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It's Not a Money Thing | FIRST — Week 4 with Chris Nichols & Ted Coniaris
A widow. An empty jar. A prophet who asks her not what she needs, but what she already has. It's an odd place to start a conversation about money — but it's exactly where this week's message begins.For three weeks, FIRST has asked whethe...
Who Is My Neighbor | Lectio Divina + Prayer | Luke 10:27, 36–37
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart…and love your neighbor as yourself.” — Luke 10:27In this final meditation, Sharie Behnke invites us to allow the love we have received from God to move outward toward others. Through Scripture,...
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Love Yourself | Lectio Divina | Mark 12:30–31
“Love your neighbor as yourself.” — Mark 12:31We often understand what it means to care for others, yet struggle to offer ourselves that same patience, kindness, and grace. In this guided Lectio Divina, Jon Hughes invites us to slow down...
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The Gift of Today | Gratitude Meditation | Psalm 118:24
“This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.” — Psalm 118:24Today is a gift—but in the busyness of life, it’s easy to miss the goodness already surrounding us. In this guided gratitude meditation, Katie Purdy inv...
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Notice Your Life | Prayer of Examen | Psalm 139:23–24
“Search me, God, and know my heart… and lead me in the way everlasting.” — Psalm 139:23–24Life moves quickly, and it’s easy to move from one moment to the next without noticing what is happening within us—or where God may be present. In ...
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You Are Loved | Breath Prayer | 1 John 4:19
“We love because he first loved us.” — 1 John 4:19We begin this five-day journey with the truth that grounds everything else: you are loved by God. In this guided breath prayer, Sharie Behnke invites us to slow down, release our striving...
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Give God the Key | FIRST — Week 3 | Hearts on Fire Sunday with Ted Coniaris
For two weeks, we've been asking what it looks like to truly put God first. This week, Lead Pastor Ted Coniaris brings that question to a single moment: everyone receives a key, a physical reminder of the locked room each of us carries — the th...
The Room You Keep Locked | FIRST — Week 2 with Tammy Melchien
There's always a room. A part of us we've quietly decided is off-limits — not because it holds something shameful, but because it holds something we love. Something we've built our whole identity around.In Week 2 of FIRST, Teaching Pasto...
Is God Actually First? | FIRST — Week 1 with Ted Coniaris
Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao has achieved everything — and admits she's still too afraid to truly live. Her honest search for a center that holds opens our new series, FIRST, with Lead Pastor Ted Coniaris.Jesus said, "Seek first his...
The Rhythms that Sustain a Leader | Soul-Strengthened Leadership, Week 4 | Exodus 16, 18, 20:8-11
The Israelites left Egypt physically free, but Egypt still had to be driven out of them spiritually — because the slavery of production imprisons the soul, not just the schedule. In this series finale, Pastor Chris Nichols traces three moments ...
Leading Through the Impossible | Soul-Strengthened Leadership, Week 3 | Exodus 13:17-14:31
Trapped between the Red Sea and Pharaoh's army, the Israelites face a situation with no human way out. Pastor Tammy Melchien walks through Moses' response to this impossible moment, showing that soul-strengthened leaders don't hold steady becau...
The Burning Bush Moment | Soul-Strengthened Leadership, Week 2 | Exodus 3:1-4:17
The average person can hold focus for about 47 seconds before switching tasks — and takes 23 minutes to recover from every interruption. If that's true of us, would God even be able to get our attention this week? In this message, Ted Coniaris ...
When Leaders Lose Their Way | Soul-Strengthened Leadership, Week 1 | Exodus 2:11-25
Freddie Mercury was born to sing. Peyton Manning was born to play football. And Moses had every marker of a born leader — royal upbringing, elite education, position, power, and a real passion for justice. Then he killed a man, hid the body, an...
Remember God's Faithfulness | Psalm 136 | Remembrance Psalms
Remembrance Psalms | Psalm 136Part 8 of The Psalms: A Complete Guide to Honest Prayerwith Tammy MelchienWhat if the key to trusting God today is remembering what He's already done?In this f...
The Freedom of Confession | Psalm 51 | Penitential Psalms
Penitential Psalms | Psalm 51Part 7 of The Psalms: A Complete Guide to Honest Prayerwith Chris NicholsHow do you move beyond guilt and regret?In this message from Psalm 51, Chris Nichols ex...
What Does God Want You to Do With Your Anger? | Psalm 94 | Imprecatory Psalms
Imprecatory Psalms | Psalm 94Part 6 of The Psalms: A Complete Guide to Honest Prayerwith Dave FergusonHow should followers of Jesus respond to anger and injustice?In this message from Psalm...
How God's Word Changes Your Life | Psalm 1 | Wisdom Psalms
Wisdom Psalms | Psalm 1Part 5 of The Psalms: A Complete Guide to Honest Prayerwith John CiesniewskiHow are you being formed?Every day we're shaped by the voices we listen to, the content we consume, and ...
Where Is Your Hope? | Psalm 2 | Royal Psalms
Royal Psalms | Psalm 2Part 4 of The Psalms: A Complete Guide to Honest Prayer with Tammy MelchienHow do followers of Jesus remain grounded when the world feels divided and uncertain?In this message from Psalm 2, Ta...
How Gratitude Deepens Your Faith | Psalm 30 | Thanksgiving Psalms
Thanksgiving Psalms | Psalm 30 Part 3 of The Psalms: A Complete Guide to Honest Prayer with Ted ConiarisHow often do you stop to remember what God has done in your life?In this message from Psalm 30, Ted Co...
How to Pray When God Feels Silent | Psalm 13 | Lament Psalms
Lament Psalms | Psalm 13 Part 2 of The Psalms: A Complete Guide to Honest PrayerFeaturing a conversation between Ted Coniaris and Aubrey Sampson, with introduction and conclusion from John Ciesniewski.What if f...
How to Pray with Wonder and Awe | Praise Psalms | Psalm 145
Prayer was never meant to be shallow, scripted, or self-centered.In this opening message of our Psalms series, Aaron Loy teaches from Psalm 145 and explores how Praise Psalms help deepen our relationship with God by reorienting our heart...
You are the Mission | Work, Witness, Worship | Sent By Jesus
The mission of God doesn’t belong to “someone else.” Jesus sends all of us.In the final week of Find Your Place in God’s Mission, Ted Coniaris teaches from John 20, Acts 1, Colossians 3, and Revelation 7 to explore how the Churc...
Jesus Didn't Come to Help | He Came to Reign | Matthew 6
Jesus didn’t come to offer a comfortable, “blue-pill” version of faith. He came announcing the Kingdom of God—a new reality that changes everything.In Week 6 of Find Your Place in God’s Mission, Tammy Melchien teaches from Mark ...
God Wants to Wear You | Jeremiah's Shocking Image | Jeremiah 13
You weren’t just saved—you were meant to represent.In this message from Week 5 of Find Your Place in God’s Mission, Ted Coniaris explores a striking image from Jeremiah 13 and shows how God’s people were always meant to...
You Were Rescued for Something | The Exodus & Your Calling | Chris Nichols
What if rescue isn’t the end of your story—but just the beginning?In Week 4 of Find Your Place in God’s Mission, Chris Nichols explores the Exodus story to reveal a powerful truth: God doesn’t just rescue His people from slavery...