Show Me The Way: Everyday God for Everyday People - Part 13

Life is full of choices like a "choose your own adventure" story. The Bible begins with a fundamental question: Who or what is your most high?

In this thirteenth message, we continue our lesson from Exodus 17 and return to the battle with Amalek. Last week we learned that forgiven people must also be fighters, enlisted to stand beneath God's banner, not as civilians but as soldiers. This week reveals that God's fighters must first be surrenderers. Victory comes not from power, skill, or strategy, but from dependence beneath the Lord our banner, Jehovah-Nissi.

We often raise the banners of politics, preferences, or personal causes while giving Christ only partial loyalty. But Jesus does not seek primary allegiance; He seeks exclusive allegiance. Every day begins with a choice: whose flag will fly highest over our lives?

God's banner brings alignment, orientation, and courage. Like soldiers rallying to their standard when disoriented, we lift our eyes to the hill and reorient ourselves toward the One who fights for us. Our battles are decided not by our power but by our posture, by surrendering to the King who holds true air supremacy in the spiritual realm.

Finally, the story ends in worship. After victory, Moses builds an altar so the people will remember what God has done. Followers of the everyday God move from new victories to renewed worship, capturing God's faithfulness so future generations can stand beneath the same banner.

Show Me The Way: Everyday God for Everyday People - Part 12

Life is full of choices like a “choose your own adventure” story. The Bible begins with a fundamental question: Who or what is your most high?

In this twelfth message, we turn to Exodus 17 and the battle with Amalek. Israel is under attack, Moses lifts the staff of God, and the people learn that the Lord alone must be their banner. The scene exposes how quickly we raise other flags in our lives, giving our passion and loyalty to lesser causes while neglecting to fight under God's banner.

This story reminds us that forgiven people must also be fighters. Deliverance does not mean darkness has surrendered. The Amalekites illustrate the relentless strategies of spiritual enemies: striking after victories, striking during weakness, and seeking to keep God's people from His blessings. In response, God calls His people to proactive, coordinated faithfulness.

When the fight grows exhausting, Moses' tired arms reveal our own need for comrades who lift one another up. Followers of the everyday God are not saved as civilians but enlisted as soldiers, called to stand together beneath the only banner worthy of our ultimate allegiance.

Show Me The Way: Everyday God for Everyday People - Part 11

Life is full of choices like a “choose your own adventure” story. The Bible begins with a fundamental question: Who or what is your most high?

In this eleventh message, we continue last week's lesson in Exodus 15:22–27, where Israel moves from the Red Sea to the bitter waters of Marah. Their quick shift from singing to grumbling shows how circumstances expose the heart. While the people complain, Moses cries out to God, revealing the difference between embittered living and faithful dependence.

This passage reminds us that bitter waters do not have to produce bitter people. God uses hardship to form His people, exposing the deeper poison of fear, complaint, and pessimism. When God "shows" Moses a tree, it becomes a picture of His instruction, the remedy that purifies and heals.

We are called to choose growing over griping. Complaining is contagious, but trust steadies us even when the fig tree fails. Like the three in the furnace, we say: God can deliver, but even if He doesn't, He is still God.

Right beyond Marah was Elim with twelve springs and seventy palms. If we refuse to camp in bitterness and trust God's wisdom, we will find He has refreshment prepared. His aim is not just to change our circumstances but to change our hearts.

Show Me The Way: Everyday God for Everyday People - Part 10

Life is full of choices like a “choose your own adventure” story. The Bible begins with a fundamental question: Who or what is your most high?

In this tenth message, we follow Israel into the wilderness after the Red Sea. At Marah, they find bitter water, a test revealing what lives in their hearts when life turns hard. God leads them from singing to suffering, not to harm them but to form them. This hardship exposes their reflex to grumble rather than trust.

Their story teaches us that all tests are tools God uses to grow His people. He leads Israel to Marah before Elim because the journey matters as much as the destination. God is trustworthy at a bitter puddle as at a split sea. He invites them to choose growth over grumbling, trust over panic, and satisfaction in Him over instant gratification.

In this wilderness classroom, God reveals Himself as Jehovah Rapha, the One who heals and transforms His people. Israel must learn that the journey to the promised land is not simply about changing location but about being changed. Hardship becomes the place where God trains courage, strengthens loyalty, deepens trust, and calls us toward the freedom of faith.

Show Me The Way: Everyday God for Everyday People - Part 9

Life is full of choices like a “choose your own adventure” story. The Bible begins with a fundamental question: Who or what is your most high?

In this ninth message, we stand with Israel on the shore of the Red Sea at "church on the beach," listening to the song of Moses in Exodus 15. There God shows Himself as utterly unrivaled: Lord over all so-called gods, Lord over all creation, and Lord over every ruler and nation. He parts the sea, drowns Pharaoh's army, and turns Egypt's pride into stubble beneath His feet, proving that salvation is His work alone. Israel contributes nothing but need; God is the Deliverer who washes away centuries of slavery, scar tissue, and shame, and leaves their former masters defeated beneath the waters.

Their song asks us a piercing question: What truly makes us sing for joy? We often pour our passion into sports, screens, and endless entertainment until we are "joyed out" by the time we come to God. This message calls us instead to a deeper encounter at our own beach moment: the cross, where Jesus stood alone as Deliverer and must become my Deliverer. When we see that our sin, guilt, and old slave masters have been washed away, not wished away, our worship grows personal and powerful. The everyday God invites us to leave our chains in the water, rejoice that our enemies are defeated beneath us, and let His unrivaled rescue story become the loudest song of our lives.

Show Me The Way: Everyday God for Everyday People - Part 8

Life is full of choices like a “choose your own adventure” story. The Bible begins with a fundamental question: Who or what is your most high?

In this eighth message, we turn to Genesis 4 and the split between the line of Cain and the line of Seth. Cain's descendants build cities, advance the arts, and pioneer technology, yet they live as "practical atheists," enjoying God's good gifts while pushing Him to the margins. Their story names the subtle danger of "God-ishness": knowing about God, even carrying His name, but treating Him as an accessory instead of King, building families, careers, and legacies without ever truly surrendering them to Him.

Their story confronts how easily we do the same, crowding God out with busyness, entertainment, and the pursuit of comfort, making this temporary world feel permanent while neglecting prayer, worship, and obedience. It warns us against defiant, distracted, and pleasure-driven living, and calls us instead to redeem our time, cry out to the Lord, and live as citizens of a better city to come, letting the everyday God reign over every ordinary moment of our lives.

Show Me The Way: Everyday God for Everyday People - Part 7

Life is full of choices like a “choose your own adventure” story. The Bible begins with a fundamental question: Who or what is your most high?

In this seventh message, we climb Mount Moriah with Abraham as he places his beloved son Isaac on the altar, trusting the Lord who provides. Through the contrast between Abraham’s “altered” life and Lot’s unaltered one, we see how even God’s best gifts can become idols when we refuse to surrender them.

His story invites us into a lifelong, all-in obedience marked by tested faith, speedy and complete obedience, and a willingness to place everything we love under the everyday God’s control.

Show Me The Way: Everyday God for Everyday People - Part 6

Life is full of choices like a “choose your own adventure” story. The Bible begins with a fundamental question: Who or what is your most high?

In this sixth message, we turn to Genesis 22 and watch Abraham face the most agonizing test of his life: God asks him to surrender Isaac, the son of promise. This test reveals whether Abraham trusts the Giver more than the gift.

Abraham obeys because he trusts the everyday God who has never failed him. On the mountain, God provides the ram, showing that He sees every need before we do. The story reveals that God's tests expose where our allegiance lies and call us to surrender whatever we cling to more tightly than Him.

His story reminds us that everyday people must build altars too. We all have our own "Isaac" that competes for first place. But when we lay everything before the everyday God, He provides, He realigns our hearts, and He leads us into deeper trust and wholehearted devotion.

Show Me The Way: Everyday God for Everyday People - Part 5

Life is full of choices like a “choose your own adventure” story. The Bible begins with a fundamental question: Who or what is your most high?

In this fifth message, we turn to Genesis 18 and the story of Abraham's unexpected visitors. Abraham rushes to welcome them, offering generous hospitality that goes far beyond duty. What begins as an ordinary moment becomes a sacred encounter, revealing that God often meets us in the everyday.

Sarah, listening from the tent, laughs at the promise of a child, not out of disrespect, but from the weight of long disappointment. Yet God gently responds, "Is anything too hard for the Lord?" reminding both Abraham and Sarah that His promises do not depend on human possibility.

Their story teaches us that the everyday God steps into our ordinary spaces, invites us to trust Him with what feels impossible, and turns even our quiet, hidden moments into opportunities for renewed faith.

Show Me The Way: Everyday God for Everyday People - Part 4

Life is full of choices like a “choose your own adventure” story. The Bible begins with a fundamental question: Who or what is your most high?

In this fourth message, we turn to Genesis 17, where God appears to Abram and reveals Himself as El Shaddai, God Almighty. Abram is ninety-nine, Sarai is eighty-nine, and their story looks finished. Yet God declares that His power will fuel everything He is about to do.

Abram falls face-down in worship, showing that life with God begins with surrender. God changes their names, renews His covenant, and promises a future they could never produce on their own. God is never impressed by human strength, never limited by human weakness, and never hindered by human mistakes.

The everyday God calls everyday people to walk in His strength. When we stop relying on our own power and trust El Shaddai instead, He reshapes what is possible and writes a story far greater than anything we could build on our own.

Show Me The Way: Everyday God for Everyday People - Part 3

Life is full of choices like a “choose your own adventure” story. The Bible begins with a fundamental question: Who or what is your most high?

In this third message, we turn to Genesis 16 and the story of Hagar. Everyone longs to be noticed, but Hagar discovers something even greater: the God who truly sees.

Her story reminds us that no matter how invisible, mistreated, or forgotten we may feel, the everyday God sees us, knows us by name, and invites us into His greater story.

Show Me The Way: Everyday God for Everyday People - Part 2

Life is full of choices like a “choose your own adventure” story. The Bible begins with a fundamental question: Who or what is your most high?

In this second message, we continue with Genesis 14, where Lot’s misplaced trust contrasts with Abraham’s worship of God Most High.

Every choice reveals what we truly value, and anything less than God is too small to save us. Following the everyday God reorients our lives around His strength, provision, and purpose.

Show Me The Way: Everyday God for Everyday People - Part 1

Life is full of choices like a “choose your own adventure” story. The Bible begins with a fundamental question: Who or what is your most high?

In this opening message, we explore Genesis 14 and the story of Abraham, Lot, and the kings. Each of us chooses a “most high” every day, whether money, power, comfort, or the one true God.

The challenge is to follow Him every day, not just on Sundays.

Names of God - Part 11: Lessons from the Tower of Babel (Continued)

When you look at someone and think about their life, they often have multiple names, titles, and descriptions—ranging from formal to deeply personal. Each name offers a snapshot of who they are, revealing different relationships and depths of connection. While each name genuinely represents an aspect of the person, no single name captures their entire essence.

If that is true of a finite being, it is certainly true of an infinite God.

In this new series, we explore the names of God. Just as learning someone's various names helps us understand them better, discovering God's names deepens our understanding of Him. In this lesson, we continue our discussion on important lessons from the Tower of Babel in Genesis 10:1 - 11:9.

Names of God - Part 10: Lessons from the Tower of Babel

When you look at someone and think about their life, they often have multiple names, titles, and descriptions—ranging from formal to deeply personal. Each name offers a snapshot of who they are, revealing different relationships and depths of connection. While each name genuinely represents an aspect of the person, no single name captures their entire essence.

If that is true of a finite being, it is certainly true of an infinite God.

In this new series, we explore the names of God. Just as learning someone's various names helps us understand them better, discovering God's names deepens our understanding of Him. In this lesson, we discuss important lessons from the Tower of Babel in Genesis 10:1 - 11:9.

Names of God - Part 9: Lord

When you look at someone and think about their life, they often have multiple names, titles, and descriptions—ranging from formal to deeply personal. Each name offers a snapshot of who they are, revealing different relationships and depths of connection. While each name genuinely represents an aspect of the person, no single name captures their entire essence.

If that is true of a finite being, it is certainly true of an infinite God.

In this new series, we explore the names of God. Just as learning someone's various names helps us understand them better, discovering God's names deepens our understanding of Him. In this lesson, we explore the name Lord.

History’s Greatest Warriors: Happy Mother's Day 2025

This Mother's Day we celebrate a woman with an unrivaled résumé.

She became her country's first female judge, and her wisdom was coveted nationwide. People of all social classes sought her judicial expertise. Her courtroom prowess and strategic mind were so exceptional that she became a battlefield advisor. She was also a published singer, poet, and songwriter. She held the distinguished titles of both judge and prophet—until her story appears in scripture, Samuel was the only other person who held both titles.

Deborah stands as one of Israel's most renowned judges. Yet when she described her primary role, the inspired Word called her a "mother in Israel (Judges 5:7)." Our Creator's greatest gift was creating mothers.

In this lesson, we celebrate our mothers and share lessons from the story of Deborah.

Names of God - Part 8: Adonai (Continued)

When you look at someone and think about their life, they often have multiple names, titles, and descriptions—ranging from formal to deeply personal. Each name offers a snapshot of who they are, revealing different relationships and depths of connection. While each name genuinely represents an aspect of the person, no single name captures their entire essence.

If that is true of a finite being, it is certainly true of an infinite God.

In this new series, we explore the names of God. Just as learning someone's various names helps us understand them better, discovering God's names deepens our understanding of Him. In this lesson, we continue exploring the name Adonai.

Names of God - Part 7: Adonai

When you look at someone and think about their life, they often have multiple names, titles, and descriptions—ranging from formal to deeply personal. Each name offers a snapshot of who they are, revealing different relationships and depths of connection. While each name genuinely represents an aspect of the person, no single name captures their entire essence.

If that is true of a finite being, it is certainly true of an infinite God.

In this new series, we explore the names of God. Just as learning someone's various names helps us understand them better, discovering God's names deepens our understanding of Him. In this lesson, we explore the name Adonai.

Names of God - Part 6: I AM

When you look at someone and think about their life, they often have multiple names, titles, and descriptions—ranging from formal to deeply personal. Each name offers a snapshot of who they are, revealing different relationships and depths of connection. While each name genuinely represents an aspect of the person, no single name captures their entire essence.

If that is true of a finite being, it is certainly true of an infinite God.

In this new series, we explore the names of God. Just as learning someone's various names helps us understand them better, discovering God's names deepens our understanding of Him. In this lesson, we explore the name I AM.