Messages from the Bible that invite you to follow Jesus and practice His way of living because Hope Begins with Jesus.
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Using the story of the Good Samaritan, David looks at why getting close to people feels risky and how that risk reveals our hearts and calls us to give our time. Luke 10:25-37.
In this message from Leviticus 19:1-18, David opens the new Proximity series by looking at what it actually takes to move from religion to relationship. He walks through why holiness is what closes the distance between us and God, and why our love for other people is proof that the distance is closing. It is an honest look at why we can know a lot about Jesus and still keep Him at arm's length.
In Psalm 139:23-24, David closes his prayer by asking God to search his heart and point out anything that needs to change. This is the final message in the KNOWN series, and it asks what it looks like to actually respond once God shows you something. Being fully known by Jesus isn't something to fear, it's the path to freedom and everlasting life. Part of the KNOWN series on Psalm 139.
In Psalm 139:19-22, David turns from praise to a hard, honest prayer about the people who reject God. In a culture built on the idea that truth is just your own perspective, this message asks a harder question. Truth is not a perspective, truth is a person, and his name is Jesus. This is a message about choosing a side and letting that choice change you. Part of the KNOWN series on Psalm 139.
Does Jesus think about me? That's a question that haunts many of us — especially in moments when our own minds feel scattered, distracted, or broken. In Psalm 139:17-18, David declares a stunning truth: God's thoughts about you are precious, countless, and constant. This message explores why you matter to God, why His thoughts about you never stop, and what it means that He is always near. From ADHD brain science to the promise of God's presence, this is a message about being truly known and truly loved by Jesus.
What does it mean to be known before you were even born? In Psalm 139:13-16, David marvels at God's handiwork in the womb — the intricate, intimate way God forms every person. This message explores two truths: Jesus formed you (vv. 13-15), and Jesus has a plan for you (v. 16). Your identity doesn't come from how you see yourself. It comes from the One who knit you together and recorded every day of your life before a single one had passed. If you've ever struggled to believe you matter, this message is for you.
We all have limits. The tallest person, the lowest temperature, the smallest baby — even our biggest records have a ceiling. But David writes in Psalm 139 about a God who has none. In verses 7-12, he asks: is there anywhere I can go to escape God's Spirit? The answer is no, and that's not a warning — it's a comfort. God's presence isn't something to run from. It's where we find life, identity, and peace. Whether you're in the heights or the depths, the light or the dark, God is already there. And if you've been running from Jesus, today is the day to stop — because He's been pursuing you the w
Psalm 139:5-6 reveals two gifts hidden in what it means to be completely known by God. The Gift of God's Hand surrounds us — behind us in the past, before us in the future, always present. The Gift of the Infinite invites trust rather than frustration when God's ways are beyond our understanding. David opens with a people-watching metaphor to show the difference between surface observation and the deep, personal, relational knowing God has for each of us.
There is one who knows everything about you, even the things you hide, and still calls you to come and find rest. You are not just fully known. You are fully known and fully loved.
Lament is often seen as a bad thing, but it is the biblical response to suffering.
Masking our feelings when faced with 'the wreckage'—like grief or loss—that mask doesn't just feel heavy; it feels impossible.
Job’s fears did not keep bad things from happening, nor did they cause them, but Job’s response in those moments revealed how he worked through the tension and feeling wrecked by his circumstances.
Whether your life feels wrecked right now, it has before, or it does in the future. You may not know that there is a reason behind those moments. Suffering stings, but it serves a purpose.
The story of Joseph is the story of a man who waits and waits some more, but he doesn’t give up in the waiting, Joseph perseveres. Joseph’s story shows how to continue on with hope and move from the waiting place that feels like prison to peace, to Persevere.
Jesus’ priority is not your successes, especially not according to the world’s standard because it is your failures that do the most to form you. Jesus uses these moments as we are Shaped by Suffering.
The story of Joseph has similarities to Jesus and the places in the story that look like the end are a plot twist. Jesus' crucifixion looked like the end of Hope, but it became an Easter with Hope.
No matter how your past was created, by your choices or the choices of others, you don’t overcome the past by running from but by working through it, so that in Jesus’ hands he can bring healing and write a Redemption Story.
Ultimately, like each of us, Esau had a choice. To choose how he responded to what had happened. Your choice will determine if you are shaped by the past or defined by the past. When you Choose to Overcome the past, you are choosing forgiveness, freedom and hope.
No matter who we are Jesus takes us as we are.
Humanity now has a past that will have to be overcome, but in the hands of Jesus your past can become a story of hope. A story of Jesus' power to turn Brokenness to Blessing because no matter what is in your past, Brokenness is never a Boundary for God's Blessing. Today, we’ll see the brokenness of Gen 3 show up in the life of Ishmael and what God does to bring blessing.
From the beginning, God designed us for a Rhythm of Rest and we need this rhythm to flourish. But many of us are going at a pace that is unsustainable and unhealthy.
We are designed by God, Designed to Flourish, but when we try to find our identity elsewhere, we are robbed of the flourishing God designed us for. We flourish in Identity before Activity because what you do can change, but who you are never will.
Our world is clearly realizing what the Bible stated long ago - “It is not good for man to be alone. You weren’t made to be alone; you were made to be known. Being known requires relationships, and we were Designed to Flourish through Relationships
The ultimate purpose of God’s design is flourishing, which reveals to us that God Designed for Good. Our ability to experience God’s Good Design and to flourish is based upon how we face our questions, doubts and the realities of life, not running from them.
