Jesus Culture Sacramento Message of the Week

What does it look like as a disciple to follow the way of Jesus? Zack Curry, lead pastor of Jesus Culture San Diego, reminds us that honor is the way of a disciple and is connected to the heart of God. To walk in honor, we must have humility. Healing, holiness, and life are established in our environments as we choose to honor others.

As disciples of Jesus, our primary calling in life is to share the good news of salvation. Matt Molt, lead pastor of New Vintage Church in Tri-Cities, Washington, challenges us to take responsibility for the lost souls in our community. When we choose to pray for the lost, and ask God for opportunities to love them, God will often interrupt our days with people to love. Are you prepared to be inconvenienced?

Kingdom community is created intentionally and strengthens our lives. Pastor Zack Curry reminds us that healthy, Kingdom community starts with us, and is a model to the world that will transform areas of culture. We can’t simply measure community in our lives by what others can offer us. Instead we are called to create what we need, invite others in, and pursue those that God has already positioned around us.

A disciple of Jesus is generous. Giving is central to the Gospel, so if we are going to be and live like Jesus, it matters how we are giving. Pastor Becky Johnson helps us confront the position of our heart around giving, by teaching us that generosity is connected to how we view God, and our choice to believe that He is enough. You can’t be rich and greedy in the Kingdom of Heaven.

The world defines greatness as being served. We strive for promotion, rank, and seniority, but if we are going to follow Jesus, we have to embrace servanthood. Pastor Becky Johnson reminds us that we are called to challenge conventional standards because we belong to a Kingdom that is not of this world. Living as a servant will change our world, and us.

What do you do when God does you wrong? Pastor Scott Hagan, former President of North Central University and teaching pastor at Destiny Church, shares a powerful and practical message with our Jesus Culture family about the importance of continuing to grow, risk, and expand as leaders. Our success as leaders and followers of Jesus is entirely dependent on our ability to fix our eyes on Jesus and commit to not doing things alone.

If we want to be true disciples of Jesus, we must embrace our identity in Christ as sons and daughters. Out of this identity will flow our choices and daily activity. Pastor Mark Kresge, our Jesus Culture Sacramento Connections Pastor, reminds us that it is hard to please God when we are fixated on pleasing people or have attached our identity to what we do. Jesus gave us a new identity in Him through salvation. We are positioned us to be fully loved and fully adopted by God.

Prayer is a delight and keeps us in constant friendship and dialogue with God. Pastor Michael Brodeur calls us to a life of prayer that is founded on intentionality, connection, and dependency on God. Obligation and duty is not a sustainable reason to pray, because prayer is about building relationship and intimacy with God.

If Jesus did not have a casual relationship with the Word of God, then neither should we. As disciples of Jesus, we must be as disciplined in our reading and know of the Bible, as we are passionate about our faith. Pastor Becky Johnson reminds us that when we are planted in the Word of God, we will face the storms of life with confidence and authority, and everything we do will prosper.

Are we going to be a people that are prepared for the harvest when it comes? Pastor Becky Johnson talks to us about how the strength of our nets is directly connected to our culture of discipleship. God’s goal for us is that we would mature, and discipleship is how we will get there. We are all called to be disciples of Jesus, and make disciples.