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Some storms God sends. Others we bring on ourselves. In Jonah 1, Pastor Justin Cooper follows a runaway prophet from the shore to the ship to the sea, and shows four ways to calm a storm you made yourself. If you are tired of rowing and ready to get right with God, start here.

She had a water pot, a well, a way of living and a way of worship. She was still empty. In this message from John chapter 4, Pastor Justin Cooper shows how Jesus walked straight through the one region everyone else avoided to meet a woman nobody wanted. Whether you are searching, struggling or serving, this story is for you.

Everyone else took the long way around Samaria. Jesus went straight through it. In this message from the Gospel of John, Pastor Justin Cooper opens John 4 and shows us what our Savior is like: why “He must needs go,” why a tired Jesus sat down at a well, and why He spoke first to a woman nobody wanted to be around.

Two small words can change the ending of any story. In the Bible, “But God” shows up about 50 times, and every time it does, something good is on the way. Then, in Jonah 1:3, two other words turn the story the opposite direction: “But Jonah.” In this message, Pastor Justin Cooper walks from Joseph’s story to Romans 5:8 to show what happens when God steps into a mess. Then he asks a hard question: are you living a “But Jonah” kind of life? He gives six honest realities about running from God, three reasons Jonah ran, and why God goes to such great lengths to bring us home. “The problem is not discerning God’s will. The problem is having enough faith to follow God’s will.”

If you think you know the story of Jonah, think again. Pastor Justin Cooper sums up the entire book in one word, and it may be the word you need most right now. In the opening verses of Jonah, we see God reaching for a runaway prophet and a city that never asked for help. That is mercy, and it is the only reason any of us are still standing.

Two words in the Bible ought to scare us: "He left." In John 4:3, Jesus walks out of Judea, and everything else stays the same. Same houses. Same people. Same streams. The one thing missing is Jesus. In Part 11 of our study in the Gospel of John, Pastor Justin Cooper asks what happens when a church, a family or a believer takes the presence of God for granted, and how to keep Him.

Why did God let Goliath be born? Why did He let him grow, win battle after battle, and mock His name for 40 days? The same question sits behind every diagnosis, every funeral and every broken home: God, why? In Part 9 of the 1 Samuel 17 series, Pastor Justin Cooper shows that David answered it on the battlefield: "that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel."

What's the difference between heaven and hell? One word: grace. In "A Glimpse of Grace," Brother Joe goes back to the first time that word ever appears in Scripture, Genesis 6:8, "But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord." In a world as dark as ours, Noah's ark was God's plan of escape, and it is one of the clearest pictures of Jesus in the entire Old Testament.

You've probably heard that David refused King Saul's armor because it was too big. The Bible never says that. In 1 Samuel 17:39, David says, "I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them." He had never tested it, never worn it, never trusted God in it — so with two armies watching, the boldest young man in Israel stopped and took it off. Pastor Justin Cooper calls it the principle of proving things, and it may be the most practical message in this whole series. Here's why it matters now: there is a decision in front of you. A job, a relationship, a move, a church. How are you going to make it — on a feeling, on pressure, or on the will of God?

Nothing is as frustrating as a locked door, especially when you know what's on the other side. In John 3, a religious leader named Nicodemus discovers there is a locked door between him and the kingdom of God, and that nothing he has ever done can open it. In this message, Pastor Justin Cooper explains the problem, the process, and the one provision God made to get you through.

Nicodemus had it all — money, education, a seat on the ruling council, and more religion than anyone in the city. And he still came to Jesus in the middle of the night because none of it could give him peace. In this message from John 3, Pastor Justin Cooper unpacks the most important conversation in the Bible: what it means to be born again, and why nothing else can get you to heaven.

Why would God send His Son instead of an angel? Why did it have to be Jesus? In 1 Samuel 17, a father named Jesse chose his beloved son David to carry provision down to his brothers on the battlefront — and in that moment, the whole gospel comes into focus. In this message, Pastor Justin Cooper unfolds "The Beloved Son Sent to the Battle" and shows how David points us straight to Jesus Christ.

You reach for the biggest thing you can think of to describe God — a mountain, an ocean, a galaxy — and every time it falls short, because He made all of it. In this message, Pastor Justin Cooper of Gospel Light Baptist Church walks through John 2:18–19, where Jesus answered a demand for proof with a statement only God could make: "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."

You've heard the story of David and Goliath since you were a child — but you've never heard it like this. In this message, Pastor Justin Cooper unfolds 1 Samuel 17 verse by verse and reveals the shepherd boy from Bethlehem as a stunning picture of Jesus Christ, the true and unlikely Champion who walked down into our valley to fight a battle we could never win.

Most of us picture Jesus as gentle and mild — and He is a compassionate shepherd. But in John 2 He makes a whip of cords and drives the money changers out of His Father's house. Why? Because the temple was full of merchandise and empty of God. In "When Jesus Comes to Church," Pastor Justin Cooper of Gospel Light Baptist Church shows what happens when religion replaces reality — and what real revival actually looks like.