In this message Pastor Byron hosts a special service featuring church elders sharing testimonies about the impact of Bill Hull’s “Choose the Life” study on their personal lives and the congregation. The elders discuss key themes including spiritual disciplines, accountability, humility, authentic relationships, and the need for believers to prioritize spiritual transformation over religious activity.

In this message Pastor Byron examines humility and submission from 1 Peter 5:5-6, teaching that spiritual maturity is reflected in our willingness to humble ourselves under God’s mighty hand. He explains that pride leads to a lack of submission, while true humility means yielding to God’s authority structures in our lives and trusting Him to exalt us in His timing.

In this message Pastor Byron teaches about three essential relationships every believer needs: a “Paul” (someone who models godliness and mentors us), a “Barnabas” (an encourager who walks alongside us through difficulties), and a “Timothy” (someone into whose life we invest). He emphasizes that spiritual growth happens through authentic, transparent relationships within an environment of grace where believers can be honest about their struggles without fear of rejection.

In this message Pastor Byron explores what it means that Jesus was “full of grace and truth” from John 1:14, teaching that believers must reflect both characteristics in balanced proportion. He explains that truth without grace is ugly and intimidating, while grace without truth is mere sentimentalism, and challenges Christians to stand for absolute truth while extending Christ’s unconditional grace to others.

In this message Pastor Byron teaches on being filled with the Spirit from Ephesians 5:18, opening with comments on the 2008 presidential election and God’s sovereignty. He outlines three steps to Spirit-filled living—yielding our lives completely to God, confessing sin to maintain fellowship, and walking in daily dependence—and identifies three products of the Spirit’s control: encouraging speech, a grateful heart, and submission to others.

In this message Pastor Byron examines what it means to be filled with the Holy Spirit, explaining the difference between natural, spiritual, and carnal Christians from 1 Corinthians 2-3. He unpacks Ephesians 5:18’s command to “be filled with the Spirit,” showing how the Spirit’s control in our lives produces supernatural, Christ-like fruit and emphasizing that the Christian life isn’t about trying harder but about allowing God’s Spirit to live through us continuously.

In this message Pastor Byron explores how God uses suffering and affliction to conform us to Christ’s image, drawing from 2 Corinthians 1. He teaches how through suffering we discover divine viewpoint, find comfort to share with others, learn dependence upon God, and develop interdependence with the body of Christ, showing that what we think mars our lives by accident is actually being made by God’s providence.

In this message Pastor Byron examines the characteristics of true disciples from John 15, identifying five marks of those who walk in fellowship with God: open communication with Him, fruitfulness, loving obedience, joyful contentment, and sacrificial love for other believers. He emphasizes that discipleship is fundamentally about obedience and surrendering control to Christ rather than pursuing our own desires.

In this message Pastor Byron explains how God created us for fellowship with Him by giving humanity a personality—intellect, emotion, and will—that mirrors His own nature. He teaches that as believers, we’ve been given a new mind to know God, a new heart to love Him, and a new will to obey Him, showing that the Christian life flows from developing a deep love relationship with God rather than just following rules.

In this message Pastor Byron teaches from 2 Corinthians 4 about the process of being conformed to Christ’s image, explaining that God must break us and bring us through death to self so His glory can shine through our lives. Using examples from Scripture and illustrations like Jacob’s wrestling with God, he shows that transformation requires surrendering our selfish ambitions and allowing God’s brokenness to work in us for His glory.