Jesus Culture Sacramento Message of the Week

In Mark 10:14 Jesus teaches us all the importance of childlike faith when He says, “The kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” This Sunday, Paul Geerling of iSEE Church, reminds us that we are all children of God, no matter our age. Listen in as Paul shares on a few of the characteristics of the childlike faith Jesus was talking about!  Paul and his wife Jo are the Senior Pastors of iSEE Church, a multi-campus church based out of Brisbane Australia that is passionate about spreading the message of Jesus. Paul has been in ministry for over 25 years and carries a prophetic edge and passion to know and serve God while seeing people come into an encounter with Him. This is one you won’t want to miss!

This week at JC Sacramento, Danny Silk shares on governing our hearts within covenant. We are living in a covenant of forgiveness; intimacy with Jesus is available to everyone! By talking through how we can govern our hearts within this new covenant that Jesus paid for, Danny reminds us that all relationships require intentionality and patience. Danny’s passion centers around helping people build, strengthen and heal their vital relationships in life. His life message is profound and so integral for this generation. Listen as Danny talks through what it looks like to walk out this covenant of forgiveness alongside Jesus!

Following Jesus is a radical life commitment and when we see Him more clearly, we will love Him more completely. Through this radical commitment, we realize that He is truly worthy of all we have to offer. What is our response to his worthiness? Find out in this message as Banning takes us through Matthew 26. We hear the importance of Mary’s sacrifice when she pours out her alabaster jar of oil on Jesus and learn that we cannot give Him a life of extravagant offering without sacrifice.

This Sunday at JC Sacramento, Banning Liebscher shares a message that is an invitation to experience the fullness of God through friendship. Often, we believe that if Jesus is our friend we will somehow lose the reverence and awe of Him. Instead, Jesus reveals to us that we can know Him as our friend and have holy reverence for Him. God desires friendship with us and Jesus’ life on earth was marked by Him being a friend, sharing meals and doing life with people. The same is true today; Jesus wants to walk with you, to talk with you, and to have a meal with you. There is a fullness of God we cannot know until we experience Him as our friend. This message from our Summer of Jesus series is one that you won’t want to miss!

This week at Jesus Culture Sacramento our very own Kate Bagley shares on the topic of complete restoration with Jesus. Complete restoration with Jesus means that we can look back where there was pain and fully understand that there truly has been no loss. Through her personal story with the Lord and her biblical insight, Kate gives us all a fresh glimpse into the freedom that is available to all of us. There is no thing in your life that God views as insignificant; He wants to restore all things, no matter their size. This message will reveal the kindness and goodness of God in a new way and challenge you to pursue complete restoration in your own life!

This Sunday our friend, speaker and author, Lisa Bevere of Messenger International shares on the power of transformation at JC Sacramento. Lisa and her husband John, are the founders of Messenger International, an organization committed to developing uncompromising followers of Christ who transform their world. Lisa carries a profound, authentic and relatable message that is convicting and so timely.  Her voice is one of power and her passion ties profound biblical truths with practical application. This is one that you won’t want to miss! P.S. Lisa’s brand new book Adamant is available now. (you’ll love it.)

This Sunday at JC Sacramento Banning Liebscher shares on the power of humility within community and how it positions us to receive grace. God promises us that where there is humility, His grace would also be present. Peter makes a bold statement that humility looks like submitting to others. If we want to experience grace in every area of our lives we must be willing to submit to others. This concept of living out humility within family is one of the most powerful lessons and most profound steps you could take towards complete freedom, and pride will do everything it can to try to hinder that. This message will challenge and convict you to embrace community and all that comes with it!

Our very own Youth Pastor, Becky Johnson, shared a powerful message on the topic of surrender this week at JC Sacramento. Becky has an incredible testimony filled with the power of God’s redemptive kindness. By walking us through her own story and the story of Moses’ mother in Exodus 2, she reminds us that trust and surrender are what lead us to His plan for redemption. No matter how broken or big the situation feels, God’s plan is better than you could ever imagine. Moses’ mother fully surrendered her son to the Lord by placing him in a basket in the river as an act of complete trust. Although survival was probably her biggest desire, God’s plan for Moses went far beyond that! Ultimately, God doesn’t want part of you, He wants all of you. He’s not calling you to understand or control, He’s calling you to trust and surrender. Living a life of trust and surrender is a daily choice and this message is the perfect reminder to put everything in the basket!

This Sunday, we were honored to have our friends Phil and Sarah Smith, Lead Pastors of Vinelife Church, join us all the way from Manchester, U.K. Together they shared on the power of forgiveness when paired with restoration. Restoration reminds us of who we are called to be and challenges us to see ourselves the way that He sees us. When we believe in Him as well as who we are in Him, our faith deepens. When we allow our mistakes to define us we are saying that we have more faith in our failures than in Jesus. But, as children of God, we know that He has already paid for it all. This message will inspire you to live in fresh freedom and hope for yourself, as well as see those around you in a new light! You won’t want to miss this one.

This week, Banning Liebscher walks us through the power of surrender. God’s agenda for your life is freedom and a surrendered life is a free life. We will be in bondage to any area of our life that we are unwilling to surrender to the Lord. He is a kind and gracious Father who longs to see His children living whole, healthy and free lives! God has our best interest in mind when He says that He wants ALL of us. Unfortunately, there is one area in our lives that is really tough to surrender, and that is finances. God wants us to have much more than earthly wealth, but how we handle our finances is an important part of being trusted with true riches. God’s commandments, including how to handle our finances, are based out of love, not control. Listen this week as Banning sheds light on what living a life of freedom in our finances and i really looks like, in our finances and every area of our lives!