There are four relational commitments that make us worthy of trust. The second commitment is, “When I sin against you, I will confess to you.”By Relevant Community Church

Trust is the foundation of every healthy relationship, and trust is built by trustworthy people. That starts by looking in the mirror. Throughout this series, we examine four relationship commitments that are worthy of trust. The first commitment is, “When you hurt me, I will talk directly to you about it.”…

Two disciplines are vital to growing our relationship with Jesus: praying and reading the Bible. In week two of the Vital series, we talked about reading scripture and discovered that the purpose of the Bible is not primarily for our information but for our transformation.By Relevant Community Church

Two disciplines are vital in order to grow in our relationship with Jesus: Praying and Reading the Bible. In week one of the Vital series, we talked about prayer and discovered that prayer's ultimate purpose and reward is growing in our relationship with Jesus.By Relevant Community Church

To defeat fear in your life, you must decide to surrender your life into God’s hands.By Relevant Community Church

To defeat pride, you must decide it’s not about me, and it’s all about God and His glory.By Relevant Community Church

We defeat inadequacy by, like David, deciding to do what only we can do and using what God has given us.By Relevant Community Church

One "giant" or challenge that opposes us, is apathy. To defeat apathy, we must decide to be faithful with what we have been given today.By Relevant Community Church

Jesus made a lot of claims that either make him a liar, a lunatic, or the Lord.By Relevant Community Church

What you believe about the afterlife, changes how you live and make decisions today. How would adding the phrase “You Only Live Forever” (instead of YOLO) into your decision-making change the way you live?By Relevant Community Church

Many people are fascinated by the concept of the afterlife, specifically heaven, and it's hard to understand the realities of heaven. The first reality of heaven is that it is here and now.By Relevant Community Church

There is a lot of misinformation, speculation, and confusion about Heaven. What you believe about the afterlife will impact the way you decide to live your life today.By Relevant Community Church

Everyone has different habits and opinions surrounding drugs and alcohol. God calls his followers to walk by the spirit and surrender to His will for our lives. We can’t be under the influence of the Holy Spirit and something else at the same time.By Relevant Community Church

"When does human life begin?" This question can spark many emotions and can cause extreme polarization. In order to find unity on such a divise issue, we must seek what God, the Creator of life, has to say about it.By Relevant Community Church

A large issue that can cause division in the church is gender identity. The issue of gender identity is not a new thing but has become extraordinarily polarizing in recent years. To bring glory to God, we must discover what scripture says about identity and choose to stand with one another in the "messy middle".…

One of the issues that has created polarization within the church is sex. To seek unity on this issue, we must discover what God's created intent for sex is.By Relevant Community Church

Polarizing issues can cause division in families, in the church, and in the world. To glorify God and create unity, we need to be willing to stand with others in the "messy middle” even when we disagree.By Relevant Community Church

You, like Esther, are in a unique position to have a unique impact. Any position, no matter how small or large, comes with a responsibility to positively impact the lives of others.By Relevant Community Church

When we choose, like Rahab, to prioritize courage over fear and align ourselves with God's purpose, we can make an extraordinary impact on the lives of others and the world around us.By Relevant Community Church

God meets us right where we are and renews our strength. Taking space to make the opportunity to hear from God is essential to know what next steps He wants us to take.By Relevant Community Church

Ordinary people can have an extraordinary impact if they are willing to follow God’s call.By Relevant Community Church

In the simple comes Immanuel.By Relevant Community Church

God came to be with us to remove our excuses from us.By Relevant Community Church

One of the reasons that Jesus came was to demonstrate who God is for us. He came to demonstrate who God likes, and how to be right with God the Father.By Relevant Community Church

The Christmas season can be a bit messy because we, as human beings, are messy. However, it's precisely because of our imperfections that Christmas exists. To understand the reason for Christmas, it's important to know the background of the Christmas Story. Through sending Jesus, God initiated the process of blessing and renewing the world and invi…

It is important to express gratitude because failing to do so communicates ingratitude, whether we intend it or not. Unexpressed gratitude can have negative effects on our relationships with others, ourselves, and even our relationship with God. Ingratitude may be a result of an inflated sense of self or pride within us. Therefore, we must choose t…

Jesus’ extravagant love FOR us requires extravagant love FROM us.By Relevant Community Church

Following Jesus and sacrificially serving others are inseparable.By Relevant Community Church

Giving generously proves our trust in God, grows our trust in God, and transfers our trust from our riches to the One who richly provides.By Relevant Community Church

All of us walk through life with occasional fear. And it’s not always a bad thing. Fear is a byproduct of our ability to think about what might happen in the future, and it can protect us from harm. However, living with too much fear can cause us to be self-absorbed, distracted, and overly protective. But the good news is this: You don’t have to be…

When we feel anger, our emotions tell us it’s 100 percent someone else’s fault. But James, the brother of Jesus, has something different to say. When we take a step back and acknowledge what the problem is, anger will no longer be the boss of us.By Relevant Community Church

Envy is a negative emotion that makes us compare ourselves with others in an unhealthy manner. It often results in arrogance when we're doing well and discouragement when we are not. Envy takes away our ability to be content and makes us feel like we're chasing after something that's impossible to catch. However, it doesn't have to control us. Envy…

When it comes to guilt, many of us naturally lean in one of two ways: we wallow in it by reliving the past, or we deny it by making excuses. In either instance, guilt is causing us to be out of balance. However, because of Jesus, guilt is not the boss of us.By Relevant Community Church

We all experience competing emotions, but we can choose not to let them control us.By Relevant Community Church

Humans desire to have real, authentic, intimate, and meaningful connections with people. Despite living in a more interconnected world than ever, we seem to be more disconnected from having these types of relationships than ever before. One of the major reasons for this is gossip. Gossip is destructive to us, the person being talked about, and our …

Humans desire to have real, authentic, intimate, and meaningful connections with people. Despite living in a world that is more “connected” than ever before, we seem to be more disconnected from having these types of relationships than ever before. One of the reasons for this feeling of disconnection is digital communication. It’s disconnected us b…

To experience true relational connection we must be where our feet are.By Relevant Community Church

To truly love our neighbors like Jesus commands, our ultimate motive must be to love them, not just to “convert” them.By Relevant Community Church

Jesus commanded His followers to “love your neighbor”. Doing this requires making room in your heart and life for those who may be far from God, especially your literal neighbors.By Relevant Community Church

Jesus called His followers to love their neighbors. When it comes to loving our neighbors, barriers naturally arise. The barriers can be time, fear, and apathy. Followers of Jesus are called to be light in this world and must overcome these barriers to reach others with the hope of Jesus.By Relevant Community Church

Jesus calls His followers to love their neighbors. When Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment was (of the 600+ Old Testament commandments), he responded, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as you…

The fifth catalyst God uses to fuel our faith is Personal Ministry. Personal Ministry positions us to experience God’s Power in our weakness and His faithfulness in response to our acts of faith. When we do what only we can by having a primary ministry, God does what only He can do and transforms our faith, church, and world through our church.…

The fourth catalyst God uses to fuel our faith is Providential Relationships. God uses people to transform our faith. When someone helps our faith grow, providential is the best word to describe them. However, Providential Relationships can’t be manufactured, but we can create the potential for them to form and flourish.…

The third catalyst God uses to fuel our faith is pivotal circumstances. The circumstances of life (especially the negative ones) act as pivots; they will cause us to either pivot toward or away from God. When we pivot toward Him, our faith grows. When we don’t, our faith erodes.By Relevant Community Church

The second catalyst God uses to fuel our faith is Private Spiritual Discipline. What’s true about all private spiritual disciplines is that they help grow our relationship with Jesus in a way that nothing else does; and as our relationship with Jesus grows, so does our faith.By Relevant Community Church

Our faith grows, not just by accumulating more knowledge or believing, but by following Jesus one next step at a time.By Relevant Community Church

God wants to grow our trust in Him, because as trust goes so goes the relationship. Having unshakable, trust and faith in God is possible, but not by accident.By Relevant Community Church

The best way to protect your marriage is to practice the promises you made when you said “I do”.By Relevant Community Church

Fun in your marriage isn’t an extra - it’s essential.By Relevant Community Church

You can’t have your best us without kindness.By Relevant Community Church