Walking In Truth

When you make a reservation at a restaurant, you’re claiming a spot that you plan to fill. Nobody else can take that spot because you’ve gone out of your way to reserve it. Well today, Pastor Johnny wants you to know that when you buy-into what Jesus did for you personally, you’re getting a special reserved seat in the courts of heaven! Your place is being held just for you and no one else. If anything, this should make you feel special and extremely honored to have this type of place!

With the current worldwide “plague” that has affected everyone, it brings you to a realization of how powerless you are against such things. But did you know that every person is born into a type of plague called sin? This also seems impossible to overcome. Today, Pastor Johnny reminds you that there’s one Person who can help rescue you from the most crippling of diseases, which is sin. Jesus Christ is the only One who has the antidote to this sickness and He’s the answer and the cure!

When you take your car in for a car wash, there are times that a special protective coating is offered to keep your car from getting smudged or dirty as easily. What if you could have that kind of protective coating for your body or for your life in general? Well, you can! Today, Pastor Johnny talks about how Jesus’ blood that was shed for you is that protective coating. It’s proof that you believe in Him and that you’ll be spared from a judgment that no one wants to face. That judgment’s worse than a plague!

When you think of a lamb, the image that probably comes to mind is a cute and cuddly baby lamb that’s tiny and soft. You’d like to take it home as a pet and get to enjoy it. What typically doesn’t come to mind is the idea of that same lamb being killed and its blood being spread everywhere. Kind of a gross thought, right? Well today, Pastor Johnny helps you see how the lamb spoken of earlier in the Bible ends up being an example of what Jesus would live out…being a type of lamb slaughtered for you.

Jesus’s story demands a response. You can’t simply hear about the Savior and do nothing! In today’s message, Pastor Johnny will urge you to decide what your relationship with Jesus is going to look like. Do you simply want Him around for what you think He can do for you? Or would you rather know Him as He is, the humble and perfect Savior who died for your sins? It’s a choice every person must make, and it’s going to determine how the rest of your life is played out!

Many people come to Jesus with an expectation that He’s going to give them exactly what they want. Maybe that’s you! Pastor Johnny today will be reminding you that there was a purpose to Christ’s time here on earth, but it wasn’t to make your life comfortable. It wasn’t to remove all the bad things from your life. It was to give you Salvation! Jesus loves you too much to let you live in sin forever. He’s giving you another option, a better option – living in freedom in Him! Are you ready to come to Jesus as He truly is?

Jesus had many opportunities to take control – the crowds loved Him, and He certainly had the power to overthrow the government, even rule the world! But Pastor Johnny today will remind you that Jesus routinely stepped away when talk of leadership came up. It wasn’t His time – until He got closer to the cross. Today you’ll join Jesus as He makes His way into the city of Jerusalem, riding on a donkey, humbly displaying who He is and why He’d come. Jesus came to rule hearts, and to win souls!

How are you supposed to confront someone in a nice way, but also a direct way? Too often, there’s this idea out there that if you disagree with anyone, you’ll be cancelled in person, online, everywhere. Today, Pastor Johnny wants to encourage you to not be that type of person who’s unwilling to hear something from a friend or a family member, even if it stings a little. Try to remember that that person cares about you and be willing to entertain the idea that there might be an area of your life that needs change.

What are some of the greatest downfalls that you might face in your life? One thing that might come to mind is when pride gets the best of you. Another thing could be when you deliberately disobey…like driving without your license and then getting pulled over. The consequences for these types of things are often unpleasant. Today, Pastor Johnny wants you to be aware of the enemy that wants to take you out. It’s so important to be on guard because before you know it, you might trip and fall!

There’s that expression of “giving credit where credit is due.” Well in today’s message, Pastor Johnny teaches about Joshua and God’s people carrying through with the conquest of Jericho. Before they could do this, God wanted to see their hearts be right before Him. So if you’re hoping, or praying, or waiting on an answer or a solution to a problem you’re currently in, it might be time to assess where your heart is toward God. Are you willing to follow His lead when it doesn’t make sense?

When you don’t want people to bother you, you put up walls to keep people out of your business or the things that are too personal to share with anyone. But today, Pastor Johnny is asking you to tear those walls down that divide you from relationships with others and with God. Sometimes, it takes a lot of faith to believe that God can break down those walls in your life. But when that happens, there’s an openness and a trust that comes about that’s far better than the fortress you had.

You might be the laughingstock of your school. Maybe you’re considered the freak in your neighborhood. You stand out in your job as the one who does things differently and you might be looked down on for that. Well today, Pastor Johnny is talking about doing things in a way that doesn’t always make sense, but that it may be God’s way, which is non-traditional. Have courage to go-against- the-flow, even if people sit there mocking you and making fun of you. It’s ok to be different when you’re going God’s way!

Sometimes, you need a little reassurance. When you’re learning a new skill, it’s nice to have your teacher tell you that what you’re doing is going in the right direction. And if you’re not, they’ll let you know! Well today, Pastor Johnny talks about how God reassured Joshua in leading all these people into new territory. Sure, there were some fears of the unknown, but God has a way of bringing a peace in a way that no one else can compete with. Do you have this kind of peace, knowing God’s in control?

You think about a large rock and there’s little chance of something breaking through the outer surface of the rock because it’s so hard. Now think of you heart being hard like that rock. How is anything supposed to seep into your heart if you’re unwilling? Today, Pastor Johnny wants you to have a soft heart that’s open to hearing from God. Will you listen to God’s Word and be willing to take action in a way that honors and glorifies Him? Don’t let your heart be like a hard rock. Change from within!

Sometimes, you’ll do something to mark the end of one season and the start of a new one. Maybe you have a celebration dinner or you do an outing that marks the end of an era. Perhaps you establish some traditions in a new house or you break some habits that you’ve been holding on to far too long. Well today, Pastor Johnny explains the purpose behind what God asked His people to do before entering the promised land. It may have seemed like weird timing, but God’s ways are always right .

When you think of statues or even of ruins from ancient history, it reminds you of what has happened in the past. But too often today, you can go about your merry way, moving forward. But sometimes, it’s important to remember where you’ve come from in order to know where you’re going. Today, Pastor Johnny talks about ways you can put-into-practice remembering what God’s done so that you don’t forget. Otherwise, that long-term memory might fail you when you may need it the most.

Typically, before something big happens in your life, there’s some preparation that needs to happen. Before you graduate from school, you’re required to learn the things that prove you earned your degree. Before you get married, you work at communicating and trusting another person. Before you have a baby, you take classes that train you to know what to do during labor. Well today, Pastor Johnny teaches on how God’s people needed to prepare for a new chapter in their lives.

Don’t you love it when there’s a theme that weaves its way throughout a story? It has a purpose and is important to how the story ends. Well today, Pastor Johnny highlights a theme that’s woven throughout the Bible and you’ll be impressed with how it’s inserted into the passage being covered. God has a way of reaching your heart in every story told in the Bible and it happens again with this story. His love for you can’t be measured. His love is thicker than the red blood He gave for you.

You don’t have to always see something to believe that it exists. The wind is something unseen, but it’s obvious that it’s there and you see how it affects everything around you…especially when a hurricane hits. Well today, Pastor Johnny talks about a woman having a lot of faith in something she hasn’t seen, but she’s heard of it. What about you? Do you have this kind of faith in God? Is it easy to believe things that are promised, even though you can’t see God physically? Take some notes from Rahab today.

You’re facing a moral dilemma and you have to make a decision that will cause criticism no matter what. So how do you decide? Well today, Pastor Johnny gives an example of someone who made a controversial choice that put her life at risk, but she felt it was worthwhile. The question for you is…when is it the right time to go against the rules of government in order to follow God rather than men? Ultimately, God will hold you accountable for whatever decisions you make and if they line up with what He says.