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The Cast of Christmas: Pt 4: Jesus

December 24, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: Isaiah 9:2-6

One needs to have Jesus as the main character in their life | Jesus is the Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace | It is time to come out of the shadows | Stop hiding and start allowing God's light to shine on you | There is a side of us that nobody knows, but only God knows | God wants to shine His light to free you and help you walk in victory | When we begin to live a life of praise, God will defeat any enemy that stands against us | You are not fighting for victory, but from the victory because Christ has already defeated satan | Victory is here | We do what we can, and God will do what we can’t | God chose to come to this earth and be with us | Christmas is a to be a time of joy and celebration and not of sorrow

The Cast of Christmas, Pt 3: The Shepherds

December 17, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: Luke 2:15-20

What can we learn from the shepherds? | Your background is not a roadblock for God | God is bigger than your background | Jesus sets the captives free | God has healing for your pain | With Jesus, we are the righteousness of God | God can heal the heart that is broken through hurt and grief | Humility opens doors in God’s Kingdome | God wants to do extraordinary things through your life not to elevate you but elevate Him | Put the emphasis on God and not on ourselves | Your response is necessary | Begin to God the glory before even He does anything for you

The Cast of Christmas, Pt 2: Joseph

December 10 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: Matthew 1:18-21

The work that God gives us can be meticulous work | There are times when God would entrust us beyond with natural abilities | There is another one in the fire you are going through. You are not alone | Joseph was a regular father, and God could trust Joseph | Can God trust you? | Be someone God can trust | Joseph was a righteous man | Live according to God’s time and not ours | Christmas is all about Jesus | For us to walk in righteousness, we have to have a relationship with Christ Jesus | We are made righteous through Christ Jesus | Joseph was a godly man | God gives us authority | Three things for a man to walk in authority: Prist, Provider, Protector | Training ourselves in godliness and train the next generation on how to live a godly life | Godly people do not walk around with an entitlement mentality | We are called to know who we are and know who we are not

The Cast of Christmas

December 3, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: Luke 7:28

Scripture References:

Luke 7:18-19

John 1:6-9

Let's look into the life of John the Baptist | He is one of the most pivotal cast in the story of Christmas | John was a powerful man of God | None is greater than John says Jesus | He was radically who God called him to be | How to radically be who God called you to be | John saw some mighty powerful things | There will be times in your lives that you need reassurance and direction | You need people to encourage you in the right direction | All true encouragement is rooted in God’s Word | Find encouragement that gets you closer to Jesus | Learn to stay in your lane | Live in your own testimonies to inspire others | Let Jesus and others brag on you and not by yourself | To succeed in life requires two things: Be who God called you to be; Do what God called you to do | Know to where and why God called you by doing these 4 things: Be in a Christian community; Serve selflessly; Be in communion with God daily; Be in His Word | Be courageous | God wants us to be authentically courageous

You Asked for It, Pt 4

November 19, 2023

Gary Besaw

Key Verses: 1 John 1:8

Scripture references:

Romans 7:15-23

Ephesians 2: 1-3

Romans 10:9-10

Galatians 5:16

2Corinthians 5:17

If I am a Christian, why do I keep sinning? | Looking from the perspective of building a car from the engine to the frame and rebuilding the brakes etc. | When we come to Christ, God starts with the heart | Both salvation and sin are heart issues | We as Christians need brakes in our lives to stop sinning | The Holy Spirit teaches us how | The secret to failure is not to fail but that when we do, we set it at the foot of the cross | The car, in the beginning, can look worthless, but as the word is being put into it, it begins to show value | When God sees us, He wants us as a long-term project | Just like how the owners manual of the car tell everything about it, God’s Word tells us how to walk in the Spirit | Our maintenance will never be finished as long as we are alive | COnfess your sin and move on; strive for perfection

God Is Good, Pt 2

November 12 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: Isaiah 40:30-31

Scripture References:

2 Corinthians 12:8-9

Psalm 119:28

God Is Good, Pt 1

November 5, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: Psalm 34:8

Scripture References:

John 10:10

1 Corinthians 4:7

James 4:2

We base our view of God on what was passed on. But not based on what the Bible says | Let’s get rooted on what God’s word says | Blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him | You have the opportunity to experience God, and it is for everyone | You may have all the good experiences when you understand the goodness of God | There is nothing good that you can ever get from the enemy | Jesus came to give us a fulfilled life | When we do not focus on God’s goodness, we end up in bad credit | God will never do anything bad to you | Start planting the seeds of gratitude | When we want to get the good things, we need to go to the right source, who is God | God doesn't want to be good to you, God wants to be good through you | It is all His goodness and not ours | Walk around with the spirit of goodness

What It's All About, Pt 2: Focus

October 29, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: 1 Corinthians 10:21-22

Scripture References:

Philippians 4:8

2 Peter 2:9

Psalm 100:5

John 3:16

There is still goodness to be appreciated because God is still good | God is jealous of our attention, and so is the enemy | It is time to drink the cup of the Lord | What I let in my heart will affect my mind | When it comes to our thoughts, we need to redirect our thinking | Devil will make you believe that you have no choice | Flip the thoughts | Let your thinking be praiseworthy | If you are breathing, you have a reason to rejoice | Time to flip the switch and let the light shine in your life | When we belong to Christ, we are never alone | Start leaning on God | God is good | Flip the script today and let His truth write your story | Salvation is available for everyone

What It's All About

October 22, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: Colossians1:9-10

Scripture References:

Jeremiah 29:12-13

2 Timothy 3:14-17

Christianity is not about behavior modification, though living for Jesus can change it | When we go after the fruit and not the root, we will end up in a mess | Going after the fruit can lead us to become hypocritical | We get to experience God by pursuing Him | The journey of Christian life is knowing God better and better | Intentionality | God always has more for us to draw out of Him | God is always listening | When we pursue God wholeheartedly, we will find Him | Be Planned, Proactive, and Intentional | Studying | Pursue God not intellectually but relationally | God is beyond our reasoning | We need to learn to serve God with everything we have | We need to get obsessed with God’s Word | Build your life on the foundations of God’s Word | When you have the Spirit and the Word, you will grow up | Abiding | Abiding is not you experiencing God’s presence in a powerful way, but it’s God’s life-changing presence inside of you in a powerful way | You cannot abide with God without Him changing your character

A Poured-Out Life

October 15, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: 2 Timothy 4:6

Scripture References:

2 Timothy 4:6

Philippians 2:17-18

Mark 10:43-45

Hebrews 6:10

Proverbs 11:25

One needs to learn the importance of a poured-out life | The church needs to be filled with unselfish believers | Take heed, watch, and pray | We should be emboldened and passionate to reach the lost | Live a poured-out life for Jesus | Give it all for Jesus like a liquid offering | A poured-out life is a risky life | Christianity is not supposed to be a safe religion | God has not called us to a comfortable place | God did not call us to safety, but | He called us to a mission | We are called to a risky kind of faith | The poured-out life is a life of service | Serve God continually | When you pour out, you will always be full | We have to be careful when we pour out and not line up to get the glory for ourselves | God never designed us to pour out ourselves alone | We all need a shepherd, and we all need a Pastor who will pour into us | The devil does not want us to get filled up | The poured-out life is a result of friendship with the Holy Spirit | Friendship with the Holy Spirit = A Poured-Out Life | Friendship with the Holy Spirit comes from one thing, and that is obedience | The purpose of the Holy Spirit is to help us live a poured-out life

The Comback, Pt 2

October 8, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: Luke 15:11-24

Scripture References:

The comeback story is like having a second chance | God is a God of another chance | We need God’s grace like never before | When you come back, it’s going to be a celebration and not judgment | Don’t walk away from the place where God has you | If you want to go in the wrong direction, God will let us | Do not allow the enemy to distract you | Sin is great until it isn’t | Sin always leads to death, but the gift of God is eternal life | God has great grace for each one of us | Why we need to live a life without victory when we can live a victorious life | Start resisting the devil and he will flee from you | God doesn’t hold your past over you so don't let you past hold you back | God gives us all an opportunity to come back | God cares about the one

The Comback, Pt 1

October 1, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: Genesis 37:26-28

Scripture References:

Genesis 39:2

Genesis 39:19-21

Genesis 50:19-21

We need to get back up, don’t stay down | You are a candidate for God to bring a breakthrough in your life | Focus on what God has to do through you rather than what happened to you | Don’t underestimate the power of God’s encounter | Focus on the legacy you want to leave | Don’t get discouraged by the setback | Don’t let the setback define you | Sometimes a setback is a setup for what God wants to do in your life | Joseph never lost the vision and the dream God gave him | When you make a comeback use it to help others do the same | God promotes and puts you in your position to help others | Jesus is the ultimate comeback king

Family Month, Pt 4: How to Invite God's Favor into Your Life

September 24, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: Colossians1:9-10

Scripture References:

Jeremiah 29:12-13

2 Timothy 3:14-17

Family Month, Pt 3: Dealing with Toxic People

September 17, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: Galatians 6:2-3

Scripture References:

Romans 12:17-21

God pays attention to how we deal with people, so it is worth paying attention to how we treat people | Every toxic person is a person that Jesus loves | Know when to help and when your help isn’t helping | God puts purposefully put weights on us | We hinder other people’s growth when we come in and carry their weight | When we serve God we pick burdens | At some point we may pick up burdens that were never meant for us | God has called us to help others | Know when it’s time to rise higher | Take opportunities to pour kindness into people who are going through a rough time | God wants us to stoop down to help people come up | Be careful who you allow on your ship | Allow Jesus to help you get rid of your toxicity

Family Month, Pt 2: How to Solve Any Conflict

September 10, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: 1 Corinthians 1:10,

Scripture References:

James 1:5

Matthew 5:9

1 Peter 3:8-9

2 Corinthians 5:18

Family Month, Pt 1

September 3, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: Joshua 24:14-15,

Scripture References:

Ephesians 2:19

2 Corinthians 2:5-8

As for me and this church body, we will serve the Lord | You are not without a family; you are not an orphan; you have this church family around you today | Biblical definition of Family: The family is the foundational institution of society ordained by God. It is constituted by the marriage of one man and one woman and is composed of persons related to one another by marriage, blood, or adoption. The family is the fundamental institution of human society | God wants families to be strong | God’s plan for the family is to benefit society | You have to learn how to overcome conflict | Conflict creates healthy relationships | Do not let the hurt of conflict stop you from walking in God’s plan | You get what you put into it | Let’s put faith and prayer into the family of God | You have to work as a team | The family that worships and serves God together, stays together | Blessings doesn’t flow when family is on top, but it flows when God is on top | Walk in perpetual forgiveness | Sometimes a step in the right direction of receiving forgiveness by God, is being forgiven by you.

You Asked for It, Pt 3: How to Be Rapture Ready

August 27, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: 1 Thessalonians 4: 16-17, 1 Thessalonians 5:4-8

When will the rapture end? | Do we need to focus more on the when rather than getting ready when it happens |God is calling us to be counter-culture | We need to be watchful and sober-minded | What does it mean to be awake? | What are some steps you can take to see or examine where you are at in your walk with the Lord? | Watch what you feed on | There is always a fight between the flesh and the spirit | What does being sober-minded mean? | To be calm | To be consistent in your emotions and with the help of the Holy Spirit, you can have control over your emotions | Can one pursue God with intellectual thinking? | God wants us to pursue Him by faith | One needs to guard their faith, putting on the breastplate of faith | Fight the good fight of faith

You Asked for It, Pt 2: How Can I Stop Being So Negative

August 20 2023

Jamie Falco

Key Verses: 1 Corinthians 1:18

Scripture References:

1 Corinthians 1: 18

Hebrews 9

1 Corinthians 2: 9

Isaiah 64: 4

Numbers 6: 22-27

Matthew 7: 7

James 4: 3

Philippians 4: 11

Exodus 23: 23,27

You Asked for It, Pt 1

August 13, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: John 10:28-29

Scripture References:

Ephesians 6:10

2 Kings 6:15-17

2 Chronicles 20:5-9,15

Can a Christian have unclean/demonic spirits attached to them even if they are filled with the Holy Spirit?

The New You God Wants to Do in You, Pt 2: Increase Your Expectation

August 6, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: 1 Chronicles 4:9-10

New things are awesome, but not all new things are pretty |Go after the God things whether it is comfortable or not | The prayer of Jabez | God is great at taking a nobody going nowhere and making them somebody destined to do great things for them | You don't ask for something unless you have a big expectation | When we have a relationship with God, we experience life different | Dare to be different than everybody else | God blesses those who are willing to bless others | Can God trust you with the blessing? | Great blessings require great responsibilities | Allow God to have a heart check in you | Expect God to use us mightily | Don’t go it alone | Renounce the lies that were spoken over you

The New You God Wants to Do in You

July 30, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: Isaiah 43:19

Scripture References:

1 Peter 1:14-16

1 Peter 2:9

Ezekiel 44

God wants to give hope and direction to people who need it | Anything new that God does in you is to make you more like Him | We need to recognize and realize that God is holy | Holiness: You can slip into old ways that don't feel old | Holiness is not the way to Jesus, Jesus is the way to Holiness | The voices we listen to most, are the voices we imitate | We need a bunch of people who are dared to be UNCOMMON | Dare to be uncommon | The private life is more significant than your public life | God is asking us to be holy | True holiness points people to the goodness of God | Let God put a desire to be holy

Hunger: How to Get Your Hunger Back

July 23, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: Matthew 5:6

Scripture References:

Psalm 42:1-2

1John 5:14

Faith: Big Faith

July 16, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: Hebrews 11:1

Scripture References:

Romans 10:17

Matthew 17:20

Faith is something that can grow on the inside of you | Faith is for everyday living | Faith and hope are different | Faith is the thing which you are hoping for is brought into reality | Faith is not positive affirmation; it is prayerful expectation | Anytime we rely on our selves we are doomed for failure | We need to take our faith to the next level because that is where we can see it | Many of our struggles are faith issues | When you listen to the voice of a problem more than word of the Lord, faith becomes an uphill battle | The devil always want to make us identify with our problems | Don’t allow the devil to speak to your mind more than God does | It’s time for big faith | Big faith believes for things that your mind might struggle to agree with | Big faith takes God type risks and is not afraid to fail

Knowing God in a Broken World, Pt 5: Judge But Love

July 9, 2023

Gary Besaw

Key Verses: 1 John4:7,8

Scripture References:

Romans 5:8

Revelation 4:8

Romans 1:16,17

James 2:12,13

Romans 10:9,10

The world says love, don't judge, but God’s Word says judge, but love | Traits of God: Love - Humans' concept of love is conditional; Humans love conditionally; God loves unconditionally; God loved us even when we rejected Him; God loves us just the way we are | Holy - Completely and totally without sin; God created us to have a love relationship with us | Righteous - The righteous will live by faith; Before we are guilty due to the righteousness of God and after, we are righteous because of our faith in God | Mercy - Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Daniel, Pt 1

July 2, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: Daniel 1:6-14

We can be an influence on the world around us without the world around us influencing us | The three young men and Daniel were from the tribe of Judah, and the word Judah means ‘praise’ | Be in the world but not of the world: You doesn't need to know the language of the world; You need to have the heart to connect to the world; We should not just talk the talk but walk the talk as well; Daniel and the three young men drew the line and he did not allow the defilement to come into their lives; God wants us to reach the culture; When the world is being unfaithful, we should be faithful | Be people of excellence: Excellence speaks loudly for the world; Excellence is less about aptitude and more about attitude; Allow God to put an excellent spirit in us

Knowing God in a Broken World, Pt 4: God's Omnipresence

June 25, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: Hebrews 13: 8

We can never know everything there is to know about God | The more we learn about God, the most we can learn about God | God never changes | It doesn't matter how much we ‘nip and tuck’; it's what is inside that is essential | Our brokenness is not permanent because He is always constant | Even if you make a mess, God has a way to clean it up | Attributes of God: God has always been good, is good, and will always be good; God’s view of sin has not changed; God hasn't changed His mind about you | When things are good, we should always give God credit, but when things go bad watch out that you don’t blame Him | The enemy is the accuser of the brethren | God will never accuse us, He will encourage us and forgive us | There is no accusation against you in the court of heaven when you are in fellowship with Christ Jesus | God will not speak something contradictory to which He has already spoken | God is always ready to embrace us and life us up

Scripture References:

Malachi 3:6

James 1:17

Romans 2:4

Knowing God in a Broken World, Pt 3: God is All Powerful

June 18, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: Matthew 19:26

God is omnipotent | When we are weak, He is strong | God can make us victorious | Because He is powerful, we can stand strong and be courageous in a broken world | We need to be aggressive in our faith | Learn to slow down | Don’t be so focused on the end goal that you miss the blessings in the process | The sense of gratitude is necessary while you are in the midst of the grind | Be willing to be useful | Seduction for ease and comfort can change nothing | God never intended for you to sit back and be comfortable | It is time to get up and used by God the way He called you to be | Have no excuses | Do things in the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene

Scripture References:

Joshua 1:8-10

Acts 3:2-6

Knowiwng God in a Broken World: Pt 2: God is Faithful

June 11, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: 2 Thessalonians 3:3

God is faithful | God can always be relied upon | God will never lie to you, and He will never lie about you | God’s faithfulness means He can be safely relied upon | Obey God even when it doesn’t make sense | Don’t let the fear of missing out keep you from obeying God | Let God be your only source | Just because God is leading you somewhere that you don't like doesn't mean you need to change your source to something that you do like | Learn to find your source of peace from God | Allow God to be the source of your finances | God can always make a way where there seems to be no way

Scripture References:

2 Timothy 2:11-13

1 Samuel 15:22

1 Corinthians 8:6

Knowing God in a Broken World

June 4, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: Hebrews 13: 8

Scripture References:

Malachi 3:6

James 1:17

Romans 2:4

Why the Holy Spirit?

May 28, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: Acts 2:1-4

It is essential that we find ourselves in communion with the Holy Spirit | The early church needed the Holy Spirit because of what they faced, so how much more do we need that we might have power today? | Interaction with the Holy Spirit every day will cause you to be victorious and fruitful | The only thing that is hindering the Holy Spirit from being close to us, is us | Why we need the Holy Spirit: 1. We need help; 2. We need to be led; 3. We need to be empowered | Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to be our helper | The Holy Spirit never lies or leads you astray | Pay attention to that still small voice | We all have the capacity to go the wrong way and do the wrong things | Sometimes we look for God’s will in the wrong places | It’s time to accept that God has us right where He needs us to be

Scripture References:

John 14:26

John 16:13

Acts 16:6-7

The Art of...Pt 6: Belonging

May 21, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verses: Genesis 2:18-19

God’s plan for us is to belong and to have the longing for belonging | Sometimes belonging to nothing is better than belonging to the wrong thing | We are not called to do life alone | The art of belonging requires authenticity and grace | God designed us for community | We all need somebody to lean on | Romance 12:4-5 - When we don’t show up to be apart of the body, it hurts the body | God has called us to function as one | If we are going to be a strong community, we need to have authenticity | We need to fight from a place of victory | God wants to have intimacy with you | WE always gets more accomplished than ME | Ephesians 3:20 | We who belong to Christ also belong to each other

The Art of...Pt 5: Rising

May 14, 2023

Tianna Greene

Key Verse: Isaiah 60:1-2

The enemy tries to rob you of your sleep, so you will be sleeping when you are meant to be awake | God is preparing you to RISE UP | God is preparing you to Rise Up to a life of Fullness and Influence | There is power for being a mother and mother-like | How do we rise up?: Speak Up - God wants your voice to be a voice of victory, truth, love, and power; Stand Up - Stand up for what is right; Raise Up - God wants you to rise up so you can raise up the people around you; Stay Up - What you do matters | Partner with God so that the purpose can be fulfilled | We are like soap, and when we come in contact with friction and without the water, it will break apart. But when we have water, who is Jesus the Living water, the purpose is fulfilled and complete.

The Art of...Pt 4: Getting Closer

May 7, 2023

Ben Samminga

Key Verses:

Luke 10:38-42

Mark 5:24-28

Luke 19:1-5

Don’t get lost in the details | Give your attention to the thing that is worth giving time to | When we discover the good thing, don’t depart from it | God’s word will help you walk in victory | Make the choice to live in peace and not worry | Get closer to Jesus to let Jesus into your life | Take control of your thoughts | When you take control of your thoughts, you open yourself to freedom | Press through for your breakthrough | Pursue the right view | God will always supply what we need at the right time | Don’t let the crowd get in the way of your view of who Jesus is

The Art of...Pt 3: Fighting

April 30, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verse: Revelation 1:17-18

When Jesus comes into our lives, He resurrects us from the dead | When we have Jesus on our side, we have nothing to fear | There are spiritual laws that God won't override | Jesus might be meek, but He is not weak | When Jesus is for you, nobody can be against you | To come alive spiritually is to enter the kingdom of light | Light dispels darkness | Facts about Jesus: Jesus died but He did not stay dead; He broke the power of death; He is not weak; He is a powerful savior; He gives us access to life

The Art of...Pt 2: Honor

Apri 23, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verse: Romans 12:9-10

Honor will elevate your life, dishonor will destroy your life | Allow God to give you a heart of honor | Extraordinary people will treat everyone extraordinary | God does not have an ordinary life for us to live | Sometimes we tend to see the extraordinary thing we have as ordinary | We honor God by obeying Him and putting Him first | God puts action to words | Having honor culture at home can go with your kids for life | If we want to produce honor, we have to give honor | Where there is a culture of dishonor, rise and be honorable | Honor brings a blessing, dishonor brings a curse.

The Art of...Pt 1: The Art of Honor

April 16, 2023

Pastor Vinny

If you don’t quit, you’re gonna make it | The world needs brave and confident believers | Our hope is not found in the things of the world, but in Christ Jesus | God is committed to working through us and transforming us into who we are meant to be | Don’t give up on God, because He is not giving up on you | God will crush your enemies | God will do miracles for you | God will raise someone up to help you | God gives the Holy Spirit | When you are on God’d team, He has your back | Pray for you enemies until they are no longer an enemy | Don’t let vengeance get in the way of someone who might possibly come to salvation | There is no addiction too strong that could hinder God from healing you | When we see God do mighty things, we need to thank Him. When we don’t see God do mighty things, we need to trust Him | You are a born-again believer and destined for heaven | You have the Holy Spirit taking residence inside you

Easter

April 9, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Key Verse: Revelation 1:17-18

The Power of the Invite

Apri 2, 2023

Pastor Vinny

People need the invitation to receive Jesus | Two invitations we need to be giving as believers are - 1. An invitation to receive Christ; 2. An invitation to church | Having an encounter with God can change everything | Not everyone will respond the first time | Don’t let fear stop you; Inviting others is an act of worship; One invitation can change someone’s life forever; Inviting someone impacts more than just that person | The people we invite are under spiritual attack | We can fight the spiritual battles by praying | When we invite people to church, we are inviting them to receive salvation, grace, joy, and healing

You're Gonna Make It

March 26, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Send It, Pt 5: Generosity

March 19, 2023

Pastor Vinny

God wants us to be all in for Jesus | Build your life on the promises of God | There are two types of promises: Conditional and Unconditional | God wants you to be blessed in order to be a blessing to others | Four promises for generous people | 1. God will take care of all your needs 2. You will be refreshed 3. Good will come to you 4. You will end up with more than enough | The enemy will lie to us to get us not to believe | The promise is not connected to your greed, it is connected to your need | A dry Christian is an easily broken Christian | God wants us to be hydrated with His Spirit | The key to becoming refreshed is learning how to refresh others | Praying for one another can help us feel refreshed | Generosity is a lifestyle, not an event

Send It, Pt 4: How to Have Practical Victory

March 12, 2023

Gary Besaw

Temptation starts off like mold, seemingly harmless but then it gets worse and can even lead to death | Sin must be completely removed so it doesn’t come back | Jesus is the unblemished sinless lamb | God sent Him who had no sin to be sin for us | No one comes to Christ without baggage, but we need to clean out the baggage | If you don’t solve the root cause of sin; it’s going to come back | Let God do a deep clean of your life | The best self-help answers are found in God’s Word | How to clean the sin out of our lives? 1. Surrender the problem to God; 2. Confess to see victory; 3. Be accountable to someone; 4. Send it to the foot of the cross | If we need Christ to save us, then we need Christ to help us gain victory in all aspects of our lives

Send it, Part 3: Surrender

March 5, 2023

Pastor Vinny

God has for you is to surrender | A surrendered life is a fruitful life. It affects those around us | The key to revival is surrender | Have God’s agenda and not ours | Surrender is not a one-time thing - It is allowing God to be Lord over your life | Surrender means to let go - Letting go is putting your trust and obedience into someone else who isn’t you; Choose to trust and obey God, choose to trust and obey the people God brings into our lives; Resist the devil and surrender to God | Surrender takes humility - You can’t judge humility on personality; Stop trying to act humble, be humble | Surrender happens in a place nobody can see - Invite God into the secret place; Let’s not aim to be great publicly, aim to be great privately; True surrender is giving God access to the private place in our lives

Scripture References: James4:10

Send It, Pt 2: Send It Mindset

February 24, 2023

Pastor Vinny

God desires us to have a ‘send it’ mindset | Step up and be whom God called you to be | Faith is not based on happenings, it is based on the fact that we believe in the person of Jesus Christ | Having a send it mindset - 1. Will cause you to get up again; 2. Will cause you to get out of the boat; 3. Will cause you to hear and discern God’s voice; 4. Will cause you to worship regardless of the storm | We need to know that defeat is not in the falling, the defeat is in staying down | Jesus is the reason we get up one more time | The send it mindset doesn't make us extraordinary, it gives God a chance to do something extraordinary through us | A person with the send it mentality obeys the voice of God

Scripture References: Proverbs24:16, Matthew14:28-33

Send It, Pt 1: Faith Like the Three Hebrew Boys

February 17, 2023

Pastor Vinny

It’s what you say when you are at the point of no return | At some point, we have to say SEND IT with our faith | Daniel 3:1-6 | Faith of the three Hebrew boys | You are not alone and Jesus is with you | Trails are not always a sign of God’s absence or punishment | God will not lead you to a place you will not have victory | Fire can bring promotion | You just need to outlast the critics | The three Hebrew boys did not look to people for promotion, but to the King of Kings for promotion | When God promotes you, it can never be taken away | The faith in you can cause others to stand | Today is the day to bow down to the Lord

Unstuck, Pt 5: Hung Up

February 5, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Numbers 13: 28-33 | The selected men went to spy on the land. They came with some intel | They highlighted how powerful the enemy is | Caleb's response: We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it | The enemy is big but not bigger than God | Three things that can get us hung up | 1. Spirit of unbelief: The cause of their unbelief was that they worshipped the God that they did not trust | Our beliefs and trust are actually what shape our behavior | Have a bold kind of faith | 2. Spirit of fear: Fear can fog and distort our vision | The lord leads by love and the enemy leads by fear and manipulation | Fear poisons our vision | Truth overcomes fear | 3. Wrong perspective: It is important how we view ourselves | Walk in the identity that God called you to be | Take time and ask God how He thinks about you | Have a Caleb type faith | Silence the voice of the enemy and the negativity

Unstuck, Pt 4: Get Our of Your Own Way

January 29, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Sometimes the best way is to get out of our own way | God wants us to do life with other people | God can do it; If we allow Him, He can do anything for us; John 14:13-14; 1 John 5:14; Ask according to His will | God has people that can help | James 5:6 | It is not unholy to get advice | There are some bridges you need to burn | How to judge and recognize getting sound advice: 1. Godly advice obeys the laws of the land up to and until it causes you to disobey the laws of God; 2. Never contradicts the word of God; 3. Doesn't always have to make sense; 4. Will lead you to be more like Jesus

Unstuck, Pt 3: Our Words Matter

January 22, 2023

Pastor Vinny

The biggest thing that can get us stuck is something really small, it’s our tongue | Our words matter | its not what you say, its how you say it | Proverbs 18:21; Do not boast about anything; Do not gossip or repeat bad information on anyone | James 3: 7-8; We have a problem with taming our tongue | The tongue contradicts itself | We have to learn how to control our tongue | The tongue has a source | Tongue is just a symptom, the source is our heart | God wants to get a hold of our tongue through our heart | There is nothing that our God cannot do

Unstuck, Pt 2

January 15, 2023

Pastor Vinny

2 Corinthians 3:18 | We need to be reflectors and not absorbers | Faith doesn’t run on feelings, faith runs on the reality of who Jesus Christ is | How to get unstuck spiritually? | 1. Plug into the Lord: Lamentations 3:22-23; His mercies are new each morning; We need mercy constantly | 2. Choices over results: God has choices for you each day to make | 3. Check your heart: Faith works in love; Have the heart to reflect God’s word | 4. Shock the flesh: Fasting and prayer will shock your flesh | Three tips for fasting: 1. Be intentional 2. Be prayerful 3. Be committed | 5. Surrender: Surrender to God completely.

Unstuck, Pt 1

January 8, 2023

Pastor Vinny

Ephesians 4:22-24 | Put off the deceitful desires and put on a new self | Don’t get stuck in the mud of negativity | God did not intend you to be in a mess, but to set you free from it | How can we overcome Critical spirit? | Choose to repent: The remedy is to repent and the blood of Christ cleanses us from all sin | Choose gratitude: Be grateful for today | Choose to be an encourager: To be an encourager, you have to be intentional | Choose mercy: James 2:13; show mercy because God showed mercy | Unresolved hurt - This can hinder to overcome a critical spirit | Choose to forgive | Choose to confide | Choose to shift: Have boundaries; Clarity is kindness

This is RC

January 1, 2023

Pastor Vinny

The Arrival: Pt 4: Miracle, Not Magic

December 25, 2022

Pastor Vinny

The Arrival, Pt 2: Joy

December 11, 2022

Pastor Vinny

The Arrival: Pt 1: Hope

December 4, 2022

Pastor Vinny

It’s all about the arrival of Jesus Christ | Advent means The Arrival | Hope: Jesus came to bring hope | Romans 15:12’ Jesus is our real hope | Let your Hope, not your hurt shape your future | 3 types of Hope: 1. Wishful Hope – Wishful hope can lead us to destruction; Never build your life on wishful hope | 2. Expectant Hope – This hope is rooted in reality, and can let you down | 3. Confident Hope – Romans 15: 13; Source of our hope; A confident hope that you can get through God; Through the power of the Holy Spirit | If He said it, believe it | Believe in what Jesus said | Problems that look permanent are only temporary | God’s grace can be with you no matter what you are facing today | Stop making excuses | Let God give you a vision for the future | Consider God higher than you consider your circumstances | Put all your trust in Jesus

Surrender

November 27, 2022

Ben Samminga

Jeremiah 18:1-6 | We are the clay and he is the potter | The safest place to be is in God’s will | Four areas where surrender is necessary | Surrender your reasonings; Exchange your reality with God’s reality. With God all things are possible, We shall do great things when we walk in God’s reality | Surrender to the pressure; When we surrender to God’s pressure, the pressures of the world will feel lite; God’s pressure is to build us strong and not weak | Surrender to the tool; God puts certain tools in our lives for us to get better; we need to yield to those voices; These tools shape us in the design He intended | Surrender your life; God offers new life to us through Jesus Christ; God creates originals and not copies

Better, Pt 6: Friend Day: Become a Better BFF

November 13, 2022

Pastor Vinny

2 Timothy 4:9-15 | Eight relationships we will experience | 1. Bros: This is somebody that can be trusted | 2. Deserters: When we grow in the Lord, there will always be people who will not like it | 3. Seasonal: These are not bad people but they are for us in a due season to get us where we need to go | 4. Side Kicks: Someone that will fight for you and not against you; These might not agree with you always; We need sidekicks to propel us for greatness | 5. Network Worthy: Get connected with the right one who can help you grow | 6. Sent Ones: These are the ones who never leave you but need to go and be useful in the place where God needs them to be | Haters and Hurters: We all need somebody that we can lean on | 8. The Most Important Relationship: Our God wants us to know Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ wants to be your friend

Better, Pt 5:

November 6, 2022

Pastor Vinny

Ephesians 5: 15-17 | Be careful how you live; Redeem the time for the days are evil; Don’t act thoughtlessly; Understand the will of God for you life | There is nothing better than knowing and doing what God wants to do | Proverbs 3:5-6 | 4 key things that God wants us to do: 1. God wants us to put Him at the center of our lives; Many people want enough of a relationship with God to go to heaven but not enough of a relationship with Him to be told what to do | 2. God wants us to have deep and meaningful relationships with other godly people | 3. God wants us to mature and grow | 4. God wants us to leave it all on the field | God wants us to stand strong, stay strong, and finish strong.

Better, Pt 4:

October 30, 2022

Pastor Vinny

There is a better way to live | We need to look at what we don’t want to be to become what we want to be | The Kingdom of God works differently than the kingdom of the earth | The bandits represent Takers | God did not save us to be a taker | The taker's posture is a crippled posture | Let the Holy Spirit free you today | The priests represents the Lookouts | The lookouts tend to think only about themselves | Be ambitious about the things of God | The more you win, the more it paves the way for the people around you to win | Help each other to win | The good Samaritan represents The Giver | The Giver’s posture is a posture of praise | A person who gives abundantly and gives God praise will experience His presence | A giver takes time to be in God’s presence

Better, Pt 3: Grow Better

October 23, 2022

Gary Besaw

2 Samuel 14:28-31 | A growing church is a messy church | Reality is that we come with baggage and sin in our lives which only through Christ Jesus we are made clean | Acts 2:1; God wants to give us fire | To experience growth, we must have fire | Looking healthy on the outside is not enough | Fire is sent so that we will desire more of God | Respond to the fire | Fire burns away some of the brush in our lives | Fire can be used for good | God stops us by sending fire when we go in a reckless path | The heart that is protected may never germinate | Christ came to burn the resin off of you

Better, Pt 2: Think Better

October 16, 2022

Pastor Vinny

God knows what we are thinking | Mark 2:8 – Jesus knew what the religious leaders were thinking | Guard your heart above all things | Psalm 19:14 – Faith thinking please God | Ways to think better: Don’t let wrongs dominate your thoughts; Don’t build your life around tragedy; Pay attention to the big three – 1. Who I am 2. Who I am with 3. Where I am at | Ignoring what is true doesn’t make things better | Faith is not denying reality, faith is making us look at our responsibilities, and grace empowers us to take care of our responsibilities | Allow God to get into our thinking

Better, Pt 1: Look Better

October 9, 2022

Pastor Vinny

Heroes of Faith, Pt 6: Decide

October 2, 2022

Pastor Vinny

A Steadfast life of Shedrach, Meshach, and Abednego | They stood firm for God’s truth | There is a spirit that wants to keep people from serving God | The same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead is the same Spirit who dwells in us | What can we learn from Shedrach, Meshach, and Abednego: 1. You can be a fruitful member of society, but know where to draw the line; 2. When we don’t bow down, it will infuriate some people; 3. The pressure to bow down can be great but stand firm | Some people are more faithful to a lie than some Christians are to the truth | Your faith should be unmovable and unshakable | Jesus is with you

Heroes of Faith, Pt 5: David

September 25, 2022

Pastor Vinny

The Lord sent Nathan to David | Sometimes the things that frustrate us the most about others are a reflection of what is happening in our own heart | At some point in life we experience hyper-critical moments | David knew how to mess up, but he also knew how to respond to correction | God loves the teachable | Your level of growth is directly connected to the ability of yours to receive correction | Don’t let past failures keep you from doing the next right thing | Crush the next thing you need to do | Get back in the fight | Don’t let your disappointments and hardships steal your praise

Heroes of Faith, Pt 4:

Presence of God: Moses

September 18, 2022

Pastor Vinny

Exodus 33:14-16 | Moses understood the importance of God’s presence | Recognize the presence of God | God’s presence brings grace | We need to fight for God’s presence, seek for it, knock for it | We have so many distractions around us to keep us from God’s presence | Understand why we need God’s presence: It brings times of refreshing – repent and turn to Him | It brings joy – have the fullness of joy | It sets us apart – sanctification | It builds our faith and gives great confidence | We are the people of God’s presence.

Heroes of Faith, Pt 3

September 11, 2022

Pastor Vinny

Joshua 1:1-2 | God called us to be superheroes of Faith | Have the courage to be everything that God called us to be | The Warrior – Joshua A hero of faith has a warrior’s mindset | Don’t get caught unaware but be ready | 4 key things to have warriors mindset | 1. Always prepared; God’s word helps us; Circumcise our hearts; Preparation can be painful, but it is worth it | 2. Learn from past experiences | 3. Be self-aware | 4. Live with conviction | Learn from positive and negative experiences | It is a blessing to others when you walk in your lane | Serve the Lord with all your heart

Heroes of Faith, Pt 2

September 4, 2022

Pastor Vinny

Acts 9:5 | Jesus is for everybody and He died for ALL | God cares about whom you are becoming rather than what you are doing | We need to have an encounter with God | Encounter with God will bring joy to your life | An encounter will always produce change | Your past doesn’t define your future | Just because others don’t overcome your past, doesn’t mean you should not move forward | Living for a heavenly reward brings earthly good | Be thankful in all circumstances | Run toward God and not away from Him

Heroes of Faith, Pt 1

August 28, 2022

Pastor Vinny

The Power of the Seed, Pt 2

September 4, 2022

Pastor Vinny

If we fill up on godly things, we hunger for godly things | Acts 6:3 | Whatever we feed on the most, is what we will have the appetite for | An empty Christian attracts battles that God did not intend for them | Being filled up must be a continual thing in our lives | Ephesians 5:18-19 | To fill up you have to go to the pump | We need each other to fill up | Do not forsake the assembly of yourselves together | Don’t let people, places and things leave you empty | Acts 13:50-51 | Let Jesus make a way where there seems no way | To be filled you must yield your will

The Power of the Seed, Pt 1

August 28, 2022

Pastor Vinny

Help Is Here

August 14, 2022

Benjamin Samminga

Don't Run On Empty

July 31 ,2022

Pastor Vinny

Waymaker

July 24, 2022

Pastor Vinny

Joshua, Pt 2: Seizing a God Moment

July 17, 2022

Pastor Vinny

God has prepared the way ahead of you | Joshua 2:1-5 | God knows how to work through imperfect people | if we choose right, we can change everything | A God moment is when God shows up in a unique way | What do we require to be in a God moment: 1. Requires a healthy fear of God; Unhealthy fear will cause to live in superstitious and not in faith; Have you lost your wow? 2. Requires us to recognize there is a choice to make; God has empowered us to make choices; 3. Requires us to take action; By faith make the steps forward; 4. Requires us going boldly to God’s throne; Hebrews 10: 19-22; Put your trust in Jesus

Joshua: Keys to Success

July 10 ,2022

Pastor Vinny

Joshua 1:1-9 | 1 Cor. 10:11 | Moses represents the Law, Joshua represents Christ and grace | Jesus can alone lead us into the promise land | Keys to Success | Accomplish everything you accomplish what God has for you on earth | Jesus is the key to success | 1. Character matters to God; There are no shortcuts to success in God’s way | 2. Selfless ambition: Being ambitious is ok when you are ambitious about the right thing; Context matters, motives matters | 3. Have good God goals: The important thing to do is ask God; We might need redirection from God | 4. Don’t fear people: If God accepts you who cares if they reject you | 5. Be consistent: Consistency requires accountability | 6. Real success only comes when we live a Bible-obsessed life: The shape of key to success is in the shape of an open Bible

This Means War, Pt 5

July 3, 2022

Gary Besaw

Christ is the victor | If Christ has defeated Satan, why are we still not walking in victory? | Christ died to give us life, liberty, and abundant freedom | Luke 4:18, Romans 6:6 | We need to experience the liberty that comes from Christ | Satan's greatest lies: 1. My future is hopeless because of my past; 2. You are not worthy; 3. You can’t be a Christian, because you still ______; 4. You deserve the bad things that happened to you; 5. It’s ok to not forgive because of what they did | God is singing for you | God is telling us to press on | The enemy wants us to carry bitterness, so we become ineffective for Christ | Walk in forgiveness, pray for those who wronged you | To be free you must first surrender

This Means War, Pt 4

June 26, 2022

Pastor Vinny

We are not at war with people; we are at war with principalities, and with the enemy | Ecclesiastes 4:9-12; God has called us to be together with other believers | A three-fold cord is not easily broken | The Weapon of Community | God doesn’t only call us to the big C church, but he also calls us to the little C church | Proverbs 18:1; It is important to walk in the Spirit | Be part of the team, and do not isolate yourself | Proverbs 12:1; Sometimes we don’t receive correction, because we don’t perceive it as the correct authority; Be teachable | Serve one another | Commit to the mission | Understand your role in the body of Christ | God works through the local church, not just an individual | Be the helping hand that helps someone out of their calamity.

This Means War, Pt 3

June 19 ,2022

Pastor Vinny

The devil is an imitator; The devil is like a roaring lion, but not the lion | Jesus is the Lion of Judah | We are not bound to be defeated by the devil because we have victory in Jesus | Authority is used to bring us into alignment with God’s Word | Jesus is powerful; John 18:2-6 | 1 John 4:4; Greater is He that is in me and He is Jesus Christ | Jesus delegated authority to us by His name; John 14:13; Acts 3:6-9;16 | By the power of Jesus’ name things happen | The authority of that name comes from our faith in the person of Jesus Christ | Put your faith in the person of Jesus Christ and walk in authority for God has given you victory in Jesus name

This Means War, Pt 2

June 12, 2022

Pastor Vinny

The Bible is ancient, but it is not outdated | 1 Peter 5:8-9; Have sober mind, resist the devil | You have to know where you are going and you will know your way back | Fight where the battling is happening | We need Jesus to help us walk in the truth | Two areas where the enemy lies: 1. Perception 2. To think we are at disadvantage | Walking in truth is the key to spiritual victory | Satan is a master at propaganda and misinformation | How to get God’s perspective: 1. Verify before you trust 2. Beyond what I am feeling, what evidence is there that my perspective is true or accurate 3. What might other trustworthy Christians think about 4. We need to believe God’s Word 5. We need to declare God’s Word 6. Act on God’s Word

This Means War, Pt 1

June 5, 2022

Pastor Vinny

The enemy wants to destroy your life | Ephesians 6:10-12; The word fighting means, it is hand-to-hand combat | We need to be intentional when it comes to spiritual warfare | God wants us to know how to wage the good warfare | When we are in a war, we have to know the enemy | Facts about God are: He is Omniscient – all-knowing, Omnipotent – all-powerful, Omnipresent – Everywhere at once | The devil doesn’t look like a bad guy | God has a purpose for your life, and so does the devil | Just as there are children of God, there are children of the devil | You don’t need to fear the devil, the devil needs to fear you.

The End Times, Pt 2

May 29,2022

Pastor Vinny

The end times are real, and we are living in the end times | 1 Thess. 4:13-18 | When we know Jesus, we win; There is victory in death | The Rapture: Rapture is not the same thing as the second coming of Christ; It is a separate event; When will the rapture of the church happen? There is a sequence of events; Get as many people as possible Rapture ready | Who will be raptured? Encourage one another; God wants you to know, that there is an end to your pain | We are a church of people that are ready when Christ comes | Let us make sure we are rapture ready by knowing Jesus Christ

The End Times, Pt 1

May 22, 2022

Pastor Vinny

The end times is real and we are living in the end times | 2 Peter 3:9; Matthew 24:3-14; Don’t let anyone mislead you | Don’t panic; Nations – Ethnicities will war against ethnicities | Good news is Jesus died for all | We need to be peacemakers and not strife makes | God wants us to be on fore and be ready when He comes | It might be not what I want, but it what I need | We need to want to have what God has | How to thrive in the end times; Don’t be misled; Don’t panic; Learn to endure; Preach the Good news | No shortcuts in the life of a believer

The Power of One Generation

May 15, 2022

Pastor Vinny

The next generation is not the church of tomorrow, but it is the church of today | We are going to fight like heaven against hell for the next generation | Prov. 22:6 - Post 1 | Train up a child in a way they should go; You can have an impact on the generation; Don’t underestimate the impact that you can have on the next generation | We have to pray and intercede for the next generation | How do we reach the next generation? | You have to be authentic; 2Tim. 1:5; Authentic faith is catchy | Have the willingness to have authentic faith | The next generation needs God’s law | God’s law helps us understand the need for His grace; Jesus came to bring grace and truth; We need to know the power of the law and also to know the purpose of the law | We have to be all in | if your faith is real, nobody in the next generation will believe you if you are not all in | Whatever we treat casually, the next generation will treat it as unimportant | Don’t fear rejection | We have to live a lifestyle of blessing; 1 Pt. 2:9 | Speak faith and blessing over the next generation

The Power of One: God Interruption

May 8, 2022

Tianna Greene

God loves you enough to interrupt you | Proverbs 19:21, Ephesians 5:6 | One God-interruption can change everything | There is power in God-interruption | God-interruption will: Find you where you are at – Isaiah 43:19; Comfort zone is more dangerous than the wasteland or wilderness; Romans 13:11; Comfort makes us oblivious to see what God is doing around us | God interrupts you in your comfort zone to take you into the Faith zone | Call you to Action: Stir up a sense of urgency; When God interrupts, there is a sense of urgency that He wants to do something through us for somebody; Proverbs 3:5-6; A parked car is much harder to steer than a moving one | Cause a Shift: He can shift the atmosphere; God shifts the plans of the enemy as well; God is coming in your way, not to annoy you but to come in the way of the enemy; Sometimes rejection is God’s protection | God will interrupt you to disrupt the enemy

The Power of One

May 1, 2022

Pastor Vinny

If you want to be victorious, let God be in charge | Gone are the days of playing church, it is time for us to be The Church | Psalm 133:1; Unity is not uniformity | Major things: Unity, Minor things: Liberty | For us to do what God called us to do, we have to walk in unity | Romans 15:5-7, Romans 15:7 | God gets glorified by unity; the enemy gets glorified by division | Whom the Son sets free is free indeed | One of the worst things we can be addicted to is religiosity | Matthew 12:25 | A house divided against itself will not stand

Feed Them Cows

April 24, 2022

Benjamin Samminga

Keep the trough full | Fill your trough with the right resources | God’s rich word is one of the right resources | Trough – an official course of communication | Empty troughs don’t produce fruit | Feeding cows is messy thing | You need to get messy to get blessy | Feed the cow of prayer, cow of faith, cow of fruit of the Spirit, cow of gifts of the Spirit, cow of wisdom, cow of marriage and relationships, cow of hope | When these cows are fed with the right resources in our lives, we will reap a rich and satisfying life | Don’t let the ugly and gaunt looking cows eat the plenty | Ugly cows bring brokens, depression, and lot more unhealthy things into our lives | Praise God for Jesus, for He came to give us rich and satisfying life

Undefeated (Easter Sunday)

April 17, 2022

Pastor Vinny

Celebrate the greatest moment in history | He won so we can win and be undefeated | Matt. 28:1-10, Jesus is not weak, He did struggle | We serve a victorious Savior; He won; Jesus won the day | Romans 8:11 | Jesus makes us victorious | Your eternal life begins the moment you give your life to Christ | 1 Cor. 15:54; Death is swallowed up in victory; Jesus doesn’t just want us to win, but He empowers us to be undefeated | Just because you are feeling that you are losing, doesn’t mean that you are behind; The game is not over yet; In Christ, you can’t lose | Undefeated life; Know why you are here; Never give up; Don’t give up on God, because He won’t give up on you; Trust the process; You can’t have it your way, you have to have His way; The Christian life is not fair | There is a great grace to empower you to walk in victory; We are fighting from a place of victory; To have an undefeated life, you need to fully surrender to Jesus | Don’t let other things or people dictate your life, have Jesus dictate your life

Don't Miss It (Palm Sunday)

April 10, 2022

Pastor Vinny

Jesus came to give us life, and life more abundantly | Gods got it; Seize the day that God has given us | Don’t miss it because of a wrong attitude | Matt 21:9-11 | Christianity is a city shaking religion | It’s completely appropriate to respond to God’s presence with excitement; Luke 19:39, Luke 19:40, Luke 19:44 | Don’t miss out on a God moment because of attitude or mind set | Don’t miss out by holding back | 2 Kings 13:18-19 | God wants all our heart | God needs 110% from us | Don’t miss out because your hearts not in it | Don’t miss it by caring too much about what those who are missing it think | 2 Sam 6:21-22 | Put on a garment of praise for a spirit of heaviness

How to be a Good Friend

April 3 , 2022

Pastor Vinny

God wants us to have good friends | it’s good to choose good friends | You attract what you are and you repel what you are not | If you want to have good friends, learn how to be a good friend | Proverbs 18:24 | A good friend makes you better; Proverbs 27:17; You need to sharp iron with another iron, but it has to be of a different shape; Let’s not be dull, but instead be sharp | A good friend will smack you upside the head if you need it; Proverbs 27:5-6; Constructive criticism – It’s done in love and the persons best interest is to help them get better; Pay attention to the people who loves you and cares about you | A good friend doesn’t talk bad about everyone else; Proverbs 16:28; Gossip separates close friends; Successful people won’t tear people down; Have the heart to build people up | A good friend doesn’t constantly dump their problems on others; Proverbs 25:17; Not everybody is equipped to handle your stuff | A good friend will lead you closer to Jesus; Matt. 5:18-25; Jesus will never leave you hanging and left alone because He cares about you.

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Galatians: Pt 4: Choose Better

March 20, 2022

Pastor Vinny

TGod Works; Nothing is impossible for God | Maintain same lifestyle outside and inside of church; Maintain the authenticity | Galatians 2:17-21; God had tore down our sin and bondage, let us not build them back again | Commit to building what God is building | Grace is powerful and it is powerful to do things for you | Grace works for you, in you, and through you | Grace works for you; Jesus died on the cross for you; We are justified because of what He did on the cross; We are allowed to walk in grace; Walk in the covenant of grace | Grace works in you; Christ lives in me; He changes our ‘want to’ He changes our ‘ability to’; Be in the joy of the Lord; God wants you to walk in His joy; He can strengthen us in our work, in our homes, in our lives, in our situations; Lack of authenticity in church misses the real thing | God works through you; The life which we live NOW matters; Let us be administrators of God’s grace; grace runs after us; If God’s grace comes running after you, do not run in the other direction, but embrace His grace

Galatians: Pt 3: Promises

March 13, 2022

Pastor Vinny

When a promise is broken, it hurts | God called us to be carriers of His promises | God will never break His promises | God's word is filled with promises that you can access by faith and they are all yours | Galatians 3:7-9 | The principle – How God treats His people; Vs. 15 – All of God’s promises are found in Jesus; Vs. 17 – The promise gives access to all God’s promises. Jesus Christ is the Promise. The promise is Jesus Christ | God’s intention is always to save you through Jesus Christ | There are 250 promises in the NT | How do I access the promises?; 1Tim. 4:8 | Four promises we need to know; Nothing can separate us from His love, Rom. 8:38-39; The faithful Christians dig in deeper when life goes tough; If you abide in Him, He will Abide in you | A Promise of Strength and Help; Isaiah 40:10; God’s righteous right hand upholding us | Sowing produces an abundance; 2 Cor. 9:6; Sow honor, sow encouragement, sow life, sow blessing, sow truth, and so on | He will take care of all your needs; Do not be dismayed, do not be discouraged; Phil. 4:19; God has a way of getting the blessing through others and the blessing is on the way | The promise of the Holy Spiritfor you”

Go Back to Grow Back

March 6, 2022

Benjamin Samminga

Scripture – 2 Samuel 10:1-5 | Wait at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return | Comforters need comforting | Their beards and attire show the strong character with full of powerful attributes during the biblical times | They all disappeared because of shame | Shame produces hurt, guilt, and loss of all the attributes; Sin causes shame, guilt, isolation | Why Jericho?; The first city of the promised land that God gave them victory; To grow back, we need to go back to our past victories | What is available in the past victories?; God’s Power | Recognize the power - it is same then and it is same now; Embrace the power – Ponder on how the power worked; Access the power – passcode: Faith | Faith permits the power to work again | The works of God are never wasted, but they are preserved” | “The past powerful works of God are the present and future power deposits for you”

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Galatians: Pt 2: The Gospel of Grace

February 27, 2022

Pastor Vinny

God Works; Nothing is impossible for God | Maintain same lifestyle outside and inside of church; Maintain the authenticity | Galatians 2:17-21; God had tore down our sin and bondage, let us not build them back again | Commit to building what God is building | Grace is powerful and it is powerful to do things for you | Grace works for you, in you, and through you | Grace works for you; Jesus died on the cross for you; We are justified because of what He did on the cross; We are allowed to walk in grace; Walk in the covenant of grace | Grace works in you; Christ lives in me; He changes our ‘want to’ He changes our ‘ability to’; Be in the joy of the Lord; God wants you to walk in His joy; He can strengthen us in our work, in our homes, in our lives, in our situations; Lack of authenticity in church misses the real thing | God works through you; The life which we live NOW matters; Let us be administrators of God’s grace; grace runs after us; If God’s grace comes running after you, do not run in the other direction, but embrace His grace

Galatians: Pt 1: The Gospel of Grace

February 20, 2022

Pastor Vinny

Paul preaches the gospel of Grace | We have a work based mentality | true victorious Christian life can be seen when one walks in the true gospel of grace | Galatians 1:1-12; To the churches of Galatia: There is to be unity in the body of Christ | Gospel – Good News; Grace – Unmerited Favor | Good news of God’s unmerited favor for us; Jesus’ Grace + Nothing = Salvation | Gospel is free; When you commit to God, your life is changed | God’s conviction is real and powerful when you experience it; Get the desire to do the things of God more than the things of the world | Sin is not that big of a deal when you compare with big deal of grace | Though Salvation is most important things, it is not the only thing that is important to the walk of faith | Gospel of grace stands by itself | Biblical Grace will always emphasize the importance of pursuing holiness and good works out of gratitude for the price that was paid for our redemption.

Unraveling the Secret of Sheep

February 13 2022

Gary Besaw

Isaiah 53:6 | All are lost | Ezekiel 34:11; God searches for His sheep | Why talk so much about the sheep? | Sheep have peripheral vision of 32 degrees, Sheep will nibble their way to lostness | Purpose of why we created – We can have an intimate relationship with Christ, Be part of the flock of Christ, This is when we are satisfied | The sheep hears the voice of it's shepherd | John 10:11-15; I am the good Shepherd; Jesus Christ is the good Shepherd; He cares for us, He loves us, and he comes after us | There are other sheep who has to listen to His voice, and they shall be part of His flock | Romans 5:8 – God demonstrates His own Love for us | You do not come to Christ when you clean up, you come to Christ and He will help you clean up | The secret to be healed is asking God that we need it.

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Living Water

February 6, 2022

Jamie Falco

The woman at the well, John4:1-10 | She was an Outcast; Jews and Samaritans are in hatred to each other during that time period | Usual setting and conversation of Jesus with the woman | Jesus meets women in her CURRENT CONDITION | Jesus becomes the fresh, bubbling, spring of water within us; What was woman looking for? What do we look for from Jesus? | God wants to intervene in our lives | Stop looking at His hands, instead start looking at His face for who He is | Focus on the miracle giver, rather than the miracle itself | Faith is personal, it is between you and God | John 6:48, To whom would we go?; He has the words of Eternal Life | He is the bread of life

Habits that Help: Pt 5

January 30, 2022

Pastor Vinny

Habit 5 – Hearing God’s Voice | Key Verse – Phil. 3:13, 1 Cor. 9:24, Phil. 4:8 | Nothing will help you more than learning to hear God’s voice for yourself, John 8:47, John 10:27 | What does His voice sound like?, 1 Kings 19:11; A still small voice, We should desire the voice of God more so than His presence, you can hear His voice even when you don’t feel His presence | God wants us to be intentional, He wants us to lean in | If you want to hear God’s voice you must think in God’s language, Phil. 4:8 | Don’t meditate on a language that God doesn’t speak, If we do not know what God’s language is, we won’t be able to discern His voice | Don/t get discouraged or try to force Him to speak to you | God is not able to give you new information if you are not obedient with the old information | To know His voice better, we have to know Him better.

Habits that Help: Pt 4

January 23, 2022

Pastor Vinny

Habit 4 – Lose the weight | Key Verse – Phil. 3:13, 1 Cor. 9:24 | Heb. 12:1-2 – Let us learn to lay aside every weight | Weight comes from: PEOPLE – 1 Cor. 15:33; Bad company corrupts good character; Stop allowing the enemy to lie to you and keep moving forward; THINGS – Good or bad things, they weigh you down; Luke 12:15; Don’t let the things have you; SIN – Nothing is heavier than sin; Overcome by walking victoriously; God has better future than your present; We have freedom in Jesus name | How can we come out?: RECOGNIZE – Know what is holding you back; DECIDE – Make a decision to set aside; ACT – Take action; Decision without an action is just an intention

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Habits that Help: Pt 3

January 16, 2022

Pastor Vinny

Habit 3 – Faith it till you make it | Key Verse: Philippians 3:13; Straining forward | 1 Corinthians 9:24 | Put our hope and confidence in Him; Hebrews 11:8-9; Live your life by faith for next generations | 4 Things from Abraham’s life – 1. Faith gets God’s attention 2. Faith is the key to miracles; Law of faith can move mountains; Let’s stop saying God cannot and start saying God will 3. Faith makes big problems small; Measure your problems to God, for He is bigger than our problems; His ability and strength outmatches our problems 4. Faith is seeing from God’s point of view; Faith comes through prayer

Habits that Help: Pt 2

January 9, 2022

Pastor Vinny

Habit 2 - Think Right | Key Verse - Philippians 3:13, Philippians 4:8 | If we want to think right we need to recognize and change our wrong thinking | Have victory over your mind | Not every thought is a God thought | Take every thought captive; Be intentional in our thought process | If we don’t learn to held our thoughts captive, those thoughts will held us captive | We have to find a plan to control our thoughts, a place to think our thoughts, a person to stretch our thoughts, a way to fuel our thoughts | Allow the Holy Spirit to fuel our thoughts, allow our minds to be transformed - Romans 12:2

Habits that Help: Pt 1

January 2, 2022

Pastor Vinny

Habit 1 - Stop holding on to the things from the past that weigh us down; Based on the habits that you have on the preparation day will determine if you will win the race or not | Habits that will help you win - Keeping God first: Fasting and Prayer | Have to put prayer into fasting; You will begin to have a stronger hunger and thirst for the things of God; Deny the flesh and feed your spirit; It is a gateway to supernatural power of God | Start your day off with God; Starting your day off with God should not be an optional, but it should become a habit; Start your week off with God; Psalm 92:12-13; When we are rooted and planted in the house of God, we will not be deceived

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The Christmas Playlist: Pt 4

December 26, 2021

Brenna McCollough

Song 4: Simeon: Simeon did not waste his waiting period. What makes us satisfied and what makes us full? Only a relationship with Jesus Christ will make us satisfied and pleased. Psalm 90:12 -- Let your life determine your days. Manah: 1. To prepare 2. To appoint 3. To purpose. Appoint your days for the purposes of the Most High God. Don’t waste the waiting, prepare for it. Luke 2:29-32: Don’t waste the waiting and you will be satisfied

Christmas Playlist: Pt 2

December 12, 2021

Pastor Vinny

Song 3: Zachariah’s Song | When your agreement is right, things will go right; Align with God’s will; Luke 1:68-79 | Jesus is not just a savior, but a mighty savior; Keep Jesus first and then everything else; Because of what He has done, changes us and because of who we are, that effects what we do | He purchased us from the slavery of sin; Watch any area that the enemy might have you bound and enslaved; Have hope in Jesus and He will set you free | He delivered us from our enemies - Follow after God; Allow God to fight the areas you are not meant to fight in the first place | He makes all things new - Get ready for a fresh start

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The Christmas Playlist: Pt 1

December 5, 2021

Pastor Vinny

1st Song of Christmas in the Bible was Mary’s song - Luke 1:46-55; God took notice of the lowly servant Mary; Mary responded back with a song of joy. Acknowledging what God has done for you is an act of worship; Get hungry for the things of God; When the presence of God enters, there should be a response. Our response to the reality of Jesus - Joy - Rejoice with inexpressible joy, 1 Peter 1:8; God is not overlooking you, He knows you. Hope - Come to God with a need love; Hoping in Jesus will make you effective; Walk in reliance with God, and it builds hope in you. Faith - Start speaking faith in Jesus name; Speak what God tells you to speak, and not the words of the enemy; You have to talk in faith, if you want to walk in faith.

Keys to the Kingdom, Pt 5

Stewardship: Fruit of the Holy Spirit

October 20, 2021

Pastor Vinny

We must steward the Fruit of the Spirit. There is no law against the fruit of the Spirit. We should stop being sin conscious and start being Spirit conscious . 4 THINGS TO STEWARD THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT | Position - James 4:8 - The sun produces the fruit - Don’t live in the shade | Water - Eph. 5:26 - Rom. 10:17 - God’s word produces faith and this faith will help grow the fruit better | Weed - Weed out the junk | Guard - Proverbs 4:23 - How your heart goes so goes your life.

Hurt for Good, Pt 2

May 2, 2021

Pastor Vinny

Everyone has experienced hurt. There are many ways people get wounded. Maybe you got hurt while playing red rover like Pastor Vinny (it's a pretty funny story he shares!), or maybe you got hurt by being betrayed by family like Joseph from the Bible. Do you want to be hurt for good (being hurt forever), or hurt for good (allowing God to turn your hurt for good)? It's natural to "hurt [others] when we are hurt." God doesn't want us to handle it the natural way, but the supernatural way. As we dive into the story of Joseph, let's learn 3 key ways to be sure our hurt can be turned for good.

Family United, Pt 3

March 14, 2021

Pastor Vinny

Words matter. When we speak we come into unity with something. In this message Pastor Vinny talks about the importance of coming into unity with the right things by how we speak to ourselves and how we speak to others. What have your inner conversations been like lately? What about your external conversations? Speak carefully. Speak truth. Speak your miracle, not your mess. Our mouth should not be on “auto pilot.” We can be intentional and in control of our tongue with help form the Holy Spirit.

Wild Christmas, Pt 2

December 20, 2020

Pastor Vinny

 Oftentimes we walk in darkness without knowing the extent of that darkness. It isn’t until true light shines into our darkness that we can see it was darkness all along. Baby Jesus was born into a dark world so He could bring light… Jesus is “The Light.” Anything within us that we think is light but is not connected to Christ is actually darkness. We are to follow Him, hunger and thirst for more of Him, allow His light to guide us in life, and allow His light to shine through our life.

The Art of Family, Pt 3

When Things Get Messy

November 15, 2020

Tianna Greene

In this third message of the series, "The Art of Family," Tianna Greene shares how it's important not to just go through trials WITH your family, but AS a family. A family is a God given team, and not only did God create families, but He created a purpose and plan for each family. Be encouraged as you learn that "the mess" is both a necessary and temporary part of your purpose. Also learn what to do while "in the mess" so you can get through it victoriously. With God, today's mess can become tomorrow's masterpiece.