Jesus calls us to make disciples and love our neighbors by living out His commands, not just identifying who qualifies as one. We each have different gifts, but love is essential in using them to serve our community and fulfill our calling.

True life requires connection, but abundance comes through cultivating obedience and love. Jesus demonstrated that love is not just an emotion but a practical action—serving, sacrificing, and remaining in His example to experience fullness and community.

In this message, we explore the spiritual habit of slowing down—learning to be still, seek God intentionally, and create space for intimacy with Him. Through biblical examples and practical steps, we discover how slowing our minds helps us hear God’s voice, find strength, and live with purpose.

This week, we explore the habit of Godly sorrow, a transformative practice that leads to repentance, salvation, and a life free from regret. Discover how embracing heartfelt repentance instead of rationalizing sin allows us to draw closer to God and fulfill His calling for our lives.

Today we explores how cultivating steadfastness strengthens the heart, allowing followers of Jesus to stand firm in faith and thrive through trials, rooted in God’s promises. By embracing daily habits of grace, resilience, integrity, and teachability, we can build a spiritually healthy heart that reflects God’s steadfast love.…

This message explores the habit of simplifying by focusing on what truly matters. Discover how to embrace 'less is better,' recognize the sufficiency of Jesus, and live a contented life rooted in eternal priorities.

This message explores the habit of self-examination, reminding us that true transformation begins when we stop deceiving ourselves and allow God to search and change our hearts (Psalm 139:23-24). If you want to change your life, change your habits—but to change your habits, let God transform your heart.…

God's unending mercy and love offer us a fresh start, as seen in the lives of Peter and Judas—one who embraced forgiveness and moved forward, and the other who didn’t. By accepting Christ’s grace, we are called to press on as new creations, living out our faith through transformed hearts and renewed minds.…

Storms in life, whether caused by our own choices, others' actions, or God's purpose, challenge us but never separate us from God's presence and love. This message reminds us to find peace in Jesus, trust God's faithfulness, and use our experiences to grow in faith and comfort others.

The wilderness is a place that presents a variety ofchallenges, but it can also be a place of divine encounter. We see from thestory of Elijah that if we lean into His whisper we can let our dependence onHim transform your deepest struggles into strength.

In this week’s message, we explored how God’s presence sustains us not only on the mountaintops but also in the valleys of life, where faith is often deepened and hope restored. Listen as we uncover the promise that even in our hardest moments, God meets us with His strength, peace, and joy.

In this episode, we discuss the heart of tithing—not just as an act of giving but as a way to trust God, prioritize Him, and connect our resources to eternal purposes. Discover how obedience transforms our lives, breaks self-reliance, and brings us closer to God’s plan for us.

In this talk, we explore the mystery of the missing loaf in Mark 8:14-21 and uncover the powerful lesson Jesus was teaching His disciples about trust and surrender. By placing even the smallest offering—our “one loaf”—into Jesus’ hands, He can multiply it beyond anything we could imagine to impact countless lives.…

We explore the pivotal role of our inner conversations and how they can influence our faith, courage, and actions. Through examining David’s journey before facing Goliath, we uncover lessons on overcoming doubt, focusing on God’s promises, and maintaining a vision of victory amidst life’s challenges.…

In a world that overwhelms and consumes, how can we find peace beyond understanding? Discover how seeking God with a steadfast heart silences fear and reveals a path through life's fiercest storms.

Are you feeling out of place in today’s world? As followers of Christ, we’re called to live differently. In todays talk, we explore what it means to be "strangers" on earth through 1 Thessalonians 5. Discover how to live as children of light, stay spiritually awake, and practice self-control while supporting each other in faith. Tune in for a power…

We all have emotions, we were created as emotional being, and God desires for us to use our emotions to express our worship to Him. We look to the entire book of Psalms to see how the various writers expressed their emotions and while also declaring the truth regardless if their emotions lined up with the truth or not.…

Discover three reasons why people lift their hands in worship: to celebrate victory, surrender control, and connect with God like a child reaching for their father. Listen as we explore how physical actions like raising hands instinctively reflect a heart of worship, deepening your trust in God’s power and drawing you closer to Him.…

As followers of Christ we are to carry the presence of the Lord wherever we go, that includes our places of work. It is not just a job that we have, but an assignment from the Lord, glorifying Him through our work and guiding our coworkers and clients towards a relationship with the Heavenly Father.

John reminds us that our Father is looking for true worshipers. While worship looks a variety of ways, true worship contains awe, abandon and intimacy.

The unconditional love of our Heavenly Father brings the broken pieces of our lives together to heal us and make us whole.

As followers of Jesus we have all been given a mission, a purpose. Stepping into that purpose begins with a conversation.

True community takes place when we share our food, show our weakness and fight together.

Mocked, ship wrecked, bitten by a snake, out in jail; what do these things have in common? The apostle Paul and he said they are all worth enduring, because the gospel was advanced. We must endure the realities of following Jesus because it may lead to someone become a Christ follower.

In one of his last letters, John reminds us that love is not just a feeling, but it is action. Love is the way God is meant to be seen.

Have you ever been lost? Lose something? As a follower of Jesus, we are called to willingly lose ourselves for Him and the purposes He has for us.

Every disciple of Jesus has the opportunity to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit, despite any potential confusion or misunderstandings. This divine gift transcends human error and is accessible to all who follow Christ. The Holy Spirit's baptism is a profound spiritual experience, often associated with empowerment and spiritual growth in our f…

Be inspired by how the Holy Spirit positions us for power, equipping us to be fearless witnesses of God’s grace and love

The Holy Spirit lives with every follower of Jesus. We must understand that He is always there and is a resource in helping us pray bold prayers.

Sometimes we can feel all alone, even in a crowded room. While there are times we want to be a lone, those were always meant to be moments, we were created for relationship with others. Today we hear of the lies the enemy feeds us and how we can combat those lies.

We often hear the thought, I want to be used by God, but why are more people not being used? Today we step into the lives of Jonah, Moses and Isaiah to see why we are not used and how we can change that.

Why is Christianity so different from other movements or religions? Consider the Easter story and the impact it has made for generations.

Today we celebrate Stockholm Community Church's 5th Birthday, looking at the past, the present and dreaming of the future.

When putting a puzzle together, what is one of the first things you do? You look at the picture to know what you are creating. When understanding what church is, we should look at what the first church looked like. Acts 2 gives us the picture of the first church, a place where everyone was welcome, everyone was known, everyone was needed and everyo…

Derek wraps up our series reminding us that God has made us for and created us to serve and the local church is where He intends for us to do that. While being a part of a local church, the Holy Spirit will be speaking to us, shaping us into the person He wants us to be.

The early church was in the middle of its first large conflict, Do we make people change before they can truly be a part? We look at how the early church leadership dealt with this question and examine the reality of where the church stands today.

Church should be a place where everyone is welcome, but it is not always that way. We look at the early church and examine the first church conflict, Does everyone need to be like us first?

One of our own, Derek Homer, shares his story of trusting God with his finances, even when it didn't seem logical.

Great relationships are not accidental. We must intentionally invest time, energy and make it a priority to be with Jesus on a daily basis.

We all face temptation, sometimes we win, sometimes we lose. Today we talk about some strategies to help us Pre-Decide how we can win over temptation.

Studies say we make on average 35,000 decision every day. With so many decisions to make every day, how can we aim to make more decision that line up with God's word and plan for our lives?

In the last few hours before His death, Jesus took the opportunity to share the importance of remembering with His disciples. He wanted His disciples to be able to look back and remember the significance of His death and then numerous gifts it brings to those that follow Him.

God has called us to live a life of generosity, not because we are forced, but because we chose to be generous.

Jesus said that her story will be told wherever the gospel is preached, not because of the value of her gift but the depth of her love for her Lord.

We may be familiar with the commandment Jesus gave, to Love God with all our heart, minds, soul and strength and to love others. This this is true, the part we often forget, it that we are to know God.

Pastor Rodney uses the event of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem on a donkey to remind us that God wants to use us. The enemy wants to keep us tied up, yet Jesus longs to set us free so we can take His message of freedom to the people we interact with on a regular basis.

The story of the rich young man in Mark 10 is not about having wealthy, Jesus is communicating that God is to be first in our lives and we must be willing to let go of anything He asks.

We are called to let go of it all and focus on Jesus. The way of the cross goes against everything our culture tells us, yet Jesus says it is the only way that we can find life.

Don't let fear stop you from stepping into the plans God has for you. It is time to take a step out of the boat and walk.