Risen Church VB

✓

Claim

What has God entrusted to you—and are you carrying it like it all depends on you? In Acts 20, Paul says goodbye to leaders he loves and entrusts them to God and His grace. There’s real responsibility ahead, but they won’t carry it alone. Neither do we. Through Jesus, our place with the Father is se…

What changes when Jesus becomes worth more than what we’re holding onto? In Acts 19, ordinary people heard the gospel, trusted Jesus, and began leaving their old lives behind. Following Him cost them something, but they had found something better. That same Spirit is at work in us today, changing o…

Message from Rich Lee on September 6, 2026

Three denials. Three questions. But Jesus doesn’t ask Peter to try harder—he asks, “Do you love me?” Jonah obeyed with a resentful heart. Peter failed with a fearful one. Yet God’s mission moves through both. Jesus isn’t looking for flawless people; he restores hearts and sends them back out: “Feed…

Jonah 4 exposes the heart of the whole story: Jonah wants mercy for himself but justice for his enemies. His anger and bitterness reveal that he knows God’s character, but doesn’t trust God’s mercy when it reaches people he believes don’t deserve it. God keeps pursuing Jonah’s heart, showing him t…

Jonah 3 is a story about second chances, reluctant obedience, and what it really means to know God. Jonah knew a lot about God, but his heart still didn’t reflect God’s heart. Meanwhile, an entire wicked city hears God’s warning, repents, and throws itself on his mercy. It’s a reminder that knowing…

Peter tells us to cast our anxieties on God because he cares for us. Anxiety often exposes our desire for control—the belief that we know better than God. Jonah shows where that belief leads. He ran because he knew God was merciful, and he did not want mercy for Nineveh. But God pursued Jonah throu…

Peter reminds believers living under pressure that their hope is not found in comfort, circumstances, or returning to the way things used to be. Through God’s mercy, they have been born again into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus and given an inheritance that cannot perish, fade, or …

Psalm 67 reminds us that baptism isn’t the finish line, it’s the starting line. Like Jonah stepping onto the shore with a new calling, we’ve been given a new identity and a new purpose: we’re blessed to be a blessing. God’s grace isn’t something we earn; it’s something we receive through Jesus, who…