In this raw and heartfelt testimony, I share my journey from religious rebellion and corporate burnout to discovering the transformative power of Spiritual Formation through James K.A. Smith’s You Are What You Love. You’ll hear how God used the Parable of the Sower to reveal the condition of my heart, and how Apostle Michelle’s prophetic word awakened buried dreams and set me on a path toward my Isaiah 61 calling. This…
The Spirit empowers us to carry a gospel of peace and restorative wisdom, warning against religious hypocrisy that weaponizes scripture and longs for the past. The call is clear: take Jesus’ yoke, embody His wisdom, and bear fruit that vindicates the gospel in the world.
Pastor Michelle teaches that the Holy Spirit is actively forming the Church to be the living body of Christ, not just through belief, but through apprenticeship and action. True faith is a lifelong journey of learning Jesus’ heart, characterized by meekness and a radical dependency on Abba.
Discipleship isn’t about knowing more—it’s about loving rightly. Brother Greg unpacks J.K. Smith’s You Are What You Love and shares his personal journey of rewiring disordered passions into worship, using Romans 6:11-23 to show how God transforms us.
Pastor Michelle introduces us to the counterintuitive heart of the Gospel: we receive life only through death. We now embody Jesus—His presence fills the earth through the church, as the Holy Spirit teaches us to follow Him. The church demonstrates that the kingdom has arrived and is near. What we love shapes us, and following Jesus demands that we die to ourselves so we can truly live.