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Wellspring Church :: Englewood, Colorado
Wellspring Church is a vibrant community of faith that values the past and the future yet remains fully engaged in the present. We are enriched by the diverse treasures of God’s kingdom, both the old and the new, that we may minister to the diverse needs of our culture today and leave a legacy of faithfulness for tomorrow.
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What does it mean to waste the one life God has given us? In this message, Billy Waters challenges us to examine whether our plans are centered on ourselves or surrendered to the purposes of God.
Looking at James 4, we see that planning is not the problem—planning without dependence on God is. Because life is fragile and fleeting, we are called to trust God’s will, obey Him today, and live with eternity in view.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 The danger of making plans without seeking God
🔹 Why Scripture describes our lives as a quickly vanishing mist
🔹 Choosing faithful obedience today instead of delaying until tomorrow
🔹 Living with an eternal perspective in our work, finances, relationships, and calling
🔹 Sharing the gospel with those who do not yet know Jesus
We have only one life, and only what is done for Christ will last. Rather than wasting our days pursuing comfort, possessions, or personal ambition, we can make the most of every opportunity by depending on Jesus, serving His Kingdom, and remaining faithful in what He has called us to do today.
Relevant Scripture references: Genesis 3:19; Psalm 103:15-16; Matthew 25:21, 23; Mark 8:35; Luke 12:16-21; Luke 22:42; Acts 18:21; Romans 1:10; and James 4:13-17.
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What happens when our desires become demands? In this message, Pastor David Norris explores how unmet expectations, discontent, and the belief that “I deserve it” can produce conflict—with others and with God.
Looking at James 4, we see that quarrels begin with desires battling within us. Friendship with the world leaves us prideful and unsatisfied, but God offers something greater: more grace.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 How disordered desires lead to conflict and spiritual restlessness
🔹 Why entitlement reveals discontent, privilege, and pride
🔹 Submitting to God, resisting the devil, and drawing near to Jesus
🔹 Practicing repentance early and often
🔹 Understanding humility as freedom from self-centeredness
True humility is not self-hatred or weakness. It is confidently surrendering ourselves to God, trusting that Christ has already gone to the lowest place for us. As we look to Jesus—the humble and exalted Lamb of God—we discover that he alone can satisfy the deepest longings of our souls.
Relevant Scripture references: Genesis 4:1-16; Exodus 19-24; 2 Samuel 11; Proverbs 3:34; Matthew 6:24; Matthew 19:16-22; John 1:29; John 3:14-16; John 17:20-23; John 18:36; James 3:9; James 4:1-10; and Revelation 4-5.
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If God offered to grant you one request, what would you ask for? In this message, Pastor Billy Waters explores Solomon’s surprising request for wisdom and shows why true wisdom is essential for every area of life.
Looking at James 3, we discover the difference between earthly wisdom and wisdom from heaven. Earthly wisdom places self at the center, producing envy, pride, anxiety, and disorder. Heavenly wisdom places God at the center, shaping a life marked by humility, purity, peace, mercy, sincerity, and love for others.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Why fearing the Lord is the beginning of wisdom
🔹 The difference between knowledge and wisdom in action
🔹 How selfish ambition distorts our relationships and identity
🔹 Three ways to cultivate wisdom: pray, embrace trials, and be still
🔹 Finding freedom by surrendering control and placing God at the center
God created us for freedom, peace, and a life of purpose rooted in Him. As we pray for wisdom, allow trials to deepen our surrender, and become still before God, our lives are reoriented around His purposes and we learn to love others with humility.
Relevant Scripture references: 1 Kings 3:5-13; Proverbs 4:7 and 4:23-27; Proverbs 9:10; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Isaiah 14:13-14; Psalm 46:10; Matthew 11:28-30; Philippians 2:3-4; Colossians 1:9-10; Ephesians 1:17; James 1:2-5; and James 3:13-18.
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Words are never “just words.” In this message, Pastor Katie Gayle continues our journey through the book of James, exploring how our speech reveals the true condition of our hearts. James isn’t merely concerned with outward behavior; he calls followers of Jesus to wholehearted discipleship that transforms even the way we speak.
Using vivid illustrations from James 3, Katie shows that our words have incredible power. They can encourage or wound, direct the course of a life or ignite destruction. Every one of us can remember words that built us up—and words that still echo years later because they caused deep hurt. The gospel calls us to recognize that our speech matters because our words flow from what is happening inside us.
James doesn’t leave us with a message of simply trying harder. While human beings can tame wild animals, we cannot tame our own tongues by willpower alone. The restless tongue exposes divided hearts, reminding us that lasting change comes only as Jesus transforms us from the inside out. Rather than relying on self-discipline alone, we are invited to continually apply the gospel to our lives, allowing Christ to reshape both our hearts and our speech.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Our words reveal the true condition of our hearts.
🔹 Even small words can have life-changing consequences for good or for harm.
🔹 The tongue cannot be tamed through human effort alone.
🔹 The gospel transforms us from the inside out, producing speech that reflects the character of Christ.
🔹 Our calling is not simply to speak less carelessly, but to become people whose hearts have been renewed by Jesus.
Faith is expressed not only through what we do, but also through what we say. As we surrender our hearts to Christ, our words increasingly become instruments of blessing, encouragement, truth, and peace. Jesus doesn’t merely ask us to control our tongues—He offers to transform the hearts from which our words flow.
Relevant Scripture references: James 3:1-12, Genesis 1:26-28, Luke 19:1-10, Matthew 12:34-37, Proverbs 18:21.
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What does it mean to treat people the way Jesus does? In this message, Pastor Billy Waters continues our series through the book of James by exploring the destructive power of favoritism and discrimination. James reminds us that showing partiality isn’t just poor manners—it contradicts the very character of God. Every person bears God’s image, and the Church is called to reflect the mercy of Christ by welcoming, honoring, and serving others without distinction.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Why favoritism and discrimination distort the witness of the Church
🔹 Every person is created in the image of God and possesses equal dignity
🔹 The “royal law” calls us to love our neighbors rather than elevate some above others
🔹 God’s mercy transforms us so that we extend mercy to everyone we encounter
James doesn’t merely expose sin—it points us to the mercy of Jesus. Having received God’s undeserved mercy, we are freed to become people who demonstrate that same mercy to others. As we follow Christ, our lives become a testimony to the gospel when we refuse favoritism, embrace every person with dignity, and allow mercy to triumph over judgment.
Relevant Scripture references: James 2:1-13, Leviticus 19:18, Deuteronomy 1:17, Genesis 1:26-27, Matthew 22:37-40, Matthew 25:31-46, 1 Corinthians 1:26-31, Luke 8:1-3 and James 2:13.
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What does real spiritual growth look like? In this message, Pastor Billy Waters explores a question many Christians wrestle with: if God desires to transform us, how do we actually grow? Looking at the book of James, Billy reminds us that spiritual maturity is not primarily about trying harder or compiling a longer list of religious accomplishments. Instead, growth begins with a heart that is humble, receptive, and responsive to God’s Word.
Throughout the message, we are challenged to move beyond simply hearing Scripture and into a life of obedience. Billy explains that transformation is both God’s work and our participation. The Holy Spirit changes us, but he also calls us to cultivate a posture of humility, receiving the Word with openness and allowing it to shape our lives. As we submit ourselves to God’s truth, we are gradually transformed into the likeness of Christ.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Why spiritual growth is more than behavior modification or trying harder
🔹 The danger of reducing Christianity to a list of commands and expectations
🔹 Receiving God’s Word with humility and spiritual receptivity
🔹 Becoming doers of the Word, not merely hearers
🔹 How transformation happens “from one degree of glory to another”
🔹 Living faithfully in a challenging cultural moment while remaining rooted in Scripture
Faithfulness is not achieved through sheer effort but through a heart surrendered to God. As we listen to his voice, receive his Word, and walk in obedience, the Holy Spirit forms us into people who reflect the character of Jesus. The result is not only personal transformation, but a church marked by holiness, justice, spiritual growth, and faithful witness in the world.
Relevant Scripture references: James 1:19–25, James 1:22, James 4, 2 Corinthians 3:18, Isaiah 1, and 1 John 2:2.
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In this message, Pastor Katie Gayle launches our new series through the book of James by exploring a question that sits at the heart of Christian discipleship: What does it actually look like to follow Jesus in real life?
James wrote to believers who had been scattered by persecution and were facing significant trials. Rather than offering easy answers or promises of comfort, he assumes that hardship is a normal part of life with God. Katie reminds us that James is not interested in a faith that is merely claimed, but a faith that is lived—a community whose lives reflect wholehearted devotion to Jesus, not just Christian language or identity.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 The difference between claiming faith and living faith
🔹 Why trials are not an exception to the Christian life, but an expected part of it
🔹 How God uses suffering to form maturity, perseverance, and wholeness in his people
🔹 The temptation to build our lives around comfort, control, and self-protection
🔹 Finding joy in the midst of hardship because God is actively at work in us
🔹 Seeking God’s wisdom when we do not know how to navigate life’s challenges
🔹 Trusting that Jesus is present with us in every struggle and is using even difficult circumstances for our good
James challenges us to see our trials differently. Rather than viewing them as evidence that God has abandoned us, we are invited to see them as opportunities for God to shape us into people who are mature, complete, and fully devoted to him. The Christian life is not about avoiding hardship but about remaining faithful through it, trusting that God is refining us and giving us the wisdom we need along the way. As we walk through seasons of difficulty, we can take courage knowing that Jesus meets us there and is forming us into the kind of people whose faith is visible in everyday life.
Relevant Scripture references: James 1:1–8, James 1:2–4, James 1:5, James 2:17, James 5:12, John 20:24–29, 1 Corinthians 15:7, John 16:33, Matthew 6:25–34, Luke 11:9–13, Hebrews 4:15–16.
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In this Baptism Sunday message, Pastor Billy Waters reflects on the difference between living in darkness and living in the light of Christ. Using the experience of suddenly losing power and being left in the dark as an illustration, Billy explores how darkness leaves us disoriented, hesitant, anxious, and unsure of where to go. In the same way, spiritual darkness can leave us struggling with fear, discouragement, confusion, and uncertainty about the future.
The good news of the gospel is that Jesus does not leave us in darkness. He comes as the Light of the World, revealing who God is and showing us how to live. Billy reminds us that apart from Christ, we stumble through life trying to find our way. But when Jesus shines his light into our hearts, everything changes. What was once hidden becomes clear, and what was once ruled by fear can be marked by confidence and hope.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 The disorienting nature of spiritual darkness
🔹 Jesus as the Light who guides and reveals truth
🔹 The transformation that comes through encountering Christ
🔹 Baptism as a public declaration of a new reality
🔹 Moving from death to life and from darkness into light
On a day when Wellspring celebrated the baptism of 16 people, Billy emphasized that baptism is far more than a religious ritual. It is an outward expression of an inward reality. Through faith in Jesus, we are united with him in his death and resurrection. Baptism proclaims that our old life has passed away, that we have been raised to new life in Christ, and that we now belong to the kingdom of light. As those who follow Jesus, we are invited to walk confidently in the light he provides rather than stumble through the darkness on our own.
Relevant Scripture references: John 8:12; John 7:37–39; Ephesians 5:8; Romans 6:3–5; Colossians 1:13–14; 1 Peter 2:9.
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What difference does the doctrine of the Trinity make in everyday life? On Trinity Sunday, Pastor Billy Waters explores why the Trinity is not merely a difficult theological concept to understand but the very foundation of Christian life, worship, and community.
Drawing from Scripture and the Church’s historic teaching, Billy reminds us that God is one God in three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. While the Trinity can feel mysterious and even frustrating to fully grasp, it is not meant to leave us distant from God. Instead, the Trinity reveals that God is eternally relational, a communion of love into which we are invited. Because God himself is a community of persons, the Church is called to reflect that same life of love, unity, and fellowship.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Why the mystery of the Trinity should lead us to worship rather than frustration
🔹 How the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit work together in creation and salvation
🔹 What it means that God is eternally relational and communal
🔹 Why Christian community flows from the very nature of God
🔹 The connection between our baptism and our participation in the life of the Trinity
🔹 Moving beyond merely understanding doctrine to living in its reality
The Trinity is not a puzzle to solve but a reality to receive. As we worship the Father through the Son in the power of the Holy Spirit, we discover that God’s life is one of perfect love, and he invites us to share in that life. The more we behold who God is, the more our own lives are shaped into communities of love, worship, and faithful witness.
Relevant Scripture references: Matthew 28:19; Matthew 3:13–17; John 1:1–3; John 8:58; John 17; Acts 5:3–4; and 1 Corinthians 8:6.
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What does it mean to be a Spirit-filled witness in the world? In this message, Pastor David Norris explores the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost and the way Jesus continues his ministry through the Church today.
Looking through Acts 2, the Psalms, and the story of David’s anointing in 1 Samuel, we see that Pentecost is not just a dramatic moment in Church history—it is the fulfillment of God’s promise to pour out his Spirit on his people. Jesus’ death, resurrection, and ascension were not the end of his ministry, but the beginning of a new way he would work through ordinary believers empowered by the Holy Spirit.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 How Pentecost fulfills God’s promises through Jesus
🔹 The contrast between Saul and David as pictures of the Spirit’s presence and departure
🔹 Why the Church grows not through human eloquence or performance, but through the power of the Holy Spirit
🔹 How Jesus continues his compassionate ministry through his people today
🔹 Becoming witnesses who embody the heart and compassion of Christ in the world
Faith is not sustained by charisma, talent, or polished presentation. As Pastor David reminds us, God’s kingdom advances “not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit.” The same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead now fills and sends the Church to love, serve, and bear witness to him in every place.
Relevant Scripture references: Acts 2:22–36, Psalm 16, 1 Samuel 15–16, Zechariah 4:6, and Joel 2:28–29.
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In this message, we conclude the “Send Us Out” series by asking a challenging question: What does it actually look like for the Church to engage culture faithfully? Rather than retreating from the world or blending into it, we are called to be people who are deeply formed by Jesus and sent into every sphere of life as his witnesses.
Pastor Billy Waters explores the tension many Christians feel when it comes to politics, social issues, business, art, media, and public life. The temptation can be either to withdraw entirely into private spirituality or to adopt the same values and methods as the surrounding culture. But Jesus calls us to something different—a faithful presence rooted in the Kingdom of God.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 What it means to be “sent out” as witnesses of Jesus
🔹 Why engaging culture is complex, nuanced, and often uncomfortable
🔹 The danger of both cultural withdrawal and cultural conformity
🔹 How Christians can carry the values of the Kingdom into work, politics, art, business, and everyday life
🔹 Living as people formed by Christ rather than shaped by fear or outrage
The Church is not called to hide from the world, nor to mirror it. We are sent out by Jesus to embody his love, truth, holiness, and hope in every place we go. As followers of Christ, we engage culture not to win arguments or gain power, but to faithfully bear witness to the Kingdom of God in the middle of a broken world.
Relevant Scripture references: Matthew 5:13–16, John 17:15–18, Romans 12:2, Jeremiah 29:7, 1 Peter 2:11–12, and Acts 1:8.
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What does it look like to live a faithful life through our everyday work? In this message, Billy Waters turns our attention to a powerful encouragement from Thessalonians, showing that the way we work is deeply connected to the way we follow Jesus.
In a world where work can easily become either an idol or a burden, we’re invited into a steady, grounded rhythm of faithfulness. Billy highlights how Paul calls believers to live quietly, mind their own affairs, and work with their hands—not as a small or insignificant calling, but as a witness to the world. Our work becomes a place where integrity, humility, and love take shape in practical ways.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 The biblical call to a quiet, faithful life
🔹 Why ordinary work is spiritually significant
🔹 Living with integrity and consistency in everyday responsibilities
🔹 How our work becomes a witness to those around us
Faith isn’t confined to church spaces—it’s lived out in emails, meetings, chores, and conversations. As we embrace a life of steady faithfulness, we reflect the heart of Jesus in ways that are often unseen but deeply impactful.
Relevant Scripture references: 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12 (“aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands… so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one”), 2 Thessalonians 3:6–13, and Colossians 3:17.
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What does it mean to truly know God—not just about him, but to live in deep relationship with him? In this message, Pastor Katie Gayle invites us to consider how easily our faith can become shaped by shifting voices around us rather than the steady truth of Jesus.
Drawing from Jesus’ prayer for his disciples, we see that our identity is rooted in being known and loved by God. Katie reminds us that we are set apart not by striving, but by truth—God’s Word forming us over time. In a world full of competing narratives, Jesus anchors us in what is real, good, and eternal.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 The difference between knowing about God and truly knowing him
🔹 How Jesus’ prayer reveals our identity and purpose
🔹 Being sanctified—set apart—by the truth of God’s Word
🔹 Living faithfully in a culture that constantly reshapes belief
Following Jesus isn’t about constructing our own version of truth—it’s about receiving the truth he reveals and letting it shape every part of our lives. As we remain in him, we are formed into people who reflect his love to the world.
Relevant Scripture references: John 17:17–23, Colossians 1:9–14, and Romans 12:2.
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What does it mean to truly trust God when life feels uncertain or out of control? In this message, Billy Waters invites us to consider how easily we place our confidence in things that cannot hold us—and how Jesus calls us into a deeper, steadier trust in him.
Looking at the way Scripture consistently points us back to dependence on God, we are reminded that faith is not about having everything figured out, but about surrendering to the One who does. When we loosen our grip on control, we begin to experience the freedom and peace that come from resting in God’s care.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 The subtle ways we place trust in ourselves instead of God
🔹 Why surrender is not weakness, but the pathway to freedom
🔹 How God meets us in uncertainty with his presence and peace
🔹 Learning to live daily with open hands before the Lord
Faith grows not when life becomes predictable, but when we learn to rely on the unchanging character of God. As we follow Jesus, we are invited to release our fears, trust his leading, and walk forward with confidence in his goodness.
Relevant Scripture references: Proverbs 3:5–6 and Matthew 6:25–34.
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What does it look like to truly trust God when the path ahead feels uncertain? In this message, David Norris invites us to consider how faith is formed not in moments of clarity, but in seasons where we must rely on God’s character rather than our own understanding.
Through the story of God’s ongoing faithfulness, we are reminded that trust is not passive—it’s an active surrender. When we try to control outcomes, we often miss the deeper invitation: to walk closely with God, even when we don’t have all the answers. Faith grows as we release our grip and learn to follow his lead, step by step.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 The difference between knowing about God and trusting him personally
🔹 How uncertainty becomes a place of spiritual formation
🔹 Letting go of control and embracing surrender
🔹 Recognizing God’s faithfulness in both past and present
God is not asking us to figure everything out—he is asking us to follow him. As we trust him more deeply, we begin to see that he has been faithful all along, guiding us even when we couldn’t see the way forward.
Relevant Scripture references: Proverbs 3:5–6, Hebrews 11:1, Psalm 37:5, and Isaiah 26:3.
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On this Resurrection Sunday, Billy Waters invites us to step into the wonder and weight of the resurrection—not just as a moment in history, but as the defining reality of our lives today. The resurrection of Jesus is not simply something we celebrate once a year; it is the power that reshapes everything—our hope, our identity, and our future.
Through the resurrection, we see that death does not have the final word. What looked like defeat on the cross is revealed as victory, and what seemed like the end becomes a new beginning. Billy reminds us that the empty tomb is God’s declaration that sin, shame, and death have been overcome—and that we are invited into that same new life.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 The resurrection as the turning point of all history
🔹 How Jesus’ victory over death reshapes our daily lives
🔹 Living as people of hope in a world still marked by brokenness
🔹 The invitation to step into new life, not just admire it from afar
The resurrection calls us beyond belief into participation. We are not just witnesses to what God has done—we are recipients of it. As we trust in the risen Jesus, we are made new, filled with his Spirit, and sent out to live as signs of resurrection hope in the world.
Relevant Scripture references: Luke 24:1–7, John 11:25–26, Romans 6:4, 1 Corinthians 15:20–22.
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What does it mean to stand at the foot of the cross? In this Good Friday message, Billy Waters invites us to slow down and behold Jesus—not as an idea, but as the suffering King who willingly gave himself for the life of the world.
Looking at the crucifixion narrative, we see that the cross is not an accident or a tragedy outside of God’s control—it is the very center of his redemptive plan. Jesus is not overpowered; he is offering himself in love. In his suffering, we see both the weight of sin and the depth of God’s mercy. Good Friday confronts us with the reality that our sin is costly, but also that God’s love is greater still.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 The cross as the place where justice and mercy meet
🔹 Jesus’ willing sacrifice—not taken from him, but freely given
🔹 The invitation to behold, not rush past, the weight of Good Friday
🔹 How the death of Jesus reshapes our understanding of love, power, and salvation
This is not a day to skip ahead to resurrection. It is a day to sit in the tension, to recognize the cost, and to receive the gift. At the cross, we see the fullness of God’s love poured out—and we are invited to respond with humility, repentance, and awe.
Relevant Scripture references: Isaiah 53; John 18–19; Luke 23:44–46; Hebrews 9:22; 1 Peter 2:24.
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On this Maundy Thursday, Max Melchert invites us into the sacred tension of the upper room—a night marked by humility, love, and the beginning of Jesus’ journey to the cross. As Jesus gathers with his disciples, he redefines what power looks like, not through control or status, but through self-giving love.
In washing his disciples’ feet, Jesus doesn’t just model servant leadership—he reveals the very heart of God. The King kneels. The Teacher serves. And in doing so, he calls his followers into a new way of life shaped by humility, surrender, and love for one another.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Jesus redefines greatness through humility and service
🔹 The significance of foot washing as both symbol and calling
🔹 Love as the defining mark of Jesus’ followers
🔹 The invitation to receive Jesus’ love before we attempt to give it
Maundy Thursday reminds us that before the cross, there is a table—and at that table, Jesus offers himself fully. We are not only called to remember this love, but to embody it, laying down our pride and taking up the posture of a servant.
Relevant Scripture references: John 13:1-17, John 13:34-35, Luke 22:19-20, Philippians 2:3-8.
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On this Palm Sunday, Billy Waters invites us to see Jesus not just as a distant King, but as the humble, saving King who comes close—full of grace, mercy, and invitation. As the crowds once cried “Hosanna,” we’re reminded that their cry—“Save us”—is still our cry today.
Through this message, we see that Jesus doesn’t come to drive people away, but to draw them in. He meets us in our brokenness, our struggles, and our need—and responds with compassion rather than rejection.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 The meaning of “Hosanna” as a cry for salvation—and how it still shapes our faith today
🔹 Jesus as the meek and gracious King who comes to save, not condemn
🔹 The invitation to bring our whole lives before him—our struggles, sin, and unresolved pain
🔹 Responding to Jesus through surrender to his lordship and receiving his grace
Billy highlights that our response to Jesus matters. We are invited to submit to his lordship and to receive the grace he freely offers—grace he delights to give even more than we are ready to receive.
As we enter Holy Week, we’re called to recognize who Jesus truly is: a King who brings salvation through humility, and who welcomes us to come to him just as we are.
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What does it look like to truly follow Jesus—not just in belief, but in the way we live every day? In this message, Billy Waters invites us to consider how discipleship shapes our identity, calling us beyond surface-level faith into a life of surrender and transformation.
Through Scripture, we see that following Jesus isn’t about adding him to our lives—it’s about reorienting everything around him. As we respond to his call, we begin to discover who we truly are and what we were made for.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 The difference between believing in Jesus and truly following him
🔹 How identity is formed through surrender, not self-definition
🔹 The daily invitation to take up our cross and walk with Christ
🔹 Living on mission as a natural overflow of knowing Jesus
Faith isn’t passive—it’s a journey of becoming. As we walk with Jesus, he shapes our hearts, our desires, and our purpose, inviting us into a life that reflects his love to the world.
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What happens when we truly grasp who we are in Christ? In this message, we explore how identity, power, and mission are meant to go together. When Jesus emerged from his Spirit-led time of fasting, he stepped into ministry filled with the Spirit—and clear about his identity as the Son of God. In the same way, followers of Jesus are invited to live from the same pattern: knowing who we are, walking in the Spirit’s power, and joining God’s mission in the world.
Looking at Luke 4 and Jesus’ announcement of his ministry, we see that God’s people are not spectators in God’s work. We are participants. Jesus reveals a God who sends—Father sending the Son, and the Father and Son sending the Spirit. Created in his image, we too are a people sent into the world.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 How identity, power, and mission are inseparable in the life of Jesus
🔹 Why stepping away from God’s mission can cause us to lose clarity about who we are
🔹 Jesus’ declaration of good news for the poor, freedom for captives, and healing for the broken
🔹 Expecting great things from God and attempting great things for God
Jesus’ mission reveals the heart of God: bringing restoration, freedom, and hope to a hurting world. As we follow him, we discover that our identity as children of God is not just something we believe—it’s something we live out by joining his work.
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Who are you, really? In this message, David Norris invites us to reflect on the question of identity and how easily we bring false assumptions about ourselves into our relationship with God. In a world full of competing voices, the gospel reminds us of a simple, freeing truth: our identity is not something we earn or construct—it is something God gives.
Looking at Luke 4 and the story of David and Mephibosheth, we see a picture of unexpected kindness and restored belonging. Just as King David sought out someone from Jonathan’s family to show covenant kindness, God seeks us out and welcomes us into his family—not because of what we’ve done, but because of his faithful love.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 How our culture shapes false assumptions about who we are
🔹 Why Jesus’ identity as the Son of God matters for our own identity
🔹 The story of David and Mephibosheth as a picture of covenant kindness
🔹 The freeing truth that our identity is simply this: we are children of God
When we receive the kindness of God, our identity becomes clear and secure. We don’t have to strive to become someone worthy—we are already welcomed at the King’s table.
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What shapes what we believe? In this message, Pastor Katie Gayle, Executive Pastor of Ministry, invites us to consider how easily our hearts are formed by the rhythms, stories, and assumptions of the world around us—and how Lent calls us to something deeper.
Looking at the journey of Jesus and the invitation to communion with God, we see that faith is not just agreement with ideas but abiding relationship. In a culture of distraction and self-definition, Jesus draws us back to the quiet, steady life of prayer, repentance, and dependence on the Father.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 How our habits and attention shape our loves
🔹 Why Lent is an invitation to deeper communion, not just self-denial
🔹 The difference between knowing about God and walking with Him
🔹 Learning to abide in Christ in the ordinary, daily moments
Lent reminds us that we are not self-made people. We are formed by what we worship. As we slow down, repent, and return to Jesus, we discover that true life is found not in striving, but in abiding.
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As we enter the season of Lent, Pastor Kyle Stanton invites us to see the wilderness not as the destination, but as the path. The goal is deeper communion with God. Looking at Jesus’ baptism in Luke 3 and His temptations in the wilderness, we’re reminded that before Jesus did anything, He was affirmed by the Father and filled with the Spirit.
Jesus faced real temptations—to be self-sufficient, to be spectacular, and to seize power—but He resisted them by resting in the Father’s voice. In the same way, Lent becomes a season where our false voices are stripped away so we can hear the one true Word God speaks over us.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 The wilderness as a pathway to deeper communion with God
🔹 Jesus’ baptism as the foundation for resisting temptation
🔹 The temptations to be spectacular, powerful, and self-reliant
🔹 Lent as a season to quiet competing voices and rediscover the Father’s affirmation
Before we strive, achieve, or prove ourselves, we belong to the Father. The Holy Spirit unites us to Christ, reminding us that everything we need—wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption—is found in Him. Lent invites us to live from that identity, not for it.
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What does it mean to remember that we are dust—and yet deeply loved? In this Ash Wednesday message, Pastor Billy Waters invites us into the sobering and hopeful journey of Lent, where we face our mortality, our sin, and our need for grace.
Ash Wednesday confronts us with the truth we often avoid: we are finite, fragile, and in need of repentance. Yet the ashes traced in the shape of a cross remind us that even in our brokenness, we belong to Jesus. The call to “remember” is not meant to shame us, but to awaken us—to turn our hearts back to the Father who is rich in mercy.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 The gift of honest repentance in a culture of distraction
🔹 Remembering our mortality as a pathway to wisdom
🔹 Why confession leads to freedom, not condemnation
🔹 Entering Lent as a season of surrender, renewal, and hope
Lent is not about self-improvement or spiritual performance. It is about returning—again and again—to the One who formed us from dust and breathes new life into weary souls. As we walk toward the cross, we do so with humility, trust, and confidence in Christ’s redeeming love.
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In this powerful Sunday, Pastor Billy Waters preached on the meaning and promise of baptism, weaving together Scripture and story to remind us that baptism is far more than a symbol—it is a participation in the death and resurrection of Jesus.
Looking at Colossians 2:12–15, Billy unpacked what it means to be “buried with Christ in baptism” and raised with Him through faith. Baptism points to a new life in Christ, a decisive break with the old, and the reality that we now walk in the power of the Holy Spirit. It is not only going down into the waters and coming back up—it is stepping into a new identity, a new promise, and a new power.
This truth comes alive in a special testimony at the end of the sermon. Baptism is not just a church event, but a response to God’s personal work in our lives.
Together, the message and testimony reminded us that baptism marks the beginning of a transformed life—raised with Christ, forgiven, and empowered to walk in freedom.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Buried with Christ and raised to new life through faith
🔹 Baptism as a sign of God’s promise and our new identity
🔹 The power of the Holy Spirit at work in believers
🔹 Responding in obedience when God stirs our hearts
Baptism is more than a moment—it is a declaration that Jesus has won the victory, and we now live in that victory. As we remember our own baptism, we are invited again to walk in the fullness of the new life He has given us.
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What does the liturgy send us into? In this message, Dr. Mark Young reflects on how the rhythms of worship don’t end at the dismissal—they form and send us as God’s people into the world.
Drawing on the shape of the liturgy and the story of God’s movement toward the world, we’re reminded that worship is not an escape from mission but the very thing that prepares us for it. From confession and forgiveness to communion and sending, God is continually forming a faithful people who live as witnesses to Christ while we wait and anticipate His fullness.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 How the liturgy forms us over time, not all at once
🔹 Why waiting and anticipation are active, faithful postures
🔹 The connection between worship and God’s mission in the world
🔹 Being sent as witnesses shaped by grace, not effort
Faithfulness isn’t about getting it all right—it’s about being shaped, again and again, by God’s gracious movement toward us, and then carried outward in love and service.
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In this message, Bishop Thad Barnum invites us to slow down and listen carefully to what God is doing when we gather—especially at the Lord’s Table. He reminds us that the gospel always meets us honestly, diagnosing the condition of our souls before offering healing and grace.
Drawing on Scripture and the rhythms of confession and communion, Bishop Thad reflects on how repentance isn’t meant to crush us, but to restore us. As we come before God with humility—naming our sin, our defiance, and our need—we are met by Jesus, the Lamb of God who bears our sin and reconciles us to the Father.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Hearing the gospel as both diagnosis and healing
🔹 Why honest confession opens the door to freedom
🔹 Jesus lifted up as the crucified and risen Savior
🔹 The Lord’s Table as a place of gratitude, repentance, and renewal
This message calls us to examine ourselves not in fear, but in hope—trusting that Christ meets us with mercy, forgiveness, and new life.
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What truly shapes our lives and loves? In this message, Pastor Billy Waters invites us to examine how our faith is formed—not just on Sunday mornings, but throughout the whole of our lives—and how misplaced desires can quietly reshape our hearts.
Drawing from 1 Timothy 6 and the broader witness of Scripture, we’re reminded that the love of money promises fulfillment but ultimately leads us away from the life God intends. Christian faith, by contrast, begins with God’s gracious initiative and forms us into people who live with open hands, rooted trust, and worshipful dependence on Him.
Faith isn’t merely something we believe; it’s something that forms us—shaping our habits, our priorities, and our posture toward God and others all week long.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 How faith is formed beyond Sunday worship
🔹 Why Scripture warns us about the love of money
🔹 The difference between accumulation and true abundance
🔹 Generosity as a response to God’s gracious giving
🔹 Worship as the starting point for a rightly ordered life
When we begin with worship, we discover that God’s grace reorients our desires and frees us to live differently—less driven by fear or gain, and more shaped by trust, gratitude, and love.
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What shapes us as followers of Jesus week after week? In this message, Pastor Katie Gayle invites us into the heart of our current Liturgy series, helping us see how our worship is not just something we attend, but something that is actively forming us.
Walking through the structure of our service, we’re reminded that liturgy is meant to shape our loves, our prayers, and our lives. From the Word being preached to the prayers of the people, the passing of the peace, and the table, each movement tells the gospel story again and again—training us to live as disciples in the way of Jesus.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 How liturgy forms us into followers of Jesus over time
🔹 Why repetition in worship is purposeful, not empty
🔹 The meaning behind the movements of our Sunday service
🔹 Learning to see worship as participation, not performance
Rather than asking, “What do I get out of church today?” we’re invited to ask, “Who is God forming me to become?” As we walk through the liturgy together, we’re being shaped—slowly and faithfully—into people who live the gospel in the world.
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In this message, Pastor David Norris invites us into the season of Epiphany by helping us see why the reading and proclaiming of Scripture sits at the heart of our worship. Rather than treating the Bible as background material or inspirational add-on, we are reminded that God’s Word is an active, living means by which Christ is made known among us.
Drawing especially from John 1, Pastor David points us to Jesus as the Word made flesh—the fullest revelation of God’s heart and will. When Scripture is read aloud in the gathered assembly, it is not merely information being shared, but Christ himself being presented to his people. The structure of our liturgy, including the readings, confession, absolution, and communion, forms us by repeatedly placing us under the gracious authority of God’s revealed Word.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Why Scripture is central to Christian worship, not supplemental
🔹 Jesus as the Word of God revealed to the world
🔹 How Epiphany highlights Christ being made known to the nations
🔹 The role of liturgy in shaping us through hearing and responding to God’s Word
🔹 Why proclamation is something we receive together, not privately
As we gather week by week, God speaks—comforting, convicting, and revealing himself through Scripture. In hearing the Word proclaimed, we are drawn again to Christ, who meets us and forms us as his people.
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In this message, Pastor Billy Waters kicks off our new sermon series, Liturgy, by inviting us to slow down and ask an important question: Why do we worship the way we do? Rather than treating our Sunday service as a collection of habits or preferences, this sermon helps us see liturgy as a formative gift—one that shapes us over time into people who love God rightly.
Pastor Billy shares both Scripture and personal story to show that liturgy isn’t about being rigid or old-fashioned. It’s about being re-formed, week after week, by practices that root us in God’s story, train our hearts toward worship, and keep us anchored in His presence.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 What “liturgy” really means and why every church has one
🔹 How repeated practices shape our loves and our faithfulness
🔹 Why worship is something we are formed into, not something we consume
🔹 Seeing our service as a faithful response to God’s gracious work
This opening message sets the foundation for the series by reminding us that we don’t just gather to feel inspired—we gather to be formed. In prayer, Scripture, confession, and communion, God is steadily shaping us into people who know how to remain with Him.
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In this message, Pastor Billy Waters invites us to linger in the heart of the Christmas story and carry its truth forward: God is with us.
Centered on Matthew 1:18–23, this sermon reminds us that the incarnation is not just something we celebrate once a year—it is the defining reality of our lives. In Jesus, God does not remain distant or abstract; He comes near, dwelling with His people in real, embodied ways.
Pastor Billy weaves together Scripture, reflection, and wisdom from the Church to show that God’s presence is not passive. God desires to be known, welcomed, and wanted, and His nearness reshapes how we live, listen, and respond.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 The meaning of “Emmanuel” and why it still matters
🔹 God’s presence as active, personal, and transformative
🔹 How longing and attentiveness mark a life shaped by God
🔹 Receiving Christ not just at Christmas, but every day
The good news is simple and profound: God is with us—not only in our joy, but in our waiting, our questions, and our ordinary days. As we move beyond the season, we are invited to live awake to His presence among us.
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On Christmas Eve, Pastor Billy Waters invites us into the heart of the Christmas story—not as a distant memory, but as a present and living reality. At the center of his message is the simple yet profound truth of Christmas: God with us. Christmas is more than a celebration of something that once happened; it is the assurance that God has drawn near and remains present with us.
Drawing on the story of Jesus’ birth and the comforting imagery of Psalm 23, we’re reminded that our deepest longings—for peace, rest, guidance, and restoration—are ultimately met in Christ. God does not promise an easy path, but He does promise His presence, walking with us through every valley and leading us toward life.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Christmas as the celebration of God with us
🔹 Why our deepest longings cannot be satisfied apart from Jesus
🔹 The gift of God’s presence rather than a problem-free life
🔹 Jesus as the Good Shepherd who restores our souls
At Christmas, we remember that the greatest gift God gives is Himself. In Jesus, God comes close—Immanuel—meeting us in our need, guiding us with love, and offering a peace the world cannot give.
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In this message, Pastor Billy Waters invites us into the tension and beauty of the Fourth Sunday of Advent by turning to the surprising ending of the book of Jonah. Rather than a neat resolution, Jonah 4 leaves us with a question—one that exposes our hearts and God’s expansive mercy.
Jonah is angry that God shows compassion to Nineveh, and God gently confronts him: Is it right for you to be angry?Through this exchange, we see how easy it is to celebrate God’s grace for ourselves while resisting it for others. Advent, Pastor Billy reminds us, prepares us not just to receive Jesus, but to be transformed by the wideness of His mercy.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 God’s compassion that extends beyond our comfort zones
🔹 The danger of begrudging grace instead of rejoicing in repentance
🔹 Advent as a season that reshapes our loves and expectations
🔹 Learning to celebrate what God is doing—even when it challenges us
The book of Jonah ends without closure, inviting us to step into the story ourselves. Will we cling to our anger and sense of fairness, or will we rejoice in a God who is slow to anger and abounding in love?
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In this message, Pastor David Norris invites us into Jonah chapter 3, where we see what happens when God’s word finally breaks through hardened hearts—and how real repentance always begins with conviction.
Jonah’s message to Nineveh is short and uncomfortable, yet God uses it to awaken an entire city. Pastor David reminds us that repentance isn’t about surface-level remorse or religious behavior; it’s about being cut to the heart by the Spirit of God and turning fully toward Him. When we respond with humility, God meets us not with destruction, but with mercy.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Jonah’s obedience to speak the message God gives—no more, no less
🔹 Why true repentance starts with conviction, not shame
🔹 The difference between temporary regret and wholehearted turning
🔹 God’s deep mercy toward those who respond, even at the last moment
God is always eager to forgive, restore, and bring light where there has been darkness. The question is whether we will listen when He calls us to turn.
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Waiting is hard. In this week’s Advent message, Pastor Katie Gayle invites us to take an honest look at the ache, impatience, and longing that shape our lives—and to see how Advent speaks directly into that experience. We live between the first coming of Christ and His promised return, and while we wait, our hearts can easily grow weary, frustrated, or afraid God has forgotten us.
Drawing from the imagery of kids asking, “Are we there yet?”, Pastor Katie names the deeper question we all carry: “God, are You there yet?” Advent reminds us that Jesus will come again to make all things right. But it also forms us as people who can wait with hope—and who know how to turn toward God instead of turning inward to anxiety or false comforts.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Why waiting reveals our desires, fears, and false securities
🔹 The promise of Jesus’ second coming and the hope it brings to real-life waiting
🔹 Learning to turn toward God in the “middle period” between the comings of Christ
🔹 Repentance as a gift—releasing what keeps us in darkness and returning to the One who gives life
🔹 Worship as a way of seeing clearly again who God is—constant, good, merciful, and worthy of it all
Advent is not about pretending everything is fine. It is about naming our longing and letting it draw us back to the God who sees, saves, and sustains. As Pastor Katie reminds us, in our waiting we pray, we repent, and we worship—because Jesus is worthy, and because His presence meets us right where we are.
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On this first Sunday of Advent, Pastor Billy Waters invites us to begin the season with a heart check—not merely preparing for Christmas, but preparing our hearts for the second coming of Christ. Walking through Jonah 1, he shows how the prophet’s reluctance exposes the gap between knowing God’s heart and actually sharing it with the world.
Jonah is called to preach to Nineveh, a violent enemy of Israel, yet he runs—fast and far. Not out of simple fear, Pastor Billy explains, but because Jonah knows God is merciful… and he doesn’t want that mercy extended to people he considers undeserving. Even still, God’s mercy moves relentlessly: toward pagans, toward enemies, toward stubborn prophets who would rather drown than obey.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Advent as a season of heart preparation—aligning our hearts with God’s mercy
🔹 Jonah as the “anti-prophet” whose resistance reveals God’s unwavering compassion
🔹 Why we often flee from the people God calls us to love
🔹 The irony of pagans crying out to God while God’s prophet sleeps
🔹 God’s mercy reaching pagans, enemies, and even a reluctant prophet
🔹 Our calling to move with Jesus into brokenness, bringing light, salt, and freedom
Pastor Billy shares the powerful story of a Rwandan pastor whose congregation now includes people who killed his own family—an embodied picture of mercy that refuses to stay away from “the other.” Likewise, we are called to move toward those we find difficult, different, or even painful to love.
Faith isn’t passive. We are ambassadors, fishers of people, salt, and light—sent into dark, hurting places with Jesus to reveal the mercy that changed us first.
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As we come to the end of our long journey through Deuteronomy, Pastor Billy Waters invites us to consider a crucial question: What happens when we wander from God’s ways—and how does God bring us back? In this final message of the series, he explores the heart of spiritual renewal and the deep mercy of a God who restores, reforms, and revives His people.
Walking through the final section of Deuteronomy, Pastor Billy shows that renewal isn’t abstract or mystical—it’s God’s gracious process of bringing His people from death back into life. Personal renewal awakens us to God’s love. Restoration begins to rebuild what sin has torn down. And formation reshapes the very structures of our hearts until Christ is at the center again.
Along the way, Pastor Billy shares stories from a recent visit to churches in West Oahu—dilapidated buildings filled with vibrant faith, teenagers encountering hope for the first time, and communities being changed not from the outside in, but from the inside out. Renewal always starts with God stirring hearts.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 What spiritual renewal truly is—and what it isn’t
🔹 How God restores what sin has stolen
🔹 Why formation requires uprooting old heart-habits and planting new trust in Christ
🔹 Stories of revival breaking out in unlikely places
🔹 How God’s promises become alive again when renewal takes root
Spiritual renewal is God bringing His people back to life. When we love and listen—even after seasons of wandering—God reshapes us, restores us, and fills our communities with His presence and power.
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What does it mean to live a blessed life? In this message, Vicar David Norris continues our journey through Deuteronomy 28—moving from last week’s focus on curses to the surprising, expansive generosity of God’s blessing.
David reminds us that blessing isn’t a shallow hashtag or a material upgrade; it’s the deep, soul-level fullness that comes from living in right relationship with God. From creation to Abraham to Jesus himself, Scripture shows a God who is eager and unrelenting in His desire to bless His people.
Blessing stretches across the whole of life—“in the city and in the country… when you come in and when you go out.” And yet, we often miss it when we seek God’s hand more than His face. The pathway into blessing is the pathway of obedience, listening, love, and repentance—turning from our idols and legalisms and allowing the Spirit to search our hearts.
Ultimately, David points us to the One who fulfills every promise: the seed of Abraham, the Son of David, the obedient King—Jesus. He is the One who comes to make His blessings flow as far as the curse is found, restoring us to the presence of God. And this is our hope: the fullness of life in His presence now and forever.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 God’s eagerness—not reluctance—to bless His people
🔹 Why true blessing goes deeper than material comfort
🔹 The call to seek God’s face, not just His hand
🔹 Obedience as the pathway into life with God
🔹 Jesus as the One who removes the curse and restores blessing
🔹 The fullness of life found in God’s presence—now and in the age to come
The invitation today is simple and profound: seek His face. As we grow in listening, we grow in loving—and as we grow in loving, we grow in listening.
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What does the Bible really mean when it speaks of curses—and what does Jesus’ cross have to do with our freedom from them? In this message, Pastor Billy Waters unpacks how curses work, where they come from, and how God, in His mercy, has provided a way out.
From Genesis to Deuteronomy to Galatians, Scripture shows that curses aren’t random punishments but the natural outworking of life outside God’s blessing. They are spiritual consequences meant to restrain sin and call us back to covenant faithfulness. Yet in Christ, every curse meets its end. Jesus became the curse for us so that the blessing of Abraham might rest on us instead.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Understanding curses as spiritual realities that reveal God’s holiness and justice
🔹 How disobedience opens the door to destruction—but obedience restores covering
🔹 Jesus’ victory on the cross as the breaking point of every curse
🔹 Living under God’s blessing through repentance, surrender, and covenant faithfulness
Freedom isn’t achieved through striving—it’s received through Jesus. As we walk in obedience and trust His Word, we remain under His blessing, protected and empowered to live as people set free.
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It’s Baptism Sunday—a joyful celebration of new life in Christ! Pastor Billy Waters continues the Deuteronomy series, focusing on what it means to live a consecrated life before God. Drawing from Deuteronomy 14, he explores how God calls His people to be set apart—holy, devoted, and distinct from the world around them.
Through a story about discovering a hidden banquet, Pastor Billy illustrates how often we settle for less when God offers us something far greater. Consecration, he said, is not about restriction but about relationship and renewal—turning away from the world’s false promises to feast on the riches of God’s grace.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Consecration as relational—belonging wholly to God as His treasured possession
🔹 Consecration as ethical—living out holiness in daily choices and integrity
🔹 The call to renewal—rejecting spiritual apathy and returning to first love
🔹 Baptism as covenant—a visible sign of our union and devotion to Christ
True revival, Pastor Billy reminds us, begins with consecrated hearts—those who love the Lord with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength. As the church participatesin baptism and communion, it is an invitation to reconsecrate our lives to Jesus, declaring once again: “Lord, I am Yours.”
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This Sunday, Dr. Mark Young joined us with a message from Deuteronomy 25:5–10, continuing our Love and Listenseries. He explored how Israel’s unique family laws were not random or archaic, but deeply reflective of God’s redemptive character—calling His people to restore, protect, and make whole those who are vulnerable.
Dr. Young highlighted that the laws in Deuteronomy were never meant to earn redemption; they were given to the already redeemed as a pattern for living out God’s salvation in community. Just as Israel was to embody the compassion and justice of their Redeemer, the Church today is called to express the presence of Christ in tangible, restorative ways.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 God’s laws reveal His character—justice joined with mercy
🔹 Redemption is both personal and communal
🔹 The call to step “redemptively into the lives of people in need” with compassion and wisdom
🔹 Living out God’s justice by helping make people whole
🔹 Families and communities as places where God’s redemption is meant to be seen
Dr. Young commended Wellspring for already living out this calling—supporting families, nurturing children, and caring for those at risk socially, financially, or relationally. Our obedience in these things, he said, testifies to the world who our God is.
Faith is not abstract—it is embodied in love, service, and faithful presence. As we live out our redemption, we make God known in our city.
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This week, Pastor David Norris continued our Love and Listen series in Deuteronomy 16:18–20, exploring God’s call for His people to be marked by justice rooted in love. As Moses prepared Israel to enter the Promised Land, he reminded them that prosperity without righteousness quickly decays—“milk and honey plus bribery and theft and murder and injustice is gonna wear out real soon.”
Pastor David helped us see that justice in Scripture isn’t simply a legal system—it’s a way of life that reflects the very heart of God. While modern culture tends to define justice through our own experiences or ideologies, biblical justice begins with God’s character—His steadfast love for the vulnerable and His willingness to step into human suffering.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 God’s justice flows from His compassion and covenant love
🔹 True justice requires proximity—drawing near to those in need
🔹 The church is called to embody “costly proximity” and “radical generosity”
🔹 Love is not abstract—it’s active and sacrificial
🔹 Justice is not just about fairness but restoration and wholeness
Pastor David pointed to God’s own example in Christ—how He entered our brokenness to make our problem His problem. As the early church lived this out in Acts 2 and 6, caring for widows, orphans, and the poor, they revealed the heart of God to the world.
Faithful justice, Pastor David reminded us, is not about having the right opinions—it’s about getting close enough to love.
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How should we think about our work? In this message, Pastor Billy Waters continues our journey through Deuteronomy by exploring how chapters 12–26 shape our understanding of work—not as a necessary evil or an idol, but as a sacred calling.
God’s Word reveals a compelling vision of work rooted in love and listening. Instead of compartmentalizing our jobs and our faith, Scripture calls us to see our work as worship, formation, and redemption.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Work as worship: every task is an offering to God
🔹 Work as formational: the Spirit uses our 100,000+ hours on the job to shape us
🔹 Work as redemptive: we’re called not just to fairness, but to sacrificial generosity
🔹 The danger of making work an idol—or treating it as a necessary evil
🔹 Why integrating our work and faith reflects the heart of God
Our jobs aren’t just about paychecks or productivity. They’re part of how we bear God’s image, love others, and live as His people in the world.
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In this message, Bishop Thad Barnum reminds us that we don’t live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. Drawing from Deuteronomy, he shows that Scripture is never meant to be lifeless ink on a page—the Word becomes alive only when the Holy Spirit breathes through it.
When the Spirit enlivens the Word, it does more than inform us—it transforms us. God’s Word, spoken and alive, feeds our souls, shapes our hearts, and draws us deeper into communion with Him.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 “Man shall not live by bread alone”—learning dependence on God’s living Word
🔹 Why Scripture without the Spirit remains empty and powerless
🔹 How the Holy Spirit breathes life, meaning, and direction into God’s Word
🔹 Living on what God speaks, not merely what we see or feel
To listen to the Word is to invite the Spirit to make it living and active within us. As we open our hearts, God speaks—not just words to remember, but life to be received.
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What heals the world? Pastor Billy Waters led us into Deuteronomy 6 with this question, reminding us that true healing doesn’t come from political programs, policies, or human achievement—it comes from God’s kingdom. When heaven meets earth through Jesus’ reign, all that is broken will be restored.
In this message, we were called to consider our role as God’s covenant people. Israel didn’t conquer the nations with armies or influence, but by living as a people who listen to God and love Him wholeheartedly. That same call is ours today: listening and loving are inseparable. Love comes first, and from love flows obedience.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 God’s kingdom, not worldly power, is what brings healing to the world
🔹 Listening and loving are our greatest contribution as God’s people
🔹 Obedience flows out of love, not performance or striving
🔹 The danger of distractions—like affluence, comfort, and noise—that choke out God’s word
🔹 Reframing the series: not “Listen and Love,” but “Love and Listen”
The gospel is not about earning God’s approval through obedience. Instead, it proclaims that God loved us first—and in that love, we respond with obedience that reveals His presence to the world.
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Today, Pastor Katie Gayle is beginning a brand-new sermon series called Listen and Love.
This series takes us through the book of Deuteronomy, where Moses speaks to the second generation of Israel, standing on the edge of the promised land. He calls them to do what their parents had failed to do: to truly listen to God and to love Him wholeheartedly.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 God is a speaking God, and His people are meant to be a listening people
🔹 Listening to God means not just hearing, but obeying—responding in love with heart, soul, mind, and strength
🔹 The central call of Deuteronomy: “Hear, O Israel… Love the Lord your God” (Deut. 6:4–6)
🔹 Jesus echoes this same call, reminding us that His sheep know His voice and follow Him (John 10)
Katie reminded us that just as Israel was invited into life and freedom by listening to God at the border of the promised land, so too are we invited into abundant life when we open our ears and hearts to Him .
Faith begins with listening, but it grows as we respond in love.
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This Celebration Sunday—also known as Vision Sunday—Pastor Billy Waters preached from Matthew 28 on the Great Commission. He reminded us that Jesus’ command to “make disciples of all nations” is not optional but the central calling of the Church. Programs, praise, and property are good gifts, but without true discipleship, we miss the heart of our mission.
Looking to Psalm 1 and Jesus’ parables, Pastor Billy emphasized that deep roots in God’s Word and presence always lead to greater fruit. Over the past year, we’ve seen this lived out in powerful ways: 40 baptisms, growing youth and children’s ministries, more than 50 discipleship groups, and God’s abundant provision through generosity.
As a church, we are entering a new season with a refreshed vision statement: “Here as it is in heaven.” This captures our call to live out deeper roots in Jesus and greater fruit for Jesus—so that our homes, neighborhoods, and city reflect the reality of heaven.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Discipleship as the measure of the Church’s health
🔹 Psalm 1 and Matthew 13 as interpretive keys for faithful living
🔹 God’s kindness in baptisms, growth, and provision this past year
🔹 A renewed vision: “Here as it is in heaven”
🔹 Deeper roots in Christ producing greater fruit for His kingdom
Celebration Sunday isn’t just about looking back—it’s a commissioning forward. God is at work among us, and He’s calling each of us to step more deeply into His mission of discipleship, evangelism, and kingdom life.
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This week, Pastor David Norris returned from sabbatical and preached on the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector in Luke 18.
Jesus tells this story “to some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else.” The Pharisee prayed about himself, proud of his good deeds. The tax collector, however, stood at a distance, beat his chest, and pleaded, “God, have mercy on me, a sinner.”
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 How self-righteousness blinds us to God’s mercy
🔹 Why pride leads to opposition from God Himself
🔹 The danger of rescuing people before they fully encounter their brokenness
🔹 How true humility opens us to receive grace
Pastor David reminded us that good works are meant to flow out of abiding in Christ, not become a source of pride. God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. The only way up is down—when we bring our sin, weakness, and need honestly before Him, Jesus lifts us up and covers us with His mercy.
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In this week’s message, Pastor Katie Gayle continued our journey through the parables of Jesus, looking at the parable of the two sons in Matthew 21. Here, Jesus confronts the religious leaders who struggled to accept His authority and shows that true obedience is revealed not by words, but by repentance and transformed lives.
Katie reminded us that the gospel is not about proving our worth through performance or rule-following. Neither son in the parable got it right at first, but the one who repented and turned back to the father displayed the way of righteousness. Repentance leads to fruitfulness—not as something we manufacture, but as the Spirit’s work in us.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Our identity as children of God and citizens of His Kingdom is the truest thing about us
🔹 Repentance is not shameful but freeing, moving us from rebellion into forgiveness
🔹 Outward appearances of righteousness cannot substitute for a changed heart
🔹 The fruit of the Spirit—love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control—is evidence of God’s transforming work
The invitation of Jesus is not to hide behind self-righteousness, but to step into the light, repent, and walk by the Spirit. As we do, our lives bear fruit that points to Him.
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How do we live faithfully when the world pushes back? In this message, Pastor Billy Waters continues our Parables of Jesus series with the story of the persistent widow from Luke 18:1–8.
This parable calls us to persevere when we experience resistance—whether social, spiritual, or personal—not by striving harder, but by crying out to our Father in prayer. Pastor Billy reminds us that God is not like the unjust judge; He is just, loving, merciful, and near. The question is not whether God is faithful—but whether we will remain faithful.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 God’s justice vs. the world’s resistance
🔹 Prayer as our faithful response when there’s “nothing else we can do”
🔹 The three marks of extraordinary prayer: intimacy, persistence, and intensity
🔹 How our view of God shapes the way we pray
When we feel weary or mocked, when we’re tempted to give up, Jesus invites us to press in—because prayer isn’t a last resort. It’s the power source of the Church.
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What has captured your heart? In this message, Pastor Katie Gayle unpacks the parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19–31), inviting us to examine what we value most—and how those values shape our eternity.
Through the lens of a road trip with her son and a surprisingly average candy bar, Pastor Katie highlights how the world makes bold promises that ultimately leave us disappointed. Jesus offers something far better: the riches of His Kingdom, which cannot be earned, bought, or faked.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 The emptiness of worldly promises and the seductive power of wealth
🔹 Why self-righteousness and external appearances can’t fool God
🔹 Jesus’ challenge to the Pharisees—and to us—to align our hearts with Kingdom values
🔹 The role of Scripture in revealing who God is and how we’re meant to live
🔹 Repentance not as shame, but as invitation into abundant life
We’re reminded that conviction is a form of grace: a loving challenge from Jesus to turn from comfort and self-focus and embrace a life marked by mercy, humility, and generosity.
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What does it mean to be ready for the return of Christ? In this message, Pastor Billy Waters unpacks the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 25:1–13), showing that Jesus’ second coming isn’t an irrelevant distant event but the most hope-filled and transformative reality we can prepare for.
Jesus calls us to readiness in three ways: intimacy with Him, holiness of life, and mission to the world. Like the wise virgins who kept oil in their lamps, we must remain devoted and alert—cultivating a deep relationship with our Bridegroom, living set apart in love, and shining His light through our actions and words.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Why thinking often about Jesus’ return makes us more effective in the present
🔹 Intimacy with Jesus as our Bridegroom—receiving His proposal and living as His treasured possession
🔹 Holiness as consecration—saying “no” to what distracts and “yes” to what prepares us for the wedding feast
🔹 Living on mission—letting our lives proclaim the good news and inviting others into God’s Kingdom
The return of Jesus is not meant to stir fear or cynicism, but to inspire love, urgency, and joyful faithfulness. The fields are ripe for harvest—let us keep our lamps burning until the day we see Him face to face.
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How far will God go to bring us home? In this message, Pastor Tara Maloof walks us through the parable of the prodigal sons, revealing how Jesus retells the whole story of Scripture through this familiar but radical tale.
With vivid storytelling and a powerful modern illustration, Tara helps us see that Luke 15 isn’t just about a rebellious younger son—it’s about two lost sons, one obvious and one hidden, and a Father whose unrelenting love goes out to both.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 God’s love never quits—it relentlessly seeks the lost
🔹 Both the rebellious and the self-righteous are far from home
🔹 The Father’s joy is not dependent on our worthiness
🔹 Jesus is the true Son who embodies the Father’s heart
This story leaves us with a question: how does it end for the older brother—and for us? Whether you’re running away or trying to earn your way, the invitation is the same: come home to the Father whose love does not quit.
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How do we take the values of the Kingdom and bring them into our everyday lives? In this message, Pastor Billy Waters walks us through the parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10, inviting us to see with the eyes of compassion and respond to need, even when it’s inconvenient or costly.
Rooted in the vision of seeing the Kingdom of God here as it is in heaven, this message calls us to live out the values of Jesus in our workplaces, neighborhoods, and relationships—just like the Samaritan who responded when others passed by.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Becoming a neighbor: seeing the need, knowing the cost, and meeting it with compassion
🔹 Why religious credentials and reputations aren’t enough to fulfill God’s call
🔹 The overwhelming needs around us—and how to start with just one
🔹 Jesus as the ultimate neighbor who meets our greatest need
Being a neighbor is messy, costly, and won’t fit in your calendar or budget—but it’s what the Kingdom looks like. And we can only live it because Jesus did it first for us.
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What does it mean to be converted not just in heart and mind—but in how we handle money? In this message, Pastor Billy Waters invites us to take seriously the call to radical generosity by grounding our giving in the very character of God.
Looking at Matthew 25 and 2 Corinthians 9, we see that generosity isn’t just a good idea—it’s part of discipleship. The Triune God is a God who gives: the Father, Son, and Spirit glorifying and pouring into one another. We’re made in His image, and when we give, we share in His joy.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 God owns it all—we are stewards, not owners
🔹 Generosity is rooted in the nature of the Triune God
🔹 We are blessed not to accumulate more, but to serve more
🔹 Practical steps for shaping a generous life: regular, proportional, sacrificial, joyful giving
Pastor Billy reminds us that the church can either be a wild, adventurous place that stretches our faith—or a zoo that tames and cages it. But real joy, real transformation, is found in risking generosity, in following Jesus who gave everything.
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What happens when greed quietly slips into our hearts—and even our churches? In this message, Pastor Billy Waters explores one of Jesus’ most sobering parables in Luke 12, calling us to wake up to the hidden power of greed and the joy of gospel generosity.
While most sins are visible and easily confessed, greed hides in plain sight. Pastor Billy unpacks how our culture of abundance distorts our view of what we need—and how Jesus confronts that with truth and grace.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Why Jesus says “Be on your guard!”—and how greed uniquely hides in our lives
🔹 The parable of the rich fool and the myth of financial independence
🔹 Why generosity is a lifestyle, not a guilt-trip
🔹 Healing our hearts by remembering that God owns it all
🔹 Living as stewards of grace: how giving can become a source of joy
In a culture that prizes accumulation, Jesus invites us to the freedom of empty barns, generous hearts, and trust in God’s provision. As Pastor Billy reminds us, real joy isn’t found in more—it’s found in following the One who emptied Himself for us.
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What is the nature of God’s Kingdom? In this message, Pastor Billy Waters explores Jesus’ parable of the wedding feast in Matthew 22—and what it reveals about the exclusive and inclusive grace of God.
Looking at the extravagant invitation extended by the King and the varied responses it receives, we see that grace is freely given—but not always accepted. Grace welcomes everyone, yet it requires humility to receive.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Why grace, not merit, is Christianity’s distinctive message
🔹 The exclusive nature of grace—only the humble receive it
🔹 The inclusive call of grace—to the good, the bad, the poor, and the broken
🔹 How gratitude helps us live in grace and reconnect with God
Receiving grace is the hardest thing we’ll ever do—not because it costs us, but because we cannot earn it. In a world that praises achievement, grace invites us to come empty-handed and receive a love we cannot repay. And in response, we live with wonder, joy, and thanksgiving.
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Who is the Kingdom of God for? This week, Pastor Katie Gayle brings us to Matthew 21 and the Parable of the Tenants to explore Jesus’ provocative answer.
As Jesus nears the cross, his final teachings zero in on authority—his own authority as King, and how people respond to it. Through this parable and its surrounding context, we discover a clear call: the Kingdom of God is not inherited by position or appearance, but received through surrender and lived out in fruitfulness.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 The clash between Jesus’ divine authority and the self-righteousness of the religious leaders
🔹 The Kingdom is for those who repent, believe, and surrender—regardless of past failure
🔹 Producing the fruit of the Kingdom: love, joy, peace, and the life of the Spirit
🔹 Why recognizing and responding to Jesus as cornerstone is essential for discipleship
Some recognized Jesus and cried, “Hosanna!” Others rejected him. The same question echoes to us: Will we follow him? Will we love him? Will we bear fruit for his Kingdom?
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What is the Kingdom of God really worth? In this message, Pastor Billy Waters helps us see how the gospel calls us to recognize, treasure and pursue what matters most—even when the Kingdom feels hidden or ordinary.
Looking at Matthew 13:44–46, Billy unpacks two brief parables of treasure and pearls. One man stumbles upon it, the other searches—but both give up everything in joy to have it. So what does it mean to live that way?
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Why we often miss the Kingdom: distraction, fear and the lure of the surface
🔹 How Jesus invites us to “joyful sacrifice” in light of ultimate reality
🔹 The hidden, ordinary nature of the Kingdom—and how that challenges our expectations
🔹 Choosing to “will the one thing” and keep the main thing the main thing
We live in a world of fireworks and noise, but Jesus invites us to lift our eyes to the true horizon: the reign of God breaking in. We don’t want to be like Ronald Wayne—selling out our share in something priceless. Instead, we’re called to live as people who’ve found the treasure and joyfully rearranged everything around it.
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In this message, Pastor Billy Waters continues our summer series on the parables of Jesus by exploring the Kingdom of God through the lens of forgiveness. Drawing from Matthew 18:21–35, we’re reminded that nothing welcomes God’s presence like forgiveness—and nothing drives it away like unforgiveness.
Jesus’ parable of the unforgiving servant shows that the Kingdom is built on mercy, not merit. We who have been forgiven an immeasurable debt are called to extend the same grace to others.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Why forgiveness is the foundation of every true revival and move of God
🔹 The spiritual and emotional cost of unforgiveness—bitterness, isolation, even physical illness
🔹 What forgiveness is not: condoning, forgetting, reconciling, or restoring trust prematurely
🔹 A fourfold path of forgiveness: name the harm, cultivate compassion, cancel the debt, and release the offender
🔹 The role of the Trinity in empowering us to forgive as we have been forgiven
Forgiveness is costly—but it leads to resurrection life. Just as Christ canceled our infinite debt, we are called to cancel the debts of others, not because they deserve it, but because we’ve been transformed by grace. Forgiveness is not weakness; it’s the gateway to healing, joy, and peace.
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Why does Pentecost matter? In this powerful Pentecost Sunday message, Pastor Billy Waters explores what it means to be truly filled with the Holy Spirit—and why that changes everything for the Church.
Turning to John 20 rather than Acts 2, we discover that the Holy Spirit is not an optional extra for Christians; he is the very breath of life that animates us. Without him, we are lifeless vessels. With him, we are filled, empowered and sent.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 The Holy Spirit gives life—he breathes into us just as God breathed life into Adam
🔹 Pentecost is about the presence of God making his people alive again
🔹 The Church is not a lifeless shell, but a Spirit-filled temple carrying God’s presence
🔹 We are empowered for mission, each of us part of the priesthood bringing Christ’s forgiveness to others
🔹 Being filled with the Spirit means stepping into courage, using our gifts and participating in God’s Kingdom work
From pizza box analogies to Ezekiel’s dry bones, Billy reminds us that we are vessels—what matters is what fills us. The Church doesn’t need better strategies; it needs more of the Holy Spirit. The call is clear: empty ourselves of pride, fear and distraction, and cry out, “Don’t pass us by, Lord.”
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Desire more of the Spirit. Pray for awakening. Be bold in your workplace, neighborhood and daily life. The Spirit wants to empower you to speak, heal and love in Jesus’ name.
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Why does grace offend us? In this week’s message, Dr. Mark Young unpacks the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20) to show how Jesus’ teaching about the Kingdom of God upends everything we assume about fairness, worth and reward.
Through a rich explanation of the parable’s context, we see that the landowner’s generosity—paying all workers the same wage regardless of hours worked—wasn’t unjust, it was grace. This kind of grace doesn’t play by the world’s rules. It’s shocking, lavish, even scandalous—and it mirrors the grace God shows us in Christ.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 The radical difference between justice, mercy and grace
🔹 Why grace violates our sense of fairness—and why that matters
🔹 The human condition as helpless and undeserving before God
🔹 Faith as the only way to receive grace—not effort, not worthiness
Grace isn’t logical. It’s extravagant. And it’s never too late to receive it. Whether you’ve walked with Jesus for decades or are just beginning to listen for His voice, His grace is the same. Full. Free. Unearned.
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What does it mean to live as the people of God in the kingdom of God? In this message, Pastor Billy Waters continues our series on The Parables of Jesus by unpacking Matthew 13:31–33, where Jesus describes the kingdom of heaven as a mustard seed and yeast—small beginnings with expansive, transformative outcomes.
Billy reminds us that Jesus’ entire mission was to bring and establish the kingdom of God—and so must ours be. The call is to re-center on the “big why,” tightening the load so that we don’t drift from the vision. As a church and as individuals, everything we do is about the kingdom.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Why we’re tempted to lose sight of God’s kingdom vision
🔹 How the kingdom of God expands explosively—like yeast or a mustard seed
🔹 Living with radical incrementalism: daily faithfulness that brings long-term kingdom fruit
🔹 The difference between being ready and being willing—Jesus calls the willing
Just as John the Baptist prepared the way and Jesus stepped out first, we too are invited to break out of fear and hiddenness. The kingdom doesn’t wait for perfection—it advances through patient obedience and courageous willingness.
Billy shares personally about overcoming fear disguised as “being happily hidden,” encouraging all of us to unbury our gifts and step forward with risk and trust.
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What do we do with the weeds? In this week’s message, Bishop Ken Ross unpacks the Parable of the Weeds from Matthew 13, helping us see the kingdom of God not as a purified community now—but as a grace-filled invitation into transformation.
In a world where good and evil grow side by side, we long for justice and clarity. But Jesus urges us to look not only at today’s tension but at the hope of the final harvest. This parable doesn’t just explain why brokenness still exists; it calls us to live as citizens of a different kingdom.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Why we can’t uproot evil on our own—and why that’s good news
🔹 The tension of living in the “already but not yet” of God’s kingdom
🔹 The grace of delay: time for more to come into the kingdom
🔹 Repentance as a response to rescue, not a prerequisite for it
🔹 Living as ambassadors of reconciliation, not judges
🔹 The church as a place for potential transformation—not just the already changed
Everyone you meet is either a new creation—or a potential one. The church isn’t a place to draw lines between “us” and “them.” It’s the field where grace is still at work. And in the end, the righteous will shine like the sun.
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What kind of soil is your heart? On this Mother’s Day, Pastor Billy Waters reflects on Jesus’ Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13), inviting us to examine how we receive the message of the kingdom—and what fruit our lives are bearing as a result.
Jesus teaches that the kingdom of God doesn’t always come with grandeur. It arrives like a seed—small, unseen, yet full of generative power. Whether it flourishes or fades depends on the posture of our hearts.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Why parables are stories that explain and a message that transforms
🔹 The dangers of a hard, shallow or divided heart—and how distraction kills spiritual depth
🔹 Receiving the word with a “good soil” heart that bears fruit 30, 60, 100 times over
🔹 How purity and attentiveness to the Word unlock spiritual authority and joy
As Pastor Billy shared from a vivid Holy Week dream, God is calling us to carry the King’s authority like a ring on our finger—speaking truth, casting out fear, and walking in healing. The seed of the kingdom is planted in us so we may bear fruit not just for ourselves, but for the whole world.
🌱 One acorn can fill the earth with trees. What might the Word do through you?
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💬 Which soil do you relate to most today—and how is Jesus cultivating your heart?
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Why did Jesus speak in parables? In this message, Bishop Thad Barnum launches our new teaching series by diving deep into that question, guiding us through Matthew 13 and Isaiah 6 to reveal the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.
Jesus draws a dividing line—not between good and bad people, but between those who hear and those who cannot. Through stories, He reveals the heart of the Father and the invitation to a kingdom that is not of this world, calling us to repentance, faith, and a whole new way of seeing.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Why parables both reveal and conceal the truth of the kingdom
🔹 How spiritual blindness keeps us from hearing the gospel
🔹 The parable of the lost sheep and Bishop Thad’s personal testimony
🔹 The invitation to be reconciled with God through the cross of Jesus
The gospel opens our eyes, unstops our ears, and softens our hearts—but only if we come hungry. Jesus uses the natural to reveal the spiritual: bread, wine, seeds, and stories. And in that mystery is the call to come home to the Father.
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What does the resurrection have to do with regret? In this Resurrection Sunday message, Pastor Billy Waters explores the hope of Easter not just as a historical claim, but as a remedy for our deepest regrets.
Reading from Mark 16, Pastor Billy walks us through the story of the women at the tomb—and what it means to find life in the very place where hope once seemed lost. Jesus not only defeated sin and death, but also restored dignity, calling, and relationship in the wake of failure.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 The resurrection is of first importance—it changes everything
🔹 How regret traps us in the “if onlys” and distorts our view of the future
🔹 Jesus meets us in our regret and offers present grace and future glory
🔹 Resurrection means nothing is too far gone—our stories can be redeemed
The angel’s words—“Go tell the disciples and Peter”—show that no failure excludes us from God’s grace. Whether we carry spiritual, relational, or physical regret, the resurrection offers a new future.
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Pastor Katie Gayle finalizes our seven deadly sins series in this Maundy Thursday sermon about greed.
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Happy Palm Sunday! As we launch into Holy Week, we pause to consider one of the most subtle and dangerous of the seven deadly sins—pride.
In this message, Pastor Billy Waters invites us to confront pride, not just as arrogance or self-importance, but as the deeper disease of putting ourselves at the center of everything. Drawing from John 12 and Philippians 2, we are reminded that Jesus, the King of Kings, entered Jerusalem on a donkey—humble and lowly—to bring salvation through self-emptying love.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Why pride disintegrates both our souls and our communities
🔹 How Jesus models humility not in grandiosity, but in gentle service
🔹 Signs of hidden pride—from defensiveness and comparison to vainglory
🔹 Confession, identity in Christ, and servanthood as the path to healing
Pride says, “I’m at the center.” But Jesus shows us another way. When we confess our pride, receive the Father’s delight, and choose to serve, humility breaks chains and brings real joy.
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What does it mean to be truly satisfied? This week, we continue our Lent series on The Seven Deadly Sins by exploring gluttony—not just as overeating, but as a deeper heart issue of overindulgence and misplaced hunger.
Looking at Proverbs 23, Philippians 3, and Ephesians 5, we see that gluttony is not about body size or food alone—it’s about turning to created things for comfort, control, and pleasure instead of turning to God. It’s a refusal to embrace the God-given limits of life, and it leaves us restless, numbed, and distracted from what really matters.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Gluttony is an excess that damages our bodies, relationships, and spiritual life
🔹 The lies of gluttony: “My comfort is ultimate,” “One more won’t hurt,” and “Jesus isn’t enough”
🔹 Food and pleasure are gifts—but we’re called to receive them with gratitude, moderation, and mission
🔹 The remedy to gluttony is temperance, gratitude, honest community, and a deeper hunger for Jesus
Gluttony says, “Fill yourself now.” Jesus says, “Come to me and I will satisfy your soul.” In a world that pushes more, louder, faster—we are invited into a deeper feast: the presence and promises of Christ, both now and forever.
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What does it look like to bring our whole selves—especially our sexual desires—before Jesus? In this message, we continue our Lenten journey by confronting the deadly sin of lust, a sin that often carries more silence and shame than any other.
Looking at Matthew 5:27–30 and Luke 7, Pastor Billy Waters explores how Jesus speaks not only to our actions, but to the internal desires of the heart—and offers grace, freedom, and healing for those who come to Him.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Why lust dehumanizes others and hardens our hearts toward God
🔹 How Jesus reclaims our desires as a honing instinct for intimacy with Him
🔹 The power of confession and community in breaking cycles of shame and isolation
🔹 A vision for kingdom sexuality rooted in Christ, not cultural norms
🔹 How resisting lust begins not with willpower, but by delighting in the better joy of Jesus
Lust isn’t just about behavior—it’s about the soul’s hunger for something only God can fill. And while the enemy uses lust to isolate and destroy, Jesus invites us into restoration, renewal, and real freedom.
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What do we do with our anger? In this message, Worship Pastor David Norris walks us into the deadly sin of anger and how it can quietly corrode our relationships, our witness, and our spiritual life when left unchecked.
Looking at James 1, Mark 3, and John 2, we’re reminded that anger itself isn’t always sinful—but the way we express it often is. Jesus shows us there’s a righteous way to respond to injustice, but our human anger rarely leads to God’s righteousness.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Why the experience of anger is morally neutral, but its expression often leads to destruction
🔹 The danger of justifying, venting, or stuffing our anger rather than surrendering it to Jesus
🔹 How God’s slowness to anger teaches us to respond with humility and restraint
🔹 Practical ways to be “quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger”
Anger can mask deeper wounds like sadness, disappointment, or fear. But Jesus meets us in our brokenness and invites us to be transformed—not by suppressing anger, but by offering it to Him.
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What if the biggest threat to our spiritual growth isn’t outright rebellion—but indifference? This week, Pastor Billy explores the deadly sin of sloth, a resistance to the demands of love that keeps us from growing in Christ.
Looking at 2 Peter 1, we see that Jesus has given us everything we need for a life of faith. But sloth tempts us to neglect our calling, distracting us with comfort, busyness, or avoidance instead of pressing into transformation. True spiritual growth requires perseverance, intentionality, and a willingness to stay engaged—even when it’s difficult.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Sloth isn’t just laziness—it’s spiritual apathy and avoidance
🔹 Why neglecting our faith leads to stagnation, not rest
🔹 The power of perseverance in relationships, faith, and calling
🔹 How to overcome sloth by staying put and engaging deeply
Sloth lures us into mediocrity, but Jesus calls us to wake up, press on, and live fully into our faith. As we respond to His love with diligence and devotion, we step into the transformation He has for us.
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What happens when comparison takes root in our hearts? In this message, Pastor Katie Gayle, Executive Pastor of Ministry, explores the dangers of envy—how it distorts our identity, disrupts our relationships, and robs us of gratitude.
Looking at James 3 and John 8, we see that envy stems from a comparative mindset, making us feel less than or lacking. But Jesus offers true freedom—an identity rooted in God’s unconditional love, not in how we measure up to others.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 How comparison fuels envy and distances us from God and others
🔹 Why envy is spiritually destructive and leads to restlessness
🔹 The truth of Jesus that sets us free from the need to compare
🔹 Practical ways to overcome envy through contentment and blessing others
Envy thrives in comparison, but freedom is found in knowing we are fully loved by God. As we surrender envy, we are free to bless others instead of competing with them.
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What is the purpose of Lent? In this Ash Wednesday message, Pastor Billy Waters invites us into this sacred season of reflection, repentance, and renewal. Lent is not just about giving something up—it is about laying everything down at the cross of Christ.
Looking at Psalm 139 and Matthew 16, we see that Lent calls us to examine our hearts, detach from false desires, and renew our sacred bond with God. True discipleship means embracing the cross—not just seeking glory without sacrifice.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Why Lent is a season of wilderness—a gift of refinement and renewal
🔹 The danger of seeking glory without the cross
🔹 How fasting detaches us from false desires and draws us closer to Jesus
🔹 The invitation to fully surrender—nothing held back from God
Lent is a call to trust Jesus—not just for eternity, but right now. As we enter this season, may we allow God to search our hearts, lay down every part of our lives at the cross, and embrace the fullness of His grace.
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What does it mean to live in Kingdom Community? In this message, Pastor Billy Waters explores how baptism is not just an individual act—it unites us to Christ and to one another in a deeper, covenantal way.
Looking at Romans 12, we see that our faith moves us from isolation and loneliness into a life of devotion, humility, and generosity within the body of Christ. True community is not transactional—it is sacrificial, lasting, and rooted in Jesus.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 How baptism unites us into Kingdom Community
🔹 Why deep, meaningful relationships are essential to a flourishing life
🔹 The dangers of a Velcro approach to relationships—sticking and unsticking when convenient
🔹 The marks of true Christian community: Devotion, Humility, and Generosity
We were not meant to live in loneliness. Christ calls us into a family where we belong, where we give and receive, and where we grow together in love.
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What does it mean to be called by God? In this message, David Norris, Worship Pastor, unpacks how we often misunderstand “calling”—conflating it with career, success, and achievement—when in reality, our calling is first and foremost to Jesus Himself.
Looking at Mark 1 and Romans 1, we see that calling is not about discovering a hidden task we must complete. Instead, it is an invitation to live as Christ’s people, shaped by our baptism and grounded in His love.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Why we often confuse calling with career and achievement
🔹 The true meaning of being called: by Jesus, to Jesus, and for Jesus
🔹 The invitation to live out our baptism, free from the anxiety of worldly success
🔹 How practicing silence and solitude helps us hear God’s voice
The call of Jesus is not about striving, it is about belonging. We are not called because of what we can accomplish, but because we are loved. As we step into our calling, we do so not for our own gain, but for His glory.
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What shapes what we believe? In this message, Pastor Katie Gayle, Executive Pastor of Ministry, explores how the shifting philosophies of our culture leave us restless and uncertain—and why the truth of Jesus offers something far greater.
Looking at John 17 and Colossians 1, we see that truth isn’t something we create for ourselves; it’s something revealed by God. Our baptism is more than a moment—it’s a way of life, shaping what we know, believe, and do.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Why cultural relativism leaves us anxious and unanchored
🔹 How Jesus’ prayer in John 17 answers life’s deepest questions
🔹 Living out our baptism daily, not just remembering a past event
🔹 The role of Scripture in shaping our hearts and minds
Faith isn’t just about knowing the right things—it’s about being rooted in the One who is Truth. As we receive the gospel, we are called to share it, passing on the hope of Jesus to the next generation.
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In a time when churches across the country face decline and cultural pressures grow stronger, what is the greatest challenge facing the Church today? In this message, Pastor Billy Waters unpacks the urgent call for the Church to move from spiritual futility to spiritual authority in Jesus' name.
Drawing from Luke 9 and Acts 19, we see that spiritual authority is not about technique—it is a gift from God, entrusted to His people for the sake of the world. Yet, so many believers today live without experiencing the power and presence of the Holy Spirit in their daily lives.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Why the Church is in decline—and how spiritual authority can change that
🔹 Lessons from Scripture on reclaiming the power given to believers
🔹 The role of prayer, fasting, and dependence on the Holy Spirit
🔹 Living from our baptismal inheritance instead of striving in our own strength
The world doesn't need more strategies, better programs, or trendier churches—it needs a Church walking in the authority of Jesus.
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This Sunday, Pastor Billy Waters continues our series, "Living Our Baptism," exploring how baptism isn't just a past event but an ongoing reality shaping our identity in Christ.
In a world driven by performance, achievement, and striving for approval, what does it mean to rest in the truth that we are already fully known and fully loved by God? Looking at Matthew 3 and Ephesians 1, we see how Jesus' baptism reveals a profound truth—before we accomplish anything, our identity is already secure in Him.
📖 Key Themes in This Message:
🔹 Moving from performance-based identity to true identity in Christ
🔹 Understanding how baptism shapes daily life
🔹 The power of Sabbath as a declaration of trust
🔹 Breaking free from the pressure to prove our worth
If you're feeling the weight of performance and achievement, this message is for you. Experience the freedom and security that comes from knowing you are a beloved child of God.
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Welcome to Wellspring Church! We're beginning a new 8-week sermon series called "Living our Baptism" that explores spiritual transformation and renewal. Throughout this series, we'll journey together through the profound meaning of our baptism, examining how we can rediscover our spiritual vitality and deepen our intimacy with Jesus.
In this first week, we dive into our new identity in Christ, focusing on death to life and new creation.
Join us as we explore what it means to be buried with Christ and raised to new life. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and share this message with others who might be blessed by it!
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This sermon was preached by Pastor Katie Gayle on November 13th, 2021, and is from our series on 1 John.
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Sometimes the most loving thing you can do is judge someone; not to push them away, but to win them back.
"Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the Lord who establishes their steps."