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God is absolutely sovereign. He made a sovereign plan for our lives before the foundation of the world. But he chooses to use our intercessory prayer as part of his sovereign plan. So how can we pray for God to move mightily in our families, neighborhoods, and islands? Abraham will show us the way.

Quick: on a scale of 1-10, how are you at waiting? If 10 is a monk on a mountaintop, and 1 is a toddler in the checkout line at Costco, where do you land? Most of us are extremely waiting-resistant, but then God says things to us like, ”Wait patiently for the Lord.” We don’t like it, so we find shortcuts and workarounds to the waiting. But God will show us how to trust him and his loving plan.

We’ve all experienced broken promises, and those disappointments can make it difficult to trust anyone. So how can we be sure that God will actually keep the promises he makes? We’ll see Abram wrestle with fear, doubt, and waiting, and discover why God’s promises don’t rest on our faithfulness, but on his unchanging character.

We all want God’s blessing, but what does his blessing actually look like? Is it getting what we want, having things work out, or seeing the doors we’ve prayed for open? Through the story of Abram and Lot, we’ll see that God’s blessing is about more than what we have. Ultimately, the greatest blessing God gives us is himself.

There’s no question that every one of us will fail in small ways every day. Some days we’ll fail in big ways. The real question is what we do the morning after. How can we learn to fail forward and prevent future failures? Abram will show us the way. If you're wrestling through discouragement or failure, tune in to this message!

Ever watch a poker tournament on TV? Every game is cautious and calculated. A chip here, a chip there. Then one moment changes the whole game. A player looks at his cards, takes a breath, shoves every chip he’s got into the middle, and he says two words: ALL IN. He’s putting everything he’s got on what he believes to be true. That’s the kind of faith God called Abraham to live out. Most of us live life one chip at a time, but over the next 10 weeks, God will use the life of Abraham to lovingly pry our fingers off the chips so we can boldly go all-in on his grace.

As we head into the fall, this is the time when people think about making a fresh start. It’s when we re-think some of our strategies in life. Maybe you’ve been coasting for a while or even going downhill for a while. The good news we’ll see in Genesis is that God’s grace always brings an opportunity for a life reset. If you need a fresh start, tune into this message!

When you were a toddler, you raised your arms in expectation your dad would pick you up. When you were a teenager caught in a lie you raised your hands in surrender, hoping for forgiveness. When your team scores a game-clinching touchdown, goal, or basket, you raise your arms in celebration. And all of these are reasons to raise your hands to God in worship.

Half of American adults say they're lonely, even with more ways to connect than ever before. Somewhere along the way, our search for the good life became a search we're doing alone. This Sunday the Psalmist points us to where it's actually found.

How loud is your life right now? Not life around, life inside. How noisy is the sound of your mind churning over your crazy-busy schedule and endless to-do list? How loud is the sound of your heart grinding over things you’re anxious about or people you’re irritated at? What if it’s possible to find peace and quiet inside, even when there’s chaos and noise outside? King David will show us the path to find that kind of contentment.

There’s been a time in your life (maybe right now) when you hit rock bottom. When you felt like you were at the deepest, darkest point of the Mariana Trench and the pressure was slowly crushing you. You have two options in that place: give up all hope, or passionately cry out to God with hope that he’ll rescue and redeem.

Sometimes following Jesus doesn't look or feel like winning. Instead, you get overlooked or pushed back because of your faith, while the people who reject Him seem to be the ones getting ahead. So how do you respond when life feels like a loss, even though the Bible calls you "more than a conqueror"?

What’s your mission in life? David spent his life pursuing one mission: building a temple so God would have a house in Jerusalem. But God did something way beyond what David could have imagined when he made his house in each one of us through his Holy Spirit. Now our mission is to be the temple, and bring God’s presence to our families, workplaces, and friend groups,

Quick - what comes to mind when you hear the word blessed? Maybe you picture the promotion. The platform. The post with the family photo in the south of France. Most of us picture something extraordinary, but most of life is lived in the ordinary. And that’s just how God designed it! According to Psalm 128, the blessed life is going to work to provide for your family. Sitting around the dinner table to eat with your family. Going to church to worship with your church family. Using whatever skills you’ve got to serve your spiritual family.

Most of us are building something: a career, a family, a life worth living. But what happens when the thing you're building starts to feel like it's crushing you? Psalm 127 speaks right into that. If you're grinding and wondering if it's worth it, tune into this message.