If there is one attribute that is most important for the people of God to have, it is LOVE. Why? Because it reveals your heart, cuts through hardened hearts, and has a positively effective impact on people's lives. This is what Jesus Christ does with those who truly experience it. To long for someone with the affection of Christ Jesus is something special. In this message, Pastor Troy Billow does more than just speak of God's love as a concept. In this message, Pastor Troy Billow will explain love as a POWER that radiates joy, increases insight, and supplies you with depth and dimension to enable you to share that love with others, and expand that power, and cause people to seek God to experience this power for themselves, and spread it abroad.
Jesus travels to a town called Nain, where he witnesses a funeral procession taking place for young man, who was the only son of a widow. Moved with deep compassion for the widow, Jesus approached her, told her not to weep. approached the coffin, and commanded the young man to rise. The man sat up, began to speak, and was presented to his mother. Jesus raising someone from the dead got significant attention and instilled, with shock and awe, to those watching, that God had really come to help His people. Jesus' radical act of love and compassion in this case, not only pointed the crowd in this instance that God loves them, but if there is any doubt in regards to how much God loves you, all you have to do is look at the cross, respond to the call that it conveys, and experience that love on a number of levels and plains.
In order to be Kingdom person, God is looking for three core traits.
1. Love - Are you capable of loving other people?
2. Do you have faith in God and trust in His Word? Even more, do you have the faith to where God can do something in your life?
3. Do you have the faith to obey what God requires or asks of you?
If you feel unworthy, join the club. You are well in the company of people like Moses and Peter. God establishes our faith from within, and then calls us to spread that blessing and act on it outwardly. The interesting thing is; NONE of us DESERVE God's blessing, healing, intervention, exaltation, etc. We get those things only because of God's Grace and Mercy.
Today, too many Christians have an incomplete picture of Jesus. In America, especially, people draw towards an image of Jesus that they like. This is fatal in so many areas. As a Christian, you want to be WELL BUILT. In other words, you want to be "built for tough". Are you built tough enough to withstand the terrain of life? Those who do not build their lives on the word of Jesus Christ cannot withstand the terrain of life, and their lives fall apart, because other priorities (affairs of this life, fears, doubts, anxieties, strongholds, etc.) take hold and focus their time, attention, and soul. When you have a solid foundation, you will bear the terrain, in maturity, and be recognizable by your good fruit, further strengthening your walk with the Lord, and showing that fruit as a witness to others to draw them to Jesus.
In his opening psalm, it is revealed that David has an intimate relationship with God. That said, he opens the psalm with types of people; the righteous and the wicked. David writes, "Blessed is the man who DOES NOT walk in step with the wicked" When you delight yourself in the Law of the Lord, you will be blessed in your heart, soul, and life, as David was. David had a complicated life of adversity, dysfunction, and threats all around Him, but He was happy and blessed because the Lord gave Him strength, function, purpose, victory, and companionship. These very things are also offered to you and experienced by those who delight themselves in the Lord, and have decided to pursue the kind of relationship David had with the Lord. Like streams of water, the Lord refreshes, rejuvenates, and nurtures you where you would otherwise "dry up". Pastor Troy Billow expounds on this dynamic deeper.
Pastor Emeritus John Billow guest speaks this week on some unique truths to bring into the new year from Luke 5:1-9. Drawing from the account from where Jesus instructed His disciples to, after a day of not catching any fish, to throw the nets out one more time. And then a miracle happens. If you honor Christ in your life, He will do what you least expect. Pastor John also reveals and explains four principles to follow to assure a healthy relationship with the Lord so that you can honor Him, and reap the rewards for doing so.
The humility of the birth of Jesus Christ is broad, tremendous, deep, significant, and special. The reason why Jesus was born in a stable, laying in a manger, was because he was called to accomplish a rescue mission from God. What better way to present the Kingdom of God and one day King o the entire world, than by arriving in such a, from a cultural standpoint, "lowly", humble, low-key way. And when the angel of the Lord presented the birth of Jesus, and when a myriad of angels sang and shouted "Glory, to God in the highest, and on earth, peace, good will towards men!" it was announced to the shepherds, who were rugged, working men with dirty jobs. God speaks the loudest when He chooses the unlikeliest of people, which is one of the reasons why His appeal still resonates so strongly today. This shows the Glory of God in a deep and dynamic way.
Come celebrate the birth of Jesus with us as Joe Wachowski and our music group "As One", share the Christmas Story in scripture readings and songs that highlight both the reason for the season and the meaning that still calls the world today. Merry Christmas! This presentation was performed live December 6th, 2025.
In this Christmas-themed message, Pastor Troy Billow explains a prophecy given to King David about the destiny of his throne, which will rule and reign forever. When Jesus was born, He was of the line and lineage of King David. What does this mean, and why is it so significant? Join us as we look at the background and foundation of this dynamic and why it is important for us to remember and heed in our lives today.
In the Spirit, we need to digest the "nutrients" of the Word of God. In the flesh, we can easily become dominated by fear, anxiety, sadness, and disappointment. In this message, Pastor Troy Billow explains why you should not depend on you and your devices, and it is extremely important to depend on the Holy Spirit, as the Holy Spirit will empower you to do what you cannot normally do under the influence of the flesh nature. As Jesus promises, if you seek the Lord and His righteousness, all kinds of things will be added unto you as well, as God enables you with abundant provisions. And it is from those provisions that blessings pour out, and in turn, bless other people as well.