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The Life of a Lighthouse

Do you know what the purpose of a Lighthouse is? Have you ever lost or misplaced something in your home you really need? The remote control maybe? Your phone? When something with purpose is missing, its function can't happen. We are spiritual lighthouses with purpose placed by God and when we are missing, our function is missing. [...]
Preaching on Jesus in the New Year

New Year, New You

Have you made a New Year's resolution? I have heard some good ones, bad ones, ridiculous, amazing resolutions over the years. A favorite one that I heard was "I wanna take naps on boats". I asked about where or if they had a harbor in mind. They said "nah, just wanna be more like Jesus." The #1 [...]
Inside Ventura Church encouraging message on Christmas

All I Need For Christmas

Ever see a child open a present they "needed" at Christmas but not what they "wanted"? Thanks for the socks and underwear Grandma. As a society we have come to place greater value on what we want than what we need. But Jesus was the ultimate need gift and still is today. We are in [...]
Church in Ventura live from the front lawn message on dealing with change

How Do You Deal With Change?

Change is part of life. How do you handle change? Do you handle it? Avoid it? Hold on to what was for as long as you can? In this message "Dealing With Change" in our Change Your City series, we're going to look at why we might be feeling like we can't make a difference [...]
Pastors at Ventura Church preaching on Jesus outdoor service

When Promises Come True

We know that God's promises are "yes and amen"; but how do we activate them in our lives to change the lives around us for the kingdom? That's today's message "Producing Promise" in our "Change Your City" series. The reasons why Jesus was able to change His city Connected to the God Connected to Community [...]

You Can Stand Under My Umbrella

Ever get stuck in a storm without an umbrella? Wet, cold, miserable? As we continue our Change Your City series - todays message, "Under Authority" is about getting under the authority of God. Like an umbrella. Matthew 8:5-13 5 When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a Roman officer[a] came and pleaded with him, 6 “Lord, my [...]
Ventura Church sermon on Jesus

“I Got This!”

What the three little words you hear right before someone does something crazy? “I got this” - is typically the attitude, mantra, or phrase uttered moments before something crazy or awesome happens. In changing your city, there will be obstacles - fear, nerves, distractions… we need to have an attitude of "I got this"  that [...]
Ventura Church preaching on Jesus calling us

Have You Gotten Too Comfortable?

Have you gotten too comfortable with being comfortable? Have you ever been so comfortable on the couch and the remote was too far away? Where you allowed the next episode or show to start playing? Like your comfort allowed the world chose what you would take in? This is the issue with most believers…. Their [...]
Young pastors in Ventura

Who Are We? We Are Lighthouse!

Who are we? Our Church logo is a lighthouse. It is purposefully the shape of the cross and embodies who we are as disciples of Jesus. We understand the shape of the cross and lighthouse from the 2 greatest commandments: Mark 12:28-31 28 One of the teachers of religious law was standing there listening to [...]
Church in Ventura sermon on having strong Faith in pastors kitchen

How do you develop strong faith?

Wondering how to develop strong faith? Faith in the face of attacks, turmoil, ...life? In this latest message of our Faith Check series "Strong Faith" - we'll look at Jeremiah's strong faith and how it got there. Jeremiah 1:17-19 17 “Get up and prepare for action. Go out and tell them everything I tell you [...]