You know, I just got that dad heart. Now I just don’t—there’s no other way to describe it—and I just want to see the very best for every single one of you. Lisa and I really believe that God is moving us into this season; we just want to cheer you [...]

Wow, wow, wow! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Thanks! You’re going to make it! Yeah, are you all right, you guys? Yeah, thanks, good. You probably lost 20 pounds tonight, Drummond, but you don’t have it to lose, so never mind that. Wow! Yeah, [...]

We all want to see cities saved; it starts right here. How do you manage your own world, your self-talk, what you think about, what you meditate on? What do you feed your soul? Those are the things that position us for influencing cities. Well, [...]

Words of life, words of strength that bring health to our body and our relationships, and we determine to eat from their fruit. So, I bless you with that. I pray that your words would be sweet, filled with life, and that the people around you would [...]

When the people of God realize that what He has done is sufficient to change our capacity to shape the course of history, suddenly kings come to our light and nations to the brightness of our rising. What’s happening? The Solomon effect is taking [...]

So when you and I maintain saltiness, it’s because we’ve maintained a connection to God’s purposes and plans on the earth. You are the salt of the earth. If the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be [...]

Joshua was a fighter, and now he’s learning how to be a true leader. God created trouble to give him influence, which leads me to impediments. Can I take a little bit longer today? I came fully loaded; I didn’t bring a Happy Meal—I brought a [...]

And then it’s very difficult to deal with people who are frustrated. To lead people who are frustrated is quite challenging. Moses became exasperated with them; they were exasperated with him, and he cried out to God, «What am I to do with these [...]

Come on, give God the praise, everybody. Oh, come on, you can do a lot better than that. Jesus is letting us be a part of his legacy. Praise God for that. And so, again, so good to have all of those of you that are with us, and of course, we have [...]

Deuteronomy 6. I wanna talk to you about who is surrounding you. Verse 12, «Be careful that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name. [...]

The idea of going against the tide has the idea of how do we swim against what’s going on today? How do you go against the tide? Two things Jesus tells us. Let’s read together. Matthew 5:13. «You are the salt of the earth». (Matthew 5:13) Matthew [...]

And I wanna share a very important truth to you today, and it’s this, most of the things we think are so valuable are really worthless. Most people spend their life thinking about, worrying about, acquiring, accumulating things that are totally [...]

There is a catchphrase, and it's the best phrase of our generation. It's used millions of times every day. It generates almost 1.5 billion hits on Google. It's completely changed the game in the way that we market products, the way we [...]

The message tonight, it's really on leadership. I think, you know, just watching the events as they've unfolded in these last few days and the last couple of weeks, I think it's abundantly clear that... how important it is to have [...]

Peace be with you. Friends, these weeks we're reading from the marvelous Sermon on the Mount, chapters five, six, and seven of the Gospel of Matthew. For your spiritual reading anytime of the day or night, go to those three chapters, and you [...]

Music is a really big deal. Like, it has a huge influence on us and the world. Like, if we were just to count up the dollars that are made every year in the music industry, that would be a whole lot of dollars. If you were just to add up all of the [...]

Kaitlyn Caffery : James, today on this episode, we are going to talk about the ever controversial matter of TikTok being banned forever. James Meehan : Okay, wonderful. Kaitlyn Caffery : There are actually some pretty serious conversations going on [...]

How many check their social media platforms: Instagram, X, whatever it maybe? First thing you do, and I was guilty of this, so this coming from a person that went through a restorative, repentance process. First thing you do, intimacy is, first [...]

James Meehan : Dominique, what is segment one today? Dominique : Hey, today we have, how do I influence my school this year? Good question. James Meehan : That right there, brilliant question whoever asked it. For most of you, you are gearing up [...]

It has been said by somebody smarter than me. I'm not exactly sure who it is. I tried to look up their quote online, couldn't find it. So somebody smarter than me once said that the story we live in is the story we live out. So what story [...]

Come on, give Jesus all the praise, everybody. Come on, give God a great praise, everybody, awesome. What a great day. And thank you for your participation in that, if you attended one of the outreach events. All of you gave toward it, so [...]

What's going on, everybody? Did you miss me? Well, it's good to see you. If you're new to our church, Tammy and I have been away for a few weeks, and it's so good to be back home. Love you guys so much. Pray for you every single [...]

Today, we're going to focus on our special topic, which is so important to me, but before we get into our topic today, I want to ask you a question, if someone asked you, what is your purpose in life? What would you say? Why are you alive? [...]

There are some questions that we all have to answer eventually that are going to determine the very significance of our lives. For example, is it more important that I make money or that I make a difference? Is it more important that I make a living [...]

The man is spending the rest of his life in prison after being implicated in a crime committed by his friend; his error was choosing for a friend, a young man with a terrible anger problem. When his friend snapped while he was present, he got caught [...]

We saw in the last message the incalculable value of salt. And this was a big shock to the disciples, who are very coming from modest workers and fisherman to be told that they have incalculable value, just like salt was at that time. And today, [...]

Today, I'm starting this eight-part series. I'm calling it, "Appropriating the Happiness That Is in You". The beatitudes are basically a superstructure. It is a step by step program that Jesus has given us. You can't just [...]

Oh, who's glad to be in church today? Anybody? I see some of you going, "Yeah". From yesterday, we had an amazing Serve Day. I'm a little tired today, as well. It's good to see you guys. Thanks for coming today, and a big [...]

You may be seated. You may be seated. I'mma get right into the word here. Are there any questions? Okay. I'm honored to be here. I'm gonna share with you. We are officially living in a different time as it pertains to how to best [...]

How does anything have value? Let's just take something that we're all familiar with, a diamond. Hmm. A diamond, how do you determine the value of a diamond? Interesting question, isn't it? Cut. Color. Carat. Clarity. That's how [...]

The pit of hell introduces us to our scripture in Ecclesiastes chapter number six. If you sit down and read Ecclesiastes six, by the way, we're studying Ecclesiastes. It is written, I believe by Solomon. He is picturing life without God. Life [...]

Hey, wanna welcome all of those of you watching online from wherever you are in the world. For those of my friends up in North Carolina, over in Highlands and South Carolina and camp grounds all over the country, get all kind of cool email from [...]

Our Scripture is from the Book of Acts, chapter number 5. I'll read 12 through 15. "At the hands of the apostles, many signs and wonders were taking place among the people. They were all with one accord in Solomon's portico. But none [...]

Now, no surprise, I love the local church. I love the church for lots of reasons. I'm a preacher's kid, so it was a big part of my life growing up. And preacher's kids, we see the best of church and we see the worst of church. And any [...]

We are to become disciples of Jesus who make disciples for Jesus. If you want to know why you're here, that's why you're here. If you're not a believer, you're here to become a believer. If you are a believer, you're [...]

I think we should give the invitation now, Bill? Yeah. One of the things that I've always been so proud of is inviting, Sandra and I both, inviting people to any of the environments at our church, whether it's Sunday morning service or the [...]

When king Solomon married the daughter of the Egyptian pharaoh, it seemed like a good strategic move. The Bible says he made affinity with Pharaoh. It was good in terms of international relations, but you read later that, "When Solomon was [...]

Look with me in Judges 18 for just a few moments. Judges 18. I'll read verse 7. "So the five men departed and went to Laish. And they saw people who were there, notice how they dwelt safely, in the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and [...]

Walk, worship and win, risk like Rahab. I like that the way and the way maker. That's good. All right, ladies and gentlemen, I'll be in the back. This book is now discounted. So, I just ripped some pages off the book that we wrote and God [...]

It's an amazing story of Elijah and Elisha. My assignment, meaning what God has ordained pastor Samuel Rodriguez to accomplish in this season, is to activate the Elijah's and Elisha's around the world. That's our assignment. So [...]

Samuel Rodriguez : 1 Kings 19:19, Elijah finds Elisha pushing a plow, pushing a plow. Elijah places his mantle, the cloak, across the shoulders of Elisha, and the Bible says he walked away. 1 Kings 19:19. It changed the trajectory of Israel. The [...]

Take your Bibles and turn with me to the book of Romans. This is our ESSENTIAL GOSPEL series and we're rounding third and coming home on this great book, the ESSENTIAL GOSPEL. And when we come to the sixteenth chapter of Romans, you might be [...]

And I want to go back to that whole topic tonight, I'm gonna call it "Insights on Influence". Insights on Influence. And where did you get that from? Well, Joshua had just taken over as leader over a group of people that he was [...]

If you have your Bible, I want you to open it with me to the book of 2 Corinthians 12. This is the apostle Paul speaking and he says, "I will very gladly spend, and be spent for your souls though the more abundantly I love you, the less I feel [...]

How do you view the purpose of your life? You say, "Well, you know, what do you mean, the purpose of my life"? Well, do you see as the purpose of your life just enjoying life? Or maybe being good to others? Or maybe you feel like you have [...]

Now, I made a comment last week, and I had enough comment about it. I wanted to come back and take a couple of minutes with it. I made the suggestion that inadequacy is actually something that commends you to leadership in the kingdom of God, that, [...]

I want to continue a theme that we began last weekend under this general notion of leading with our faith, and the premise is pretty simple. You're world-class leaders. You lead in your home in influencing your children, in your families, in [...]

Who has had the greatest impact on your life? By impact, I mean the strongest influence, the most powerful effect upon your life. Was it somebody close to you? Who was the person or who is the person who's having the greatest impact upon your [...]

You are the light of the world. You are the salt of the earth. If the salt loses its saltiness, what value does it have? If the light is hidden under a basket, how will anyone see it? One of the greatest challenges that we have in the world today is [...]

When it comes to making a difference, you and I have a very simple commission to keep. In the New Testament, theologians have called it "The great commission". But when we were redeemed, we were drafted into the army of the living God. And [...]