Mission City Church w/ Pastor Josh Hershey

Up until Resurrection Sunday we will be delving into Jesus’ last week of ministry. During this week was in Jerusalem and His primary concern was to teach about "the end of the age." Through parables, prophetic woes, and a long discourse on the Mount of Olives, Jesus pressed home to His disciples what this end of the age was all about. This morning we will be looking at HIs prophetic acts as He entered into Jerusalem as well as His parables of judgment in Matthew 21-22. We will see that Christ was reconstituting Israel and that you and I have a tremendous assignment today as His people under the New Covenant Age and power of the Holy Spirit!

Join us as we worship the Lord together and look at the transfiguration of Jesus on the high mountain. The glory that Jesus displayed, and the power with which He came down from that mountain, is a glory and a power that His disciples share in and one day will be fully manifested when we see Him face to face! Join as we begin our journey to Resurrection Sunday seeking to be fully conformed to Christ’s death and resurrection.

The apostle Paul desired to "know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death" (Philippians 3:10). This was his number one priority. To be fully conformed to Christ's death so that he might experience resurrection life and the glories of what it means to be in union with our Savior! Join us as we continue to dig into this important theme, seeing how fasting ties into this subject, and worship the Lord!

Join us for our Bible Study as we dine into Proverbs 3-4. We will see the importance of trusting the LORD with all our heart and of honoring the LORD with the firstfruit of all our increase. We will also see the many blessings Wisdom brings, how the world has been intricately created by Wisdom, how God's Word is like medicine, and many other powerful and important truths!

The apostle Paul desired to "know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death" (Philippians 3:10). This was his number one priority in life. To be fully conformed to Christ's death so that he might experience resurrection life and the glories of what it means to be in union with our Savior! Join us as we worship the Lord and look at the subject of fasting.

In God declared, "I will establish over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will shepherd them. he will tend them himself and will be their shepherd" (Ezekiel 34:23). This is speaking of the ministry of Jesus! “The chief Shepherd" (1 Pet. 5:4). Unlike Israel's poor shepherds who did not “strengthen the weak, heal the sick bandage the injured, bring back the strays, or seek the lost” (Ezekiel 34:4), Jesus does all these things! And He shows His disciples how to follow in His footsteps!

God has given us a share in His very Life! Jesus said concerning the Spirit, “You know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you” (John 14:17). What kind of life does the Holy Spirit produce in the believer? What does it mean to be holy like He is holy? Join us as we unpack the wonderful heavenly characteristics the Holy Spirit desires to see flow through us! Love! Joy! Peace! Patience! Kindness! Goodness! Faithfulness! Self-Control! 

Though we have fallen in Adam, and have been filled with condemnation and shame, King Jesus has sought us out! He has come to restore our lives. To bring us from a state of shame and nakedness to a state of righteousness clothed in glory. He has come to make its king’s kids. To adopt us into His family. He has given us a seat at His table and wants us to continually feast with Him and on Him. When we come to Christ solely on the basis of His goodness and grace, our identity changes from one filled with shame to one filled with joy, ready to walk in loyal love to Him.

Join us for our Bible Study as we dive into the first two chapters of Proverbs. We will look at the importance of loving Wisdom and rejecting the crowd, the ways of the world, and the immoral woman. We will also see that as we hold fast to the words of wisdom we have divine protection and preservation over our life.

One theme woven throughout Scripture is that God carries His people in His hands. God says, “Even to your old age, I am He, and even to gray hairs I will carry you! I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you!” (Isaiah 46:4) Jesus declared concerning His sheep, “I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand” (John 10:28). Join us as we worship the Lord and begin the New Year confidently knowing God is with us and for us, and desires for us to fearlessly move forward in faith!