Faith Mountains
May 26, 2024 • Allen Jackson
If we choose to follow God, He will help us navigate the difficult mountains of life—even when the odds are stacked against us. In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson talks about our significance to God and His plan for restoration that will help us through any struggle. He discusses incidents from lives of David, Peter, Noah, and Moses, showing their faithful obedience to their assignments—and God’s response when their efforts fell short. When we submit to the simple practices that grow our faith—reading the Bible, praying, and intentionally choosing to yield to God’s plans—God will strengthen us for our current assignments and entrust us with more.
God is Moving
April 6, 2024 • Allen Jackson
Do you know how to recognize when God is moving? In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson discusses the many ways God is making His presence known across the world in this season. The best way to secure our future is to align ourselves with God and His will. If we do, we’ll be able to recognize God’s movement and participate in it, bringing more people into His Kingdom. Times of harvest can be disruptive—the field looks different at the end of the harvest than it does at the beginning. It's time to embrace this disruption, abandon what’s easy and comfortable, and decide to follow God in a new way.
Easter, The Cast of Characters
March 31, 2024 • Allen Jackson
Many of us know the Easter story and the people involved with Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection. But in this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson digs deeper, showing how many unlikely characters recognized Jesus as their Lord, while others surprisingly withdrew from the arena. It’s helpful to examine the people in the Easter story because God is still calling a people to Himself—a people who will believe in Him and acknowledge the truth about Jesus of Nazareth. The resurrection is just one example of God moving in the earth with “a mighty hand and an outstretched arm.” In times of shaking, God intervenes for His people with His power and might. Our generation desperately needs expressions of the power of God, and that recognition, desire, and expectation begins in the hearts of His people—you and me.
Easter Volunteer Service
March 27, 2024 • Allen Jackson
God values holidays, so we should, too. In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson discusses the importance of holidays in the Bible. God instructed the Jewish people to observe three annual holidays: Passover, Pentecost, and the Feast of Tabernacles. They stopped their daily lives to mark these holy days, worship God, and recount stories of God’s faithfulness. Observing these holidays helped keep their faith central to their lives, even though the Jewish people had no homeland for over 2,000 years. In a similar way, it’s important to celebrate Christmas and Easter and remember all God accomplished for us on those significant holidays. Taking time to mark the holidays helps strengthen our faith and builds a legacy of faith for our families to carry forward.
Clarify Your Identity
March 24, 2024 • Allen Jackson
Through the Holy Spirit’s power, Jesus was raised from a tomb and was seated at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty, Lord of all. In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson explains the significance of who we are in Christ and the power and authority available to us as His disciples. Through our faith in Christ, we become the seed of Abraham and an heir to God’s promises to the Jewish people. Through Christ, we have access to God’s throne. The same spiritual power that raised Jesus from the dead will work on our behalf today as we move forward in God’s purposes. Let’s identify ourselves with Jesus and use the authority He has given us to take His truth, hope, and healing into our culture.
Clarify Your Identity
March 23, 2024 • Allen Jackson
Our futures aren’t secured by the routines of our lives, but by Almighty God and our relationship with Jesus. In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson reminds us of the Source of our true security and the authority God has given us through Christ. As Christ-followers, we belong to Jesus, and if we can settle this in our hearts, it changes how we approach everything. Life promises to bring instability and unexpected events. Knowing and embracing who we are in Christ will establish a firm foundation that will sustain us through any storm.
Let’s Do Difficult
February 10, 2024 • Allen Jackson
Pursuing a relationship with Jesus will lead to transformation in your life. In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson discusses how growing our faith isn’t an academic exercise done by tucking knowledge into our minds. Instead, as we put what we learn into practice, we experience its reality in a personal way—and that leads to greater faith. Jesus’ death and resurrection evoked different responses from the disciples. Pastor Allen examines these reactions and offers insight we can apply to our lives today.
Power to Be Different
April 5, 2023 • Allen Jackson
What do you believe about Jesus? Do you know Him as your Savior? Do you know Him as a healer? Do you know Him as someone who baptizes in the Spirit? Do you know Him as a deliverer? Do you know Him as a restorer of dreams? Do you know Him as Lord—or do you still dictate policy to Him? In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson discusses how being “lost” extends beyond those who don’t know the Lord—it also applies to Christ-followers who don't know Him fully, losing or forfeiting the opportunities of their faith, due to their own choices and resistance. Our strength, power, and direction come from diligently seeking God, drawing close to Him, listening to Him, and following Him.
"More Powerful Than I"
June 1, 2022 • Allen Jackson
We’re in troubled times and finding a solution to our current circumstances will require a power beyond ourselves. In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson discusses the power of God, which is uniquely connected to the person of the Holy Spirit. Though Christians frequently debate the role of the Spirit of God, Scripture makes it clear the Holy Spirit will help those who welcome Him. Pastor Allen also talks about Holy Spirit baptism, which ushers God’s supernatural power into your life, and how it differs from water baptism.
More Powerful Than I
June 1, 2022 • Allen Jackson
We’re in troubled times and finding a solution to our current circumstances will require a power beyond ourselves. In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson discusses the power of God, which is uniquely connected to the person of the Holy Spirit. Though Christians frequently debate the role of the Spirit of God, Scripture makes it clear the Holy Spirit will help those who welcome Him. Pastor Allen also talks about Holy Spirit baptism, which ushers God’s supernatural power into your life, and how it differs from water baptism.
Visions of the Future
April 24, 2022 • Allen Jackson
What can we do to increase our spiritual vision? How do we learn to see in new ways? In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson discusses how to see and understand beyond our five senses and our current circumstances. Our lives represent one component of what God is doing throughout the generations, and our job is to be obedient to carry out His purposes in ours. Developing the ability to “see” spiritually will help us hear God, follow Him, and be more effective in the roles He assigns us.
Visions of the Future
April 24, 2022 • Allen Jackson
What can we do to increase our spiritual vision? How do we learn to see in new ways? In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson discusses how to see and understand beyond our five senses and our current circumstances. Our lives represent one component of what God is doing throughout the generations, and our job is to be obedient to carry out His purposes in ours. Developing the ability to “see” spiritually will help us hear God, follow Him, and be more effective in the roles He assigns us.
Let Freedom Ring
April 16, 2022 • Allen Jackson
The Spirit of God offers each of us a personal invitation towards freedom. In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson discusses how all the freedoms we enjoy come directly from God, and for our children to know the liberties and freedoms we do, the Church must be alive, healthy, and vibrant. God will respond to us as we repent and pray for ourselves, our communities, and our nation. Pastor Allen then leads the congregation in a prayer to ask God into our lives and offers an invitation towards baptism.
Easter Ministry Team
April 13, 2022 • Allen Jackson
Serving the Lord comes with both blessings and opposition, and in this message, Pastor Allen Jackson encourages those who volunteered to serve during Easter services. At the last supper, Jesus washed his disciples' feet, even though he knew their imperfections and that there was a betrayer in their midst. We are called to serve others in the same way, loving and honoring people as Jesus loved his disciples. The service ends with each participant being anointed with oil, inviting the Holy Spirit to work through each of their lives.
Visions of the Future
April 10, 2022 • Allen Jackson
As Christ-followers, we need an awareness and an understanding of what God is doing, but how do we learn to see with spiritual eyes? In this sermon, Pastor Allen Jackson discusses the importance of spiritual vision—being able to discern what God is doing and what He wants us to do. We need God’s perspective on our current situations, so we can repent, grow in our faith, and adjust our course to His. Pastor Allen also discusses our responsibility to uphold truth when we see it being misaligned.