You keep praying for calm water while handing out life jackets to the storm. Maybe the problem was never the wind. Maybe it's who climbed into the boat.

WHO'S IN YOUR BOAT is a 4-week series about the one thing most of us were never taught in church: how to set a boundary without losing your faith, your family, or your peace. Because peace isn't a place you arrive at. It's a passenger list you're finally honest about.

A boundary isn't a wall that keeps love out. It's the rudder that keeps your one life on course.

Over four weeks, we walk through Paul, Jacob, and Nehemiah to learn the difference between the loads you were built to carry and the ones that were handed to you by people who never planned to pick them back up.

In this series:

Week 1 — The Difference Between a Burden and a Load (Galatians 6:2–5). What are you carrying right now that God never assigned to you?

Week 2 — When the Flood Has Your Last Name (Genesis 27–31). You can honor someone and still not hand them the keys to your peace.

Week 3 — You Reap Whoever You Keep (Galatians 6:7–8). The people closest to you are planting seed in your life every day. What crop did you agree to grow?

Week 4 — I Cannot Come Down (Philippians 2:12–13; Nehemiah 6:3). Guarding your assignment isn't laziness. It's obedience.

New message every Sunday, July 19 – August 9, 2026.

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