Rivers Crossing Sermons

Can you have faith in Jesus and still struggle with doubt? In week two of Help My Unbelief, Pastor Josh Pocock explores the difference between honest doubt and stubborn unbelief through Matthew 28, Mark 9, and John 20. From the desperate father who prayed, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief,” to Thomas demanding proof of Jesus’ resurrection, this message reveals how Jesus meets people in their struggles with faith. Through his own journey from atheism to following Christ, Pastor Josh challenges believers to stop trying to win arguments and start showing people the love, grace, and mercy of Jesus. Whether you're wrestling with unanswered prayers, skepticism, or questions about Christianity, discover why faith isn't about having every answer. It's about trusting Jesus with your heart.

Can you believe in Jesus and still struggle with doubt? In this message launching Help My Unbelief, Pastor Paul Taylor teaches from Mark 9:14-29, where a desperate father cries out to Jesus, “Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!” Through this powerful encounter, we discover that Jesus welcomes our honest questions, understands the disappointment behind our doubts, and invites us to trust Him even when life doesn't make sense. This message explores unanswered prayers, struggling faith, God's power to heal, and why believing doesn't mean controlling the outcome. Whether you're questioning God, recovering from disappointment, or afraid to hope again, you can bring your doubts to Jesus and ask Him to strengthen your faith.

What is the Holy Spirit's most important work in your life? In the final week of Naturally Supernatural, Pastor Paul Taylor shows that the Holy Spirit does more than give supernatural gifts and power. He transforms us to become more like Jesus. This message explores the difference between justification and sanctification, the ongoing battle between our sinful nature and the Spirit, and the freedom that comes through surrender rather than trying harder. Through the fruit of the Spirit, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control, God produces lasting change in our hearts and everyday lives.

What could change if you stopped measuring God’s future by the obstacles in your past? In this message from Naturally Supernatural, Pastor David Crank teaches about faith, expectancy, obedience, and the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit. Using the story of the floating ax head alongside personal stories of hardship, provision, and unexpected opportunities, this message challenges believers to pick their hope back up, stop underestimating what God can do, and put faith into action. Expectancy becomes a breeding ground for miracles when we listen to the Holy Spirit, align our words with God’s promises, and trust Him with what comes next.

How does the Holy Spirit actually work in everyday life? In week three of Naturally Supernatural, Pastor Paul and Farrah Taylor share personal stories of hearing God’s voice, prophetic encouragement, spiritual gifts, conviction, prayer, and being filled with the Holy Spirit. They show that the Holy Spirit still speaks, guides, teaches, comforts, empowers, and points people to Jesus today. This message encourages believers to test every experience against Scripture while also making room for the supernatural work of God in ordinary moments, relationships, workplaces, and daily life.

Is the Holy Spirit a force to use or a person you can actually know? In week two of Naturally Supernatural, Pastor Paul Taylor teaches that the Holy Spirit has a mind, will, emotions, and a desire for relationship with believers. This message explores how knowing the Holy Spirit changes the way we read Scripture, pray, resist temptation, hear God’s voice, and experience His power. The Christian life is not simply about knowing what the Holy Spirit can do, but developing fellowship with the One Jesus sent to live in us and work through us.

What does it mean to live a life empowered by the Holy Spirit? Kicking off Naturally Supernatural, Pastor Chris Marlin traces the work of the Spirit from Genesis to Revelation, showing how God’s presence brings order from chaos, life to dead places, and power to ordinary people. Through Genesis, Isaiah, Ezekiel, John, Acts, and Revelation, this message reveals the Holy Spirit as a river of living water that flows through followers of Jesus to carry God’s kingdom into the world. The invitation is simple: don’t stand on the shore. Step into the river and let the Holy Spirit flow through your life.

What happens when a church remembers God’s faithfulness and keeps believing for more? On Rivers Crossing Church’s 19th anniversary, Pastor Paul Taylor reflects on Psalm 136, Proverbs 29, John 14, and nineteen years of lives changed through the gospel. From a few families in a basement to thousands following Jesus, baptisms, local outreach, global missions, and new churches being planted, this message celebrates the truth that God’s love endures forever. It also looks ahead to the next generation and the people who have yet to meet Jesus. We are the fruit of somebody else’s faith and the seed of somebody else’s future, and God is still calling ordinary people to believe Him for greater things.

What does it really mean to act like a man? In the final week of House Rules, Pastor Paul Taylor teaches from 1 Corinthians 16 and 13 to show that biblical masculinity is not defined by dominance, hobbies, success, money, or cultural stereotypes. The most masculine thing a man can do is be like Jesus. This message challenges men to be watchful, stand firm in the faith, be strong, and let everything they do be marked by love. Through Scripture and the gospel, men are called to guard their homes, lead with courage, obey God’s Word, love sacrificially, and bend the knee to Jesus before they can truly act like men.