Love, Actually – Week 1: The Signs You Keep Ignoring
Text: 1 Kings 21

Most relational breakdowns don’t happen all at once—they happen slowly, through ignored patterns and overlooked signs.

In Week 1 of our new series Love, Actually: The Love That Restores, Pastor Kevin opens with a sobering and practical message about relational wisdom. Drawing from the story of Ahab and Jezebel in 1 Kings 21, this message explores how unhealthy dynamics form through passivity, control, and unresolved patterns—and how God often shows us warning signs long before damage is done.

This message speaks to dating relationships, marriages, friendships, and church relationships, helping listeners learn how to identify patterns, interrupt dysfunction, and move toward healthier love shaped by truth and tenderness.

Ultimately, this message reminds us that Jesus doesn’t love with control or withdrawal—He loves with grace, courage, and restoration. And He invites us to learn a new way of loving.

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Vision Sunday 2026: Ransomed & Redeemed
Romans 12:1–3

Vision doesn’t begin with strategy—it begins with mercy.

On Vision Sunday, Pastor Kevin closes the Better Than New series and invites the church into God’s shaping work for the year ahead. Drawing from Romans 12, this message reframes vision not as self-improvement or pressure, but as transformation rooted in the mercies of God.

Rather than asking how we can optimize our lives, Scripture invites us to be renewed—formed from the inside out. Vision flows from redemption, not ambition. Renewal leads to discernment. And discernment draws us into shared life and shared mission.

In this message, you’ll hear the heart behind Broad River Church’s 2026 theme Ransomed & Redeemed, and a clear picture of what it looks like to be a redeemed people, a redeeming church, and a restoring presence in the places God has planted us.

Vision isn’t about predicting the future—it’s about choosing faithfulness. And it always starts with mercy.

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Better Than New – Week 3: “Rooted, Equipped, Confident”
2 Timothy 3:14–17; Philippians 1:6

By late January, many people feel the same tension: I started strong… but can I keep going?

In Week 3 of Better Than New, Pastor Kevin explores what it means to continue—not perfectly, but faithfully. This message confronts the lie that spiritual growth requires constant restarting and invites us into a steadier, deeper formation.

Through Paul’s encouragement to Timothy, we see how God forms His people over time—rooting us in truth, equipping us through Scripture, and grounding our confidence not in willpower, but in God’s faithfulness.

This message will help you move past shame, resist burnout, and trust that God finishes what He starts. New doesn’t fix us—but God redeems us, forms us, and sends us again.

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Better Than New – Week 2: “Abide”
John 8:31–32; Psalm 119:105

Freedom doesn’t begin with willpower—it begins with closeness.

In Week 2 of Better Than New, Pastor Kevin teaches that redemption isn’t just a moment you experience, but a relationship you remain in. After returning to Jesus, the next invitation is simple but demanding: abide. Stay. Remain. Keep showing up.

Jesus says that true discipleship starts not with achievement, but with abiding in His word. As we stay close, we begin to truly know the truth—and that truth forms us over time, bringing real freedom.

This message is for anyone who wants freedom but feels stuck, weary, or discouraged. You’ll be reminded that transformation happens at relationship pace, not through religious striving. God doesn’t polish us—He forms us as we stay close to Him.

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January loves to sell us the “new you.” New calendar. New routine. New goals. But new can’t fix you—because new turns old real quick.

In Week 1 of Better Than New, we start where redemption actually begins: not with hype… but with returning. Paul says, “when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed” (2 Corinthians 3:16). And once the veil lifts, we learn a new way to live: turn → behold → become.

This message is a call to holy rhythms (not spiritual pressure), and a reminder that transformation doesn’t come from trying harder—it comes from staying close enough for Jesus to shine light into the places that need healing (2 Corinthians 4:6).

Scripture (ESV): 2 Corinthians 3:16–4:6; Psalm 69:16–18
Big idea: You don’t become what you want—you become what you behold.

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A Prayer for This Year
21 Days of Prayer Kickoff | Colossians 1:9–14

As a new year begins, the church doesn’t rush ahead—we pause to pray.

In this message, Pastor Kevin opens 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting with a grounded, pastoral prayer from Colossians 1:9–14. In a season filled with noise, pressure, and self-improvement plans, this message re-centers us on wisdom that leads to faithfulness, fruitfulness, and endurance.

Rather than chasing a better system or a stronger start, we are invited to receive what God has already done—rescuing us, transferring us into His kingdom, and shaping our lives through daily obedience.

This message sets the spiritual tone for the year ahead: before we act, we listen; before we plan, we pray; before we strive, we remember that redemption has already begun.

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With Us – Week 2: “With Us in Our Fear”
Isaiah 41:10–13; Psalm 139:5

Fear is something we all know—but Advent meets our fear with a promise: God is with us.

In Week 2 of the Advent series With Us, Pastor Kevin looks at what it means to trust God’s nearness when anxiety feels loud, circumstances feel fragile, and the future feels uncertain. Through Isaiah’s words to a fearful, displaced people and David’s prayer in Psalm 139, we see that God’s answer to fear is not a pep talk—but His presence.

This message reminds us that God does not shout “fear not” from a distance. He comes close, takes us by the hand, strengthens us, helps us, and holds us steady. We are not unseen, unheld, or alone—we are hemmed in by grace.

If you’re carrying fear about your health, finances, family, or future, this message will help you hear Advent in a deeper way: Immanuel—God with us, even in our fear.

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