Destiny Church of Jacksonville

Resilient (Part 23)

Confession isn’t about condemnation, it’s about restoration.

What burdens are you carrying that need to be brought into the light? James teaches in chapter 5 that confession leads to healing. Pastor Chris said today that concealment leads to captivity but confession leads to completeness. If we stay in community and practice confession and patience, we will see breakthrough.

Sometimes the greatest miracles happen in the unseen, in the process, while we’re still waiting. How will you remain expectant in the waiting this week?

Resilient (Part 22)

When you can’t trace His hand, trust His heart.

Today’s message was a powerful one on the absolute importance of prayer. Pastor Chris taught that prayer isn’t just an item on our spiritual checklist; it’s the air we breathe as believers. Prayer should be our first response, not our last resort.

God wants to be involved in every detail of our lives, not just when we’re in crisis mode. How will that thought change the way you pray this week?

Resilient (Part 21)

Patience pays off.

Pastor Chris taught from James 5:7-11 today and brought incredible insight about the value of patience. God is far more interested in who we’re becoming than in how quickly we get where we’re going and when we’re in a hurry, our vision becomes narrow.

Patience turns waiting rooms into classrooms. How will you see your time in-between this week?

Resilient (Part 20)

Idolatry is trusting in created things rather than the Creator.

Pastor Chris preached a relevant and powerful message today on the importance of the ways in which we handle material possessions and wealth. He taught that earthly wealth has an expiration date, integrity with money matters, and greed distorts our reality. 

There is nothing in our lives that shouldn’t be brought under the Lordship of Christ. How will you change your view of your material possessions this week with that in mind?

Resilient (Part 19)

To plan our lives without God isn’t just unwise, he says that it’s evil, it’s sinful.

Today, Pastor Chris brought a message about spending our time on nothing but the best of what God has for us. He taught that God absolutely cares about how we make decisions and that the Sin of Presumption is making life choices apart from seeking and submitting to the will of God.

Our perspective is limited, our flesh is deceitful, our time is short, and our enemy is a liar. How will your choices this week reflect that reality?

Resilient (Part 18)

James 4:11 “Do not speak evil against one another,”

Today, Pastor Chris brought a powerful message on our words from James 4 that everyone needs to hear. He said that it is absolutely vital that we are careful about the words we speak about and toward other people. Negativity has consequences that we need to be aware of but bringing the Truth in love can bring life.

Our words matter in everything that we do. How will you live that way this week?

Resilient (Part 17)

God is far more interested in our character than our comfort. 

Pastor Chris was back in the pulpit today and taught on the causes and cures of our conflicts from James chapter 4! He said that our mission is to transform the world, not to be conformed by it. When pleasure becomes the purposeof your life, you’ve missed the mark!

The cure for the causes of our conflict is more grace. How will you live in order to encounter that grace this week?

When Grace Becomes Great (Andy Wood)

Today we have the honor of welcoming friend of Destiny Church Andy Wood to share what the Lord has been speaking to him. He taught that it is up to us as believers to preach Christ and Him crucified and allowing that to be what overcomes our differences.

Christians in America have so many things to be divided over, but the risen King should bring us together every time. That is what really matters.

Resilient (Part 16)

How we communicate matters as much as what we communicate.

In part 16 of our Resilient series, Pastor Chris brought a powerful message on the quality of our communication and the content of our heart. He said that God has called us to live in the light, not in the darkness of deceit and that earthly wisdom is about short-term gains and long-term losses.

With that understanding, how will you approach your communication and the state of your heart this week?

Salt and Light (Pastor Daniel Sutton)

Be the light and drive out the darkness

Today we heard from our very own Pastor Daniel Sutton and he brought a powerful message about being both the salt and the light in the world around us, pointing others to Jesus. As salt and light, we disinfect, we add flavor, we create thirst, we get rid of darkness, we see the way and we show the way out.

How will you choose to be the salt and light to the world around you this week?