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Fixate PHX
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We believe in a church that is fixed on Jesus with unwavering attention and focus, that in a day in an age of distraction we fight back with devotion, that a life holistically following the ways of our Creator opens us up to be formed by Him and Him alone. A life of depth that produces fruit that remains, a life of discipline that builds everything we exist to do off of the Cornerstone, a life of sacrifice that shows the greatest love to a world so devoid of it, and a sustainable rhythm that keeps us walking with Him always.
We see a church that loves the least, last, lost, broken, and forgotten. We see a church that turns careers into callings, and conversations into moments where you sense the Holy Spirit. We see a church that seeks to see Jesus and allows the Creator to create with His most prized possession; us.
You're invited to the journey, where we seek first the Kingdom and righteousness, and trust that He can add all things in His time.
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Root of the Restless pt 5; ADDICTED TO MORE
5d ago00:41:36Tap to summarizeScripture References:Matthew 14:13-21MATTHEW 15:29-39 EXODUS 16:1-7HOW TO MAKE SURE THE MORE ISN’T MOLDY1- YOUR MORE IS CONNECTED TO YOUR PRESENT PROXIMITY TO JESUS, AND IF ITS NOT IT WILL BE MOLDY. 2- YOUR MORE IS CONNECTED TO HIS HANDS, NOT YOURS, AND IF ITS NOT… YOU FINNA BE MOLDY. 3- YOUR MORE IS CONNECTED TO HIS WORDS, AND IF YOU DONT KNOW THEM… DONT BE SURPRISED IF THE MORE ENDS UP MOLDY. 4-ONLY JESUS BRINGS ‘MORE’ THAT SATISIFIES.. A people whose disobedience in the wilderness and sin was rooted in seeking their own satisfaction.. now find in the wilderness, a man providing satisfaction. People who when they tried to gather more, only were met with mold and maggots… Now have leftovers that don't spoil. The difference between MORE THAT SATISFIES AND HAS LEFT OVER versus mold and maggots…. JESUS. Is Jesus my source of more? My trust for more? My ambition filtered through his reasoning for more? My understanding of more surrendered to his more? Because if not… its not more… its maggots and its mold. The difference between MORE THAT SATISFIES and MORE THAT ROTS is JESUS.
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Root of the Restless pt 4; THE CHRONIC CONDITION OF COMPARISON
2w ago00:34:12Tap to summarizeScripture References:Matthew 20:1-16HOW TO WALK FREE OF CULTURE'S PRESSURE TO ALWAYS COMPARE.1- Comparison distorts your view of God. "Is your eye envious because I am generous?"... Comparison makes the generosity of God feel offensive instead of beautiful. The workers were angry that someone received something they didn't think they deserved. Comparison turned worship into murder (Cain and Abel), and be careful that you don’t allow it to do the same in your heart and mind at the expense of relationships and being a light in this world. 2- Comparison distorts your view of facts and view of self. THEY AGREED TO THE DENARIUS (vs 2). They were satisfied until they started looking sideways... and when you start looking sideways at everyone else, your life will get sideways quick. Comparison has a way of convincing you that your life isn't blessed, it's barren. We are trapped in a culture of people building personality while losing identity, everyone constantly hoping to get the blessing of someone else by sacrificing authenticity to become someone else. Whatever your belief for the work of the vineyard in God to become in your life know this: it will not be born of imitation, only a life of consecration. 3- The workers were given what was promised at the end... but instead of the ability to receive and rejoice in the wage, they grumbled and complained. Comparison strips gratitude and turns it to grievance. RELIGION SAYS I WORKED LONGER, BUT GRACE SAYS, I SERVE A GENEROUS MASTER. THE QUESTION BEHIND IT ALL: DO I TRUST IN GOD'S GOODNESS? DO I TRUST THE MASTER TO BE FAIR? MY MIND SCREAMS I'M WORTH MORE, HAVE DONE MORE, AND DESERVE MORE. DO I BELIEVE, AND REST, THAT HE IS GOOD, AND WILL BE GOOD, TO ME. Comparison is the symptom… but distrust is the disease.
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ROOT OF THE RESTLESS PT 3; A Glass Half Full in a Half Empty World
2w ago00:40:25Tap to summarizeScripture Refrences:MATTHEW 13:31-34How to see a Glass Half Full in a world constantly screaming that it is Half Empty 1- THE KINGDOM GROWS INVISIBLY BEFORE IT GROWS VISIBLY, starting internally before working itself to the external world around you. God is often doing the deepest works inside of you before you see visible results. The enemy wants you to despise small beginnings because if you misjudge the seed, you may abort the process before it grows. It takes 10 years to become an overnight success, and just because it is hidden does not mean it is absent.2- A small beginning doesn't mean you're excluded from a big ending, it most often is a precursor for it. It was the smallest seed, then it was a bush, then it was a tree… it was a lump of dough with some hidden pecks before it was a loaf of nourishment…. And your view of half empty moments will determine the fullness of the reality of God that you walk out in as a person, because heaven calls you a tree even if you feel like there's no way the seed of your life could ever become one. Seeds and pecks can become trees and loaves if your perspective stays half full even if the development makes you feel empty. 3- YOUR PERSPECTIVE DETERMINES YOUR PARTICIPATION. The half empty heart constantly interprets life through what is missing, delayed, hidden, or unfinished. But the half full heart learns to see small things through the lens of believing for God to do something profound in them. The Kingdom is difficult for restless people because restless people only celebrate finished products while God celebrates planted seeds. Some people miss what God is doing because they are waiting for a spectacle while God is waiting for fuller and deeper surrender to him. The perspective you ruminate on will determine whether you abandon the seeds or nurture them, or if a seed transcends the bush, and becomes a tree.
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Jesus 1st Miracle and Mindset
4w ago00:36:48Tap to summarizeScripture References:John 2:1-11 AMPI Thess. 5:18 NLTEph. 5:18-20 NLTI Corinthians 14:1a (AMPC)Rom. 12:2 NLTJames 1:21-25 NLTJosh. 1:8 AMPC2 Cor. 10:4,5 AMPCJohn 2:1-11 AMP1.)Do what Jesus says to do.A.) Jesus covers our mistakes/shame and helps us, if we’ll invite Him and do what He says to do.B.) He takes your not enough, and makes it more than enough, if we’ll do what Jesus says do.C.) Jesus makes everything Better/ Better quality of Life with Jesus, if we do what He says to do.Greatest Mindset is to LOVE- never lose sight of the love of God- Aim HigherEagerly pursue and seek to acquire this love. (make it your aim; your great quest)...Thanks and Praise Mindsets- Cultivate these LiftersMaintain a Humility/Servant Mindset/Childlike FaithAllow God’s Word to Change the Way you Think. (Do it, Speak it, Pray it) It has the Power to save and deliver you, and God says He will Bless you for it! (Greek Meaning -Supremely Blessed, fortunate, well off, happier) A stronghold can be a lie that we believe …and we need to replace it with God’s truthJesus overcame so you could overcome in every area of your life …Change your mindset and Take up His Word!
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Root of the Restless pt 2; Distracted by Doom
May 300:42:45Tap to summarize2 Samuel 11:1-5; 14-17—HOW TO BREAK FREE OF RESTLESSNESS THAT DOOM HAS CREATED IN YOUR LIFE1- PRACTICE THE SELF AWARENESS NECESSARY TO ENACT SACRED LIMITS. WHAT YOU DON’T LIMIT WILL EVENTUALLY LEAD AND REWIRE YOU…. MAYBE THE REASON YOUR PRAYING FOR PEACE FROM GOD IS BECAUSE YOUR CONSTANTLY FEEDING CHAOS WITH YOUR LIFESTYLE OF CONSUMPTION. GET OFF THE ROOFTOP BEFORE IT GET RECKLESS AND CARELESS. REPLACE WHAT HAS BECOME A TOXIC REFLEX WITH A LIFESTYLE RESET… BEFORE YOUR MENTAL ROOFTOPS BECOME SPIRITUAL MURDER SCENES. 2- FIND A BATTLE WORTH FIGHTING EVERYDAY AND YOU WONT BE TEMPTED TO SETTLE FOR A ROOFTOP OF COVETING AND COMFORT. A LIFE ROOTED AND RHYTHMIC IS ONE THAT UNDERSTANDS IM FIGHTING EVERYDAY, AND THOUGH COMFORT IS NICE.. TOO MUCH OF IT IS POISON. CHRISTIANITY IS NOT ABOUT BUILDING YOUR ROOFTOP OF COMFORT, ITS ABOUT YOU ACTIVELY FIGHTING DARKNESS AND APPLYING THE SPIRIT OF GOD TO THE BATTLEFIELD OF A FALLEN WORLD. Before there is sinning, there is sitting out.. 3- RESTLESSNESS ON THE ROOFTOP IS AN ENDLESS CYCLE… FROM DAVID TO NOW… ‘I MUST HAVE THIS’... ‘IF I HAD WHAT THEY HAD’.. ‘I NEED THIS OR I'M INCOMPLETE’.. THIS CYCLE STARTS AND NEVER STOPS WHEN YOU ALLOW IT.. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT ONE RELATIONSHIP WON’T STOP THE LUST.. ONE RAISE OR PROMOTION WONT STOP THE GREED OR MATERIALISM.. ONE MORE NIGHT OUT WONT FIX THE EMPTINESS… BECAUSE YOUR ON THE ROOFTOP WHEN YOU CAN’T REST… AND UNTIL YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED, AND SUBMITTED THE RESTLESSNESS TO THE TRUTH OF GOD, YOUR DISTRACTIVE TENDENCIES WILL DOOM YOUR LIFE IN THE SPIRIT.
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ROOT OF THE RESTLESS PT 1; ILLUSION OF ELSEWHERE
Apr 2600:45:29Tap to summarizeScripture Refrences:Luke 15:11-243 things that will get you in a pigsty quickly if you're not careful1- IMPATIENCE.. YOU MUST FIGHT THIS WITH EVERYTHING YOU HAVE. “Father, give me..” (Luke 15:12).. When our conversations with God become requests and demands for our freedom and fulfillment to be satisfied in our exact timing and exact specifications… be very, very careful. Impatience is the subtle belief that God is too slow to be trusted… and impatience will get you trading your inheritance for your impulses because you have been blinded by your own passions. Most don’t leave God because he’s bad… they leave him when he’s not fast enough.2- ESCAPE… BECAUSE NO MATTER WHERE YOU RUN, YOU CANNOT OUTRUN YOURSELF. The prodigal son didn't leave in crisis.. He left the boredom of ordinary life.. The father's house was safe and functional… but it didn't feel like enough. The same restlessness you feel will show up in the next job, relationship, city or place you go because you can't fix inside problems with outside solutions. The son didn’t escape; his idea of escape had to lead him to the emptiness of life without the father… and when he “came to his senses” (verse 17), he returned to what had always made the most sense, the father's house and the father's order.3- DRIFT… because leaving the father was a slow drift into the losing of everything the son had ever known his life to be; social standing, spiritual place, and the identity of being a son to hoping to just survive as a slave. Slow drift drowning is the number one cause of spiritual bankruptcy I see. The small compromises, the cherry picking of God’s word to suit my comforts, the consistency and committedness that is more feeling than function. The son's blessing was the father… when all was stripped away, the realization was that anywhere that wasn’t with the father wasn’t worth being
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Navigating Storms
Apr 2200:42:15Tap to summarizeScripture Refrences:Matthew 7:24-27 NLTMark 4:35-41 NLTNavigatng Storms:1. Satan's goal is to plant Fear and a Belief that “God doesn’t care”Psalms 23:6 NLT2. What has Jesus said.3. Storms on the outside are not unusual, But we must Guard against storms on the inside.4. Don’t underestimate the influence that my choices will have on God’s best for my life.5. Get up from bad responses to storms and learn from them.
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The Anointing on the Ordinary
Apr 1400:43:39Tap to summarizeScripture References:Acts 6:1–5, 8–15 Acts 11:19–22How to Step Into the Anointing of the OrdinaryStop asking for a new assignment if God doesn’t have your full permission. Don’t dream of a different life—push yourself to allow God to take you to a different level of surrender in the life you already have. Stephen started by serving tables before he became a martyr, a mouthpiece, and an initiator of the first great missions movement in Scripture. God doesn’t just want availability in your schedule—He wants access to your whole heart. It starts with surrender.The anointing is not reserved for the platform—it rests upon the faithful. God will put power on the small to remind you that He can do mighty things with what man thinks is insignificant. Platform doesn’t equal power—surrender and obedience do. Ordinary faithfulness has done more in the pages of history than giftedness. Commit to the road of faithfulness.Jesus’ death and invitation into life are about ushering in a new era where anyone, anywhere, at any time can be used greatly. The test of it all comes down to the faithfulness of a life that says nothing is off-limits to the Spirit of God. You don’t have to wait for God to change your life—live a life that lets Him invade the one you’re already living, and you may find that your obedience outlives the days you spend on earth.
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Easter 2026; Jesus, Dilation Drops, and a God Who Sees, Knows, and Has Only Known, Love
Apr 800:32:53Tap to summarizeMark 16: 1-13 John 20:1-18—3 Stones We Must Roll Away in Order to See Jesus Clearly1 - The stone of finality (‘it’s over!’)… the lie that what you see is where it must all end.. Easter is the reminder where life lays you down in death, and defeat…. Jesus wants to bring you into resurrection… the statement “look where they have laid him” is not for one time, but for all time… a subtle promise for all those who would call upon his name.. Some of us don’t need more effort… we need our eyes dilated to see that what we thought was over… God calls it unfinished.2 - The stone of unbelief (‘I don’t trust it!’)… two times the woman try to tell the disciples he is risen and two times they deny it. What do you need to see for you to trust Jesus fully? What do you need God to do for him to show you he is real? The Easter season is about promises fulfilled, even if you don’t believe they have been… and training your eyes to see what he has done, more than what you wished he had done more of. Unbelief isn’t lack of evidence… it’s ownership of undeveloped vision.3 - The stone of misrecognition (‘I don’t/can’t see him’). Mary couldn't recognize Jesus because she thought he was a gardner, Cleopas couldn't recognize him because he was a traveler on the road (Luke 24), Thomas doubted him unless he could see the nail marks in the hands and pierced side (John 20). We do not have a compartmentalized Christ, but an ever-present, and ever-near Saviour. We miss him not because he isn’t there… but because our eyes haven’t been trained properly to see him.A Moment of Dilation-1 - Repent of any sin… or things in your heart you know hinder God from drawing close.. be specific2 - Invite the grace and mercy of God to wash over you where you sit. Repeat the phrase slowly “Jesus would you wash me today”3 - Repeat the phrase “come Holy Spirit”.. and invite the Holy Spirit into your heart today..4 - Give God permission to lead your life today… that you would walk in truth and conviction and in the ways of his word and will.
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Palm Sunday - “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands, and He Ain't Never Doing What the World Thinks He Should Do Dad Gummit”
Mar 3000:45:55Tap to summarizeMatthew 21:1-11John 12:18-19How to not get lost in the sauce of whatever you want God to be that he's not being.1 - What do you need saved from today? In this story they thought it was Rome, until Jesus made it about greed in the temple. They thought it was an oppressive government until Jesus made it about sacrilegious conduct. They thought he was the second coming of a king on a warhorse with a hammer and an army, until he showed up on a donkey with a bunch of teenage boys.. Your expectations will oftentimes be very different from God’s reality, and it is done to expose the depths of lordship and faith in areas God wants us to go past the surface in.2 - If you want to celebrate him in the streets but not let him cleanse your spirit you will be in for a rude awakening. Jesus allowed the palm branches to be waved and then walked directly into the temple and cleansed it of anything but the worship it was intended for. External behaviours and performance will never exempt you from internal development of the surrendered and sanctified soul. Celebration is not the same as surrender, and waving a palm branch is not the same as carrying a cross. You can celebrate him publicly while still resisting him privately.3 - The tipping point of it all… the secret of Palm Sunday that turns from celebration to the slaying of our Savior. A God who has no favorites anymore. Jesus finishes off his final week before crucifixion making space and a place for those who historically had no space, or place in the kingdom of God. We love a Savior who includes us—we struggle with a Savior who includes ‘them’. Jesus will offend your expectations, by including people you wouldn’t… because Jesus will cross lines that religion tries to draw.
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