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Jesus is at a table with the religious elite when someone romanticizes a future feast in heaven, missing that the King of the universe is sitting right in front of him. Jesus answers with the parable of the great banquet from Luke 14: a master's guests all make excuses to skip his feast, so he sends his servant into the streets, the alleys, and the highways to bring in the poor, the crippled, and the outcast, because there is still room.
This message is about identity before performance. You do not serve to become a son, you serve because you already are one, and the table is already set. It closes with a true story about a Hollywood outreach event, a microphone that died mid sermon, and a homeless man named Cardboard who was closer to the edge than anyone knew.
Jesus approached a man who had been unable to walk for thirty eight years and asked him a life changing question: "Do you want to get well?"
In this message from John 5, discover what happens when Jesus confronts the excuses, pain, routines, and identities that keep us beside the same pool. Healing begins when we trust His word, rise in faith, and allow what once carried us to become a testimony we carry.
Jesus sees you in the crowd. He is not afraid of your pain, your history, or the places where you feel stuck. His command still carries power: get up, pick up your mat, and walk.
If this message spoke to you, share it with someone who needs healing and tell us in the comments what God is revealing to you.
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We live surrounded by voices competing for our attention, trust, and obedience. In Red Letter Revival, Fearless LA returns to the words of Jesus and asks a defining question: Whose voice has the greatest influence over your life? Beginning with the transfiguration in Matthew 17, this message reveals why admiration is not enough. The words of Jesus call for obedience. Discover how listening to Christ cuts through fear, culture, distraction, and competing opinions, and what it means to move from knowing Jesus as Savior to following Him as Lord. If this message speaks to you, subscribe, share it with someone, and tell us in the comments what God is showing you.
What does it actually cost to stop living empty and start living for something real? Zauntee steps into the pulpit at Fearless LA with a message built on Gideon's story in Judges 6, "Build Me an Altar," unpacking why the enemy's real strategy is not seduction, it is emptiness, and why an empty life never stays empty for long. Featuring a true story from an ex Satanist about what he actually saw when he glimpsed hell, three practical steps for hearing from God and tearing down what does not belong, and an honest look at what following Jesus costs you in sacrifice, reputation, and anonymity.
When the enemy tries to pull you off the wall, will you stay on it? In this message from Nehemiah 6, Dalisha Munton breaks down how comparison, mockery, and discouragement all work toward the same goal, getting you off your assignment, and why the only answer is: I can't come down, I'm not done yet.
Life will ask you to build — your career, your family, your dreams. But if you're not fighting at the same time, you'll build yourself right out of intimacy with God. Pastor David breaks down Nehemiah's rebuilding of the wall to show why building and fighting were never meant to be separate. In this message from Fearless Church, Pastor David walks through what it looks like to steward what God has given you while staying spiritually alert — using Nehemiah's men, who worked with a tool in one hand and a sword in the other, as the picture for how we're called to live. 📖 Scripture referenced: Nehemiah 4, 1 Corinthians 3:6, Galatians 5:1, John 3:16
🔑 Key takeaway: God never called you to choose between building your life and fighting for your walk with Him — He called you to do both, at the same time.
Maybe you woke up with something in your veins you never asked for — addiction, fear, anxiety, shame — handed down before you ever had a say. This Father's Day message from Fearless LA is a declaration over your bloodline: the gaps are closing. Walking through Nehemiah 4, Pastor unpacks how a man born in captivity — who didn't make the mess — became the one God used to rebuild the wall in just 52 days. You don't need the tools, the talent, or the perfect past. You just need a burning heart and the courage to stand in your gap. 📖 Scripture: Nehemiah 4 (with Isaiah 58 & Ephesians 6) 🔑 Key takeaway: The very hole the enemy used against you is the exact place God has called you to rebuild.
You've been through the fire. It left scars, rubble, and burn marks — but it couldn't take everything. And what the fire couldn't take is exactly what God wants to use to build something new in your life. In this message, "What the Fire Couldn't Take," we walk through Nehemiah 4 and Ezekiel's valley of dry bones to answer the enemy's mocking question: "Can these stones be brought back to life from the heaps of rubble, burned as they are?" God's answer is yes. He's not looking for perfect, polished, or unscarred stones — He's looking for what you have left. If you're rebuilding your health, your marriage, your business, your faith, or your call after everything fell apart, this one is for you. 📖 Scripture: Nehemiah 4:1-2 • Ezekiel 37 (Can these bones live?) • Psalm 118:22 (the stone the builders rejected) 🔑 Key takeaway: God never wastes the scars. He uses what survived the fire to build something the fire could never touch.
Are you waiting on God when God is actually waiting on you? In this powerful message from Fearless Church LA at the Mayan Theater in Downtown LA, Pastor Jeremy Johnson unpacks the story of Aaron in Numbers 16 — a man who didn't pray, didn't negotiate, didn't wait. He just ran. Straight into the middle of a plague. Carrying the only thing that could stop it. This sermon is for anyone who's been over-analyzing, over-praying, and under-moving. There's a time to be still — and there's a time to RUN. 📖 Key Scripture: Numbers 16:46-48 | Proverbs 14:4
If praise ever felt like performance to you — lifting your hands while nothing inside matches the motion — this message will wreck you in the best way. Pastor Brian Barcelona doesn't just teach about praise. He lives it in the worst moments imaginable. In this sermon at Fearless LA, Pastor Brian Barcelona walks through the 7 Hebrew words of praise from the Old Testament — and wraps each one around the real story of his sister's survival of fentanyl addiction, sex trafficking, and the God who found her anyway. 📖 Scripture referenced: Psalm 63:4, Psalm 47:1, Psalm 95:6, Psalm 150:1, Psalm 34:1, Psalm 50:14 🔑 Key takeaway: Praise is not hype. It's a weapon — and it can't be optional.
If someone has turned on you, gossiped about you, or walked out — you can't fight it with authority. You have to fight it with prayer. This message will show you why God is looking for a generation willing to run into the middle of it. In this episode, Pastor Jeremy walks through Numbers 16 — the story of Korah's rebellion, Aaron running with the censer, and how Jesus is the greater Aaron who stood between the living and the dead for you. 📖 Scripture: Numbers 16 | Jude 1 | Ezekiel 28 | Proverbs 6:16 🔑 Key takeaway: Intercession isn't a spiritual gift for a few — it's the call of every believer.
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The Roar & The Rescue | Jeremy Johnson | Fearless Church
In this powerful and timely message, Pastor Jeremy Johnson brings a bold word about standing in truth, love, and conviction during turbulent times. “The Roar & The Rescue” is a prophetic call to the church to rise up like Jesus—both Lion and Lamb—carrying justice and mercy into a broken world.
From the chaos in our culture to the battles in our own hearts, this message unpacks how the Word of God is our true foundation. Pastor Jeremy reminds us that storms reveal where we’ve built on sand, but also give us a chance to rebuild on the rock.
🔥 Are you ready to live with conviction and compassion? 🛡️ Are you walking humbly with God, acting justly, and loving mercy? 📖 Do you know if your name is written in the Book of Life?
This isn’t just another Sunday—it’s a wake-up call to the church. It’s a challenge to live like Jesus in a world full of division and distraction.
📍 Topics Covered:
- Justice & Mercy in turbulent times
- Prophetic identity of the church
- Judgment Seat vs. Mercy Seat
- Walking humbly in a divided world
- Raising up prophets over politicians
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We’ve gone through some things in 2024 but we all have unfinished business that might carry through to the new year if we don’t actively choose to let go. The thing is, our unfinished business is not just going to go away at the start of the new year, that healing, forgiveness, that sin: if it’s not intentionally removed will remain. Like the Israelites that came across Jericho, there are walls we face that can only be overcome through obedience. As we lean not on our or understanding and see a circumstance through the eyes of God, it begins to give us the strength to change.Often the directions of God are obscure but as we trust we get to speak the word of God over our situation we can see the truth begin to transform us. There are things in our lives that no one else can triumph but us and He knows our facts but He’s looking for our faith. The baggage that we have can’t come with us especially if we are expecting God to take us to the next level. God will put us in situations where our faith leads us to the last effort but our history with God should be the firm foundation for us to go from one victory to the next. The enemy wants us to be so shortsighted that we forget where God has come through. Here some some things we can think through:What do you see? God is always challenging us to look past what our physical eyes can see. What do you hear? What is coming through our ears and out of our mouths?What do you know? Gods nature is pure and what we know about Him is the key to faith. We have to come to the step where we are not just reading the word but are we applying the word. Are we spending time with God but more than that are we being transformed by His presence. Don’t go into what’s next without finishing what’s now, let’s not be a church that is mostly healed but leaving a foothold for the enemy!
Read: John 1:9 The first Christmas wasn’t this wondrous occasion full of gifts and celebration but it was a moment where Mary had to reveal some difficult news to Joseph about the miracle baby she was carrying. He didn’t believe her yet he had to submit to obedience when the Lord asked him to trust His plan. The first Christmas was filled with feelings of betrayal and confusion but there was a greater purpose that was about to unfold. Could it be that you are running from something and cursing something that looks like it is from the enemy is actually from God?Being chosen to change the world means that it is a call to change everything we touch, it is a warrior's life, a life filled with the cost of saying no to convenience and yes to Him. Sometimes when we’re chosen to change the world we don’t feel very chosen in the moment. Sometimes in order for God to use a person greatly He has to break them deeply because we are the vessel and He’s the vine and the only way for the snoring comes out is through that crushing. 1. God will always hide us before He uses us. 2. When God gives gifts it doesn’t always evokes praise at first 3. God wraps our gifts in a way that wont be pleasing to man, but when we open them we will see His glory! Many times in life we get jealous of other people’s “gift wrapping” because what we see on the outside is truly not the gift. We need to open the gifts of God because we can enjoy the greatness within. Don’t let the paper it’s wrapped in make us run away from what it is. The enemy will try to distract us with things that glitter but will lead to death, so as a church we are not going to get stuck on the papers of rejection, fear, doubt or pain and we will embrace every gift He has for us!
Without vision people perish, which means they expire living hopeless lives and many times they end up waiting around dead things expecting it to give them life. Religion is man made and as we go through the motions we might become dry in our faith but as a river of living water Jesus will bring life wherever He shows up. Let’s not be like the people surrounded at the pool waiting for an angel to save them when the one who carries healing we desire,, is in the room waiting to encounter us. We can be people that hear about Jesus but because our eyes are so focused on breakthrough we miss who is right in front of us. When Jesus enters the room: 1) He immediately sees what we need 2) He frees us so that we can free others 3) He sees past our brokenness, Jesus sees revival in us Jesus healing one man in locked revival in everyone else around him. God chooses us because He wants to “empty the pool through our testimony.” As salt and light of this world we are meant to enhance the lives of those around us. If we lose our saltiness we will not be able to produce fruit! The value of salt is that it carries itself as a pure element. We don’t want to tarnish the purity of our Spirits by allowing our Spirits to mix itself with other things. As we have our hearts open we will release control and trust that whatever God wants is where we will go.
All throughout the Bible God would constantly ask the Israelites to remember. Because sometimes looking back at the things that God got you through can give you the courage and confidence to believe that He’s going to get you through the now. But there are times that the Lord says, “I need you to forget the former things and perceive the new.” If we are looking back we will never be able to move forward into what He’s wanting to do through us. When we start living in a way that fills our house with light, we can be entrusted to change the neighborhood and then the world! The church has buildings but little boldness The church haha numbers but little nerve The church has comfort but little courage The church has status but little spirit The church has prestige but little power The church has knowledge but little wisdom The church has influence but little integrity The church has resources but little resolve The church has activity but little anointing The church has sermons but little sincerity The church has knowledge but little kindness The church has rituals but little relationship The church has tradition but little transformation The church has programs but little purpose God wants a new church come that will not just light a lamp during the day but will burn brightly at night. The talents that God gives us are merely lampstands to show off and reflect His glory so let’s wake up oh sleeper and allow Him to use us as vessels to promote His glory!
God is everywhere and is not confined to a building because of that we see Jesus at a wedding, where He ends up performing one of His very first miracles. The miracle that turned water into wine wasn’t as simple as Jesus snapping His fingers but instead He gave the servants a process, a series of steps to follow that brings this miracle to pass. Oftentimes this ends up being the case with our own lives; we might be broke and He gives us a process to heal our finances, we might need community and He gives us a process to getting plugged into the family. Here are some things to remember about the process: 1. The process makes no sense as we are supposed to lean not on our own understanding. 2. The process checks our hearts and He will ask us to do things that are questionable in the moment, but will always lead to the miracle 3. The process takes endurance and faithfulness until we see the full picture. Like the ceremonial washing bins, God chooses us as vessels for a miracle not for our cleanliness but for our capacity. And we are asked to keep speaking, keep doing and keep trusting until we see it. We don’t know what we have been given to steward and carry however God chooses us to make wine fine with and all it takes is trusting in the process. God put time into something that in the natural would have taken years but because there was obedience involved it took a matter of hours. We can get discouraged along the journey because it’s taken longer than we thought but let’s take our water to the master so that He can declare over us that the work that Jesus started in us has been complete!
The 7th hour represents the God hour over our life as 7 is the number of completion. Sometimes in life we find ourselves stuck on a road without end but with, there is always something to expect at the finish line. It's at the 7th hour that miracles take place, it’s where the sun stands still and we see God move. The Roman Official that came to Jesus for a miracle heard the stories but he wasn’t a follower of Jesus yet he came humbly to God as the answer for his heart's cry. What Jesus ended up giving this man was a word, a precious word that was planted on rich soil that then yielded a harvest of a miracle. That one word of God is more than a 1000 words from man. God is trying to deposit life in us but we often fail to listen to what He’s saying to us. He is giving us a word that is active and living and He is marking us with His word. When He speaks, things move and form planets and that same God is speaking to us daily because He wants to produce a harvest in us.
Here are some things to consider when God deposits a word in our lives:
- Is God’s word enough or are we looking for signs? If we’re looking for signs we often times get side tracked by the enemy. 2. His word won’t allow us to camp in the middle of our journey because He is good to his word. 3. The devil plants seeds of death or a weed that produces fruit that he hopes will KILL the promise God spoke over. God speaks in pictures and works in processes. Once you understand the process, the blessings and miracles are infinite. Every single person that held fruit has gone through the whole process of stewarding and cultivating seeds and the process pulls out those weeds that could destroy that good work in our hearts. God will plant His word in the dead parts of our live because it’s those dead things (the manure) that will ultimately give birth to life! Here are some things to know about seeds: • A seed (our dreams) can remain dormant for years • Some seeds (dreams) need winter before the sprout • Soil (our heart) health is more important than you think • Seeds (dreams) need darkness (to be buried) to germinate • Farmers rotate crops (God rotates our dreams) to maintain soil health • Plants (our spirits will protect those dreams) use chemical warfare to survive • Seeds (our dreams) contain all they need to grow • Seed (dreams) spacing is crucial • Not all seeds (dreams) sprout even in perfect condition • Seeds (dreams) respond to gravity, they know which way the roots and shoots need to grow.
The Lord longs to give us His Holy Spirit power, not just power for selfish gain but power so that we can be a witness in testifying about the truth of God. It’s okay if we don’t have the personality of the prerequisite in our biblical education to do so but all we need is the power to go out and preach this word with our lives. Along with the power we also need to be able to discern where the Holy Spirit is leading us because some things can simply be a good idea instead of a God idea. Sometimes the call of God might lead us to encounter closed doors which is why it is important to start any journey with a revelation from God. Our road might lead us to opposition which does not always mean that God is not in it but a reminder to stand firm on the word He first gave us. The enemy will make us put our faith in fear instead of the plan that God has for us, especially if it is one that requires faith. We might not have the provision or the right relationships but when God says now He means it and He plans to provide for everything! When we are chosen to change the world we have to:
1 Fear God, not Man 2 Shake the dust off my feet and get back up 3 Never let my praise be silenced Fears are proportional to the God we serve, if we serve a little God we will be scared of everything but if we serve a big God we will be scared of nothing. People are yearning for a demonstration of the power of God and we need some believers who will not just know the word but will operate in Dunamis power so that when people hear the teaching and see the move of God they will have no choice but to believe. God's ways are greater than ours and He will allow us to walk through storms, closed doors, miracles, signs and wonders but all these things are only a result of obedience. We might be attacked at our place of greatest value and have to overcome fear to get to the other side but it will all be worth it because God’s word will and always will be true! Application: Has the Fear of Man, fear of failure or the fear of losing what you know to be your life kept you from stepping out into the call that He has for you? Prayer: Father I pray that I will be able to subject myself to your good and perfect will always. I want to get rid of the fear of man and the fear of failure because I know that faith requires obedience and above all, I long to be obedient to your will. Mold me as clay and allow me to become a vessel for your Glory!
Revelation 3:14-17
Those who God loves, he disciplines through truth in love by giving us an honest picture of our lives. As we continue this series on the churches we see that in everything God says He is longing for intimacy with us. With the church of Laodicea He does commend them for their works but because they were a church that worked hard yet has chosen to be lukewarm, He ultimately rebukes them the most. God addresses the attitude in which they had succumbed to living their lives and implores them to become either hot or cold. Christianity is an all in the way of being, you cannot be halfway in and halfway out and please God. Those that please God through lip service have to have a change in their heart service eventually. The problem with being lukewarm is that God is not lukewarm, He is either healing like the fire or refreshing like a cool spring and that He how He longs for us to be. Here are some ways we can slip into lukewarmness: 1) By becoming disconnected from community we become apathetic and indifferent to people around us 2) By getting overwhelmed or burned we’re either too far ahead or too far behind God. 3) By becoming complacent, we’ve allowed ourselves to become comfortable in life and nothing affects us Becoming lukewarm takes time, it happens over years if we keep going through the motions we end up neglected and dying. All we have been called to do is to tell the world of Jesus and if we can’t do that, there really is no point in us playing the motions of church. We can have joy in the middle of difficult situations if we tune our minds to the words Heaven is speaking over us. Let the Lord redefine us and prune us so that we can become a church that is more zealous about protecting the gospel than protecting culture!
There is a spirit at work in our modern day culture that has led us into a false theology. We in the western world are not the persecuted church, however we can be a group of people that call Him Lord without submitting to Him in our hearts. There is no qualification in Christ Jesus besides Christ Jesus and we have been asked to practice the word of God that we hear. In order to become a true disciple of Christ there is a level of practice of this relationship that can only come when we are possessed by the will of God. Like the church of Thyatira we can so easily become a church that is great at love without truth and call it tolerance. This allows those inside attacks that destroy us from within to take root! The enemy doesn't mind us building, he just doesn’t want us building on the truth which is the only way to change our lives for His glory. People allow the Jezebel spirit to rule because of Moral Relativism, which states that truth is subjective. We so easily let people believe a truth that they might perceive as absolute because they declare that it is their truth. But God says that He is the absolute truth and in order for us to become the Church of Christ we must display trust in the truth of His word. Here are some indications that we might not be okay with absolute truth: 1) We start looking to other being to justify how we feel listening to false prophets 2) We are unwilling to take the difficult questions up to God because we don’t want to let go of our desires 3) We only give glory to God in moments of victory but we curse him in moments of defeat God is God of love but He is also a good Father and because of that there are some things He asks us to hate. It is for our protection that He asks us to be in the world but not of the world. The lust of the flesh and the pride of life come from the enemy and in order to win at life we need to walk away from things that we desire that are not beneficial to us. We are going to be a church that does the Will of the Father. God has called us to call out those things that are unbiblical and that is what we are going to go!
Our relationship with God is never about what He can do for us, it should always be about falling more in love with Him. Our earthly actions in attending church, doing ministry or giving to the poor will never get us into heaven, but true intimacy with Him will decide our trajectory. In the book of revelation, Jesus reminds us that it is so easy to become a group of people that are professional Christian’s who maybe look the part, but nothing will matter if we don’t allow ourselves to go back to the basics and to His first love. One of the churches that did do well in His eyes, was the church of Sardis and like that church, if we seek him first and pursue him with a pure heart we can come to a place we will be rich in our spirits. Our prayer needs to be to get back to a raw hunger we used to have for God so that we can give him back something of value at the end. Here are the crowns we can cast at his feet: The crown of life - perseverance The crown of righteousness - those who long for his return The crown of glory - ministering to his sheep Incorruptible crown - running the race with self control Crown of exaltation - winning souls We have to remember that it’s the enemy that is constantly after our faith and our relationship with Christ. As we wrestle with these principalities we have to remain faithful even to the point of death.The Bible says that the righteous receive those crowns as a reward and as those who truly hunger for Him, this is all we should see. None of us want to go to him empty handed so let’s keep that at the forefront of your mind as we continue to persevere in our faith.
Nowadays there is a lot of talk about auras and vibes and people are constantly complimenting those they meet, on good vibes. But as Christian’s we know that good vibes don’t break yolks the Holy Spirit does so we as a church want to be good stewards of our faith by looking at the Strengths, Weaknesses, Adjustments and Threats of relationship with the Lord. In the last days God reminds us that as pain increases, people are going to have the form of godliness but deny its power. We will have a Church that is trying to look right, sound right and feel right but deep down they are not right. But how are we to heed to this warning? How are we to become the mature church of Jesus Christ who will walk in all that He has for us? 1) We have to try to renew this lifestyle with His word, by putting in the time daily to receive that first hand revelation from Him. 2) We need to operate in real strength which only comes when we can submit to Him even when we don’t understand. 3) We need to be a voice that believes in the future of people, calling them out of where they are to where they are called to be. 4) We need to be dedicated to both seeing people saved as well as discipling those that believe. In the book of revelation the Lord commends the church of Ephesus for being strong and powerful and for building a church in one of the darkest places. Yet in His S.W.A. T (Strengths, Weaknesses, Adjustments and Threats), He shows us that their weakness was that they forgot their first love. We have to be careful at getting so good at practicing the laws and following our dreams that we forget who gave the law and the dreams to begin with. Let’s repent and do what we were called to do when we first met Him. The greatest way to stay in that place of humility is to constantly get around those who are receiving His love for the first time!
Light shines brightest in the dark and although there might be people that use God’s name invain wanting to get their glory here on earth, there is a group of people who would rather be famous in hell than in anywhere else.Fame is about focusing on yourself whereas influence is about those around you. We should be seeking to help those in every sphere of our lives by pointing them to Jesus. Religion will make us afraid of hell but a relationship with God will make hell more afraid of us so here’s some practical steps on how to walk this walk. 1. Proclaim the gospel boldly and regularly and intentionally. 2. Live out the gospel, let your actions line up with the word. 3. Support the gospel put all your time talent and resources into kingdom things. 4. Speak Truth in love in order to help those around us. 5. Be light in dark places, seek an opportunity to be the beacon of light everywhere you go. 6. Stand firm in your faith and trust god to fight your battles! 7. Confront apathy in your life. 8. Dont be afraid of small days because you never know what it will lead to. 9. Raise the next generation to fear the Lord. We have to realise that we need to stand in the gap for the people of this world. That is the only reason we are alive and in doing that we will end up being famous in Hell even if that means being infamous with those around us and in the world!
Sometimes our issues can get so big that it consumes who we are and we start to base our identity off of it. But we serve a God who is not only powerful but intentional and He walks slow through a crowd so that we may reach out for Him. Whatever we praise ends up getting magnified in our lives but we have the power to flip that and speak the things God has spoken over our lives! Desperate people do desperate things and when we want him to show up in our lives we have to go to him no matter the cost. 1 God will use desperation to push us into our destiny. 2 Desperation is the door that breakthrough walks through. 3 Desperation will open up doors that complacency will keep shut. 4 Faith is the only thing that activates the miraculous with God Faith needs to be exercised so the more weight we add to our faith, the stronger it grows. The things we go through will give us the strength to believe in something greater. Faith gives us confidence and empowers us to endure even when we want to quit. If faith moves mountains fear creates them but God reminds us that even the faith the size of a mustard seed is enough to move that mountain. Oftentimes God will allow us to watch people get their miracle before us but that waiting season is not a wasted season. If He’s faithful to them He will be faithful to us! Both Jairus and the Woman needed a miracle and where the woman received a healing, Jairus ended up receiving something greater: a resurrection!
In part two of this sermon, Pastor Jeremy Johnson talks about how the enemy has taken out kings and monarchs so it is unwise to think that we could stand our ground without putting on the full armor of God daily. There is a day of evil coming and we have a ground to stand on, the ground God has given us specifically to fight for. We think that we are fighting the good fight of faith when we are advancing but sometimes it’s a victory to just be standing. The very fact that we are not retreating means that we get to boldly declare that we are still here, in His presence trusting that we will make it through another day. All of us, no matter who we are, will have Goliath attacks: problems that seem to be there from when we wake up to when we go to sleep. The word “Goliath” means to remove or take away so maybe for some of us the enemy keeps taking away our peace or our finances or our future but whatever the spiritual battle looks like, the only way to conquer it is by doing the following: 1. Pick up Courage: the revelation that we have a problem but we are in it with God 2. Instead of looking at Goliath as an obstacle we can view him as an opportunity. 3. Be careful to sidestep the step that will lead to the moment of victory Our praise today validates that everything the enemy threw at us in the past had no effect on us, so we can shout in all freedom. Our praise might require some work as we have to till the dry ground in order to take, but before we plant any more hopes or dreams on that ground let’s remove the thorns through surrender. Only then will we see the harvest we are looking for. Don’t let the enemy take a stronger stand against you on your ground!
The christian life isn’t a playground, it's a battleground and there is a constant spiritual warfare that is taking place. The attack on our lives is proof that we’re going the right direction but the good news we can stand on is that the fight is not even, the enemy is no threat to our God and there is already a victory that has been won. In those moments there is only one place that strength comes from and that is being covered in the Lord. Know that if Satan is attacking us it’s only because God’s allowing it and that there is nothing that happens apart from God. But by facing the attack and overcoming the onslaught we get to help someone else do the same. There are three things required to face the battle: 1 Filling ourselves up with the word which is the Truth of God. 2 Standing firm in the peace of God which can only come when we pursue His presence 3 Picking up our Faith and linking it with someone else's. The armor of God isn’t just a nice picture that Paul is trying to paint for us but he is reminding us that in order to win this fight we have to have a mindset of salvation, a heart that is righteous and have the truth of the written word holding us together. If you’re not spending time with the word we will not get the Rhema or revelation that represents the sword of Spirit to cast down the demonic attack. Our faith at times can be a burden to bear but in order to stop the attack we need to link ourselves with someone else and stand together against whatever is coming towards us and it is the faith from someone else that will help lift you up when you feel surrounded by the enemy! Application: Where have you left your faith and how can you begin to pick it up again? Do you feel like you need to link up with someone else's faith in order to overcome what’s coming against you?Prayer: Father, remind me that the fight is not against flesh and blood but against the principalities and powers of this world. As I run to you I know that you will throw down the enemy and help me overcome all that I face. Unite us in this body and help my faith be the shield that someone needs in a battle against their life. In Jesus name Amen!
Gentleness and Kindness might seem like obvious traits to operate in but there is something deeper in how God views these fruits. People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. No matter how much we know about Jesus, it is not until we can look like Him, act like Him and be like Him that we will see them respond to Him through our lives. It is very common in our day and age to claim something and not live it but people are simply wanting us to live out what we are speaking about. The gentleness & kindness that we display in our relationships will truly determine how people view the love of God.Nothing the Lord does is accidental or unintentional so why does He ask us to walk in these attributes? God asks us to walk in meekness and humility (gentleness) and grace and integrity (kindness), because as a society we get so focused on having a right to do something but we need to be more concerned about doing what is right in the Lord’s eyes. There are moments we think we have the right to be angry or the right to walk in our flesh but the bible encourages us to lay down our lives and pick up our crosses. 1) We can do the right things on paper but people discern if our hearts were joyful in the action. 2) If something is a part of our personalities, we have the power to change it. 3) Being kind and gentle will always give God all the glory. There is an aspect of living this life that God is calling us to give without expecting anything in return. The Fruit of the Spirit allows us to to live a life surrendered to the service of others, without manipulation or expectation. The world is often telling us that it’s good to be nice but Jesus isn’t just telling us to be nice to one another, He is asking us to ultimately love our enemy as an act of ultimate obedience to God. God has already paid the price for the broken people of this world, all He asks of us is to be a group of people that would tend to their wounds and help restore them back to who He calls them to be! Application: What are some ways that you can start to operate in gentleness and kindness in the relationships and human interactions you come across daily? Prayer: Father, I pray that I will be gentle and kind in all circumstances. I long to love on the broken people of this world as a service unto you. Break my heart for what breaks yours and allow me to be an open vessel of your love today!
Read Ezekiel 37:1-11 There are ministries that come and go as times pass by because the anointing oil, the outpouring of God's presence was something that was not sought after daily. If our lives have gotten boring, the beauty is that we can get that fire back in our bones by earnestly seeking His presence. Getting fresh oil in our life means getting a new attitude and positioning ourselves in a way that the Hand of God can come upon us, it’s a constant posture of gratitude and worship instead of whining and complaining.All of us are always being updated by God as everytime we get plugged into Him we are not only getting recharged but we are getting renewed into the image of Him. However most of us are more interested in his hand than his face so instead of seeking him for his blessings it’s when we seek Him for Him that we will experience fresh oil. The encounter happens when we realise that: 1] Prayer isn't about praying, it’s about being in a relationship. 2] We won’t be in control when God is moving 3] When you take steps towards Him, God moves in As Chrisitans we will end up either becoming fountains of living water or drains. We want to be a group of people that give life to those around us because we are called to be salt and light in this world. When we are carried away in the presence of the Lord we step back with more joy, love and a renewed sense of life! Maybe God will fill us up and drop us into a valley but it's only because He is now equipping us to be people that will prophesy life into dry bones! Application: Have you been satisfied with yesterdays oil? When was the last time you sought God’s presence just to be with Him? Prayer: Lord here I am, to be still and know that you are God. I give this moment to you, without all distraction. Meet me and encounter me here and renew the fresh oil in this heart
When Jesus walked through the earth He did so with the intention of being an example for how to live life with the Spirit. The fruit of our spirit is not something that just appears during times of trouble but cultivated daily so that people around us will be able to have access to someone that has joy, peace, kindness, faithfulness and so forth. Apostle Paul tells us in Galatians that there is a constant battle between the flesh and the spirit and all of us Christians should try our best to live by the spirit and not by the flesh. When we think about faithfulness it can be broken down into a simple equation of Faithfulness being a result of character, stewardship and longevity. These three things being different from those that are out there in the world will help people identify that we carry the faithful love of Jesus. 1. Character is not something that is a front but it is who you are in every aspect of our lives, both seen and unseen. It’s what allows us to live life with integrity. 2. Stewardship requires us to act in obedience and not in comparison. Each of us has been given a portion and we are expected to multiply that portion based on our time, talent and treasure. 3. Longevity requires us to see things through consistently over an extended period of time. It's being able to tap into a supernatural source to go through life without burning out. We are not called to be perfect and we should never allow that to discourage us but everyday of this life we should be trying to look more like Jesus. We are called to live a life that is not easily discredited and the good news is that we can. So what does the fruit of faithfulness look like in our lives? Maybe it’s us just making it into church through tough circumstances, maybe it’s worshiping God through some painful moments. Jesus is faithful to us despite our unfaithfulness and He has given us the ability to do the same!Application: Is there an area of your character, how you steward or your ability to endure that can be worked on today? Prayer: Father, I long to be a faithful follower of your will and your word. I understand that it is easy to give into our flesh and ask for things that we want but more than the desires of my flesh I long to live a life that is worthy of you. Help me endure in faithfulness and help me develop my character, become a good steward of these resources and to have longevity in this race! In Jesus name Amen
Many times in the Bible we have examples of Jesus was walking through life and walking through crowds. It’s not that he was lazy but he was trying to model a lifestyle where we get to work out of a place of patience and rest. When we pray, “God I want all that you have for me.” Do we consider what that statement means? We like to think that if things are good they are from God but there are moments that God allows opposition to slow us down. Opposition can feel like it was sent to destroy us but in fact the Lord allows those things to develop us. Instead of being angry at God we need to start getting a perspective that the attack is a compliment that we are going in the right direction in life. Patience encourages us to: 1. Be faithful in what we’re doing. 2. To trust God especially when we don’t understand. 3. To pursue God and operate out of a place of rest. If we can be present and wait for what God has for us we will find that a lifestyle of rest in Jesus which will ultimately yield the greatest form of trust. When we continue to rush through life it shows our lack of contentment but God is longing to change all of that. Our situations can be a lot but it does not give us the permission to doubt and curse God, instead through patience we can praise Him every step of the way.
Application: How do we begin to trust God when the waiting has been more than just one night? Do we understand that God is not done with us yet? Prayer: Father I pray that you give me patience to go through this life. I understand that in this season you are developing me and making me whole. I long to trust you without doubts plaguing me and I pray that I will fix my eyes solely on you and not the things of this life! In jesus name, amen!
Jesus walks through the garden of our lives and he reaches in to see if there is fruit. Sometimes we advertise that we are fruit bearing believers but when the Lord looks for it, He might not find anything. God prunes us because that is a part of Him extending His grace towards us. God is constantly trying to remind us of how far we have come, especially if we’ve allowed life to make us stingy with our praise and generosity! God didn’t need Mary’s worship just like He doesn’t need one more voice to fill the choir of heaven, but He honored Mary because she understood what time it was and who it was that she was honoring. If everything in this life belongs to God, there is absolutely nothing that did not come from the generosity of God including the breath in our lungs. With this resource all He is asking is that we take care of His bride and we as believers will take care of what he loves the most for the following reasons:
1) How much we’ve been loved will determine how much we love. 2) It’s not that we don’t have a seed to sow, it's that most of us are sowing it in the wrong place. 3) God doesn’t want our money, He is only after our hearts!Stewardship is all a test and God is looking for people that are willing to trust him with taking care of their lives. If we sow our seed in the right soil it produces a tree that produces fruit that continue to carry seeds. When we sow something it gives it the potential to bear fruit that will continue to bless us in the future. So if we want more seed in our lives, let's begin to sow what we have into God and all that He loves. Our God did not hold back when He gave all of heaven to save us so in return, let’s become a group of people that give him everything!
There comes a point in life when we realize that we cannot control anyone other than ourselves and we need to develop our weaknesses into strengths. If our self control starts in our minds then we need to become masters of what thought patterns are cycling through them and by living out the fruit of the spirit, its evidence will convict those around us! Sometimes the things we choose to do might not be sinful but we do need to ask the question if it was helpful or beneficial. We need to live to a standard that raises the people around us also to a new level. We need to look at every area of our lives when it comes to discipline because everything we have been given is for others and not for us. 1. Self control and discipline is a way we get to honor God. 2. Discipline in one area will bleed into other areas. 3. There are consequences to a lack of self control and can cost you your call We need to take ownership and authority over our minds, our mouths and our actions. If we are more concerned about what people see instead of what God sees we have completely missed the point. If we continue to live a life that pleases our sinful nature eventually it ends up feeling right. But the Bible doesn’t tell us to follow our flesh, it asks us to crucify it and we need to be people who pursue that discipline till the end. Jesus himself displayed the greatest moment of self control by dying on the cross for us and He did so that we have a model to look at as we are on this journey! Application: What are some areas that you lack self control that you need to be made obedient to Christ? Prayer: Father I ask that you help me self control and discipline. I long to please you in every area of my life so I ask that you help me strengthen and work on my weaknesses so that I continue to look like you!
God loves us for who we are and not what we can give him. He loves us even when we don’t produce but sometimes we get distraught over the problems that are inside of us and we, just like Hannah, can have everything we want and still be unhappy. When we don’t love the person God created us to be we will never be satisfied. We think material and earthly things bring value to who we are but all the Lord is wanting us to do is be at perfect peace with who we are.Here’s why we need to press into God now more than ever: 1) If we live life vertically focusing on God, it will be our best year. 2) Whatever we lost we didn’t need. 3) If we focus on what isn’t perfect, we miss what is good.
Pastor Christy Johnson preaches a message "Kingdom Scales: Worth The Weight".
When we ask God to use our lives, what we don’t realize we are asking for is for the Lord to prepare us. We are going to have to go through some moments of pressing and pruning which end up being quite painful but instead of complaining when those things happen let's aim to become people of prayer! The weight of God’s glory on our lives might not happen easily but it will happen faithfully and that glory will always be worth the wait. We cannot abort the assignment because on the other side of our faithfulness we will experience the beautiful birth of something impactful.
Pastor Jeremy Johnson preaches a message "MAGNIFY" and explains when we MAGNIFY God instead of the problem, you're able to get a kingdom perspective.
Read: Matthew 5: 14-16 | Proverbs 23:7 | John 7:22 | 2 Timothy 2 As we continue to dive deeper into our walk with God we realize that Church is not a hiding place but a rallying place to get fired up for the next mission Our only objective in life is that people discover Jesus so how we represent Him is going to be more effective out in the world that inside the walls of the church. In order to complete this mission we have to stand on the truth that we are both kings in ruling but also kings in waiting, so as we are expectant to God to take us to that “next big thing” we can still influence the atmosphere of where we are at. Here are some things to think about as we continue to reflect the light of Christ: 1 Sometimes our lack of promotion is just a season of preparation. 2 To bring glory means to excel in whatever it is we do and that excellence will speak to people. 3 We have to be overt and covert at the same time. It’s our mandate to change this city and to change this country for the Lord. A city on a hill cannot be hidden the word says, which means that if each of us collectively shine the light that has been given us, together we make a massive impact on the darkness that surrounds us. We often feel ineffective because we are isolated but look around you and see that you have been placed in a body that is running this race alongside you! Application - Where are you positioned: a job, your family, your friends. How can you begin to bring that unique light into their lives? Prayer - Father help me reflect the light of Jesus on to those around me. I pray that I will excel in all the skills you have given me and in that process that I will bring you utmost glory. Help me see this season of preparation as the training grounds for what you have in store for the future! In Jesus Name!
Our dreams can never know the power of resurrection unless they experience some sort of death. All of us want to live but very few of us want our dreams to die and in this walk we find that if they die they actually go into His hands and in His hands there is resurrection power. In order to share in his blessings we have to choose to share in his suffering! It’s his humanity that draws us closer to him but it’s his divinity that transforms the humanity in us and this transformation is the “process” that we all go through. The process is painful but here are somethings that we can take heart in knowing: Even Jesus prayed to forfeit the process before the promise, but in that prayer He chose God’s way! The pain will only affect one person but the process will birth something that will impact the lives of many. Jesus passed the test because He knew that God was ordering His steps. He clung to trust even when pain was imminent. All of us must go to the wilderness alone and it’s there that we will get prepared and tested. The enemy will test us with our own promises without a process. The cost of the process is worth everything, just like the pain of labor is worth the baby in the end. So know that the steps give you the strength to hold the promise in the end. Jesus defeated the devil on the mountain but He fought the flesh in the garden. The ultimate fight is with ourselves but He shows us that the flesh can be conquered! Application -How can you begin to give God worship through the steps your on? Can you choose God’s way over your way today? Prayer - Father, the process has been painful. But I long to join in the suffering of Christ so that I may know the joy at the end. I worship and honour you for being God. Thank you for holding my life in your hands and for never giving into prayers that would help me cut corners in life. I give you my dreams and life knowing full well that you will lead me every step of the way. Amen
When we accept Jesus into our hearts we’re not waiting for anointing to hit us but we now become carriers of His Spirit. The heart is the center of our life and when we invite him into the center, this life is no longer subject to our old ways but it is now subject to His rule. By accepting Jesus we are saying yes to receiving all power, all authority and all of heaven that is waiting to back you up. This is what Jesus was trying to say when He said that we have been given the keys to the Kingdom. But sometimes we run into walls in this walk of faith and we begin to question that authority. 1. A wall is not an offensive weapon, it is a defensive tactic. If we've hit a wall it's not because the devil advanced on us but it's because you've advanced on him. 2. When we’ve reached the end of our faith it simply means we have come to the beginning of His 3. The enemy will lie to us from behind the wall and the only way to use the keys is to use God’s word. The truth of His word will set us free. God wants to release His power in our lives, He wants His anointing that rests on to change nations. Jesus picked up the keys to death hell and the grave which He gave back to us in the form of salvation. We no longer have to shout down walls but we get to pick up the keys by opening the word and praying it over our homes and watch the power of heaven release us from our cages. Let’s not be Christians in cages for one more day, let's choose to be renewed and restored from now on! Application: Have you run into walls with your life: with your faith, your life, your relationships, your ministries. How can you begin to unlock those cages with the truth? Prayer: Father, protect my heart from the lies that the enemy has been whispering over me. As I’ve come to this wall in my life, remind me of the truth so that I may declare it. I no longer have to live with this oppression because victory was won on that cross! Thank you Lord for leading me to your truth!
Read- Isaiah 43:18 Acts 2:17-21 Revelation 12:7-12 Revelation 1:14
Revival starts when you catch a new vision of the same old situation. As we prepare to take ground, the most important thing on this journey would be to forget the former things and focus in on what God is doing right here, right now. This fresh vision of our lives will open up our hearts to a move of God like never before and we are to be a church that is building the kingdom wherever we go, we need to remember the following:
- It is the power of the blood and the power of our testimony that will cause the shift in pain. People don’t connect to our promise they connect to our pain, like a puzzle piece, it's what was broken and missing in us that has created a space for someone to partner with us in life.
- God is bringing us to the dark places to bring the water out of us to bless those around us. Those rivers of living water will be more of a miracle when they come forth in a dry and desert place.
- We will never step out if we don't know who is with us, all of Heaven is backing us up and that should give us the boldness to preach revival. God came upon the heroes of faith so that they can carry the anointing into every situation. But unlike the heroes of the past, we have that anointing living within us and it has nothing to do with us!
We need to know how powerful our God is and then we need to know how much He loves us. We take all God’s power away if we continue to hate ourselves and if we cannot see that this all powerful God has left the powers of the universe to rest his hands on us we will forfeit this race. Revival is here and it starts with us!
Application: Can we stop looking into the past and press into the future? If there past miracles and great moments in your life that have maybe turned into idols then ask the Lord to give you a fresh vision of the future today!
Prayer: Father I pray that revival will break out in me today. I long to be used by you, at this moment. You’re not waiting for perfection because you are perfect. If it is a move of God it will only happen through broken vessels and the foolish things of this world. I ask that you move me out of the way so that you can reach the world around me, through me. In Jesus name!
Read- Revelation 12:7 Luke 8:39 Titus 3:3 Colossians 3
We have to remember that more than just one man speaking from a pulpit, there is power in the word of our testimonies. When Legion was saved he wanted to follow Jesus but instead of going with Him he was asked to return home and proclaim the goodness of God. It’s time for us to go back to the place where we were broken so that we can proclaim the truth of Jesus and the power of His salvation.
Here’s why our testimony is important:
- God took the wages of sin that were piled up against us and he justified us by his grace to allow us step into a purpose that is greater than we can possibly imagine.
- The ark of the covenant used to be something that held the presence of God but now we are the ark of God, we have a story to tell.
- Religion has become the chains of bondage instead of sin but let’s witness through the Holy Spirit to those around us and help break the Spirit of Religion off.
We worship gifted people when our gifts are simply tools to build the house and to shine His light. Work on your gift, cultivate it but ask him to help you use it to honor Him . Jesus was about the Fathers business, that was his ultimate testimony. We are the arks that touch the city and we don’t need a mic to testify. Go get people saved and then invite them to church!
Application - How can you share your testimony with someone this week?
Prayer - Father give me the courage to share my testimony with those around me. I pray that you use every tool I have at my disposal to spread the truth of what you have done in my life.
Amos 9:12-5 Matthew 10: 29-31 Luke 12:6-7
Back in the day the sparrow was a pest in their towns and homes. It would build nests where it wasn’t supposed to, it was too quick to be caught, however there are places in the bible that the Lord tries to remind us about our worth through the picture of a Sparrow. The sparrow is both vigilant and joyful. God is looking for some people who are both stubborn and joyful, stubborn for the right things like the presence of God and joyful because of the fruit of the Spirit.
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It’s because we are so fearful of other things but God, that we get angry and frustrated over our lives. When we are in awe of God it replaces all other awes!
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Vigilance and Joy can be found in a firm foundation of the valley, the mountain top, in the presence of my enemies, the green pastures because God is everywhere.
3.The sparrow is a reminder of not who you are but whose you are. While people overlook the sparrow the Lord looks over it. Let’s focus on the nature and character of God and begin to enter His presence!
If a pest can live in our house rent free, trusting and living their lives because the Father who loves ALL takes care of them, how can we not believe that we are in good hands? God has not passed us over but he continues to push us forward in His plan. Run to him to receive that revelation and He will give you all you need!
Application: Have you been feeling overlooked and forgotten? Do you have a hard time trusting God with the details of your life? How can you take one step closer to His truth today?
Prayer: Father, how comforting it is to know that you are the Lord of a sparrow. I have failed to grasp the truth that I am worth anything to you so help me get to know you, so that I may see your character and nature and know in my heart that no matter where life takes me, I can trust you always!
Amos 9:13-15 Isaiah 60:1-3 Matthew 5:13 Micah 7:8
God is doing something with what you called dirt. There is going to come a time when the harvest is going to surpass the harvesters. We might be walking through a season of life that currently looks like dirt, this might lead us to look at the glory days that have passed and idols what the Lord has done, but God is wanting to remind His church that He is doing a new thing and here’s why:
- In the darkest times He longs to shine His light through us. The light of the Lord is violent against the darkness so instead of hiding that light, He wants us to be a city on a hill.
- The greatest burden, the greatest mission and the greatest passion should be to light the candle in our home.
- God told us that we are like salt, and just like salt we will never expire, never be able to get rid of our essence. In His hands we can be used to heal, to redeem, to restore and to enhance His will.
Many people have misunderstood the parable about the Salt. Jesus did not make a mistake when He said salt that loses its saltiness is worthless because the reality is that salt can scientifically never go bad. Just like that there isn't any expiration date on salt and there is no expiration date on your call. No matter how bad your life has been, you will always be valuable in the hands of God!
Application: How can you begin to let the essence of God shine through you where He has placed you?
Prayer: Lord because you have called me to be the salt and the light, help me embrace the reality of who I am. I am not to be hidden and forgotten, my purpose will not expire no matter what anyone says. Help me advance your kingdom and change the atmosphere of every setting you place me in, because that is what you’ve already called me to be!
In this season God is done calling us into the shallow. He doesn't care if you just got saved or if you're struggling with sin. He is not calling everyone of us to the deep because what we need it but because the food we need is in the deep end.Here are some things to consider with your relationship with God:
- God will always be able to use whatever you put before Him. But in order to see the fullness of God youwill need to give all of you.
- We need to replace our fear of man with the fear of the Lord. Only then will we be able to live a life free to operate in the authority He's given us.
- God emptied heaven to gain intimacy with us, although we've been fasting making room in our lives for His love will be the most fulfilling thing we do.
There will always be two types of people: Sauls or Peters. The difference between the two was this: one dealt with that fear of man the other dealt with immaturity and the pride of man. One repented and the other had a rebuttal. Remember that the same sun that melts wax hardens clay, so what will be your response when the Lord calls you to a greater level of intimacy with Him!
APPLICATION:
What would you pray for if you knew that God was backing your words from heaven? How different would your life be if you knew that everything you spoke had authority and weight. You can get that way if you allow God to be the number one priority in your life!
PRAYER:
Father I'm asking you to take me deeper. Forgive me for any area of disobedience in my heart, I know you've asked for all of me and I may have only let you in on some of my heart. I want all of me to be consumed by all of you!
Luke 1:13-20 We live in a day and age where there are many things that come against us. However, just like the seven sons of Sceva we might go after strongholds thinking we have the authority only to realise that we don’t. The only way to become a generation that walks in releasing the power of God is to remember the following:
- We can’t get authority from God if we don’t have intimacy with God.
- We need a generation who know how to linger in the presence of God.3. Vision will come when we stand in the presence of God. Our identity and our authority should be the result of our intimacy with the Lord whereas our doubts and fears will be a manifestation of our distance from Him. So wherever you are today on your journey, press into His presence and ask the Lord to teach you how to spend time with Him!Application:
Do you find yourself rushing out of the presence of God? When was the last time you sat and lingered in His presence?Prayer: Father, teach me how to sit with you. I long to be beside you and I’m sorry for the letting life’s distractions get in the way of intimacy with you. Give me eyes to see and ears to hear your still small voice, and help me draw closer to you daily!
The church is so powerful because it is through our unity that we get to bombard hell with the power and the authority the Lord has given us to overcome strongholds. When Peter was in prison the church prayed very earnestly for him and although they were uncertain of what was gonna happen they were going to pray and believe and trust that God will come through. Prayer moves through time and space and moves through all natural boundaries so that God can meet His super with our natural.Here are some reasons as to why we pray together:
- We pray when there is nothing else we can do in the natural
- We pray so that we can carry each other’s burdens
- We pray so that we can attack the problem before it attacks us.We might have to keep contending and we might have to keep pursuing Him but we intercede until He intervenes. Keep praying because we could be one prayer away from praying the walls down. Most people lust after the picture of the promise but want nothing to do with the process of what it takes to get to that place, so let’s let the power of prayer transform us today!Application -
Do you have a hard time praying both by yourself and corporately? How can you begin to build up a habit of prayer in your life?Prayer - Father help me stay persistent in prayer. Let me see how incredibly powerful the weapon of prayer is and show me how to wield it consistently in my life. I long to pray with power and authority because as children of God, prayer needs to be our source! In Jesus name, Amen.
Read - 1 Corinthians 13:11 Ephesians 6:10 Genesis 1:1-31, 2:8-25God made the environment and then He places the things that need to survive in that environment. When He created Eden He created us after, to place us in that environment because that is the thing we needed the most. Like a fish out of water we will not survive out of His presence. The enemy does everything he can to get us out of the environment we were designed to be in, because we are made from dirt and spirit there’s a constant battle between our flesh and our spirit. That battle is won in the mind and in order to win we must put aside the following childish thought patterns:
- Personalizing Everything - Not everyone is mad at you.
- Magnifying Thoughts - Making mountains out of mole hills.
- Everything is Awful - Expecting the worst out come.
- Jumping to Conclusions - Assuming the end result.
- Mind Reading - Thinking that you know other’s motives.
- Negative Filters - Using the lenses of past hurts.
- Emotional Reasoning - Letting your emotions be your guide.
- Blame Game - When it’s everyone else’s fault but yours
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Selective Thinking - Picking and choosing your narrative
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Closed Minded - Seeing things only your way.Prayer is the one thing that can change our thoughts because in prayer we get to put on the mind of Christ. Prayer is learned by praying and it takes persistence from us in order to yield results. It is in prayer that we enter Eden which is God’s open door into His presence. As we renew your minds in His word we will find our whole life changing!Application - What are some childish thought patterns that you need to break from your thinking? How can you begin to pray into a new direction today?Prayer - Father as I go on this journey to mature in my Spirit, I ask that you reveal all childish thoughts that are deeply rooted within my heart. Give me the courage to face my immaturities and allow you to prune and grow me. I pray that I will begin to put aside childish ways and stand firm in your truth today!
Read- Ephesians 2:1-22 Ecclesiates 6:1-12 Romans 11:29 Pslams 78:41
God has a plan even for the most broken parts of us since Day 1. The only thing the Lord asks of us to take care of though, is what He has given us. God gives us a destiny but He asks us to be a part of the destiny He has for us. We are the only ones that can limit God in our lives, but in 2024 what if we removed those limitations and watch God do the impossible!
- What you decide to do will be based on the vision you have for your life.
- God makes us master creators because we are His masterpiece
- To create room for God thoughts you have to bring all other thoughts to His throne
- Between your call and your destiny are choices that build your character.
- Growing up means we put away toys and pick up tools!
It’s time for us to be people that are real, that have Holiness and are shaped after His character. Only then can we hold the weighty destiny that He has for us. God doesn’t want us to burn and fizzle out but He’s wanting us to leave a legacy. God is calling us into maturity this year as a group of believers so let's make that decision as a family today!
Application: What are some decisions you have to make that will help your character transform to look more like Jesus?
Prayer: Father I’m thankful that in this New Year, I can truly become a new version of me. I’m praying for new thoughts, new visions and I’m asking that you develop the fruit of my Spirit so that I can develop the character necessary to hold the destiny that you have for me!
Read Jeremiah 29:11 John 11:1-27
2023 has been a year filled with triumphs and trials, but as we step into the New Year there is something we need to be sure of: “Are you a believer in crisis?”
We know what we love to do when Jesus answers our prayers, but what do we do when we go through trials? No one posts about the bad things, we focus on the highlights of our relationship with God. But what happens when you pray and fast and He doesn’t answer in the time that you were expecting.
In 2024 we are aiming to remember these truths:
- Delay is not Denial it is in fact the very thing that will reveal the Destiny of our lives
- We can muster a “Even Now” faith that stands on the truth of who God is instead of the frustration we feel at His delay.
- Our tears water the seed and connect us to one another, but our testimony will bring new life to all those who need to hear it!
Let's lead the Lord to the place where our faith died so that He can show us the truth of who He is. We might have prayed a dangerous prayer like “God use my life” and now we have to wait through broken dreams. But God will never fail of His promise of a Hope and a Future for our lives. For the believer, a certain death is not the end; it's merely a graduation of our Faith!
Application - What are some dreams that have died in your life? Can you believe that even now God can come through for you? How can you lead Him to that place of pain, so that He can restore you today?
Prayer - Father, I thank you that you are God who has good plans for me. Although I thought that I was overlooked, forgotten or left to mourn the loss of my dreams, I thank you that even now, your word can go forth and bring new life in me. I believe that your timing is perfect and that has in fact been no delay. I pray that my testimony brings you all the glory and I stand on your miraculous move today!
GALATIANS 5:1-26 | MATTHEW 7:3-5
Although Christianity is classified as a religion, the Jesus we know did not come to start a religion. Jesus was not talking to His disciples about a religion, He used every parable to teach us about family and to represent relationship.
As children of God we need to be careful because we start with relationship and somewhere down the line we all fall into religion.
Here are a few ways to catch our religious mindsets:
- Remember that we have so much to work on in ourselves that we don't need to judge anyone else.
- Removing the plank in your own will give you clarity and the vision of love.
- Removing the plank is hard work but you have to be prepared to do it.
- God set us free from the law, for us to pursue freedom and the fruit of the spirit.
- Done focus on not sinning but focus on the freedom that God have us go step into the throne room of grace.
The world and the church love to condemn those that pursue Christ. So if you ever feel like stepping out in judgment ask yourself how criticising someone is loving them.
APPLICATION:
Have you been judgemental lately? Thinking things like "this sermon is perfect for__"
How can you begin to repent and ask God to speak to the areas of
your heart that need strengthening today!
PRAYER:
Father forgive me for my flesh and my judgemental heart. I ask you to reveal the planks in my eyes so I can continue see your love more clearly. In Jesus name, amen.
This week, Pastor Jeremy Johnson is breaking down the deeper meaning of Christmas. Presenting a message of hope, he shares what we have to look forward to. In Emmanuel, God with us; Pastor Johnson encourages us to get out of our way. Get ready to unwrap the incredible gifts Jesus has for you this season.
What does it look like to be a child of God? Why does God long for us to truly understand His identity as a Father? How do these identities impact our destinies or even our day-to-day lives? God wants us to come forth into the fullness of our true identity and live a joyous, fulfilled life. This Christmas, God wants us to open the gifts He has laid up for us as His children. To gain access, we have to step into a true understanding of what it means to be sons and heirs.
Join Pastor Jeremy as he unlocks secrets from the word of God to bring us into our inheritance as God's children. Enjoy this message, right in time for the Holiday Season. Unwrap the gifts to launch you forward this Christmas!
1 TIMOTHY 6:6-11 | EXODUS 16:16 | 1 SAMUEL 16: 11-13 | NUMBERS 17:32-36
A sense of contentment bleeds into every aspect of how we operate in this life. It's possible for us to be set free but desire to go back to our old lives simply because it's comfortable! God is okay with the moments of doubt if we can overcome with Faith in knowing who He is.
There are many reasons why we can get discontented in this life so here are three traps of discontentment.
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Discontentment clouds our judgement
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Discontentment convinces us that what we have is never enough
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Discontentment doesn't give us time to rest
The enemy is constantly trying to get us to control our circumstances when the Lord is only wanting us to be in control of our contentment.Here are the three things to know about contentment:
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Contentment brings favor
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Contentment brings confidence
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Contentment brings clarity
When we get used to just "enough" we will be excellent with all we have in front of us. We won't need armor to slay giants because we know that God can use us with what we have in our hands. Remember we can be expectant but remain content in every season as we trust in the Lords timing!
Application - We can be accepted by God but rejected by man. It's one or the other but which one are we pursuing? What we pursue will determine where our contentment lies.
Prayer - Father I long for you not just to be my savior but for you to be Lord over my life. I want to fix my eyes on you so that I can be content in every season. Remove all the worldly distractions and help me take all thoughts of discontentment captive!
PHILLIPIANS 4:4-13 | ROMANS 8:38 | 1 TIMOTHY 6:6 | 2 CORINTHIANS: 11:23-30
Discouragement is like a downhill walk, it doesn't take much effort and you barely notice how far you've walked until you realize that there is a moment that you might have to turn around and trek up back hill. But the beautiful thing is God want's to give you the priceless possession of Joy, something that no matter what life may throw at you, it won't be able to steal from you.
Here are some things to remember about a state of discontentment:
- The devil is after your worship, and discontentment is a lack of worship
- Satisfaction lies in the fact that in Jesus, you have it all.
- God provides a way out of discontentment by giving us His strength to lean on.
- The secret to contentment is having awareness of Him in every situation.
Discontentment is a manifestation of pride in our lives and it was that pride that made the great heroes of faith turn their back on God only to realize that He was all they needed at the bottom. Remember one day we will be worshiping Him and not showing off our trophies in Heaven, but we don't have to wait to get to Heaven to find the treasure of life right here, right now.
APPLICATION -
Your contentment is a matter of pursuit, so take a moment to look at what you are chasing that you already possess!
PRAYER -
Father, I know that you have already given me the greatest treasure in life.
Thank you for the gift of your relationship. Help me pursue you today in spirit and in truth, show me glory so that I can see that I'm not missing anything in life.
Read- Proverbs 14: 30 Philippines 4:4-13 1 Timothy 6:6-12The enemy wants to rob you of now. He wants to empty today by causing you to worry about tomorrow, but a heart at peace is what we need to long for, because what we go through emotionally will affect you physically!Your pain gives you power to preach more effectively if you can learn to be content at “empty”. Because if you can’t be content at the end you will never be content at full. Because it’s not about being filled it’s about being fulfilled.Here are four things to know about contentment:Contentment must be learned. Contentment is a choice. You can have contentment on empty Contentment is the good fight of faithThe only thing that can bring you contentment is not found here. When we leave this world we will not be taking anything with us, but a change in our focus will allow us to make it through this life.Don’t beat yourself up for being discontent, but ask God to help you see the things you can be grateful for in this moment, and you can rejoice like the wordApplication - What are some areas in your life that you have envy and discontentment? What can you be thankful for instead in your life?Prayer - Father, I’m so grateful for the life you have given me. Allow me to see all that you’ve already set your hand to in my life because I know that everything has purpose! I discard discontentment from my life and I choose to fix my eyes on you! In Jesus name.
Have you ever had a small wound that hurt a lot more than you think it would? Have you heard the statement "time heals all wounds?" The reality is time heals surface level scratches but time does not heal anything that cut deep. If we are not intentional about our healing, we will only sit there with an open festering wound. In order for us to have a Sound of Freedom, we must go through the Process of Healing.
"Stop the bleeding" - pressure from the right covering and leadership will help you stop the initial bleeding of a wound. Come as you are but don't live that way when God has called you to freedom!
- "Remove the Junk" - this looks like forgiving those that hurt us. We carry unforgiveness to a point that allows our wounds to fester! Instead of blaming others let's ask God for what He's doing in that situation!
- "Full the void" - God wants to fill you with new life. He wants us to become whole so that we can be full of His purposes.
- "The Maturing Begins" - this is when the covering comes off, because to complete your healing you need honesty and vulnerability with the right people.
APPLICATION- have there been areas in your life that you have refused healing? Can you embrace the pain today and allow yourself to finally move forward in life!
PRAYER- Father, search my heart and create are a right Spirit within me.
Surround me with the right people that will help my healing process, but ultimately lead me to you and your truth. I no longer want to live this way, I need your help and I need your guidance. In Jesus Name!
Read Matthew 24:10-13 Proverbs 18:19 Luke 17:6 John 15:15In the last days there will be many people who will start getting offended and end up hating those around them. Everyone thinks betrayal is like Judas betraying Jesus but in reality, we begin to betray those we’re in relationship with, as the beginnings of self-protection. Offense is the bait of Satan that is meant to pull you, the believer, into his captivity.Here are some things that happen with offense:
- Your roots do not stop growing. Offense never shrinks when left alone.
- Offense feeds from a source. If you’re watering your hurt, it’ll keep rising up.
- It kills your potential. If you don’t kill offense, it will kill you.
- It produces bitter fruit. What’s inside will eventually come out.
- It doesn’t matter if it’s a small thing, deal with it now because it will bring division!
Christianity involves us being in relationship with the one who let go of ALL offenses that we cast on Him. And by breathing we will have every opportunity to be offended but instead of getting bitter, let’s make up our mind to get better. Don’t waste your life, forgive, let go, and let His light shine through your pain.Application: Ask God to search your heart in this moment. Are there an hidden offenses that you need to deal with?Prayer: Lord, I pray that you pull out the root of this offense. I don’t want my love to grow cold so help me forgive those that have hurt me so that I can walk in freedom. Protect my heart from the bait of Satan, that is offense, and cover me with your love today! In Jesus name, Amen.
Acts 3:1-12 NKJV | Acts 3:16 NKJV | Acts 4:1-14 NKJV
The Holy Spirit does not inhabit someone that is dead. He longs for his body (the church) to come alive because it was for life that He gave His own. When religious spirits tell you to turn it down, the Holy Spirit reminds us that the rocks will cry out! Here are some reasons to rebuke a religious spirit:
- Religious spirits will burden you down with a a form of godliness without power! If we're to be a church of Jesus Christ we have to shake off the religion!
- Our best miracles will be in the crowd. We're meant to walk slow through a crowd. The greatest miracle could happen at the gas station when you're filling up your tank!
- Religion can argue with an ideology or options but they cannot argue with a testimony.
- Religion will have you focused on the destination that you miss the journey.
The exclamation point to your story will be found along the way.A real encounter with God will make the dysfunctional function, so let's not be a part of church that only works in a room where one man talks and let's be the church outside in the crowd!
APPLICATION:
Have there been some areas in your life that you've struggled without becoming religious? How can you begin to let the truth of His word change you today.
PRAYER:
Father, I rebuke a religious spirit. I long to walk in love, power, and authority. I want to be discipled by you. I want to walk slow through the crowd so that I can allow your Spirit to change this world through me!
Jesus name, Amen.
We’re called to go into the world but not be in the world. We must remember that although God might placed us in places, we must lean on Him for protection and wisdom. God is looking for a group of people to get out of the building and go into the darkest places to preach the gospel. The same commission that God the Father gave Jesus the son, Jesus gives us. 1. Remember that God wants a church of power and the enemy wants to stop that. 2. The devil works overtime to keep us comfortable in church but we are called to the world. 3. We’re called to conquer every industry so go boldly and declare Gods glory everywhere! 4. Instead of doing what we thought God wants, let’s read the word and find out where He’s calling us to go!
Jesus is okay with where you’re at and He will love you to where you’re called to be. Remember that we have authority over every atmosphere and it’s time for us as the church to step out and preach the gospel with our lives. Application: Have you had a hard time declaring God in the world that God has placed you? How can you begin to practice that today?Prayer: Lord, help me preach the word to all those around me. You’ve redeemed me to redeem others and I’m grateful for your patience and passion towards me! I need your love so that I can bring that to the world! In Jesus name, Amen.
Out of our misery comes our ministry. The greater the pain, the greater the power. It doesn’t matter who we are because our suffering is so that we can be called to help others. So let’s not get bitter with what we go through but allow others to benefit from the perseverance of our faith. But the enemy wants us to be stuck in a victim mentality so that we can get stuck focused in ourselves. We need to stop being hooked in our pain and give it to God.Things thats happen when we get stuck:1. Being stuck in Egypt is not necessarily a location but a mindset. Don’t get stuck in your past!
- When we don’t have confidence in the Lord we become a complainer. To complain about God is to declare that we don’t trust Him.
- We don’t get delivered because the truth is we don’t want to be. But we have to put away childish things and move on from that past.
- There’s a level of vulnerability that is required to being delivered.Jesus came to give us life and life more abundantly. What the means is that we don’t have to live In that wilderness season, we don’t have to be victims, we can gain all comfort through Christ so let’s boldly step into that healing today!
Matthew 18:21-35
Forgiveness is not about keeping score, it’s about loosing count. The enemy’s plan is to keep us bound up in our offense, anger, and rage so we cannot walk into the fullness of what God has for us. We gotta serve an eviction notice to the enemy’s lie and release our pain and know that through Jesus we can receive healing from the inside out. Forgiveness is not acting like nothing happened, it’s saying this pain will no longer control me.Things to know about unforgiveness:
- Unaddressed hurt can turn into hate.
- If we do not heal what hurt us, we will bleed on those that never cut us.
- Everything we do, doesn’t only affect us but also everyone around us.
Things yo know about forgiveness
- Forgiveness is not excusing the behavior but it’s saying, that behavior won’t destroy our heart anymore.
- Taking pain caused by people to God in prayer will always change our perspective.
- Our blessings come with how we handle forgiveness.
Repentance leads to God’s forgiveness in the kingdom. When we ask for forgiveness, Jesus gives it to us. We should able to forgive those that hurt us, as many times as Jesus would forgive us for our sins. If we have been forgiven, we should be able to forgive those who hurt us. Forgiveness allows us to heal from our pain. We have to be healed so those wounds can turn into scars and we can tell the word, “I know how it’s like to be hurt, but I also know what its like to be healed.” This is how we break out of the prison of unforgiveness.
Application: Have you found yourself stuck in the prison of unforgiveness because of the pain you’ve experienced? What wounds of you need to allow to heal, so you can walk in the fullness of what god has for you? Who do you need to forgive today to begin healing from the inside out?Prayer: Lord, I repent for harboring unforgiveness in my heart towards those that have hurt me. I realize that my unforgiveness has stopped you from doing all that you want to do in my life and through me. I forgive those who have hurt me and ask that you begin to heal me from that pain. Today, I chose to break out of the prison I have been stuck in. In Jesus name I pray, Amen
The word says that we can make our own plans but the Lord is the one that orders our steps. Sometimes what gets in the way of God are our idols, which in this day and age can be our opinions, talents, strength, or dreams. There are two definitions of order, one is the way something goes, and the second is a command that is given for someone to follow in obedience. But sometimes we carry these idols, and just like Naman we can also carried pride, guilt, and shame that comes from our weakness hidden beneath our armor. Four things we must keep in mind to let God order our steps:
- To lean on God we must trust God, and to trust God, we must let him heal us from our pasts. God can only heal what we reveal!
- To follow Gods steps, we have to be honest with ourselves and with God!
- When we hear wisdom, we have to make sure to apply it, and follow the instructions because they matter!
- Following God’s steps requires humility. Naman had to come and submit humbly to instruction to receive breakthrough.
The name Naman means beautiful but if we saw a leper we wouldn’t call them beautiful. Isn’t it wonderful that God calls us what we aren’t yet? So let’s take a step to be obedient to the instructions God has in our lives because what God is building in our lives is bigger than us. Let’s follow the steps and stand firm in Him!
Application What is under the armor of God in our lives? What is that strength that is at times hiding our weakness?Prayer Father, I pray for increased humility in my life, I want to submit to your commands and trust that you will order my steps. Help me listen to your instructions and to heed your voice always, in Jesus name, Amen.
Heaven is looking for a miracle to take place here on earth. But sometimes miracles can only come through our yes. Saying yes doesn’t mean life will get easier or more fun but it will be fulfilling. Everyday is a great position to worship to Him. There will be some days that the yes comes easy and some days, our yes will come with a fight but in all seasons, we’ll continue to choose to make a commitment to Christ.
- A yes in heaven is a no to other things, but it will always be a trade up.
- Even Christ Jesus had to say yes to God in the midst of rejection.
- We will have to say yes to looking foolish in a godless world but that is the heroes journey.
- It’s time to put boundaries on our past self and release God from the box we’ve put him in.
- Sometimes to say yes, we’ll need friends that will not allow us to stay in our no.
Faith, courage, hard work, & persistence are the four things that we’ll need to say yes over and over again. Every hero in the bible said yes, so why are we still saying no? The word is honest and true and it stands when it says the righteous will never go forsaken and our hunger for Jesus will drive us to a new level!Application: What are somethings that God is asking you to say yes to, that you’ve said no to? Are you missing any of the 4 quadrants to be successful, if yes, how can you begin to work to grow in that?Prayer: Father, I say yes and amen with my life. I realized that it’s my yes that releases the miracles. Thank you for your patience with me but I pray that I won’t delay your plan any longer. Let your kingdom come and your will be done in my life. In Jesus name, Amen!
The Pioneering Church
We’re so grateful for the pioneers and revivalists of the past but God is calling those in this generation to help bring His kingdom to earth! To the level we honor God, is the level that we’ll experience His glory. And the way we honor, is the way we’ll perceive Him! For that reason Joshua and Caleb were able to make it through to the end. Despite the giants they faced, despite standing out from the crowd, and despite the battles, they always knew how to Honor God.We have been called to pioneer in this generation but that will come with a few challenges:1. Pioneering will cause us to breakout of old mindsets, that keep us trapped in Egypt.2. God might not give us the full picture but the giants in our promise land were left behind so we can lean on God.3. Sometimes God allows things so that He can prepare us for endurance. Because it is our character that produces hope!4. God is not creating slaves. He is creating sons because sons get to be a part of the journey.Know that it’ll be hard. Deliverance was instant but freedom is a process that will cost us everything! Don’t quit in the middle of stepping into your promise land because of the giants you’ve seen but embrace the spirit of love, power, and a sound mind.Application: Where in your life did you stop because you saw “giants” that seemed unconquerable to you? How can you begin to see the God of the giants in that situation today?Prayer: Father, I thank you for the spirit of love, power & a sound mind that will help me get through the wilderness into the next season. I pray that I leave old habits and mindsets behind and that I will press into you through the pain. I want to pioneer for you! In Jesus name, Amen.
Do we want to become more like Jesus Christ? Is there a passion to look more like Him?
When we receive Jesus something new takes place for us, in us, and as us. Christ wants to be the Center of our entire life. When He gets in all of who we are everything changes, but we have to be willing to give Him access to our entire being. Christian's these days don't want to go through anything. We don't want to endure; but if Jesus endured the cross, as His followers we will have to go through somethings because being a Christian ultimately means we will have to become pioneers but as pioneers we have to remember the following..If Christ is bold, I can be.
If Christ is courageous, I can be.
If Christ is compassionate, on I can be.
If Christ is creative, I can be.
If Christ is endurance, I can be.
If Christ is humble, I can be.
If Christ is persevere, 1 can be.
If Christ is passion for the lost, I can be.
If Christ is greatness, I can be.Ultimately, pioneering our life will be a lonely journey.
Don't be afraid of going some place alone and position our life to partner with God instead bringing along an Aaron that will eventually mess things up. Remember that God called us for great things and don't forget to dream and believe again for us and our family!
APPLICATION:
Do you want to make a difference more than you want to make it big? Do you long to be like the David's and Daniel's of old or are you okay with just being a part of the crowd?
PRAYER:
Father, I thank you so much for giving me a pioneering spirit. I pray that you give me strength to endure and show me that there is more to life than what I see. I want your kingdom come and your will to be done in and through my life! In Jesus name, Amen.
We were formed by God. We may look like our parents but we have The Fathers heart and calling in us. Some of us have been told that we were an accident. But God doesn’t make mistakes. Before God formed us in the womb. He molded us and carved out who we were. He designed us way before we were even a thought in our parents mind.God designed us and designed our destiny at the same time. If we don’t fit in, it’s because God designed us to be set apart. He made us different so we can seek for something greater than us. By not fitting in God reminds us of who we aren’t, so we can discover who we are. The more we compare ourselves to others, the more we’ll fail to be who we’re called. God put a call and destiny in our life not to fit in, so we can become leaders and pioneers.When you’re walking in the kingdom mindset you should know…
- Christ FOR you. He loves you at ALL times. His love is not bases on us, it’s based on Him.
- Christ IN you. We invite Him into every part of our life, good and bad.
- Christ ON you. Instead of putting on our old and dirty clothes. It’s time to wear and put on Christ.
When we’re in Christ we become everything He is. When we’re in Christ, He doesn’t see our failures because He turns them into our testimony. We need to put on the armor of Christ everyday. The armor is not some religious stuff, the armor of is Jesus, so we can’t forget to put ON Christ.Application: Do you currently feel like you don’t fit in? What are some things that come to mind about who God has designed you to be? Are you currently walking in all 3 of the kingdom mindsets? If not, how can you begin to do that today?Prayer: Father, Today I receive and believe that you’re FOR me, IN me, and ON me. I ask that you remove all the dead things and become the center of my life. Thank you for not only loving me but also liking who I am. I’m ready to discover all that you designed me to be. In Jesus name, Amen.
We want to be a church that is advancing the kingdom of God and one of the ways we do that is by partnering with the vision He imparts to His children.
Nothing great in life happens with one person alone, everything that's brought into this earth takes partnership and collaboration. Even a seed needs the soil to produce fruit.
What you do in the world is and can be ministry unto God.
Your time, talent, and treasure, is more than just for you to change the world around you.
Vision gives us something to look forward to and to work towards!
Even Jesus had people that partnered with His vision the men and women who had been set free of their demons, who then chose to be a part of a ministry that's setting someone else free!
Jesus didn't have tough skin but He had a tough source. As people, we will undoubtably hurt each other. Tough skin ruins our purpose and destiny because we wall up and build fences that end up imprisoning us. Vision rarely comes to prayer without the labor of great prayer because big vision requires God help.Here are some reasons as to why we pray:
1. The power comes when we put Gods word in your mouth so we not only read the word, but we pray the word.
2. You are a citizen of heaven and what you need to know is that you have a the authority to enter the throne room.
3. Out of all things the disciples saw Jesus doing, the only thing they asked for instruction on how to pray.
4. Don't forget your place alongside of Him. The king is not looking for you to show up in a king James prayer of perfection. He is looking for intimacy through prayer.
5. Wherever you're at God hears you, even if that prayer is worked out in fear and trembling. God hears your heart and not just words.
6. Some of the best words that you might say, might be said through tears but we can go to Him broken without our religious words and share our hearts to the father.
7. Of all the things God can do, the only thing the Lord cannot do is answer a prayer that you didn't pray. He is waiting on YOU to open your mouth and speak to the one who loves you.
We have lost the passion to learn how to pray so let's stir that up in our hearts today. You have to go to the prayer closet because out of that place will come the blueprints to change the world!
How many times have we been led to a mess by the Lord but we find Him resting in the middle of that mess? God's not frustrated like we are frustrated, He's not worried like we are worried. But there are three types of storms we will go through in life:
- Correcting Storms 2. Perfecting Storms 3. Perspective Storms
This is the type of storm that the disciples were in. This reveals a new aspect of the God's nature. Sometimes God is showing us who He is. The antidote to fear is not focusing on our fear but focusing in the perfect love that has given us authority over the fear. The only way to get a handle over our fear is to put on the mind of Christ! Here are some ways to get a sound mind:
- Stop waiting for change, to change our mind.
Stop waiting for the situation to change because we can make a different choice. Change starts as a choice, decide today to live where we're going. We gotta believe it, when you've got nothing. It starts with us!
•We don't need a miracle, we need better management.
The same sun that melts wax, hardens clay. The bible tells us to control and manage our thoughts. It's not how we are it's how, we choose to be. The second that lie hits our heart, repent and get rid of the weak excuse.
•Who is our mind serving?
When our spirit is weak, it serves our flesh but with constant communion with the Holy Spirit we will run vision for our spirit. What we feed our mind becomes our mindset. God calls us to control our mind but it's our mindset what controls us. Create a new path in our mind with the truth of the word.
- Expect miracles along the way
Watch God take things that took forever to restore and surprise us. Our expectation is the water for our seed. Are we believing Him to transform our whole life with one encounter with him??Let's stop confessing what we feel but let's confess what we believe!
Validation from the Lord is accessible to us every day if we can open our ears and hear it. As we continue to walk with the Lord, He wants us to know exactly the ways in which He is willing to show up for us. God was pleased with Jesus, the Son, before He performed a single miracle. So, remember this: our God is already proud of us because His validation of us isn't based on our actions but on how He feels about us.
Here are a few things to remember as you walk with the Lord:
- The wilderness isn't a punishment; it's a preparation for graduation. The devil pushes, but the Lord leads.
- If the wilderness is where the Lord has led us, then let's use it to crucify the desires of our flesh within us.
- God will work with us because He is a God of grace, but there will be a day when He will call us to conquer the things that we have been struggling with.
- The devil uses the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life to tempt us, but the Lord uses the cross to sanctify us before He fulfills His promises to us.
- Sometimes, it's not losing that makes us tired, but the continuous battles, even when we are winning.
- Those who make it past victory are the ones who realize that in the midst of darkness, angels are present.
Even Jesus experienced fatigue, but remember that when you're tired, it might be because you've already overcome. Learn how to give and receive from the Lord, who can provide us with a fullness of joy that no human can offer. Wherever we're afraid to go, God will show us that just as He cares for sparrows, He is already looking after us
Life's full of ups and downs, mountains, and valleys. God publicly validated Jesus when He was baptized, but immediately after, God called Jesus into the valley. When you receive the mandate of purpose in the kingdom, you answer the call. The call is not always in the highs, but if we're afraid of the lows, we'll never find out how powerful God really is. We need to trust the process but also be prepared to fight the good fight against the devil. We need to recognize the three weapons the devil has to defeat him in battle:
Lust of the flesh
Lust of the eyes
Pride of life
These are the same tactics the devil used on Eve. Eve lost the battle because she had a second-hand revelation. She had heard from Adam what God said. However, Jesus defeated the devil because He first conquered His flesh and had a first-hand revelation of the word of God. To survive the upcoming fight, we need to prepare and know the word of God within us. In the midst of the fight, we need to tell the devil, "It Is Written..
Remember, if our teacher is allowing our testing, they're trying to tell us that we already have all the answers we need to graduate to the next level. All we have to do is pass the test.
God's perception of the prophets and the prophets' perceptions of themselves are completely opposite. In this day and age, we are fully convinced that we know God's heart and are speaking on His behalf. But how can we be so sure? The prophets of this age are busy with full calendars and an abundance of activities. But what does the Lord say? They speak not out of listening to His word. They have activity but they do not have authority.
God wants us as a church to be filled with His authority and to release His power. God wants His church to be a gateway to heaven.
In this scripture, the Lord shows observation, offering, and gives us further understanding:
Observation: We're so busy that we don't fully spend time with Him. The God that we worship is close at hand, and although we live in an age where everything else is close at hand, the great tragedy for our generation is that we think we know the Lord, but we have only scratched the surface of who He is. He is not JUST close at hand but far away, in need of pursuit.
Offering: He is giving us access to His throne and wants us to come into proximity with Him. We have to disconnect to connect. There have to be seasons in our lives where we push back on all the other things that are close at hand. There are parts of God that can only be discovered when we give God our day.
Understanding: It's the far away God that comes to us in moments of our life that marks us with calling, with commission, giving us faith and vision. The far away God ruins us for the ordinary and makes us say that we don't want anything else but heaven right now.
We're sustained by the close at hand God, but revival is started by the far away God. There are some levels of demonic oppression that can only be broken with prayers to the far away God, so let's press into that today!
In our lives, we often strive to control certain aspects, but we must acknowledge that our efforts can only take us so far. When we attempt to control things, we are essentially admitting that we trust ourselves more than we trust God. However, it is crucial to realize that God does not want us to submit to Him partially; rather, He desires that we surrender everything to Him and trust in His process. It is important to recognize that our sins not only affect us but can also have an impact on those around us. As Christians, we are called to live as examples of the gospel, but our disobedience can lead to turmoil in other people's lives.
There are several reasons why we might feel compelled to control things:
- It is our default mode of operation.
- At times, taking control can yield positive results.
- We might feel impatient and rush God's timing.
In situations where we are following God's will and obeying His commands, we must trust that things will unfold as they are meant to. It is essential to understand that sin encompasses more than just our overt wrongdoings. Even if we make choices out of disobedience, we are still living in sin.
When we place ourselves in God's hands, we can rest assured that regardless of the challenges we face, we will be okay because we are designed to be with Him. Therefore, it is crucial to let go of our need for control and surrender ourselves to His divine will. By doing so, we can live a life that is pleasing to God and be a positive influence on those around us.
This world can offer us a fleeting sense of peace, but as believers, we serve a God who offers us a peace that surpasses all understanding. Fear can often push us to make impulsive decisions, but when we allow ourselves to experience true peace, we can learn to be still and make wise choices.
It's important to recognize that not all fear is created equal. Healthy fear can equip us to face challenges and grow as individuals, while unhealthy fear can hold us back and limit our potential. Instead of letting fear control us, we can choose to let it fuel our faith and motivate us to become better versions of ourselves.
We should never allow the fear of the unknown to keep us from stepping into the fullness of what God has for us. Even when we feel like things are coming to an end, we must remember that it's not over until it's good. Fear may tempt us to break rules or compromise our values, but as followers of Christ, we are called to walk with grace and integrity, opening doors for others who are believing for the same things we are.
So let us not be ruled by fear, but by faith in a God who offers us true and lasting peace. Let us use our fear to become stronger and better equipped to face whatever challenges come our way, always trusting in His goodness and faithfulness.
Being faithful and consistent is not always exciting and it's not always cheered on by people. However, it is crucial to keep our faith and consistently pursue the creator of our call. In the process, He gives us the confidence and wisdom to do what He intends for our life. Our faith should bring forth fruit, and to achieve that, we need to understand and implement the following points:
- Faith takes a new vision. This new vision only comes when we seek the things above and not earthly things. We should not combat our heavenly promise with earthly reasoning. Instead, we should focus on our faith and seek God's guidance to acquire a new perspective.
- Faith takes action. Joshua didn't just talk about the word God gave him; he acted upon it. Similarly, we should not just talk about what God has asked us to do; we should do it. Taking action is a crucial step in fulfilling our call.
- Faith takes patience. We need to be willing to be inconvenienced in our day and age to see what God has said come to pass. God is good and just, and He will not cut corners because that goes against His truth and love.
- Faith takes consistency and commitment. We have to be okay with the process because it ensures that we remain expectant for the outcome. The process also ensures that we don't take the credit but give all the glory to God.
- Faith takes follow-through. When we try to take down the walls alone in our timing, we have nothing to show for it. However, when we obey and trust God and actually follow through with what He has asked us to do, we will see His glory come through like never before.
In conclusion, it is essential to keep the faith and consistently pursue God's call for our life. By implementing the above points, we can bring forth fruit and see God's glory manifested in our life.
The Lord is never unsure of the grand plans He has in store for us. When He created us, He put on both the hats of an architect and an engineer. His thoughts and plans for us are as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore. We are merely on loan from God to our earthly fathers. Therefore, the fact that we are still here means that the engineer has done something right. Despite the trials and tribulations that we have endured, we are still here, living and breathing today. This is because we have a purpose that we are yet to fulfill.
However, it is not uncommon for us to forget that we need to rely on God, our Father, for all instructions and directions. We often forget that people are fallible and will, at some point, let us down. But God has no quitting point. He is always there for us, no matter how bleak things might seem.
Many of us live our lives for God as if we are playing hide and seek. But God is not hiding in ways we cannot find Him. He is hiding just enough to create a sense of desperation in our hearts, so that we can seek Him with all our heart and soul.
One of the most remarkable things about Jesus is that He is the only God who got into life with us. It was His compassion that compelled Him to meet us in our mess. And because the Father sent Him, He ran all the way. It is like the story of the prodigal child coming home. We get to return to our Father daily, no matter how far we have strayed.
In conclusion, we must remember that we are on this earth for a reason, and that reason is to fulfill the purpose that God has for us. We must seek Him with all our heart and soul, knowing that He will never lead us astray.
God does not want us to worry about anything in our lives. In fact, He commands us not to worry. When we worry, we create chaos in our lives that was never meant for us to carry. To open the door to faith, we must close the door to worry. It is important to understand that worrying is a manifestation of an orphan mentality. It is when we think that we are pulling the yoke by ourselves and ploughing the field of life alone. However, when our faith is completely in Him, God will teach us the ways of life. He will guide us through the ups and downs of life, and show us the path we should take. It is important to trust in Him and know that He will never abandon us. With Him, we can overcome any obstacle and live a fulfilling life.
Pastor Jeremy reminds us that God's command to not worry is not just a suggestion. It is a command that we must follow if we want to maintain a peaceful life. Worry takes our focus away from God and puts it on our problems, which creates chaos and anxiety in our lives. However, when we put our faith completely in God, He will teach us the ways of life, and guide us through all the ups and downs we may face. We must trust in Him and know that He will never abandon us. When we let go of our worries and rely on Him, we can live a fulfilling life and overcome any obstacle that comes our way.
Moreover, the speaker highlights that worrying often leads to an orphan mentality, where we believe that we are alone in our struggles and have to bear our burdens alone. This mentality can lead to isolation and further anxiety. But when we trust in God, we realize that we are never alone and that He is always with us, ready to help us in our time of need. It is important to remember that we are not made to carry our burdens alone, but rather to give them to God and let Him carry us through our struggles.
We often forget that God is a Father God, full of love and mercy. No matter how good our earthly father is, they are still human and have flaws that can affect their parenting. Sometimes, we tend to see our Heavenly Father through the same lens we view our earthly fathers, but this is not the right way to approach Him. Let us ask God to renew our minds so that we can see Him for who He is, complete and whole, without any preconceived notions.
Our Heavenly Father has adopted us into His house, and He is pleased to not just give us some things, but to give us ALL things. His love for us is boundless, and His grace is infinite. We can trust in Him with all our hearts, and He will never let us down.
Here are 7 things that you may chase after if you are not rooted in the truth of God's love:
- Passions: chasing after things that give us temporary pleasure and excitement, but ultimately leave us feeling empty and unfulfilled.
- Possessions: accumulating material possessions that we think will make us happy, but in reality, only create more stress and anxiety.
- Position: seeking power and status in our careers or social circles, thinking that it will bring us happiness and fulfillment.
- Performance: trying to prove our worth and value through our achievements and accomplishments, leading to burnout and exhaustion.
- People: looking for validation and acceptance from others, rather than finding our identity in Christ.
- Place: constantly searching for a better city, job, or environment, hoping that a change of scenery will solve our problems.
- Power: desiring to control our lives and the lives of others, rather than surrendering to God's plan and will for our lives.
However, we must remember that love must precede service, not the other way around. The Father's love gives us the ability to live the Christian life, and we must choose to put Him above all these things. What would you choose today? Let's ask God to help us choose Him and His love above all else.
"To SEE" in the original language implies "to realize" and "to attain vision". This means that it is not simply a matter of dreaming about something that you cannot see, but rather, it involves comprehending what the Lord intends for you to grasp. If you are currently pursuing something, bear in mind that it all began with a mental image. This image only comes about when you align yourself with the Lord. However, in order to possess the vision that God has given you, you must be a good steward of it. Visionaries have the ability to bring things into existence by declaring and believing them, thus allowing us to alter the environment in which we find ourselves. For example, Elijah progressed from visualizing rain to experiencing an abundance of it.
Praise functions as a conduit to our vision, allowing us to surmount the obstacles and impediments that stand in our way. Praise demonstrates that we have been in the presence of the Lord, regardless of the situation we find ourselves in. In the end, we may never receive validation from others about our vision. Nevertheless, as long as we have wise guidance, humble ourselves before God, and block out the noise around us, we will be able to see in the natural world what we have visualized in the supernatural realm.
It's important to understand that possessing a God-given vision requires more than just seeing it in your mind's eye. To achieve it, you must take practical steps to make it a reality. This involves being a responsible steward of your vision, assessing your progress, and taking action to move closer to your goal. The process can be difficult at times, but it's important to remember that praise can help you overcome the obstacles and stumbling blocks that come your way. It's also important to have wise counsel and humility, which can help you stay grounded and focused on your vision.
At the end of the day, seeing in the natural what you've visualized in the supernatural requires unwavering faith and trust in God. It's important to remember that the Lord has a plan for your life, and your vision is a part of that plan. By aligning yourself with Him and being a good steward of your vision, you can bring your dreams into existence and shift the atmosphere around you.
Insecurity and victimhood can be debilitating mindsets that hold us back from walking through the doors God has opened for us. We have to allow God to transform our minds and hearts so that we can conquer everything He has in store for us on this earth. Our mind is a precious gift from the Lord, and the enemy will try to attack it. However, we can protect it by anchoring our identity in the anointing of the Lord and His name over our lives, which makes us more than conquerors.
Let us remember the woman who had the issue of blood; she believed and had faith that she would be healed before she even touched Jesus. In the same way, we have to come to a place in our minds where we can think and believe before things happen in order to experience breakthrough. This means trusting in God's promises and having faith that He will come through for us.
It is important to remember that miracles are not always measured in the same way as sin. While sin is sin in God's eyes, faith is not measured by how impressive it appears. Instead, the Lord wants to know if our faith has endurance and if we are willing to hold on to it even in the face of adversity.
Finally, we must trust in the Lord's promises and know that He will never let us drown. Although we may encounter difficulties and obstacles as we step out in faith, we can take comfort in the fact that God is always with us, guiding us and protecting us every step of the way.
Our lives are like the raw ingredients a chef compiles before they begin to bake. In order to make cookies, you'll need flour, butter, eggs, and sugar. However, making cookies is not the only thing you can do with these ingredients. You can also make cakes, brownies, or even bread. The possibilities are endless, just like the potential in our lives.
God has a purpose for each one of us, and it is our responsibility to discover what that purpose is. Sometimes, it takes time and patience, but eventually, we will find it. As we look back on our lives, we can see how God has been working in us, even when we didn't realize it. He has been shaping us, molding us, and preparing us for a greater purpose.
When we are in our calling, we may still experience frustration, bitterness, and rejection. But those are the very things that God wants to use to make something new in us. He wants to take our struggles and turn them into something beautiful.
God has given each one of us unique gifts and talents. And when we surrender our lives to Him, He will use those gifts and talents for His glory. We may not always know what the future holds, but we can trust that God has a plan for our lives. And when we let go of our own plans and trust in Him, we will find the destiny and purpose that He has for us.
So let us embrace the raw ingredients in our lives and allow God to use them to make something new. Let us trust in His plan for us and have faith that He will fulfill His promises. And let us live a life that is surrendered to Him, knowing that He has a destiny and purpose for each one of us.
podcast descrption As believers, we can gather in church on Sundays, but we are called to be the church every day of the week. The anointing of the Holy Spirit equips us to not just proclaim the Gospel, but to demonstrate its life-changing power to the world.
Here are five amazing attributes of the Holy Spirit:
- It brings the power of God
- It is tangible (something you can feel and experience)
- It brings joy (not happiness)
- It brings breakthrough
- It is transferable
Although the anointing may be on your life, but it is not just for your life!
When fear fills your heart, it can cause you to feel trapped and limited in your abilities. On the other hand, faith has the power to expand your horizons and give you the courage to dream and hope in God. It takes great faith to plant seeds in a time of famine or to dig up wells in a dry and barren land. Faith is also what gives you the strength to fight and overcome the challenges that come your way. In the upcoming season, we will delve deeper into our spiritual wells to access the living water that God has promised us.
Here are some compelling reasons why you should consider digging deeper:
- When you dig deep, you can prosper even in the midst of a famine. Your faith in God will enable you to find solutions to your problems, and His grace will provide for your needs.
- There are times when you must fight and contend for the blessings that God has in store for you. Digging deeper into your faith will give you the strength and courage to overcome any obstacle that comes your way.
- Just because you are in a good place does not mean that you have reached God's ultimate destination for your life. By digging deeper into your faith, you can discover the plans and purposes that God has for you, and take your life to the next level.
- Your journey may be long and difficult, but you can be assured that you will eventually make it to your well or promise. By staying focused on God's promises and continuing to dig deep into your faith, you can have the confidence to press on towards your goals.
Remember, God may challenge you to dig a new well at any time, so don't get too comfortable in your current circumstances. Keep pushing forward in obedience to God's words, and stay rooted in the center of His will. By doing so, you can be fruitful even in times of famine and experience the abundant life that He has promised to you!
This week, we are diving into eternity's heart. Easter stirs so much within our hearts every year. In It Is Finished, Pastor Jeremy Johnson talks about what it means to finish. What did it mean for Jesus? What does it mean for us today? Let's catapult into this message of hope for today and tomorrow.
God is in the business of finishing the work He begins in us. Jesus came to do something mighty in each of our lives. He longs for us to walk in full freedom. Jesus paid for it on the cross. How do we walk out this freedom in every area of our lives? What do we do when hope feels cut off? Jesus came to make sure every debt in our life has been paid in full. We still battle with a mindset of lack, loss, and brokenness. God doesn't want us stuck in these cycles.
Jesus' love drove Him to the cross for you. He paid with His life for you to be free in every area of your life. God does not want you to live your life in bondage to mindsets, emotions, and circumstances. He paid the price of His life to redeem you to freedom. How can you use the power of the cross to enter into true freedom this Resurrection Sunday? Tune in, and tap into your new resurrection life!
This week Pastor Jeremy Johnson gives us another great sermon on what we need to be fear’s greatest nightmare. Through the sermon series we’ve been learning that though the war on fear can be a daunting task, it is one that is conquerable only with the help of God.
When implementing the practices to conquer fear, we must put in the spiritual work to build our spirit man for the battle. We do this by strengthening ourselves with the Word of God and abiding in His presence. As we do this, we gain perseverance to keep going in our spiritual journey to freedom and learn that we can endure any battle with God on our side.
May we stay disciplined in investing our time with God to become a warrior for His kingdom. In doing so, we gain direction and strategy from heaven to overcome fear. In this direction, our obedience breaks off the bondage of fear and leads us to new life in Christ that we can help others find too. Let us keep going strong in the faith knowing God is always faithful to help us in every battle we face.
Listen to Pastor Christy’s spirit-filled sermon titled “Into the Wild”, which focuses on the struggle of rejection and how to deal with it. As humanity, we each have an innate desire to be accepted. However, when we are met with disapproval, we begin to sacrifice ourselves and devotion to God, simply to have the fulfillment of others. But we must remember that when others disapprove of us, God still calls us chosen.
With this remembrance, we come to the realization of who God says we are. Even in times when we are met with seasons of rejection, the tension of wanting to please others and God brings about new levels of knowing our Father when we choose Him. As our heart’s greatest desire becomes Jesus, we embrace the acceptance of our King and do not have to fear how man perceives us.
When we realize God’s position in our lives as the king of kings, we begin to see His words about us outweigh all other views from others. As we bask in the Word of God, we clothe ourselves with the truth He speaks over us. In this, we lose all fear of rejection because we know with Jesus we have nothing to be afraid of. In season and out, may we stand on this truth: God knows us so intently and calls us by name. Take a listen to hear how God’s thoughts about us surpass all other perceptions from others.
Tune in this week to receive an encouraging word from Pastor David Turner about the unexpected events that happen in life, which we call detours. These detours shake our plans and leave us feeling like we’ve hit a dead end.
When our plans encounter a major redirection beyond our control, our initial reaction is to try and make sense of the situation. In the midst of the wondering, we must remember that it is not our job to understand everything in the moment. Instead, we must depend on God even in the unknown. Through this dependency, God transforms us. He also gives us perseverance and new perspective. It is the valleys in life that teach us what we can’t learn on the mountaintops. And in that, we grow and gain deliverance from the Lord.
Though deliverance may not come easy, we must wrestle through the detour to grow as God intended us to. We can trust that God will help us. He is faithful to bring his promises to fulfillment and provide us the faith we need to believe even when the route takes us through the great unknown.
This week we’re starting off the new year strong with a powerful word to declare war on fear. With this new series, Pastor Jeremy shares to overcome fear, we must have a kingdom mindset. In doing so, we will become fear’s greatest threat.
While fear is a spirit that entraps so strongly, we must remember that it so easily enslaves us because it knows we are dangerous to the devil’s schemes. When we seek God and His word, God reveals our heavenly potential and assignment. This assignment was meant to shake the kingdom of darkness and add to the kingdom of God.
As the body of Christ, when we confront fear head on rather letting it go unchecked, we experience the miraculous. Our acknowledgment of God being bigger than our fear kicks the crippling spirit out and brings the management of God in. Take a listen to this podcast to start 2023 understanding the power of fearing God over all other things and watch how it will change your life.
As Christmas is quickly approaching, the story of Jesus’ birth is one we can reflect on. It is one of unexpected events that require faith and trust in the Lord. Discussing the birth of Christ, Pastor Jeremy shares how Joseph and Mary experienced the gift of the savior, which required great surrender to God’s plan and sovereignty.
Ever feel like the gifts of God are frightening before they are exciting? Or blessings come in unusual ways? When we look in the Bible, Mary was given the gift of birthing Christ. However, leading up to His birth, she was unsure how it would all play out. Similar to Mary’s situation, often the greatest blessings scare us before they bless us. In these times, we must remember that God orchestrates things in our lives in ways that only He can get the credit as He moves miraculously. While we may feel hesitant to receive the gifts of God in their fullness when we don’t understand, we can trust that He works everything out for the good.
As we practice confiding in Him, we can remember that our responsibility is not controlling how things will unfold, but rather our response to His ability to work in our lives. Even when we may not see the blessing immediately, we can be sure that He turns things around to bless us. Rather than trusting our immediate emotions, we can rest knowing God’s hand is always at work. In this, let us be encouraged that God is faithful to finish what He starts.
This week Pastor David talks about the necessary topic of guarding our hearts. With so much information being taken in at once through social media, the news, people and places, it’s easy to become consumed by everything around us. However, this week’s sermon discusses the importance of understanding that not all things presented to us should be welcomed in.
The Bible says that our “heart determines the course of our life”. With this in mind, we must be aware of even the small cracks that we leave open to the enemy. This awareness is important because when we give the enemy an inch, he takes a mile and entices us deeper in our mess than we expect.
But even when we do grant the wrong things access to our heart, freedom is still available! We receive redemption when we take charge over the enemy and by keeping our spiritual awareness up and seeking God to renew our hearts and minds. When we guard our thoughts and seek the Lord for spiritual discernment, He helps us even in times when we may mess up. Listen to this week’s sermon as Pastor David discusses how God helps us steward our lives for Him by transforming our thinking and guarding our hearts for His glory.
Pastor Christy Johnson, blows us out of the water with a power-packed message. This week, we join Fearless LA for Your Rock Works. Get ready to press the share button on social media because this message is for everyone! If you want to start 2023 right, it starts right now.
Our mindsets towards God are important but just as important is how we see ourselves. Can your thoughts about yourself impact your abundance? Can your positive or negative attitudes change the direction of your life? Pastor Christy digs deep into the wells within the Word of God to bring this pivotal message. It is set to shift the rest of your year.
In a world where talking about self-care has become about the outside, bubble baths, nice clothes, and eating luxurious meals; God wants us to cultivate and tend to our inner world. God wants us to have eyes of love for ourselves, not just Him. He wants us to know who we are according to the cross. Let Pastor Christy set your sights on God's abundant love today. It could be just the shift you needed to change your whole life!
Ever feel like life has you in a deep valley? It is in these times we often feel broken, and pressed on every side. Take a listen to this sermon as Pastor Jeremy gives an encouraging word to speak to our weaknesses and bring them before God for greater strength.
While we know the lows of life teach us much greater things we could ever learn in the highs, it is easy to forget this truth in the moment. The trying seasons of life can have us feeling a sense of defeat and longing to be back on higher ground. However, during the pressing period, God can still use our weaknesses and shortcomings for His glory. And if we persevere to the end, we will see life come out of our dead situation.
May we remember in the valley seasons of life that God is still just as much with us as He is on the mountaintops. When we trust that God can bring purpose out of our pain we grow stronger spiritually. In this new strength, we receive the confidence and power to speak life to the things that once were dead in our hearts. As we speak to our dead bones, we begin to see the beauty love, joy, peace, and freedom come alive within us.
Pastor Jeremy Johnson is excited to bring us a beautiful message of God's providence. He presents a precious word about God's perfect provision. In Treasure, Up Your Game, Pastor Johnson is completely recalibrating our mindsets and perceptions about God's ownership. Are you ready to have your mind blown?
It is often said that God owns the cattle on a thousand hills, but what does that mean in today's society when most people no longer own cattle? What does God have ownership of today? How does this translate into our daily lives? Is there a secret key we are not tapping into?
Understanding God's ownership and providential grace in our lives changes how we interact with the world around us. God wants us to treasure what He treasures. Holding true biblical perspective on what is meaningful to the Lord, helps us to better comprehend our journey to destiny. It shows us how to move in a world grasping to widdle away the faith of a believer. Join us on a this deep venture into God's blueprint for ownership. You won't want to miss this revelation!
Pastor Jeremy Johnson comes with a message that will make your heart burn. This week, in Treasure, Pastor Jeremy comes with a beautifully uncomfortable word necessary for personal growth and development. Positive healthy transformation takes a process. Get ready to make the changes that will catapult you into the next season of your life.
As we continue delving into the topic of Treasure, God wants you to know you are his number 1 Treasure. As such, we should respond with joy to bless him with our treasure in return. There is no place closer to most people’s hearts than their income. Money is called currency because it is something that is supposed to flow. In God’s hands, it has the opportunity to grow, flow and expand in ways we couldn’t begin to imagine. The Lord has secrets and wisdom to unlock your cash flow. Have you been stopping the flow of God’s blueprint in your own life?
Step into this visionary and confronting message about how our stewardship affects our blessings. If you are tired of being in lack, this is your message! The season for you to bear fruit has arrived. Do not get in your own way. Dive into this paramount word that will shake financial bondage off of your life. Share with all your friends, and let’s prosper together.
This week, Pastor Jeremy Johnson brings a challenge. In Treasure, Hundredfold, Pastor Jeremy shares about what treasure truly is in the Kingdom of God. Get ready to understand golden nuggets from God's word which will impact your life in a powerful way.
When we think of treasure, the thoughts of treasure maps, swashbuckling pirates, and caves filled with endless gold fill our minds. God has a much different idea of treasure. He values things that are priceless. He wants us to tap into His idea of treasure and use it to make this world an incredible place.
Get ready to step into a life full of God's true treasure. Are you ready to value what He values? God is waiting for you to exercise these treasures for transformation. It's time to dig deeper into your relationship with God and give Him a dynamic return on the treasure He has buried in you. We all want to live a life full of value. God wants to show you what's been lying underneath the entire time. Join us as we delve into this well-timed message.
In life there are many areas that are constantly being fed into. When we feed an area of our life, it eventually grows. This week’s sermon hits on one of the most common and powerful principles in the spiritual realm: you reap what you sow.
If we take a look at our lives we can see that the spiritual law of seed time and harvest is evident in every aspect. While everything begins as a seed of small beginnings, over time we receive the reward of its fullness as we tend to it and care for it. However, whatever we don’t pour into, we cannot expect a harvest from as it has not been fed. In the same way, we must feed and seed our dreams and relationship with God. When we place them into God’s hands we will see that He can do so much more than our human hands can and expands our harvest.
May we continue to sow Christ in ourselves and situations to see the ripe harvest He has for us. While our feeding of the spirit may seem small and insignificant in the beginning, we must continue pressing in to God’s presence. At the right time we will see the heavenly multiplication of our sowing for the Kingdom.
This week, we join Pastor Christy Johnson is a heartwarming message about the love of Jesus for us. In The Miracle Is In Your Hand, she shares a touching gospel message that will tet you excited for what God is doing in this city. Today is your day to become empowered and equipped for your mission.
What has God placed in your hands? Have your talents been sitting stagnant? Jesus desires for you to grow and use your gifts to create miracles in the land, but where do you even begin? Pastor Christy Johnson prepares a feast of scriptures to help move you into action. God has a strategy and plan to set before you.
You are a powerhouse and God wants to hone in on your strengths to touch the lives of many. You don't have to wait until some far off day to begin doing something amazing in your community for Jesus. Today is your day to start. Fearless is here to back you up. Join Pastor Christy as she excavates the deep love of Jesus on how to activate your power today.
In the Christian faith prayer is such a vital aspect of having a relationship with God because it is the lifeline between us and our creator. The Bible says we are to bring anything and everything before God by constantly communing with Him. In our journey of faith we often come across seasons when we may feel that God is distant and silent when it is said that He is close and never leaves. In these seasons, we begin to question, “God, can you really hear me when I pray,” causing us to wonder if God really is close.
However, when we rehearse the past victories of God in our lives, we can reflect and remember that God is always present with us. Despite situations that seem to be falling apart or don’t unfold as we prayed for, we can trust that God is still attentive to our prayers to Him. In our times of speaking with God, He strengthens us in a personal way as prayer produces power and preparation for what is to come. Though we may have our doubts at times when we come before God, the strength He gives us comes from us acknowledging Him in faith that He hangs on every word we say and will work all things out for our good.
May we continue to grow our prayer life and remain in constant communication with God. The more we speak with God, He shifts our perspective on things above rather than the situation at hand. In this, He gives us His endurance to remain steadfast in trials, faith to believe for more, and builds our relationship with Him to believe He is who He says He is.
With so much going on in our everyday lives, how often do we find ourselves trying to balance everything at once. In the balance, we often find ourselves giving “just enough” to keep things going with our jobs, family, and even our relationship with God. This week Pastor Jeremy discusses what would it look like if we went all in with Jesus.
Rather than giving God our 99%, He requires our 100%. In complete surrender to God we receive the fullness of life with Christ, rather than counterfeit Christianity. In the fullness we receive the power, authority, and truth that has been promised to us.
Living in this life with Christ, we see that He always has better than we could every imagine. While we all want God’s way, it comes with a price. May we lay every part of our lives at the feet of Jesus with the firm belief that we can trust Him that our dreams, relationships, and plans are taken care of when we completely let go and surrender it all to Him.
In this week's message, Pastor Jeremy Johnson brings an impassioned message about letting go of things blocking us from Jesus. In Pride Killer: Letting Go, we excavate the word for God's desire for the church. Jesus wants to connect with you today. Are you ready?
Jesus loves connection. Like us, He longs for beautiful, meaningful relationships. He wants to touch your heart personally. There has never been a better season to invite Him into every area of your life. Often times we can feel isolated and apart from Him, not realizing we can sometimes put up walls that push Him away. How do we remove the obstacles between us and God?
In this lovely message about Jesus deep love for us, Pastor Jeremy shares tips and tools for everyday connection. Going to church is not enough. If we are not communicating with Jesus daily, it can feel like empty religion. He wants us to have a thriving relationship with Him and the church. You have an all access pass to a heavenly relationship with Christ. Now let's dive in to access it together!
As we continue our “Letting Go” series, Pastor Jeremy Johnson discusses the cunning ways of Jezebel through pride, which often fuels the greatest works of the Jezebel spirit. When pride is in our midst we quickly see that even the slightest amount of it is too much as it completely distorts God’s best for us.
Compromising with pride in our lives is destructive because it causes us to wear ourselves out through self sufficiency, rather relying on God, the one who is able to sustain us. When we humble ourselves to the Word of God, pride begins to leave. We then make room for God to grant us His grace to live in a greater abundance of His presence as we release control to Him.
What could be if we became a people that followed the humility of the Savior? Imagine if our desire was, “God, empty me out and fill me with you.” An outpouring of God’s grace would be upon us and the glory of the Lord would be our heart’s greatest delight.
This week, Pastor David Turner brings us into the Letting Go series. In How to Overcome Rejection, he shares the experiences of the most marginalized during Jesus’ time. Jesus’ approach toward the broken, hurting, and shunned teaches us how we should treat others. It also shows us how he desires to deal with us personally. Join us, as we explore the New Testament in search of how to overcome personal rejection.
Rejection eventually reaches us all. We all encounter people and situations that leave us feeling lost, disconnected, and rejected. What does the bible have to say about handling these situations? How do we overcome adversity and mend the pain left by rejection? Pastor David gives practical advice on how to turn to Jesus during these difficult times.
God doesn’t want you to feel isolated and abandoned. He accepts you wholeheartedly. He wants you to know in every circumstance you are loved and accepted. There are tools to get the victory after the heartbreak of rejection. This week, find out how to leave rejection behind in the dust.
This week, Pastor David Turner brings us into the Letting Go series. In How to Overcome Rejection, he shares the experiences of the most marginalized during Jesus’ time. Jesus’ approach toward the broken, hurting, and shunned teaches us how we should treat others. It also shows us how he desires to deal with us personally. Join us, as we explore the New Testament in search of how to overcome personal rejection.
Rejection eventually reaches us all. We all encounter people and situations that leave us feeling lost, disconnected, and rejected. What does the bible have to say about handling these situations? How do we overcome adversity and mend the pain left by rejection? Pastor David gives practical advice on how to turn to Jesus during these difficult times.
God doesn’t want you to feel isolated and abandoned. He accepts you wholeheartedly. He wants you to know in every circumstance you are loved and accepted. There are tools to get the victory after the heartbreak of rejection. This week, find out how to leave rejection behind in the dust.
When life gets chaotic, our initial reaction is to worry because our sense of control is gone. We often worry in pursuit of making things work out in our own strength and ability. This week, Pastor Jeremy Johnson encourages us to kiss worry goodbye by putting our trust in the Lord.
Worry is a habit that God knows we easily struggle with. That’s why He commands us in His word: “don’t worry about anything; instead pray about everything.” While stressing over the matters at hand seems instinctive, we can submit to His ways because anything God commands us to do, He gives us the power to do. In this surrender, He grants us His peace in the process.
When we learn to pray to God first before bowing to our anxieties, peace comes upon us and worry dissipates. As children of God, we can trust that God will provide for us. Just as He cares for the animals of the earth, how much more will he take care of us as His heirs?
This week, Pastor Jeremy Johnson talks with us about what it means to live under threat. In Come Out That Cave, we contemplate what happens when our lives are sending us a message that we will not survive this battle? Join us as we search the word of God for answers.
There are times where we are at our peak performance; brave, full of hope, reaching our maximum potential. There are other times where discouragement and obstacles make us feel like we cannot get through another day. In these times, God is with us more tangibly than ever. We can get lost in hopelessness and feel disconnected from His presence. When we feel far from God, how can we have victory?
God wants to bring turnaround in the dire straits of our lives. He wants to illuminate the dark parts of our heart where hope has receded. In the darkest of times, God is there bringing hope for a bright future. How do we tap into the truth and access victory in every area of our lives? Stay tuned for a pivotal message for this transition season.
In this week’s message, Pastor Josue Flores discusses how the Bible explains the most unlikely creatures, such as ants, are some of the wisest on earth. These creatures are known to accomplish mighty things with the right focus in mind. While referring to the complexities and functions of these small creatures, as believers we should remember that when we feel the most unqualified to live out God’s purpose, He often uses us in our most unqualified situations to do His work.
When examining the abilities of these creatures, it can be seen that their primary focus is to build their future. Rather than dwelling on the pitfalls of the past or trying to control the present, they are a perfect example of what it is to purposefully invest in the hope of the future. Like the ant, as sons and daughters of God, we don’t need to dwell on our weaknesses caused by our past or present. When we surrender our release of control to God, He is able to use us in our highly unlikely situations to partner with Him in His work.
Rather than counting ourselves out by our past mistakes and current situations, with God as our Rock, we can receive God’s gifts and live out His plan for our lives. God has much in store for His people. When we begin to understand that God delights in our surrender, we will see that He often uses highly unlikely people to do His most amazing works. In this, His glory is made known all the more.
This week, Pastor Jared Ellis takes us on an incredible expedition through God's word. In House of Worship, he touches on the deep chords worship has within the church and within our hearts. The impact of this message will be exponential in your life.
What does it mean to be a House of God? What does it mean to be in the House of God? God wants to change what His church is known for. He wants you to be a major part of that change. What can you do today to initiate that change?
God wants us to ascribe worth and value unto Him. He wants us to live a life that brings Him glory. It starts here today! It is time to tap into His new mercies He has afforded us. Find out how your life can unleash the vital shift the world is waiting for.
The tactics of the enemy have always been to steal, kill, and destroy. In the moments when we feel we are being tested and tried by the enemy, we often face battles that are beyond our own strength. As life contains seasons of bliss and seasons of difficulty, as believers we must not let the storms of life overtake us. To take heart and remain steady through the storm, our anchor must be Jesus as He provides perfect peace in the midst of chaos.
Throughout Jesus’ life, He consistently modeled the deepest rest through the storms as He kept a posture of peace through discomfort. Jesus’ unwavering peace, despite the conditions He faced, reveals that peace is not merely the absence of problems, but finding rest in God. Although the struggles of life do not automatically end when we seek the Lord, we are strengthened in the struggle to be prepared for the next season. Because of Jesus’ love for us He allows us to endure the storm so we can be matured and learn through the process.
Struggles are inevitable in life, but we must remember to not focus on the current circumstances or we will miss what God is wanting to do within us. If we believe that God works out all things for our good, we can look to Him every step of the way through hardship to receive the unconditional peace He promises. It is in the storms that we should be aware of how we are praying so we can be equipped and prepared for the unexpectancies of life. When we are spiritually prepared for the storm, we can have peace in the toughest fights because we know God promises to never leave us.
This week, we had the honor of having Pastor Chris Estrada share a powerful word for our church. In Finish the Job, he tells us how his journey has changed the world so you can do the same. Get ready to be equipped for your God-given mission!
God has a plan. He doesn't forget what He promised you. He has special instructions to make you impactful. He wants you to be effective and able to complete every task He assigns to you. How do you begin to work at full capacity and maximize your potential?
God is shifting your season. He wants you to be all in on His plan for your life. Can you get on board with the changes He has for your life? What does He want you to do now? How can you get into sync with God's heart for your life. Join us as Pastor Chris Estrada breaks down incredible truth from God's word.
The greatest battles are often the wars we fight internally. Wrestling negative thoughts, while seeking truth can be tough. In Satan’s nature as the father of lies, he creates turmoil in our minds, creating spiritual bondage. However, when we seek God, the father of love, we experience freedom from every false word and begin believing the truth. While emotions are neither good nor bad, but created by God, we cannot let them dictate our lives. We must make Christ as our anchor instead because feelings can be fleeting and lead us to believing lies. When the internal war is waging, it can seem as if the deception of the enemy is too great of a burden to overcome. When we climb higher into the presence of God, is when we see bondages dissipate and our sights are set on who God is, rather than who we are not. As believers, it is important for us to remain alert to the lies and truth we are believing. In doing so, we are to take every thought captive and seek the Lord for a renewed mind. In our pursuit of God, we start believing the truth and see strongholds in our lives break. The more we dwell in the presence of God, the most we understand our call as children of God. We are no longer orphans when we change our ways of thinking through the power of Christ.
Jump into this impactful message. Pastor Jeremy Johnson preaches a powerful word on sonship. In the Sons and Daughter series, we learn God longs for us to connect to Him as His children. Today, we learn how in: Saying Goodbye to the Orphan.
Many have not experienced the feeling of family. The fear of not being accepted keeps people from being their true selves. God wants us to walk in freedom to connect to Him and others. He wants us to understand His unconditional love as the Father. This will allow us to flourish and become our true selves.
When we walk in the revelation of our identity as His children we gain access to His blessings in a new way. He desires for us to be able to walk in our full inheritance as His children. How do we begin to see God's true identity to understand our own? This week, we scratch the surface of this deep truth. Let's leave behind orphan hood and step into sonship together.
In this new sermon series titled “Sons of Thunder, Daughters of Zion,” Pastor Jeremy Johnson discusses what it means to live in the adoption of Christ. In this world we are slaves to whatever we allow lordship over our lives. Instead of living under the control of fear, we should walk in the sonship given to us as children of God. A revelation of our inheritance in Christ changes how we live our lives day to day.
Once we begin to see God as our father, and not just our savior, we begin to unlock the promises and blessings bestowed to us. It is this shift in perspective that we go from a lifestyle of slaves to sons and daughters of God. Then, we walk in freedom, understanding the bloodline of Christ brings fullness of life and joy. In God there is no more striving, but rest in the assurance that as His children we have all we need in Him.
When we are rooted and established in God’s love we can truly live in God’s sonship. With the Holy Spirit in our lives, He transforms us. It is then that we receive an understanding of the wonders of His love- how wide, how high, and how deep it is for us. It is in His love that we become more like Him and begin to walk differently because we know we are direct heirs to God Almighty.
This week, Pastor Jeremy Johnson bares it all. He presents us with a touching word about God's ability to help you start again. In Second Wind, he uncovers concepts to help us all achieve peace. Get ready to hit your second wind!
As we go through life, it is easy to get weary. Many times we can convince ourselves out of God's blessings. We may give up too early or believe the lie that God loves others more than us. That we are not worthy of achieving that thing we have been longing for. What if you were guaranteed a victory? Would give up half way or push through to the finish line?
God is waiting for us to press forward. It is easy to allow our minds to agree with negative mindsets for our lives. God wants us to focus in our His voice for us to achieve the impossible. Join Pastor Jeremy as he blesses us with incredible wisdom on crossing over into the promise land and getting a second wind. This is a message for the whole family.
With the devastating events occurring in today’s world, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed and give into fear. Tragedy after tragedy can often cause feelings of anxiety, depression, and worry. However, this week Pastor Jeremy shares a word to challenge believers to a life of fearless as our mission.
In life the unexpected is inevitable, which can be daunting, but God calls us to serve no other but Him. God wants to use us in mighty ways to be a part of His work. To partner with Him, He calls us to live life in bold obedience to Him. Amid the constant war of fear and faith, Pastor Jeremy encourages believers to pursue love as it is the driving force of worry out of our lives. When fear tells us to submit, we must remember to flee from it as it always consumes more and cripples us when we were intended to live in Christ’s freedom.
In the moments of distress, God calls us mighty warrior in our feelings of weakness to stand up and look to Him for strength. It is in the pursuit of His love when we find His power in us when we feel weak. God’s word promises that He is attentive to our cries for help, so let us walk in the courage of God to live out His will for our lives. Imagine what could be when we decide to live in full reliance on the Lord, rather than the condition of our circumstances.
In Pastor Scott Williams’ sermon, he shares on what we are closest in proximity to eventually influences who we become. With Jesus as our pursuit, God will make known to us the right people that are to be in our lives. Fostering these life-giving relationships will allow us to be elevated and point us closer to Jesus, the ultimate pursuit. When we link arms with those who are constantly running to Jesus, we advance forward rather than remain complacent.
Additionally, when Jesus is the focus, we become Spirit-led. As a result, we find ourselves exactly where we need to be. Eventually, we begin to see that when we are in the “right places, we start to run the right races.” It is in fellowship with God that He orders our steps for His Kingdom.
As we find ourselves with the right people and in the right places, we must intentionally stay near to the things of God. With Jesus as our pursuit, our focus and energy are drawn to what pleases to Him and we can stand in awe as we see the windows of heaven open opportunities before us. There is power in proximity and when we are in pursuit of God, we receive the power of His spirit in us.
As we continue our latest series, Family Values, Pastor Jeremy touches on a subject close to God's heart. In Prayer is Our Source, he shares deeply personal testimonies about God's deliverance power available to each of us in times of trouble. Jump in for a riveting message of hope for every season.
Most people have a dark night of the soul. When the day comes that a soul has no rest, there is only one place they can turn to. God shows His face when people pray. How do we pray effectively? How do we know God hears our prayers? How can prayer help us access God's heart and our purpose? God wants you to understand how prayer works to move your life forward.
Pastor Jeremy Johnson delves into the deep mystery of prayer and how it impacts every corner of our lives. Learn how to supercharge your life and destiny today. This is the key you have been waiting for. We can't wait to see you step into this life changing message. Join us and share with a friend.
This week, Pastor Jeremy Johnson returns with a high-octane word. As we continue our Family Values Series, he touches on having a servant's heart. How do we access God's blessing and His heart? Servanthood is Our Position reveals a new understanding of touching God's heart.
Serving is a way to bless God's people. It connects us to a part of Jesus' character in a way that nothing else can. God wants us to be able to serve and love others with a grateful heart. When people see us release God's love and purpose joyfully, they are coming into contact with Jesus' heart for them. How do we go deeper into serving God without burning out?
You may be the only bible some people will ever see. The way we move and live in this world has more impact than we think. God wants to reveal the ways He needs you to serve Him to refresh His people. How are you going to tap into His presence today? Join us for this red-hot message from the word of God.
This week, Pastor Jeremy Johnson, releases a striking word about living out freedom. In Family Values, Freedom is Our Sound, we are exploring the great exploits of the believers in God's word. How does it apply to us today? There are promises held within the pages of the bible that are for us today. Freedom is a promise for your life. Let's dig in and find out how to access it.
Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Freedom. Freedom is ingrained into our societal concepts. We understand what it looks like in a natural world, but what does this look like spiritually? We all want to experience the freedom God is calling us to. It can be hard to not feel trapped in cycles when we have so many responsibilities. Dreams unfulfilled weigh heavy on our heart as we figure out a way to trudge forward. Is there a way to break forward into destiny?
Real freedom is so much more than just getting to do what you want or what you were called to do. Freedom is a posture of the heart. Freedom is how we carry ourselves in our everyday lives. In this season, God is calling us into a holy proclamation of Freedom. How do we see it fully come to pass in our own lives? Pastor Jeremy weaves a story through the word that will inspire you to break forth into the Lord's favor. Share this message with your friends, because we could all use a deeper level of freedom.
This Sunday, Pastor Jeremy Johnson echoes the declaration Jesus made before his death. This statement made Hell tremble. This statement made the devil cringe. This statement made fear, anxiety, depression, suicide, and so many other sinful demons cower. This statement consisted of three simple words: “It is Finished!” On the hill called Golgotha, the Place of the Skull, Jesus died as a slave. A would-be king in the eyes of the Jews was crucified on a wooden cross with nails driven into his hands and feet. The devil thought he won. He misheard the words of Jesus and thought He said, “I am finished.”
But no, Jesus instead paid our debt. For every sin we would ever commit. For every sleepless night we would have. For every broken heart and tear shed, He paid for it. Our debt to sin has been paid. Past, present, and future. Now we have the opportunity to come to him, broken and sinful, so Jesus can make us clean. It is finished!
As we continue our journey into our core values as a church, Pastor Christy Johnson releases a strong word. In Family Values: Worship is Our Weapon, she excavates the bible to bring forth a powerful message that is vital to this world today. Let's jump in and see what part we have to play in this.
We have tools at our disposal. One of the most underused tools in our arsenal is worship. To be effective in any job, we must use the appropriate tools to get the job done. Have we missed out on blessings, opportunities and God's will because true worship is missing?
In this season, God wants to shift us into the Promised Land. Often, life can be bogged down with so many situations and responsibilities, we forget God wants us to be an active participant in our deliverance. How can worship become a conduit for breakthrough in our daily lives? Find out as we delve deep into this timely word.
In this week's message, Pastor Jeremy Johnson confronts a topic close to all of our hearts, family. In Family Values, Family is Our Commitment, Pastor Jeremy exposes the deep problems which can happen within a community. Get ready to understand what it means to be family!
Family is important to Jesus. He called God Father. He invites us into that personal relationship. The church is supposed to be a family. What does a family truly act like?
Truth and vulnerability are a part of the deeper commitment of family. Jesus wants us to be as committed to each other as we are to Him. He is looking to heal the wounds of past hurts for us to be able to relate as true family. Are you ready to become a part of the family? Deep dive with us in this riveting message about what love truly looks like.
In this week's fire-powered message, Pastor David Turner addresses how to handle unexpected delays. We continue our Family Values Series. In People are Our Passion, Pastor David opens up the scriptures for a fresh revelation for your life from the Word of God.
Delays can make anyone feel flustered, frustrated and like a failure. God never runs late. He is always on time yet these obstacles still make us feel robbed of destiny. How can we reframe our experiences and get on God's timeclock?
God is the redeemer of time. He has a plan for you even when your life feels out of sync. You still have the capacity for greatness and to swing into your calling in a dynamic way. Join Pastor David as he releases keys to your destiny today!
Pastor Jeremy Johnson is releasing a wonderful message regarding our core values as believers. In Family Values: Jesus is Our Pursuit, he shares about the incredible values that will help transform us to look more like Christ. Jump in and share this message with someone you love.
Pursuing Jesus should be our core pursuit as believers. Schedules can feel so busy that we don't make time. The pressures of life can overwhelm us and leave us wondering how to best serve God. As we move through this series, God wants to help you break into destiny. He wants you to feel empowered to serve Him.
Serving God doesn't have to be complicated. With these steps you can integrate practices that will transform every area of your life. God wants your relationship with Him to come alive; in order for you to flourish where God placed you. Lean into this powerful message and get ready to kickstart this season of your life.
In this week's power-packed sermon, Pastor Jeremy Johnson continues to share with us regarding Vision. In Part 2 of Vision Sunday, Stop Carrying the Weight, Pastor Jeremy imparts what it means to step into full reliance on God to fulfill your destiny. Text this message to all your friends, it is about to get good.
God has an incredible plan for His body, the church. We all make up a specific, intricate part of this plan to bring His presence to the earth. He wants to sync us up to His frequency to walk the beautiful life He made for us. How do we surrender every part of us to walk in lock-step with Him?
As we move through this season. God is unlocking more and more secrets regarding His plan for us. We need to stay connected to the Body of Christ, ready and available to serve in the ways the Lord is asking. You have a mark of destiny on your life. God wants to give you the keys to unlock it. Join Pastor Jeremy as he releases the power through the word of God.
Pastor Jeremy Johnson is pumping up with Vision for this year! On VISION Sunday, he released an impressive word regarding God's heart for the church. Join us on a journey through God's word where our Lead Pastor breaks down the Word of the Lord for this season. Get ready for an exciting time of preparing for purpose and carrying out the Great Commission.
God has a plan for all of us. We each have a unique place and job within the Body Of Christ. We can often get self-focused on what our individual purpose is. God wants to shift our perspective from looking at our personal destiny to finding our collective mission. Where do we even begin to delve into our communal calling?
From the pages of the Bible, Pastor Jeremy reveals powerful keys and directives to live a powerful life of communal destiny. How do we understand our destiny within the context of the church? How do we find our place of service within the community God called us to? How do we branch out so people can hear about Jesus in every corner of the earth? Be ready to receive a potent message regarding individual and collective destiny. God has a plan for Los Angeles and you are a big part of it!
Get ready for a life-shaking message. Pastor Jeremy Johnson brings us into a heart-piercing word regarding what it means to win the fight. In Courageous, he shares what it takes to conquer the land God called you to.
What does it look like to walk in the blessings God has created for you? How do you tap into God's presence and usher in a destiny season? Joshua carried a different spirit. How can we access that same attitude to walk into the fullness of our calling?
God has a blueprint to walk you forward. He wants to bring freedom and deliverance in every area of your life. Stepping into a life without limits takes sacrifice. What actions can you take today to move forward with God's promise? Tune in to a power-packed message.
This week, Pastor David Turner meets us with a beautiful word about vulnerability with God. In Eden, From Prayer to Praise, you'll get perspective to life's woes and circumstances. Get ready to understand this season of your life.
God wants you settled in your identity within Him. He wants you to feel loved and valued despite disappointments. He wants us to remember to partner with Him in every season. He wants to fight our battles and deal with our anxiety.
We do not have to live gripped by fear. God wants us to live out His word. He wants us to experience the beauty and power of His deliverance. How will you see God move in this season? Get ready to celebrate every victory in your life. Share with a loved one who has been waiting for the Lord to move.
Are you ready for another fire message from the throne of God? Pastor Jeremy Johnson is back with a beautiful message about prayer and finding our path to destiny. Get ready for a powerful message from the pages of God's word.
Prayer is a powerful tool. It is our source of communication with the Father. It serves as the furnace room to fuel destiny in our lives. Prayer connects us to true fulfillment through relationship with the Holy Spirit, still many struggle to pray.
Today, you will hear Pastor Jeremy share on the beauty and might prayer brings into your life. How do we access the prayer furnace that changes everything? How do we slipstream into destiny when we feel so adrift? Jump into the opportune message the will impact the rest of 2022.
This week, we are stepping into Eden. Pastor Christy Johnson is releasing a powerful word on the presence of God. Let's gather around this paradigm-shifting message.
What does it mean for God's presence to be with you? Carrying His presence brings electric changes. How do we begin to partner with God to shift atmospheres and birth God's dreams on the earth? We all have been commissioned to bring the Holy Spirit to help a hurting world. Each of us carries something unique from the Lord that He wants to unleash in the world. He is inviting us into a relationship that can transform nations.
What has God hidden in you for such a time as this? How can you actively participate in God's plan for your family life? Are you stirring up the dream God has placed inside of you? Getting into God's will doesn't have to feel hard. Learn how to step in with this sermon invitation into a deeper relationship with Jesus.
Pastor Jeremy Johnson is prepping us to create a place of delight for the Lord in the heart of Los Angeles. In Eden: Title TBA, he explores the meaning and purpose of the supernatural place called Eden. How does Eden fit into our lives today? Let's find out together.
God wants us to become the answer to this world's needs. Our gifts have been given to us to release God's goodness on the earth. He wants us to walk in God given authority and make every place we go, an Eden.
How do we begin to step into this mandate? Find out as Pastor Jeremy breaks down sacred scripture to take us on a journey through the word and to our destiny. We each have something special inside the Lord gave us to transform the world. Jump into this week's metamorphic message on making Earth an Eden.
In this week's message, Eden: How To Be A King, Pastor Jeremy Johnson shares an impassioned message to light a fire in our hearts. As we continue the Eden Series, God is preparing us for how to live in this new year. Tune in for your most victorious year yet.
Victory is about more than actions, it is a heart posture. It is about more than succeeding outwardly, it is about being in the middle of God's will. God wants our fervor for Him to burn brightly this year. He wants us to taste and see His goodness.
There is nothing more precious than Jesus. Without Him, we could gain the entire world, but it would be meaningless. God wants us to place Him before everything. He has real joy and pleasure for us, but it begins in His presence. Join us as we blaze forward chasing God's presence into this year together! Bring all your friends along.
In this week's message, Pastor David Turner is launching the new year right. In Eden: New Year... Same God, he is teaching us on how to hear God's voice. Be ready to hear God's voice more than ever on this new year!
God is always speaking to His children. He has a direct message for you. It can feel difficult to hear God when the answer feels delayed. Make no mistake God has something to say to you today and everyday.
2022 is a year where God wants to see you fulfilled and blossoming in your giftings. Will you give Him the opportunity to speak? Are you open and available to hear Him? He wants to give you direction that will change the direction of your life and launch you into His goodness. Join us in this week to skyrocket your relationship with Jesus!
It’s the first Sunday of the year, and we are running into 2022 full of faith with a Daniel Fast starting today Sunday, January 12nd. We know now more than ever how important it is to remove distractions and give God all of our attention, and this Daniel fast will give us room to do just that!
In this weeks message, titled “Views”, our Lead Pastor Jeremy Johnson dives deeper into what a Daniel Fast actually is, and the blessings that come out of it! Fasting is climbing the mountain, which isn’t necessarily fun, if we’re honest it’s exhausting. The fun is when you get to top of the mountain, and God gives you a new view, a different perspective on the same area. God is not going to remove you out of anxiety, fear, depression, but through this fast he will lift you to a whole new view if you let him!
What kind of breakthrough is God waiting to give you this year? Let this 21 day fast be what catapults you into a deeper more intentional relationship with Jesus. God desires our hearts to be fully surrendered to Him, and one of the best ways to give Him that, is to lay down everything else. This season will feel like a sacrifice, but in His hands a sacrifice is a blessing waiting to happen! We are so exciting to see the powerful ways God is going to move in your life during this season of devotion to Him!
In this week's Christmas message, Pastor Jeremy Johnson explores the perfection of God. In All Hail King Jesus, Why God Does Not Make Mistakes!, he taps into the heart of Jesus birth plan. We are able to see how God uses unconventional situations to bring forth His master plan.
Joseph and Mary were recruited into God's plan. They could not have imagined the surprises that laid instored for them. As they tried to understand God's plan, it probably felt like they missed something important in the grand scheme of things. How could Jesus be born amongst animals? How could there be no room for him anywhere except in a barn? Did God miss something? Or was this the plan all along?
We often live things out differently than we planned. Like Joseph and Mary, the guilt that comes with feeling like you missed God's instructions can feel unbearable. What if this is exactly where God wants you? In this special holiday message you will learn exactly how God works things out even when we feel way out of sync with His plan. You are right where He wants you! Join us for an incredible adventure in the Gospel!
In todays podcast we get to hear from our very own Pastor Jeremy Johnson. We’re kicking off this new sermon series
titled “All Hail King Jesus” with a BANG.
As the many trying moments of life can mark us, beat us, and push us down, we have a hope and we know that Jesus is our defender! His name will endure forever, He is constant. We have to acknowledge Him as King to be able to see his Kingship and His ruling over our lives, over pain, anxiety, depression, and fear!
As we step into this holiday season, especially with the weight and heaviness of the world, it’s so easy to forget why and what we celebrate. Let’s not let life get too busy to thank God and remember his sacrifice in this season. All Hail King Jesus!
In this week's episode, Leaving a Legacy That Matters, Pastor Jeremy delivers a knockout message. As we continue the YOLO (You Only Live Once) Series, Pastor Jeremy continues building into our individual and corporate purpose. How do you please God when you feel you have nothing of value to give Him? Today, we find out together.
God knows the times and seasons. He plucked you out of His dreams and placed you within this stream of time for you jolt this world with His love. Many of us can feel lost in the myriad of life trials. He made you capable of stepping into power with the influence to change things. First, you have to be willing to do as He asks.
Pastor Jeremy Johnson releases a powerful discourse on taking your life into your hands, remembering God, and pursuing into what He called you to do. God doesn't question your capability. Can you trust God knows your potential better than you know yourself? He wants to unleash you as a key piece in His end time plan, if only you would believe. Join us, as we learn the pivotal steps to Leaving a Legacy That Matters!
We are in for a wonderful treat this week. Special Guest, Chris Estrada, is bringing a heart blazing word that will allow you to turn the enemy's camp upside down. Call all your besties and let them know they need to hear this message today.
The enemy has schemes to destroy your life and monopolize your time. His plans are not greater than God's ability. It can be hard to see that in the middle of a fight. Chris shares powerful tools to begin living your best life, and getting the enemy on the run.
Remembering eternity on a daily basis can be difficult. It seems so far off, but we are smack dab in the middle of destiny stories. Our own story, as well as, the stories of those we are called to impact. Stay Woke, our sermon for the week, is a powerful call to action and awareness will want to be a part of. We can't wait to see how God stirs your heart and moves on your behalf.
In this week's message, YOLO: Overcoming Anxiety and Depression with God, Pastor Jeremy Johnson releases a power-punched message on what it takes to get to YOUR promised land. This weighty messafe will set the foundation for an impactful 2022.
During 2021, everyone is going through something. The enemy wants you to sit in that place and never get up. He tries to make our circumstances our identity. We are not what we are living, we are what God says. God is pushing us to shift our mindset from being bound in our circumstances to walking into the promiseland.
There is a promise of God over your life that is just for you. God has not abandoned you. Find out today how He plans to equip you for this upcoming season to overcome your giants and walk into your Promise Land!
In this week's message, Pastor Christy Johnson brings a fiery word that targets fear. The Called Part 3 continues our You Only Live Once (YOLO) Series. Pastor Christy expounds on how God aligns your calling with your convictions. It is the powerful call to action you need for your life today.
God equips us each with exactly what we need to walk into destiny. It is less about what we have and more about what we do with what we have that moves us forward. God wants us to activate our faith and move into the spirit to "snatch the promises of God."
We are no longer in a season of simply waiting on God. He wants us to partner with Him and take action. He is strengthening our faith to move mountains. He wants our full YES, but what does that truly mean? Pastor Christy goes full steam ahead into this dynamic and amped sermon. Get ready for change, because YOLO is bringing the fire!
This week, Pastor Jeremy Johnson releases a powerful sermon on why Jesus chose you. In YOLO: Called Part 2, PJ tells us more about what our purpose is in light of eternity. Join us as we continue delving deeper into the heart and mind of God.
God wants us to live out an incredible journey of greatness. He has given each of us a certain amount of time to manage. It is our most valuable resource. God doesn't want us to live with regret. When we get to the end of our days, we want to say I finished the race. Making the most of every moment we have is our reasonable service to God. We each have something big the Lord has entrusted to us personally. How are you going to manage the time and gifts God has given you while you can?
Making room for God is pivotal to stepping into destiny. We need to keep an open availability for him to use us. He wants us to say yes to Him. God doesn't want you confused about your calling. Tap into this week's engrossing message to find out what your next move is. We can't wait to see you walk out your Call!
In this week's message, YOLO: The Called, Pastor Jeremy Johnson speaks a powerful message regarding God's plans. The Lord has a master plan that takes into account every occurrence in our lives. Let's delve into His word together.
God never intended for us to walk through life alone. He promises to be with us through all things. In circumstances when we feel abandoned, we must hold fast to God's word where He tells us He works all things out for those who love Him and are called to His purposes. The real question is what specific purpose does He want you to carry out?
God's intentions supersede everything. He doesn't leave us in our mess, but makes masterpieces with our broken parts. He used Jesus as atonement for the sake of our salvation. Walking in God's calling isn't easy, but it's worth it. Ultimately, He longs to fill us with satisfaction. What part will you play in eternity? Find out in this gripping word about God's orchestration for each of our lives.
In this week’s message, Pastor David Turner is restoring us to Purpose. As we continue the YOLO series, he explores the difference between being called and chosen. In Called... On Purpose, God wants us to maximize our time here on earth. He doesn’t want us to be called but never walk in the fullness of being chosen.
He has chosen us to walk in purpose, but often neglect can cause disconnection from the path God has called us to. More importantly, it forces disconnection between us and God. We can be physically present in the house of God and mentally absent. To live a life of purpose, we must be connected to God on a more profound level than simply attending church weekly. Our service to Him and actions have to come from a place of boundless devotion and interconnectedness. His love has to inform our decisions and behaviors, driving us into deep-seated communion with Him.
God is more passionate about our purpose than we are. He wants us to feel chosen, called, and connected to Him. You have the opportunity of a lifetime to awaken to destiny and purpose this very day. No matter who you are, you can be sure God has magnificent plans for your life. It all starts with creating an unfathomable bond between you. Learn how to start your pilgrimage to purpose in this week’s enduring directive from God’s word. It is a message for every season that will bless all who hear it.
In this week’s uplifting message, our very own Pastor Christy Johnson is sharing on the preparing to meet God. As we continue our series, YOLO - You Only Live Once, Test Prep, is equipping us for a life of magnificent purpose. This essential message will change the trajectory of your life.
We will one day give account for our actions. God will test our words, motives, and actions. He wants us to receive a reward at the end of our lifetime. He has good things for us, not just on earth, but in heaven as well. It is easy to forget there is an eternity as we walk through struggles. In the day-to-day responsibilities, actions, and cares of this life, we can forget what matters most.
It is time to unlock the secrets of accomplishing God’s vision for your life. He wants us to unleash a joyous reward on judgment day to all those who walked closely with Him. We do not want to meet the Living God and feel regret when he makes an assessment of our living. If you want to know what it takes to hear “Well done, good and faithful servant” launch into this message with an open heart. Share this with all your friends. Life will never be the same again.
Pastor Jeremy Johnson is back with our new series, YOLO, You Only Live Once. This week's episode, There is a Book in Your Name, takes us further than we have ever gone before. PJ examines eternity and what our place is in it. How do we make impact and leave a legacy that lasts for eternity?
We all desire to live with influence. Deep down everyone wants to change the world simply by living out their purpose. We have one life; but are we effectively using the time and resources we have to live out what we were meant for?
God has a secret book filled with His dreams for your life. If our lives and actions match it, we will have transformed into our best selves. He wants us to live with eternal goals in mind. We will meet him one day and give account for our life. If we want to achieve God's dreams, we have to tap into His presence. Join us, as Pastor Jeremy surveys scriptures about God's master plan and how you fit into it.
In this week's 8 year commeration message of Fearless' establishment, Lead Pastors, Jeremy and Christy Johnson release a beautiful message about what it means to truly follow God successfully. They share incredible keys from God's that have help to birth their own destinies. This edification is one you will want to share with all your fellow believers.
Honoring God can be a multi-step process. There are so many ways to love God, but it starts with our obedience. He wants to have us switch from being self-focused to stepping into sync with Christ. He wants to allieviate us from burnout and bring us into rest through closer relationship with Him. It can be so easy to move out of His rest, but when we turn to Him, He releases more power to walk in this season.
God doesn't want our love and fire for Him to burn out. He wants to bring us to a deeper wells of trust with Him, simply being in His presence. It is not about our efforts, but about what Jesus has already done for us. This sermon will raise the fire in your heart and encourage you to believe again. God has a plan and only needs you to come into agreement. The keys are hidden in this message. We can't wait to see what this next season brings as you apply them to your life!
Pastor Jeremy Johnson delivers a piercing message crafted for leaders and pioneers in this season. During our first Fearless Leader’s Party since the pandemic began, he expounds on the 7 tests God uses to test us. As He grows our leadership ability, he wants us to lean on Him.
Untested things cannot be trusted. God wants to grow your abilities to take you to the next level. If He doesn’t test you, the next level will. If not properly prepared you can step into your dreams too soon. This could lead to a crash and burn and then doubt about whether you are truly capable of stepping into that arena. God wants to save you heartache by developing your stamina and spiritual muscles before promoting you.
A season of testing can feel painful. It can even feel like God doesn’t love us or we are a failure. In these times, we have to trust God’s word that He never leaves or forsakes us. He works all things together for the good of those who love Him. Join us as Pastor Jeremy deep dives into the life of Abraham and teaches us the keys to passing God’s tests. If you have been longing to grow to the next level, this is it!
In Stones, Manna and a New Name, Pastor Jeremy Johnson, picks up where he left off in our Royalty series. He weaves together a beautiful story from things that are seemingly unrelated to bring us fresh revelation. Let's jump into it!
The power of our words can bind us to a destiny God never meant for us to have. We carry the negative words of others as if they were direct from God's mouth. We esteem them too highly. Often, we replace what God has told us with other's opinions. This can keep us bound from experiencing all the wonderful things God created us for.
More than ever, we must cling to what God is saying to us. He is trying to rewrite our stories, but we keep holding on to old names, titles, and words that keep us from moving forward. It is your season to become an overcomer. Jump in with us as Pastor Jeremy dives into this deep & relevant message.
Pastor Christy Johnson takes us on a journey through scripture. This week, we explore the mystery of Jesus’ exchange. In our last sermon in the Royalty series, Surrender, we tap deeper into what Jesus’ love provides to us.
Jesus came and exchanged himself for us to have life eternal. We can tend to leave the idea of life with Christ as something in the future that we can only access when we get to heaven. Jesus gave his life to give us the opportunity to be connected to him during this lifetime. He desires to walk this life out with us. He swapped many things on the cross for us. We may not realize what we have access to. He exchanged sin for righteousness, depression for joy, death for life and so much more.
Jesus is giving us the chance today to receive all the gifts he released to us at the cross. He wants us to be able to walk into our destiny in our complete identity as Royalty. Do not miss this decisive message on stepping into God’s complete blessings for your life.
Pastor David Turner hits directly to the heart with this week's impassioned message. Royalty, Identity Crisis, continues building on our most recent series on establishing your identity through Jesus. Catch up on this life-altering series changing lives across the world.
God wants you to have access to better things in life. He wants to release authority and influence for you to step into your purpose. We can often get sidelined by the circumstances and people. They have their own intentions for our lives. God wants to help us overcome these distractions and delays. He is crafting us to become who He destined us to be. God wants us to live in the fullness of freedom, but we can't attain that without His help.
God wants to restore our faith. He wants to move us into our purpose and destiny as children of God. There is so much more to us than we can see. Join us, as we continue this series about unwrapping our true identities. Don't forget to catch up on missed episodes, and share them with a friend today!
We are back with another power-packed message from Pastor Jeremy Johnson. As we continue the Royalty series, PJ encourages us to dig deeper into our identity through Jesus. This week's episode, Let There Be Light, is an eye-opener.
God desires to take us through a process. Even when things are at their darkest, He is at work in our lives. God made us in His image. Somehow we still look for our identity outside of Him. He longs to see us thriving as our true selves, fully solidified in Him.
Everyday that we wake up is a new opportunity to connect to our purpose and true identity. He has allowed us to experience struggle and pain for us to overcome. These experiences make us stronger and able to connect to others in this broken world to lead them to Christ. Join us, as we delve into another exciting message of hope. You were made for purpose and these tips will help tap into the fullness of who you were meant to be.
This week, Pastor Jeremy Johnson walks us through what it means to place our identity in Christ. As we continue the Royalty Series, PJ reconnects our identity to the Father with a message titled, Earth Suit.
The world has a way of placing labels on us. They can be hard to remove, piercing the deepest areas of our hearts. Our minds reutter the lies people have spoken over us in our own voice. This can keep us bound in chains of depression, self-doubt and self-loathing. In this heartening word, we are reminded that who we are is expressly connected to who God created us to be. Made in His image, our true identity cannot be separated from Him or His kingdom.
Join us as we delve into God's heart for you in this season. He wants to reinvigorate you with hope, and remove any lies you've believed that are holding you back. God wants you to burst forth into a new season. First, we must renew our mind with His words of truth. This word will add another level of healing to your life. Make sure to share it with someone you love!
Welcome to the Fearless LA podcast. In this week’s heart-searing sermon, Pastor Justice Coleman, shares what it means to have God as a Father. In the Two Brothers, he explains the stark contrast between how many Christians live and the identity God wants to restore them to.
Many times we can take for granted God’s love. Even still He lavishes His love on us without condition. God wants each of us to understand our own value and the value of those around us. Baring his soul, Pastor Coleman exposes past traumas and incredible stories from God’s word to show just how extravagant God’s love is for us all.
This is a message for every person you’ve ever known. The sweetness and zeal of God’s love is marked by opulent grace that can reach us even in the darkest corners of our lives. Join us, as we dig deeper into Jesus’ words and the passion that drove Him to the cross. You will want to play this one on repeat!
As we continue the Royalty series, Pastor Jeremy Johnson brings forth an engrossing message for the church at large. In this week's sermon, "When Religion Fails," Pastor Jeremy provides a gripping message unearthing scripture and history that will touch you at your core.
Depression is one of the most prevalent diseases of our lifetime. God has always had answers regarding it. Yet some of our Bible heroes were stuck until God intervened. Climbing out of depression alone isn't always possible. God created community within the church to help in times of trouble. He brings forth miracles in unexpected ways and through unexpected people.
If you or someone you loved has experienced depression, you will not want to miss this. God is ready to break through the veil of religion to get to the heart of the matter. Get the answers you need today and help someone you love reach the light at the end of the tunnel.
Welcome to this week’s encouraging message. In Royalty, Destiny’s Child, Pastor Christy Johnson expresses a compelling sermon on restoring personal value and identity. She shares her personal pain, experiences, and hopes for the future. How do we begin to walk out of our mindsets and walk out destiny?
Every family has a code of conduct that is appropriate for their family. These rules help shape a person’s character, personality, and ultimately whom they end up becoming. Great families create parameters to help support each member to develop. Fostering safety, building integrity, and cultivating healthy growth becomes central to developing the identities of each family member. In our daily walk with Jesus communication with Him builds the lifeline that shapes our reality. Our prayer life ends up being the force that drives us forward and brings breakthroughs in all areas. It holds together our faith, rebuilds broken places, and is a catalyst for strengthening our families. Without this foundation, there is nothing to build.
Prayer does not just bring breakthroughs. It cements who we are and what we are becoming by communing with God’s spirit. It allows us to see hope in every situation. It destroys the idea of the impossible and helps put every problem into perspective. In God’s presence, we are able to see life’s circumstances at face value. He takes that time to remove insecurities, heal our hearts, wrap us in righteousness and help us to become more than we ever could on our own. You will not want to miss this week’s sweet message of hope and power in times of trouble.
In this week's transformative message, Royalty, Inside My DNA, Pastor Jeremy Johnson excavates what it means to be appointed as Royalty. What does it take to honor God and this new-found position?
Jesus wants us to hold loyalty to our Royal position within His kingdom. Too often, we cling to circumstances, negative reports, and emotions. God wants us to hold on to Him and His word. This will allow us to receive breakthrough in every season. It will allow us to see Jesus for who He is truly is. In turn, we see ourselves the way He sees us.
Being Royal is about more than stepping into a position. Becoming Royalty means you have authority and responsibilities to uphold as an ambassador of His kingdom. He wants to bring forth new experiences and wisdom in your life. First, you have to be willing to release things God wants you move on from. How can you make the switch into a Royal lifestyle today? Find out on this week's knock-out episode.
In this week's catalytic message, Church of Power, The Turn-Around, Pastor David Turner addresses what it means to plant a seed. How do we gage what we are truly planting and what will be our legacy?
Life has a way of bringing the unexpected. Many times, we are so devastated and distracted by life's punches we fail to notice what God is doing. We also fail to understand what we are planting into our environments. In every season, God is building something great in us and for us. Keeping our eyes on Him and understanding what we are sowing is central to getting the breakthrough we have yearned for. Leaving a legacy means sacrifice, but perhaps it isn't the sacrifices we think.
How do we achieve the turn-around we have been longing for? How do we break into the next season of flourishing and success? How do we turn-around a negative mindset? How do we live a life of meaning, in order for our life to have the impact we long for? Find out in this week's hilarious and power-packed message.
Get ready! Our very own Pastor Jeremy Johnson is back and kicking it into high-gear with a message on sonship. In this week's message, Church of Power - Sons & Daughters, we will deep dive into what it means to stop striving. It's time to shift into God's presence and our God-given identity.
God calls us His sons & daughters. When we lean our identity on our position, ability, or accomplishments we lose our true identity. God wants us to be solidified as His children, secure in our identity in Him. He doesn't want us to be focused on who we are, but who we are in Him. The identity and position He gives us is the only thing that is secure and eternal. He wants us to understand this and have access to it within this lifetime, not just waiting for heaven to walk in His power.
Leaning into God is the only safe haven to the things the world throws at us. The world will always try to label us. It will cause us to strive to secure our place. God wants our security to be in Him. How do we learn to accept the fullness of His love and become His true sons? Do not miss out on this metamorphic message! This message will change everything.
This week, Josue Flores, helps us explore a major kingdom principle. Church of Power, Forgiveness and Free, sets the standard for how God expects us to live. You will want to share this message of hope with all your friends.
Forgiveness is not an easy door to walk through. When someone has hurt us deeply, the wounds can stay with us a long time. Unchecked, these wounds can fester causing endless pain making it difficult to forgive. Yet Jesus sets the standard of forgiveness as a prerequisite of entry into heaven. Does Jesus want us to do the impossible? How can we grow into a place of forgiveness?
Jesus is the only one who can give us the strength to forgive. This essential message could not have come at a more crucial time. As our nation and we as individuals heal from wounds built over generations, forgiveness will be one of the principal ways forward. Jesus wants us to walk the path of forgiveness with Him and take back our lives. This message of freedom cannot be missed!
In this week’s rousing message, Seventh Hour, we continue the series Church of Power. Pastor Jeremy Johnson throws down the gauntlet and releases an explosive word to stir the hearts of the church in this season.
God wants us to take Him at His word. Many have gotten tired of waiting on God’s promises. There is a process to walking out God’s promises. While on our way, it can feel like night has fallen on our dreams, and we will never see God’s sunrise on our promises. Like seeds, sometimes our dreams must grow in darkness before bursting forth with fruit. The Lord tests us in hidden places and waits for our obedience. He responds in unexpected ways when we call on Him.
God wants us to believe again in the dreams and promises He has given us. He is doing something new behind the scenes and waiting for you to do your part. God is wanting to perform unexpected, extraordinary miracles in our lives. He longs for us to dream with Him again and get into alignment to birth His vision on the earth. Lean in, and listen to this thought-provoking message sent from heaven just for you.
Today, we celebrate Father’s Day with the Fearless Family and Pastor Jeremy Johnson gives an emotional word on the role of fathers in the lives of both spiritual and physical sons. He shares powerful testimony of his own experience with his father and invites you to dig deep into some things that may have been left behind because of something your father may or may not of said or done.
The need for fathers has never been more apparent than now. Many people, if not all, can attest to some sort of disconnect between themselves and their dad. For some, they may not have the best experience with their dad. For others, they may have no experience at all. What is certain is this: whatever experience we have, a fathers influence in the lives of their children is not only strong but necessary for their proper growth.
How we view our fathers can also have an influence on our Heavenly Father. Many people have a hard time connecting with God because of a disconnect with their earthly father. But today, Pastor Jeremy Johnson extends this invitation: to meet the real, loving, Heavenly Father God who you may have never met fully before.
What if the church walked in it’s full potential? This week, Pastor Jeremy Johnson begins a new sermon series titled “Church of Power.” In many people’s minds, they think that light and darkness are equal. They think that they can coexist even. But the truth of the matter is Light always expels Darkness. That statement is the foundation of this new series.
Light never fights darkness, nor does it negotiate with it. Light obliterates Darkness! So when Darkness is present, this must mean that Light is absent. When Darkness reigns in your life, it means God has not been invited in. But when Jesus steps in, this is when He brings with Him something that can extinguish any darkness: Power!
As we celebrate Juneteenth during the recording of this message, keep in the back of your mind (or the forefront) that the Power that Jesus brings with Him to combat the Darkness is liberating! It brings Freedom! Let this podcast episode remind you that Jesus strengthens us to not only walk in freedom, but also in power, for we are the Church of Power.
In this weeks message we get to hear an amazing word from our Downtown Campus Pastor, David Turner! We’re continuing in the series titled “I Love My Church”.
When we acknowledge church as a family, our perspective has to change. We have to understand the importance of family, as well as acknowledge that we can’t just take from family, but give and serve! Family is messy and imperfections are around every corner, if you look for them. When you start seeing your church as a family, praying for them like a family, and doing life with them like a family, that’s when a spirit of unity is present!
Wherever you’re at today, get plugged in to a church family. Link arms with brothers and sister who share the same vision, and who love Jesus!
This week, Pastor Jeremy Johnson gathers the church to encourage in a life enhancing message about taking territory in your life. The series, I Love My Church continues with "Take Up Your Faith."
We are in a pivotal season within history.. God wants us to partner with each other in deeper ways. He wants us to stop compartmentalizing our lives and creating walls between us and God, or us and people. It is time for you to take your place within the body. The body coming together is a matter of life and death. God put you in the body of Christ to thrive. He placed you as a life-giving being within His beloved bride to breathe life into a dying world. He is waiting to see what you are going to do next.
There may be many challenges along the way. The Lord sometimes tests our responses. He is building resiliency and character within us. He wants us to build the Body of Christ into a family, an army. He wants to bring the lost into a place that is safe and united to foster growth. What position does God want you to take within this season of unlocking? Find out on this week's episode.
This week, Pastor Samuel Rodriguez brings the fire of God to light our hearts. Our special guest preaches a kinetic message titled “We Go Together.”
There is commissioning happening in this season. God is kicking us into high gear. Jesus is preparing to release you on a mission. First, he is changing personal natures. He is turning things on their heads, changing expectations, and baptizing his people anew in his love, presence, and spirit. He is going to reinvigorate you. He is ready to release His power on His people, on you.
God wants His children to unite for the unprecedented work He is about to do. It is time to re-align our hearts and our vision to match God’s. As the church moves into this next season, it is more important than ever to get connected. Listen to this week’s remarkable message to find out how you fit into God’s plan.
This week, we welcome Pastor Glen Berteau. He shares a harrowing message about death, hope, and redemption you will not want to miss.
Death has a plan for us all. In this last year, life has thrown everything but the kitchen sink to destroy us. God has a counter plan he wants to reveal for you to live your most victorious life. Pastor Glen shares a tremendous testimony about God’s resurrection power. Today, you will unlock keys to step into a triumphant life. God is still moving in miraculous ways. As Pastor Glen reveals his 18-month journey of shaking off the chains of death, you will be moved to access that same power.
Union with Christ means union with the body. Join us on this restoring journey explaining how the connection to Jesus and the church body will lead to God’s resurrection power in your own life. You will not want to miss this tear-jerking message, packed with the power to change your future!
In this weeks podcast we get to hear from our very own Downtown Los Angeles Campus Pastor, David Turner! We’re continuing in the series titled “I Love My Church” and he’s diving us into an incredible word on unity!
As we grow deeper into community there are going to be more and more opportunities to become offended with our brothers and sisters. That’s what we can expect when we lower our walls, and start to be vulnerable. The enemy will try over an over again to bait us with offense. But there are a few tools we can use to combat this tactic! We must start with an unoffendable heart, because offense is a choice! Never give up, quitting affects not only you but those around you. Walk with integrity, because in the kingdom success is equated with obedience, and delayed obedience is disobedience! Trust in God with all our heart. And yield through submission, seeing the fruit in our lives will only come once we submit.
The Bible tells us that brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city. The spirit of offense goes way beyond the surface. It breeds anxiety, stress, depression, loneliness, anger, betrayal, and hatred but we have hope in knowing God is our defender, and the healer of our hearts. We are called to do life together, let’s do everything we can to resist the bait of Satan, and run full force chasing the beauty of unity with the body of Christ!
The church is many things. It is a body. It is an army. It is a group of individuals coming together in one accord for the glory of God. In this message, Pastor Christy Johnson, the First Lady of Fearless, shares a special Mother’s Day message on the church being a hospital.
When Jesus was on Earth, He made a profound statement to the religious leaders of his age. He proclaimed that He “didn’t not come for those who think they’re righteous, but for those who know they’re sinners.” He said that “it is not the healthy who need a hospital, but the sick.” We live in a broken, sick world and Jesus came to call not the righteous but the sick.
He wants to make you whole! He wants to heal the wounds and traumas of the past. He wants to bring you to the hospital we call “church” so he can patch you up! But your healing also has purpose; not only does Jesus want to heal you for YOUR sake but for OTHERS as well. You are not meant to stay broken in your hospital bed, but rise in the healing Jesus gave you so you may help others who are in the same hospital bed you once sat in. We are the church: a hospital for the broken!
Happy Mother’s Day, Fearless Family!
As we continue to walk this season with God, God sets appointments for us to prepare us and to mold us. Pastor Christy Johnson preaches a brilliant message on The Appointment with Disappointment.
On Psalms 30:1, God’s word gives us joy and assurance when we face challenges. No matter what we are facing, there are expiration dates to the season that we are in.
In moments of disappointment, God has redeemed and restored all of those moments. Disappointments are God’s way for Him to show us how good of a Father He is to us.
Let’s give Him our defeat, our discouragement and our disappointment, and God will give us his gifts: joy, peace and His grace.
There is something great in God’s will on the other side of disappointment, His love for us.
In this week's episode, Pastor Jeremy Johnson has us on the edge of our seats. I Love My Church, Milkshakes, is a complete surprise; bringing to life an unexpected metaphor which will have you completely enthralled and aghast.
We are all meant to bring something unique to the Body of Christ. God celebrates your differences as the flavors He is bringing to enhance the church body. We are all meant to be a part of God moving forward on the earth. Considering what you want to add to the community is essential if we want to strengthen the church, ourselves, and each other. Not every deposit we make to the church body is beneficial.
Pastor Jeremy grabs our attention in a striking way with a sermon illustration you will NEVER forget. You will not want to miss this hilariously insightful message. It is the kind you share with everyone you know. Join us for this week's journey!
On this day, we make a bold declaration with our lead pastor, Jeremy Johnson! Today, we take COURAGE! On this Vision Sunday, our pastor shared a glimpse of the next chapter of Fearless Church, with the whole vision shared at our Partner’s Gala. The word God gave us this year is Courage! This year, we will not just “be safe,” we will also be courageous!
This audacious word challenges the listener to look at the past year and ask the tough questions. There is no doubt that this last year has been hard and we had to take precautions, but we have to acknowledge that with every situation comes a spirit. With COVID came the spirit of fear. COVID made us fear for a “good reason.” But our pastor challenges us to no longer live in fear but to take courage.
As you listen to this podcast, prayerfully search your heart and ask yourself the hard questions: have you let fear make you think the church is optional due to “safety precautions?” Have you allowed fear to scare you from thinking church is unnecessary? In this next season, will U-CO-RAGE with us for the sake of Fearless and the sake of Christ?
In today’s podcast, we hear from our very own Pastor Jeremy Johnson on the importance of being planted and rooted in the house of God! We believe God is stirring up something new in the Church, and we’re going to dive deeper into that in this life changing series titled “I Love My Church”.
The last year of our lives has been a whirlwind of epic proportions and that does not exclude churches across the world! Church from home has been a blessing and changed the lives of so many, but with that came a sense of comfort in being isolated and separated from the physical body of Christ. The lion does not go for the unlucky gazelle, it goes for the isolated gazelle! We as believers have to be aware of the enemy’s plan to isolate us and remove us from the body of Christ!
There is hope in knowing that God has a perfect plan for us, and even in the unknown of where our future is when it comes to the world, we know that when we are rooted in the house of God, we have a firm foundation for when life starts shaking again! We encourage you to get plugged in again, and see how God uses you to change the world!
Stop whatever you’re doing and jump on listening to this week’s podcast, “Protect Your House.” This timely word will kick you into high gear. If you lapsed on your new year’s resolutions, and are feeling adrift; this is where you get back on track.
Pastor David Turner brings us into a deeply personal word where he shares not only his struggles but how Jesus has helped him overcome. The time to refocus is now. The past 12 months have been some of the most harrowing for people all over the world. If you have been discouraged, frustrated, or simply wanting more out of life, this is the message you have been waiting for. There has never been a more opportune word on how to set the direction of your heart, mind, and life for a turn-around this season. Pastor David leaves opens up his heart and leaves it all on the table for us to glean and learn from.
Your time to overcome is NOW! Your season to turn things around is NOW! Your time to get your life back is NOW! But first, you have to learn how to PROTECT YOUR HOUSE!!!
This Sunday, Pastor Jeremy Johnson echoes the declaration Jesus made before his death. This statement made Hell tremble. This statement made the devil cringe. This statement made fear, anxiety, depression, suicide, and so many other sinful demons cower. This statement consisted of three simple words: “It is Finished!”
On the hill called Golgotha, the Place of the Skull, Jesus died as a slave. A would-be king in the eyes of the Jews was crucified on a wooden cross with nails driven into his hands and feet. The devil thought he won. He misheard the words of Jesus and thought He said, “I am finished.”
But no, Jesus instead paid our debt. For every sin we would ever commit. For every sleepless night we would have. For every broken heart and tear shed, He paid for it. Our debt to sin has been paid. Past, present, and future. Now we have the opportunity to come to him, broken and sinful, so Jesus can make us clean. It is finished!
This week, Pastor Jeremy helps us level up with an understanding of what it means to steward and receive all God has for you. We continue in our favorite series yet, The Good Life.
Some people seem to be gifted with optimism and good works. However, Jesus did not die to simply build a do-gooder club. He wants us to grow in our stewardship and understand the depths of what He has truly given us. God blesses us all in different ways but perspective changes the way we perceive these gifts and circumstances. We often maximize the bad and minimize the good. We carry excess baggage that prevents us from elevating and stepping into His greater victory. We underestimate, forget and neglect the true value and power of what Jesus did at calvary. He wants us to let go of the things weighing us down, exchanging them for His gifts.
We often hold on to trash instead of taking the treasure God has waiting for us. It can be hard to let go of your pain and past. God wants us to live life abundantly in the complete victory He won for us at the cross. Perfection is not enough. There is something better for each of us. Now is the time to move forward, leaving the heartbreaks of the past behind us. Jesus is waiting for you to receive all the gifts He has saved up for you. Join us for this incredible message, and pick up your gifts today!
In this weeks podcast our very own Pastor Jeremy Johnson continues in the series “The Good Life”. We’re contributing on the message from last week where we dove into the thinking habits that can ruin or keep us from living the good life!
Not only can sin be a dead weight to us, dragging us down everywhere we go, but our thinking can do just the same thing! When we’re stuck in negative stinking thinking, we might as well be bound to that! Sometimes we can filter everything in our lives through negativity, so no matter what comes to us, good or bad, somehow we find the negative in it! That negativity and those walls come from past hurts and past trauma. The only way to rid ourselves of the negative filters we have on life is through forgiveness. Forgiveness isn’t saying that what happened wasn’t real, it’s choosing to let go of the hurt and choosing not to carry it into other areas of your life!
There are so many ways that our thinking can rob us of living the good life. If you struggle with this war on your mind, take heart in knowing that you’re not alone! We must choose freedom in our minds every day! We pray that this message gives you the tools to navigate through the moments that these thoughts take over. We’re only one thought away from living the good life!
This week, we continue into “The Good Life.” Pastor Jeremy goes deep into the reality of what it means to surrender to Jesus in this season. How do we walk with him through good and times?
Jesus came as a ransom for us. Jesus, the most valuable treasure in all the universe considered us the joy set before him. He left everything in exchange for us to have access to a relationship with Him. He considered us, His most valuable treasure. He is waiting for us to awaken to the reality that He is our most valuable treasure. Once we grasp the magnitude of this revelation, how we live, walk through trials, and overcome will completely change. Our hearts will be transformed and we will never be the same.
Join us for this week’s excavation into understanding the heart and mind of God for each of us. Knowing the tactics of the enemy and how to frame our circumstances will bring us into unrivaled freedom for the next season. God longs for our breakthrough and a deeper connection to us. Let’s jump into it today.
This week, we explore the truth regarding joy in contentment. Pastor Jeremy speaks life into these trying times, refocusing our vision for this season. The Good Life continues.
The bible says godliness plus contentment is great gain, but what does that truly mean for a season riddled with struggle? Many are disappointed with the impact of covid, life, work, finances, family, politics, etc.. The list of things to be upset with seems never-ending. How do we access true contentment? How do we shift our minds and environment to live in fulfillment? It is easy to get frustrated at all we do not have or haven't accomplished? If we are motivated by goals, it is even easier to find lack instead of being grateful. God does not want us to live in the tension of always needing and wanting more. There is a better way filled with the "JOY" that can only come from the Lord.
In every season, we must hold fast to gratefulness. We must keep our eyes focused on Jesus as we remember, this is not the end of the journey. We continue to press forward but we cannot forget to celebrate all the victories we experience along the way. Let's join Pastor Jeremy for encouragement on outlasting every trouble and moving forward with a full heart.
We are back this week with a life-infusing message about identity. Visiting Professor, Pastor, and World-Renowned Speaker, Chris Estrada, presents us with an identity reinforcing preaching that will bless your innermost soul.
We all hope to step into our calling and destiny. Most people struggle with feeling the mundane of everyday life and struggles. We can question and second-guess ourselves, or our purpose. God desires to take us deeper into his heart. He wants to give our lives meaning, using our daily experiences to infuse His love and purposes into the world. The Gospel message is locked in the heart of every believer waiting to be released, but what does it take to release it?
Get ready to have your heart stirred with testimony after testimony, you will be encouraged to rise up and step out into the new adventures the Lord is calling you to. Join us for this exciting, once-in-a-lifetime message about hope, joy, love, and tapping into the destiny God has created only for you. You will not want to miss this!
In this week's message, our beloved Pastor Jeremy continues his series, The Good Life. Coming off the heels of our powerful Pioneer Conference, he delivers a motivational to kick your life into high gear in 2021.
The Good Life is a lofty idea people idealize and everyone dreams of. Chasing the "Good Life" can feel like a wrestling match or a lifelong chase where we are never satisfied. There is a way to step into the "Good Life". God wants us to stop pursuing and just receive of His goodness. There is so much more than what we have accessed. God is waiting for us to tap into all He has for us.
How do we stop the pursuit of happiness and receive joy? How do we step out of wanting and into the "Good Life"? How do we go from fleeting happiness to satisfaction? How do we step into abundance? Find out as we unpack this power-punched message for life!
In this weeks message from Pastor Jeremy Johnson we are jumping right into a new series called “The Good Life”.
As we look throughout the bible and wonder who has the best attitude, the most joy given the circumstances, our obvious answer would be Jesus! But when we really look at it, Paul comes very very close, he has the true Joy of the Lord! Happiness is fleeting because it’s circumstantial, joy is a fruit of the spirit so it can be accessed at all times!
Jesus says to rejoice in the Lord ALWAYS, he actually says it twice, that’s how important it is! Not when we feel like it, not when life is perfect, and everything is lining up in our favor! Through the highs and lows, the hills and valleys of life, there’s one thing that forever reigns true, and that is that God is good! If you want to live “The Good Life” that’s the key, to rejoice in Him always!
In this week's message, Pastor Christy Johnson, encourages with this heart moving word titled "Don't Stop Believing". Together we learn the power of remembering the greatness of God.
We wait for breakout moments when God will bring us into breakthrough. Many times we forget about how kind, amazing and great God has been even during the hard times. We wait in desperation for the next season instead of focusing on God and his greatness during this season. Biblical heroes often found their most profound moments of faith during the most difficult circumstances. When things seemed the most difficult, they stood on their faith. They praised the Lord during their breaking season. They got up and found their faith.
God doesn't want us waiting on the sidelines for a future season. He doesn't want us waiting in ashes but rejoicing in this season. He wants us to step forward and trust him. He wants us to get up and show up as our best selves, getting in sync with his move for this season. He is great and has great things for us even during the most difficult of seasons. Will you walk with him in surrender this year? Join us for this exciting, rallying message to run into victory in 2021.
In this weeks message from Pastor Jeremy Johnson, we dive into the 5 things that fasting does, continuing in our series titled “Views” all about fasting!
We believe that through prayer and fasting God can do wonderful things! It will bring transformation to your temple and clean out all the things we pick up along the way that God doesn’t want in our lives! It reveals our identity in Christ! Fasting develops maturity within ourselves and maturity in our relationship with God! Fasting also allows us to unite as one with Christ, when we’re living in oneness with Him we’re constantly reminded that we are made new through Him, we see life through His eyes! One of the most incredible things to come out of fasting, is breakthrough, God wants to see our lives radically change through this act of faith!
Whatever you’re believing for this year, whoever you’re praying for, whatever your dream is, we believe that God wants our hearts so near to Him, and fasting is a tried and true way to let Him in in ways you’ve never seen before!
This week, our Fearless Leader, Pastor Jeremy Johnson, interviewed the Professor. Through his life, God weaved together passion and circumstances to create a life better than he could have imagined on his own. His journey to becoming a basketball legend is unconventional and full of surprises you won't want to miss.
Grayson Boucher, the Professor, sits with PJ for this very special life sermon. He shares how his love of basketball led him straight to Jesus. He breaks down heart-piercing answers to questions we all wrestle with regarding purpose, destiny, and God's heart for us during tough seasons. Life is filled with adversity, but God loves using those hindrances to build character. He changes situations and creates new avenues of opportunity for us to live a victorious life in an unexpected way. Through Grayson, we can see how the Lord shapes things together to use our talents to our maximum potential allowing us to live a life that is fulfilled and satisfied.
God works everything out for the good of those who love him. It can be hard to see that in the difficult moments. The book of Acts was never closed. We are invited to participate in the life-changing stories God is currently writing through the lives of people. Join us, and be encouraged by the Professor's message of hope on how deeply God has his hand in all our lives.
In this weeks message from Pastor Jeremy Johnson, “Patriots in the New World” we dive deeper into what it means to fast. Our relationship with God is like a marriage, we have to constantly rekindle our flame with God and seek a deeper relationship with Him, and a fast is an amazing way to set aside the time to do just that!
The Lord wants to prune us of the parts of ourselves that don’t bear fruit (fruits of the spirit). He will even prune us of the parts that do bear fruit, because he wants to give us MORE! Hindsight is 20/20, we often look at things from our past and we can now see why God allowed us to go through things, it’s because there is more ahead of us!
Allow God to be the gardener of your life this year. Invite Him in to prune the good and the bad, so that He can bless you abundantly more! It’s in those moments of pruning that we grow closer to Him, only if we lean on Him.
It’s the first Sunday of the year, and we are running into 2021 full of faith with a Daniel Fast starting Monday, January 11th. We know now more than ever how important it is to remove distractions and give God all of our attention, and this Daniel fast will give us room to do just that!
In this weeks message, titled “Views”, our Lead Pastor Jeremy Johnson dives deeper into what a Daniel Fast actually is, and the blessings that come out of it! Fasting is climbing the mountain, which isn’t necessarily fun, if we’re honest it’s exhausting. The fun is when you get to top of the mountain, and God gives you a new view, a different perspective on the same area. God is not going to remove you out of anxiety, fear, depression, but through this fast he will lift you to a whole new view if you let him!
What kind of breakthrough is God waiting to give you this year? Let this 21 day fast be what catapults you into a deeper more intentional relationship with Jesus. God desires our hearts to be fully surrendered to Him, and one of the best ways to give Him that, is to lay down everything else. This season will feel like a sacrifice, but in His hands a sacrifice is a blessing waiting to happen! We are so exciting to see the powerful ways God is going to move in your life during this season of devotion to Him!
Do you hear the rattle? In this message, Pastor Jeremy Johnson visits the Valley of Dry Bones and dives into the vision Ezekiel saw and how it can apply to the turbulent times we’re living in. Johnson challenges us just like God challenged Ezekiel by saying, “Can ____ live again?” You can insert whatever applies to you: your job, marriage, family, business, church, etc. Whatever the dead thing is in your life, God is calling you to prophesy to it and command it to live again.
In this week’s message, we are moved by our Lead Pastor Jeremy Johnson, as he shares a message titled “Believer” We get to experience the birth of Jesus and the true meaning of the Christmas Story, understanding the gifts sent to us at Jesus’ arrival.
The trials and struggles that surrounded Jesus birth were significant. His parents went through hardship to bring him into this world. Their lives seemed to be ruined, but God had a plan. He was birthing miracles in the midst of their problems, bringing together seemingly negative events for their good. God did the impossible in their lives and through them. Their partnership with God through obedience was instrumental in this journey. Through struggle, Jesus was born, the spotless lamb.
God took Joseph and Mary on a holy journey, set them in his perfect timing, and brought forth the savior of the world. The world was forever changed, and we were gifted with Jesus’ love and acceptance. We do not have to live as though we have lost, Jesus is continuing to pour out his gifts on us today. Join us for a joy-filled, life-giving message that will touch your heart today.
If your constant question to the Lord is “Why?” During hardship then this is for you. As we take on our 3rd week of our sermon series “Battle Fatigue” Our outreach Pastor, Pastor David Turner gives us 3 other words to replace our “Why?” with. In this sermon we take some practical ways to combat the lack of faith in our why and allow faith to bring perseverance in your season.
“How come sometimes I seek God and I don’t find him?”. We’ve all been there, seeking God and doing what feels right and yet…still no answer. Is God playing games with us? Is he just not listening? Does he just not care? The answer is No to all 3. The vibe actually says “God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.” So why do I feel alone and unheard? Truth is, maybe, you’re not asking the right questions. Questions like How or what can allow us to move forward and out of the victim seat. When we ask “why” we aren’t moving forward but when we choose to ask God questions that are filled with faith we choose to honor God at his word.
In this podcast, Pastor Jeremy Johnson continues in the “Battle Fatigue” series, adding more fuel and ammunition to your inventory of faith so you can not only get through this current season but also the rest of your life. In every battle, heroes will get tired and weary. But because of who they are and what they represent, heroes must rise above circumstances and internal conflict so that they may overcome whatever battle is in front of them.
Take hope! God is not surprised but what is happening. Even in the midst of all that’s going on, God is still on the throne. He is still being worshipped and He is still in control. He will not let His children suffer, even when the world seems to be in chaos. He has never failed once, and He won’t start now.
As you walk through your life, remember to lay aside every weight that slows you done. We sometimes pick things up that we were never meant to carry. Don’t just lay aside sin. Lay aside the fluff that you thought you needed but God never ordained. Also remember to rest with God. Don’t work in your own strength, or burnout will come. Rest in God’s presence, and he will sustain you while you work for the Kingdom. Do these thing and Battle Fatigue will not set in easily for you.
In this season have you just felt simply tired? Have you been fighting an uphill battle? In this weeks podcast titled, “Battle Fatigue” our lead pastor, Jeremy Johnson brings us a timely encouraging word that gives us a new perspective on how to handle this thing we all deal with called, battle fatigue.
“Don’t get tired of the work, but its okay to get tired in the work” If you’ve worked a job, gone to school, done ministry or even been a parent you’ve been tired in the work and tired of the work at some point in time. So what do you do? Pastor Jeremy takes us to a story about David and his mighty men! In their place of rest uprose a new battle that they’ve never seen before. What did David do? He chose to encourage himself in the lord. In that same way we can choose to encourage ourselves in the midst of these battles that we haven't faced before.
Isaiah 40:28-29 says “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.” What an amazing God that we have that would extend his strength to us. If you are feeling tired in this season call upon the lord to give you strength! We pray this message brings encouragement and launches you on your walk with the lord in this season!
Take your rightful place in the body of Christ! In this series, Pastor Jeremy Johnson of Fearless Church puts a new spin on an old message. A once classic sermon series now has a fresh look. In this revamped version of “The Guardians Are Back,” Pastor Jeremy explains how we as believers take many roles in the body but have one major position: the Bride of Christ.
We are appointed as “guardians” of the church. To be shepherds of the flock God has entrusted us to keep watch over. It is not just the pastor’s job to maintain a flock. We as Christians are ministers in our own right, and we all have a dominion we guard, protect, steward. No matter who you are, what job you hold, how many kids you have, we all are entrusted with the responsibility of guardianship.
Who are you tending? Who are you feeding? Who are you guiding? Who’s in your circle? Who is around you? Who has God entrusted to you to lead? Who has God given you to guard? Brace yourself, Guardian! Today, heroes rise!
Acts 20:28
On this weeks podcast we continue this powerful and perspective shifting sermon series called “The Lion In the Room”. Pastor Jeremy, our lead pastor dives into a crucial and vital part of the body of christ and an important part of Gods heart, Unity. This sermon Titled “The Key of We Part 2”, Discusses the vitality of keeping love at the center of what we do as the church .
“Love doesn’t fail if it failed, it wasn’t love”. When we examine our lives how do we love others? Especially those difficult people…, maybe for you it's even someone who voted differently than you or someone who doesn’t look like you. Could you still put love at the forefront of what you do? 1 Corinthians 13 clearly states the vitality of having love at the center of how we encounter one another. The bible clearly states that if we don’t have love we are a “resounding gong or a clanging cymbal” or in other words just plain out annoying to God.
What can your love do for someone else? Could it bring healing? Could it bridge the gap between a non believer and Jesus? When we choose to love others regardless of they’ve done we become co labors with the Lord. Today will you choose to love others? As you listen to this podcast ask the lord to search your heart and allow him to do some heart surgery! We pray that this message encourages you and gives you a new way to see love!
On this weeks podcast we called “The Key of We”. Pastor Jeremy, Our lead pastor dives into a crucial and vital part of the body of christ and an important part of Gods heart, Unity. This sermon centers us to standard of a kingdom mentality and heart posture.
Pastor Jeremy takes us to Matthew 12:25 NIV “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand”. In music, there is always a key ( key of A , Key of C, Key of B flat) the key allows all musicians to get on the same page to make essentially what we hear, a beautiful sound. The sound of unity sounds so much better than the sound of disunity. Imagine hearing a song but with something off… maybe it was the guitar or even the keys; none the less you would pick up on it instantly because it doesn’t sound like its supposed to be there and you would not want to hear the song anymore.
Isn’t that the same way the world views us? We tune to ourselves; our self righteousness, our entitlement, our selfish motives and we expect the world to want to hear of the Jesus we talk about.
Let's tune our hearts the Lord. When we accept Jesus as our Lord and savior we submit our way of doing things to him, in return Jesus gives us the kingdom way of doing things. When we let go of our entitlement, anger, self righteousness and selfish motives essentially we are picking up our cross to follow Jesus. When we tune our hearts to the lord we get back to the key of we which is the key of unity. We hope that the lord does heart surgery in this message, that the lord would minister to you in a new way and bring a perspective shift!
On this weeks podcast we continue our new series “The Lion in the room”. In this series, we dive into our current political hour and bring kingdom to politics. Our Lead Pastor, Jeremy Johnson kicks off this sermon in Revelation 5:5. For most this book can be hard to understand but Pastor Jeremy helps break it down for us! The book of Revelation is a book about a vision that John had about the end times. In Revelation 5:5 John sees a vision of a scroll with 7 seals, In the Roman empire 7 seals on a scroll represents the will someone leaves for their children or family members, in other words the will that God left for us as his children. We hope this message brings you spiritual growth, hope and encouragement!
Happy Sunday Fearless church!
This week, with the upcoming election, Pastor Jeremy addresses politics in the church. We are reminded that a donkey or an elephant did not suffer on the cross for us— only Jesus. He is the lion in the room, and more than anything, a divided world needs a United church.
Passionately pursue Jesus, above all else. The body of Christ is diverse because it gives us strength and shows glory to God. Believers have unity in Christ.
In John 13:34-35 Jesus gives us a new commandment. To love one another, as He loved us. By following this commandment, the world will know we are his disciples.
In this week's message, our Fearless leader, Jeremy Johnson, continues our series titled I Will Fear No Evil. Our Pastor presents Killshot Golgotha where we continue our journey with David to the battlefield to face Goliath. As he arose with faithfulness to his father's commands, an unprecedented destiny waited for him, unforeseen.
David was ready and willing to do the simple things that were asked of him. No one watched him as he grew in skill and ability. It was just another ordinary day when his dad requested for him to deliver cheese to his brothers. He completed his seemingly unimportant mission, not knowing destiny was about to unfold before him. Goliath arises and delivers the daily challenge to Israel, but no one was willing to face him. They were scared. David was ready, up to the challenge. He had faced lions alone with no one but the Lord at his side. He trusted God's ability to deliver him. He trusted the abilities God had built into him over time. He was not afraid to step up and seize this new opportunity.
It seems random that a shepherd boy with no warrior training would arise to this challenge. He was surrounded by trained warriors with custom built armor yet he was the right man for the job. David carried something the warriors did not, vision. He was able to see God with him in his day to day battles. He understood the power of God to deliver him and his ability to make him capable. He remembered all the things God had already done for him. David used it as a catalyst to drive him into battle. He arose to the challenge he was handcrafted to face. As God grows our abilities and new opportunities arise, we must be willing to pick up new challenges. God does not want us delivering cheese forever and hiding within the ranks of warriors. He is building us into something throughout the seemingly mundane, everyday moments. We have to keep our vision on all the good things He has done. We have to see things in a new light. This way when a new challenge is presented, we remember the God who has always been with us, will show up again. Join us for this heart stirring message. Are you ready for what God has next?
This week, pastor Jeremey Johnson revisits an old Sunday school favorite— the story of David and Goliath in 1 Samuel 17. As believers, it is important that we are able to distinguish between the problems in our life and the Goliaths in our life when we are in the valley of battle. The Goliath is the giant that appears day after day, taunting us. But fear not! Just like with David, God will come along side of us to take out the giants in our life. When we practice obedience, serve with passion and ask God for vision— He will give us the courage to defeat the giants in our life.
For it is vision that leads to courage, lack of vision leads to discouragement. God has the ability to give us new eyes to face our biggest struggles.
Jeremy Johnson, Senior Pastor of Fearless LA, brings "Don't Fear the Cheese" to our I Will Fear No Evil series. This week, we discuss the meaning of life when you're in the valley. Life is cyclical. While we all want to live from the mountaintop eventually everyone experiences a valley. It is inevitable. In this message, we review how small valley decisions impact our destiny.
David was living an obedient yet seemingly insignificant life. He watched over sheep while his brothers got to be in the house. His other brothers were off being warriors. He delivered cheese to his brothers simply because he was asked. Whether faced with a lion or asked to deliver cheese, he never shirked his responsibilities. This led him to a date with destiny. His humility in completing the seemingly insignificant opened the door for him to slay a giant and become a hero in the land.
When we say yes to Jesus, he doesn't promise us a lifetime of mountain tops. When we are willing to participate in the small tasks in places we may not be seen or noticed God takes notice. He is using it to build a foundation that can catapult us into our destiny, if only we are willing. Join us for this week's life changing message to learn more about how God weaves our faithfulness to the little to bring forth a great destiny we can hardly imagine.
It’s exciting when God says “yes.” But what about when God says “no?” What happens when God says no to pursuing a job you’ve been wanting? How do you respond when God says no to the relationship you’ve wanted to have with that guy/girl you found attractive? Do you respond in anger or obedience? Do you respond in bitterness or joy?
Pastor Jeremy Johnson dives into the life and private anointing of David. He uses the early life of David to explain that we are anointed as children of God. We have a high call on our life, but just because people don’t see it doesn’t mean it’s not the truth. We are anointed as kings and queens, therefore we must protect the kingdom we have been given to rule over. Whether it be our home, our kids, our spouse, etc., we are called to steward our anointing, even when people don’t see it.
In stewarding your kingdom, giants will come. In these moments, we turn to God and ask Him how we can defeat the giants we face. It’s in these moments where God will sometimes suggest a new strategy as opposed to something you’ve already tried. How will you handle the “new thing” that God wants to do? Can you handle going through the roughness of a storm, or the thicket of the poplar trees, if it meant that victory was on the other side?
2 Samuel 5:17-25
In this week’s podcast, we continue this sermon series “I Will Fear No Evil” with three people who have walked through valley seasons and how God showed Himself faithful in their particular seasons. Cameron, one of our very own worship leaders earlier this year had walked through a tough season of loss. As he shared the emotions that arose during that season, he shared his revelation and perspective and how the Lord showed His kindness and goodness to him.
Andy, one of our Fearless fathers, speaks about his journey with his wife their fertility struggle. Andy shares his struggles in the midst of this season and how he fought back, but most importantly, how God showed up and worked a miracle through this valley season! Carlos, another amazing Fearless father and Fearless BND bassist, shares two valley seasons he walked through with his father and his son. Carlos shares how he felt and how God continued show Himself faithful to his father and his son and the words that God spoke that got him through that season! We pray this message encourages you and shows you that God can turn your situation around for his glory.
Happy Sunday Fearless family! This week Pastor Christy walks us through the Numbers 13 as we continue learning about the valley of decisions. When the Lord told Moses to send leaders to the Land of Canaan (promised to the Israelites) they reported that their was fruits but the people inhabiting the land were strong, powerful people. In this message we are reminded that in God’s promises, there will be fruit but there may also be giants. However, God did not call us to be grasshoppers— he called us to be giant slayers! As no obstacle is too great or too powerful for God.
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! This week, Pastor Christy reflects on Joel 3:14.
Everyday, we are faced with decisions we have to make— whether big or small. These decisions we make add up over time and create our life. Pastor Christy points out that in the valley of decision there are three things: fruit, giants, and grasshoppers. To overcome the giants in the valley, we are given 5 practical tips for Godly decision-making.
In this passionate message from Fearless LA, Pastor Jeremy Johnson delivers a message of prophetic proportion. He challenges listeners, watchers, and attenders to speak to the dry bones in their lives and command them to live again. We believe in a resurrected Lord and Savior so if He can be raised back to life, so can the dead things in our lives. Believe with faith today, prophesy to your bones, and tell them to LIVE!
Psalms 23:4 KJV
Ezekiel 37:1-14 NIV
This week at Fearless LA, Pastor Jeremy Johnson takes us through the Valley of the Shadow of Death! But Fear Not! For God is with you! As you walk through your darkest valley, always remember that God is always with you so you have no need to fear while you’re in the valley. Be encouraged by this message of security that whatever you face during this season, you can fear no evil.
Psalm 23:4 KJV
Hello, my name is REVIVAL.
Did you know the term revival means new or strengthened? As believers in Christ we know that He is the source of our strength and is constantly working behind the scenes to work things out for the good of those who love Him and are called to His purposes.
This week pastor Jeremy emphasizes the energy of the church and the power that comes with revival. When we are obedient to God, He will give us the grace to face our trials and the God of peace will crush Satan under our feet (Romans 16:20).
This week at Fearless LA, Pastor Jeremy Johnson delivers a declaration of hope: “This is our year, because today we’re going all in! No giant will defeat us! No ocean will drown us! No Pharisee will dissuade us. No Jezebel spirit will scare us. This year, for the rest of the year, we will go all in. Not halfway in, but all in!” Today, be filled with hope and passion as you listen to this declaration of faith.
The enemy has a strategic attack planned, tailored to your fears and temptations. The enemy knows that the name given to you by the Lord is a threat to him. But fear not, Fearless family— we know the enemy’s plan will backfire! Romans 8:28 tells us that all things work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to His purpose.
This week, Pastor Jeremy teaches us how the book of Daniel exemplifies walking in God’s purpose. In Daniel chapter 3– Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were thrown into a fiery furnace after refusing to worship the king’s statue of gold. However the king and his advisors were astonished to see four figures in the fire walking around unharmed.
Sometimes God allows us to be thrown in the fire to burn off the things that do not belong in our lives. What ever struggles you are going through, have faith that Jesus is in the fire with you and you will come out untouched.
As we walk into this on-going season full of trials, Pastor David gives an amazing word about the importance of understanding the patience in the word of God.
As believers, we tend to question God after we get caught off guard. But when we read the story of Job, it teaches us how God uses different obstacles for us to grow with Him.
This season, we are forced to face multiple situations at once that can lay our foundation.
God is for us, and if God is for us, who can possibly try to come close to the power of our almighty God.
In this week’s Podcast Our First Lady, Pastor Christy Johnson gives us an encouraging message on how we can shift our focus back on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith. Philippians 4:6 says this “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.” In our current state in the world it’s very easy for us to think on what is hard, what isn’t going our way and what is to come next— but the Bible says very clearly to think on these things. 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 says “The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” When having thoughts that are overwhelming and anxiety-driven, question them and bring them to Christ. We encourage you to fight this week with worship, prayer and the word of God that has the POWER to break strongholds! We hope this message blesses you!
“Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs.” Psalms 100:1-2 NIV
At Fearless Church we believe that worship is our weapon against the enemy. This week, pastor Jeremy discusses the symbolic nature of the bald eagle in not only the United States, but in the Bible. While other birds hide and take shelter during storms, eagles climb to the highest point, lift their wings and soar. As Christians we are called to lift our hands in the midst of life’s storms.
This weekend, Pastor Jeremy Johnson of Fearless LA delivers a powerful message for those who feel defeated, for those who feel like they have lost. The message is simple but powerful: “Pursue! For you shall recover all!” Are you in a place where you feel like you have lost everything? Where you feel like your life is falling apart each day? You feel like the enemies of fear, anxiety, betrayal, and deception have robbed you of the things you once held dear? Today, God declares this word over your life: “You shall recover all!” Stand tall in the midst of your battle, because if you’re still breathing, God’s not done with you yet.
The Father’s Freedom
Ps. Jeremy Johnson
For what the Son of Man has set free, they are free indeed! This weekend, we celebrate Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the freedom of African Americans from the bondage of slavery. In this podcast episode, Pastor Jeremy Johnson, lead pastor of Fearless LA, delivers a word of freedom to those who feel in bondage. Today, God declares over your life that freedom has come to your life and your household. You are no longer a slave to sin, but a Son/Daughter of God. Today, let this message of deliverance inspire you to walk in the freedom that Jesus has given you and remember that freedom and salvation is given to all who call on the name of the Lord.
Happy Sunday Fearless church! Pastor Jeremy begins this service with the end. In the end, God wins. Revelation 19:4- 10 illustrates the wedding of Christ and his bride. God’s children coming together in perfect unity and harmony.
As believers, we strive to create this type unity in the church. Unity does not mean that we are the same but rather united in spirit. In order to create this harmony with fellow believers, we are called to tuned our hearts to God— first by reaching up, reaching in, and then reaching out to others.
“Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all it’s many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.” 1 Corinthians 12:12.
On this podcast titled “Death to racism” Our lead pastor, Pastor Jeremy Johnson addressees the climate of our country and racism in the body of christ. This message is to help us as a body become one again just as christ has envisioned for us but also carry each others burdens in the midst of these injustices because Jesus ultimately wants us to speak up! We hope this message brings you courage to fight for justice and see the real heart of God.
Hello Fearless family. Just as a husband experiences the pain of child-birth with his wife— we stand with our black brothers and sisters against injustices. This week, Pastor Jeremy preaches a word on unity, love and standing with one another during hardships.
1 John 4:7-21 teaches us about God’s love and ours. We love because He first loved us. We are called to love our brothers and sisters as Christ loved us; hating sin but not the sinner.
In love— we are also called to action. Pastor Jeremy shares Romans 12:9-21 as a guide on how to love in action. This means standing with those who are hurting and showing grace to those who persecute you.
This message was recorded in DTLA, at our drive-in night service
On this week’s podcast, we acknowledge the current climate of our country in regards to the racial divide. As a church we believe God loves you and hates division. We acknowledge the life of George Floyd that was taken unjustly and far too soon.
Pastors Jeremy and Christy Johnson, lead pastors of Fearless LA, take us on a cinematic and lighthearted adventure through classic sci-fi movies to ultimately share the importance of love. 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 says, “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.” The most important thing is to LOVE and love till others ask why. Let’s ask the Lord to do a work in our hearts to love well!
Life can be quite…adventurous at times. It can even seem like a movie! That’s why this week Pastors Jeremy and Christy Johnson of Fearless Online have decided to take us on an adventure through their favorite movies in the action/adventure genre! Some movies include 300, Jurassic Park, Braveheart, and more. We didn’t forget to bring Jesus into this sermon either. Pastor Jeremy relates many things we see in these movies to real life situations we face everyday. Join us on this journey through cinema to see the gospel in a new and exciting way!
Happy Sunday Fearless LA!
The Bible says in John 3:16 that whoever believes in Jesus shall have eternal life. Our youth pastor, David, invites us to reflect on our definition of belief— as believing and relying on God in all circumstances.
In the Bible, we see that God delivers His people no matter if they are in the hills or the valleys (1 Kings 20:28). God does the same for us during all seasons of life— through the highs and the lows.
Pastor Jeremy points out that God may bring you to a valley to give you a new vision of Him. Have faith! He will meet you in your struggles. If the Covid-19 pandemic is a valley, you may experience some additional hardships during this season. Be encouraged— Just as David remained faithful and God delivered Goliath into his hands, God is present as you confront your own giant.
Happy Mother’s Day, Fearless Family!
As we continue to walk this season with God, God sets appointments for us to prepare us and to mold us. Pastor Christy Johnson preaches a brilliant message on The Appointment with Disappointment.
On Psalms 30:1, God’s word gives us joy and assurance when we face challenges. No matter what we are facing, there are expiration dates to the season that we are in.
In moments of disappointment, God has redeemed and restored all of those moments. Disappointments are God’s way for Him to show us how good of a Father He is to us.
Let’s give Him our defeat, our discouragement and our disappointment, and God will give us his gifts: joy, peace and His grace.
There is something great in God’s will on the other side of disappointment, His love for us.
Happy Sunday Fearless Church!
We all experience times when we feel like life is a mess. However, we can be encouraged in knowing that there is no progress without a mess, a stretch and letting go of limiting beliefs. Pastor Jeremy invites us to explore a story of progress and faith in the book of Mark.
Mark 5:21 begins with Jesus on His way to heal the daughter of Jairus, when a suffering woman reached out in faith and touched His robe. As you might imagine, this act took great courage and belief in the power of Jesus to make her whole.
As a believer in Christ, we can find hope in our mess. We will sometimes face situations that stretch us past our point of comfort. Walk in faith during these times that God is preparing you for living in your progress.
It seems now more than ever, fear is a prominent factor in our everyday lives. But this Sunday, Pastor Jeremy and Christy Johnson delivered a powerful message with one simple goal in mind: “Fear Not.” In this message, our two lead pastors each share their stories about their battles with fear and how they overcame it by simply seeing it as an opportunity instead of an obstacle. Fear has been a bully to so many people in this day and age. But today, we boldly declare what God says over us: “Fear Not! For I am with you!”
Happy Sunday! As we continue to walk in this season of trials and temptations, let’s remind each other of the importance in staying planted in God’s fruit of love. Pastor Jeremy Johnson preaches an incredible message about Love.
The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Although there are multiple attributes in the fruit of the spirit, all of those attributes make up the main fruit, the fruit of love.
We serve a limitless and powerful God that wants to produce fruit in us that remains—as soon as one fruit is gone, a new fruit comes; God’s love is unconditional, not only does He say it, but He proves it.
Happy Resurrection Sunday! On this day, Hope Is Alive and as we remember the death and resurrection of Jesus. Against all odds He went to the cross and then Jesus got up! Pastor Jeremy Johnson preaches a message about the Miracle in the Mirror.
We are thankful for the resurrection, but there would be no resurrection without first the death on the cross. Jesus paid it all on the cross so we could have life eternal with Him in Heaven. This is the essence of the Gospel. “For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.”
Today, look in the mirror if your life and ask yourself, “What has died in my life?” Then ask yourself, “What can God resurrect in my life?” How can I partner with the Holy Spirit to Christ's resurrection power take over my life? Join us for an incredible message of hope and power.
Ps. Jeremy Johnson | It may look like your surrounded, but do you truly know who surrounds you? Pastor Jeremy Johnson discusses the topic of being “Surrounded” by God. Your enemies may seem overwhelming, but the truth of the matter is that God has your enemies surrounded. All you have to do is have the vision to see it!
Ps. Jeremy Johnson | There is a storm that we are all walking through right now. It may look different then someone else but we are all in a storm none the less. But one singular fact remains in times of stormy despair: God is on the throne and He is not shaken by the storm you’re walking through. Have peace with the fact that when God is at rest, you too can rest.
Ps. Christy Johnson | Have you felt the pressure of life? Have you been squeezed at every angle by the anxieties that the world brings? In this clip, Pastor Christy Johnson shares on the “Power in the Pressure.” We May be hard pressed on every side, but we are not shaken. We may be struck down, but we are not destroyed. God’s got our back, even when the pressure is unbearable to stand.
Ps. Christy Johnson | Do not be afraid, for God is with you! In this clip, Pastor Christy Johnson delivers a timely word: God will fight our battles for us. All we have to do is rest and watch. God wants us to trust him with our anxieties, fears, and battles we face. He doesn’t want us to fight our battles. He wants to do it for us, and praise him for it. Trust that God will win, so you can see the victory in your life.
You Are Next: Revelation and Reset
Ps. Jeremy Johnson w/ Ps. Samuel Rodriguez
You’ve been chosen for such a time as this! This week, our Lead Pastor, Jeremy Johnson sits down with Ps. Samuel Rodriguez of New Seasons LA via ZOOM and discusses his new book, “You Are Next,” and also discusses the privilege of being part of this time in history. Whether we want to accept it or not, God predestined each of us to experience this moment in history, and he prepared and equipped us for it. God has set us apart to be a light in this dark time, and to be Christ’s example of faith in a time of fear. You Are Next! Your Season is Now! Step into the calling God has in store for you!
The world has changed. The pandemic is everywhere. Quarantine is in place, and many people are beginning to panic. Sounds grim right? What if I too knew there was hope, even in the midst of the Coronavirus? Our Lead Pastor, Jeremy Johnson, and special guests Glen and Deborah Berteau of The House: Modesto, discussed the idea of being the “Whosoever” in God’s eyes instead of “Who are you?”. Pastor Jeremy also asked Pastor Glen about his resurrection experience and what he found on the other side of death’s door. Many people today are in crisis and in need of a Savior more than ever. It’s for such a time as this that God prepared the church to be a light to an ever-darkening world. What will the forces do when they look to you? Will they cower in fear because of Who is in you? Or will they simply ask, “Who are you?”
Ps. Jeremy Johnson | During the height of the Coronavirus pandemic, Pastor Jeremy Johnson made the decision to not be lead by fear but by faith. The church gathered online and listened in on a new sermon series Pastor Jeremy decided to deliver: “This Is My Level Up!” In this sermon, our Pastor laid out what it takes to be the pastor of your home and how a leader should respond in times such as these. Some of the points discussed included, “The Word of God will protect you against fear,” “God is not surprised by this, nor is he worried,” and, of course, “This is my level up!” We hope that this podcast inspires you for whatever season of crisis you’re going through. Whether it be a missed loan payment or a global pandemic, feel at peace that Jesus is with you in the midst of it all, and He is in control.
Ephesians 6:10-18 NIV
Exodus 12:13 NIV
Psalm 121:1-8 NIV
Isaiah 43:1-2 NIV
Psalm 91 MSG
Isaiah 8:13 NIV
Luke 6:48 NIV
Hosea 13:14 NKJV
2 Timothy 1:6-8 NLT
Romans 8:15 NIV
Acts 8:1-4 NLT
Many are called, but few are chosen. This Sunday, our special guest speaker, Pastor Dominic Russo of 1Nation, 1Day gave a special word concerning God's select "few". These chosen people who will rise up and walk in the full power, repentance, grace, and commission set by God to transform this world.
These "chosen" contain three aspects about them. They see the world differently. They live for this moment. They love till it hurts. If a generation of God’s people caught wind of these truths and chose to live them daily; they would move from being God’s called to God’s chosen "few". Empowered with these values, these people are ready to love on the lost.
One day each of us will have to give an account before the King of Kings. Keeping our sights set on heaven, making daily decisions with King Jesus, approval in mind changes everything. God wants us to make a daily decision from called to chosen. How will you respond? Let's tune into this week's message to learn more.
2 Corinthians 5:1-10
LSD: From Victim to Victory
Ps. Jeremy Johnson
Jeremy Johnson, Lead Pastor of Fearless LA, brings his L.S.D. Series to a close with the final installment of “7 Things I Wish I Should’ve Learned When I Was Single.” This week, we discuss the final two points of the message. The first (or sixth) point: “Guard Your Heart.” We must protect our hearts at all cost because it is valuable. God wants to cultivate and pour out His Love on your heart, but if left unguarded, it will be stolen away but things of this world. Relationships, money, and position are just a few things that the enemy can use to steal your heart from God. Lastly, the second (or seventh) point: “You Are Not A Victim, But A Victor.” We have the victory! We are more than conquerers. We don’t need to sit in the victim chair anymore! God gave us the victory, so stand up and let the dust start to build on the victim seat in your life!
In this week's message, Pastor Jeremy Johnson continues sharing on love, sex and dating. He continues on the seven things he wishes he knew while he was single, which can help each of us today.
There are many things that can dictate the quality of a relationship. Placing God at the center doesn't always come up at the top of the list. However, Pastor Jeremy explains how these tips are key to ensuring long‐long lasting, healthy relationships, each one builds upon another a foundation of strength and love. Using these godly principles we can build relationships for a lifetime that are life giving and satisfying.
Let us dive into this heartfelt message about love, life and relationships. We all want our relationships to thrive, using these tips over our lives can change everything, while connecting us deeper to the one who loves us most, Jesus!
Ps. Jeremy Johnson | In this week’s podcast, we continue in our L.S.D series (Love • Sex • Dating). Pastor Jeremy Johnson gives us a look into some tips he wishes he knew about relationships when he was younger. As we continue to grow as human beings, whether we are in a romantic relationship, friendship, or neighborly acquaintanceship or family ties, these are the practical things every single person can learn to use in their daily lives!
Before we step into any successful relationship, we need to deepen our relationship with God! It is vital to know who and whose we are before adding someone else to the equation! We have to start living our lives NOW! We can’t wait for Mister Right or the perfect gal to come along to start dreaming, to start pursuing LIFE. No time is better than now!! The final tip of the day is to develop a habit of joy! We all know someone who sucks the life out of us due to negativity; we may even be that person. When we start to walk in joy instead of seeking happiness, things shift! Apply these tips to the relationships you have now and you will see a change for the better.
Ps. Christy Johnson | “To start some things, you have to stop some things” and Letting Go is one of them. This Sunday we began our sermon series “L.S.D : Love, Sex, and Dating” and our First Lady, Pastor Chirsty Johnson brought it down with a powerful and fun word titled “LSD: Let it Go”. John 15:1-5 talks about God is a gardener and how he cuts branches in our lives if we are not baring fruit, as well as how he prunes us for bigger and better growth. In this case Pastor Christy Johnson addresses 3 things that we need to cut out of our lives in regards to our relationships. This message will give you a new perspective on dating, whether you are single, dating, or married. This message will give you realistic and practical things to help find that special someone or foster the relationship you currently have.
In our day to day life and even in the mundane sometimes life doesn’t always seem so glamorous. At times we’re tired and loose sight of the prize on this great race in life. We get caught up in life and forget the ultimate prize which is Jesus. Today we want you to know that you can continue the race that is set before you with grace and a great cloud of witnesses cheering you on! We hope this message blesses you and encourages you wherever you are in your race!
In this week's impactful message, we learn how to posture ourselves in the midst of a fight. Pastor, Jeremy Johnson is back, sharing on vision and how the Lord uses it to win battles.
We are all on a journey, everyone fighting a spiritual battle. Situations, enemies, and negative thoughts may surround us, but God commands us to not fear. God has sent a legion of help, only visible with spiritual eyes. "Those that are with us are more than are against us!" Elijah echoed this at the brink of battle. Even now, God is calling for us to open our eyes and see that we are surrounded by His grace, His love, His mercy, and angelic help. He is making a way where there is none. We must open our eyes and align our vision with His vision to see the breakthrough, break forth. When things may seem hopeless, we may feel outmatched, overwhelmed and like we are drowning; God sees into places we cannot, every corner, every opportunity, every whispered word behind closed doors. He is ever present and working in our favor. We have to come into agreement with His vision of us in the heat of battle. We are surrounded by His protection even when we cannot see it. When a battle is coming our way, we must exercise our faith and declare the victory in advance. His promise to never leave or forsake us is what we can lean on. We must focus our eyes on Him and see Him with us in the middle of every circumstance.
VISION 2020: I HAVE A DREAM | In this week’s podcast from our very own Pastor Jeremy Johnson, we get a peak into the future! There is so much in store for Fearless LA in 2020 and beyond, and we are so excited you’re tuning in to be a part of this. In 2020, we’ve put away small dreams that limit God, and are dreaming BIG dreams, GOD dreams! These kind of dreams require specific vision. We have to look at them with hindsight, foresight, insight, and oversight. We are believing with you that this year is a year of answered prayers and of big, God dreams!
Scripture References:
Acts 2:17 NIV
In this podcast, Pastor Jeremy Johnson of Fearless LA rings in the New Year with a word on patience when it comes to Gods promise in our lives. On the first Sunday of 2020 we are reminded that it is okay to be given a promise and not yet be living in it. Gods timing is not always automatic, but his word never returns void. As we walk into 2020, we can cling onto the truth that only God holds the power and the plan over our lives, and all we have to do is let Him and His timing bring it all together.
It's the first Sunday of 2020, and we are gearing up for our fast starting on Jan 12. Pastor Jeremy not only discusses the power of prayer and fasting; but also how we can shift our lives, spirits, and perspectives with prayer.
Pastor Jeremy simplifies the word prayer down to one word, “COMMUNICATION”. Matthew 6:21 Says “Where your treasure is there will your heart be. Many times we can think of treasure as our finances, but for some of us, it is our time that is our treasure. What if we could give God more of our time during this fast? How could our lives dramatically change? What could be the outcome of giving God 21 days of prayer and fasting?
What kind of breakthrough are you waiting on the Lord for? Could your 2020 fasting experience be the catalyst for a turnaround in the beginning of your 2020? God is waiting to meet us in prayer encounters during this holy time of focused fasting. He wants to increase our sensitivity to His voice. His desire is to give us wisdom, remove barriers, and foster deeper connection with us. When we seek Him first, He rewards us in unexpected ways. We cannot wait to see what God is going to do in your life and heart during this season of purification and consecration unto Him.
In our closing message for 2019, our Senior Pastor Jeremy Johnson, shares a message entitled I am a Believer. God is offering us an opportunity in 2020 to go beyond belief into faith through action.
We want to live lives that reflect the message and love of Christ. We were no born to simply believe. Even the demons believe and shudder at His Holy name. We differentiate ourselves from just being a "believer" when we put God and His word to the test through our actions. While works do no save us, they show evidence of who truly has faith.
Sometimes changing the world does not look like what you thought it would. God wants to lead you daily on the small, seemingly insignificant steps that lead to lasting change. He calls us to incredible things that can only be carried out through His grace, plan and strength. He does not like to bless us through conventional means and systems. He takes out of the box approaches to fulfilling our destiny, then no one can take credit for His handiwork. Let's jump into the word and dissect how to walk out our faith and destiny in 2020!
The Sunday before Christmas, Pastor Jeremy unwraps a relevant message about the birth of Jesus Christ, and talks about how God gives us presents in unwelcoming packages. Have you ever prayed for growth in your life, and received a trial? Sometimes God gives a present that doesn't look nice to open, but the gift is on the other side of the wrapping paper. We are believing that this Podcast stirs up your heart to persevere, look past the wrapping, and fearlessly open the gifts God has waiting for you!
Love, the most powerful thing that any human could give or obtain. But did you know that it isn’t just a feeling, but in it’s root it is an action?
This week, we break down the vital core value titled “Love is our Action” preached by Lead Pastor Jeremy Johnson.
Love gives us such a great feeling, but it isn’t something we just get to receive, it’s something we have to make a conscious choice to do. Join us as we go deeper on this powerful topic and how it can bring healing into other’s lives!
In this week's episode of Fearless podcast, we hear Pastor Henry Seeley share his message titled, "This is How I Fight My Battles!" He speaks on the enemy’s tactics to destroy us, the Lord's plan to protect us and how we can overcome through the power of the Holy Spirit. Staying in God's presence activates His Spirit to move on our behalf in a deeper way.
The enemy will use anything and anyone to distract us, destroy us and get us off track. He will bring every plan from A to Z to break us when we are in the cusp of breakthrough. God is wanting to fight on our behalf, but are we willing to trust His hand to take control of our personal situations? He will lead, protect us and set Himself up as a wall between us and that which is set to destroy us. He is waiting on us to make room for Him in our lives.
Like the air, He is not visible, but always present. We cannot see Him with our eyes, but God is always at work. While the enemy is breathing down our necks, God's presence is covering us when we choose to abide. The enemy will take every opportunity to speak negatively into our lives, chase us and weigh us down. God wants us to come up higher by abiding in His presence. This allows Him to address the issues in our life. He has a better way, but He is waiting for us to respond with a “yes”. Let's dig into this inspiring message on God's loving hand.
When we give our lives to Jesus, we now have another relationship to cultivate and learn how to navigate. Luckily, we have the Bible that guides us through this relationship! In this week’s podcast, Pastor Jeremy Johnson dives into a new Family Value, “Prayer is Our Source”. To have a deep intimate relationship with God, our source HAS to be PRAYER! When we walk through trials, we have a CHOICE how to respond. We can choose to let our feelings like fear, anxiety, and depression rule us, or we can take hold of PEACE. Prayer is the only way to release the supernatural power of God in your life! If you want to see miracles happen in your lifetime, you MUST learn how to tap into this source of prayer! Whatever you’re walking through this week, we pray this podcast gives you the tools to pray like you’ve never prayed before!
On this week's episode from Fearless LA, guest speaker, Pastor Pat Schatzline shares his message titled “Restore the Priestly Kings”. There has long been a separation between the call to be a king and priest within the bible and modern day church, or has there? Pastor Pat clears up common misconceptions about what it means to be called to business or ministry and the fine line in between.
There are differences between the mantles of a king and priest. However, through the word we see several people who served as a king and priest including King David and Jesus. Could there be a closer connection? During this season, God is birthing opportunities for kingdom entrepreneurs that are also ministers of His love. He wants to give us breakthrough but we must surrender to His process.
God wants to remove any orphan mentality we carry inside of us. It is time to remove delays and obstacles from our lives. However, "until the issue of paternity is put to rest, we will always try to live with the wrong family," with the wrong people and in the wrong circles. The issue of paternity has been laid to rest. Jesus died to remove the question and restore us to the Father. He has certain mandates to bring us into freedom and shift us into the life He has promised us through His word. Let's dive in to this incredible, relevant, practical and timely word regarding our personal direction.
1 Thes 5:23
3 John 1:2
1 John 3:1
2 Cor 6:14-15
2 Cor 6:17-18
Rev 1:6
Rev 5:10
1 Peter 2:9
Phil 4:6
Prov 22:29
Hebrews 11:7a NI
Acts 16:13-15
Deut 8:18
Matt 19:26
Romans 12:2
Hebrews 11:11
Ps 35:27
Ps 112:1-3
Prov 10:22
Prov 23:4-5
1 Tim 6:10b
Malachi 3:10
Matt 6:33
Romans 12:8
Eph 5:3
Ecc 5:18
James 4:8
Matt 18:19
Luke 10:19
For this week's impactful message from visiting pastor, Pat Schatzline, he speaks on "Restoring the Roar. " God wants to repair our hopes, passions, dreams and identities to get us back on the path He designed for us. His original blueprint for our lives superseded anything we can ask, think or imagine.
God wants to destroy fear in every area of our lives. His heart is to restore identity and power through His presence. God allows our past to become our university for the future. He weaves together all the complexities of our lives to create an intricate story of love and hope. We cannot allow fear to continue robbing us of peace, hope and God given opportunities. He wants to shift the atmosphere of our lives by empowering us.
We were born for such a time as this. However, to walk into the God given destiny over our lives, we have to confront fear. This is a pre-requisite for greatness. We have to become fully dependent on Him as our source. We cannot simply rely on our own gifts and talents. His presence and word have to be the fuel to our fire, pushing us forward. We must stop trying to please people and letting their desires dictate our actions. God has a higher plan to lead us in a supernatural anointing. Partnering and agreeing with His thoughts about us is the first step to experiencing this reality. Let's lean in to this week's podcast, and connect to God's heart for our lives.
In this weeks podcast we are blessed to hear from the Lady of the House, Christy Johnson. We are continuing in our series “Family Values” and this value is “Servanthood is our Position”.
Servanthood is the highest honor in our walk with the Lord. You’re never going backwards when serving, you’re always moving forward, always advancing! Loving God and serving people are one in the same. So if I truly love God, I will naturally be inclined to serve others! It will not feel like a task. Even if our flesh is tired, serving with rejuvenate our spirit!
If servanthood is the job title, than stewardship is the job description. If we’re stewarding our gifts and our talents, we will be using them for the Lord. Whatever you’re going through this week, take a moment to see who you can serve, not so you can be rewarded, but solely because servanthood is our position!
Every family has values that they stand by in every season. The great thing is that the same applies in God's kingdom! Pastor Jeremy is taking 10 biblical values and breaking them down to build our essential Family Values! This week we journey into the second part of “Servanthood is Our Position”.
Pastor Jeremy shared “Anything valuable that you don’t protect will be stolen.” This rings true in our position as servants in the kingdom of God. What an honor it is to take our rightful place as a servant in the kings house! “Serving removes boundaries from God and puts boundaries on everything else." Have you ever put boundaries around God? We never practice this intentionally, but we all have done this. Many times we put boundaries around God. This allows fear, lies, and anxiety run rampant yet we still expect God to meet us in our man-made boundaries.
I wonder if the boundaries we put on God in our finances, family, work, school, dreams and more is impeding the true breakthrough we could experience. If we let God truly run wild in our lives, what would it look like?! What if we could give God the freedom to do as He pleases. We should submit our time, talent and treasure back into the kingdom. He can do more in what we’re putting boundaries around than what we could ask, think or imagine. Challenge yourself this week to let go of your boundaries in order to make room for a miracle only God could make happen.
In this weeks powerful message, we continue with our “Family Values”. Today we dive into the value of “Servanthood is our Position”. When you serve God, serve God with your house and all that is in it. Don’t just serve God alone, serve Him with everything you have authority over; family, finances, body, mind, time, attitude. When serving, we have to serve with passion! Serving is not a threat, it is a thrill. It is not a task or mundane, it is extraordinary and an HONOR and a privilege. Serving God is an opportunity. It’s a chance for God to LOVE you, not God NEEDING you. God doesn’t need what you have to offer because what you have to offer is already His. He wants your HEART. Wherever you’re at this week, we pray you catch on to this value, and that it seriously enriches your life!
Scripture References:
Matthew 16:17-18 MSG
Joshua 24:15 (NIV)
Psalm 100:2 (NLT)
Romans 12:10-11 (NLT)
Acts 17:25 NIV
2 Corinthians 9:10 (NIV)
This week, Pastor Jeremy returns with a focus on our foundational Family Values - Honor is Our Privelege. He shares on the importance of honoring others regardless of outward appearance, circumstances or behavior.
Honor is one of the few things we cannot place on ourselves. It is something we have the privelege of putting on others and on God. While people may not always deserve it because of their value to God, we honor them. Many times this can be difficult. If we remember who Christ is and our encounters with Him, we will bestow honor even on the undeserving. We hold the understanding that love and honor are possible because of His work on the cross and not our human ability.
The most important thing we will do after surrendering to Christ, is honoring Him. Our lives may not always look picture perfect. The way we honor Him in those moments is indicative of our true heart towards Him. We must make a habit of cultivating honor for our king, savior and maker daily; regardless of whether or not things are going our way.
This life will bring us a variety of good and bad. We must have an ability to keep our eyes and focus on Jesus at all times. It is often when we are running hardest after Christ that we will lose our vision. It is only through life changing encounter and continually affixing value on Him that we are able to finish this race. Our hearts first have to be girded in honor for Him and his children, both lost and found. Let's lean in and glean wisdom from this challenging message.
As of late, we have been living In our prayers! If you haven’t heard, we got a building and we are so thrilled and expectant for what God has for this house! As we continue to learn our family values, Pastor Jeremy introduces us to “Honor Is our Privilege”. Pastor Jeremy abridged 2 Chronicles 7:1 and looked at how Solomon built God's temple with honor. They sacrificed bulls, sheep, and goats just to honor the lord in modern times this was equivalent to millions of dollars today. Insane right? Although sacrificing was the norm god was calling them to ultimately walk in obedience. “Honor is a gift that was made to clothe each other in” in that same way we were meant to honor one another, we were also meant to honor God to a higher with regard. Pastor Jeremy gives us a look at how we can do that with God. This week, How will you honor God? Will it be with your time? Will It be with your Finances? Will it be with your relationships? What does that look like for you? “
Scripture References:
2 Chronicles 7 1-16 (NKJV)
1 Kings 8:10-13
We are continuing to dive into our Family Values as a church. In this week's incredible message from our Lead Pastor, Jeremy Johnson, we lean into the value “People Are Our Passion”.
At Fearless, we truly believe in family. We cherish the importance of being deeply and truly rooted in the God's house and into one another as family. Through trials, storms, valleys and mountains; we understand that we were not created to be isolated! No man is an island. If we want the fullness of God, we cannot do this life alone.
The Lord wants us to commit to family. It is time to begin investing into the body of Christ. We know it brings Jesus joy when we establish our loyalty not only to Him, but also His church. We must give to one another; whether it be our love, time, or physical resources. You can give without loving, but you can not love without giving! Our commitment to love Jesus is a commitment to love His bride; even when we have been hurt in the past.
Wherever you are in life, we are believing for you to find your family and tribe. Jesus desires for us to thrive in life giving community. This will enable you to run full force into the God call on your life; lifting each other's hands in celebration!
Scripture References:
Ephesians 3:17-19
John 3:16 ESV
Ephesians 3:17-19 NIV
This week, Pastor Jeremy is back with another one of our core Family Values - Family is Our Commitment. He shares on the importance of community and covenant.
There are differences between religion and Jesus. Many believe actions speak louder than words, but the Lord is looking for the intentions behind our actions. The things we do should not reflect dead religion only practiced once a week. We carry Jesus in our hearts, and into everything we do, daily. Pleasing Him should be our primary motivation. It will lead us to the right doors, places and people.
We must "hold values that keep us steady through the waves of life." One of Jesus’ clearest values was family. He left heaven to "rescue an orphaned humanity and to restore us to relationship with the Father and each other". Time and time again, Jesus is seen choosing community over religious opinions. He desires for us to value people and relationships with the same measure and urgency.
The first church was not only devoted to knowing the Lord and the word, but to living life together in community. It is through community that we are sharpened, loved and grown in ways that impact our destiny. Too many people have forsaken community for self-preservation. We have forgotten that Jesus’ primary earthly mission was to restore lost sons and daughters to Himself. Although people are imperfect and may hurt us, Jesus wants us to be committed to cultivating daily fellowship with others in the body. He did not sacrifice His life for us to be filled with His Holy Spirit but reject His people. He wants us to renew our commitment to Him through relationship with each other. Jesus is pleased when we lay down our past hurt and choose to thrive in covenant relationships. Let's lean in to this week's lesson on love and family.
Scripture References
Acts 2:42,47
Romans 12:10,11
1 Peter 4:10
Colossians 3:13
This week, we get to experience an incredible compilation of messages on one of our core Family Values: Jesus is Our Pursuit. Pastor's David Turner, Dalisha Munton and Rich Munton shared complementary messages on pursuing Jesus, our first love and the depth of his love for us.
Most people are busy pursuing happiness but Jesus has set His heart on pursuing us. While "happiness is as fleeting as the wind, never delivering on its promises", Jesus is always faithful and has promised to abide with us. His relentless pursuit gives us perspective on the true meaning of happiness.
In all our endeavors, we must be mindful to set our affections on Him. Stoke the fire and abide in Him as He abides in us. When we have done all that we can do, pursuing Christ and waiting on His promises, we must continue to stand firm. Satisfaction can only be found through Him. Seeing how Jesus continues to pursue us should quicken us to prioritize pursuing Him. Let's listen in on this week's stirring message.
Jeremiah 1:5
Hebrews 12:2
1 Peter 4:12‐13
Colossians 3:1-2
John 15:5
In this week's episode, Family Values - Jesus is Our Pursuit, we learn about God's blueprint for our lives. Pastor Jeremy shares on the importance of seeking God's face and how it impacts the fulfillment of our destiny.
God desires to build something incredible with our lives. During the seasons of construction, it may seem like there isn't really a plan. However, God has a blueprint for each of our lives. We have to trust the promise that He desires to prosper us to give us a hope and a future.
Many times in seeking His hand, we miss His face. We forget that anything other than Him will never be enough to satisfy our hearts. He wants to show us what it truly means to live so we can have the abundant life He promised. We must get back to the basics of abiding in Him.
Scripture References:
Jeremiah 29:11-13
Philippians 3:7-12 NIV
Revelation 2:4 NLT
Philippians 3:7-12 NIV
Matthew 16:24-26 NLT
In this weeks sermon, our lead Pastor Jeremy Johnson dives deeper into the value of “Worship is our weapon,” and gets us to look at the other ways in which worship is present and valuable in our lives.
At Fearless LA, we’ve set out to follow our values as set by our leaders and really make sure our Fearless family understands what those are before we can walk into our promise. Just like the first church, we needed to set out what we stand for before we can truly move past the surface level interactions of religion and move into relationship with God and with others.
Last week, we learned about worship as our promotion and how it is the highest honor we have to lead worship on Earth as it is in Heaven. This week, we look at how worship dismantles division.
Pastor Jeremy uses an instrument to illustrate the uniqueness of each string’s sound, that separately is recognized as pure sound, still important, still valuable. But when these sounds come together, they create beautiful harmonies. Just as music comes together, so are we meant to come together to stir up one another to worship, to love. As iron sharpens iron, so must we sharpen one another to push past praise and worship God when it’s not all working out, truly using our worship as our weapon to combat the midnight and push on till morning.
Hebrews 10: 20-25
Guess what ?! You’ve been promoted ! To what you may ask ? It may sound crazy but you are now the worship leader of heaven itself ! In this weeks Podcast, our Lead Pastor , Jeremy Johnson, takes a closer look on worship.
As he brings us deeper on this mind blowing topic of worship, we find out our new position and promotion is to be a worshiper. Before the enemy, Lucifer, fell from heaven; he was actually a worship leader himself. As pride and self promotion came, he was booted out of heaven. This left the position of lead worshippers of heaven open.
God took us, beings made of dirt, something so low to be seated at the right hand of God. All this to show that He can use anything to worship Him. He made us as intricate vessels able to lead the worship of heaven, right here from earth.
One of strongest weapons we have is our worship, it calls on the power of God when we are in our darkest moments. Worship is so important that this week Pastor Christy gave us a different perspective on it, getting us to dig deeper and understand how much value it holds in our lives. Have you ever worshipped when everything seemed to be going wrong? How hard was it to lift your hands in the middle of the night? Can you still praise God even when he hasn’t answered yet?
Sometimes we have to learn to worship God through the “I don’t want to right now” or in the “I don’t see how this is going to change” and fight for a hallelujah when we haven’t seen the promise come to pass yet. Imagine that one more praise, that one more worship being the one that leads to the breakthrough. At FearlessLA we worship in the midnight, beyond understanding, fearlessly, trusting that God is faithful because we know what he’s done before and can do it again.
The articulation of our words in praise to God delights HIS heart, when we take our time to find our own words to thank God, the words that come from our spirit. There is something so beautiful about hearing it from your mouth, no one can worship for you.
Listen in on our Seven Reasons on Why We Worship and let these words pour into your life, opening the door to a closer relationship with God!
2 Chronicles 20:1
In this week’s podcast, we are continuing to dive deeper into one of our core values, “Worship is Our Weapon”. Pastor Jeremy Johnson breaks down the difference between our praise to God and our worship to God. Praise is free; it’s easy to praise because it means we have something to thank Him for after a victory. Worship is a sacrifice; it is honoring God for who He is, not what He can or will do for us. We believe that in any situation we’re walking through, we can stop and give God all of the honor through our worship!
Scripture References:
Jeremiah 29:11 (ESV)
1 Peter 2:9 (ESV)
2 Corinthians 3:17
A special message from our friend Jurgen Matthesius from C3 San Diego was with us for Pastor Jermey's 40th Birthday celebration. Pastor Jurgen shares about a powerful message on being a Rainmaker, and how we are challenged to become rainmakers in a draught. Understanding that water is one of the most valuable things to sacrifice while in a desert. God is sending us to be representatives of authenticity of Jesus Christ in our cities.
Scriptures Reference:
1 Kings 18:1-47 NKJV
Have you ever experienced a time where nothing in life seemed to be going right? When you had a pile of problems and no foreseeable solution? When the walls felt as if they were caving in and anxiety and fear were knocking on your door? In this weeks sermon, our lead Pastor, Jeremy Johnson dives deeper into one of our core values, “Worship Is Our Weapon”. Just as Paul and Silas worshiped in prison, so must we worship in the midnights of our lives. When you can worship in the midst of a terrible situation, freedom is yours. Giving God praise for the victory already won stirs the spirit and calls on the strength of the Lord. Not only does our worship break us free but helps set others around us free. Who are the people around you that may need freedom? Is it a family member or a co-worker? As you listen to this week's podcast we hope that this message blesses you and encourages you to use worship as a weapon in the midst of life’s situations.
Acts 16:16-39
In this week's sermon, Pastor Jeremy Johnson shares on the meaning and purpose of wisdom. What is it? How do we get it? How do we live it out? How does it impact our decisions?
Humbling yourself before the Lord is the beginning of growing wiser. God takes untrained, unschooled, ordinary men and women, fills them with wisdom and brings them before kings. Wisdom is given within, each person gaining more of it as they walk with God, it's knowledge lived out, one decision at a time. God wants to increase our wisdom to be so influential that we impact nations reminding them of the love of God. Go obediently into your daily life, putting God first, exchange your distrust for trust and walk out the wisdom given unto you.
It is not about gaining more knowledge for the sake of having knowledge. We need to live out the knowledge that we have. New wisdom is walking in old knowledge.
We were placed by God, strategically in this moment of time, for such a time as this. He wants us to use our faith to live an impactful, supernatural life.
Jer 29:11 ESV
2 Chronicles 9:5 NIV
2 Chronicles 9:22 NIV
Ps 51:6 NIV
Proverbs 9:10 NIV
This week of Pastor Jeremy’s “Adulting” series focuses on an important part of our walk with God, the in between. The journey, the road still being traveled on as we move through the seasons of life. But just as the Roman official came to a moment in his life where he humbled himself before God to ask for healing for his son and went on his way taking God at his word that his son was healed. So must we, remain vigilant in trusting the word God gave us about our own lives. What happens when we’re in the midnight section of the in between? When that word is hard to hold strong too? Or when the voices in your head make you question what you once heard so clearly? It is here that God searches your heart for rocks, things that may be blocking the seeds He wants to plant in the good soil of your heart. Listen in on how to find God’s strength in the in between and know that God will bring what HE said to pass, especially in the seventh hour.
On this week's podcast, Pastor Christy Johnson, Mother of the House, dives deeper on this sermon series “Adulting”. 1 Corinthians 13:11 ESV says “When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways.” This week, we got to dissect the truth on childlike speech. Through this podcast, we find out that childlike speech not only effects others but can effect yourself and how you speak to yourself. Have you ever had childlike speech with yourself? Or even others? “Crucify your complaints and guard your gratitude.” Sometimes, our complaints overshadow the blessings that we have been praying for. To combat it, guard your gratitude and allow yourself to have a perspective shift. In this life-giving message, we hope this matures your speaking and aids you along the path of adult speaking and maturity in the kingdom.
Have you ever felt like God seemed distant? Have you ever felt like He doesn’t hear you? Or maybe you felt like He was asleep when you were in a crisis? In this message, Ps. Jeremy Johnson, Lead Pastor of Fearless LA, unpacks the idea that even in the midst of the greatest storm, God is with you and has never left. The disciples learned this lesson when they went out to sea in the midst of a storm while Jesus rested on the boat. We sometimes forget that Jesus is still with us because the storms of life are crashing into our boat, causing it to flood. But Jesus is still there. He may be silent, but He is never absent.
You may be going through a storm and think you are going to sink. But, fear not! Jesus is there with you, and if He is so calm that He can sleep through a storm, why should you fear?
Scripture References:
1 Corinthians 13:11 (ASV)
Mark 4:35-41 (NLT)
Matthew 8:23-27 (NLT)
Ever made a decision based on how you felt? In this week's latest addition to the Adulting series, “In my Feelings”, Pastor Jeremy Johnson preaches on the connection between our emotions, the flesh and the spirit within.
God doesn’t just bring the dead to life, when you receive Jesus, his spirit then lives within you in exchange for your sin. But no life grows without challenges and in those pits it’s easy to let our emotions take over. Emotions are inherently fickle, changing from one moment to the next. If we wait till we “feel” like following Jesus, how might we be delaying the God call on our lives? Why make life changing decisions based on fickle feelings? God is with you always! Inside the body lies the spirit, a direct connection to God at all times. Getting into relationship with Jesus allows this spirit to mature and become in control of our emotions. Our decision to trust in Gods truth through the living word give us guidance through our spirit to live out our purpose. Develop a relationship with God and watch your spirit take hold of unruly emotions bringing forth a bounty of blessings!
Scripture References:
1 Corinthians 13:11 (ASV)
Romans 8:5-9 ESV
Hebrews 4:12 (NIV)
Growing up in our physical body is tough; we out grow our clothes, we out grow our beds and at the same time we might assume that our spirit grows with that. But just as a child has to eat the food off their parent’s plates before they can prepare their own, we also need to feed our spirit in growing in relationship with God. Feeding that hunger in the spirit as you go through the growth spurts along the way.
In this second sermon of the series, Pastor Jeremy walks us through the "growing pains" of maturing in our spirit and shares how adulthood isn't a result of time but is rather a decision to mature in our spirit. When we were children, we thought like children and it was right for that season. But, as you grow you must shed childish things and let God show you what it means to ADULT in your speech, feelings and thoughts. What could be possible for you and I if we found ourselves more and more in the presence of God? What could we learn and change in our life if we sought first the kingdom and acted with LOVE?
Adulting in our spirit leads to more decisions made in love, bettering our thoughts, our actions and exchanging childish ways for gifts found in the presence of God. Hear how God can transform your life and take you from glory to glory while we grow into spiritual giants.
1 Corinthians 13:11
1 Corinthians 13:4
What comes to mind when you think of the word “adult?” Taxes? Children? Doctor’s appointments? Buying a house or a car? These are all things that we pair with becoming an adult in society. But, as we all know, God sees things differently. He has a different idea for how to “adult” in life, and Pastor Jeremy Johnson, Lead Pastor of Fearless LA, begins to break down this thought in a brand new series, named “Adulting.”
In the first sermon of this new series, Pastor Jeremy breaks down what it means to “adult” in the Kingdom of God. Paul talks about how we must put away childish things as we grow and mature in Christ, beginning with our thoughts. Our minds are childish and immature by nature, and some people unfortunately never grow out of this way of thinking. But when we renew our mind daily, intaking what God has in store for us through His Word, our perspectives change and our thoughts become mature. This gives us the first steps we need to live an adult, Christian life.
Scripture References:
1 Corinthians 13:11
Philippians 4:8
Romans 12:2
Ephesians 6:10
This Sunday, we had our very own Pastor Jeremy Johnson preach another fantastic message as part of our Royal series at Fearless LA! Everyone of us has missed the mark at some point or another. Thankfully, Christ's crucifixion gives us the redemption we long for. We no longer live for us, but it is Christ who resides within each one of us. There's a reason why the early followers of Jesus were called Christians (Little Christs). We are no longer just living for God under the law, but AS christ.
As a result, our thinking has to be transformed. We are SURROUNDED by God's presence. A presence that cannot be compared to the earthly things around us - which provide a false identity. Earthly happiness is fleeting, but JOY through Christ is immeasurable.
We often can become scared of showing people the real us. The fear, shame, and guilt that we tend to suppress. Jesus took these things to the cross but WE have to mentally train ourselves to remember this: We are no more sinners; we are saints.
Indeed it can hurt when people don't like us or reject us as we mature in our faith. This only confirms the Christ in us! Wherever we go, we carry God's presence with us.
Psalm 32
Galatians 2:20 NIV
Cor 1:27 NIV
2 Cor 5:17 NIV
Heb 12:1-2 NIV
Zacharia 2:5 NIV
Colossians 3:1-4
In this week's powerful message, Pastor Jeremy Johnson continues our series ROYAL. We must have our minds right before anything! Your mind determines the direction of your life, what you think about yourself matters. We have to believe before we can have the confidence to walk into our destiny. If you think you can, you’re right. If you think you can’t, you’re right. God does open doors. God also closes doors. Sometimes we can mix those up. We walk through open doors thinking it was God. We stop knocking at closed doors because we feel defeated, thinking it's an attack of the enemy. Be encouraged today knowing that He renews our minds and His mercies! This key will help us to unlock the doors that have been waiting for us to unlock them through His royal authority.
Scripture References:
Acts 12:1-24 (NIV)
Proverbs 23:7 (NIV)
Ephesians 3:20-21 (NKJV)
Every story has one thing in common: an author was involved in the writing process. Each book ever written was created by an author who simply had a story to tell. This is precisely how God treats us with our individual lives. God has amazing storylines and characters in mind for your life today, but how often is it that we try to take the pen away from Him? In our anxiety and fear, we hijack the writing process, thinking that we can write a better story then He can.
In this special sermon, David Turner, Youth Pastor of Fearless LA, tackles this subject along with the idea that God is the ultimate authority in our lives. Because of this, God puts people in our lives as authorities to teach us how to serve under them. This allows us to humble ourselves and, in turn, be raised to a position of authority in our own right.
Scripture References:
Matthew 28:18-20
Matthew 5:14-16
Proverbs 23:7
2 Corinthians 10:5
Psalms 115:16
On this week’s podcast, we continue our series on Royalty. Our wonderful Children's Pastor, Dalisha Munton, shares a powerful message on the incredible authority and power we now have access; because we are royal.
Through the sacrifice of the cross, Jesus gave us a new bloodline and royal identity. The old habits, mindsets, and behaviors passed down by ancestors can be replaced through Jesus perfect, healthy lineage. We no longer have to live in sin, bound by comparison, complacency or compromise. Instead we have the opportunity to live a truly royal life which displays confidence, humility and honor.
This new royal life is anchored by confidence in Jesus; not by circumstances, possessions or our abilities. It cannot be shaken. It allows us to walk in humility instead of insecurity. We get to celebrate our gifts while recognizing whom our strength comes from, God.
Royals create a life of honor by choosing humility in action. We choose to honor people even when they do no deserve it. This royal culture creates an atmosphere ready for miracles.
Pastor Dalisha teaches us about the empowerment through Jesus to walk out this royal paradigm. We are encouraged to take back our worship and step into a life of full surrender to Jesus.
Scripture References:
1 Peter 2:9
Matthew 29:18-20
1 Peter 1:5-6
Exodus 12:22
James 4:6
Mark 9:35
Proverbs 18:16
Did you know that when you’re going through trials, and feeling the weight of the world, the pressure you face has nothing to do with you? In this weeks amazing message from our very own Pastor Christy Johnson, we dive into how to let God do the “how” and the “when”; and instead get ourselves to focus on the “trust” and “surrender."
God isn’t trying to prevent the pressure in our lives. He allows it for a reason, to reveal His all-surpassing power! If there’s no pressure, there’s no power. If it’s perfect, then we don’t require anything; hence we don’t need the power! The pressure points back to him. Take heart in knowing that God will not waste your pain!
Scripture References:
2 Corinthians 4:6-12 NIV
This Sunday we had another great message from Pastor Jeremy Johnson as part of our ongoing ‘Royal’ series.
We are worthy and valuable. Romans 3:23 tells us “We have all sinned, and fall short of the glory of God.” Most of us tend to focus on the "sinned" part of this scripture, but we can also take a look at the “glory” part. God has given us a righteous standing through Christ Jesus. Jesus died AS our sins, not for them, and for the marks we sometimes miss in our Christian walk.
God is trying to restore us to the status we had in the garden of Eden. This is to be the person each of us are called to be before the fall happened in the garden. God can restore our feelings and thoughts about ourselves that the enemy works hard to instill within us. It is impossible to hate ourselves yet, love God. Are you buying into an augmented reality that the enemy has lied to you about? John 8:32 tells us “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
If a prince for example, is put into a slum environment; does that change his royal status?
Has the devil given you a name that makes you feel powerless? Or has something been spoken over your life that causes you to not see yourself the way God does?
Scripture References:
Romans 3:23-24
John 8:32
John 17:22
2 Corinthians 4:4-12
2 Corinthians 5:16
2 Corinthians 5:20
Have you ever found yourself just simply learning about God rather than having a friendship with Him? Did you know He actually calls us His friends? He says we are His friends if we do what He commands! On this week’s podcast, Pastor Jeremy Johnson continues the life changing series, Royal. He teaches us that friendship with God and obedience to God go hand in hand! He calls us out of slavery from sin, changing our name to Saints! The enemy will try everything he can to attack your friendship with God by throwing lies at you in the form of names. But God has another name for us, and we can enact our call by accepting that new name! We are royals.
Scripture Reference:
John 15:14-16
This past Sunday we celebrated Mothers day at Fearless! Our very own Pastor Christy Johnson, joins us and shares a wonderful message on the power of knowing our royal identity.
1 Peter 2:9 tells us "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession." We are made in God's image. As such, we wield the powers, abilities, and unique callings God has granted to each one of us. In the book of Genesis, we see Laban whom tricks Jacob into servitude for 14 years. After Jacob serves the time, Laban seeks to bargain with Jacob, who cunningly chooses the weaker speckled and spotted livestock of the herd.
Laban, fails to realize that Jacob has carved and placed a spotted stick in the watering hole that can influence the solid livestock into reproducing spotted and speckled offspring.
Proberbs 23: 7 tell us "For as he thinks in his heart, so is he." What is your personal watering hole? Is there any pollution in the watering hole of your imagination thats fooling you into believing a false identity? It may be to irrigate and clean out the well; by replacing your thoughts with God's.
Scripture References:
1 Peter 2:9 NKJV
Romans 8:29-30 NKJV
Genesis 35:1-5 NKJV
On this week’s podcast, we continue on with the life changing new series, Royal. Pastor Jeremy Johnson of Fearless LA shares the 5 questions that drive the actions and motives of all humanity.
Who Am I?
Where am I from?
Why am I here?
What can I do?
Where am I going?
Through scripture we see how God designed a unique purpose into the heart of each person. To reach our full potential, we have to return to our maker and His instruction manual, the bible.
Delving into scripture we learn, "Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord ’s purpose that prevails." - Proverbs 19:21. The path to success is locked into how God designed us individually. The key to unlocking our destiny and achieving true success is found only when we are obedient to God's word.
God is more committed to our success than we are. His word is full of promises He is waiting for us to hold Him to. He wants us to be filled with faith to move on them.
Pastor Jeremy shares how God placed His logo on us by creating us in His image. This is a seal is a sign of His love and a guarantee of our success. He makes us successful for His name's sake. The fact that we bear His image and name means we have divine back-up when we step out in faith; or get into any trouble. God is waiting for us to be Fearless and step out into purpose.
Scripture References:
Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
Proverbs 16:9 NIV
Proverbs 19:21 NIV
Hebrews 1:10-14 NIV
Ephesians 2:3-10 NIV
Genesis 1:27 NIV
1 Samuel 10:15-24 NIV
Que es lo que en tu vida te esta afectando tu identidad en Dios?
Hay experiencias en tu pasado que tal vez estén deteniéndote de reconocer que eres Realeza?
Este Domingo pasado tuvimos un mensaje especial que se enfoco sobre la Realeza en nosotros. Cuando caminamos por esta vida, es inevitable que llegemos a situaciones, o con personas que debilitan nuestro imagen de si mismo como Dios nos a hecho.
Hay veces que nos podemos frustrar, sintiendo como ciertas personas nos tratan, y lo que sucede en nuestra vida diaria. Estas son las razones por la que es importante que nos recordemos a si mismo de la realeza que hay en nosotros, y la relación especial que cada uno de nosotros tenemos con Dios.
La palabra de Dios nos dice que Jesús fue, “ Despreciado y desechado entre los hombres, varón de dolores, experimentado en quebranto…”. Esto nos hace saber que en nuestro caminar, podemos estar seguros de que Jesús nos entiende, y él a caminado por las mismas luchas. El precio que Jesús pago por nosotros en la cruz solidifica nuestra posición de realeza en él.
Escrituras de referencia:
Salmos 139: 13-19 (NVI)
Isaías 53: 2-3 (NVI)
Génesis 1: 26-28 (NVI)
Génesis 2: 6-7 (NVI)
What in your life is affecting your identity in christ?
Has past experiences been holding you back from recognizing your royalty status?
This past Sunday we had a special message focusing on royalty. As we go through life, we inevitably come across people and situations that seek to undermine our image of ourselves as God made us.
At times we can become frustrated with how people treat us and what goes on in our daily lives. This makes it all the more important to remind ourselves of our royalty, and the special relationship each one of us has to God.
The word tells us that Jesus was "despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering and familiar with pain." this lets us know that through our walk, we can be rest assured that he understands us as he's gone through the same struggles.The price Jesus paid for us on the cross, solidifies our royalty status in him.
Scripture References:
Psalm 139:13-19 (NIV)
Isaiah 53:2-3 (NIV)
Genesis 1:26-28 (NIV)
Genesis 2:6-7 (NIV)
This is a special edition Spanish interpreted podcast. We hope you enjoy! ¡ Este es un podcast de edición especial de nuestro primer servicio Español! ¿Qué es lo que aún sostienes de que Jesús te ha libero? ¿Qué grilletes te quedan en que ya no sirves? Dios no te está llamando al cautiverio, ¡ te está llamando a la libertad! Este domingo de Pascua se nos recuerda que debido al sacrificio supremo en la Cruz, somos libres y no tenemos que andar en cautiverio por más tiempo. Jesús murió una muerte de esclavos en la Cruz por nosotros, y por eso hemos sido redimidos. En la Cruz, Jesús no hizo sólo el pago mínimo, él pagó todo. Mientras aún éramos pecadores, Cristo murió por nosotros.
la cruz nos libera, pero la tumba vacía nos invita a la vida y a la muerte. Sea lo que sea que estés caminando hoy, Jesús
Referencias de las escrituras:
Juan 3:16 NIV
Romanos 5:8 NIV
1 Corintios 6:20 KJV
Hosea 13:14 KJV
Efesios 1:7-11 NIV
Hebreos 9:12 NIV
John 19:28 NIV
What are you still holding onto that Jesus has set you free from? What shackles are you remaining in that you no longer serve? God is not calling you into bondage, He’s calling you into freedom!
This Easter Sunday we are reminded that because of the ultimate sacrifice on the cross, we are made free and do not have to walk in bondage any longer. Jesus died a slaves death on the cross for us, and through that we have been redeemed. On the cross, Jesus didn’t make just the minimum payment, He paid it all. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
The cross sets us free but the empty tomb invites us into life and out of death. Whatever it is that you are walking through today, Jesus says, “it is finished.” Paid in full. You have been set free from everything that once held you captive.
Scripture References:
John 3:16 NIV
Romans 5:8 NIV
1 Corinthians 6:20 KJV
Hosea 13:14 KJV
Ephesians 1:7-11 NIV
Hebrews 9:12 NIV
John 19:28 NIV
What if this year, you took charge? What are the possibilities if you take ownership of your life in this next season? A career you’re striving toward, family to be saved, a relationship you’re cultivating. We all have a goal in life, to be successful. The only true way to success is obedience in what God has revealed to you. Let’s start walking in obedience on today’s revelations before we ask God for more!
Pastor Jeremy Johnson also shares with us “The Heart for the House” - the vision he has been given for the future of our church. We as a church are believing and proclaiming these three things over our church and our personal lives: Empowerment, Multiplication, and Paradigm Shift! Let this message empower you to have faith through vision, and not sight!
1 Chronicles 22:11
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On this week’s podcast, we continue on with the incredible new series, I Love My Church. Pastor Jeremy Johnson of Fearless LA demonstrates the importance of sowing seeds on good soil to produce fruit that remains.
Through scripture we see that God does everything in our lives through the sowing of seeds. The soil unlocks the seed in our lives, however, if there are weeds in the soil, those will grow too.
We see that good soil unlocks true potential in the seeds that we sow. What we reap depends on our hearts position.
When we want fruit to remain in our lives, the only way to keep it is to create deep roots. The word says, “When we have a ready heart, the insights and understandings flow freely. But if there is no readiness, any trace of receptivity soon disappears.” - Matthew 13:12 MSG
Pastor Jeremy teaches us that magnified and multiplied blessing is in the seed of the fruits in our lives. Fruit is for the present, seed is for sowing. We are encouraged through this podcast to bring our soil out of a temporary pot and get planted where we can grow and create deep roots in faith, family, and community.
Scripture References:
Matthew 13:1-12 NIV
Matthew 13:12 MSG
Jeremiah 17:9 NIV
Proverbs 4:23 NIV
Matthew 13:18-23 NIV
On this week’s podcast, Pastor Jeremy Johnson discusses the importance of the heart in our series, I Love My Church. He uses scripture to simply remind us to fix our eyes on God in all circumstances and not on our hearts or on our worries. God’s is always for us, in us and with us in all situations.
Scripture References:
Wherever your treasure is, there will be your heart also. - Matthew 6:21 NIV
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. - Luke 12:22-34 NIV
My Fathers house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? - John 14:2 NIV
Jeremiah 17:5-15
On this week’s podcast special guest, Pastor Onterio Green, preaches an amazing word during the sermon, Detours to Destiny.
Pastor Onterio reminds us in this message that we have been called and anointed for such a time as this. Like Joseph, God has a plan and calling on your life. He uses examples from Genesis 37: 1-11 NKJV to show different detours you may find yourself in.
Purpose - One of the hardest things to comprehend once you find it. When we find purpose, we walk and talk differently. There will be people who don’t understand why you are different and they might try to bring you down.
Pit - When you say yes to God, the spiritual warfare over your life becomes greater. Spiritual forces try to bring you down and even if you do everything right, you end up in a pit. Sometimes God will isolate you from people, so that you have to rely on him and not on others. He’ll take you from isolation to revelation to elevation.
Potiphar’s House - Serving someone else’s dream will give you the ability to birth yours. Either you see yourself as a slave to someone else’s vision or a servant to someone else vision.
Prison - We are tested under pressure. The key to unlock the prison door is all about integrity. When we have integrity, especially behind closed door, God allows breakthrough.
On this week’s podcast, we continue our new series by looking at the differences in the Body of Christ. Pastor Jeremy reminds us that God chose you to be a part of the Body because of your capacity, not because you are the same as everyone else.
Jesus simply teaches us that the Body of Christ is just not one part. For the body to function healthily, every part must do its job. For we are all baptized by one Spirit into the body. We are not baptized to God as a different race, culture or social status but rather we are unified in Spirit. The Body is united in its differences. Disunity in the body results in death.
We look at scripture and see 8 reasons we are called to function as 1 unit.
1 Corinthians 1:12-37
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An attack on one part of the body is an attack on all parts of the body.
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The differences in me do not exclude me, they make me indispensable. They make you valuable.
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For the body to function healthily, every part must do their job, they must function.
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A whole body full of one part is not the body (It’s a character on Monsters Inc.)
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The body always covers itself by covering its parts and while covering, seeks to restore.
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It’s God who puts the parts in their place and gives them their function. (So don’t ask tone the eye)
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The heart working on being the eye, not only forfeits the power it has, but always falls short and effects the whole body.
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Unity is not for organization only, it is for function in life.
On this week’s podcast we dive deeper into our new series, I Love My Church, and learn about what it means to have the Breaker Anointing. We also look at the difference between a consumer and covenant church and why it’s important to take ownership rather than just being an attender.
To be a breaker you have to go first. You are a pioneer. To be a breaker you will have times of failure, mess-ups and a lot of the time it won’t make sense. There will be times you feel alone, but God will break you into a situation to break others out so that they can break through whatever it is holding them back. God has made what used to be difficult to live in, a place of praise.
13 “The breaker goes up before them (Break In); they break out (Break Out), pass through (Break Through) the gate and go out by it. So their king goes on before them, and the Lord at their head.
Micah 2:13 NASB
Doing life together as a church isn’t always the easiest thing. It is not like being a consumer at your favorite coffee shop, where you love it until they switch things up. Consumer church and relationships won’t do. To be the body and the bride there has to be covenant in our relationships. Covenant relationships seeks to give, not to get. Like a commitment to marriage, you stick through the good times and bad. A covenant is a choice, not a contractual relationship, it is something you fulfill.
As we continue this series, “I Love My Church,” we dive deeper into what the First Church looked like and how we are called to be a family through thick and thin. This week, pastor Jeremy also teaches us what it’s like to be a Guardian in God’s Kingdom.
What is church? It’s a family with a Father, and it’s alive. In a family you’re going to have to get messy at times and roll up your sleeves and protect one another. At the center of what God loves, he rules the Church. Jesus is the head of the Church, and we are the body. When we start becoming the Church, we fall in love with it and with that, with that we might need to realign from time to time when times get hard.
In this family, God’s going to ask you to remove certain things from your life but will always replace it with something better. He may ask you to put off bitterness and put on forgiveness. Leave pride behind and gain humility. We will be called to leave behind selfishness, disrespect and impatience and put on self-denial, honor for authority and patience.
To be a Guardian is to be a 1) Defender 2) Protector 3) Keeper of God’s Fire
“The fire must be kept burning on the altar continuously: it must not go out.”
Leviticus 6:13
As Guardians, we are going to tend, defend, protect and keep the flame going as God brings new power and life though what we bring to the altar. We are called to be worshippers and warriors and we bring the fire with us through sacrifice.
On this week’s podcast, we dive into a new series called, “I Love My Church”. After a life changing 3 days at Fear Not Conference, Pastor Jeremy Johnson preaches the importance of unity inside of the Church and how that alone can create a paradigm shift. We are reminded throughout this sermon that when you take ownership in the Church, you have authority. God wants to give us a key, and that authority creates major change. Even when things get messy, we can be comforted in the truth that Christ rules the Church. Though it may not make sense in the physical world, having Jesus at the center of it all creates 3 things:
1) Multiplication
2) Paradigm Shifts
3) Empowerment
When we do things together as a Church we can feel God act, speak, heal, and move. Without it, we are only a piece of the body.
Ephesians 1:20
20-23 “All this energy issues from Christ: God raised him from death and set him on a throne in deep heaven, in charge of running the universe, everything from galaxies to governments, no name and no power exempt from his rule. And not just for the time being, but forever. He is in charge of it all, has the final word on everything. At the center of all this, Christ rules the church. The church, you see, is not peripheral to the world; the world is peripheral to the church. The church is Christ’s body, in which he speaks and acts, by which he fills everything with his presence.”
God is in charge of everything from galaxies to governments. It’s about time we start living in His authority over our lives and believe in the major change that can and will happen when we come together as one.
On this week’s podcast, pastor Jeremy Johnson teaches us the importance of unity inside and outside of the church. During our very first Conference Sunday, we are reminded of the supernatural shifts that happen when we focus on going after the broken. Our own emptiness seems to fade away when we see the emptiness of others. When it comes to our salvation, pastor Jeremy challenges us to think of those in our lives that need to know Jesus. Like the story of Elisha and the Jar of Oil, there might be something in close quarters that just needs a little faith to transform. (2 Kings 4 :1-7) Rather than an empty jar, it could be a friend, family member or coworker that needs a touch from God. When we seek God as an empty vessel, His power and mercy for us overflows. As long as we bring Him our emptiness, Gods power will keep flowing and we will be transformed. With conference around the corner, it is times like these where we are asked not to stay silent but to step out in faith and invite those around us into the life we have already been given. It’s not if we’re going, but it’s who we are bringing that changes things.
On this week’s podcast, Pastor Jeremy Johnson preaches a powerful sermon about the specific call God has on each of our lives. This Super Bowl Sunday, we are reminded that when we walk out our calling, we should walk in expectancy and know that with Jesus, the battle is already won.
Matthew 22:14 says, “For many are called, but few are chosen.” We are reminded through this message that although saying yes to Gods call isn’t always easy, it is always worth it. Gods plan is specific for you and your call cannot he rubbed off by fear, pain, shame, or insecurity. If God has called you, nothing can withdrawal you from it.
Don’t wait another moment to follow what God has spoken over your life. You have been called to conquer and to keep moving forward. You have all the right equipment and the power of God on your side to live out His perfect plan in your life. The hurt you have walked through and may be holding onto might be the thing God uses to do the supernatural in your life. Are you ready to embrace the call that God has on your life this year?
On this week’s podcast, Pastor Jeremy Johnson speaks about the importance of fasting and how the Bible calls us to do so. As we approach Fear Not Conference with expectancy, its important to “clean house” and make room for new breakthrough to take up space in our lives that might be a bit covered up. When you live in a place long enough, things tend to get messy, even with good intentions. Pastor Jeremy reminds us that fasting helps us to throw out what’s unnecessary, see the work Jesus has already done in our lives, and realign ourselves with truth rather than emotions.
5 Things To Remember About a Fast:
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Fasting is not about God touching us, it’s about us touching God and actively seeking Him out.
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Fasting is not a fight with the devil, but it might bring on an attack.
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Fasting is not just for the spiritually elite. It is for everyone.
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Prayer is the most important part of fasting. They go hand in hand. Prayer changes things.
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We need fasting because anything that has been lived in long enough will get messy, out of order and chaotic. It is a form of realigning yourself with truth rather than emotion.
What has God given you that has been hiding under all of the mess of pain, offense and fear and hurt in your life? What are you expectant for during this 10 Day Fast?
On this week’s podcast, Pastor Jeremy continues our Fear Not series with a sermon titled “Territorial Spirits.” In this message we are encouraged to think bigger and to get back up when we are knocked down, not just for ourselves but for the nations that God has entrusted us with. It can be easy to forget that there is a fight of territory our lives but we aren’t called to let fear and smallness stop us from all that God wants to give us. We’re reminded in Isaiah 54:2-4 to "Clear lots of ground for your tents! Make your tents large. Spread out! Think big! Use plenty of rope, drive the tent pegs deep. You're going to need lots of elbow room for your growing family. You're going to take over whole nations; you're going to resettle abandoned cities. Don't be afraid - you're not going to be embarrassed. Don't hold back - you're not going to come up short.”
On this week’s podcast, Pastor Jeremy challenges us to Fear Not, as we continue on with our first series of the year. We are reminded that when we walk with God, it is impossible to fail. Although we live in a world that is overwhelming, filled with anxieties, uncertainty, and “quick fixes” that often fall short, Jesus gives us only one answer: “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." - Matthew 11:28-30. Through this, we are simply reminded that in the darkness of uncertainty, hope gives us the ability to move forward. When we focus on Jesus, we also focus on hope. In life, it can be easy to find ourselves trying to move Gods plan along in our own timing or fall back from His will when we become burnt out. Let us focus our eyes on Him with anything, and continue to follow these 4 steps:
1) Believe
2) Abide
3) Follow
4) Repeat
In this podcast, Pastor Jeremy Johnson of Fearless LA rings in the New Year with a word on patience when it comes to Gods promise in our lives. On the first Sunday of 2019 we are reminded that it is okay to be given a promise and not yet be living in it. Gods timing is not always automatic, but his word never returns void. As we walk into 2019, we can cling onto the truth that only God holds the power and the plan over our lives, and all we have to do is let Him and His timing bring it all together.
In this podcast, Pastor Jeremy Johnson gives us a powerful sermon on vision with practical ways to confidently take on the New Year. God’s vision in our lives is more than something we can piece together on our own. It can be easy to forget that a “God Vision” is more that just a daydream. Vision without action is a daydream. The Bible says, “For we are God’s masterpiece. He created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” Ephesians 2:10. Today we walk confidently in that, believing that God knows our destiny more than we do. It takes action, habit and character to get there. We end our year with an expectant heart and are challenged to view ourselves as God’s masterpiece rather than broken pieces put back together again. What are you believing for in the New Year?
The Sunday before Christmas, Pastor Jeremy unwraps a relevant message about the birth of Jesus Christ, and talks about how God gives us presents in unwelcoming packages. Have you ever prayed for growth in your life, and received a trial? Sometimes God gives a present that doesn't look nice to open, but the gift is on the other side of the wrapping paper. Enjoy this podcast by Pastor Jeremy Johnson.
This weeks podcast is featuring a very special guest, Pastor Banning Liebscher from Jesus Culture in Sacramento, Ca. He shares a challenging word on what it looks like to grow in your faith as a believer. We pray that this podcast inspires you towards your development in this walk of faith.
Pastor Jeremy Johnson preaches from a passage found in Luke 10:25-27 about the good Samaritan. In their time, the two words "good" and "Samaritan" would never have been paired together because of the generations of racial divide that was between them. This podcast talks about loving your neighbor. Sometimes we try to find loop holes in our love for others, "I'll love you if.." or "I'll love you until this happens". Today with ditch the loop holes, and pursue love in its purest form, modeled by Jesus Christ.
In this podcast, Pastor Jeremy dives in deeper to the concept of being whole. The text can be found in Matthew 20:1-16. This parable speaks to us so often, because sometimes we feel like we have earned more than we have received. This is a challenging topic, but as we learn, everything from God is a gift. By our actions we have earned death, but God's free gift for us is eternal life. Everything that we have is a gift from God, and the sooner we see that, the sooner we can have an attitude of thankfulness. We hope you enjoy this podcast.
Pastor Jeremy shares a timely sermon on praising in the promise. Often times in life we find ourselves reaching out to God only when things are not going well. In those moments, Jesus offers us healing, but sometimes we are not living "whole" until we can circle back and praise him in the middle of our promise.
Pastor Jeremy finishes the Hills and Valleys sermon serious with the Mount of Olives. The Mount of Olives is a place where Jesus often went to pray. However this time was right before Jesus was betrayed, and He knew the difficulty of the process. Our God is a God of the process, not just the promise. Sometimes we must walk through difficult seasons, and troubling processes to get to our promises. While walking through the process, we must have people in our lives that we designated not to just cheer us on, but to support us in our troubling times. However, there is a moment, when we need to seclude ourselves in the presence of God, to find the courage to continue in the process that God designated for us. Enjoy this power sermon form Pastor Jeremy Johnson.
God is not preparing the promise, he is preparing you for the promise. When God speaks something into existence, he speaks to the end, and not the beginning. Just because you are not walking in your blessing, does not mean you are not blessed. In this podcast, Pastor Jeremy Johnson breaks down what it truly means to be blessed by God.
If you’re a leader and want to see something changed in this life. You will have to go through a birthing process. You are going to have to go through moment of hard labor and work to see what you believe. Elijah puts his head between his knees - a birthing position - and begins to pray for rain. He’s trying to give birth to a rainfall that hasn’t come for 3 years, he’s travailing for it! It says that Elijah exclaims “go get your men, because I HEAR the sound of a heavy rain” he doesn’t say I SEE something, he believes and hears the rain.
In Deuteronomy 34:1-4, Moses climbs Mt. Nebo. At the top, God shows him the promise land but says, “I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it.”
We all have a Mt. NEBO in our lives: a Ne ver-Ending Battle over Ourselves. We think that whatever happens in our lives must b e God’s will, not realizing that our own decisions can, and frequently do, interfere with God’s will for our life. Thus, we are always in a battle where we try to put our own will above God’s. Then, when things don’t go our way we are quick to blame God for the bad in our lives. We don’t realize that the reason things turned out that way was because we were fighting God’s will in the first place.
Relinquishing control over our lives can be scary. Like the Israelites who doubted God, the fear of failure can be so terrifying that we opt for the comfort of slavery instead of trusting God to free us. God doesn’t just want to free us, though. God has great plans for our lives but we need to trust him ALL the way if we want His promises for our lives to be fulfilled. Moses didn’t bring the Israelites out of Egypt for them to die in the wilderness; he believed in God’s promises and we need to too! However, Moses broke faith with God and, as a result, though God showed him the promise-land, God did not let him enter into it.
Giving God control is not about choosing what area of life—or how much of one area—you’re going to give him. Choosing to hold back a part of your life is still you maintaining control over your life. God wants to release his will into our lives—if only we let him. We always want to do things our way because it’s more comfortable but God is close to those who trust him and when you do, you realize that He is the ultimate source of comfort. We forget that when we partially obey him, we partially disobey him as well. That disobedience gets in the way of His will and prevents us from entering our own promise-land, like it did with Moses.
Jesus was constantly checking in with God to make sure that God’s will was being done—not his human one. The Lord’s prayer even says, “THY will be done.” Giving God control so that His will can be released into our lives isn’t easy, but God is always one prayer away.
If you’re finding yourself walking through a difficult situation, or a season of continuous crying, you are most likely in The Valley of Trouble and Weeping. Through these valleys, we can hold on to the comfort of knowing that God will NEVER waste a hurt. God does not just let things happen to happen so trust Him in the darkness!
Has there been a situation that you thought was over—and God had healed you from it—but as time passed, it came up again? Some stubborn issues or sins will keep chasing you as long as you’re alive but the SAME God who defeated it the first time will do it again! He doesn’t do it the same way—usually ever. For Him it’s not about changing the battle, it’s about changing YOU! When the Israelites walked around the mountain for 40 years, He wasn’t trying to change the mountain, he was trying to change THEM!
Pain is a part of the process and it WILL produce fruit. Pain is a gift, pain will make you pause and realize you can’t keep doing what you’re doing.
We have to recognize that we can’t experience healing unless we’ve been hurt. We have to be okay with the unfiltered version of ourselves because that’s the version God works with. So, the next time you’re hurting and broken, the next time you can’t shake a sin or pain, the next time you can keep yourself from crying, know that He is near to the broken hearted and He is weeping right there with you. He will meet you in a valley where He has placed you in, or even in a valley you have stumbled in on your own. Ask God for help; cry out to Him! Pride will always rob you of full submission and obedience to God. Seek to hear His voice and His cries in those valleys and take heart because He has overcome the WORLD! In God, and in Him alone, you WILL have peace!
At some point, we all find ourselves having to face some extremely tough decisions in life—even some really small decisions that may seem meaningless to you but will play a role in determining your future. If you find yourself in the valley of decisions, fear not, there are many ways to navigate this!
Life is the sum total of all of our decisions. You are who you are based on the decisions you make in the life that you’ve been handed. You are not what you’ve been given rather, you arehow you use w hat you’ve been given. Focus on the big picture; not every open door is from God and not every closed door is from the enemy. The Bible says to KNOCK, and it will be opened. If you have to knock on a door for Him to open, it’s must already be closed to begin with. Know your values; how you see yourself is how others will see you. Recognize the snowball effect; one bad decision will lead to many other bad decisions. On the contrary, one good decision will lead to many other good decisions! We have to create an atmosphere where the Holy Spirit is openly welcome and He will be able to guide us through life’s difficult decisions. We must take immediate action; if you need to make a decision today, make it today! Don’t sit on it! If you’re following all of these steps and letting the Holy Spirit guide you, the decision should be loud and clear! Take heart in knowing that a right decision will lead you to positivity, but acknowledging a wrong decision and getting back in tune with Him will lead you right back to a clean slate!
Everyone loves being on the mountain tops, but seasons in the valleys are inevitable. It is important to acknowledge that the valley seasons produce harvests that you could never grow on the mountains. As sure as the grapes grow in the valleys of California, the fruits of our lives are produced through the valley. There are different types of valleys that we walk through in our lives—some of them we are even called to. One valley in particular, the Valley of Elah, is a valley that we are called to where we have the opportunity to destroy our giants.
You may be sitting on top of the mountain top right now, but something still doesn’t feel right... Something is still tormenting you. The giant in your life is in the valley shouting up at you, taunting you. Maybe your giant is anger, maybe your giant is depression, or maybe your giant is the past abuse that you pretend never happened. Whatever it is, your giant is a big problem. A giant won’t go away until you destroy it. It’s not a one-day torment or even a week long torment. A giant makes its stand 40 days and 40 nights, wearing you down with each day it remains. You go to sleep with this giant and you wake up to this giant. The giant takes your peace by yelling from the valley below. Those are the times in our lives where we find ourselves called to go down into the valley to take out that giant once and for all. Giants don’t sneak up on you, they are too big and too loud. You know it’s there and it's up to you to confront it.
As believers, we have a tendency to solely focus on the mountain tops—the good moments, the season where everything goes right. But that’s the thing; it’s just a season. Just as the mountain top is a season, so are the valleys—the low moments where the attack against you has been specifically made to take you out. Don’t be discouraged that others aren’t struggling with the same thing—that’s not their battle. But even though there is a tailor made attack for you, fear not because there is also a tailor made plan to get you through it.
We have to understand that whether or not we believe that God is in the valley does not actually dictate his presence in it. He is there! He is omnipresent—everywhere at once and with you always! We must acknowledge and be prepared for the valleys to come while we’re on the mountain tops. If you don’t understand that He is the God of the hills and the valleys, you will give up when you’re going through the low moments. Hills and valleys are the rollercoaster of life. Let’s just lift our hands and ride out this bumpy, loopy, crazy life because joy will come in the morning!
As disciples of Christ, one the most faithful action we can take is to love others the way Christ loves us. We know that as humans, it is a challenge to love people well. We are often better at cutting people off rather than loving them unconditionally. So when we do love people unconditionally, we know it is supernatural. That type of love is not human; when other people see it, they see God through us! Not only that, but when we see it, we also know it is God. When we are loved well by people in our circle and in our community, it makes us grateful to God.
It is that type of love that changes the atmosphere, the community, and even the world. In order to love others like that, we must first recognize and accept that God loves us despite us. When we begin to accept the type of love that God is offering, it instills in us confidence which, in turn, increases our faith. As our faith increases, we no longer wish for God to remove us from situations or remove barriers in our life. Instead, we ask for God to open our eyes to what He is trying to do. We begin to trust that His way is greater and that maybe, like Job, we don’t know it all. We humble ourselves in God’s presence and begin to realize that this game is fixed in our favor.
In this podcast Pastor Jeremy shares how in John 2, Jesus turned water into wine, and how that miracle can apply to our lives. Sometimes we ask God for one thing, and he gives us something else that he is going to use as a miracle. Maybe the thing in your hands today seems minuscule, but Jesus wants to turn that into a miracle. He wants to turn your water into wine. Listen today to this life changing message from Pastor Jeremy Johnson
One of the most beautiful things about God is that He is God despite what you do or don’t do. He will finish what He started in your life. If you’re breathing today, then He is not done with you yet. Don’t ever feel limited by your circumstances because our God isn’t limited by them. Throw away your timeline. Throw away your controlling ways because incredible things come when you let God unravel it. God alone is your refuge, your safety, and He always wants to push you further.
Spiritual hunger comes from a place of knowing that you need God in your life. Pastor Corey Russell shares a word on what it looks like to be hungry for more of God. Having an appetite for Gods presence. Hunger gets the attention of Heaven. In this podcast, hear how your life can be impacted through the power of spiritual hunger.
Pastor Corey Russell shares an exciting work on the biblical principles of prayer. The disciples walked with Jesus for three and a half years, and the one thing that they constantly asked was that Jesus would teach them to pray. Prayer changes things, it shifts things in our atmosphere, and without it, we are only as strong as ourself. With God for us, who can be against us.
This week Pastor Jeremy Johnson shares, that as Christians, sometimes we think that we only get tested during our struggles that there will be no more tests after the miracle happens. We fail to realize that the mountaintop is where we have the most to lose, and will likely have to face the greatest tests. However, you can be certain that if God is testing you, it means that you already have the answers inside of you. Our God will never set you up for failure. He has prepared you and is trying to graduate you to the next level.
When we are faced with fear, we have two choices we can make. We can either face the fear head on, not giving it the authority to steal our joy and peace, or we can become a victim of fear, letting it settle into our lives where it breeds doubt, anxiety, and depression. By choosing not to waste our energy on fear and by walking the path of victory, we give God room to make us His warriors. If faith is the currency of heaven, then fear is the currency of hell. Let’s not carry around the currency of hell! Don’t be discouraged during the pressing or the sifting in your life, because God is preparing something amazing! It’s in the pressing that pride is crushed out; it’s in the sifting that God filters out all that is holding us back. He will send you to places of brokenness, but only so that He can bring you to places of freedom and healing. God is not afraid to come our broken and hiding places and when He does, He wants to bring us out. Be encouraged and remember that we do not have to rely on our strength alone. He will lend us His and promises that we will strike down fear TOGETHER!
Fear is a trick that the enemy has used to try to take our eyes off Jesus since day one. Fear comes to destroy, and it brings friends like doubt, anxiety, and depression to distract us. In Psalm 46 it says that God is our refuge and our strength, always ready to help us in times of trouble. We win by calling out to the One who has already won the victory for us!
The majority of those in the Bible who were called by God were not equipped with wisdom right away. They weren’t famous or influencers, and they weren’t perfect by any means. But God chooses the least qualified and equips them once they say “yes” to His call. Every person is called, and your knowledge or age doesn’t negate that. Anything could come against you and it wouldn’t matter, because God is with you! He will give you the strength and courage you need AFTER you say “yes” to the call. God doesn’t call the qualified; He qualifies the called. Take back what the enemy has stolen from you today, and say YES to the call on your life.
In this podcast, Pastor Jeremy Johnson shares, when we honor God the way the Bible tells us to, we end up seeing all that He is worth. Faith and honor go hand in hand. When we honor God's word, we are saying that we have faith in Him, and then we will see miracles happen.
Honor, by definition, is “to render or esteem glorious.” It’s one of those words, similar to“love,” that immediately is understood in the world and in the church. In this podcast, Pastor Jeremy Johnson shares, when we honor God the way the Bible tells us to, we end up seeing all that He is worth. Honor is not given, but authored. For example: When we look at a collectible baseball card, the card’s value changes not because of the card material itself but because who was on the card and what is branded on the player. In the same context, we hope that others would see the branding of Jesus in our lives, and for it to bring value to the world. Our value comes from who He is, not who we are.
Everyone always talks about Jesus turning water into wine, but when Jesus created this miracle in John 2:1-11, He was actually fulfilling a need. At this time in history, if anyone would’ve thrown a party, or in this case, a wedding, and ran out of food or wine, it was considered poor form and they would’ve shamed the man for his entire lifetime. Although this man’s highest need may have been salvation, that was not his immediate need at that given time. As Jesus acknowledged this, he fulfilled the need, removing the window for shame to come in, and in turn, the miracle was witnessed by his disciples (something that the disciples needed to experience, as well). In this podcast, Pastor Glen Berteau shared several real-life stories of how simple it is to reach others when we just approach everything with the heart of Jesus. A question as simple as, “Can I pray with you about something?” can ultimately bring down the walls between us (the Church) and the lost. Ultimately, we need to make an effort to find common ground in order to fulfill the highest need. We can trust Jesus in this as we walk in faith that His lost children will be not only loved, but it will eventually lead them back to the Father.
In this podcast, Pastor Jeremy Johnson of Fearless LA shares a life changing message on how God defines what love is in 1 Corinthians 13. Ultimately, it is something we choose to do in every situation, and with every person. Love never dishonors, isn’t self-seeking or easily angered. What would happen if we actually started to believe and apply this in our lives? What would it take to keep loving every time they reject you, or to keep no record of wrongs? The goal is to love others the very way God loves us, exemplified in 1 Corinthians 13. Jesus hasn’t kept any record of wrongs because his love is not like man’s love. His love protects and always trusts. Ultimately, if we have been transformed by the love of Jesus, then we are able to trust others and operate from a place of overflow of His love. Let’s not make love our talk, but our passionate walk.
Have you ever started building something, whether a new business, a new house, or even a career...and days, months or even years later, it collapses? Sometimes, we as humans think if we just keep doing a lot, God will be pleased with that. But to God, it isn’t about human DOING, but about human BEING: being in His presence and plugged into God the Father. Your “doing” is distracting you from “being” with God...and ultimately, He just really wants to know us and wants to build with us. And if we’re going to build great things with God, we better build a great foundation in God. In this weeks message Pastor Jeremy Johnson talks about the process of getting to the purpose, and how important it is to trust God in the process just as much as you trust him to fulfill the promise!
Easter Sunday is the ultimate reminder of God’s love for you. He paid the highest price to set you free. Have you ever wondered why Jesus came at the time He did? God lives outside of time, but chose a specific time to send His son to earth. In this special Easter Sunday message, Pastor Jeremy Johnson talks about the mistreating of slaves, and how that represents how the enemy wants to treat us. If a slave was put to death, they were put on the cross naked. If they tried to run away, they would get their legs broken. The only way a slave would be free is if their master died, or if they had their names written in the Roman census book. This sounds pretty familiar doesn’t it? Jesus was crucified naked on a cross while your names were written in the Lamb’s book of life. Jesus took your place as a slave to set you free. He ransomed you with the highest price of His life. Stop going back to the slave market that Jesus saved you from. It is finished! Those three powerful words were followed by another three powerful words - He is risen! Those words are followed by four powerful words - He will come again! Praise God for His promise that it is finished! You don’t have to pay the minimum payment anymore because it is paid in full!
If you live in LA, you might find that you spend more than, or almost as much as you make. You might be living paycheck to paycheck, struggling to make ends meet, and emptying your bank account out to pay your bills. Whether you’re married or single, using your money strategically is the smartest thing you could do. In this weeks podcast Pastors Jeremy and Christy Johnson share some of the ways they have been able to be good stewards of their money, and some things to always be mindful of when spending money. Like pastors have mentioned many times in this series, anything you bring into marriage un-dealt with WILL be magnified in marriage, that includes money!
Most people have at one point or another created a timeline for their lives. When you were younger you probably thought, “I’ll be married in my early 20’s, already have my career established, start having children, retire early, and live happily ever after.” Maybe your timeline looked a little different, but at some point in your life you’ve probably had certain expectations for your future. It’s natural to think about how your life will play out, and to hope for certain things at certain times. Well, what happens when you pass that time you were supposed to already be married, or supposed to already have children? Maybe you get upset and think God forgot about you. The truth is, God has an appointed time for everything and everyone! Today, Pastors Jeremy and Christy Johnson share their testimonies of how faithful God is in His own timing. God hasn’t forgotten about you; He’s just waiting for the perfect time to fulfill certain things in your life! When you say yes to God, you can’t miss it. He will always direct your path if you seek Him. There are no flaws in God’s timing!
We know those people who are referred to as “pessimists”; the ones who always see things in a negative light, and the one bad thing outweighs the good for them. You probably know a lot of people like that, and maybe you are even like that yourself. Don’t be ashamed, because you’re not alone. Some people are hardwired as negative, BUT that’s where you have to make the choice to be POSITIVE! In this weeks message Pastor Jeremy Johnson sheds some light on negativity and how we can retrain our mind to stop those negative thoughts before they even get there! God commands us to have joy, it’s not a suggestion it is not an option! It’s not going to be easy. It will be a sacrifice that takes time and patience, but once you’ve figured out the key, it makes life’s problems seem so small in comparison to Gods greatness!
We’ve probably all heard the verse Proverbs 4:23 so many times: “Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.” It is so widely known, but it is also so valuable, and many times, it is a difficult thing to do. You must also guard your marriage, your family, your finances, your health, but above all, you need to guard your heart. Your heart determines where you go in life, what you want to do, and the course of your life. If your heart isn’t healthy, the rest of your life isn’t going to be healthy. In this weeks message, Pastors Jeremy and Christy Johnson open up about the foundations of their relationship and marriage, as well as how we can better guard our hearts!
This world is filled with people who have a desire for more. What you have never seems to be enough. You will probably even find that many children have this desire, too. You give them a piece of candy or a toy, and they instantly want another one. The reason being what it says in Ephesians 4:19: “Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.” They lost their sensitivity to the things of God and gave in to the things of this world. The good thing is that God gave you that desire on purpose so you can desire more of Him, but it is your job to redirect your desires toward Him. In this podcast we learn how God has already given us all we need to be whole, and whether in our singleness or married life, He wants us to live our lives fully in Him.
Super bowl Sunday, a day many people look forward to every year. It comes only once a year, but the preparation and time put into it takes the entire year for the players. Even the players who probably won’t step foot onto the field still practice and train just as hard, so that on the off chance someone gets hurt, they are fully ready to step in. That is how we should be in our lives, preparing and training for the place we want to be, so when God calls, we are ready. Prepare as if you are already there. In this weeks podcast, Pastor Jeremy Johnson gives us insight on how The Bible is full of sports and battle references, and how there can only be one winning team. The good thing is, you already are on the winning team! Jesus won the victory and you get to share in it with Him!
As a church, this year we are shifting to another level, and maturing in Christ. As you mature and grow, you have to allow God to come into your heart and heal the things that you’ve held onto for so long. It is not going to be easy, and it’s going to be painful as the words and wounds are being ripped away to make way for healing. Make time to sit with the Lord. Make time to eat with the Lord. He wants you to be excited about what you are reading in His word, and to actually eat and digest what you are reading. In this message, Pastor Jeremy Johnson takes a dive into Psalms 141: 1-3. Our tongues have the power of life and death, we have to guard what we say and what goes out into the atmosphere. We learn more about the original lamb sacrifices before Jesus became the ultimate sacrifice. God wants you to be a living sacrifice for this world and to stand in the gap for the people around you. Take time today to pray specifically for the things you’re believing for, and you will see breakthrough!
All too often we find ourselves asking God for more. Whether it’s money, time, friendships, or material things, our flesh needs more! What if God is just waiting for us to look at what we already have, and ask Him what He wants us to do with it. Those who are faithful with little will be faithful with a lot, that rule applies to everything in our lives! In this message Pastor Jeremy Johnson gives us a new perspective on a story everyone in church has heard, Mark 6:30-44, the story of Jesus multiplying the fish & loaves. We often look at the miracle and think about how wonderful it was, but we miss the steps Jesus took in between. Let’s start praising God before we see the miracle happen, before we have enough, and watch multiply it to more than enough!
What better way to kick of the new year with cleansing not only our bodies but our spirits through fasting! In the Bible, we can see that men and women of God fasted to spend time seeking God. Life gets busy and our hearts can get cluttered, so fasting is a time to clean out our spirits and helps us refocus on God. Even Jesus took time to get away with God and fast. Why shouldn’t we? In this message, pastor Jeremy Johnson teaches us how to say no to our flesh, and realign our spirits to step into everything the Lord has for us this year!
Christmas time is here, everyone’s favorite holiday filled with food, family, and presents under that beautifully twinkling tree. But do we really know what the first Christmas was about? The first Christmas was about the presence of God. Not presents, but presence. It is an invitation for us to become His children if we will simply believe. In this timely message, Pastor Jeremy dives into the real reason why we celebrate the birth of Jesus and encourages us to unwrap the Gifts the Lord has already given us, it’s time to take that wrapping off this Christmas and allow Him to show us the beautiful gifts on the inside of who we are.
It is clear that being a believer in Jesus has nothing to do with being religious, but everything to
do with love and action. It starts with loving God, loving yourself, and then loving others as you
love yourself. You cannot love others well until you learn to love yourself well, which comes after you come to know the love of God. Our love for others will be polluted if we do not love ourselves first.
Believe it or not, you can be a believer even in crisis. Unbelief is combated through faith, and faith is action, plus belief, plus confidence. If you give God your trust, He can handle any situation better than you can.
One voice we will probably hear the loudest is the voice of the enemy, and we need to remember that it is also the weakest. Some of the markers that will help you identify the enemy’s voice will be if the words cause oppression, confusion, discouragement, or rage. The enemy will tend to attack when we are tired because his main goal is to bring us down to his level to entangle us in the things that entangled him. Jesus wants to lead us in triumph, celebrating the victory He has already won over the enemy. In this powerful message, Pastor Jeremy Johnson speaks on the voice of the enemy and how we must learn to resist him and our urge to listen to him by the grace of God.
When Jesus came back to the disciples, He did not show wounds;He showed scars! It showed that He overcame death, hell and the grave. How much greater of an overcomer can there be? God wants to use you to speak to the nations, to prophesy to the hurting, and to build the house. But you have to allow Him to do some work in your life. Allow Him to tear some walls down, be your advocate, and rub in the heal ing ointment of His Word. There’s a destiny on your life that is worth fight.
The Lord wants to spend time with us daily to strengthen us, mature us, and reveal Himself to us. As we grow in our relationship with Him, we will begin to discern His voice in our lives, but He isn’t the only one that speaks. The Bible teaches us to test every spirit that speaks into our lives, so that we may walk in truth and not be deceived. In this message, Pastor Jeremy Johnson teaches us about the gift of prophecy and how we can test the spirits we hear in order to hear the Lord clearer.
Have you ever found yourself feeling like you are hitting a ceiling? Like as if what you have been praying for has fallen on deaf ears? Delay to us can seem like God has stopped working in our favor, but He has never stopped. God wants you to know that He heard you the first time and He will not leave you hanging. In this message, Pastor Jeremy Johnson speaks on the spirit of delay and what it means for us to rest in the Lord, so that He can work for us and fight on our behalf.
Where we see dry bones, the Lord sees an army. In the story of Ezekiel and the valley of dry bones, God paints a picture of what the enemy tries to do with the Body of Christ. The enemy will cause disunity amongst our bothers and sisters in order to affect our relationship with God. We are encouraged to prophesy over ourselves and into each other’s lives, but we must be mindful of our character. In this message, Pastor Jeremy Johnson speaks on the gift of prophecy and how character can affect how we speak towards others.
The gift of prophecy is one of depth and can often show evidence of itself in encouragement. Being able to speak life into one another, not only tears down lies, but can rejuvenate our spirits. The Word of God reminds us that the power of life and death are in the tongue and that these words last lifetimes, not just moments. In this message, Pastor Jeremy Johnson speaks on the gift of prophecy and three different types of prophetic personalities that people operate in.
Just as pain is to the body, so is your conscience to your spirit. Your conscience was given to you by God to help discern and receive His voice. When you first began your walk with the Lord, your conscience was renewed, and as you spend time with the Lord, the Word of God becomes etched into your heart. The enemy will always try to muffle the voice of God in your life, and he attacks your conscience by trying to sear it with his own lies. If he can’t sear your conscience with lies, he will muddy or corrupt your conscience and how it hears the Word of God. There is good news, though! He can wash and renew your conscience with the blood of Jesus! In this message, Pastor Jeremy Johnson continues the series, “Static: Hearing God Through All The Noise,” by unpacking the biblical truth of the importance and function of your conscience.
Have you ever seen a butterfly and thought to yourself, “Wow that’s a beautiful caterpillar with wings!” Probably not. When a caterpillar goes through the transformation of becoming a butterfly, it sheds off the old and becomes new. It is no longer a caterpillar, but a brand new creation. Likewise with you; when you transform and become a new creation in Christ, you shed off the old. You are no longer the old, dead person you once were, but you are alive in Christ and you are transformed! In today’s podcast, Pastor Jeremy Johnson helps us to remember it’s not just a one-time transformation that sustains our relationship with God. God’s Word calls you to daily meet with God to transform and renew your mind, and when this happens, you will not conform to this world!
You’ve all heard about those “burning bush” moments, where God speaks in a big way, and it’s undeniable that it’s His voice. It happened in the Bible to Moses and Paul, and it happens to people today, but that’s not the only way God speaks. He speaks in the quiet whisper like He did with Samuel and Elijah, and it’s just as powerful as those big encounters. The only way you can hear it, though, is if you’re actually listening. In this podcast, Pastor Jeremy Johnson leads us to a better understanding of how we can learn to properly discern the voice of God and grow in our own walks!
God is passionate about having a relationship and speaking with us face to face. As believers, we are called to sit and spend time with our Creator in order to know His voice as He guides us daily. However, learning how to discern the voice of God in our lives can prove to be challenging when there is so much static around us. We learn in this message that there are five voices fighting for our attention: the voice of God, the voice of our flesh, the voice of our conscience, the voice of the enemy, and the voice of others. In the midst of all these voices battling for our attention, Pastor Jeremy Johnson reminds us of the importance of our daily time with the Lord and how spending this time with Him helps us decipher God’s voice. When we spend time with Him, we not only get to know who He is, but we realize who we are. It is in that place that we can be effective ministers in our daily lives.
Fearless turned 4! As we continue to grow as body, we must take the time to appreciate where the Lord has brought us from and cast vision for the days yet to come. In this special Vision Sunday message, Pastor Jeremy Johnson dives into the power of our words, unpacking the biblical truth of what it means to speak life into yourself and others around you. This is a timely message that reminds us of the power of life and death in the tongue.
As believers, we have become accustomed to allowing our salvation be enough. We look at the heroes of faith like Peter and Paul as the extreme Christians. They seem to have faith on another level or an excess of the presence of the Holy Spirit. We must reshape this thinking and realize that we are given the same access to the Holy Spirit that they had, the same commission to heal the sick, raise the dead, make disciples, and bring the Gospel to the lost. In this podcast, Pastor Jeremy Johnson talks about the importance of becoming disciples and discipling others. This powerful message will challenge you to remember we were never meant to live life on the "basic" level. Christ has an abundant life planned for you, where you not only do what Jesus did, but even greater things!
How many of us can be honest and say we’ve had some downright crazy thoughts before? How many of those crazy thoughts do we let have authority over us? More often than not, we let our own thoughts become the focus of our lives. In Philippians 4:8, Paul reminds us what we should focus on instead of those crazy thoughts. We have a multitude of good things to think about, yet we always seem to be wanting what we can’t, or shouldn’t have. In this podcast, Pastor Christy Johnson leads us to start focusing on truth instead of the facts, and to begin interrogating our thoughts, leading us to freedom!
God has left us with His word, and His word is a lamp to our feet; it’s not a flood light revealing everything ahead of us. He wants us to trust Him every step of the way by relying on His word, but sometimes we let pride get in the way and we decide that maybe our way is better than God’s way. But it takes humility in our lives to go where God is leading us. If you want healing in your life you have to do it God’s way, even if it doesn’t feel like it’s the best way. Sometimes we have to go backwards in order to go forward. Maybe it’s time to let God’s way of doing things take precedence over your own way!
We’ve probably all seen that post on Instagram where your friend is sitting on the beach, or on a yacht relaxing and living out their “best life” with the hashtag #FavorAintFair. But is God’s favor actually not fair? Is God not a just God? No! Favor is fair, and God is a just God! We all have the same opportunities to receive that favor and blessing from God, but it is directly dependent on how we live and how we line up our lives to the Word of God. In this podcast, Pastor Christy Johnson leads us to a better understanding of the favor of God and gives some practical teaching on how to receive it.
Have you ever had to wait on God’s promises, or been walking in those promises just to have them taken from you out of nowhere? It’s tough to receive a promise and an anointing from God and then have to wait to begin walking in it. If you are going through this, you are in good company! In this message, Pastor Jeremy Johnson takes us through King David’s personal journal (Psalms) and shows us that even David struggled while waiting on the promises of God. King David set an example of how we should praise God in the waiting and in our struggles, even when all of our emotions tell us otherwise.
When we invite the Lord into our heart, we are asking Him to be the center of our lives. Often times we can find ourselves not surrendering it all to the Lord. Making Him Lord over small areas of our lives instead of our whole lives can halt the blessings He wants to unlock in our lives. In this message, Pastor Jeremy Johnson continues to unpack the God-Sized life in biblical truth. This message is a timely word of encouragement on surrendering it all to the Lord.
Our heavenly Father is in the business of growing us constantly. As believers he wants to give us all of Himself to us. However in order to house our heavenly Father the growing we go through can sometimes be painful. There are times where we could even be asking for miracles but the Lord is telling us to learn to manage what we are given. In the podcast Pastor Jeremy Johnson brings an encouraging message for the stretching in your relationship with Him.
At times the Lord will show us the end result of the dreams; but will leave out the details of the journey. The middle is where we learn to grow in our faith and love for the Lord. He brings us through the trials of life so that we can learn to trust in Him. Meanwhile unbeknownst to us He is rewarding us in heaven all along the way for our faithfulness and obedience to Him. In the powerful message guest speaker Pastor Glen Berteau brings a biblical word of encouragement for your in-between.
The Lord uses all of our relationships to mold us into who He has called us to be. Learning how to identify the type of friends you surround yourself with will help you understand why they are in your life. There are enemies, companions and friends all of which our Father uses to sharpen you in your walk with Him. Often times we can confuse the roles of our relationships around us; which can lead to rough waters in those relationships. In this podcast Pastor Jeremy Johnson unpacks the biblical definitions of these relationships and how the Holy Spirit helps you identify them in your life.
Like iron sharpens iron so should our relationships sharpen who we are in Christ. Countless times we can find ourselves in relationships that not only are hurtful emotionally but hinder our growth spiritually. Christ wants us to have relationships that not only challenge us but also make us pour into one another not just take. In this podcast Pastor Christy Johnson dives into the biblical truth of relationships and how we form them.
Good relationships will always push us to grow. When we make Christ the center of our relationships we are able to understand that each relationship is process. In this weeks podcast Pastor David Turner dives into how to become the friend you want to have. How loving those around you attracts the type of people you want to surround yourself with.
Deep relationships will always take hard work to maintain. As believers, we are called to build those foundations on the love of Christ. Through the offense, wounds, and moments of anger, we need to tap into the love of God to help each other grow. In this podcast, Pastor Jeremy Johnson unravels the idea that the ugly of relationships doesn't necessarily lie in the other person, but in the ugly things we haven't dealt with in ourselves.
We were never meant to do this life alone. The Bible teaches us that the Lord has placed friendships around us to grow us and move us forward in our walk with Him. It is in the depths of these relationships that we learn how to love the way Christ loves us. In this podcast Pastor Jeremy Johnson dives into the Biblical perspective of our friendships.
Have you ever felt like you didn’t belong? Like maybe you were too different to really be a part of where you were?Just because we are different from others, does not mean we do not belong to the body. In fact, our differences add purpose and value to us and others. God has proportioned the body exactly how He wants it, so we can trust that if God called us somewhere, and we are “different” from others, we still belong.
Have you ever felt that what you have to offer is insignificant? Has that feeling ever kept you from doing what you know you should do? Some times we let our fear of being unqualified get the best of us and in stead of doing what we can, we do nothing at all. In this podcast Pastor Christy Johnson takes a fresh look and the moment when Jesus fed 5,000 with a child's lunch, to help us better understand how God wants to use our "not enough".
We long to see and walk in the type of power that the early church walked in. To be His witnesses, to see miracles, to walk in power and love. If we're honest, however, many times we pursue a form of Godliness but live in a way that altogether denies His power. If we put our trust and faith in God, he has gifts and blessings for us to experience great exploits, as the first church did!
Every day is another chance to say yes to God. Some yeses are easier than others but all of them require us to go. Like Paul on the road to Damascus we all have those suddenly moments with God where He changes who we are to who He has called us to be. In this podcast Pastor Jeremy Johnson dives into the beginnings of Paul's call to ministry in a powerful message to encourage and remind you of who's you are.
Many of us struggle with our brokenness. It can often leave us feeling useless or zap our passion for our purpose. This brokenness will make us feel over looked by God or even abandoned. However God often uses us the most in our brokenness because He never wastes a hurt. Our Father will take what was meant to break us and use it against the enemy. In this week's podcast Pastor Jeremy Johnson speaks on God using us even though we feel broken.
It may feel like you're walking through darkness.. But it's only to show that his light is still there! god is alway working and doing something new. Here's this sermon by Pastor Jeremy Johnson to explain Gods working power in your life.
It may feel like you're walking through darkness.. But it's only to show that his light is still there! God is alway working and doing something new in your life. In this sermon, Pastor Jeremy Johnson un-wraps Gods working power in your life.
In our walks there are moments where we must praise when things seem to go wrong. Moments where we hold God accountable to who He is, like Paul and Silas did while in prison. We find ourselves going through the most opposition when we are following our call and it is in those moments the enemy wants to suffocate our praise. In this podcast Pastor Jeremy Johnson brings a timely encouraging word for those of us needing to praise in the midnight.
It is in the waiting that God shapes us. These are the times when we use our praise and worship to get us through most. One of the most deliberate examples of this is how an arrow is drawn back on a bow by an archer. The greater the distance, the further back the arrow is drawn. In the same way our promise determines our waiting. In this podcast Pastor Jeremy Johnson dives deep into the beginnings of the first church, The Church of Power.
God has clothed you with his love. If you're feeling heavy God wants to remove that and place joy on your life. Some of the hardest trials in life are based on what you are wearing, weather it's fear, hate, jealousy, or your past. In this podcast, experience freedom and move into Gods promises on what he has for you.
The enemy is constantly after our praise. It is in those moments when life comes at us and the attacks are relentless, that we should be as equally restless in our praise. We can often times forget that God inhabits our praise and the comforter we seek can be reached in a moments notice when we just praise our King. In this podcast Pastor Jermey Johnson talks about the importance of Praising through it all and how it keeps us focused on our King so He fights the battles we were never meant to.
You were bought at a price; God emptied out heaven to reconcile you back to Him. Christ paid the price, in full, for our salvation on the cross and His eternal life is a free gift to us. You have been forgiven because He gave and IT IS FINISHED. God was never mad at you, He’s madly in love with you. In this podcast Pastor Jeremy Johnson dives deep into the Easter Story and explores the depth of God’s love for us.
Are you losing hope or becoming impatient in the waiting? One of the most trying things in our relationship with our Father are the seasons of waiting. These are the times the Lord uses to grow and mature us for the next season ahead and can often leave us feeling stagnant. In this weeks podcast, Pastor Jeremy Johnson delves into the first Palm Sunday for a word to encourage you in the waiting.
Our Heavenly Father is always working in our lives, even when we are focused on things of the Kingdom. We can become so focused on "our goals" that we forget to thank God for all He has done and is doing. We could be sitting in our answered prayers and completely look past the blessings. In this podcast, Pastor Christy Johnson reminds us that the basics of gratitude are the foundation that help us be thankful in the storms that come.
As believers we can focus on the outward sin and over look the things we lack on the inside. The word reminds us to be doers of the word instead of just hearers of the word. It takes developing discipline and being steadfast in trusting the Lord so that He may root things out of us that hinder us from growing in our calling. In this encouraging message Pastor Christy Johnson shows us the difference between being hearers of the word and doers of the word with the parable of the house being built on sand.
Marriage was not created by man, it was created by God. One of the hardest things about marriage is communication between spouses. Men and women think and process things differently and learning how to communicate is an ongoing experience. Guest Speaker Tom Smith, Author of "When the Vow Breaks", dives deep into the Godly communication aspects of marriage and relationships in this podcast.
Our anger was meant to be managed not muted. As believers we often times find ourselves torn between expressing our anger and bottling it up. As we continue our series Feeding the Monster this week Pastor Christy tackles the anger monster.
Christ set us free so that we may know what it is to be free from sin. Often times our flesh will tend to rise against our spirit and cause conflict within. As believers we choose between feeding our flesh or feeding our spirit. In this podcast Pastor Christy Johnson unpacks biblical truth to help you feed your spirit to conquer your flesh.
We often times can forget some of our blessings require our participation, obedience, and sacrifice. The Lord will call us to sow into our dreams in order to stretch our faith and draw us closer to Him. Guest Speaker Pastor Glen Berteau speaks on the principal of Seed time and Harvest. In this podcast Pastor Berteau unpacks what it means to operate in this area, and the spiritual growth that comes with it.
The hardest part between where we are and reaching our purpose is the middle. The journey can be the most taxing and trying times in our lives. As believers we are called to give worship in the middle and it is our Focus on Christ and his kingdom that drives us forward. Our God given dreams were only meant to quench our thirst not become the things that give us life. In this podcast you you'll be encouraged to continue to worship even when things don't look good and pursue Christ even when your dreams want to consume your focus.
At our core we are spirit that lives in a body and has a soul making us tri-polar. Sometimes we can find ourselves strong in one and not the others hindering us from growing in our relationship with Christ. Focusing in on Christ will not only grow us but we can find rest in Christ. We need to shift our position from serving Christ to serving at the Feet of Christ. It is in that position that we will not find our identity in the dream but rather in Christ. In this Podcast you will be encouraged to return to the feet of Jesus and understand what it means to have relationship.
As Dreamers we run the risk of falling in love with the dream instead of the one who gave us the dream. The word reminds us to allow the Lord to build so that we do not labor in vain. When we walk our lives for the dream we will burn out because their is no rest without Christ. In this podcast you will be encouraged to return your focus to the one who gave you the Dream.
We often times fear can narrow our vision down to the encouragement and not the ONE who encouraged us. Allowing fear to take up residence in our lives will cause us to never fully step out and only listen to the encouragement that empowers us. The Lord wants to encourage us by reminding us that HE is with us. It is because of Him that we are mighty. Our strength is a by product of our Lord being with us. In this podcast you will be reminded that you are a "Mighty Warrior" because The Lord is with you and will never leave you.
When Gideon was called to lead he was not found fighting off lions or in the midst of a great battle. He was found hiding in fear, yet the Lord still called him forth as Mighty Warrior. Often times we are so focused on our situations that fear takes up residence where it doesn't belong. We forget that our Heavenly Father has called US to be Mighty Warriors. The storms of life come and we get fixated on the what instead of the why. Are you being perfected, corrected or brought to a new perspective? In this podcast you will be encouraged to remember how God sees you regardless of the storms surrounding you!
The Shelter was never meant to be your home. Fear will creep in and tell you it's ok to stay where it's safe. Safety and comfort can become the barrier we hide behind from the call of God. However, where He calls, He also protects and provides. The call of God is not the safest path, but it is the only path. In this podcast you will be encouraged to push past the shelters of life and trust the call of God on your life.
Your mind is a powerful thing. What you think upon enough, you eventually will become. What you believe or expect enough, many times happens. God calls us to be visionaries, those who speak to what is not as though it already is. He calls us to speak abundance in the midst of drought. In this podcast, you will be encouraged to get a new vision and to prophesy over your present situations, in order to see them line up with God’s Word.
Happy New Year! What better way to celebrate 2017 than with a reminder that Jesus is Lord of All. In this message, Pastor Jeremy speaks about how even when your dreams look dead and things in your life look dead, God is still up to something. Take Jesus to your "Lazarus" situation and watch Him resurrect it with his power.
The Christmas story isn't a story just for children, but it is a powerful visual of our Savior entering the world. This story reveals to us the powerful truth that God wraps great things in unlikely packages. We can see in our own lives that the gifts God gives, although amazing, can come wrapped in pain, heartbreak, and troubles. Through it all, though, if we can look past the pain and see the gift God is blessing us with, we will realize there is far greater purpose God has for our lives than we could imagine.
"Jesus died in your name so you could live in his" We don't have to live in fear because we're living through him!
"It's not an accident that you are here. Love has produced something inside you that drove you to this city!"
This is a powerful message by our very own Pastor Christy Johnson talking about the fruit of love.
When Jesus declared "It Is Finished" on the cross, he was exclaiming to the world that every sin was "Paid In Full"!
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For love is as strong as death. The first relationship we all need is Him and Him alone. God wants you to marry Him, to commit to Him. Till death do us part.
This is the first part of our sermon series called "Love Like Fire."
The word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” “Alas, Sovereign Lord,” I said, “I do not know how to speak; I am too young.” But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the Lord. Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I have put my words in your mouth. See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.” The word of the Lord came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?” - Jeremiah 1: 4-11 NIV
This is the last installment of the sermon series "Revival".
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"He's not getting the blessing ready for you, He's getting you ready for the blessing" - Christy Johnson
Pastor Christy Johnson kicks off a new sermon series called Revival based our latest single release. May this message bless you and your family.
"In the presence of God all things are possible." - @JeremyJohnson
"Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil and he will flee" - James 4:7
This is part 3 of "Shake The Skies."
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"We didn't choose Him, He chose us."- Pastor Jeremy Johnson
This is part two of "Shake The Skies" by Pastor Jeremy Johnson. You can also order "Shake The Skies" on iTunes. We hope this song leads you to encounter Jesus, and encourages you to step out into what God has called you to do.
Our destiny is not dependent on man, but on Jesus!
"Shake The Skies" is a sermon series by Pastor Jeremy Johnson. Also is one of the newest singles by our Fearless BND.
"For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed." Romans 8:19
This is a sermon by Pastor Jeremy Johnson.
FEARLESS BND's Fourth Single, "The Anticipation"
"Once you get ahold of truth, truth becomes addictive. You can no longer use your old methods after you have TASTED and SEEN! After that nothing else can be done, except to go and follow HIM! - Pastor Jeremy Johnson
This is part 3 of "Status Quo".
Fearless LA is releasing new music the first week of every month. Our Third single "We Lift You Higher" was written by Fearless BND. This song is such a powerful declaration that so many can sing along too. It's about praising through and during the storms of our lives! For we get up and jump around with faith in knowing that Jesus Lives inside of us and we will not be quiet without declaring who HE is. In every season Jesus is Lord and we praise with joy in our hearts
When we step into our calling as worshipers, God anoints us with His power, and his Spirit overflows through us in every area of our lives. We are anointed by Him to represent Him to our family, our coworkers, and those we come into contact with on a daily basis. It is a beautiful thing when His love overflows through you to others, and we were each meant to live this way.
"Once you get ahold of truth, truth becomes addictive. You can no longer use your old methods after you have TASTED and SEEN! After that nothing else can be done, except to go and follow HIM! - Pastor Jeremy Johnson
This is part 3 of "Status Quo".
"God is trying to get you to grow into son-ship and out of slavery. Whatever you are a slave to will chase you and pursue you. BUT YOU have a God who is a better pursuer and wants you to be free!" - Pastor Jeremy Johnson
This is part 2 of Status Quo.
"We follow our American Jesus. Safe and comfortable. But He doesn't fit into our American Dream. Our church will not be an American church...It will be a kingdom church" - Pastor Jeremy Johnson
"Our call will be something we can't do on our own. It's his anointing that will give us the ability to do what we could not do before."
This is the Second part of Pastor Jeremy Johnson's sermon series called "Unstoppable".
"The well of Freedom, the place of rest is where we desire to be. But there is always more than just freedom for our lives. There is revival coming. We are moving and believing for the promise. Our God is a good God. This is the beginning!" - Pastor Jeremy Johnson
This is the first part of Pastor Jeremy Johnson's sermon series called "Unstoppable".
"Seeing the Unseen and Hearing the Unheard" by guest speaker Pastor Martin Steel, spoken on 04-19-2015.
"Activating Your Spiritual Senses" by guest speaker Pastor Martin Steel, spoken on 04-19-2015.
Part 2 of "Anchored" by Pastor Jeremy Johnson, spoken on 3-29-2015. This message is about how our faith will stand trial.
Part 1 of "Anchored" by Pastor Jeremy Johnson, spoken during the 5pm service at Fearless LA on 3-22-2015.
Part 1 of "Anchored" by Pastor Jeremy Johnson, spoken during the 11am service at Fearless LA on 3-22-2015.
"Stepping Into Your Season" by guest speaker Pastor Neil Smith from Planetshakers, spoken on 2-22-2015.
Part 4b of "Love, Sex, and Dating MMXV" by Pastor Jeremy Johnson, also spoken on 3-8-2015.
Part 1 of "Love, Sex, and Dating MMXV", spoken by Pastor Christy Johnson, Pastor Sean Loche, and Dalisha Munton, on 2-8-2015.
"Free Indeed" by guest speaker Pastor Paul Geerling from iSee Church, spoken on 12-14-2014.
Part 4 of "Paradigm Shift" by Pastor Jeremy Johnson, spoken on 9-07-2014.
On this journey of life, there are many moments when it is easy to feel very lonely, even when we are not alone. People may surround us, yet we feel as if no one were there. John 14:16 tells us that we have a Counselor, Holy Spirit, who will never leave us. Holy Spirit will always be with us, to the end of time. When this reality and truth sets in, no trial or social situation can convince us that we are alone.
We know that trials are bound to happen during our span of 70-80 years on this earth. Life is much like a puzzle, and not the kid friendly 6 piece kind, either. It’s more like the 300 or 1,000 piece puzzles that almost seem impossible, yet aren’t. And they definitely don’t take thirty minutes to complete.
Have you ever felt like you had to have everything figured out? Your 18th birthday comes along, and now you’re supposed to know what to do. Your 25th birthday comes along, and now you should have everything figured out about your life and future. Your 30th birthday comes along, and if you don’t have it figured out by then, something’s definitely wrong. Right?
Wrong.
Life is a puzzle, and all the expectations the world puts on us to have it all “figured out” by a certain time is exactly that: the world’s expectations. They are not God’s expectations or standards. He only requires that we walk with Him in truth and humility and follow Him wholeheartedly. That is a journey in itself!
God has a specific plan for each person’s life, which is comparative to the picture on the front of a puzzle box. There is an end product after all the pieces come together, but if you judge the puzzle by the individual pieces, you will be very lost. A person needs to get the vision of what the puzzle should look like, and then all the pieces will make sense.
Same with our lives. God has created each person’s “puzzle” to look differently. Not one is the same, or should be the same. His plan for each person is different. All our individual experiences and the things that made us who we are, are the puzzle pieces that make up our big picture and contribute to God’s original and unique plan for our lives.
So ask God for the vision of your “puzzle,” or should we say, of your life. The vision of what He has for your life will give you strength to get through the trials and temptations that come your way. It’s all about perspective. It’s all about what you focus your eyes on. Focus on the big picture, the vision, not all the small pieces that can be confusing. God is about to do something great, so get a vision and shift your paradigm!
Food For Thought:
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When do you tend to feel lonely most, and how can you shift your perspective in those moments toward the truth?
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Do you know what your "puzzle" looks like? What do you think God's vision for your life is?
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Have you ever felt pressure to have everything "figured out" about your life before? How did this make you feel?
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How can you shift your perspective to see the big picture on circumstances in your life instead of getting caught up over small trials or trivial things?
Part 3 of "Paradigm Shift" by Pastor Jeremy Johnson, spoken on 8-31-2014.
Paradigm Shift Pt 3
Moments. It’s what we celebrate as people. Birthdays, graduations, finishing a race, entering into the next grade for school. Life is made up of moments, but more importantly, it is made up of a journey. Full of excitement, pain, highs and lows, sometimes it’s pleasant, and sometimes it’s anything but easy, but it all makes up our individual journey.
Each of us has an individual perspective on life and on circumstances that we face. Some of us look at our issues and think we may die, we feel depressed, we’re full of anxiety, or maybe some of us see an opportunity for victory. Wherever you’re at in your journey, God has you there for a purpose. Life is a series of tests and lessons, and God is not wasting any pain that comes your way.
Maybe some of us are going around in circles and going through the same things because God’s trying to open our eyes to a new perspective on the issue. He’s trying to shift our paradigm. He’s trying to use what’s in front of us, and the little we have, to reveal something great to us.
In Matthew 14, Jesus uses the disciples to feed 5,000 people (around 15,000 including women and children). They start out with five loaves of bread and two fish, and after the whole miracle comes to an end and everyone is fed, they are left with twelve baskets with scraps of food in them. Twelve baskets, one for each disciple. If ever in the future they doubted that Jesus was able, or if they started to lose faith, it was almost as if they could feel the scraps of bread in their basket and remember the miracle Jesus did. If He did it before, He can do it again!
When we “feel the scraps” of our past, we are reminded of what God has done in our lives. We are reminded of His faithfulness and grace. This is what telling people about Jesus, praying for the sick, etc. does. It is reminding us of where we were when Jesus found us, and in that moment, we celebrate His faithfulness again and believe for greater!
In your situation, what scraps of the past do you need to feel to remind yourself of God’s goodness? What perspective do you need to gain to learn what God is teaching you? Life is a journey, and God is constantly wanting to shift our perspectives on things to see like Him. As Jesus would say, “He who has ears, let him hear” (Matt. 13:9).
Food for Thought:
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Where are you at in your journey with God? What do you think He’s been trying to teach you?
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What are the scraps of your past that you can feel to remind yourself of God’s faithfulness?
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What has been your perspective about the hard circumstances of life lately?
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Has there been something you’ve been going through over and over again? Is there something God may be trying to shift your perspective about?
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What perspective will you choose to have this week on your circumstance?
Additional Scriptures for Study:
• Mark 6
• Matthew 14
• John 1:1
• Philippians 4:6-12
Part 2 of "Paradigm Shift" by Pastor Jeremy Johnson, spoken on 8-24-2014.
What if in this life, there was something invisible to the eyes that would change everything about the way you live here? Something invisible, yet not less important. Something beyond your senses, yet more real than anything you’ve ever seen or felt. This is the exact reality of eternity. Eternity is not something we see with our eyes until we pass from this life, yet it does not mean it is any less real than what we see and touch in this world. Our lives here will vanish like a vapor, and are incredibly short compared to the length of eternity. What should we do in light of this? How should we live and operate in this world if eternity, in reality, is our true home?
Many people in our world live with no thought of eternity. They do what they want, collect material possessions, and search for fame, meaning, and success. They live as if the temporal is eternal and the eternal is temporal. The reality of the Kingdom, though, is that the eternal is what we should be living for.
As God’s children, we need to have a paradigm shift about eternity. To realize that we are residents of eternity and aliens of this world. How would you live if this was your paradigm? Would you give more, love more, forgive more, tell people about Jesus more?
Would it change the way you think about and do everything? We think so.
Peter and the disciple’s paradigm was shifted when Jesus told them to cross over the lake to the other side. On the way, they encountered a terrifying storm, and in the middle of the storm, Jesus came walking to them on water. After the disciples thought He was a ghost, Jesus reveals his identity to them, and Peter tells Jesus to call him out on the water if it’s really Him. Jesus calls him out and Peter comes to Him, walking on the water. You better believe the disciples’ paradigms were shifted in a dramatic way. Walking on water? That’s not possible! Peter took his eyes off Jesus and began to sink. Jesus responds to Peter’s sinking, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?” Jesus sent the disciples across the lake knowing they’d encounter a storm, knowing they’d be afraid, knowing Peter would walk on the water and then sink. He was doing it all to push them to a shift. To test their faith and challenge their paradigms.
You see, with Jesus, the impossible is made possible. With Jesus, we are taken from a temporal mindset and elevated into an eternal mindset. Let your whole world change today as you focus on the reality of eternity in light of this life. Let him push you to a paradigm shift, to believe for greater and to live for more!
Food for Thought:
- Are you living with an eternal mindset or temporal mindset?
- What is keeping you in a temporal mindset? Do you hold the temporary things of life close to your heart?
- How is God challenging your faith lately? Do you think He’s trying to shift your paradigm about something?
- Will you choose to live with an eternal perspective this week? What does that look like practically for you?
Scriptures for Further Study:
o Matthew 6:22
o Matthew 14:22
Part 1 of "Paradigm Shift" by Pastor Jeremy Johnson, spoken on 8-17-2014.
Over the years, discoveries have been made and things have been invented that have shifted the way we think and the way we live our lives in a dramatic way. The automobile, the light bulb, the telephone, and the discovery that the earth is round. These new inventions and new information confronted the reality of what people believed to be true and opened the door for a completely new way of living. Before we saw these things in reality, though, someone had to have the thought in their mind that something greater was possible.
We are told in Romans 12:1-2, "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."
Many of us want to know our purpose. We want to know why we are alive on this earth. What were we created to do? What is the will of God for our lives? According to the Scripture above, before we understand what the will of God is for our lives, we must renew our minds according to God's Word. We must wash our thinking with the Word of God and begin to set our minds on heavenly things. It is only when we are transformed by the renewing of our minds that we can truly know the will of God for our lives. There has to be a paradigm shift in us.
A paradigm shift in our thinking means that we look beyond our circumstances, our situations, and our issues and see a greater reality. A Kingdom reality. It is when we see from God's perspective that we can truly live a meaningful life and fulfill all that he has called us to.
So dig deeper, renew your mind, and embark on one of the greatest adventures you will ever know. There is a purpose and a good plan that the Lord has for your life, and this is just the beginning!
Food for Thought:
1. Have you ever felt like you were created to do something great with your life, but you just didn't know what it was?
2. How have you tried to fulfill the purpose for your life?
3. Think about your present circumstances and issues. What is God's perspective on these things?
4. What scriptures can you use to renew your mind this week?
"Happy Scared" by guest speaker Pastor Neil Smith from Planetshakers, spoken on 8-10-2014.
"This is Our Time" by guest speaker Pastor Russell Evans from Planetshakers, spoken on 8-3-2014.
"Normal Christianity" by Guest Speaker Pastor Michael Williams from the House Modesto, spoken on 8-3-2014.
Part 4 of "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" by Pastor Jeremy Johnson, spoken on 6-22-2014.
Part 3 of "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" by Pastor Jeremy Johnson, spoken on 6-8-2014.
"Revival: God Can Do It Again" by Pastor Tim Hall from Planetshakers, spoken on 6-1-2014.
Part 2 of "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" by Pastor Jeremy Johnson, spoken on 5-25-2014.
Part 1 of "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" by Pastor Jeremy Johnson, spoken on 5-18-2014.
"Seedtime And Harvest" by Pastor Glen Berteau from the House Modesto, spoken on 04/06/2014
Part 1 of "Warrior: Not Even The Gates of Hell" by Pastor Jeremy Johnson, spoken on 03/09/2014.