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This week we are joined by Dr. Sam Thomas, who gives us an update on Hope Givers and speaks on the persecution of the church. He highlights God's providence by emphasizing Abraham's faith and obedience to God when being instructed to sacrifice his son, Issac.

This week, Pastor Steve taught that all authority ultimately belongs to Jesus, and God has established family, church, and government authorities to help people live under His rule; therefore, obedience to godly authority reflects obedience to God, while rebellion carries spiritual, relational, and emotional consequences. Drawing from Ephesians 6, he applies this principle to both the home and the workplace, urging believers to honor parents, raise children wisely, work diligently, lead humbly, and live in a way that represents Christ.

This week Ephesians 5:18-21 teaches that a Spirit-filled marriage reflects God's design, with wives showing respect and submission to their husbands as an act of obedience to Christ, and husbands demonstrating sacrificial, spiritual, and nurturing love that mirrors Christ's love for the church. We learn that both spouses are responsible for fulfilling their God-given roles regardless of their partner's actions and that strong marriages are built through love, respect, intentional connection, shared experiences, intimacy, and spiritual leadership.

In this sermon, Pastor Steve teaches that Christians are called to live in a way that reflects their faith by wisely using their time, seeking God’s guidance in decisions, surrendering control to the Holy Spirit, and treating others with humility and love. He emphasizes that a Spirit filled life produces joy, gratitude, self control, and meaningful relationships, while warning believers not to let worldly distractions, pride, or harmful habits pull them away from fully honoring God.

This week Pastor Steve teaches that as children of God, believers are called to imitate Him by living with love, walking in the light, and pursuing wisdom through obedience to Christ. He emphasizes that genuine faith is shown through sacrificial love, repentance from sinful living, and a daily commitment to live differently from the darkness of the world.

This weeks sermon from our Walking Worthy series teaches that believers must walk worthy by regularly examining their lives resisting the constant pull of sin and intentionally replacing old sinful habits with a new Spirit led way of living. Paul outlines that transformation through practical exchanges like choosing truth over lies self control over anger and kindness and forgiveness over bitterness so that our lives reflect our new identity in Christ and no longer grieve the Holy Spirit.

This sermon from this past week of our Walking Worthy series explains that being healthy whether in life or in the church is harder than it should be because people naturally want what they want and even experts and standards keep changing making it confusing to stay on track. In contrast a healthy church is one that stays centered on the gospel uses its diverse spiritual gifts to serve and build others up and steadily grows toward maturity in Christ through truth love unity and obedience to Jesus.

As we continue the Walking Worthy series, we notice that Ephesians 4 marks the shift from knowing the truths of God to living them out, calling believers to “walk worthy” of their calling in response to His grace, power, and love. This worthy walk is expressed through humility, gentleness, patience, tolerance, and love, and is lived out in unity within the church, grounded in shared faith, truth, and devotion to Christ.

This week our Middle School Pastor, Ryan Murphy, shares that the question “now what?” is something every believer faces, and it answers that we never move beyond needing the gospel, especially in moments when we fall back into old habits or feel like we’ve failed. He states that through John 21, it shows how Jesus meets us in those moments, restores us like He did Peter, and calls us to keep following Him with renewed purpose.

This weekend was out Easter service and Pastor Steve finishes our current series by teaches that Jesus’ death and resurrection changed everything, proving He is truly the Son of God, defeating death, and offering forgiveness, strength, and hope to all who believe. He calls people to respond by not giving up or selling out, but instead to “look in” to the empty tomb, trust in Jesus, and begin their own resurrection story through faith in Him.