Jesus Culture Sacramento Message of the Week

You cannot separate generosity and discipleship. Pastor Becky Johnson teaches us that generosity is a heart posture. It has nothing to do with money but is first a call to true worship. What will you give for Jesus?

This week, Pastor Becky unpacks a powerful truth: what we believe about ourselves shapes how we live. Jesus came to rewrite our story, and through his sacrifice on the cross, we've been adopted and transformed from orphans into sons and daughters that have full access to the love and security of the Father. When we embrace this truth, we stop striving for worth and start living from the confidence of who we already are.

You can't be a disciple of Jesus until you embrace your identity in Jesus. Pastor Mark Kresge shares a powerful word on the transformation that happens in our lives when we step into our Godly identity. Not only do we begin to experience abundant life, but we also discover who we are and how to live.

This week, Jesus Culture Sacramento and Jesus Culture San Diego joined together for a joint service. Pastors Becky Johnson and Zack Curry both brought powerful messages. Pastor Becky shares how God is calling us to let go of false comforts and prepare for a greater glory. Drawing from Haggai 2 and 2 Kings 4, she reminds us that how we prepare matters. Pastor Zack encourages us to press in, seek the Lord, and respond to His invitation with faith and hunger. God is moving—let's be ready to receive.

In this episode, Banning Liebscher continues our Prayer series, part of the House of Discipleship. He shares how gratitude shifts our mindset from lack to abundance, reconnecting us with God’s character and the truth of His provision. Whether you're feeling frustrated with God's timing or overwhelmed by unmet expectations, this episode will encourage you to reframe your perspective and rediscover the transformative power of thankfulness.

In this powerful message, Cody Williams challenges us to live lives that flow with the abundance of God's love, grace, and generosity. Drawing from John 7:37-38, Cody unpacks what it means to be rivers, not reservoirs, of living water, especially in a world that often leads us to operate out of fear and scarcity. He highlights three key areas where God is inviting us to align our hearts with His: love, grace, and generosity. This episode will inspire you to move from self-preservation to purpose and from control to Christlike compassion.

Is your prayer life what you need it to be? Pastor Becky Johnson teaches us that abiding prayer is not a formality, it's a discipline and an invitation that requires something of us. Wherever our hearts and minds are abiding, the fruit of our lives will reflect that. Where are you abiding?

The life of a disciple is a life of prayer. Pastor Banning unpacks the essential role of prayer in our walk with God by showing us how the key to Jesus' power, wisdom, connection to the Father, and decision-making was his consistency in the place of prayer. We are called to pray both in solitude and in community.

We are not called to walk alone. Pastor Becky Johnson concludes our series on community and reminds us that having the covering of community isn't just for our own benefit, but also for the strengthening of others. Community is costly, but the fruit we will see in our lives because of it is transformational.

In this episode, Micah, one of our Jesus Culture Sacramento missionaries, shares a powerful message on the resurrection of Jesus—the lynchpin of our faith. More than a martyr or moral teacher, Jesus is the risen Lord who conquered death, gives us eternal hope, and sends us out to see and serve others with that same hope.

God uses community to shape and form your life to look like Jesus. Pastor Banning continues his teaching on the importance of biblical community and why we need it in our lives.

Biblical community is countercultural and challenges our Western value of independence. Pastor Banning teaches us that our lives as Christians are meant to be lived, celebrated, and challenged within the context of community, as we are on the journey of becoming more like Jesus.

Obedience is the doorway into the blessed life. Pastor Michael Brodeur teaches us how obedience to God and discipleship are the same thing. Obedience requires that we partner with the Holy Spirit in our compliance. God will never make us do anything, but He will always partner with us to help us change our desires and actions. Is there a pattern of disobedience in your life?

Following Jesus is a radical call to obedience and submission. Pastor Banning Liebscher teaches us that the mark of a disciple is a desire to obey God. If we want to be radically obedient in our lifetime, we must have radical intimacy with Jesus, because our willingness to do what God asks of us is directly connected to us encountering His love.

Pastor Banning continues his teaching on the importance of the Word of God in our daily lives. As followers of Jesus, we will not experience the fullness of life that God wants to release to us through the Bible if we do not approach it properly. When we approach reading the Bible with humility and allow our hearts to receive the words and then go and act upon them, there is blessing that comes upon our lives.

Jesus has the power to run everything from governments to galaxies, but at the center of who He is and what He does is the church. Pastor Jeremy Johnson, Lead Pastor of Fearless Church in Los Angeles, reminds us that we are called to be a part of a family of believers that look and sound like Jesus. We can't say we love God and not love His bride, the Church.

Understanding the names of God gives us access to the power of God revealed in the name. God names himself for a reason. Pastor Brandon Cormier, Lead Pastor of Zeal Church in Colorado Springs, brings a timely and powerful word to our church about the importance of recognizing God's names and being able to hear when He calls ours. When He speaks, and what He speaks is vital to our relationship with Him.

Spiritual hunger is the byproduct of hope rising in our lives. Andy Byrd, co-founder of Youth With A Mission’s Fire and Fragrance, Circuit Riders, and co-leader of The Send, encourages our church family that it is possible to have so much hunger for God in our lives that we never lose our zeal. God wants to reconnect the heart of the Church to His presence, as we are on the verge of a global spiritual awakening, and spiritual hunger is key.

Our lives are to be planted in the Word of God, because any other foundation that we would attempt to plant our lives on is unstable and faulty. Pastor Banning explains the importance of being disciples that study scripture and practice the Word of God in our daily lives. We cannot afford to have a casual, inconsistent relationship with the Bible.

Jesus offers us the baptism of the Holy Spirit so that we would be His witnesses and move in power in our daily lives, doing all the things that He did. Kathi Frye, one of our Jesus Culture Sacramento Associate Pastors and Lead Intercessor, shares with us a powerful message on the meaning and importance of being filled with the Holy Spirit in order to experience the fullness of life that God has for us.

Forgiveness is the currency of Christianity. Pastor Becky Johnson unpacks the concept of forgiveness and its direct connection to living a life of freedom in Christ. When we are unwilling to forgive, and we forget that God is the final judge, we keep ourselves in a place of bondage to others and sin.

Sometimes we forget that no sin or circumstance is bigger than the cross. Jesus set us free from sin and our past. Pastor Paul Geerling, Senior Pastor of iSEE CHURCH in Australia, reminds us that when we have a revelation on the inside of the freedom God gave us, it changes how we live on the outside.

Any area of my life that is not dripping with freedom is under the influence of a lie. Pastor Becky Johnson teaches us the importance of getting free of any and every lie that stands in the way of us believing who God says that He is. What we believe about God will directly shape how we interact with Him. Is your experience of God limited by lies you are believing?

Jesus came to save us from death and deliver us and make us whole from the effects of sin. Pastor Banning teaches us that any area in our lives that we are not free in, Jesus invites us to be set free. Are you settling for things in your life that are actually just the effects of your life before you knew Jesus?

As followers of Jesus, we are called to live a life of ceaseless prayer. Pastor Banning envisions our church family to be people of relational prayer, where we are constantly talking to God about everything. In order to establish this relationship with God in our lives, we must know Him as a father and a friend.

Pastor Banning casts vision for the upcoming year, and shares some exciting changes with our Jesus Culture Sacramento church family.

Every time we tell others about the works of God, we are sharing about His power, goodness, and righteousness. Pastor Banning is joined by Phil and Sarah Smith to remind us that when we tell the story and activity of God in our lives, we prophesy to anyone listening, and we help show others what is available and possible with God.

Our modern day culture is not generationally minded, but the Kingdom of God is. Pastor Becky Johnson reminds us of our responsibility as followers of Jesus to pass along the law of God, the power of God, and the wondrous works of God to the next generation. It is not a suggestion, but a command. When we share the testimony of Jesus it shapes a generation to hope in Him.

Each of us has a story to tell of the activity of God in our lives! Our personal story of encountering Jesus encourages others and declares God's faithfulness and trustworthiness. Pastor Banning Liebscher hosts five men from our Jesus Culture Sacramento community to share their God stories with our church family.

We have a whole society built on comparison and envy. Pastor Becky Johnson reminds us that envy and comparison will rob us of the fullness of life. When we compare ourselves to other people, we will compete where we are called to celebrate. As believers, there is a way that we can respond to envy and comparison in our lives that's different from the rest of the world.

Our satisfaction in life often rises and falls on our circumstances, but we are called to be prisoners of hope not our circumstances. Pastor Mark Kresge teaches us that the secret to being satisfied comes from trusting Jesus in every area of our life.

Discipleship is the process of becoming more like Jesus through partnership with the Holy Spirit in and through our lives. Pastor Banning Liebscher casts vision for 2025, and calls our church family to a year of focused and intentional discipleship.

Church was God's idea and God's design, and there is an objective that He created. Pastor Becky Johnson talks to our church family about the call of God given to the Church- to walk in a worthy manner, keep the unity among believers, and get equipped.

Pastor Banning Liebscher is joined by Pastor Michael Brodeur to continue exploring what the Bible teaches about healing and how we are called to live in the tension between Heaven and earth. Ultimately, we have to remember that the Word of God does not submit to our experiences, but rather, our experiences must be submitted to the Word of God.

This week, Kris Vallotton, Senior Associate Leader of Bethel Church in Redding, California and co-founder of Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry and Moral Revolution, joined our Jesus Culture Sacramento family and shared a powerful message on the importance of learning from the past, but not living in it. We are entering a new era, where we must look at what has happened and has been done, in order to make adjustments and step into the future that God has for us individually, and as the Body of Christ.

The Kingdom of God is anywhere that Jesus has dominion, and it is always demonstrated through radical love and power. Pastor Banning unpacks our role as believers who are in Christ, the resources we have access to as citizens of Heaven, and the call to be ambassadors of Jesus’ Kingdom on earth.

If you want to break the power of offense in your life, you have to go low, and stay low. Pastor Banning teaches us that humility is key to living a life of forgiveness and freedom from offense. Grace flows in our life where we have chosen humility, and allowed God to lead.

God doesn't call us to an easy life, but a life of radical love. Pastor Becky Johnson teaches us out of the book of Jonah about the call to love our enemies by praying for them, and standing for righteousness. God is more gracious than we realize, and He desires that all would know Him!

We must guard our hearts from offense because that is where the enemy gets a foothold in our lives. Pastor Banning teaches us the key to living a life that is free of offense— forgiveness. When we are unwilling to forgive, offense grows and takes root in our lives.

Part of being human is suffering, setbacks, pain, and hard circumstances. In the midst of this, we all have a response that either matches the culture on earth or the Kingdom of God. Pastor Benny Perez, Co-Lead Pastor of Church LV in Las Vegas, Nevada, challenges us to be men and women that yield to God and His Kingdom culture in all things. God is looking for us to respond to our circumstances in worship to Him.

God made us to be in community because we mature with, and around, other believers. Pastor Mark Kresge, Jesus Culture Sacramento's Connections Pastor, teaches us that if we want spiritual maturity in our lives, we need Godly community that keeps us safe and holds us accountable.

God wants us to experience abundant life, and our ability to forgive and resist offense is key. Pastor Banning Liebscher teaches us that the number one thing that destroys relationship is offense. In order to thrive in our connection to God and others, we must be diligent in guarding our hearts from offense, and constantly choose to move in the opposite spirit.

Worship is not a genre or a playlist, but a radically surrendered life of obedience before the Lord. Michael Koulianos, founder of Jesus Image, Jesus Image Church, and Jesus School in Orlando, Florida, reminds us that worship requires face to face interaction with God. Worship is just simply giving back to God what He has given us.

When we really value something, we will make tremendous sacrifices for it. Jesus Culture Sacramento's Worship Pastor, Derek Johnson, shares a sincere message on the value of living a sacrificial, willing, and generous life of worship that is constantly positioned toward the Lord.

When we really value something, we will make tremendous sacrifices for it. Jesus Culture Sacramento's Worship Pastor, Derek Johnson, shares a sincere message on the value of living a sacrificial, willing, and generous life of worship that is constantly positioned toward the Lord.

As believers, we are called to live a life of worship, and singing songs are a part of that. Pastor Banning reminds us that worship is not for us, or about us. Worship is our expression of delight in God, and a response to His worthiness.