Destiny Church of Jacksonville

Loving like Jesus isn’t cheap. It’s sacrificial.

Pastor Chris Tomlinson dug into Romans chapter 13 this morning and brought a powerful, transformative message on love. He taught that love isn’t something you fall into. It’s something you step into, on purpose, every single day and that love fulfills what the law commands.

The devil doesn’t have to destroy you if he can distract you. Will you choose active love instead of distraction this week?

Authority doesn’t reveal who you are when it agrees with you. Authority reveals who you are when it presses on you.

Pastor Chris was back in the pulpit today with a timely message about authority, submission, and the ways in which the Lord reveals Himself through all of it. He taught that God is sovereign over authority – even when authority is imperfect, submission is about order – not blind obedience, and honor is our witness – even when we disagree.

God is far more concerned with how we walk through a season than how fast we get out of it. How will you allow that fact to guide your decision making this week?

Dr. Elton Brooke, on of our elders and Care Pastor here at Destiny Church, filled our podium today and brought a message about the importance and beauty of communion.

He taught that communion is the lens through which we see everything as believers and challenged us to really think about what Jesus meant when He said "Do this in remembrance of me."

Will you remember the Lord in all that you do this week?

Today we welcomed longtime friend of Destiny Church, Miles Phelps! Miles leads the ministry City for the Nations, which seeks to engage the church to reach the unreached with the Gospel. 

He brought an incredible update about how the Lord is moving all across the world in mighty ways and in that, he taught on breakthrough. More than physical breakthrough, we are facing a revival that starts with Heaven!

God will turn resistance into revival. Will you stand firm while He moves on your behalf?

Peace isn’t the absence of conflict, it’s the presence of restraint.

Pastor Chris brought the next part in our Unshakeable series this morning and it is a teaching that you absolutely don’t want to miss. He taught that the world doesn’t read the Bible until it first reads you, so it matters how we present our heart to the world. Blessing someone doesn’t reconcile the relationship. It releases your soul.

You don’t just stumble into honor. You have to intentionally recite it. How will you demonstrate honor this week?

Pressure doesn’t cancel your purpose.

Pastor Chris brought an incredible message this morning that everyone needs to hear about hope, pressure, and the diligence to keep moving forward in tribulation. He taught that pressure can either produce maturity, or it can produce misery. The difference is what you do while you’re in it.

Difficulties are opportunities to grow in freedom. How will you approach yours this week?

Don’t get comfortable with what Jesus died to free you from.

Pastor Chris continued in our Unshakeable series with an incredible message on holiness, sin, and the love that God shows us in all of it. He taught that love can’t be fake and holy at the same time, holiness means hating what destroys people, love isn’t just sincere, it’s honoring, and God doesn’t anoint comfort, He anoints commitment.

If you treat sin like a pet, it’ll eventually treat you like prey! How will you choose the way you see sin and holiness this week?

The more you pour, the more He will refine you.

Pastor Chris preached an incredible and powerful message about the weight of spiritual giftings and leadership. He taught that you can’t discover how your gift functions apart from the body it’s meant to serve and those gifts grow as you give it away.

You don’t find your place by waiting, you find it by engaging. How will you engage in your position in the body of Christ this week?

Nothing changes until your mind does.

Pastor Chris preached an incredible New Year’s message about surrender, transformation, and humility that lead to obedience. He taught that surrender isn’t God taking something from you. It’s God positioning you for everything He’s prepared for you. Before He changes your life, He has to first renew your mind. 

A surrendered life without humility will always drift back toward control. Will you submit to the Lord in humility today?

Just because God hasn’t moved yet doesn’t mean He’s not working.

Sometimes He’s just doing the deeper work first. Pastor Chris closed out the 2025 year with a message on rebuilding our foundations that prepared us for 2026 in a way that we all need. He taught that if nothing ever burdens you, nothing will ever change through you.

Will you sit with God longer than your flesh is comfortable with this year? You are not the savior of your situation. Act like it in 2026.