Fully following the Lord starts with knowing who you really are in Christ and why God placed you here, and this message will help you stop simply managing life's pressures and start living with a mission and a message. You'll gain a fresh perspective on your citizenship in heaven and see how that identity changes the way you handle relationships, work, family, and every interaction of your day. You'll be equipped and encouraged to share your faith naturally, even if you feel unqualified, because following Jesus fully means trusting that He knows exactly what to do with your willingness. By the end, you'll have a clear next step, one person to invite, one person to reach, and a renewed decision to give God all-access to your life and fully follow Him from this day forward.

In the second installment of the Rocky series, Pastor Jim takes you into Matthew 4 to watch how Jesus, our hero and our example, defeated every temptation the enemy threw at Him with three simple words: "It is written." You'll discover why the devil always attacks your identity first, how he targets you at the exact point of your weakness, and why he even quotes Scripture out of context to try to push a God-given strength one step too far into excess. From there, Pastor Jim unpacks three "speak it specialties" that will change how you pray: the Word was spoken so it could be written, and it's written now so it can be spoken by you. Learn why God's Word is God's will, how to pray with the cheerful confidence of 1 John 5, and why praying the Bible means starting with the answer instead of the problem — praying for real results, not just comfort. If you want to put your angels to work, outlast the enemy's persistence, and build a life that stands in the storm, this message will put the strongest weapon you have right back in your mouth.

The storms of life come to every house. The question isn't whether they'll come, but what your house is built on when they do. Opening a brand-new four-part series on building your life on the Word of the living God, Pastor Jim digs into Matthew 7 and Jesus' comparison between the wise man and the foolish man, revealing that it's not what you build that matters most, it's where you build it. You'll walk through a side-by-side look at "Sandy" and "Rocky" . . . the hearer versus the doer, the convenient versus the inconvenient, the life ruled by feelings, culture, and influencers versus the life anchored to Scripture that never changes. Along the way you'll discover why God is never your problem but always your answer, why "what from here?" is a far better question than "why, God, why?", and how closing the gap between knowing and doing automatically closes the gap between wanting and having. If your life feels like it's built on sinking sand and you want to be ready before the next storm rolls in, this message will show you how to stand.