Today we are starting our brand new series "The King Has Come" as we celebrate the Christmas season. For years our church has been known as a church that wholeheartedly worships God. We believe many of you genuinely want to be in God’s presence, and worship is one of the ways we do that in this life. When it comes to worship, we are not talking about just the portion of the Sunday service where we sing songs. Worship is an everyday lifestyle. Worship isn’t just something we do. A worshiper is wh...
Dec 05, 2021•41 min
Today we are continuing in our series on Proverbs entitled “Where is the Wisdom?”. Personified wisdom gives us insight into the heart of the Lord, who desires that all would turn from their own ways and follow His path of wisdom. Through listening to Wisdom’s voice, we are able to encounter the character of the Lord and reflect the temperament and ways of the Lord in our lives.
Nov 28, 2021•37 min
Where is the Wisdom? Folly, Fanatics and Fools is the series we are in, and this is week 4. We have covered the difference between Godly wisdom and human wisdom (one leads to righteousness the other to strife and destruction). We looked at the wisdom of generosity (what you keep is all you have, what you give God can multiply) and last week we covered the wisdom of teachability. (The wise walk with the wise and humbly listen and apply Godly instruction). We are unable to be wise without the wisd...
Nov 21, 2021•46 min
The author of Proverbs is mainly concerned with the impartation of two things, Godly information, and a teachable spirit. You can have all the information, all the proverbs the Bible or even the world has to offer but if you are not teachable it won’t matter. Teachability is paramount to being wise. Wisdom is not a wealth of knowledge, but wisdom is demonstrated by applying the proverbs to our lives in such a way that reflects God’s standards of righteousness, justice, and equity. Proverbs is tr...
Nov 15, 2021•46 min
The “heart” represents the core of your being, your genuine self and inner person. The heart is the wellspring of life Proverbs says; therefore it is the causative source of your spiritual, emotional, and psychological life. What we value is driven by the nature of our hearts. Therefore, the decisions we make as it relates to our money being wise or foolish are determined by who is the King of hearts. Do we store up treasures here or do we store up treasures in heaven?
Nov 07, 2021•48 min
It is easy to find people saying and doing unwise, foolish things. Today, being unwise, being as foolish as possible and catching it on video and posting it for the world to see or laugh at is standard practice. As long as you stay alive to keep doing foolish things, it is normal human behavior. But is it normal behavior becoming of a Christ follower? How should the people of the church be viewed?
Oct 31, 2021•43 min
Today, we are joined by Pastor Justin Gray, Director of Every Nation Music and a member of the Pastor; team at Bethel World Outreach Church in Nashville, Tennessee. Justin has been a friend of In Focus Church for years now, and we are always grateful for our Every Nation family that is faithful to pour into this body of believers here at In Focus Church.
Oct 24, 2021•32 min
Problems come big and small. We know this, right? We face problems everyday. We also cause problems for one another. Problems arise in our lives where there’s not anyone to blame. We’ve got problems all around us. The truth is that although the specifics of our problems may differ, we all share in common the tension of struggling with our problems and the challenging question: what do we do with our problem? How do we face and overcome our problems?
Oct 17, 2021•44 min
Evil. We all feel like we can recognize when something is evil in this life, and if we do, God says we must abhor it (Romans 12:9), hate it (Psalm 97:10), despise it, loathe evil. There is no question, absolutely no doubt we live in a world that is full of evil. To argue the presence and detrimental effects of extensive evil existing in our world today would be the height of ignorance or denial, or a moral subjectivity that could only be described as evil itself. So, when we see it, sense it, fe...
Oct 10, 2021•42 min
We are in week 5 of our series “My People” where we are looking at what it means to be God’s people, the church. Through salvation in Christ, you are saved to be a part of the Body of Christ, the family of God, therefore, you are my people because we are God’s people. What is problematic as we mentioned last week is we are good with having the title “God’s people” but not so much “God’s plan.”
Oct 03, 2021•41 min
We are in the final week of our series “My People” where we have been looking at who we are supposed to be, and what we are supposed to do in the earth today as God’s people. If we are God’s people then we are spiritual family, therefore, You are my people, because we are God’s people. So as God’s people we are first and foremost divine image bearers. We are supposed to be shining lights in the darkness as Philippians 2:15 states, and we are to show forth the praises of the one who called us out...
Sep 26, 2021•45 min
We are in week 3 of our series “My People” where we have been looking at what it means to be the people of God, the church. Now as God’s people how do we shine like stars in the sky, how do we show forth the praises of the one who has called us out of darkness as 1 Peter says? Primarily we are to be divine image bearers in the earth today, as kings, priests, and prophets. We have already talked about being “young kings who do unpopular things” through serving. Last week we talked about being “yo...
Sep 19, 2021•37 min
We are in week two of our series "My People". Every September we spend the month championing the local church and all of things God does through In Focus Church. If you were listened to last weeks sermon, you’ll remember “you are my people, because we are His people.” That is a true a statement, and this is what we are talking about this month, what it means to be God’s people, which in turn makes you an integral part of a big new spiritual family. We can say it this way as well, “Because we are...
Sep 12, 2021•41 min
This whole month of September has historically been a time where we celebrate the local church. A time we highlight the amazing things God is doing in and through us as a church. “You are my people because we are His people, and if we are His people then you must be my people.” Because God uttered those very words, “You will be my people… we can look at each other and say, “you are my people.” Belonging to a group of people is something we all understand and probably have experienced, it is the ...
Sep 05, 2021•45 min
We are in our final week of the series Alpha and Omega: The Story of Scripture, where we have been looking at the Biblical narrative with its overarching themes of Creation, Fall, Redemption and Restoration. We have also been discovering beyond being the main structure of the Biblical story it is also repeated throughout different stories within the Bible, and the stories of our lives. You and I, along with all of creation are God’s restoration projects., and all our stories start in the same pl...
Aug 29, 2021•44 min
We are in week three of the series, Alpha and Omega: The Story of Scripture, where we are looking at the 4 main themes of the Biblical story. Creation, fall, redemption and restoration. We are also looking at how our own lives follow this same pattern, and where we may find ourselves in God’s story today. Today we are looking at “Redemption.” Who doesn’t love redemption? We love redemptive stories, and the greatest redemption story ever is found in the Bible.
Aug 22, 2021•45 min
We are in week 2 of our series Alpha and Omega where we are looking at the Biblical order of creation, fall, redemption and new creation, not just as theological framework, but also as a structure or parallel for how things still happen in our own lives. Today we will cover the Fall, and as we said last week, how we need and should want God involved in every part of our story, which is really God’s story that we have the privilege to be a part of.
Aug 15, 2021•44 min
We were made to create because we were made in the image of our Creator. That’s part of the Biblical story. And like every great story there is a beginning, a back story even, and the story of scripture is unrivaled in its beauty and tragedy, and yet there is no greater story of redemption, there is nothing more epic, dramatic, surprising and inexplicable than the narrative of scripture…so how did it all start, and why is it important? This is message one in the series we are kicking off today e...
Aug 08, 2021
Today we are joined by Pastor Adrian Crawford. Pastor Adrian leads our fellow Every Nation church in Tallahassee, Florida. He preaches out of Jeremiah 18 and gives a great word on how we are supposed to be aligned with the Kingdom of God rather than the kingdoms of this world.
Aug 01, 2021•43 min
We are joined by Pastor Donnell Jones out of Washington D.C. Pastor Donnell is the lead pastor at our Every Nation church in Washington D.C. Today, he preaches out of Psalm 34:8 and explains the concept of God sifting His people, and the wonderful fruit that comes from that process.
Jul 25, 2021
We are joined by our good friend Pastor Justin Gray as he preaches about finding true satisfaction in Jesus.
Jul 18, 2021•32 min
Today we are joined by our friend Joel Muddamalle from Transformation Church in South Carolina. Joel preaches out of Philippians 4, and shares with us how we as the church can work together to be more unified in a world that creates such division.
Jul 11, 2021•46 min
Give me liberty or give me death. This is a famous quote from Patrick Henry in 1775, right before our nation declared its independence from England in 1776. As we recognize the freedoms and comforts, we have been afforded in our nation, and remember with gratitude on this Fourth of July the many people that sacrificed to make improving our nation year after year a reality I must tell you that as Christians, Patrick Henry’s statement is not our cry. As is the case with the Kingdom of God this is ...
Jul 04, 2021•45 min
This week we are joined by Pastor Russ Austin. Pastor Russ leads Southpoint Community Church, a fellow Every Nation church, in Jacksonville, Florida. He shares about how he is a lover of the local church and how we can be better church goers through service.
Jun 27, 2021•46 min
We all experience pain. Many of us go through situations in life that leave us with emotions that we struggle to express, specifically if we have grown up in the Church. This should not be our reality. God has given us emotions for a reason; not to be led by them, but to be guided by what they are telling us. In this message, we are joined by Pastor Andy King of HighPoint Atlanta. He walks us through Psalm 77, encouraging us to express our emotions to God and be honest before our heavenly father...
Jun 20, 2021•35 min
As we’ve been journeying through the Apostle’s Creed, diving deeper into each line to learn of the biblical backing of these statements, we’re affirming the crucial doctrines of the Christian faith. The Creed up to this point has spoken to God and our vertical relationship with Him, and rightfully so. We must notice, this creed starts off proclaiming truths about the God who gives us the Gospel that saves us, not about us. In fact, where we are going today is looking at the church that He set in...
Jun 13, 2021•46 min
"I believe in the Holy Spirit." That has got to be the most loaded sentence ever, and yet here it is, six words right here in the Apostles’ Creed that have meant a plethora of things to so many people for so many years. It is no surprise though that the doctrine of the Holy Spirit would be so viciously and deceitfully attacked because without Him we are powerless as Christians and doomed to fail as the church. So what does the Bible teach us about the Holy Spirit? We have to search the Scripture...
Jun 06, 2021•39 min
Thus far in our series on the Apostles’ Creed we have unpacked each section of the creed in order to help us better understand what we believe and why we believe it. Up to this point the creed has been in the past tense. It also closes out the part of the creed dealing with the person and work of Jesus. We looked at Jesus past ministry, birth, crucifixion, death and burial resurrection and ascensions and last week we covered His present ministry (interceding for you and me right now because He l...
May 30, 2021•41 min
We often hear about what Jesus has done and what He is going to do, but what about what He is currently doing? It is imperative to remember what Christ has done. But we also have a future hope, the hope of glory, that is certain. So as He is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty, who is Jesus right now and what does it mean for us today?
May 23, 2021•41 min
In week six of our series on the Apostles' Creed, Pastor Kēvin Carlie takes a deep dive into what happened to Jesus in between his death and resurrection.
May 16, 2021•34 min
