Journey Church :: Raleigh, Nc

Jesus started a revolution with the most unlikely candidates. He was more interested in where they were going over where they had been. It's the same today.

There's a huge difference between a convert and a disciple. Listen as pastor Jimmy explains the difference and why it's important.

It's easy to put on a "religious mask" and go through life focusing on works instead of having an authentic relationship with Jesus. We must analyze our faith and see where we stand. Are you natural, carnal, or spiritual in your life?

We serve a big God who wants to move on our behalf, but it all starts with asking. In this sermon we talk about why you should “Ask Big”, and what's at stake if you don’t.

We all struggle with identity from time to time. Are we believing what the world says about you, or what God says about you? We should choose to listen to God, and have the abundant life he wants for us.

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus talked about generosity because He wants all of your heart and He knew that money would be a barrier, an idol, to people and that it would be a competitor for your affection.

It is the kindness of God that leads a sinner to repentance, not the judgment of self-righteous Christians. In order to help mend those broken people, we must love on them, not judge and condemn them for their sins.

Our view of God affects everything about us. If we look up to God, often it will touch every aspect of our lives.

Jesus says some really hard things in the Word about how we should behave and act. Sometimes they are hard to implement in our lives, but if we wish to live in the fullest relationship with Jesus that we can, we must abide to these tough sayings.

The way you define happiness will ultimately determine how you live your life. Many have spent their lives pursuing to in the wrong places. Fortunately, Jesus talks about happiness and how we can lead successful lives in the Kingdom.

A healthy person has healthy and balanced rhythms in their lives. When we look at Jesus we see three distinct ones. These three rhythms can be easily remembered as Up, IN and OUT. In this sermon we take a deeper look at each rhythm and see how we can implement this into our lives today.

As little Jesuses, our message and methods will not always be popular, but we have to remain focused on pleasing an audience of One: God. There will be people who want us to believe we are "less-than", and intentionality has to be there to push through those insecurities and fears.

Sometimes Satan is more satisfied to keep us from living missionally. Instead of sin temptation, he can tempt us to do nothing at all. This leaves us with these questions: how are we going to overcome Satan when he comes at us? How are we stay to focused on God's truth?

In this talk, Pastor Jimmy unpacks the idea of Missional Incarnational Impulse. Because God is for us, he came to live with us. Are we for people? We show it when we B.L.E.S.S. Others.

To become a little Jesus is no small task. It requires real moral and spiritual effort. Idols and sin must be broken down so He can be on the throne of our life. Making Jesus the Lord of our life will cause us to deny and destroy the idols in our life that fight for our affection and attention.

When Jesus is no longer the center of our lives we become religious. Jesus never called us to be religious, he called us to follow him and make disciples. We must constantly ask the question “ Is Jesus at the center? "

All of our feeble attempts to reduce Jesus down to who we want Him to be is wrong, and skews His true image that Scripture tells. We must be willing to re-discover the real Jesus if we are going to truly be His disciples and live on mission.