You will face temptation in your walk with God. Where does this enticement come from? How can you withstand it? Be challenged to pursue a holy life with all your strength. Click Here.

Derek shares some very practical guidelines to winning the battle against temptation. Whatever area of darkness you are facing, now is the time to bring in some light! Click Here.

Many speakers share what God has been speaking to them and doing in their lives during this past week. Be encouraged and challenged to grow deeper in your walk with God. Click Here.

In our fight against temptation, we often think that to be successful is to keep away from all wrong desires. But even more important is for us to try to understand what are the things God desires. Click Here.

Jesus prayed that the love with which the Father loved him would be in us also. How much did the Father love Jesus? What should be our response to his love for us? Click Here.

We often pray and cry out for God to "show up" at our meetings, or for him to "be present" during a time of trouble. But we are called to live and worship in a way that recognizes God is always there, even if we can't tell. Click Here.

There is much more power available to us than we often believe or expect. God himself has made us to be vessels that are filled with his very presence, and he wants to use us in power! Click Here.

God has an awesome destiny for you. He wants to use you to change this world. But it will require you rising up and starting to live as a radical, sold-out for Jesus. Click Here.

Hear testimonies of what God is doing right now in Ireland and Costa Rica. Be encouraged through hearing how Jesus is King throughout all the earth! Click Here.

Hear stories of men who rose up against adversity and accomplished great things for God, from Jonathan to David and others. God desires you to rise up and live as a radical in all areas of your life. Click Here.

In our walk with God, there simply is no substitute for spending time with him. If we want to get to know him and grow in relationship, we must spend time studying and meditating on the Bible. Click Here.

After watching the movie of the life of Keith Green, Michael shares about living a life fully surrendered to God. You will be challenged to live out the true Christian life. Click Here.

Our lives are filled with warning signs, from dangerous road conditions to dangerous spiritual states. Michael shares some of the biblical warning signs of a life that's not right with God. Click Here.

The gospel is the power of God to free us not only from hell, death, sickness, and poverty but also from bondage to sin. This message will challenge you to live a holy life, free in Jesus' power. Click Here.

Michael shares some of the stories from his life of first rejecting and then beginning to hunger after and see the miraculous power of God in action. Be strengthened to fulfill your purpose as a minister of God's power! Click Here.

In our day to day living, we are often so concerned with the state of our physical bodies, yet how strong are our spiritual bodies? We as a church must be strengthened, as Paul prayed, in the inner man. Click Here.

In our world, there are many different ideas, theologies, and beliefs concerning Jesus' resurrection. This powerful event is key to our understanding and relationship with God. Be challenged to pursue the power of his resurrected life! Click Here.

Cliff Ast shares regarding trusting in God for financial security and increase. You'll be encouraged and challenged to trust God wholeheartedly as you use your resources wisely. Click Here.

Today is a day for breaking up the fallow ground in your life, for uprooting the dry and stale religion, for tearing out the the weeds of sin, and for planting the seed of the word of God. It's hard work, but there is fruit waiting you. Click Here.

Throughout the book of Proverbs, we are challenged to avoid strife, to live in peace with each other. There is a tremendous role that you can play in maintaining peace with those around you. Click Here.

Each of us as believers will one day stand before the judgment seat of Christ in order to give an account for our lives. Be challenged to live in such a way as to be rewarded, not "saved but as through fire." Click Here.

Mothers have a tremendous ability from God to show their children how to live. Whether you're a mother or not, you will be encouraged to live a godly example that yields fruit for the kingdom. Click Here.

Scripture says that the number one identifier of the children of God will be that they are led by his Spirit. Being led by his Spirit often begins by hearing and responding to the times when God says No. Click Here.

In our walk with God, there will be many times when he tells us it's time to slow down and wait patiently. Part of being led by the Spirit is learning to hear him say, Slow! Click Here.

Silence is not something we are very comfortable with, but it's something God wants us to get more used to. It's in the times of solitude that he most often speaks the clearest. Click Here.

God has adopted each of us, chosen us to be his heirs, and he treats us as his very own. Like a perfect father, be encouraged concerning God's attitude towards us. Click Here.

God has purposed his kingdomm to grow and increase through his body, the church. We are each individually members of this one great purpose, and God desires to use us to grow his kingdom. Click Here.

There are times in our lives when God's word to us is, "Hey, you! Come here and be with me!" In the busyness of life, we all must seek those times alone with Jesus. Click Here.

Throughout history, God has called people to join him in his mission to restore humanity, and yet many times we have not responded well to his calll to GO! Click Here.

God desires us to have much joy as we live this life in his service. If we don't have joy, though, what can we do to find it even in the midst of dark times? Click Here.

In light of recent media attention on the division between Catholic and Protestant churches, Derek gives a very brief summary of the history and theology of the Catholic church's stand. Click Here.

God has a destiny for each of us to be grown up and matured like oaks of righteousness, planted by the river flowing from his thrown. But his plan is for us to bless others as we mature, not to simply be blessed. Click Here.

God loves to bless us, but there are certain things that he expects us to pursue diligently. We are called not to simply sit and wait but to seek after the things of God. Click Here.

Continuing his series on living a life of pursuit, Derek stresses God's desire for us to ask him, seek him, and knock on the doors that they would be opened. Click Here.

Derek continues the series on pursuit with a short reminder from Paul's life. Paul wrote that he chose to leave behind the past, even the good things, to pursue Jesus. Click Here.

The word of God is a two-edged sword, and when it pierces to the heart, people are changed deep down inside. We need these words that pierce so that we see results. Click Here.

Brother Jed Smock from Campus Ministry, USA, visits to share concerning taking a stand against sin and darkness through "confrontational evangelism." Click Here.

Continuing his series on pursuing the things of God, Derek stresses this week the need to pursue the ministry of healing. This gift was employed not merely by Jesus and his 12 apostles, but also by seventy unnamed followers of his. Click Here.

Ben Stimpson, our church's youth director, shares from his heart concerning bearing the image of God. Be challenged to live in such a way that your life compels others around you to be in awe of God. Click Here.

Derek continues his message concerning pursuing the gift of healing. He offers much needed practical advice on the "how to" of healing. Click Here.

The heartbeat and center of the apostle Paul's ministry was his single-minded pursuit of the knowledge of God. "I count all things as loss," he said, "in view of the surpassing greatness of Christ Jesus my Lord." Click Here.

Our culture thinks of the church as the building, but we, the people of God, are the church. We are God's house. Be challenged to spend your life to build this spiritual house of God. Click Here.

We have been designed to be vessels in which dwells (abides) the living Spirit of God. But this is not automatic. The extent to which God abides in us is largely dependent on us abiding in him, our willingness to obey, and the strength of our love. Click Here.

There is no other thing so difficult to tame as the human will. From the moment of our birth, we have a fully-developed sense of "I know what I want, and I want it now." But to be a child of God requires that our wills be tamed and dominated by Jesus. Click Here.

John Crooks shares about the recent trip to Montana bringing clothes to help the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana. Cheryl Adams and Trinity Brunner share about their upcoming prayer mission trip to Ireland. Click Here.

Freedom is such a highly-guarded prize in our culture, but the kingdom of God has certain very clear realms of authority and submission. From scripture, it is clear that each of us must (1) make it easy for our leaders to lead us and (2) make it easy for those follwing us to follow. Click Here.

What is worship? What type of worship does Jesus love? Should we lift our hands? Dance? Bow? Derek preaches a challenging sermon to worship Jesus with unreserved abandon and total surrender. Click Here.

In the midst of baseball's trading season, Derek gives a challenging call from the life of Moses. In Exodus 32 and 33, God gave Moses a choice: an angel to guide them into Canaan or the dangerous and fierce presence of God himself. Moses wouldn't trade anything for God's presence; what about you? Click Here.

With the recent media attention given to "The Golden Compass," it's clear that there is a culture war going on. Yet this is not something for us as Christians to fear because it's most often in those anti-Christian cultures where the people are most hungry for the real thing. Click Here.

Cheryl Adams and Trinity Brunner share a longer testimony concerning their November trip to Ireland. If you want to come check out what God's doing there, come along in February! Click Here.