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Jesus lived on mission. He preached and demonstrated the Kingdom of God everywhere He went while walking in obedience. He taught His disciples to do the same. Everybody is called to live like Jesus, no matter what degree of ministry they walk in. Some are called to simply minister to their families and friends everywhere they go and others have official positions in ministry within the church or on the mission field. But one thing ...

On May 6th, 1954 Roger Bannister broke the barrier of running a sub 4 minute mile. Up until that point, this feat was considered a near impossibility. Many had tried and failed for years. Once the barrier was shattered, only a little over a month later, the sub 4 minute mile was broke again by John Landy. Then it was broken again and again shortly after. It’s amazing what people can accomplish once they’re shown what’s possible. Th...

Pastor Josiah wraps up this portion of the first side of the coin, the Indwelling Work of The Spirit. When we’re saved the Holy Spirit goes to work on the inside of us, making us look and live like how Jesus did. We’re called to bear fruit that resembles the life of Christ in all things. There is a natural inclination to fight against this, the flesh, which we’re constantly waring against. The flesh is always pulling us one directi...

What you believe about Jesus matters. There could be a truth but if it’s not something that any individual specifically believes it won’t mean anything to them. Jesus told His disciples 3 different times about the his death and resurrection but they had trouble believing Him. It’s easy to see how even though He may be speaking to us directly, we may not be listening well. As it pertains to what we believe, everything rides on this ...

We’ll be known by our fruit. The Holy Spirit is producing fruit in our lives if we’ve truly yielded ourself to His work. It takes a sober mind to look at the fruit that being produced in our lives and determine whether or not we’re actually yielding to Him or not. The good news is, it’s never too late to welcome His work in our lives. Works and faith can have a happy marriage. They aren’t against each other, we just need a healthy ...

Is your heart open to the will of God? With all our activity in this world, we can easily miss the beautiful things that Jesus is doing daily. This Palm Sunday, Faith Chapel invites you to reflect on Jesus' Triumphant Entry into Jerusalem from Matthew 21:1-11, through our podcast episode, "Don't Miss the Move.”

We'll explore the deep themes of the event, explore its significance, and reflect on the deeper trut...

We’re a people of faith. By faith we manifest the Kingdom of God everywhere we go, as ambassadors of the Kingdom we represent the King! This fits so well with our Mission to Culture Like Christ as we aim at Jesus. There is a dominion of darkness but it holds no power over the Kingdom of light. Let’s not just know we’re a part of the Kingdom, rather on a regular basis we should be demonstrating the Kingdom of God in love and power —...

Venturing deeper into the Indwelling Work of the Spirit, we take an intrinsic look into key verses elaborating on the unique roles of the Holy Spirit in our lives. There is a river flowing out of the Believer. It’s not a stagnant water, it’s a moving water. The Spirit of God is moving and we’ve got to learn to flow with Him. This attacks the traps of stagnation and apathy which are tactics the enemy uses to keep the people of God p...

Perhaps one of the most familiar Biblical stories is Jesus’ encounter with the woman at the well. Pastor Josiah hands out a fresh pair of lenses to look at this beautiful portion of Scripture. The radical choices that were made in this one moment changed the directory of thousands in the future. It was unconventional, powerful, provoking, sensitive and full of grace for transformation. You may have never looked at this story like t...

Are you walking in the flesh or walking the Spirit? There’s signs that will prove who you’re yielded to. We’re supposed to be yielding to the Spirit of God who should be dominating us as we give Him more and more of our hearts. We’re designed to yield. As we yield to Him, there’s some incredible keys that free us from a lifestyle of bondage and they’re the same keys that open doors to Kingdom living. Much happens when we yield to H...

When Jesus is sleeping, we should be napping next to Him. When He’s making moves and rolling up His sleeves we should do the same. It’s how we handle storms and how we exercise our authority in all things, just like how Jesus did. He’s always teaching us and will often go out of His way in order to bring a lesson to us that will produce a growth we wouldn’t receive otherwise. What He’s doing in our midst produces wonderful things. ...

Am I my brothers keeper? What does the Scriptures have to say about the people around us and what it looks like for us to care for them? Furthermore, as it pertains to your family, how do you showcase the love and heart of God to them? Missions Director George Elias takes us through a barrage of Scripture uncovering the name and power of God commissioning us into action on behalf of those all around us. The ones counting on us to b...

Jesus comes into the temple and when He see’s what it’s become, He does not tolerate it. He starts flipping tables, driving out the animals and shouting for them to get this out of there! What made Him so upset? The temple was never supposed to be like this. Ultimately, worship was never supposed to be so cheap and cost so little. Pastor Josiah shares about the original intent of the temple as well as the ultimate heart of worship ...

Jesus breathed on His disciples and said “Receive the Holy Spirit”. As we dive into Him breathing on them we see a lot of parallels between the Spirit and breath or wind. We don’t normally focus on our breathing. We can, but it’s just something that we do naturally without thinking about it. As natural as it is for us to breath is as normal as it should be for us to walk in the Spirit.

Furthermore, there’s some key things tha...

It’s close to Valentines day and Pastor Josiah shares some thoughts on marriage and how to keep God at the absolute epicenter of our relationship with Him. He in of Himself is a relationship and out of His capacity for love, created us — built for relationship as well.

It’s our faith that activates a response from God. Much of the Scriptures was God moving on behalf of men and women whose faith moved Him. What are you doing w...