In our second installment from the Life of The Warrior series, we explore what it means to walk in true spiritual authority and how authority in God’s Kingdom is rooted in deep intimacy with God.

As He walked out his life as a man under authority, Jesus modelled a life fully surrendered to His heavenly Father, His power came from this deep relationship.

As sons and daughters of God, we are invited to walk in that same closeness where trust, obedience, and love unlock spiritual authority.

This message is a call to draw near, abide in Him, and discover the strength that comes from being intimately related to God.

In this new series, Phil Mason introduces the spiritual warfare paradigm through the lens of King David and his role as warrior-king, appointed and anointed by God to lead Israel into battle.

Every battle David won built up his personal testimony of God’s loyal love [hesed]. He never lost a battle in all his time as king. David was a hesed warrior, and he is the template for every New Covenant son and daughter.

The loyal love of Father God motivates and compels us to take our place on the battlefield and stand as hesed warriors, anointed to fight the Lord’s battles, not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities and powers that cause widespread human destruction.

There is a great paradox. Love leads us into war. If you want to be commissioned as a hesed warrior and discover the battles the Lord wants you to fight, this podcast is for you.

Jim gave our Easter Sunday message, sharing about the Invitation into Surrender.
All relationships have a price, and deep relationships cost deeply. Pay any price to be in the community because even though it’s costly, it is worth it!

Jim shares how Jesus paid the price for deep relationships on the cross and how we can respond by surrendering to the deep relationship God desires with us.

Jesus modelled a supernatural surrender amid suffering and even betrayal, showing us what love looked like! Surrender feels wrong, but it’s so right and produces incredible fruit in our lives. It is always a good day for surrender!

The Book of Acts is a hoot! Starting with the day of Pentecost, we see a massive outpouring of God's power and grace! This cataclysmic event set the disciples up for a lifestyle of miracles and gift-based ministry.

The disciples continued steadfastly in prayer because they had learned from their teacher to cultivate a prayer reflex. At times, they were overwhelmed by their calling until they understood that prayer was the key to unlocking the resources of heaven!

They had been commissioned to do miracles and needed to understand their source. Fortunately, Jesus had taught them! The Lord taught them to embrace a simple, childlike prayer reflex. No fanfare, no striving, just simple faith in the Father!

Our prayer life matters because it most clearly expresses our connection to the Lord. Life makes sense when we learn to respond this way; even our betrayals and losses call us to a deeper connection in prayer! God uses everything to draw us to prayer!

Maria discusses several fruits revealed through a prayer life in the New Testament, but her greatest lesson in this message is that prayer releases God's glory. We were created for the glory and to operate in miracles; if you want to witness it, start praying and commit to a steadfast prayer life that is unwavering in Him.

Joe continues the Series Acts 2:42 and shares on group identity in a Christian context drawn from 1 Peter 2:9, which declares believers as a "chosen people," a royal priesthood called to proclaim God's light. This identity is anchored in community, not individuality.

Using the Beatitudes from Mark's Gospel as a framework, the values of humility, mercy, and peacemaking shape this collective identity. The poor in spirit, those who mourn, and the meek are blessed, illustrating a group rooted in dependence on God, not worldly strength.

Together, these truths call Christians to unite in living out their shared identity as a countercultural testimony of grace and hope.

In this message, we explore the transformative role of joy in our spiritual journey. Building on last week’s teaching on Hesed—God’s steadfast love—we dive into the neuroscience behind joy and its impact on our identity, healing, and relationships.

Scripture and science agree that we are wired for joy, and that transformation happens in our lives as we position ourselves to experience the Father’s delight.

Drawing from 2 Corinthians 3:18, 1 John 3, and the story of the prodigal son, this message reveals how joy strengthens community, restores hearts, and fast-tracks us into deeper intimacy with God.

Joy is not just an emotion; it is a relational reality that breaks fear, heals hearts, builds belonging, and transforms us into the image of our Heavenly Father. God is looking to remove every veil and blockage to intimacy in our lives, in order that we might step into ever increasing measures of freedom and breakthrough.

This message is an invitation to encounter His delight afresh so that we can step into the fullness of our identity as His beloved child!

Acts 2:42 describes the first church community, birthed on the Day of Pentecost. The outpouring of the Father’s love and the power of the Holy Spirit welded together a high-hesed community united by the shared experience of God’s hesed; His loyal, unfailing love that builds powerful bonds of attachment love to God and one another.

This high water mark forever stands as the benchmark of true Spirit-filled community where everyone is under the revival anointing of ‘Hesed va Emet,’ where all the believers were gripped and electrified by God’s ‘mercy and truth.’

The Holy Spirit continually seeks to reenact this ‘charismatic moment’ where all the believers are swept up together in the flow of Hesed va Emet. The Holy Spirit is always at work to build high-hesed communities that replicate the experience of the early church gripped by divine love, power, glory, and truth. We hope you enjoy this message from Phil Mason.

In the Book of Acts, chapter 2, we see the mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the healing and infilling of many people! This outpouring resulted in a rush of energy for the things of God, and it says in verse 42 that, as a result:

“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common.”

We can see here that apostolic authority builds a safe place for prayer, fellowship, and communion practices, but the common thread is the power of God displayed in the apostles. It became the glue that drove the awe and ecstasy that blew up in and around them as miracles took place!

God has a “recipe” for His Bride to mature and grow, and it involves right relationship with the Body of Jesus, starting with spiritual authority. Coming under the teachings of the apostles who were moving in this authority made for a seismic shift within the disciples as they surrendered their lives to the Lordship of Jesus.

The overflow of this posture is always a divine grace and energy for the Lord—“running and not growing weary!” It all starts with a heart posture of connection. Community then becomes spiritually explosive as love, joy, and peace are multiplied from dynamic encounters with God.