Vineyard Assembly of God

Everyone loves home-grown, garden-fresh, 100% organic vegetables!  They taste better and are healthier for you!  What about a 100% Organic Church?  A Church that has the unity it was meant to have because that unity isn't diluted by unnatural beliefs and practices that were never intended to have a place in a Church.  In this message, Pastor Matt challenges the church to be 100% Organic!

Often, when we think about getting closer to God, we expect to become more spiritual - to enjoy a higher level of answered prayers, breakthroughs, and power in our lives and ministries.  However, in (Psalm 131). there is a far different emphasis on humility and peace as the primary effects of getting closer to God.

Unlike Western Culture which is obsessed with eliminating or minimizing pain - the Bible never avoids pain.  Many (even Christians) become angry with God when He doesn't remove pain from our lives.  The Bible is very clear that when we learn how to find persistence and purpose in pain that is when we discover a deeper, richer, and more mature faith in Jesus Christ!

This Psalm is designed to compel us to ask ourselves the question, "Is God Your Center?"  We are products of our culture and civilization, but an honest analysis of our culture and civilization will indicate that God is NOT at the center.  The challenge we all face is to discover the areas where our culture and civilization exert more influence on our values and priorities than Jesus Christ does.

In (1 Corinthians 15:58) we're told as Christians to be unshakable - when faced by the demands and pressures of life this seems like an impossible standard.  However, (Psalm 125) tells us how a Christian can live their life of faith in Jesus Christ unshakably despite all of the storms of life and the assaults of Satan.

May this message encourage you!

We live this life under the shadow of death.  At any time we can face difficulties, problems, struggles, conflicts, traumas, and tragedies.  Psalm 121 promises that God has given us Victory in the Valley - our challenge is that we don't always recognize the victory that God gives us.

Christians need to rediscover Jesus as their personal High Priest.  This means that at this very moment Jesus is praying for you, and because of his role as High Priest you have the ability to pray to God, now, about anything.  In this message, Pastor Matt encourages you to pour your heart out to God since he has poured himself out for you as your High Priest.

Over the past 20 years, there has been a surge in the popularity of zombies and vampires in entertainment.  Not only is this symptom of the anxieties caused by the hopelessness and nothingness inherent to contemporary Western Culture - it also has the effect of subtly implanting the idea that the Resurrection of Jesus is something abhorrent.  In this message, we rediscover the promises and possibilities that Jesus' resurrection from the dead offers to anyone who believes that Jesus is the Son of God and is ALIVE!

Humanity and every human being shares the same endemic problem - SIN.  In his life, death, and resurrection Jesus was the "Perfect Sacrifice" for our sins.  In this message, Pastor Matt takes a look at how Jesus' self-sacrifice for our sins continues to liberate and transform us.

People today - both Christians and non-Christians - need to rediscover Jesus as the "Story Writer," the "author and finisher of our faith."  Jesus Christ died for us, rose from the dead for us, sent the Holy Spirit to us, and prays for us because He has a plan for each of us!  We need to be reminded that His plan for us does not include a destiny dominated by our history or a future controlled by our failures!

We spend more of our waking time at our work than on any other activity in our lives!  Our work should be transformed into the greatest act of worship that we have at our disposal.  God wants us to learn how to integrate our work-life into our faith-life so that our work changes from being labor or a profession to being worship.

Since our worship of God goes beyond the church and touches every area of our lives our worship of God is also reflected in our giving!  God wants us to become worshippers by becoming Givers - being a Giver isn't about the act of giving, but the attitude behind our giving.

We all want to know "How To" do or obtain something.  Most Christians want to know "How To" pray for faith - but it is important to realize that when the Apostles prayed and said to Jesus, "Increase our faith!" they were doing so after hearing Jesus' teaching on the high morality and heart-change he expects of all His followers.  In this message, we learn what to expect and how to pray for the faith we need to live life the way Jesus expects us to.

We begin our life with God through faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior.  This is our "mustard-seed" of faith that is meant to grow-up.  As Moses grew in faith in God, he successfully passed through three major stages of spiritual growth - each stage leading him ever closer to God!  We are called as faith-followers of Jesus to allow our faith in God to grow-up in the same way.

God did not leave us in ignorance about what faith is - He gave us the answer in Hebrews 11:1.  Since faith is absolutely essential to living the Christian life, in this message, Pastor Matt begins this series on Faith by exploring how the Bible defines faith - not as a Force or Power to be tapped into, but as a Persuasion to be believed and lived.

May your faith in Jesus Christ's ability to overcome any negative circumstances or bad decisions in your life be encouraged by the worship and testimonies of these ladies!