Situations & Solutions

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God brings us out in two ways -- out of the place of oppression and the condition of oppression. Make sure you're free from both the place and condition.

Focus is a critical component to leadership. The focus Joshua needed to have is the focus we need as disciples.

There's a hierarchy in society that determines in most people's minds who is special and who isn't. Certain people are elevated while others are considered outcasts. But Jesus flips all that for us. How we see people is critical to how we treat people.

If you are searching for the true meaning of your life, Paul's second letter to the Church at Corinth tells us how the Lord compels his disciple to do what he was created to do.

When God put a burden on your heart to do something you have no choice. Pastor Holder and Minister Greg discuss the vision and resolve that comes out of being Compelled.

A lifestyle is a powerfully controlling group of habits. What happens when some of those habits are not good for you? This discussion is about identifying them and letting them go.

What do you do when you've done something wrong? How do you make it right? 

What do we do with all of this historical and present day trauma we as Black people have experienced? How do we begin to come out of it? Exodus 13 profoundly speaks to our history and present day reality.

We all have some "situational relationships" -- go to relationships when you need something or when someone needs or wants something from you.  Pastor Holder and Minister Greg chop it up about our limiting ourselves to a situational relationship with Jesus and how much more there is.

It can be so hard to grow your faith when people around you aren't. Life gives you two choices--to go backwards or to move forward, to be afraid or to believe. It's critical to make the right choice. Jairus made the right choice.

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What do you do when you’re desperate? The Canaanite woman has one of the greatest answers for you.

Why did the centurion have such great faith; so much more faith than anyone from the nation of Israel? And he wasn't even from the nation of Israel! Learn some of the principles of great faith.

Have you ever felt lost? Pastor Holder and Minister Greg break down John 14 for you to see that Jesus gave us all we need so that we don't ever have to be lost.

What do you do when you're confronted with the real call of faith? It's more than following Jesus, it's understanding who He is in relationship to the Father.

How do we fight a pervasive system of oppression? Mark 11.

God told Abraham to leave his home and go to a land "I will show you." By faith Abraham obeyed God even though he didn't know where he was going. Abraham's life is a journey of ups and downs, but ultimately he is known for the audacity of his faith. 

What do you do when your faith is smaller than you want it to be? Understanding what faith means in the context of your relationship with God is an essential way to grow it.

Contrary to popular belief, faith doesn't start with a confidence in what we hope for. Faith starts with a confidence that we can enter His Most Holy Place.

Because we are caught in this non-privileged position, what is our role? How do we break out? What does God call us to do and who does He call us to be?

God would define today's America as a country at war with itself. Her own people have caused her downfall. Jeremiah 6 is a prophetic reflection of Jerusalem under siege and how a nation can get to this point all by themselves. Pastor Holder and Minister Greg discuss our Jerusalem, America, and its wound of oppression and who is called to heal it.

Jeremiah 6 describes a Jerusalem under siege by her enemies -- but that's because the nation of Israel had already fallen from within. This is a prophetic word today about our own nation and what we are called to do as the people of God to stop this insurrection.

The Book of Ruth

Pastor Holder and Minister Greg offer you the solution to getting caught up in your own situation from the story of Ruth.

Lamentations 3 from the series "Picking Up the Pieces"

What do you do when you don't have hope? Pastor Holder and Minister Greg offer a solution straight from Lamentations 3.

Psalm 139

Pastor Holder and Minister Greg provide a biblical answer to finding where your anxiety is coming from and how you can get rid of it.

Isaiah 43

When your past blinds you from seeing your present and future.

Minister Greg. Matthew 19..

One of our biggest challenges is holding onto to what we have instead of grabbing onto what we need.

Genesis 12

Don't settle for Less.

Mark 1

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How do you find hope in an unjust world? Pastor Holder and Minister Greg chop it up about how the prophet Isaiah lays out two things that we can find comfort in the midst of evil--particularly during this Christmas season.

Isaiah 40  A Christmas Message

Deuteronomy 31

Sometimes making the right choice is scary. And it takes extra strength and courage when there are huge obstacles in your way. How do you make the right choice when there's a lot opposition? Deuteronomy 31 shows us the way.

Your greatest passion happens in the greatest place in the world. Romans 12

How do we find and keep passion in God when there's so many things competing for our time? Pastor Holder and Minister Greg have an answer from the Book.

Do you have any regrets in your life? Things that you wish you could go back and change if you had the chance to do it over again? Pastor Holder and Minister Greg have an answer on how to move on from regrets.

Don't let regrets hold you back from what God is offering you in the present.

Have you spent a lot of time using temporary solutions to solve problems? Straight from 2 Corinthians 5, Pastor Holder talks about how problems are solved with eternal solutions, and that those eternal solutions can only come from an eternal God.

Temporary solutions don't solve situations, they just hide them. Pastor Holder and Minister Greg discuss how focusing on achieving temporary things can stop you from achieving things that will last forever.

When a personal weakness gets in the way of your life, this is your opportunity for God to step in.

What do you do when you are dealing with a personal weakness?

How do you stop Jesus from becoming your side piece? Pastor Holder and Minister Greg have a solution.

We limit our use of the power of Grace. It does more than save us. 1 Corinthians 15

When you're dealing with the oppression that is all around you, what can you do? Pastor Holder and Minister Greg chop it up.

When your relationship with God is personal it's powerful, and you can overcome any oppression. Psalm 27

If you've ever had a hardship, something you didn't have that was essential for your well-being, there is a solution.

If you've ever had a hardship, something you didn't have that was essential for your well-being, there is a solution.

We become more like Jesus the more we think about Jesus. You’ve got to see yourself in a dark place without God in order for His light to shine through you. Sharing the Gospel will give God glory as it gives you strength. Without His death in you, His resurrection can’t be revealed in you. 2 Corinthians 4

Situation: When you can't see everything that's going on.

Situation #2: How do you deal with many trials in your life? This message is about the power of perseverance and what it can do for you. O.P.P. how can I explain it? Opposition Produces Perseverance.

Situation #2: How do you deal with many trials in your life? Pastor Dave and Minister Greg chop it up about the power of perseverance and it can do for you. O.P.P. how can I explain it? Opposition Produces Perseverance.

Have you had some setbacks? Are you struggling to reach your goals? Do you sometimes feel you're not strong enough? This is the first message in Pastor Dave's new series called GRIT. Grit is passion + the perseverance that only God can provide.

Situation #1: Have you faced opposition? Pastor David and Minister Greg discuss the very first message in a new series of discussions called "GRIT."  There are only two things that you need to live--food and God's instructions.

1 Corinthians 13 Why do we pursue our goals? What’s behind the pursuit?  Here are the reasons and why love must be the reason for our pursuits.

Why do we pursue our goals? What’s behind the pursuit? Pastor David and Min. Greg unpack the reasons and why love must be the reason for our pursuits.

What kind of knowledge are you reaching for? Pastor Holder teaches from Genesis 3 and how pursuing knowledge without God leads to a very narrow view of your  own life.

What kind of knowledge are you reaching for? Pastor Holder and Min. Millings discuss Genesis 3 and how pursuing knowledge without God leads to a very narrow view of your  own life.

The public praise of Jesus is a political statement planned by God. This is a deep dive into Jesus' rolling into Jerusalem. John 12

Pastor Dave and Min. Greg discuss how our public praise of Jesus is a political statement planned by God. This is a deep dive into Jesus' rolling into Jerusalem.

Join us as we discuss what happens when we're restored back to God. Coming out of Isaiah 54.

Join us as we discuss what happens when we're restored back to God. Coming out of Isaiah 54.

In this tumultuous time of multiple crises, with 7 shots in the back of Jacob Blake by a police officer, David's praise and plea from the 9th and 10th Psalm bring us solace. Minister Greg and Pastor Dave dig into both David's crisis and his hope. 

Min. Millings and Pastor Holder confront one of the most misinterpreted Scriptures in the Bible by offering a minority view through the eyes of the victim. The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard is assumed to be about coming to Jesus no matter how late and still getting  the same reward of Heaven. Is that what Jesus was saying? Or was He saying something totally different?

Min. Millings and Pastor Holder confront one of the most misinterpreted Scriptures in the Bible by offering a minority view through the eyes of the victim. The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard is assumed to be about coming to Jesus no matter how late and still getting  the same reward of Heaven. Is that what Jesus was saying? Or was He saying something totally different?

Proverbs 31 is famous for the virtuous woman and rightfully so. But it should also be famous for the virtuous man. What kind of kings should our queens be raising?

How do you choose the right life for you? The Book of James tells us how.

How do you choose the right life for you? We get into it using Jesus' little brother James breaking it down for us.

Proverbs 3

What stops the Word of God from changing your life? What's the biblical definition of success? Minister Greg and Pastor Dave dig into the first three chapters of Proverbs.

Proverbs 31 gives each man two charges in life--choose a good woman and a good charge. 

What is Jesus' Socio-Political Platform for real, for real? We begin this series with Jeremiah 22.

Exposing evil is an essential part of being the people of God in the midst of injustice. The Book of MIcah

Exposing evil is an essential part of being the people of God in the midst of injustice.

We need a Christ Culture on the earth in order to make change in the world. What does that "Christ Culture" look like, feel like, and sound like?

God created the church to be a culture all its own. What is that supposed to look like?

Protesting injustice is crucial, but it is just one step. We must make change happen. Scripture gives us principles for making change in the world. Modeling that change is definitely at the top of the list as a disciple of Christ.

What can we learn from Jesus clearing the temple when we talk about protesting?

We have to take back the Word of God from the oppressor who stole it.

It’s easy to stand up when everybody else is. It’s so much harder to stand up when most others won't.

Protesting injustice is crucial, but it is just one step. We must make change happen. Scripture gives us principles for making change in the world. Modeling that change is definitely at the top of the list as a disciple of Christ.

Do you want to live a complete life? Do you want your reward to be great and for you to be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven?  This is how Jesus tells us to live on the daily for that to happen.

What can we learn from Jesus clearing the temple when we talk about protesting?

We have to take back the Word of God from the oppressor who stole it.

It’s easy to stand up when everybody else is. It’s so much harder to stand up when most others won't.