There has always been so much more meant for our life, a true connection between God and His people. We can have access to the promises of God. Yet things may seem out of reach to us. There is a ladder that gives us access, and this ladder is fasting! As we continue our School of Jesus series, a verse by verse look at the Sermon on the Mount, we welcome Ruth Patz to the pulpit. In Matthew 6:16-18, we see Jesus teaching a divine principle that brings rewards from our Father. When you fast......

When you pray, is it difficult, or are you excitedly expectant? Jesus said, "Don't be like the pharisees." As we continue our School of Jesus series, a verse by verse look at the Sermon on the Mount, Pastor Mike Patz opens Matthew 6:1-7. There is a key to being rewarded in your prayer life. Meet with God in the secret place! God has not left us as orphans, and He longs for us to be attached to Him. This happens in the place of prayer. When we use prayer for religion, we always come up empty....

We welcome Pastor Joel Romelus to the pulpit, for a continuation of the School of Jesus series. In the Sermon on the Mount, we see a different realm of God's kingdom. In Matthew 5:43-48, the sobering words of Jesus challenge us to "love our enemies!" It's like a final exam; will you make a passing grade? God's plan is for love to be a bridge bringing peace, justice, and connection to our world. Loving our enemies means choosing to reject the us vs. them mentality. Embrace others the way Jesus...

Has someone ever really done you wrong? The Old Testament taught "... an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." In our School of Jesus series, we continue our verse by verse look at the Sermon on the Mount, with Matthew 5:38-42. These verses are an expansion on "blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy" from the Beatitudes. When we're offended and angry we will often make the wrong choice in responding to others. If the devil can stir up our rage, he's got us! Pastor Mike Patz...

Everything sounds good until you hear the rest of the story. We have become very comfortable with lying. In the School of Jesus series, as we go word by word through the Sermon on the Mount, Pastor Mike Patz unpacks the words of Jesus found in Matthew 5:33-37. According to Jesus, deception is from the evil one. You were made in the image of God, and you will only thrive when you're moving in the nature of God. He is truth, goodness, kindness, and we must live like Him. Tell the truth, and the...

This message is sobering as we go word by word through the Sermon on the Mount. Pastor Mike Patz continues our School of Jesus series by looking at the words of Jesus found in Matthew 5:31-32, the issue of divorce and remarriage. Our world is filled with people who have been impacted by the brokenness of relationships. Marriage is hard! The statistics are stacked against couples staying together in holy matrimony. Jesus has authority over marriage, because Jesus is the Author of marriage. The...

What is lust and what did Jesus say about it? Pastor Mike Patz continues in the 'School of Jesus' sermon series by diving deep into Matthew 5:27-30 and makes the distinction between love and lust. Culture's ideas of sexuality and marriage contradict the teachings of Jesus.

We live in a society of outrage, so easily set off. Our society is polarized and very divided. Yet we are family! Greenhouse welcomes Pastor Malik Murray to the pulpit as we continue the School of Jesus series.  He challenges us with the words of Jesus found in Matthew 5:21-26. At this point in His ministry, Jesus has a huge following, and goes up on the mountain and begins to speak to the people. Jesus is doing exegesis on the Old Testament command "you shall not commit murder" saying, "you...

There is a Pharisee inside each one of us! Pastor Mike Patz continues our School of Jesus series by challenging us with the words of Jesus found in Matthew 5:17-20. We regularly misunderstand His words of condemnation towards the pharisee. They are not necessarily the evil, wicked, and bad people we see in our minds. In the days of Jesus, the Pharisee was trained to know the law. Yet they missed the mark because their method was to just try harder to live up to the laws of God, cleaning up...

The Sermon on the Mount will change your life if you will dig in! People may ask, "God, what are You going to do about the decay all around us?" We are God's answer to the Law of Entropy upon the world we live in. Pastor Mike Patz continues our School of Jesus series by shining the spotlight on Matthew 5:13-16. The answer is true disciples! Disciples are called to be the preserving entity on the people we encounter. We are called to shine brightly in a dark place. It only takes a little bit...

In the School of Jesus series we are learning kingdom of heaven principles from the King. It is an upside-down kingdom that is counter-cultural to worldly kingdoms. In this sermon, Pastor Matt Ulrich unpacks the hard truth found in The Beatitudes in Matthew 5:10-12. This promise from Jesus is clear, but not often preached in Christian circles today: Persecution. We believe the good life equates to comfort, but persecution is one of the classes. Is it true persecution, for righteousness' sake?...

Welcome back to class! Pastor Mike Patz continues the School of Jesus series with a powerful look at Matthew 7:21-23. The Sermon on the Mount is serious business! In it, Jesus quotes from Psalm 6 that He is the fulfillment of the Messianic scriptures. Yet many people who claimed to know Jesus would not enter the kingdom of heaven. The kingdom of Jesus, and the words of Jesus, only make sense in relationship with Jesus. The question today becomes, "Do you know Him?" We can only truly know Him...

The theme of the shepherd and his sheep is found often in scripture. In the middle east, the need to care for sheep would have been widely known, and Jesus' claim to be the Good Shepherd would easily be translated to the people of His day. In this sermon, Find Feed Fight, Pastor Mike Patz takes us on a journey from Ezekiel 34 to John 21, challenging us who are already God's sheep to rise up and become shepherds. We are the answer to someone's prayers for a loved one who is lost. If we love...

The power of vision! Pastor Mike Patz unpacks Habakkuk 2:1-4, challenging us to take the time to identify the personal vision of our lives. Proverbs 29:18 says "without a vision people perish..." but with a vision, we flourish! Vision is the ability to see the invisible before it's visible. What you see is what you're going to get! At Greenhouse we see a church filled with fully devoted, passionate disciples of Jesus Christ. Catch the vision of bringing the Kingdom of heaven here on earth!

We welcome guest speaker Will Jones, founder of Awakening Ministries International, to continue the School of Jesus series. As we look at Matthew 5:9 in the Beatitudes found in The Sermon on the Mount, we see that Jesus promised, "blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God." There is much chaos and turmoil in the world today. True peace and justice are non-existent because this world has been marred by sin. The good news is Jesus is the Prince of Peace! He calls...

Don't just clean the outside of the cup! We continue our School of Jesus series with a message from Pastor Destin Williams of Mount Carmel Baptist Church. In Matthew 5:8, Jesus declared, "blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God". Religion cleans us up on the outside, but Jesus is not merely interested in the external. He desires for us to be cleaned up and holy on the inside. This means that our hearts, our minds, will, intellect and desires, will become clean as well. The word...

"Ugly" seems to have become the norm in our culture today. Bitterness, anger, and hatred are on overload. Yet there can be beauty in the midst of the mundane. We continue the School of Jesus series as Pastor Mike Patz breaks down the Beatitude found in Matthew 5:7: "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy." When you come out of the school of Jesus, you will look more like Him, full of grace and mercy. There are few things more beautiful than mercy shown in our every day lives.

Pastor Mike Patz asks "What is the secret to satisfaction?" If you will enter the School of Jesus, go to class and do your homework, your life will be changed. Jesus wants us to be filled, to be fully satisfied. Our look at the Beatitude found in Matthew 5:6 shows us that Jesus has a feast for us, and the secret to being satisfied is to hunger for the one thing, the perfect justice and rightness of God. There will always be something missing if you're not feasting on Him!

We have access to the greatest teacher who ever lived- Jesus! Pastor Mike Patz opens up Matthew 5:3-5, as we begin a long look at the Beatitudes in The School of Jesus series. The American gospel touts "God helps those who help themselves". Yet if we really listen to the words of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, we will see something entirely different. How do we enter the Kingdom of Heaven? The grace of God is reserved for those who humble themselves! The beatitudes describe one person, who...

Imagine that you have access to the greatest teacher who ever lived. We have that in Jesus! Pastor Mike Patz gives the orientation for the School of Jesus series, with Matthew 4:23-25, and 5:1-2. The crowds followed Jesus on the lower levels, then from up on the mountain came the teachings that would transform the world. We love the crowds, but we're in danger of living for the crowds rather than for the King. In the Sermon on the Mount you'll find Jesus' Kingdom summarized. This sermon has...

In the final sermon in the Restoration series, Pastor Mike Patz asks, "knowing you are pardoned is a wonderful thing, but has it changed the way you live?" Before Jesus begins his earthly ministry (performance), God confirms His Sonship (identity), in Luke 3:21-22. God is not looking for slaves. He is looking for sons and daughters to love, wanting to restore sonship. Root your identity upward rather than inward, and make your primary role His son, before you are anything else.

Jesus said, "Don't let your hearts be troubled. I am the Way, I am the Truth, I am the Life," in John 14:1-4. In Restoring Fatherhood, part one, Pastor Mike Patz explains that the Way that Jesus spoke of was not just a destination. It's an introduction to Our Father. Jesus was teaching a revolutionary intimacy with God the Father. Many of us are living as orphans, looking to the institution of the church to care for us, when the Father is waiting to be everything they need.

Our Restored: a Journey to Renewed Hope series continues as Pastor Matt Ulrich gives us a snapshot of how biblical marriages can supernaturally bring restoration. Marriage is a lifelong relational covenant (Matthew 19:4-6) between one man and one woman (Genesis 2:24-25) with the missional intent (John 17:18-23) of mirroring God's covenant with us (Deuteronomy 7:6-11 & Ephesians 2:8-10). This covenant is relational, it is personal, and a living display of God's love for us. It is not about...

We look at the need to examine our hearts, to grieve our sins together in community. Pastor Oscar Roche brings the message with a look at Ephesians 2:14-22. When there is a crisis, a national tragedy, racism, injustice, we are called to repent, to intercede for reconciliation, to pray for healing, and to believe with hope together. Jesus prayed, "Let My church be one." The Gospel is released as we examine ourselves and pray. Revival will come!