In this section, Jesus continues his prayer for his disciples, including you and I. He prays for our renewal, transformation and eventual glorification in His Kingdom. The theme will continue to be "surrendering" to His love and all the wonderful plans He has for us - beginning now and ending never.

Pastor Bryan personally felt a sense of God reminding him, rather strongly, that this world and everyone and everything in it will soon pass away; but those who are in the Kingdom will live with Him and all those who receive His love forever. He was reminding me to leverage the things of the World for that Mission and not for lesser things. In response, this is the first of two messages titled, "Leaving this World" as a prelude to our next series in Daniel titled, "Babylon: In It Yet Not Of It".

With our final message about "Unity", we will read between the lines and ask the Holy Spirit to grant us wisdom and strength as Paul exhorts support, generosity, humility and unity among the people in our church.

Recognize the marks of a disciple who abides in Christ and be challenged to examine and strengthen our own spiritual walk so we may experience the fullness of Christ.

This message is all about “Confidence”. A major aspect of “Staying Strong in the Spirit” is not just having confidence but knowing what to have confidence in…. As we shift away from self-confidence and toward confidence in God - His Power, His Holiness, His Devotion to us, His Words, and His Plans we can become supremely strong to take our stand (together) against the schemes of Satan.

Among many incredible points to be revealed in this passage, is the counterintuitive truth that humility is actually (in the Kingdom of Heaven) the most certain path to power. Jesus humbled himself, became a servant, and then the Father lifted Him up and gave Him the Name above every other name... We are encouraged to learn from His example and experience a lesser (yet incredibly powerful and real) promotion ourselves. May the application of these truths bring breakthroughs to many of us in our relationships and other life circumstances.

Pastor Bryan kicks off a new teaching series, 'Philippians: Staying Strong in the Spirit' with the first of four amazing characteristics given to us as gifts of the Holy Spirit, "Courage" (Chapter 1).

Landon shows how Jesus worshipped in his life and how we can use His example as a model for how we worship.