In this message, guest minister Pablo Figueroa discusses what we should be about as disciples of Jesus Christ, following His example from Luke 2:49. He takes a brief look at the two covenants of God and reminds us that, in this new covenant, we are sealed by the blood of the Lamb to do the work of the Lord, 2 Corinthians 5:21. Our main focus should always be to be about our Father's business.

True revival begins with repentance. If we desire to see revival in our lives and churches, we must understand what that truly looks like. In this message, Pastor Anthony looks at two passages regarding repentance--1 John 1:9 and Psalm 51. He walks through these verses and lays out how we can make this a lifestyle and allow God to move in us so that He can move through us.

Blessings in life typically do not come by chance; they come by choice. In this message, Pastor Chris looks at the priestly duties found in Exodus 28:29 - 30. From these verses, we find four duties that we, as a kingdom of priests, need to implement in our lives.

"When Jesus was in the presence of sinners, He dreamed of saints." Jesus' criteria for people whom He could and would use are vastly different from our criteria--from the disciples He chose to work with Him to the choosing of the woman at the well to plant the seeds for a Samaritan revival. When we encounter Jesus, we must leave some things in order to move on in God. As Pastor Chris looks at the account the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4:1 - 29, he speaks to several ideas that we can embrace as we allow Jesus to take us from where are to where He wants us to be.

"Anyone can count the seeds in an apple; but only God can count the number of apples in a seed." Robert H. Schuller Often, we cannot fully understand the possibilities that are available to us. We have to learn how to trust God to open our imagination and then, to trust Him to take us into the seemingly impossible. In this message, Pastor Chris looks at Mark 9:17 - 24 and highlights three points from this father's encounter with Jesus that we can apply to our lives to live in the God-possibilities.

As we celebrate the Light of the world being born in Bethlehem, it is a good time to remember that we are also to be lights in our world. In this Christmas message, Pastor Chris looks at Isaiah 9:2 and 6, the Old Testament prophet's declaration of the promised Light to come. Pastor Chris also reminds us of the Light's word to us in Matthew 5:14 - 16, that as He is the Light in us, we are to be His light in the world.

There have been people throughout history who have accomplished such things to be called "great" and earn a level of admiration. But none compare to the greatness of our God. In this message, Pastor Chris looks at Joshua 10:1 - 15, which gives one illustration of a greatness that can only come from God Almighty. From this passage, Pastor Chris also highlights four things about God's greatness that should enlarge our concept of what can be accomplished through Him.

We have to make the choice to live a thankful life and value gratitude. Out of a thankful life flows many good and positive things. In this message, Pastor Chris expounds on what we can see gratitude bring in our lives, centered on 1 Thessalonians 5:16 - 18.

Loneliness--one of the most painful feelings we experience in this life. In those moments of loneliness, our emotions will tell us that God has left us. But faith will tell us that God is near and we have to learn to function out of that faith. What does that look like practically? In this message, Pastor Chris looks at Psalm 42 and Psalm 43 and lays out the three "I will's" that we see the Psalmist exercise in his moments of overwhelming despair and loneliness. As we learn to work these out in our life, we can navigate those moments when we feel despair and hopelessness.

"You're never going to get thoroughbreds from the breeding of mules." E.V. Hill
Our quality of life is not just determined by our faith and effort, but also by the people with which we surround ourselves. Our influences also include everything around us and we have to guard ourselves from those influences that have negative impacts on our lives. In this message, Pastor Chris points out from 1 Corinthians 5:6 - 8 three aspects of leaven, sin, that we need to be aware of so that we can remove it from our life before it has detrimental consequences. Our mindfulness of this is critical, not only for our sake, but for the sake of our family.