Significance is the pursuit of many people today. They want to make a name for themselves or be remembered somehow, but what if you were looking for significance in the wrong things and didn't realize it? In this message Pastor Fikre Prince shares of the human condition of longing that leaves us unsatisfied and God's respinse to that longing.

Text: Revelation 3:14–22

Sermon Summary:

Big Idea: Everyone is looking for Jesus, and He’s closer than they think.,

1. We are looking for more than we realize. (vv. 14–17a)

2. We can’t see what we need most. (vv. 17b–18)

3. Jesus is closer than we think. (vv. 19–22)

Who is your "person?" or Who are "your people?" Instinctvely we develop attachements to groups of people. First to our families then to other affinity groups we resonate with. What is this natural desire to belong driving us toward? In this message Pastor FIkre Prince shares that the desire to belong isn't wrong, but it is most fulfilled when we belong to Christ.

Text: Matthew 12:46–50

Sermon Summary:

Big Idea: You’re looking for belonging, and it’s closer than you think.

1. We were made to belong. (vv. 46–47)
2. Our families can’t carry our deepest longing. (v. 48)
3. Jesus creates the family we were made for. (vv. 49–50)

Inside all of us is a sense that things in your life should be just. When wrong is done, you feel unsettled until it is made right. That feeling of unease until justice is done is an indicator that there is true righteousness and we long to understand it and see it.

Text: John 18:33–38

Sermon Summary:

Big Idea: You’re looking for the world to be made right, and it’s closer than you think.

1. We long for the world to be made right. (vv. 33–35)
2. Earthly kingdoms cannot deliver what we expect. (v. 36)
3. Jesus is the king who makes all things right. (vv. 37–38)

Scarcity or fear of not having enough can turn into greed when opportunities arise. The desire to never expereince lack or shortages drive smany to continue to amass more than they need. This desire for security is a barrior to trusting God more. In this message PAstor Fikre Prince shares that we are often right at the feet of God, but when He asks for hearts we turn away.

Text: Mark 10:17–27

Sermon Summary:

Big Idea: You’re looking for security, and it’s closer than you think

1. We long to be secure. (vv. 17–20)

2. Money promises security it can’t deliver. (vv. 21–25)

3. Jesus secures us in God. (vv. 26–27)

Religion is different from a relationshihp. Religion can often be a series of repetative practices that provide feelings of piety or happiness, but is God calling you to religion? or is He calling you to something more? In this message Elder Phil DeAngelis shares the difference between the two and how Jesus is closer than we think and looking to be more than we could ask for.

Text: Acts 17:22–31

Sermon Summary:

Big Idea: You’re looking for purpose, and it’s closer than you think.

1. We desire purpose, meaning, and transcendence. (vv. 16, 22–23a)

2. Religion promises purpose but leaves us striving. (vv. 24–27a)

3. Jesus reveals the God in whom our purpose is found. (vv. 27b–31)

We are all born with a desire to be loved. Many spend their entire life searching for it but still come up empty. What if I told you that love was closer than you think.

Text: John 4:4–29

Sermon Summary:

Big Idea: You’re looking for love, and it’s closer than you think.

1. We are looking for love. (vv. 4–14)

2. We look for love in all the wrong places. (vv. 15–25)

3. Jesus gives the love we’ve been looking for. (vv. 26, 28–29)

When you wake up in the morning you have a purpose and a direction for the day and your life, or do you? What is drawing you along in this life? is it the need for money, or advancement, or recognition? Many people search day in and day out for meaning and purpose and even work hard to achieve what God has already given freely.

Text: Jeremiah 2:11–13

Sermon Summary:
Big Idea: Looking isn’t the problem. Where we look is.

1. We were made to look for satisfaction. (v. 11)

2. We turn good longing toward worthless substitutes. (vv. 12–13)

3. Jesus is all-satisfying. (John 7:37–38)

You're looking for Jesus. Can you see him? In this message Pastor Fikre Prince shares that we are all born blind to the truth of God, but the good news is that Jesus came looking for us to bring us into the light.

Text: John 9:1–41

Sermon Summary:

Big Idea: You’re looking for Jesus, and he is closer than you think.

1. Everyone is blind. (vv. 1–7)

2. Everyone is looking for Jesus, but not everyone wants to see. (vv. 8–34)

3. True Sight is looking for you. (vv. 35–41)