The Holy Spirit and the church go hand-in-hand; they’re intertwined. As such, we cannot be the church that Jesus calls us to be without the Holy Spirit He has given to us. Jesus gives Him to us as a gift for the purpose of building up the church through us. So, to fully utilize this gift, we must learn about and understand the Holy Spirit. This Sunday, Pastor Ryan Schlachter shared on the Holy Spirit who convicts, empowers, and comforts us.

We are called to live on purpose, to live on the mission Jesus has laid out in front of us. That purpose is to make disciples, to live like Him and let our life reflect His glory. Pastor Filmore Bouldes shares a powerful message on how following a life after Jesus gives us purpose. This true purpose for our lives is to live as disciples and to make disciples in the world around us.

The Lord will never leave you alone. He is near to the brokenhearted, and He is here with you, right now, in any situation you are facing. When we surrender our circumstances and our emotions to Jesus, He transforms our vision, and in exchange, He gives us His love, presence, mercy, and comfort. We can look to Jesus today in whatever situation we find ourselves, and He will meet us there to hold our hands as He walks with us through it. This Sunday David Chan shared a powerful message on the transformation we have in Jesus. 

God uses the storms of life to soften hard hearts. The shaking from the storms breaks up the ground and foundations to rebuild our faith and trust in Jesus. He uses our fear, showing up in the midst of it, as a gateway by which to have us receive His Spirit. This Sunday Pastor Josh Kelsey shared a message out of John 20 of Jesus showing up in our fear and the power of the Holy Spirit.