Mission City Church w/ Pastor Josh Hershey

202307.23 ACTS (PART 40) — ZEALOUS FOR CHRIST AND HIS KINGDOM

e are nearing the end of Acts. Paul has finally made it to Jerusalem with his great monetary offering from all the new Gentile churches around the empire. How would the Christians in Jerusalem receive his work among the Gentiles? As we will see, some unhealthy forms of Jewish nationalism had begun to inflame the Jews in Jerusalem, and also infect some Jewish Christians living there as well. Many looked askance at Paul’s work. How would Paul handle this situation? Join us as we worship, dive into the Word, and seek to have our affections fully aligned with Christ and His Kingdom!

ACTS (PART 39) — RELENTLESSLY MOVING FORWARD IN GOD’S PLAN!

The Holy Spirit directed Paul to go to Jerusalem, and ultimately, to Rome (Acts 19:21, 20:22). Regardless of many voices and loved ones who begged him not to go because of the hardship he would face, Paul fearlessly and relentlessly moved forward! In his final days before he set foot in Jerusalem, he spent some time encouraging various Christian communities as well as interacting with Philip the Evangelist and the Prophet Agabus. Join us as we worship and continue to be encouraged by the Word of God in Acts!

202307.09 ACTS (PART 38) — FIRMLY ESTABLISHED IN THE GOSPEL OF GRACE

aul boldly proclaimed that the primary purpose that drove his ministry, and even his very life, was “testifying to the Gospel of the grace of God” (Acts 20:24). He knew the “word of His grace” is “able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified” (Acts 20:32). The Gospel of grace makes us unmovable and unshakable! For it is about the God who “purchased us with His own blood!” (Acts 20:28) Eternal, abounding, infinite, unfathomable, glorious grace!

I Am Who You Say I Am

Mark Gershick, our men’s ministry pastor shares our true identity in Christ. 

This message exposes how the enemy is always trying to steal our identity. 

 

God says a whole lot about our identity, our ability to detect and see the schemes of the enemy, and how He has provided everything we need to overcome the enemy at every level. 

 

There is power in knowing you are who God says you are!

202306.25 From Worship: Faith, Hope, and Victory (Pastor Chavez)

The remedy for fear, anxiety, and hopelessness is living a life of worship to our Lord Jesus. When we sing praises and declare the power and the love of God, everything becomes possible.

Take It! And You Will Know You Have Made It!

Keith Hershey Guest Speaker 

Romans 4:13. The Seven elements of the spiritual buffet to continually parTAKE in.

ACTS (PART 37) - ONE NEW PEOPLE, AWAKE TO THE LORD, WALKING IN RESURRECTION POWER

At the end of Paul’s last missionary journey he has an extended period of time strengthening the Christian churches in Macedonia and Greece. With him is a group of nine men from all the different churches he had established. Together they would go to Jerusalem to deliver a great financial gift to the Christians there. Men from vastly different backgrounds—different ethnicities, Jews and Gentiles, slave and free, rich and poor. A great picture of the unity Christ brings! In this section we also see Paul’s last great miracle as a free man—a resurrection miracle! A man who fell asleep and fell headlong to death, was revived by the grace of God! Join us as we worship!

ACTS (PART 36) — FRESH PENTECOST CAUSES SOCIETAL STIR!

Join us for Pentecost Sunday as we continue our journey through Acts! We will be looking at the end of Paul's ministry in Ephesus. A fresh Pentecostal work of the Spirit in that city brought such a radical transformation to the social structure that the kingdom of darkness began to lose its grip! So the devil began to push back! The key for the Christian when this happens is to not get caught up in the devil’s frenzy, but rather trust the Lord to continue to have His way!

ACTS (PART 35) — GOD’S MIGHTY WORK IN EPHESUS

oin us as we continue our journey through Acts! We will be looking at Paul’s three years of ministry in the large city of Ephesus. It was a time of daily dedication to teaching God's Word in a Bible School like atmosphere, a time of "unusual miracles", a time of spiritual warfare, and a time when an entire Roman province began to turn to the Lord and demonstrated their allegiance to Jesus through some radical acts of renunciation of their past practices! Many lessons to learn and be encouraged by!

ACTS (PART 35) — STRONG IN THE LORD

Join us as we continue our journey through Acts! We will be looking at how God desires all of His people to be “strengthened” in His might! A great example of one who was strong in the Lord is Apollos. He was “mighty in the Scriptures” and “fervent in spirit.” He also “taught accurately the things of the Lord” and “helped those who had believed through grace” even being able to “vigorously oppose” those who stood against the Gospel. We too are called to be “strong in the Lord and the power of His might” like Apollos!