Immanuel Community Church

The danger of leadership is that we can drift into many ulterior motives for serving God, but Jesus gives us the ultimate example of what it means to shepherd others out of genuine love for them.

God has blessed the ICC church family with a new home, and we will spend many years hearing the Word of God proclaimed in this house. But it is important to know that simply hearing the words is not what it means to hear the voice of God. We will explore Deuteronomy 6:1-9, one of the most foundational passages for …

Jesus lovingly restored Peter after what must have felt like a disqualifying failure, revealing the depth of his mercy to welcome even the most broken people into his story.

In Jesus’ death and resurrection, God enters our pain, reveals himself personally to us, and invites us to believe and find new life in him even in the midst of our unresolved questions.

By willingly submitting to an unfair trial and accepting a guilty verdict He did not deserve, Jesus’ meekness exposes and shatters our desperate need for self-preservation, freeing us to a life of self-giving love towards others.

SUMMARY: When we face failure, guilt, or betrayal, it’s easy to deny God or lose hope. But the story of Peter and Judas shows us that God’s grace runs deeper than our greatest failure, and we can choose to respond with faith and hope in His love—or sink into our own despair.

In his darkest hour, Jesus’ heart was turned toward us, praying that we would be protected, set apart as holy, and brought into the glory that he shares with the Father.

After the resurrection, Jesus returned to the Father, but he continues to speak to us through his Spirit and offers us a lasting peace and joy in the face of suffering because he has overcome the world and secured the victory for us.

The Spirit convicts the world of its sinful and hostile posture toward God through the witness of the church. It is an unwelcome message that will provoke the same resistance and hatred Jesus himself faced.