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Journey is a church dedicated to helping people discover all that God has called them to be and then walk in that reality. We are a church based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Check out our site at thisisjourney.chuch to begin your journey.
Christians have one job, and our one job is the same as Jesus’ one job, echoed in Luke 19:10 - to seek and save the lost. We find that Jesus came to find people and once found, found people find people.
Christians have one job, and our one job is the same as Jesus’ one job, echoed in Luke 19:10 - to seek and save the lost. We find that Jesus came to find people and once found, found people find people.
Christians have one job, and our one job is the same as Jesus’ one job, echoed in Luke 19:10 - to seek and save the lost. We find that Jesus came to find people and once found, found people find people.
The one we follow, the greatest person in the room, the greatest person in the world stooped to serve and he calls us to follow his example and explained that if we would serve others like he served us, we would be blessed.
Far too often, it’s easy for us to slip into the mindset that church is something I go to. Church is something I help out with. It’s easy for us to forget that church is actually a movement that I’m a part of and this is a movement with a mission to see people meet Jesus and journey with him. It’s effortless for us to sink into an attitude of thinking the church simply exists to serve my needs as opposed to understanding that I’m a part of the church to meet the needs of others, namely the need people have to meet Jesus.
Being married to someone isn’t about what they can do for you...it’s about what you can do for them. When you marry someone you sign up to put them before you on a daily basis. You continually put yourself last to make sure they are propped up not because of what they do for you...but because of who they are. They are your missing piece. They are the help that pushes against you to make you better on the other side.
When building our faith, we need something solid to build it upon so we build upon Jesus - not on the faith of our jobs, our families, or money, because those things are worldly and temporary, but Jesus is solid and strong. He is eternal. He is the foundation where we put all of our faith and trust.
So often we find ourselves coming up short in life, having a vision for where we could be, should be, hope to be, desire to be, but we aren’t there. Why? There are obstacles, blocks in our path to get there and most of the time we are the one’s who place them there. We sabotage ourselves! #BASIC7 is designed to help us remove those obstacles and discover the more we were made for.
So often we find ourselves coming up short in life, having a vision for where we could be, should be, hope to be, desire to be, but we aren’t there. Why? There are obstacles, blocks in our path to get there and most of the time we are the one’s who place them there. We sabotage ourselves! #BASIC7 is designed to help us remove those obstacles and discover the more we were made for.
So often we find ourselves coming up short in life, having a vision for where we could be, should be, hope to be, desire to be, but we aren’t there. Why? There are obstacles, blocks in our path to get there and most of the time we are the one’s who place them there. We sabotage ourselves! #BASIC7 is designed to help us remove those obstacles and discover the more we were made for.
So often we find ourselves coming up short in life, having a vision for where we could be, should be, hope to be, desire to be, but we aren’t there. Why? There are obstacles, blocks in our path to get there and most of the time we are the one’s who place them there. We sabotage ourselves! #BASIC7 is designed to help us remove those obstacles and discover the more we were made for.
So often we find ourselves coming up short in life, having a vision for where we could be, should be, hope to be, desire to be, but we aren’t there. Why? There are obstacles, blocks in our path to get there and most of the time we are the one’s who place them there. We sabotage ourselves! #BASIC7 is designed to help us remove those obstacles and discover the more we were made for.
So often we find ourselves coming up short in life, having a vision for where we could be, should be, hope to be, desire to be, but we aren’t there. Why? There are obstacles, blocks in our path to get there and most of the time we are the one’s who place them there. We sabotage ourselves! #BASIC7 is designed to help us remove those obstacles and discover the more we were made for.
So often we find ourselves coming up short in life, having a vision for where we could be, should be, hope to be, desire to be, but we aren’t there. Why? There are obstacles, blocks in our path to get there and most of the time we are the one’s who place them there. We sabotage ourselves! #BASIC7 is designed to help us remove those obstacles and discover the more we were made for.
Throughout this series, we're examining the three questions from the song "Do You Hear What I Hear." Those three questions are, "Do you See What I See?" "Do You Hear What I Hear?" "Do You Know What I Know?" We will find where we see these three questions in the Christmas story, but more importantly than that, we’re going to see how the answers to these three questions have the potential to forever change our own story.
Throughout this series, we're examining the three questions from the song "Do You Hear What I Hear." Those three questions are, "Do you See What I See?" "Do You Hear What I Hear?" "Do You Know What I Know?" We will find where we see these three questions in the Christmas story, but more importantly than that, we’re going to see how the answers to these three questions have the potential to forever change our own story.
Throughout this series, we're examining the three questions from the song "Do You Hear What I Hear." Those three questions are, "Do you See What I See?" "Do You Hear What I Hear?" "Do You Know What I Know?" We will find where we see these three questions in the Christmas story, but more importantly than that, we’re going to see how the answers to these three questions have the potential to forever change our own story.
As people, we default to the path of least resistance. We cling to comfort, not because it’s what we desire most in our lives, but because it’s easy and when we do this, we settle for less than God’s best. The truth is, the life we long for, the more we were made for is found in the challenge. The results are in the resistance. It’s when we take the step, venture out, do the hard thing, embrace boldness that what we want and who we want to be becomes our reality, and sometimes that reality isn’t reality right now which is why we choose to be circle makers, drawing a circle around the thing we need, the thing we desire, the thing we long for, but be warned, as we begin this adventure, the practice of being a circle maker is a practice that requires effort and discomfort, but it’s a discomfort that get us where we long to be.
As people, we default to the path of least resistance. We cling to comfort, not because it’s what we desire most in our lives, but because it’s easy and when we do this, we settle for less than God’s best. The truth is, the life we long for, the more we were made for is found in the challenge. The results are in the resistance. It’s when we take the step, venture out, do the hard thing, embrace boldness that what we want and who we want to be becomes our reality, and sometimes that reality isn’t reality right now which is why we choose to be circle makers, drawing a circle around the thing we need, the thing we desire, the thing we long for, but be warned, as we begin this adventure, the practice of being a circle maker is a practice that requires effort and discomfort, but it’s a discomfort that get us where we long to be.
As people, we default to the path of least resistance. We cling to comfort, not because it’s what we desire most in our lives, but because it’s easy and when we do this, we settle for less than God’s best. The truth is, the life we long for, the more we were made for is found in the challenge. The results are in the resistance. It’s when we take the step, venture out, do the hard thing, embrace boldness that what we want and who we want to be becomes our reality, and sometimes that reality isn’t reality right now which is why we choose to be circle makers, drawing a circle around the thing we need, the thing we desire, the thing we long for, but be warned, as we begin this adventure, the practice of being a circle maker is a practice that requires effort and discomfort, but it’s a discomfort that get us where we long to be.
As people, we default to the path of least resistance. We cling to comfort, not because it’s what we desire most in our lives, but because it’s easy and when we do this, we settle for less than God’s best. The truth is, the life we long for, the more we were made for is found in the challenge. The results are in the resistance. It’s when we take the step, venture out, do the hard thing, embrace boldness that what we want and who we want to be becomes our reality, and sometimes that reality isn’t reality right now which is why we choose to be circle makers, drawing a circle around the thing we need, the thing we desire, the thing we long for, but be warned, as we begin this adventure, the practice of being a circle maker is a practice that requires effort and discomfort, but it’s a discomfort that get us where we long to be.
As people, we default to the path of least resistance. We cling to comfort, not because it’s what we desire most in our lives, but because it’s easy and when we do this, we settle for less than God’s best. The truth is, the life we long for, the more we were made for is found in the challenge. The results are in the resistance. It’s when we take the step, venture out, do the hard thing, embrace boldness that what we want and who we want to be becomes our reality, and sometimes that reality isn’t reality right now which is why we choose to be circle makers, drawing a circle around the thing we need, the thing we desire, the thing we long for, but be warned, as we begin this adventure, the practice of being a circle maker is a practice that requires effort and discomfort, but it’s a discomfort that get us where we long to be.
There is a very real Ghost who either lives in you or desires to live in you and the question we need to answer is whether he has taken up residence in us or not, because the answer to this question impacts not just our eternity, but our life here and now.
Men, what if you were a man who was confident, secure, intentional, and on mission, not just drifting through life? A man who is trained, prepared, and knows what to do when something is put before him; a man who doesn’t lock up and freeze up and resort to inaction. A man who knows how to love, provide, protect, sacrifice, and do whatever needs to be done so that those entrusted to him thrive and flourish under his leadership, care, encouragement, and protection.
There are two deals on the table, and because being a man like that seems really hard, really tough, really difficult, what we often do is we pick up this deal where we say, “I’ll just change what it means to be a man. I’ll just redefine it.” We dumb it down and blame everyone else for why we can’t step into our strength. "It’s my dad’s fault. It’s my mom’s fault. It’s society’s fault. It’s my ex’s fault. It’s my past’s fault.” We have all kinds of people and things to blame as to why we can’t be that definition of a man and then we become passive and we let someone else tell us what it means to be a man, someone else tells us how to run our life, someone else tells us how to raise our kids. We just abdicate responsibility.
But what if we take a breath, and say, “Ok. I’m going to go for it. I’m going to engage instead of lie down. I’m going to rise up instead of stay seated. I’m going to go on this journey to redefine what it means to be a man based on the Operator’s Manual which is God’s Word, because when men start moving closer to who and what God designed us to be and is still calling us to be now, everyone wins. Women, children, men, everyone wins, and this is what it means to cross The Thin Red Line.
On 10.16.22, we had a church-wide Group meet up to talk through where we are headed as a church, moving forward into the end of 2022.
Men, what if you were a man who was confident, secure, intentional, and on mission, not just drifting through life? A man who is trained, prepared, and knows what to do when something is put before him; a man who doesn’t lock up and freeze up and resort to inaction. A man who knows how to love, provide, protect, sacrifice, and do whatever needs to be done so that those entrusted to him thrive and flourish under his leadership, care, encouragement, and protection.
There are two deals on the table, and because being a man like that seems really hard, really tough, really difficult, what we often do is we pick up this deal where we say, “I’ll just change what it means to be a man. I’ll just redefine it.” We dumb it down and blame everyone else for why we can’t step into our strength. "It’s my dad’s fault. It’s my mom’s fault. It’s society’s fault. It’s my ex’s fault. It’s my past’s fault.” We have all kinds of people and things to blame as to why we can’t be that definition of a man and then we become passive and we let someone else tell us what it means to be a man, someone else tells us how to run our life, someone else tells us how to raise our kids. We just abdicate responsibility.
But what if we take a breath, and say, “Ok. I’m going to go for it. I’m going to engage instead of lie down. I’m going to rise up instead of stay seated. I’m going to go on this journey to redefine what it means to be a man based on the Operator’s Manual which is God’s Word, because when men start moving closer to who and what God designed us to be and is still calling us to be now, everyone wins. Women, children, men, everyone wins, and this is what it means to cross The Thin Red Line.
Men, what if you were a man who was confident, secure, intentional, and on mission, not just drifting through life? A man who is trained, prepared, and knows what to do when something is put before him; a man who doesn’t lock up and freeze up and resort to inaction. A man who knows how to love, provide, protect, sacrifice, and do whatever needs to be done so that those entrusted to him thrive and flourish under his leadership, care, encouragement, and protection.
There are two deals on the table, and because being a man like that seems really hard, really tough, really difficult, what we often do is we pick up this deal where we say, “I’ll just change what it means to be a man. I’ll just redefine it.” We dumb it down and blame everyone else for why we can’t step into our strength. "It’s my dad’s fault. It’s my mom’s fault. It’s society’s fault. It’s my ex’s fault. It’s my past’s fault.” We have all kinds of people and things to blame as to why we can’t be that definition of a man and then we become passive and we let someone else tell us what it means to be a man, someone else tells us how to run our life, someone else tells us how to raise our kids. We just abdicate responsibility.
But what if we take a breath, and say, “Ok. I’m going to go for it. I’m going to engage instead of lie down. I’m going to rise up instead of stay seated. I’m going to go on this journey to redefine what it means to be a man based on the Operator’s Manual which is God’s Word, because when men start moving closer to who and what God designed us to be and is still calling us to be now, everyone wins. Women, children, men, everyone wins, and this is what it means to cross The Thin Red Line.
Men, what if you were a man who was confident, secure, intentional, and on mission, not just drifting through life? A man who is trained, prepared, and knows what to do when something is put before him; a man who doesn’t lock up and freeze up and resort to inaction. A man who knows how to love, provide, protect, sacrifice, and do whatever needs to be done so that those entrusted to him thrive and flourish under his leadership, care, encouragement, and protection.
There are two deals on the table, and because being a man like that seems really hard, really tough, really difficult, what we often do is we pick up this deal where we say, “I’ll just change what it means to be a man. I’ll just redefine it.” We dumb it down and blame everyone else for why we can’t step into our strength. "It’s my dad’s fault. It’s my mom’s fault. It’s society’s fault. It’s my ex’s fault. It’s my past’s fault.” We have all kinds of people and things to blame as to why we can’t be that definition of a man and then we become passive and we let someone else tell us what it means to be a man, someone else tells us how to run our life, someone else tells us how to raise our kids. We just abdicate responsibility.
But what if we take a breath, and say, “Ok. I’m going to go for it. I’m going to engage instead of lie down. I’m going to rise up instead of stay seated. I’m going to go on this journey to redefine what it means to be a man based on the Operator’s Manual which is God’s Word, because when men start moving closer to who and what God designed us to be and is still calling us to be now, everyone wins. Women, children, men, everyone wins, and this is what it means to cross The Thin Red Line.
Men, what if you were a man who was confident, secure, intentional, and on mission, not just drifting through life? A man who is trained, prepared, and knows what to do when something is put before him; a man who doesn’t lock up and freeze up and resort to inaction. A man who knows how to love, provide, protect, sacrifice, and do whatever needs to be done so that those entrusted to him thrive and flourish under his leadership, care, encouragement, and protection.
There are two deals on the table, and because being a man like that seems really hard, really tough, really difficult, what we often do is we pick up this deal where we say, “I’ll just change what it means to be a man. I’ll just redefine it.” We dumb it down and blame everyone else for why we can’t step into our strength. "It’s my dad’s fault. It’s my mom’s fault. It’s society’s fault. It’s my ex’s fault. It’s my past’s fault.” We have all kinds of people and things to blame as to why we can’t be that definition of a man and then we become passive and we let someone else tell us what it means to be a man, someone else tells us how to run our life, someone else tells us how to raise our kids. We just abdicate responsibility.
But what if we take a breath, and say, “Ok. I’m going to go for it. I’m going to engage instead of lie down. I’m going to rise up instead of stay seated. I’m going to go on this journey to redefine what it means to be a man based on the Operator’s Manual which is God’s Word, because when men start moving closer to who and what God designed us to be and is still calling us to be now, everyone wins. Women, children, men, everyone wins, and this is what it means to cross The Thin Red Line.
How do we raise a generation of young people that love Jesus and will cultivate a culture of lasting faith? By giving Direction, Purpose, Boundaries, and Love.
One of the things we want most in a life that can be chaotic and full and overwhelming is peace. Through Jesus, discover how to have this peace we all long for in the midst of a life that’s so full of so many things. The answer we need for this peace has been in front of us all along and it's found in Heaven, Kingdoms, Earth, Bread, Soul, and Freedom
Our lives, and the quality of our lives are tethered to the quality of the people we have in our lives and there’s no escaping it. It is impossible to have the right life with the wrong friends.Check out these principles we see in the Scriptures that guide us in the path to developing healthy friendships.
Our lives, and the quality of our lives are tethered to the quality of the people we have in our lives and there’s no escaping it. It is impossible to have the right life with the wrong friends.Check out these principles we see in the Scriptures that guide us in the path to developing healthy friendships.
This series is all about how to have real friendships in an Instagram world where 40% of people ONLY interact with their friends online. Over half of people say they aren’t really satisfied with the quality of their friends which is really crucial because the quality of your life is greatly determined by the people who are in it. Find out how to make real friends and find your crew to journey with.
We weren't made to be in lockdown. During the lockdown period, we saw a sky rocket in negative statistics. Kids were learning at a lower rate, divorces jumped, abuse jumped, depression jumped, etc. We were created to be in a community and living in isolation does more damage than we can see. It can be uncomfortable, but growth is rarely comfortable. We have to engage and be present and zoom calls just don't cut it.
We are more connected than ever and yet more isolated than ever and if we’re going to achieve real Intimacy and have real relationships with real people in 2022 it’s going to require a cellular exodus as we move from Instamacy to intimacy.
Making a decision to follow Jesus begins with beleiving that Jesus died and rose again, and because of this belief, deciding to trust him with our lives, making him the leader of our lives. This first step in following Jesus begins in being baptized, immersed in water for the forgiveness of our sins and so God's Spirit will take up residence in us. Let's explore together just how we take this first step in following Jesus by being baptized.
It's good for men to be men - real, strong, brave, loving, wise, secure men. The problem most men have in living as men is we didn't have great models of what a man looks and lives like, taking our cues from tyrant men or weak men. It's time to grow a pair and step into being good men - men living a life modeled by the ultimate man - Jesus.
The most dangerous, detrimental, diminishing word in all the English language is 1 word with 3 syllables - Tomorrow. It's because we so often say "Tomorrow" about things we could do today that we end up living with things we shouldn't, and put off living in ways we long for. Let's find together how to not live in tomorrow, but today.
It's easy for us to live with an identity formed by what mistakes we have made or bad things we have experienced - an identity birthed from guilt. However Jesus offers us a new identity that accurately captures who we really are - an identity founded in grace.
Have you ever felt stuck? Hopeless? Thinking how things are now will be how they will always be? The good news Jesus brings is that stuckness doesn't have to be a permanent thing if we will simply put our hope in the One who is bigger than our circumstances.
There's a me we see, and then there's the me we want to be. Sometimes the me we see isn't the me we want to be so there's a gap that's formed. This gap can feel defeating as we sense we don't measure up to all we dream and hopeto be, however the good news is there's a path to get us where we want to go - The Journey Way. Let's walk together toword being the people we want to be as we discover how to live out and embrace new values that will shape our lives for the better.
There's a me we see, and then there's the me we want to be. Sometimes the me we see isn't the me we want to be so there's a gap that's formed. This gap can feel defeating as we sense we don't measure up to all we dream and hopeto be, however the good news is there's a path to get us where we want to go - The Journey Way. Let's walk together toword being the people we want to be as we discover how to live out and embrace new values that will shape our lives for the better.
There's a me we see, and then there's the me we want to be. Sometimes the me we see isn't the me we want to be so there's a gap that's formed. This gap can feel defeating as we sense we don't measure up to all we dream and hopeto be, however the good news is there's a path to get us where we want to go - The Journey Way. Let's walk together toword being the people we want to be as we discover how to live out and embrace new values that will shape our lives for the better.
There's a me we see, and then there's the me we want to be. Sometimes the me we see isn't the me we want to be so there's a gap that's formed. This gap can feel defeating as we sense we don't measure up to all we dream and hopeto be, however the good news is there's a path to get us where we want to go - The Journey Way. Let's walk together toword being the people we want to be as we discover how to live out and embrace new values that will shape our lives for the better.
There's a me we see, and then there's the me we want to be. Sometimes the me we see isn't the me we want to be so there's a gap that's formed. This gap can feel defeating as we sense we don't measure up to all we dream and hopeto be, however the good news is there's a path to get us where we want to go - The Journey Way. Let's walk together toword being the people we want to be as we discover how to live out and embrace new values that will shape our lives for the better.
When you say church, what do you think about? In this series, we'll tell you what we think about and together, we'll discover what the church really is according to the descriptions we see in the scriptures.
When you say church, what do you think about? In this series, we'll tell you what we think about and together, we'll discover what the church really is according to the descriptions we see in the scriptures.
When you say church, what do you think about? In this series, we'll tell you what we think about and together, we'll discover what the church really is according to the descriptions we see in the scriptures.
When you say church, what do you think about? In this series, we'll tell you what we think about and together, we'll discover what the church really is according to the descriptions we see in the scriptures.
What if you saw God for who he really was? What if you discovered a whole other world of wonder exploding all around you? Would you live differently? Would your priorities shift from what they are right now? What if God invited you on a mission to discover the more you were made for? Would you go?
Take a look at your life. Assess your life. Think about the path you’re on. The current things you’re thinking, believing, living, doing. May we suggest that some of what you are doing is not good, and there’s a whole other way to live that leads to light and free living.
We break up our lives into new chapters. New week. New month. New year. As we start this new year, entering into a new chapter of life, what if you could break free from where you've been and even where you are, stepping into a future chapter far greater than anything you could ever ask or imagine - this reality is possible.
Every church, organization, company, family has a culture - a way of doing things that shape their identity; it's a way of being. This series is a deep dive into who we are as a church. This is The Journey Way.
Every church, organization, company, family has a culture - a way of doing things that shape their identity; it's a way of being. This series is a deep dive into who we are as a church. This is The Journey Way.
Every church, organization, company, family has a culture - a way of doing things that shape their identity; it's a way of being. This series is a deep dive into who we are as a church. This is The Journey Way.
Every church, organization, company, family has a culture - a way of doing things that shape their identity; it's a way of being. This series is a deep dive into who we are as a church. This is The Journey Way.
Every church, organization, company, family has a culture - a way of doing things that shape their identity; it's a way of being. This series is a deep dive into who we are as a church. This is The Journey Way.
Every church, organization, company, family has a culture - a way of doing things that shape their identity; it's a way of being. This series is a deep dive into who we are as a church. This is The Journey Way.
Every church, organization, company, family has a culture - a way of doing things that shape their identity; it's a way of being. This series is a deep dive into who we are as a church. This is The Journey Way.
Every journey begins with a first step. The first step of launching Journey Church began with this initial Vision Night. Listen, and take your first step in this adventure by joining our launch team here: https://wearetherising.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/127/responses/new