Monday, January 3, 2022 By Scotty Priest, Journey Senior Pastor A note from Pastor Scotty... Every year at Journey, we begin the year with 21 Days of intentionally seeking God through Prayer and Fasting. It starts today! The 21 Days of Prayer + Fasting is really about 3 THINGS: It’s about declaring our DEPENDENCE on God. (I want to grow. I want to know you better. I want to go deeper. I need your provision.) It’s about asking God for DIRECTION. (I need wisdom, Lord. What do I do about _____?, Where should I _____?) It’s also about CHANGING YOUR WORLD. (Praying for your family, c ..read more

Series: Living Life Backwards – Part 3Speaker: Scotty Priest / John Barksdale Date: December 3, 2023 It was an honor to hear from John Barksdale as he shared his life story with us and the pivotal points of his faith journey that have been a part of his race. John has taught, mentored and impacted the lives of so many men and women throughout his life and he shared how in this last lap of his life he continues to grow in his faith and gives all glory to God. Read through the verses below. 1 Corinthians 9:24-25 In a race everyone runs, but only one person gets first prize. So run your race to ..read more

Series: Living Life Backwards – Part 2Speaker: Justin Terry – Associate Pastor Date: November 26, 2023 Psalm 39:4-5 Show me, Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is. You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure. 1. Are you a planner or do you tend to go with what life brings you? How do you handle disappointment in regards to both of these approaches? Ecclesiastes 2:1 I said to myself, “Come now, I will test you with pleasure to find out what is good.” Bu ..read more

Series: Questions From Jesus – Part 7Speaker: Berron Fuhri, Family Ministry Pastor Date: November 12, 2023 Read John 8:1-11 1 Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, 2 but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them. 3 As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd. 4 “Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 The law of Moses says to stone her. What do you say?” 6 They were tr ..read more

Series: Questions From Jesus – Part 6Speaker:  Scotty Priest, Lead Pastor Date: November 5, 2023 Read Luke 6:43-49 43 “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. 44 Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thorn bushes, or grapes from briers. 45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. 46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say? 47 As for everyone who comes to me an ..read more

Series: Questions From Jesus – Part 5Speaker:  Scotty Priest, Lead Pastor Date: October 29, 2023 Read John 21:1-6 1 “Later, Jesus appeared again to the disciples beside the Sea of Galilee. This is how it happened. 2 Several of the disciples were there— Simon Peter, Thomas (nicknamed the Twin), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples. 3 Simon Peter said, “I’m going fishing.” “We’ll come, too,” they all said. So they went out in the boat, but they caught nothing all night. 4 At dawn Jesus was standing on the beach, but the disciples couldn’t see who he ..read more

Series: Questions From Jesus – Part 4Speaker:  Scotty Priest, Lead Pastor Date: October 22, 2023 Read Luke 8:40-48 40 Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him. 41 Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come to his house 42 because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying.  As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him.  43 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years,[a] but no one could heal ..read more

Series: Questions From Jesus – Part 3Speaker:  Scotty Priest, Lead Pastor Date: October 15, 2023 Read John 5:1-15  Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.  5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned ..read more

Series: Questions From Jesus – Part 2Speaker: Geoff Surrat, Experience Pastor Date: October 8, 2023 Read John 1  John 1:35-37 The following day John was again standing with two of his disciples. As Jesus walked by, John looked at him and declared, “Look! There is the Lamb of God!” When John’s two disciples heard this, they followed Jesus. John 1:38-39 Jesus looked around and saw them following. “What do you want?” he asked them. They replied, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?” “Come and see,” he said. It was about four o’clock in the afternoon when they went with h ..read more

Series: Uncharted — Part 3Speaker: Scotty Priest, Lead Pastor Date: September 24, 2023 Read Numbers 13 and 14 in its entirety. Numbers 13:1 The Lord said to Moses, “Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.” 1. The spies were sent out to assess the land because the Israelites hesitated to take the land that God had promised them. Going where God has called us does not necessarily mean we will not face fear or doubt. Have you ever hesitated to move forward because you wanted more assurance of what was ah ..read more