Choose Your Fighter
In the Bible, when people stepped into the ring and encountered Jesus they never walked out the same. Jesus is still fighting to change lives today and make no mistake about it the only way we can win is when we lose.
Jesus' kingdom purpose & gospel is for everyone.
In the first week of our Choose Your Fighter Series, Lead Pastor Matt Mehaffey talks about how no matter what our social status is or what we have done wrong, Jesus loves us and has a purpose for us.
Jesus successfully battles the enemy using the Word of God.
In the second week of our Choose Your Fighter Series, Lead Pastor Matt Mehaffey talks about how immediately after Jesus’ baptism the Holy Spirit led Jesus to wilderness for solitude and a complete fast for 40 days and nights. Satan chooses to come at Jesus at his weakest point to tempt him to derail the mission God has sent him on.
Our battle isn’t against people...
In the third week of the 'Choose Your Fighter' Series, Lead Pastor Matt Mehaffey talks about how our battles are against the enemy and his demons of darkness who are at war with God and His people.
Fight like Mary...
In the fourth week of the 'Choose Your Fighter' Series, Lead Pastor Matt Mehaffey talks about how choosing to fight like Mary will allow us to be fully present with Jesus. And being present means we can be fully honest with Jesus about our weaknesses which allows us to grow and trust God more and more.
Failure often causes us to get stuck but Jesus offers us victory in our weaknesses...
Peter is a guy whose mouth runs faster than his brain. He’s a do first, ask questions later kind of person and he has made his fair share of mistakes. But none of this fazes Jesus because He loves us. Nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow, high or low, thinkable or unthinkable - absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love.
What if the man that betrayed Jesus could teach us something?
We are all like Judas. It is often hard to remain patient with Jesus. Because what if the greatest sin that Judas struggled with wasn’t greed … but impatience? There were a lot of unwanted thoughts and voice in the mind of Judas that he needed to leave behind. Holding onto unhealthy things in his life led him to do some crazy things and this should spur us towards letting go of the things in our lives that hold us back from fully knowing God.
If Pilate were on trial before Jesus. How would that conversation go?...
Jesus didn’t play the power-hungry, status-quo-keeping games. He let them fight it out while he invested his little life. He chose to suffer with us through messy compassion, he took responsibility for things that weren’t remotely his problem, and he sacrificed so much of what he could have had—romance, income, popularity, and even his own life. Because dying, suffering, losing for something that really mattered…like you…was better than living for nothing.
Even if you've given up on God, He hasn't given up on you....
God loves you too much to let you go your own way. He was crucified for you. He conquered the grave for you. And he's coming back for you.