This week we explored why we keep praying when answers seem delayed. In Luke 18 and 1 Kings 18, we see that perseverance in prayer isn't about convincing God to act—it's about trusting the God who already promised He would.

One of the most challenging questions from the message was: How do I make sure my perseverance in prayer isn't performance in prayer?

The answer is found in God's character. We don't keep praying because our consistency earns God's favor. We keep praying because His faithfulness gives us confidence to keep coming back. Hebrews 6:12 reminds us that we inherit God's promises through faith and patience.

So if you're still waiting, don't lose heart. Keep praying—not because God needs to be persuaded, but because He is trustworthy, even in the waiting.

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In this past Sunday's message we explored the vital connection Jesus makes between forgiveness and powerful, effective prayer. We invited people to reflect on where there might be un-forgiveness in their heart.

Text: Mark 11:20-25

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This past Sunday, we considered two ways of approaching God in prayer — as a customer versus as a child. While customers come to God transactionally, hiding their weakness and leaving when dissatisfied, children come with open arms, bringing their truest selves and trusting their Father's intentions even when they don't get what they want. In Luke 11, Jesus promises the Holy Spirit himself — who empowers us to approach God with the dependence, trust, and rest of a beloved child.

Text: Luke 11:1-13

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Jesus’ approach to prayer as a certainty for life in his kingdom and as something that was necessary—like sleep. Why? Consider Matthew 6:6 “Christians often complain that their private prayer is not what it should be. They feel weak and sinful, and their hearts are cold and dark. It is as if they have no faith or joy in what little they have to pray about. They are discouraged and kept from prayer by the thought that they cannot come to the Father as they ought to or as they wish. Child of God! Listen to your Teacher! He tells you that when you go to private prayer your first through must be that the Father is waiting for you there in secret. Don’t let a cold and prayerless heart keep you from the presence of the loving Father. The Lord is concerned about you the way a Father is concerned about his children. Do not think about how little you have to give to God, but about how much He wants to give to you.”—Andrew Murray

Text: Mark 1:29-39 Matthew 6:6

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Somewhere between what Jesus promised and what we’ve experienced… there’s a gap.

In the Gospel of Luke the disciples saw that gap too. They watched Jesus pray—and realized whatever He had with the Father, they didn’t have yet. So they asked Him, “Lord, teach us to pray.” Not how to say words, but how to actually enter into it. Maybe the problem isn’t that Jesus overstated the power of prayer… maybe it’s that we’ve never fully learned from Him. In this series, Help Me Pray, we’re stepping into that same request—coming to Jesus, and learning to talk to God the way He did.

Text: Luke 11:4; John 14:12-14

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This week, we will look at the Festival of Tabernacles, in which the Israelites celebrated how Yahweh dwelled with them during their time in the wilderness, and provided them all that they needed as they journeyed towards their permanent home (The Promised Land). Now, from the inside of the Promised Land, the Jews would practice this feast to remember both God's Presence and Provision. Then Jesus shows up to the scene in John 7 and declares: "If anyone thirsts, let them come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the scripture has said, 'out of his heart will flow streams of living water'". When Jesus said this, He was referring to the Holy Spirit, who all believers were about to receive. The hope and prayer for this morning is that we would see Jesus' Presence in us through the Spirit, and His Provision to quench our thirst and create in us "streams of living water".

Text: Leviticus 23:33-43 + John 7

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We welcomed our guest speaker Dave McGovern with us on Sunday. Dave is a clinical mental health counselor and formerly the family pastor of our sending church TLC.

Humans are shaped by stories. We are the only beings in all of creation who make meaning through stories of the past, present, and future. We are shaped by both external and internal stories. Every day, we are faced with the choice of living into God’s story or the story of this world. God’s story is rooted in rescue, provision, connection, transformation, and purpose, while the world’s story is rooted in shame, fear, comparison, scarcity, insecurity, and isolation. The story you tell yourself is the story you will live and look for. This begs the question: What story are you living?

Text: Leviticus 23:15-22; John 14:15-20; Galatians 5:22-23

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The Feast of Trumpets is a wake-up call.

In this message, Austin Presnell unpacks how this biblical festival points to repentance, spiritual alertness, and the return of Jesus. It’s a reminder to stop drifting, get right with God, and live ready—because the trumpet will sound.

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