Pastor John Ryan Cantu brings this week’s message, “Run to Win." Key Verse: 1 Corinthians 9.24-27 ESV: “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself shoul...
Jan 05, 2025•42 min
Pastor Damaris Solis brings this week’s message, “This is My Confidence." Key Verses: John 16.33 NIV: ““I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”” Mark 5:.25-34 NIV: “And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. When she heard about Je...
Dec 29, 2024•48 min
Pastor John Ryan Cantu brings this week’s message, “With Us." Key Verse: Isaiah 7:.10-17 ESV: “Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz: “Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lord to the test.” And he said, “Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also? Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call...
Dec 22, 2024•40 min
Pastor John Ryan Cantu brings this week’s message, “Burden of the Blessing." Key Verse: Luke 1.26-38 ESV: “In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. And the ang...
Dec 16, 2024•44 min
Special guest speaker Leah Rios brings this week’s message, “Peace on Earth." Key Verses: Philippians 4.6-8 NKJV: “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are ...
Dec 08, 2024•31 min
Pastor John Ryan Cantu brings this week’s message, “The Word I Need." Key Verse: John 1.1-14 ESV: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, t...
Dec 01, 2024•39 min
Pastor John Ryan Cantu brings this week’s message, “Fail to Forget." Links: Shema Key Verses: Deuteronomy 8.7-18 ESV: “For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills, a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose ...
Nov 24, 2024•42 min
Pastor John Ryan Cantu brings this week’s message, “Giving that Costs." Key Verses: 2 Samuel 24:18-25 NLT: “That day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.” So David went up to do what the Lord had commanded him. When Araunah saw the king and his men coming toward him, he came and bowed before the king with his face to the ground. “Why have you come, my Lord the king?” Araunah asked. David replied, “I have come to ...
Nov 17, 2024•48 min
Pastor John Ryan Cantu brings this week’s message, “Holiness." Key Verse: 2 Kings 2.1-15 ESV: “Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel. And the sons of the prophets who were in Bethel came out to Elisha and said to ...
Nov 11, 2024•45 min
Pastor John Ryan Cantu brings this week’s message, “Unashamed." Key Verse: Romans 1.16-17 ESV: “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”” Sermon Topics: Transformation, Responsibility If you enjoyed the podcast, please subscribe and share it with your friends on social medi...
Nov 04, 2024•46 min
Pastor John Ryan Cantu brings this week’s message, “Lessons in Prayer." Key Verses: 1 Samuel 28.6 NLT: “He asked the Lord what he should do, but the Lord refused to answer him, either by dreams or by sacred lots or by the prophets.” 2 Chronicles 7.:13-14 ESV: “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wick...
Oct 20, 2024•44 min
Pastor John Ryan Cantu brings this week’s message, “Too Much." Key Verses: Revelation 3:.14-19 ESV: ““And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation. “‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that...
Oct 13, 2024•38 min
Pastor Damaris Solis brings this week’s message, “It is Written." Key Verse: Luke 4.1-13 NIV: “Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’” The devil led him up to a high pl...
Oct 06, 2024•39 min
Pastor John Ryan Cantu brings this week’s message, “Body. Mind. Heart." Key Verse: Romans 6.12-13 ESV: “Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness.” 1 John 2.1 ESV: “My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if any...
Sep 29, 2024•42 min
Pastor John Ryan Cantu brings this week’s message, “Power to Influence." Key Verse: 1 Samuel 18:1-9 ESV: “As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father’s house. Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul. And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, and his armor, and...
Sep 16, 2024•45 min
Pastor John Ryan Cantu brings this week’s message, “Power to Build." Key Verses: 1 Corinthians 14.1–5, 12–19, 26 ESV: “Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation. The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself,...
Sep 08, 2024•44 min
Pastor John Ryan Cantu brings this week’s message, “Good & Faithful." Key Verse: Matthew 25.14-30 ESV: ““For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. But he who...
Sep 02, 2024•40 min
NextGen Youth Pastor René Sandoval brings this week’s message, “Salt and Light." Matthew 5:13-16 NASB1995: ““You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men. “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. L...
Aug 25, 2024•35 min
Pastor John Ryan Cantu brings this week’s message, “In Awe of God." Key Verse: 1 Corinthians 2.1-16 NLT: “When I first came to you, dear brothers and sisters, I didn’t use lofty words and impressive wisdom to tell you God’s secret plan. For I decided that while I was with you I would forget everything except Jesus Christ, the one who was crucified. I came to you in weakness—timid and trembling. And my message and my preaching were very plain. Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I r...
Aug 18, 2024•49 min
Pastor John Ryan Cantu brings this week’s message, “Alone." Key Verse: 1 Kings 19:3-4 NLT: “Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went to Beersheba, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there. Then he went on alone into the wilderness, traveling all day. He sat down under a solitary broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors who have already died.”” 1 Kings 19:9-18 NLT: “There he came to a cave, where...
Aug 11, 2024•45 min
Pastor John Ryan Cantu brings this week’s message, “God is Love." Key Verses: John 3.16-17 ESV: ““For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” Psalm 22.1-5 ESV: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but...
Jul 28, 2024•40 min
Pastor John Ryan Cantu brings this week’s message, “Divided We Stand." Key Verses: Matthew 10:34-39 ESV: ““Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a person’s enemies will be those of his own household. Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughte...
Jul 21, 2024•38 min
Worship leader Leah Rios brings this week’s message, “Forgiveness.” Key Verses: Matthew 18.21–35 NKJV : “Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ...
Jul 14, 2024•29 min
Associate Pastor Brandon Solis brings this week’s message, “The Journey." Key Verse: Psalms 121:1–8 NLT: “I look up to the mountains— does my help come from there? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth! He will not let you stumble; the one who watches over you will not slumber. Indeed, he who watches over Israel never slumbers or sleeps. The Lord himself watches over you! The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade. The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon at night...
Jul 07, 2024•55 min
Pastor John Ryan Cantu brings this week’s message, “Private Spaces." Key Verse: Mark 7.1-9, 14-23 ESV “Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders, and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are...
Jun 30, 2024•38 min
Pastor John Ryan Cantu brings this week’s message, “What Am I Missing?” Key Verses: Matthew 11:2-6 ESV “Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to th...
Jun 23, 2024•41 min
Pastor John Ryan Cantu brings this week’s message, “It’s Possible." Key Verses: Mark 9:14-29 ESV “And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. And he asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?” And someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a spirit that makes him mute. And whenever it s...
Jun 16, 2024•40 min
Pastor John Ryan Cantu brings this week’s message, “What Are You Doing There?” Key Verse: Deuteronomy 1:19–40 NLT ““Then, just as the Lord our God commanded us, we left Mount Sinai and traveled through the great and terrifying wilderness, as you yourselves remember, and headed toward the hill country of the Amorites. When we arrived at Kadesh-barnea, I said to you, ‘You have now reached the hill country of the Amorites that the Lord our God is giving us. Look! He has placed the land in front of ...
Jun 09, 2024•38 min
In this sermon, Pastor John Ryan Cantu emphasizes the importance of being spiritually ready for the imminent return of Christ. Drawing from Matthew 24, he explores themes of readiness, stewardship, and urgency, urging believers to live with a heightened awareness of their spiritual responsibilities and to prepare for the day they stand before the judgment seat of Christ. Key Verse: Matthew 24:36–44 ESV ““But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, b...
Jun 02, 2024•41 min
Pastor Damaris Solis brings this week’s message, “My Legacy." Key Verse: Joshua 3:1–16 "Early in the morning Joshua and all the Israelites set out from Shittim and went to the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over. After three days the officers went throughout the camp, giving orders to the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the Levitical priests carrying it, you are to move out from your positions and follow it. Then you will know which way to go, s...
May 26, 2024•48 min
