Jesse Quiroz Weblog

This Sunday I will be starting a new series of messages called ‘Spirit Fruit’ and I am so ready to start preaching them I’m about to explode!

These messages on the Fruit of the Spirit will be GUARAUNTEED to change your way of thinking on how we live our lives as Christians and most likely how alot of us actually view the Fruit of the Spirit and bring to you the knowledge and encouragement you’ll need to start seeing this ‘Spirit Fruit’ begin falling from your ‘branches’ immediately and bring your life to a level in God you never thought possible!

Hope to see you Sunday!

Jesse (Pastor – Journey)

This Sunday, I will wrapping up our “Evolution of the Church” series with a message that I beleive will send you home with quite the smile on your face and alot of encouragement in your heart.

We’ve been talking alot about ‘change’ over the last couple of weeks and how there has been an enormous cultural shift in the American church over the last 100 years – and the church today is virtually unrecognizable as to where we were just 10 short decades ago.  We learned what to focus our eyes on throughout all of this change and how to staple our lives to what really matters as Christians.  We learned that one thing must never change no matter what our culture throws at us – OUR MESSAGE…it cannot be compromised to fit our modern way of thinking….regardless of what change takes place to the method in which we share that message (and the method will always change) – we must never compromise the message of Jesus.

I want to take this Sunday and celebrate this ‘CHANGE’.  I mean really dig down deep into the surface of what we have become as the ‘church’ in today’s world – what we are accomplishing today for Jesus – the lives that are being changed all around the world because of the passion that is burning in the hearts of so many Christians.  If you really look at it – we are doing an incredible job as beleivers in Jesus Christ worldwide – and you will not want to miss it.

In fact – we’ve decided to throw a party this Sunday to celebrate all that we are doing today as Christians – we’re gonna have baloons, streamers, cake, and more…so bring your party hats and join the party this Sunday @ 10am…you’ll be glad you did!

Jesse (Pastor – Journey Church)

I took my family to the Lincoln Fair this week – which if you’re from this area – you know that it’s one of the great events of the year for families and ppl of all ages.

You just gotta love the atmosphere of celebration, music, food, and fun, and not to mention the truck pulls!  We personally spent alot of time at the big slide which my kids absolutely loved to do over and over and over and not to mention playing the carnival games where they won some cool little ’stuffed aliens’.  It was also great connecting with people from Journey Church – we happened to see quite a few people there this week!

An interesting thing that I noticed was when we were leaving, we were obviously stuck in alot of traffic coming out of the fairgrounds road to jump back onto Highway 47 to go home and while we were waiting in traffic, I noticed our Journey Church billboard shining bright right off the highway…and thought wow – what a great opportunity for people to see and hear about the church…I mean literally everyone that is in traffic has an opportunity to hear about us.

So I just wanted to take this blog and say if you’re reading this because you saw our billboard – WELCOME!  We’d love to have you and your whole family  join us this Sunday @ 10am over at Bonfil’s Auditorium, the honor would be ours.  You’ll be glad you did!

Jesse (Pastor – Journey Church)

I am literally at the ‘edge’ of my seat with excitement about the 3 week series of messages that I will be starting this coming Sunday called ‘The EVOLUTION of the Church’.

When you look back through the last 100 years of American church history, there has been quite a transition that has taken place.  One of the many things that have transitioned has been how the church has reacted to American culture.  If you study church history –  in the early 1900’s it seemed that the church really took alot of pride in adopting a lifestyle that exemplified the very opposite of what many had in mainstream culture – and believed strongly that anything inside of mainstream culture was in fact – SIN.

Some of the things that were considered SIN and strongly shunned by the church in those days were: Bowling, Baseball Games, Playing Cards, Large Corporations, Women in pants, Men in shorts, Rock N Roll music, & Golf just to name a few.  These were all the ‘avenue to a devil’s hell’ according to a popular Protestant minister quoted as saying in 1923.

Today – you see the church IMMERSED in these things and we have embraced them quite frequently, incorporating many of the things listed above at our church events, services, and functions…in other words – we adopted them into our lifestyle.  Today, we have church events at bowling alleys and play Rock-N-Roll music in our services.  We have churches today holding ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’ poker tournaments for Missions and I don’t know many preachers who don’t fancy themselves a game of golf every now and then.

How could something that ‘used to be’ SIN – be OK today?  Or was that even SIN at all?  What happened throughout the last 100 years that have caused the church to experience such a dramatic transition?

Over the next 3 weeks I will be explaining this great CULTURAL transition and show you what REALLY MATTERS through all of it.  This week I will starting off in a VERY unique way – trust me, you won’t want to miss it!

Jesse (Pastor – Journey Church)