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Season of Hope
#1
Yesterday at 5:59 PM

Are you feeling the weight of the holiday season? You are not alone. Research shows that nearly 89% of adults experience significant stress between Thanksgiving and New Year's, with grief, loneliness, financial pressure, and family tension leading the way. But there is a better way to walk through this season, and it starts with understanding what hope really is and how God designed us to live in it.

In this message, we explore the surprising science behind gratitude and why God built its power directly into your brain and body. Giving thanks is not just a spiritual discipline...


Jesus is Coming. - Final Episode
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#6
10/29/2026

Join us for the final Episode of the series "Jesus is Coming Back" with Pastor Daniel Shirley.


The Kingdom of this World Becomes the Kingdom of our Lord
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#3
10/25/2026

The Antichrist, the Rapture, and God’s Judgments in Revelation

In 2 Thessalonians 2, Paul warns that the Day of the Lord will not come until the falling away happens and the man of sin is revealed. The restrainer is removed, the mystery of lawlessness is already at work, and the lawless one will be destroyed by the brightness of Christ’s coming.

After the church is taken, the earth begins its final decay. The Antichrist will rise, make a peace deal, then break it at the midpoint of the tribulation—bringing the abomination of desolation. He will d...


You’re Comfortable, and That’s the Problem
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#5
10/20/2026

Jesus walks among His churches and speaks to them with eyes like fire and a voice like many waters. In this message we walk through the seven letters of Revelation and ask what it means for a local church to be ready for His return.

Ephesus had sound doctrine but lost its first love. Smyrna faced poverty and persecution yet flourished in community. Pergamos and Thyatira tolerated compromise. Sardis had a reputation of life but was dead. Philadelphia stayed faithful under pressure. Laodicea was comfortable, self-reliant, and lukewarm. Jesus is not looking for a perfect church. He...


Jesus Said You Won’t Know the Hour… But You’ll Know This
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#2
09/29/2026

Has anyone been to Buc-ee’s? 🦫

Those signs start showing up hundreds of miles out. Buc-ee’s is coming. And pretty soon you’re thinking about BBQ sandwiches and Beaver Nuggets before you ever get there.

Jesus said He’s coming back. We may not know the day or the hour, but we can know the times and the seasons.

This message walks through 1 Thessalonians 5, Luke 19, Daniel 9, Hosea 5–6, and the signs Jesus gave in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21. Why knowing the season matters. Why the gap after Messiah was cut off. Why being in Christ bri...


Live Free: To Serve Others
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#3
09/01/2026

🎙️ LIVING FREE TO SERVE OTHERS | Live Free Series 🙌

What does it really mean to live in the freedom Christ has given us? ✝️

In this message from the Live Free series, we’re challenged to take our freedom to the next level—not simply enjoying our freedom, but using it to love and serve others. ❤️

📖 Galatians 5:13–14 reminds us that we have been called to live in freedom, but that freedom isn’t meant to be used selfishly. Instead, we are called to “use your freedom to serve one another in love.”

In this message, we explore two po...


Live Free: Pastor Daniel - Understanding the Times
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08/19/2026

📖 Understanding the Times | Pastor Daniel

⏳ What did Jesus mean when He said, "As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man"(Luke 17:26)?

In this powerful message, we explore biblical prophecy 🔥, the days of Noah 🌊, spiritual warfare ⚔️, Satan's rebellion 👑➡️⬇️, humanity's God-given purpose ✨, and the hope we have in Jesus Christ ✝️.

Through a study of Genesis, Job, Isaiah, Ezekiel, John, Luke, and 2 Thessalonians, we examine what Scripture teaches about the times in which we live and how believers are called to respond 🙏.

📚 Key Scriptures: ✨ Luke 17:26 ✨...


Live Free: The Most Dangerous Sign of the End Times Isn't What You Think
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08/19/2026

We are talking about the end times and preparing for the return of Christ. I believe Jesus is coming soon. No one knows the day or hour, but there will be signs. From now until November we’re looking at this from every angle. Stay connected, use the study helps, and don’t miss a message—this is vital for living victoriously in the days ahead.

We live from victory, not for it. Jesus wins. Concurrent with the decay of the world is the rise of the church—called to be light in the darkness and a re...


Summer Life Part 4 - Pastor Jason Shirley
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#4
06/23/2026

This is my Bible. It’s God speaking to me. I am what it says I am. I have what it says I have. I can do what it says I can do. I believe it. 🙌

The Bible is God’s letter to us, revealing Jesus — the Word made flesh. There is no greater authority in heaven, on earth, or under the earth than Jesus the Word, and He has given us access to that authority.

In this powerful message, Pastor Jason Shirley unpacks the unstoppable power of God’s Word to transform lives, remo...


Summer Life Pt 3 - Pastor Daniel Shirley
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06/15/2026

Join us for Summer Life!


Summer Life Pt 2 - Pastor Daniel Shirley
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#2
06/15/2026

Join us for Summer Life!


Summer Life Pt 1 - James Ornelas
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06/15/2026

Join us for Summer Life!


Pentecost Fire: The Church Born to Set the World Ablaze
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06/15/2026

Today is Pentecost Sunday — the day the Holy Spirit fell like tongues of fire and launched the Church. This wasn’t just a historic event in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago. It was the ignition of a movement still burning today.

In this powerful Pentecost message, Pastor Jason Shirley asks the hard questions the Church must face: What if we were defined by courage instead of comfort? By growth instead of grudges? What does a Church that actually changes the world look like?

Drawing from Acts 1 & 2, Luke 24, and the creation account in Genesis, this message unpacks the true...


Born of Fire - Part 2 - Marcus Criner
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#2
05/20/2026

Join us as Marcus Criner brings a word on our series "Born of Fire".


Born of Fire - Part 1 - Jason Shirley
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#1
05/20/2026

Join us for this new sermon series called "Born in the Fire"!


This is Jesus: Part 4
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#4
05/06/2026

Join us as we wrap up up our series "This is Jesus".


This is Jesus - Part 3 - Pastor Tiffany
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#3
04/28/2026

Pastor Tiffany continues on our series "This is Jesus".


This is Jesus - Part 2 - Pastor Daniel
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#2
04/21/2026

Join us as Pastor Daniel Continues on "This is Jesus".


This is Jesus - Part 1
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04/15/2026

Jesus, the Word of God

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” (John 1:1, 14)

The message of Jesus is our freedom. It is the essence of our faith, the power of our confession, the security of our future, the hope of our calling, the key to our deliverance, the pathway to salvation, and the promise of eternity.

In this powerful teaching that bridges Easter and Pentecost, we discover the stunning truth that Jesus has finished His wo...


Worth It Part 3: - Worth Living For - Pastor Jason Shirley
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#3
04/07/2026

We celebrate the day that split history — the resurrection of Jesus Christ!

On the cross, Jesus declared “It is finished,” paying the full penalty for our sin. But the story didn’t end in the grave. On the third day, the stone was rolled away, death was defeated, and Jesus walked out alive — our living hope!

In this powerful Easter message, Pastor Jason Shirley shares how the resurrection isn’t just a past event — it’s the power that flips our history, breaks chains of shame, trauma, and sin, and gives us a future worth living for.

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Worth It Part 2 - Worth Dying For
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#2
03/31/2026

In this powerful episode, we dive deep into Mark 10 and 11 to uncover the true meaning of full surrender to Jesus. From the rich young ruler who walked away sorrowful because he refused to let go of his possessions, to James and John asking to sit at Jesus’ right and left (without understanding the cup of suffering they would share), to blind Bartimaeus boldly crying out for mercy and then throwing aside his only garment as a radical act of leaving his old life behind.

Jesus makes it clear: the path to resurrection life requires dying to self fi...


Worth it - Part 1: Worth Searching for
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03/23/2026

At Word of Life Church, you belong even if you don’t believe. Welcome to this powerful message where Pastor Jason Shirley dives deep into the heart of God—showing that you are worth it to Him, no matter where you are in your journey.

In this Resurrection-focused sermon, experience a raw and personal testimony: In 2019, at the lowest point, the Spirit of God declared, “I don’t want to give you a restoration—I want to give you a resurrection.” Death had to come first, but Jesus, the Resurrection and the Life, refused to give up. From the cro...


Produce Pt 9 - Pastor Jason Shirley
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#9
03/16/2026

Join us as Pastor Jason Shirley concludes our series "Produce".


Produce Part 8
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#8
03/10/2026

Produce Continued


Produce Part 7 - Pastor Daniel Shirley
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#7
03/01/2026

Join us as we continue on our Sermon Series Produce.


Produce Pt 6 - Pastor Jason Shirley
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#5
02/24/2026

In this powerful message, Pastor Jason dives deep into the heart of true biblical faith—not as a list of personal achievements or reactions to the world’s chaos, but as unwavering trust in Jesus, the true Vine, who has already paid it all.

Drawing from Galatians 5:16-26, we explore the stark contrast between the works of the flesh and the beautiful fruit of the Spirit—love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. These aren’t qualities we strive to manufacture; they flow naturally when we walk in the Spirit and abide in Chris...


Produce Part 2
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#2
02/10/2026

Join us as Pastor Daniel Shirley Continues on "Produce: The Fruit of the Spirit"


Produce Part 4
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#4
02/10/2026

This week in the Produce series, we’re asking one powerful question: Who gets to tell you who you are?

Social media is buzzing with the “Who am I?” trend—people asking ChatGPT to define them based on their digital footprint. It’s fun, it’s harmless… but is it the best source of truth? What if we asked the One who wrote every one of our days before a single one of them came to be?

In this message, we discover that God is not in the business of labeling us by our past, our failures...


Produce Part 3 - Fruits of the Spirit
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#3
02/10/2026

Join us as Pastor Tiffany Expands on "Produce - Fruits of the Spirit"


Produce Part 1 : I Produce Produce
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#1
02/10/2026

In this powerful message, Pastor Jason dives deep into Galatians 5:16-26 (NKJV), exploring the battle between the works of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit. He challenges the common mindset of sin-focused striving and invites believers to embrace their true identity in Christ: “I produce produce!”

Key highlights include:

The clear contrast between the works of the flesh (adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries — and the like) and the fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, longsuffering/patience, kindness, goodness, faithf...


Contend Pt 1
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01/06/2026

Join us for this new series Contend.


Advent: Joy
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12/16/2025

The True Gift of Christmas: From Manger to Resurrection | Advent Message

In this powerful Advent sermon, Pastor delivers a stirring message on the deeper meaning of Christmas—it’s not just about a baby in a manger, but about the King who conquered death and brings us perpetual joy, unity, and new life.

Drawing from Isaiah 9:2-6, Luke 2:8-18, 1 John 1, and the timeless hymn “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing,” we explore how the light of Christ breaks through darkness, fear, division, and oppression—just as it did for Israel under Assyrian threat, and just as it does fo...


Advent - Peace
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12/16/2025

Peace on Earth: The War Is Over | Christmas Message from Pastor Jason

For thousands of years, humanity has been in a cosmic war – separated from God, struggling under the law, longing for restoration. Then a Child was born… and everything changed.

In this powerful Christmas message, Pastor Jason unpacks the real reason the angels declared “Peace on earth, good will toward men” on the night Jesus was born.

This isn’t just another holiday sermon. It’s a declaration that:

The war between God and mankind is OVERJesus didn’t come as a warrior, but...


Advent - Contend for Hope
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12/02/2025

In this powerful Christmas message, discover why every twinkling light, every ornament, every wrapped gift under the tree is quietly (or not so quietly) proclaiming the Gospel louder than we realize.

The Christmas tree isn’t pagan… it’s a cross.The lights aren’t just pretty… they’re the Light of the World.The ornaments aren’t mere decorations… they carry our shame that was hung on that same cross.Every present opened is a picture of an empty tomb and a stone rolled away!

In a weary, cynical world that’s lost its hope in politics, medicine...


Glorious Soon Pt 3
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11/24/2025

Word of Life Church | Pastor Jason Shirley

What does it really mean for the Church to be glorious, a radiant, spotless Bride with far-reaching honor and unshakable reputation? In this fiery and vision-casting message, Pastor Jason Shirley challenges every believer to step into the biblical pattern that makes the local church unstoppable.

Pulling no punches from Ephesians 5, Malachi 3, 2 Corinthians 9, and dozens of other passages, Pastor Jason lays out God’s original design for kingdom stewardship and generosity:

Why the first-fruit tithe (the literal tenth) isn’t optional, how withholding it robs God, and how brin...


Glorious Soon Pt 2
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11/18/2025

In this urgent and inspiring message, Pastor Jason unpacks Ephesians 5:25-27 to reveal Jesus’ vision for a glorious church—sanctified, spotless, and radiating widespread honor—as His return draws near. As the “last days” promises unfold (from Messiah’s arrival to Gentile inclusion and resurrection hope), the Church is called to establish God’s Kingdom on earth, confronting evil through free-will transformation and embodying the Blessed Hope.

Discover why the modern Church falls short of glory: lacking Kingdom vision and the resources to execute it. Pastor Jason boldly addresses money—biblically referenced over 2,000 times—as essential to redem...


Faith Perspectives of a Grace Preacher
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#2
10/21/2025

Join us as Pastor Daniel Continues on his new book "Perspectives of a Grace Preacher".


Faith Perspectives of a Grace Preacher
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#1
10/14/2025

Pastor Daniel Preaches from his new book "Perspectives of a Grace Teacher".


The Christ: Recieving the Christ
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10/07/2025

In this powerful message, Pastor Jason Shirley unpacks the revelation of the healing power of The Christ — the One with absolute authority who has already furnished all that we need for salvation, freedom, and wholeness.

From the seven statements Jesus made on the cross to the many ways He ministered healing, this message reveals that the finished work of Christ isn’t just about forgiveness of sin, but about total restoration — spirit, soul, and body.

Jesus didn’t just heal lepers, open blind eyes, and raise the dead to prove His power; H...


The Christ: The Healing of Grace
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#3
09/30/2025

In John 16, Jesus promises the coming of the Holy Spirit—the Helper who convicts, guides, and reveals the truth of Christ. In this message, Pastor Jason unpacks the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives: to show the world their need for a Savior, to remind us of our righteousness in Christ, and to declare the victory of Jesus over sin, death, and the enemy.

From the man at the Pool of Bethesda to the paralytic lowered through the roof, Jesus shows us the power of His Word: “Take up your bed and walk.” Healin...