Jesus came to this earth on a rescue mission. He resuscitated the spirits of the life of His followers when He breathed His Spirit uopn them. Just as He did then, the living Jesus breathes His Spirit into our spirits. If your spirit is damaged or in question, Jesus wants to breathe His resuscitating Spirit into you, so that you might be engaged in His mission and share His life and love with others.

What do you do when you've hurt someone so deeply that "sorry" just  doesn't go deep enough.? Listen in as Pastor John unfolds the beautiful story of restoration that occurs between Jesus and the apostle Peter, after Peter denies that Jesus is his Lord. See John 21:15-19.

We are all sinners in desperate need of God's grace. Jesus' compassion and love for Peter following Peter's repeated denial of Jesus as his Lord is the definition of grace-based ministry - "with compassion restoring love through the grace of Jesus Christ." See John 21:15-19.

"Whadda you wanna do?" "I dunno. Whadda you wanna do?" "When Jesus' followers were wondering what to do after His resurrection, Pete got the idea to go fishing, which was exactly what they were doing before they met Jesus. Jesus shows up and demonstrates that you can never go back, but instead God calls us forward. Jesus gives a purpose that always provides an answer to the question: "Whadda you wanna do?"  See John  21:1-14.

How many times have you heard, "It's too good to be true"? Who wants to live a life that always filled with doubts? By bringing our doubts to the Lord, we allow Him to work in our lives so those doubts can be transformed into faith, which can then become a place where we can grow in our relationship with Christ.

Have you ever been in a place where you feel like to need to know that God is alive and with you?  Thomas the apostle is often picked on for wanting to see the resurrected Jesus with his own eyes after he missed Jesus' appearance to the other disciples.  Sometimes he's even called "Doubting Thomas."  But what if Thomas doesn't offer a negative example?  What if he offers an example of someone who desperately wants to see Jesus face to face?  Perhaps, unlike Thomas, we silence our doubts because our desire to see Jesus isn't strong enough.