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Why Waste Your Time?

February 27, 2021 By No Comments
Have you ever wasted your own time? Wasting your time on a day off is the worst. This is the next message in our "Change Your City" series titled - "Don't Waste Your Time". Our district supervisor told us about when he had cancer and God placed a word on his heart "don't waste a good cancer". [...]
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Why Is a Distracted Driver a Dangerous Driver?

February 27, 2021 By No Comments
Have you ever been caught behind or next to a distracted driver? So scary. "Distracted driving is the act of driving while engaging in other activities which distract the driver's attention away from the road." This is the latest message in our "Change Your City" series, titled "Distracted Driver". We've been looking at Jesus and his [...]
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New Year, New You

January 5, 2021 By No Comments
Have you made a New Year's resolution? I have heard some good ones, bad ones, ridiculous, amazing resolutions over the years. A favorite one that I heard was "I wanna take naps on boats". I asked about where or if they had a harbor in mind. They said "nah, just wanna be more like Jesus." The #1 [...]
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Are You Ready Yet?

January 5, 2021 By No Comments
Have you ever been waiting on someone to get somewhere? You both knew about an event, or gathering, or something for weeks and it's finally the day, but they aren't ready yet? Or maybe you're in the other shoes, everybody else is in the car ready to go and you are still getting ready. This is [...]
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Inside Ventura Church encouraging message on Christmas

All I Need For Christmas

December 27, 2020 By No Comments
Ever see a child open a present they "needed" at Christmas but not what they "wanted"? Thanks for the socks and underwear Grandma. As a society we have come to place greater value on what we want than what we need. But Jesus was the ultimate need gift and still is today. We are in [...]
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How Do You Deal With Change?

December 17, 2020 By No Comments
Change is part of life. How do you handle change? Do you handle it? Avoid it? Hold on to what was for as long as you can? In this message "Dealing With Change" in our Change Your City series, we're going to look at why we might be feeling like we can't make a difference [...]
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Pastors at Ventura Church preaching on Jesus outdoor service

When Promises Come True

December 10, 2020 By No Comments
We know that God's promises are "yes and amen"; but how do we activate them in our lives to change the lives around us for the kingdom? That's today's message "Producing Promise" in our "Change Your City" series. The reasons why Jesus was able to change His city Connected to the God Connected to Community [...]
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Are You Running on Empty?

December 1, 2020 By No Comments
Ever run out of gas? Literally and figuratively? It's not fun. You can't Change Your City if you're running on fumes. This message "Running on Empty" will look at not only the importance of fueling up, but making sure it's the right fuel. Matthew 12:1-13 At about that time Jesus was walking through some grainfields [...]
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How Do You Get Past Obstacles in Your Life?

November 26, 2020 By No Comments
How do we move past the road blocks that try to stop our faith? Listen in to this next message in our Change Your City series - "Faith Blocks". Follow along to find out... What happens you face an obstacle, a roadblock, or a barrier? Do you shut down? Get frustrated? Avoid or walk away? Matthew [...]
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Pastors in Ventura talking about Jesus

What Happens When We Go Beyond Church?

November 17, 2020 By No Comments
All believers have had some personal experience with Jesus. We were touched and our Spirits were restored. Our physical or mental health may have also been restored. Beyond Church is where your God given skills make room for Jesus to change your city. "Beyond Church" is the next message in our "Change Your City" series. [...]
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Young pastors in Ventura preaching about Jesus on a windy day

Why Do I Keep Coming Up Empty?

November 10, 2020 By No Comments
Ever feel like you're doing everything you know to do, but it just doesn't amount to anything? Or what your trying to get never materializes? Sometimes we can find ourselves close to Jesus and still feel like our nets are empty. Listen to this message and build your faith to fill your nets. This is [...]
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You Can Stand Under My Umbrella

November 7, 2020 By No Comments
Ever get stuck in a storm without an umbrella? Wet, cold, miserable? As we continue our Change Your City series - todays message, "Under Authority" is about getting under the authority of God. Like an umbrella. Matthew 8:5-13 5 When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a Roman officer[a] came and pleaded with him, 6 “Lord, my [...]
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Ventura Church sermon on Jesus

“I Got This!”

October 27, 2020 By No Comments
What the three little words you hear right before someone does something crazy? “I got this” - is typically the attitude, mantra, or phrase uttered moments before something crazy or awesome happens. In changing your city, there will be obstacles - fear, nerves, distractions… we need to have an attitude of "I got this"  that [...]
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Ventura Church preaching on Jesus calling us

Have You Gotten Too Comfortable?

October 18, 2020 By No Comments
Have you gotten too comfortable with being comfortable? Have you ever been so comfortable on the couch and the remote was too far away? Where you allowed the next episode or show to start playing? Like your comfort allowed the world chose what you would take in? This is the issue with most believers…. Their [...]
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Church in Ventura sermon on having strong Faith in pastors kitchen

How do you develop strong faith?

September 27, 2020 By No Comments
Wondering how to develop strong faith? Faith in the face of attacks, turmoil, ...life? In this latest message of our Faith Check series "Strong Faith" - we'll look at Jeremiah's strong faith and how it got there. Jeremiah 1:17-19 17 “Get up and prepare for action. Go out and tell them everything I tell you [...]
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It's time to grow your faith. Every believer hits a dry season or moment where their faith feels stagnant. Have you ever been playing a card game with friends and at some point no one is playing. Inevitably someone will say, "It's your turn" or "Whose turn is it". This series places your faith in your own hands. It's time to step it up and learn practical Spiritual Disciplines to help grow your faith.

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