Revolution Resistance

Lead Pastor Joe Valenti teaches that we move from comfort to costly obedience by trusting God’s power and provision when Jesus sends us out dependent on Him rather than on our readiness. He also shows us faith in God’s purpose and providence, because obedience is measured by faithfulness, not outcomes, and God is never absent or out of control even when we cannot see what He is doing.

Founding Pastor Rick Duncan calls us to examine how we respond when Jesus challenges our expectations, confronts our comfort, and asks us to surrender what we would rather control. We see that when resistance rises, we either take offense or take a knee, and we are invited to trust Him fully so that He marvels at our belief rather than our unbelief.

This week Elder Kyle Gustafson walks us through Mark 5 and invites us to slow down and trust Jesus when urgency, interruption, and delay press in on our lives. We see that Jesus is not weakened by waiting, that His presence restores the overlooked and overcomes death itself, and that we are called to keep believing even when His timing does not make sense to us.

This week Lead Pastor Joe Valenti shows us how Jesus intentionally forms us through Mark 5 by leading us into uncomfortable places, toward difficult people, and into risky obedience that forces us to rely on His power instead of our comfort or competence. We remember that Jesus has all authority in heaven and on earth, so we go tell what He has done in our lives, trusting Him to meet us in hard places and use us for His mission.