Take care, y’all! Talk back to me today. Are we good? Yes? Okay, all right! There’s a part of the Christmas story found in the Gospel of Luke, which shares the good news about Jesus from Luke’s perspective. In Luke, chapter 2, verses 6 and 7—the...

Matthew chapter 21, verse 12 says Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who were buying and selling. He overturned the tables of the money changers. Let’s not sanitize the story; He taught a club up, overturned the tables of the money changers,...

Let’s begin reading at verse number five. I’m trying to see if I’m going to get through all of this today. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways, submit to Him, and He will make your paths...

Genesis chapter three, verse one says, «Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made.» He said to the woman, «Did God really say you must not eat from any of the trees in the garden?» The woman said to the...

Luke chapter 5, beginning at verse number one, says: One day, as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him, listening to the Word of God. He saw at the water’s edge two boats, one belonging to Simon, and he...

John chapter 12, verse one says, six days before Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus raised from the dead. Here, a dinner was being given in Jesus’s honor. Martha served while Lazarus was among those reclining at the...

I want to lead us into one here in John chapter 8, verse 44. This is what Jesus says. Okay, let me give you some context, and I’ll just put it this way: the audience that Jesus is articulating to in this passage is comprised of religious people, so...

There’s a scripture; it’s the 23rd Psalm, Psalm 23, verse 5. This is what I want to read because this is what David says: «You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.» And listen to what he says, y’all—please don’t miss this: «You...

Genesis chapter 13, verse 8 says this: So Abram said to Lot, «Let’s not have any quarreling between you and me, between your herders and mine, for we are close relatives. Is not the whole land before you? Let’s part company. If you go to the left, I...

From something that won’t change, doing it the King’s way teaches you to change it, and I want to know, does anybody want change? A change church is a kingdom church. I want to teach about something from a kingdom perspective today, and I want to...

I really want to lean into what’s on my heart, and I want to read a passage of scripture found in the book of Second Kings, chapter four, beginning at verse one. This is what it says: «The wife of a man from the company of prophets cried out to...

Well, what’s up, everybody? Welcome to Thrive! I’m back! I hope everyone’s doing incredibly well, and I’m excited about our time together. If you are watching for the first time, I want to welcome you to Thrive. We believe there are three ways you...