so that we can truly LIVE AT OUR BEST…for our own sake and for the sake of the world around us.
In a time of outrage and chaos, God calls His sons and daughters to LIVE IN HIS LOVE every day so that we can truly LIVE AT OUR BEST…for our own sake and for the sake of the world around us.
We are called to be ambassadors for Christ. "We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God". 2 Corinthians 5:20 NIV So what does that mean?
We are called to be ambassadors for Christ. "We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God". 2 Corinthians 5:20 NIV So what does that mean?
A new message series called CHRISTIANS AT OUR BEST. It’s about bringing the best of God’s kingdom to a world at its worst. Especially when our world is engulfed in outrage.
A new message series called CHRISTIANS AT OUR BEST. It’s about bringing the best of God’s kingdom to a world at its worst. Especially when our world is engulfed in outrage.
Do you feel that you are complacent with you relationship with God? God wants to finish a work He has started in each of us. He wants not only to save us but to heal us also, so we can have a closer relationship with Him. Let's listen...
Do you feel that you are complacent with you relationship with God? God wants to finish a work He has started in each of us. He wants not only to save us but to heal us also, so we can have a closer relationship with Him. Let's listen...
Our God is a GOD OF JUSTICE. Throughout the Old Testament, we see the words JUSTICE and JUDGMENT and RIGHTEOUSNESS interchanged. So how does this pertain to our current time? Let's listen.
Our God is a GOD OF JUSTICE. Throughout the Old Testament, we see the words JUSTICE and JUDGMENT and RIGHTEOUSNESS interchanged. So how does this pertain to our current time? Let's listen.
When is it a good time to know our God? NOW is a really good time for us to KNOW OUR GOD…not just KNOW ABOUT HIM…but to really KNOW HIM and EXPERIENCE HIM in a personal and intimate way.
When is it a good time to know our God? NOW is a really good time for us to KNOW OUR GOD…not just KNOW ABOUT HIM…but to really KNOW HIM and EXPERIENCE HIM in a personal and intimate way.
In Daniel 11:32, Daniel is warned about the tactics of the enemy and then he is told this important truth: …the people who KNOW their God shall BE STRONG, and carry out GREAT EXPLOITS. (NKJV)
In Daniel 11:32, Daniel is warned about the tactics of the enemy and then he is told this important truth: …the people who KNOW their God shall BE STRONG, and carry out GREAT EXPLOITS. (NKJV)
As our country looks at the treatment of our African-American brothers and sisters, followers of Jesus need to confront racism and the lies it perpetuates. God offers our nation forgiveness and healing, when we are humble, repentant and pray.
As our country looks at the treatment of our African-American brothers and sisters, followers of Jesus need to confront racism and the lies it perpetuates. God offers our nation forgiveness and healing, when we are humble, repentant and pray.
This podcast explores what it means to live in the River of God. Based on Ezekiel 47, we discover that everything will live where this river flows. This is the river that Jesus promised would flow out of His believers with the coming of the Holy Spirit.
This podcast explores what it means to live in the River of God. Based on Ezekiel 47, we discover that everything will live where this river flows. This is the river that Jesus promised would flow out of His believers with the coming of the Holy Spirit.
In this podcast we’re going to look at Acts 1. There we find Jesus’ final conversation with his disciples before he left this earth to go and be with Father God…before Pentecost.
In this podcast we’re going to look at Acts 1. There we find Jesus’ final conversation with his disciples before he left this earth to go and be with Father God…before Pentecost.
In light of the heightened racial tensions across our nation, join us as we ask God how we should respond to injustice and hate.
When Jesus was here on earth, he talked about the KINGDOM OF GOD more than any other subject. The KINGDOM OF GOD IS WHERE JESUS COMES AND SETS THINGS RIGHT.
When Jesus was here on earth, He talked about the KINGDOM OF GOD more than any other subject. The KINGDOM OF GOD IS WHERE JESUS COMES AND SETS THINGS RIGHT.
Continuation of the message series called HOPE Alive! And hope is alive because Jesus is alive! We’re looking at conversations that Jesus had with his closest followers after his resurrection…before he went back to be with God the Father in heaven.
Continuation of the message series called HOPE Alive! And hope is alive because Jesus is alive! We’re looking at conversations that Jesus had with his closest followers after his resurrection…before he went back to be with God the Father in heaven.
In this episode of HOPE Alive!, we look at the conversation Jesus had with His disciples in Matthew 28, It’s where Jesus gave them and where he gives us THE GREAT COMMISSION.
In this episode of HOPE Alive!, we look at the conversation Jesus had with His disciples in Matthew 28, It’s where Jesus gave them and where he gives us THE GREAT COMMISSION.
In the HOPE Alive! series, we’ve been looking at conversations Jesus had with His followers after His resurrection. Conversations meant to bring peace, comfort, and clarity. Now let's look at a conversation Jesus had with Thomas.
In the HOPE Alive! series, we’ve been looking at conversations Jesus had with His followers after His resurrection. Conversations meant to bring peace, comfort, and clarity. Now let's look at a conversation Jesus had with Thomas.
In John 20:19, we see many of Jesus' disciples had hidden in fear. Jesus , our Hope, walked through locked doors to see His disciples. Hope walked in to send us out!
In John 20:19, we see many of Jesus' disciples had hidden in fear. Jesus , our Hope, walked through locked doors to see His disciples. Hope walked in to send us out!
The pandemic has shown that the church is more than a building. Join us as we discuss the various ways the church has adapted and overcome the challenges presented by COVID-19.
In the series HOPE ALIVE, we’re looking at conversations Jesus had with his disciples after his resurrection and before he went back to God the Father…conversations that brought hope to His follows which can also give us hope today.
In the series HOPE ALIVE, we’re looking at conversations Jesus had with his disciples after his resurrection and before he went back to God the Father…conversations that brought hope to His follows which can also give us hope today.
Join us as we dive deep into this thing we call the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit can mean different things to everyone, who is the Holy Spirit to you?
Jesus is RISEN! Hope is alive... and our living Hope has a name - Jesus! HOPE is calling each one of us by name.
Jesus is RISEN! Hope is alive... and our living Hope has a name - Jesus! HOPE is calling each one of us by name.
In times of crisis, many of us pray more. But are we listening as well? Spiritual Formation Pastor Michelle Bauer encourages you to consider Psalm 46 and how God will still your heart and mind as you spend a few moments each day resting in his presence.
As we finish our journey with Jesus from his birth, death, and resurrection, we come across some unexpected reactions from his followers.
We have been looking at conversations Jesus had with His disciples prior to His death. Now let's turn to the conversation that Jesus had with the Father in prayer.
We have been looking at conversations Jesus had with His disciples prior to His death. Now let's turn to the conversation that Jesus had with the Father in prayer.
In this episode we continue our walk with Jesus on His path to the cross. We follow Him from the Garden of Gethsemane to Golgotha (Place of the Skull), where Jesus is crucified.
Continuing our walk with Jesus on His path to the cross, we discuss why Jesus made the unexpected choices for His disciples.
God knows when we need help and He is here to do that. He is our present help in time of need. God promised to send a Helper and He did. He sent the Holy Spirit.
God knows when we need help and He is here to do that. He is our present help in time of need. God promised to send a Helper and He did. He sent the Holy Spirit.
Taking a few moments each day to focus on gratitude helps us to refocus our thoughts and emotions when things are difficult. VCA Spiritual Formation Pastor Michelle Bauer looks at Psalm 100 through a lens of thankfulness.
Life moves fast in a crisis. God invites you to take a few moments each day to notice places where He is at work in your life. VCA Spiritual Formation Pastor Michelle Bauer shares simple steps for daily examen.
As we continue our walk with Jesus' path to the cross, we touch on his life as a child, his baptism and being tested in the wilderness.
Before Jesus was crucified, He gave his disciples lessons on how to lead. Jesus taught to lead you must be willing to serve others. As leaders the disciples had to trust in God and Jesus Himself. Let's listen...
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VTalk is a mini-series created by the leaders of Vineyard Augusta's VYouth high school and middle school program. This episode is a discussion of the prophecy and birth of Jesus.
This message is based on John 15:1-8 which says we must remain in Jesus and allow the father to prune us so that we can bear fruit. The Father knows when and how we must be pruned. Let's listen.
Yes, Jesus loved his followers to his very last breath. But this statement “HE LOVED THEM TO THE END” means that Jesus loved his followers FULLY AND COMPLETELY… And that includes us all.
Jesus begins his farewell discourses by giving his followers A PATTERN FOR SERVING. This was not merely a teaching from Jesus. SERVING was a lifestyle Jesus had modeled for them throughout his entire public ministry.
As we finish the sermon series "Living Generously," Jesus’ words - "It is more blessed to give than to receive" are words that we should apply to our lives. So how do we do this. Let's listen.
Many of us are truly set on following Jesus and wanting Him to use us. But some of us may be "directionally challenged." If you are, there is hope. A GPS is a great tool for those who need direction. God has given us one. So let's listen...
When handling money and stuff, Jesus instructs us to operate under the KINGDOM OF GOD rather than the KINGDOM OF THIS WORLD. How do you handle money and possessions?
Generosity with time and attention begins with the on-going realization that every breath we breathe is a gift from God. We should make the most with our time and attention to give glory to God. How do we do that? listen as Pastor Reese explains.
Every person has influence. Maybe it’s something as significant as how you raise your children. Maybe it’s something as inconsequential as influencing the restaurant where your group of friends go to lunch today. Who might you influence for God today?
This sermon considers some really practical ways that we can LIVE GENEROUSLY… Generous First with Thoughts; Then with Words. It’s really important that we get this in the right order. Does what we say show God's love to others?
God showed generosity by sending His son, Jesus to die on the cross for us. This kind of generosity from our God calls for a generous response…and what is this response? OUR WORSHIP.
This new series concerns God’s desire for us to live a GENEROUS LIFE. The prevailing mentality of our world is SCARCITY and FEAR. God is calling us…HIS CHILDREN…THE PEOPLE OF HIS KINGDOM…to LIVE IN HIS ABUNDANCE ROOTED IN HIS LOVE. Let's listen.
It is VERY GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE that the holy Son of God came to earth so that humanity could have a real and personal relationship with Father God. Christmas is a party…and EVERYBODY IS INVITED!
God invites all of us to make room in our hearts and our lives for His love. Let's listen as Pastor Leroy talks about a young woman who God called to make room in her life for an event that would change the world.
Joy. This time of the year, we have joy celebrating the birth of our Savior. We can have joy year round when we put our trust in God. Listen to story about a couple who put their trust in God.
Peace at Christmas. With all the hustle going on, getting ready for that special time of the year, how does one have peace. Who can give us that peace?
The Story of Jesus' birth is filled with examples of God joining together with everyday people to bring His Son. Jesus to earth. Today through the Holy Spirit, God continues to give HOPE to everyday people in surprising and life-changing ways.
Paul tells us to remember those that are poor, be they poor financially or poor in spirit. When we find ourselves poor in spirit, the Gospel can become our hope. Listen as a couple tells their story of God's unrelenting love.
The Apostle Paul wrote in Galatians 2:10 that we should remember the poor. Listen to a husband and wife team who have taken the love and compassion of Christ to the poor.
Jesus calls us to serve the ONE...the one we encounter on our drive to work...the one we know at school who doesn't have anything to eat...the one who just got their electricity shut off...the one who ends up at a food pantry.
The POOR ARE THE VERY FIRST ONES MENTIONED in Jesus’ mission declaration! Jesus told us: "Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me." Are you up for the mission?
We wrap up the series on prayer with the forceful and dramatic reminder from Jesus Himself that His church is meant to be, first and foremost, A HOUSE OF PRAYER.
To really want to please God, one has to have faith. Some days our faith to doubt ratio is really strong. But other days it’s not so great. Faith is believing in and trusting in a person… Jesus!
Consider the role that thankfulness and gratitude should play in our life of prayer and worship. Is gratitude and thankfulness something that is INNATE in each individual? Or is gratitude and thankfulness something each of us needs to CULTIVATE?
God invites us to PRAY…to TALK to Him and LISTEN to Him at ALL TIMES…ESPECIALLY when we find ourselves dealing with SHAME. Shame is defined as a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior.
John the Baptist has just been martyred. John's disciples were going through "Tough Stuff" at that moment. Image how you might have felt. How do you pray when you are going through "Tough Stuff?"
Jesus, God the Son came to earth and modeled for us a Life Of Prayer. Jesus also came to earth to reveal God The Father to whom we pray. Jesus told His disciples, "If you've seen me, you've seen the Father."
Today's message we learn that we should pray for the church. Not just about the physical property, per se, but about how Jesus builds His church, the primary instrument of the Kingdom of God.
The God of the Universe wants to talk to us, and He wants us to talk to Him. It’s something we call PRAYER. And it’s an amazing privilege God has given to all of us.
In this, the last sermon of the series Soul Anchors, we look at the promises that God gave us about His promises. His ultimate promise to us, is the promise of His presence.
The series Soul Anchors began with the ultimate promise of God…THE PROMISE OF HIS PRESENCE. We are going to revisit this promise with a view to us collectively: What it means to experience the presence of God as a worshiping Community.
Promises are meaningless unless they come from someone we trust. We have to ask ourselves: "Do we really trust God, does He love me and is really for Me?" The answer is a resounding YES!
A continuation in the sermon series, Soul Anchors. Promises of God can be challenging, confusing and have to be wanted.
It makes a major difference when the Holy Spirit-breathed Word of God COMES ALIVE to you, especially in a difficult time in your life. Let's take a look at GOD’S PROMISES, OF EVIL DISTRACTIONS and OUR DESIRES and how God shapes and forms them.
In today's sermon, we will look at four (4) points in the process of "Possessing the Promises," Conviction, Courage, Staying the Course and Contending.
Today's message discuses rest. One of the promises given to us by God says He will give us a quiet place of peace and comfort. It will be a resting place where the weary can rest.
Everyone at the the Vineyard Church gets to play, that means our young people as well. Young people are not the future church but are very much the church of today.
Consider this, you hear a song and immediately it takes you somewhere in your past. Sometimes one may have that same kind of experience with passages of scripture. This is especially true with God's Promise to Defend and Protect.
How do you deal with circumstances in your life that are unexpected? Do you get disappointed or put your faith in the One who has your back.
God’s promises can be SOUL ANCHORS for us as we navigate this fantastic voyage of life. In this sermon, we’re going to look at a promise from God found in Jeremiah 29:11. Here God promises to give His people HOPE AND A FUTURE.
Our relentless God will never stop pursuing us, even when our response is to reject Him.
How is your batting average when it comes to making PROMISES? Thankfully for all of us, God does a much better job of keeping His promises. In this series we’re going to take a closer look at many of God's promises.
Lead Pastor Reese LeRoy encourages the church in rebuilding certain areas of their lives.