In today's message we examine Jesus' letter to the church at Smyrna in Revelation 2. Pastor Shane shares the history of persecution and martyrdom in Smyrna and relates it to questions that we should ask ourselves about our faith.

Today's message continues our look at verses we live by, this time with Pastor Moses George. He shares his story of an encounter with God in his teen years and how his anchor verse, Exodus 33:11, has informed his walk with God and his heart's desire for each of us.

Jesus commanded us to first love God with our heart, soul, mind, and strength, but how can we do that practically? Pastor Moses shares one of the key practices to maintaining complete dependence on God by examining the lives of Samson and David and helping us utilize the secret place of prayer to bring the Kingdom to earth... beginning in our hearts.

We all know the importance of perspective, but how can seeing things in the natural (as they appear in our understanding) actually inhibit our ability to see what God is doing? Pastor Moses uses Jesus' rebuke of Peter in Mark 8:31-33 to remind us of the importance of seeing everything around us with the perspective of Heaven.

When we think of doing great things for the Kingdom, we often consider warriors like David or firebrands like Peter, but are we willing to play the role of a donkey? In this Palm Sunday message, Pastor Moses uses Matthew 21:1-5 to remind us that humility is necessary if we want to carry Christ to others. And that's just one of a few thoughts concerning donkeys.

Psalm 37:23-24 tells us that "the steps of a man are established by the lord, and He delights in his way. When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong, because the Lord is the One who holds his hand."

In today's message, Pastor Moses shares the four hallmarks that allow us to be guided by God in our daily lives...even when where He's guiding us doesn't seem to make sense.

The apostle Paul had an enduring love for Christ through all trials and tribulations. How can we endure like him and keep our fire and love for the Lord until the very end?

2 Corinthians 11:24-30

"Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep. I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers on the sea, dangers among false brethren; I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. Apart from such external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches. Who is weak without my being weak? Who is led into sin without my intense concern? If I have to boast, I will boast of what pertains to my weakness."