Truth Community Church

This message will encourage your faith to find peace and comfort in the Lord. The Holy Spirit is the presence of the Lord and by inviting Him into your decision-making, you will have a peace that passes all understanding. The Holy Spirit is our advocate, promised by Jesus himself. He is the promised Comforter, Helper, and Counselor. When you and I feel afraid, Jesus says “Do not be troubled”. The Holy Spirit will come and comfort you in every moment you need. When you feel abandoned, as the disciples did, Jesus says, “I will never leave you”. Through the presence of the Holy Spirit, you and I can be fully comforted and at peace. The peace the Spirit brings will go beyond anything the world has to offer. Welcome His promised presence today by surrendering to Jesus.

You may have heard a prayer that ends like this: “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.” This prayer acknowledges a single God with three distinct expressions of who He is. So who is the Holy Spirit? He is God — the personal presence of God! Scripture helps us begin to understand God’s beautifully complex identity by giving us symbols that reveal who the Holy Spirit is: Wind, Oil and a Dove. In this message, you will be reminded of how much you need the Holy Spirit to live a fully-alive and empowered life. And He is not just “out there” somewhere — God has given the Holy Spirit to live in you when you hear the Gospel of Jesus and believe!

In this message, you'll hear from a young couple who has been married for just a year, and another couple married for almost 40 years. The common theme? Commitment. Intentionally. Christ at the center. No compromise. Protect your circle. Hard times will come, but with God at the center, your marriage will thrive through the toughest circumstances in life. What's the secret? Put each other first. Live the way of Jesus: "I am second."

Did you know the most talkative person you know is YOU? Think about it. You are with you all the time and you talk to yourself all day long! What are you telling yourself about your relationships? Are your thoughts positive and faith-filled? Every person has ANTS – Automatic Negative Thoughts – that cycle in our heads on repeat. To stop the negative cycle, we need to capture, question and replace negative thoughts with the truth of what God says about us. In this message, learn four lies that will destroy any marriage, and hear the truth about each of those that will bring you freedom.

Many of us have asked the question, "How do I find the right person?" Have you ever considered that a better question may be, "How do I become the right person?" After all, you don’t attract what you want, you attract what you are! Regardless of relationship status, we all need three essential qualities to live a full life: secure in Christ, strong in character, and planted in community. Living in God's love results in strong character in our speech, conduct, love, faith and purity. When we understand this, we see that marriage isn't the goal… Jesus is!

God’s design for marriage is very clear. Culture tells us we can live with an individualistic approach, but according to God, marriage is based on a mutual commitment to one another. Through reading about the marriage relationship between King David and Michal (Saul’s daughter), we will discover three qualities that make a Godly marriage. Michal suffered because she did not know the importance of these qualities within her marriage. You and I are invited to a renewal covenant with the Lord so that we can declare that we will serve the Lord for the rest of our lives!

What are you living for? Do you have hope? If you are missing hope in your life, the likely reason is that what you’ve put your hope in isn’t a living hope. After Jesus died, the disciples lost hope. They went back to their previous source of hope, but it didn’t fulfill them. When the resurrected Jesus showed up, hope was restored. Peter had a miraculous moment of restoration on the beach. Easter means you and I have a living hope. The Christian life comes down to two words: Follow me. When we follow Jesus, we experience a hope that never dies.

Palm Sunday reveals diverse acts of worship: disciples' obedience, the donkey owner's generosity, the crowds' praise, and the Pharisees' pride. Despite the celebration, Jesus weeps over Jerusalem, foreseeing rejection. Reflecting on obedience, generosity, true worship, and humility, we're called to emulate discipleship, generously offer to God our whole lives, praise unceasingly, and guard against pride. As Jesus enters Jerusalem, may we echo the sentiment: 'The Lord needs it,' surrendering everything in worship, acknowledging His Lordship.

God’s desire for lost people is clear: He wants them to know Him. How will people know God? This happens when found people find lost people. This is our non-negotiable mission. Jesus told a story to show us the Father’s heart for people to know Him. In the parable, the master commanded the servants to “Compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.” Everyone is invited! No one is disqualified based on their behavior. However, there is a requirement to enjoy the feast; we must surrender to the saving work of Christ. This Easter, we are committed to compelling lost people to come in and experience the goodness of God!

Believers have this hope: One day Jesus will return and He will make all things new. How are we commanded to live while we wait? Ready! What does living ready look like? Jesus told three stories to teach us what qualities we need if we are to live ready. Ready people are wise, faithful, and selfless. As we begin another year, we believe God is calling us to bring the message of Jesus “Outside These Walls” like never before. This Vision Sunday we choose as a collective to serve the people of our community in an extraordinary way!

If we are not intentional, Blaze Church can become more focused on Christians than on who Jesus was focused on: lost people. Jesus came to find lost people. Every person is either lost or found. Found people find lost people. Jesus went out of his way to go to unclean places and be around unclean people to answer their cries for help. In a graveyard, Jesus brought new life! Our purpose as a church is to blaze the way for lost people to meet Jesus. 

Have you ever looked at someone who has great accomplishments and thought, “I could never do that. I’m just ordinary!” Moses didn’t think he had what he needed for greatness. He was just an ordinary guy like the rest of us, but he learned something that changes everything – God gives ordinary people extraordinary strength! Moses had hesitations about his ability to do what God called him to. He doubted. He tried to get out of it. But God sent Him, and gave him everything he needed to be successful. When you are surrendered to God and filled with His Spirit, his power is displayed through your weakness!

When God makes a promise, He keeps it. But sometimes, we lose faith in the waiting. In this message, we’ll look at a moment when God gave Israel a very interesting battle strategy. What can we learn from the Walls of Jericho? God's promises have purpose. God's methods are unique. And God's promises require faith. Don't stop walking because God's not done!

We all have people in our lives that are hard to love. Jesus tells us to “love our enemies” but how are we supposed to do that? David was running for his life from King Saul, and came to a moment when God brought them face to face. David had every right to kill Saul, but he didn’t! He had an honoring view of others, a humble view of himself, and a holy view of God. The only truth that can empower us to love our enemies is knowing that we have been loved by God. We don’t have to cut corners like the world does when it comes to forgiveness; we can love freely.

All of us are on a quest to discover why we are alive. We ask, “What’s my purpose in life?” For Samson, his purpose was very clear. He was filled with God’s spirit and called to do great things. So what happens? Samson completely messed it up, and it resulted in him being blind and powerless. But God is gracious! He graciously provides his presence and promise to people because He is good! And just like God showed his grace to Samson, Jesus comes to rescue you from spiritual blindness and gives you sight to discover your purpose – to know God!

Daniel is the story of God’s faithfulness intersecting with a believer’s pre-decision attitude. To pre-decide means to submit to God’s ways and not compromise His truths even while living in Babylon. This message will inspire you to decide in advance to honor God because that is just what Jesus did. Daniel faced lions and was victorious; Jesus faced sin and death and conquered them! We will learn that Dainel was faithful, responsible and trustworthy – and he knew that God was full of mercy.

Did Noah really survive in a floating boat with all the animals? Why would a loving God destroy the creation He made? The story of Noah’s Ark can bring up lots of questions. What’s the point? As we explore this famous story, we discover that this is not a story of one flood, but of three! Noah was the righteous servant who survived when God brought judgment on the wicked. He points to Jesus, the righteous servant who died so the wicked might be saved. We can live a life of obedience because we’ve been overwhelmed by a flood of grace!

The Bible is a collection of writings that shows us who God is and how He has made a way for humanity to be redeemed through Jesus, so we can now carry out His plan to the world. How can we study the Bible? When we make time, choose a good translation, and find a plan, we are on our way to studying the Bible. As we read, observation, interpretation, and application become important! Even if we do everything “right” our efforts will be in vain if the Holy Spirit does not teach us. Let’s go deeper this year by studying God’s Word!

It’s the most popular book in human history, and yet so many people do not read it. What stops most people from reading the Bible? They don’t know how! Before we can learn how to read the Bible, let’s find motivation by understanding what the Bible is and why it matters in our lives today. Discover six amazing blessings of regular Bible reading. God has graciously revealed what we need to know in His Word. Do you know what’s been revealed?

Prayer and fasting are essential practices as we follow Jesus. Yet so many Christians struggle to be consistent in these disciplines. These are not simply commands by God, prayer and fasting are gifts to empower us to live an abundant life in Christ. On one particular occasion, Jesus’ own apostles were unable to see the miraculous. Why? Because they lacked prayer and fasting. As we begin a New Year, let us make a commitment to growing in our faith by choosing to be part of our annual 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting.