In this message drawn from Matthew 13, we explore two of Jesus's shortest yet most powerful parables -- the mustard seed and the leaven -- and discover that God has never been looking for impressive faith. He has been looking for available faith.
Through the story of Johnny Appleseed, we are reminded that small, faithful actions taken without fanfare can produce fruit that outlasts a lifetime. The mustard seed starts as the tiniest of all seeds, yet grows into something that provides shelter and sustenance. Jesus uses this image deliberately, telling us that sincere, small faith placed in a limitless God can move mountains.
The question this message presses us to consider is not whether our faith is strong enough, but whether we are willing to plant what little we have and trust God to do what only He can do.
27 Sept 2026
Is that a knock at the door?
What does it mean to have Jesus knocking at the door of our lives, and are we too busy or too comfortable to answer?
This message takes us deep into the letter to the church in Laodicea in Revelation chapter 3, where Jesus speaks with striking precision to a community that had everything the world could offer -- wealth, medicine, fine textiles -- and yet had drifted into a dangerous spiritual complacency. The central image is one we all recognize: lukewarmness. Not cold, not hot, just somewhere in the middle, coasting along, assuming that because things look fine on the outside, everything must be fine on the inside.
Jesus challenges that assumption directly, and he does it with love, not condemnation. The spiritual lesson here is both sobering and deeply hopeful. Our hearts tend to conform to our environments more than we realize. When the noise of everyday life drowns out the voice of God, our spiritual temperature drops without us even noticing.
But the invitation in this passage is not a scolding -- it is a knock at the door. Jesus is patient, persistent, and ready to come in and share a meal with us the moment we open up. That image of intimate fellowship is the heart of this message, and it calls us to examine where we have grown comfortable and where we might be ready to let God in again.
13 Sept 2026
How's your heart?
What condition is your heart in? Not physically, but spiritually. This message takes us on a deep and honest journey through the state of the human heart, drawing from Psalm 139:23-24, where David cries out to God to search him, know him, and lead him away from any destructive path.
We explore three heart conditions that many of us recognize in ourselves: the dead heart, spiritually lifeless apart from God's intervention; the divided heart, pulled in so many directions that we can never gain real traction in our faith; and the hardened heart, grown cold and self-sufficient, resistant to the voice of God.
The warning from Proverbs 4:23 anchors the whole conversation, reminding us that everything in our lives flows from the condition of our heart. Poison the spring, and you poison everything downstream. But here is where the message turns from conviction to hope: none of these conditions are permanent. God does not patch up old hearts. He replaces them entirely. Ezekiel 36:26 describes a divine heart transplant, and that is exactly what is available to each of us.
If we have been going through the motions, feeling unstable, or simply numb to God's voice, this is an invitation to let him do what only he can do.
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