Scripture Reference: 2 Corinthians 9:6–15

This week, we continue exploring the core heartbeat and culture of our church family in our DNA: Values series.Following our first message on Love Big (and stepping right into week three of our values culture), Pastor JT looks at what happens when God's grace takes deep root in a believer's life: we become people who Give Big.

Giving isn't an obligation or a church transaction—Giving Big is grace in motion. When we truly understand the lavish generosity of God toward us in Christ, open hands become the natural response of a transformed heart.

• You Can’t Harvest What You Refuse to Plant (v. 6): Paul reminds us that whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will reap bountifully. You cannot experience a harvest of spiritual joy and Kingdom impact if you keep your hands tightly closed around the seed.

• God Is After the Giver, Not Just the Gift (v. 7): God doesn't need our money—He wants our hearts. He isn't interested in grudging compliance or guilt-driven giving; He delights in a cheerful giver whose generosity flows out of genuine love.

• God Supplies Seed to the Sower, Not the Hoarder (vv. 8–12): God multiplies our resources so that we can be generous on every occasion, not so we can stack up bigger barns. When we position ourselves as conduits of His blessing rather than dead ends, He faithfully provides the seed we need to sow.

• Your Generosity Preaches a Sermon Your Words Never Could (vv. 13–15): Sacrificial giving validates the Gospel we profess. When the world sees Christians giving freely of their time, money, and talent, it paints an unmistakable picture of the indescribable gift of God.

Pastor JT leaves us with two direct, heart-searching questions to process this week:

1. God has already given you everything in Jesus. What is one specific step of generosity God is asking you to take this week—with your money, your time, or your resources—that would move you from being a hoarder to being a sower?

2. You heard today about a God who gave His own Son on a cross for you before you ever gave anything to Him.If you haven't received that gift, what is keeping you from accepting the grace that was already paid for in full?

Connect with Us: When we give big, we display the very character of God to our community. Catch up on the full message on our church app or website, and join a LifeGroup this week as we keep learning how to live out our values together!

Scripture Reference: 1 Kings 18:20–39

This week, we had the privilege of welcoming guest speaker Jared Mosley from Ignite Church to the house. Turning to one of the most dramatic moments in the Old Testament—Elijah's showdown with the 450 prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel in 1 Kings 18—Jared brought a timely, powerful word for our church family.

While the prophets of Baal yelled, leaped, and slashed themselves in desperation to get their false god to respond, Elijah stood in quiet confidence. He repaired the altar of the Lord, laid the sacrifice upon it, poured jars of water over the wood until it was completely soaked, and called on God to show up.

The core takeaway of the message hits right at the heart of our spiritual posture: We will see fire fall from heaven when we freely surrender what is precious to us unto the Lord, and trust in His power and His goodness.

• The False Gods of Our Age demand Sacrifice without Salvation: The prophets of Baal exhausted themselves trying to earn a response from a silent god. When we place our trust in worldly security, approval, or self-reliance,we ended up drained and defeated.

• Surrender Precedes the Fire: Elijah didn't just place a sacrifice on the altar; he drenched it in precious water during a severe drought. True surrender costs us something. It means placing what is valuable to us on God's altar rather than clinging to it in fear.

• God's Power Follows God's Order: Before the fire fell, Elijah restored the broken altar of the Lord. When we restore God to His rightful place as the priority of our hearts and lives, we set the stage for His supernatural power to move.

• The Goal is His Glory: When the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the water, the people fell on their faces and declared, "The Lord, He is God!" Revival isn't about promoting our own platform; it's about making God's glory known to a watching world.

Guest speaker Jared Mosley challenged us to examine what we are holding onto and step into total trust:

What is the "precious thing" in your life that you've been clinging to out of fear or self-preservation?

Is it your career, your control, your reputation, your finances, or a relationship? What would it look like this week to freely surrender it onto the altar of the Lord, trusting fully in His power to move and His goodness to provide?

Connect with Us: We are so grateful to Jared Mosley and Ignite Church for blessing our congregation this Sunday!Listen to the full sermon on our church app or website, and share this episode with a friend who is waiting for God to show up in power in their life.

Scripture References: Matthew 22:34–40, Luke 10:27–37

What defines the heartbeat of our church? This week, Pastor JT kicks off a new series exploring our core church values,starting with our primary calling: to Love Big.

In a world marked by division, self-interest, and cold indifference, the followers of Jesus are called to carry a different kind of heat. The central truth of this message is simple yet revolutionary: The love of Jesus is a fire, and loving big is how we spread it.

• Love for God is the Fuel; Love for People is the Fire (Matthew 22:34–40): When asked to name the greatest commandment, Jesus pointed first to loving God with all our heart, soul, and mind, and immediately tied it to loving our neighbors as ourselves. You cannot separate the two. Our devotion to God is the internal fuel that ignites an external fire of love for the people around us.

• We Light the World on Fire by Loving Big (Luke 10:27–37): Through the Parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus redefines what it means to be a neighbor. Loving big isn't about passive warm feelings or selective kindness—it is active, sacrificial, inconvenient, and crosses cultural and social boundaries to meet people right in their brokenness.

Pastor JT challenges us to evaluate the temperature of our love with two searching questions this week:

1. If you say you love Jesus, does it actually show in how you love people? Who is one specific person in your life—perhaps someone difficult, inconvenient, or overlooked—that God is asking you to love big this week?

2. God loved you first and pursued you long before you ever considered Him. What is keeping you from surrendering your heart and loving Him back today?

Connect with Us: When we love big, we show the world what Jesus is really like! Catch the full message on our church app or website, and join a LifeGroup this week as we unpack how to walk out our core values together.