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The Life of a Lighthouse

February 27, 2021 By Janell Marshall No Comments

Do you know what the purpose of a Lighthouse is? Have you ever lost or misplaced something in your home you really need? The remote control maybe? Your phone? When something with purpose is missing, its function can't happen. We are spiritual lighthouses with purpose placed by God and when we are missing, our function is missing. [...]

Why Waste Your Time?

February 27, 2021 By Janell Marshall 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". [...]

Why Is a Distracted Driver a Dangerous Driver?

February 27, 2021 By Janell Marshall 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 [...]

Are You Running on Empty?

December 1, 2020 By Janell Marshall 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 [...]

Young pastors in Ventura preaching about Jesus on a windy day

Why Do I Keep Coming Up Empty?

November 10, 2020 By Janell Marshall 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 [...]

You Can Stand Under My Umbrella

November 7, 2020 By Janell Marshall 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 [...]

“I Got This!”

October 27, 2020 By Janell Marshall 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 [...]

Ventura Church preaching on Jesus calling us

Have You Gotten Too Comfortable?

October 18, 2020 By Janell Marshall 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 [...]

Who Are We? We Are Lighthouse!

October 11, 2020 By Janell Marshall No Comments

Who are we? Our Church logo is a lighthouse. It is purposefully the shape of the cross and embodies who we are as disciples of Jesus. We understand the shape of the cross and lighthouse from the 2 greatest commandments: Mark 12:28-31 28 One of the teachers of religious law was standing there listening to [...]

Why Waste Your Time?

Why Is a Distracted Driver a Dangerous Driver?

Are You Running on Empty?

Why Do I Keep Coming Up Empty?

You Can Stand Under My Umbrella

“I Got This!”

Have You Gotten Too Comfortable?

Who Are We? We Are Lighthouse!

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