Revive Church

What we name things shapes what we experience from them. In this message, Pastor David explores the biblical weight of naming — not just what we call our children, but the meaning we assign to our trials, our identity, our circumstances, and even God Himself. He shares how years of insecurity trained him to sort every experience into a "bad bucket," and what shifted when the Lord began redefining his name — beloved, Chr...

Jesus told His disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod — and they thought He was talking about bread. In this message, Pastor David unpacks what Jesus was actually warning them about: two counterfeit kingdoms that can quietly permeate a believer's life without them even noticing. The kingdom of comfort believes in God but lives as if self is on the throne — fascinated by Jesus but unwi...

Unity was so important to Jesus that He dedicated His final prayer before the cross to it — not that we would get our theology perfect, but that we would be one. In this message, Pastor David explores why unity is the container for everything else the Lord wants to pour out, why it's not the same thing as agreement, and why the blessing of God is already waiting in the place where His people learn to stay connected — ev...

What if the job you're in right now — the one that feels far from ministry — is exactly where the kingdom needs you? In this message, Pastor David breaks apart the false division between secular work and ministry and roots us in what Genesis reveals: God worked, called it craftsmanship, and then gave us the same mandate. He unpacks the Hebrew words for work and service, shares honestly from his own journey of wanting to...

The first thing the enemy attacked in Jesus after His baptism was His identity — "If you really are the Son of God." He does the same thing to us. In this Father's Day message, MaryEllen Swafford grounds us in who our heavenly Father actually is through His attributes — He loves, He forgives, He fills, He provides, He keeps His promises, and He is faithful — and invites us to live from that identity instead of fro...

If a word can mean almost anything, eventually it means almost nothing — and that's what our culture has done to the word love. In this message, guest speaker Raul Reyes takes us back to the greatest commandment and sits with a question most of us don't ask ourselves honestly enough: do I really love God? He unpacks why biblical love can't be reduced to what we feel in a worship service, why Jesus insists that loving God and ...

The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Which means every time you share what God has done — in scripture, in your life, in your week — the prophetic is already in the room. In this message, Catherine Reyes opens up a foundational conversation about what New Testament prophecy looks like when love is both the foundation and the covering. She gets real about the tension between wanting to step out and being afr...

We can learn all about the kingdom — the authority, the power, the goodness of God — and still be living in chaos on the inside. In this message, Pastor David brings the Kingdom Realm series home by asking a question we don't ask often enough: how is my soul? He explores what it means to stop confusing our condition with our identity, to acknowledge pain without letting it become permanent, and to take real authority ov...

The disciples had just been through the most traumatic experience of their lives. And then Jesus told them to wait. Ten days in a room. Praying. And then the Spirit came. In this message, Pastor David sits with what it means to receive the fire of the Holy Spirit — not as spectacle, but as the living provision of a Father who gives good gifts to His children. He unpacks why we so often resist the very thing we're hungry for, ...

In this message, Pastor David returns to where Jesus started — a woman hauling water in the heat of the day — and unpacks what it means that the river of living water is already flowing inside of every believer. So often we either deny that we're hungry, wrapping self-sufficiency in what feels like humility, or we acknowledge the hunger but run everywhere else to fill it. Both leave us thirsty with a well right inside u...

We have the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit living inside of us. But how often do we actually live like it?

In this message, MaryEllen Swafford walks through John 14 and 15 and lets one word reshape everything: union. Not just Jesus dwelling in us, but us living as one with Him — where His words become ours, His power flows through our hands, and His love becomes the thing that empowers our obedience. MaryEllen shares from her ow...

Daniel outlasted empires. Not because he was the most talented person in the room — but because he carried an excellent spirit. And that spirit wasn't random. It was the fruit of stewardship, intimacy with God, and a willingness to show up fully in every season.

In this message Pastor David unpacks what excellence actually looks like in the kingdom — and what it doesn't. It's not perfectionism. It's not performance drive...

What if the freedom Jesus offers isn't just about what you've been set free from — but what you've been set free to?

In this message Pastor David unpacks one of the core realities of life in the kingdom: freedom. Starting with Jesus' words that you have to become like a child to even enter, David challenges the adult instincts that keep us stuck — the need to earn it, prove ourselves, protect our image, and stay comforta...

In this first message of a new series, Pastor David opens up what Jesus was actually preaching when He said, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." It's a realm we've been conveyed into — not one we have to earn our way toward. A kingdom that lives inside us and that we live inside of. A way of being that makes the early church look weird to the world, and makes heaven tangible right where we stand.

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What if the resurrection wasn't just the end of the story — but the beginning of everything?

In this Easter message, Pastor David walks through what Jesus actually purchased at the cross — and it's so much more than a ticket to heaven. From reconciliation with the Father to freedom from sin's power, from a new identity as sons and daughters to physical and emotional healing, to full access to the kingdom right now &mdash...

Jesus met the weight of the cross in the garden before He ever carried it to Calvary. In this message, David Reyes teaches from Gethsemane, where Jesus entered the place of sorrow, pressure, and surrender, and chose the will of the Father in the face of unimaginable pain. This moment reveals the hidden work of prayer, where strength is formed before the battle and obedience is settled before the outcome is seen. What does it look l...

In this message David Reyes reflects on the significance of the supper—the moment of invitation, intimacy, and decision. Before the cross, Jesus gathered with His disciples, not just to share a meal, but to reveal what it means to truly partake in Him. This message invites us to consider how we respond to that same invitation today: Will we remain casual observers, or will we fully receive what He’s offering? The journe...

In this message, Pastor David explores the tension between comfort and calling. While it’s easy to settle into what feels familiar and sufficient, God often invites us into deeper pursuit—beyond what we already know or have experienced. Through this parable, we’re challenged to consider what it looks like to follow the hunger God places in our hearts, even when the path forward is uncertain. Sometimes growth, disc...

In this week’s message from our Seek series, Pastor David explores what prayer truly is—and what it isn’t. Moving beyond passive or powerless prayers, he unpacks the biblical foundations of intercession and partnership with God. From Abraham to Elijah to the words of Jesus, we’re reminded that prayer is not a religious formality but a powerful invitation to stand in the gap, align with the heart of the Fathe...