When Someone Doubts: Choose Mercy
“And have mercy on those who doubt.” — Jude 1:22
One of the things I love about Scripture is its honesty about the human experience. The Bible doesn’t pretend that every believer walks through life with perfect confidence, perfect faith, and no questions.
Jude gives the church a simple but powerful instruction: “Have mercy on those who doubt.”
There are people sitting in our churches who love Jesus but are wrestling with questions. Some are wondering where God is in the middle of difficult circumstances. Others have experienced disappointment, loss, or unanswered prayer. Some may be working through intellectual questions about Christianity and faith.
And Jude tells us how to respond: with mercy.
Mercy doesn’t mean we abandon truth. It means we hold tightly to the truth while extending compassion to the person who is struggling to see it clearly.
Jesus modeled this beautifully. When Thomas struggled to believe that Jesus had risen from the dead, Jesus didn’t shame him or push him away. He came near. He invited Thomas to encounter Him personally.
That should shape the way we respond to people who doubt.
The church should be a place where people can ask honest questions without being afraid of condemnation. We can say, “I don’t have every answer, but I’m willing to walk with you.” We can listen before we lecture. We can love before we correct. And we can point people toward Jesus, trusting the Holy Spirit to work in their hearts.
Perhaps someone in your life is wrestling with faith right now. Don’t give up on them. Don’t label them. Don’t push them away. Show them mercy.
You may be surprised how God uses your patient presence, your listening ear, and your Christlike love to help someone take their next step toward Him.
At Frontier Church, we believe we are called to advance the Gospel into new frontiers. Sometimes that frontier is not a new neighborhood or a new community. Sometimes it is the heart of someone who is searching, questioning, and wondering if God is really there.
So today, let’s be people who carry both truth and grace.
And when someone doubts, may our first response be mercy.


— Pastor Travis Young Lead Pastor, Frontier Church Advancing the Gospel into New Frontiers

When the Brook Dries Up: Trusting God in Times of Transition
There is a moment most of us will face at some point in life—the moment when the very thing that sustained us yesterday is suddenly gone.
The job disappears. A relationship changes. The plan becomes uncertain. The ministry enters a new season. The resources that seemed sufficient yesterday don't seem sufficient today.
The brook dries up.
In 1 Kings 17, Elijah experienced exactly that. God had provided for him beside a brook during a severe famine. But eventually, the brook dried up. Then God told Elijah to get up and go to Zarephath.
God didn't give Elijah the entire plan. He simply gave him the next step.
That's often how God works.
He doesn't always lead us toward what is comfortable. He leads us toward obedience. And obedience often comes before we understand the whole picture.
Then Elijah encountered a widow who was gathering sticks to prepare one final meal for herself and her son. She had almost nothing left—just a little flour and oil. Yet God asked her to trust Him with what she had.
She did.
And the flour didn't run out. The oil didn't run dry.
Notice what God did: He didn't give her a warehouse full of flour. He gave her enough for the next day. And then enough for the day after that.
That's often the way God's provision works.
We want certainty before obedience. We want to see the provision before we take the step. We want the full plan before we say yes.
But faith says, “God, I may not see everything You are doing, but I trust You with what You have placed in my hands.”
That's a word I believe we need at Frontier Church.
As we continue advancing the gospel into new frontiers, there will be moments when the brook dries up. Plans will change. Resources may feel limited. The next step may not always be obvious.
But the God who provided yesterday is still God today.
The brook may dry up, but God doesn't.
The widow's story ultimately points us to an even greater provision. God didn't just provide flour and oil. He provided His Son. At the cross, Jesus gave everything so that broken, fearful, uncertain people like us could be reconciled to God.
So whatever you're facing today, don't wait until you have everything figured out.
Trust God with what is already in your hands.
Take the next step.
And believe that the God who calls you forward will provide what you need along the way.
Questions to Consider

• What has God already told me to do that I haven't done?
• What am I afraid to place fully in God's hands?
• What is my next step of obedience?

The brook may have dried up.
But God is already at the next place.
This could also work especially well as a Frontier Church blog/devotional series, with the closing line becoming a recurring theme: “The brook may dry up, but God doesn't.”



— Pastor Travis Young Lead Pastor, Frontier Church Advancing the Gospel into New Frontiers

When the Brook Runs Dry: Trusting God in the Seasons That Make No Sense
There is a moment that most of us know well, even if we have never had words for it. It is the moment when something that once sustained you simply stops working. The relationship that gave you stability begins to crack. The career path that felt certain grows uncertain. The routine that kept you grounded loses its grip. The comfort you returned to again and again finally stops delivering what it once promised. The brook, so to speak, has dried up.
This is not a modern problem. It is an ancient one. And tucked inside the pages of 1 Kings 17 is a story that speaks directly into it.
A Nation That Drifted Without Deciding To
Before we meet the prophet Elijah, we need to understand the world he stepped into. The nation of Israel had not made a dramatic, unanimous decision to walk away from God. There was no vote. There was no single moment of rebellion. There was simply a slow, quiet drift, one small compromise at a time, one generation after another, until the nation found itself somewhere no one had ever intended to go.
King Solomon, for all his legendary wisdom, began drinking from wells that pulled his heart away from God. Foreign wives brought foreign gods. Spiritual fervor cooled. And with each passing king, the drift continued, until King Ahab sat on the throne married to Jezebel, a woman who installed the prophets of Baal and erected symbols of false worship throughout the land.
It is a story that should feel uncomfortably familiar. Nations, churches, families, and individual hearts rarely abandon God in one decisive moment. They drift. A little tolerance here. A small compromise there. A gradual loosening of the things that once held them close to truth. And then, one day, they look up and realize they are nowhere near where they started.
The rifle scope illustration is worth sitting with. At fifty yards, a sight that is off by just a millimeter barely registers. But stretch that distance to several hundred yards, and the bullet misses by a wide margin. Small misalignments, given enough time and distance, produce enormous consequences.
A Man Who Stood When Standing Was Costly
Into this compromised culture walks Elijah, a man from a place so obscure it barely appears on any map. He is not a political figure. He is not a man of wealth or influence. He is simply a man who knows God, and that knowledge compels him to act.
He walks into the presence of King Ahab, the most powerful man in the nation, without an appointment and without apology, and declares that no rain will fall on the land except by God's word. It is one of the boldest moments in all of Scripture. He is not performing. He is not seeking applause. He is simply being obedient to the God he knows intimately.
This is the first and most important lesson of Elijah's story. Standing for truth in a compromised culture is not primarily about courage. It is about relationship. Elijah could stand in the king's court because he already stood in God's presence. Obedience flows from knowing God, not the other way around. You cannot sustain a life of faithful obedience built on willpower alone. It must be rooted in an encounter with the living God that makes His voice more real to you than the voices of opposition around you.
The Surprising Command to Hide
What happens next is not what anyone would expect. After this bold, public proclamation, God does not send Elijah to the next city or the next king. He tells him to go hide beside a small brook called Cherith, as described in 1 Kings 17:3-4, where God promises that ravens will bring him food and the brook will provide water.
Ravens, it should be noted, were considered ceremonially unclean to any Israelite. God's provision arrived through an unlikely and even uncomfortable source. And yet it was real. Morning and evening, the birds came. The water flowed. Elijah was sustained.
But then verse 7 arrives with quiet devastation. The brook dried up.
Not because Elijah had done something wrong. Not because God had forgotten him. The brook dried up precisely because Elijah had been obedient. He had declared the drought. He had called it into being as a servant of God. And now his own faithfulness had led him into a dry season.
This is a truth that deserves to be read slowly. Dry seasons are not always signs that something has gone wrong. Sometimes they are signs that God is preparing to move you somewhere new. The brook dries up not to punish you, but to remind you that the brook was never the source to begin with.
Every Earthly Brook Eventually Runs Dry
This is the hard and holy truth at the center of this story. Every brook that is not God will eventually run dry. Every substitute source of comfort, identity, peace, or meaning has a shelf life. Jeremiah 2:13 captures the human condition with piercing clarity, describing how people abandon God, the fountain of living waters, to dig their own cisterns, broken ones that cannot even hold water.
We are relentless cistern diggers. We construct elaborate systems of comfort and control, and for a season they seem to work. But given enough time, they crack. They empty. They disappoint. And we find ourselves sitting beside a dry riverbed wondering what went wrong.
The answer, more often than not, is that God allowed the brook to dry up so that we would finally stop staring at the brook and start looking at Him.
Jesus described Himself in John 7 as the source of living water, and His invitation was not a quiet suggestion. It was a declaration. Whoever is thirsty can come and drink, and that water will satisfy in a way that no earthly source ever could.
The Posture That Carries Us Through
Standing for truth. Obeying without full explanation. Trusting when provision runs dry. These are not three separate disciplines. They are one posture, the posture of a person who has decided that knowing God is worth more than understanding every circumstance He leads them through.
If your brook is dry today, you are not forgotten. You are not abandoned. You are simply being invited to discover that God is bigger than whatever brook you have been depending on.
Come to the living waters. Drink deeply. And trust the One who has never once let a dry season be the final word.

— Pastor Travis Young Lead Pastor, Frontier Church Advancing the Gospel into New Frontiers

Prayer and Fasting: The Cure for Unbelief
There's a passage in Mark 9 that confronts me differently depending on where I am in life.
The disciples had tried to cast a demon out of a young boy and couldn't. Jesus stepped in and delivered him. Afterward, the disciples asked privately, "Why couldn't we drive it out?" Jesus answered, "This kind can come out by nothing but prayer."
Andrew Murray, in With Christ in the School of Prayer, connects that moment to something easy to overlook: prayer and fasting aren't just spiritual disciplines. They're a declaration of dependence.
Which raises a hard question. What if the biggest obstacle to our prayer life isn't that we don't know how to pray? What if it's that we don't really believe we need to?
The Problem Beneath the Problem
We tend to treat prayer as something we add to an already busy life — we pray when we need something, when someone's sick, when a decision is too big to handle alone.
But Murray pushes us further. Prayer isn't just what we do when we run out of options. Prayer is the acknowledgment that we were never sufficient in the first place.
That's where unbelief quietly creeps in. We believe God is powerful. We believe He answers prayer. And yet we can live as if everything ultimately depends on us — planning, strategizing, building, organizing, solving — and then asking God to bless what we've already decided to do.
That's not dependence. That's independence with a prayer attached to it.
Fasting Makes Dependence Visible
This is part of why fasting matters so much. It interrupts our normal patterns of self-sufficiency. When we fast, we're saying, "God, I need You more than I need this."
We lay something down — not because it's evil, but to remind our souls what's actually necessary. Jesus said, "Man shall not live by bread alone." Fasting creates space to remember that.
It also gets uncomfortable fast. We discover how quickly we reach for something other than God. How easily we get distracted. How badly we want our circumstances to change without letting God change us. How much we crave control.
And underneath all of that, we discover how much we need faith.
Prayer Is the Cure for Unbelief
Murray's insight here is profound: prayer is one of God's primary tools for dealing with the unbelief still living in our hearts — not because prayer is a technique, and not because the right words convince God to act, but because genuine prayer brings us into the presence of the God we claim to believe in.
Prayer turns theology into experience.
I can say "God is faithful" — but prayer gives me the chance to actually trust His faithfulness. I can say "God provides" — but prayer forces me to bring my need before Him. I can say "God is sovereign" — but prayer requires me to surrender my grip on the outcome.
Prayer moves faith from something I believe in my head to something I practice with my life. Fasting intensifies that movement.
Stop Trying to Make It Happen
This is especially challenging for those of us who lead. We're trained to make things happen — identify problems, build solutions, set goals, measure results, work harder. None of that is wrong. But there's a real danger for anyone leading God's people: we can get so good at doing God's work that we forget it can only be accomplished by God's power.
That's why prayer matters so much. It reminds me the Kingdom of God isn't built by human strength. Only the power and provision of God can build the Kingdom of God. Fasting reinforces that same truth: I am not in control. I cannot manufacture spiritual life. I need God.
That's not weakness. That's faith.
"Lord, I Believe; Help My Unbelief"
There's another line in Mark 9 that lands deep — the boy's father says to Jesus, "I believe; help my unbelief!"
That might be one of the most honest prayers in all of Scripture. It's a prayer for people who believe and still struggle. Who trust God and still have questions. Who know His character but fear what's ahead. And Jesus doesn't reject that father. He meets him right there.
Maybe that's where some of us need to start — not pretending, not manufacturing stronger faith, not hiding behind religious language, but simply saying, "Jesus, I believe. Help my unbelief."
What If We Became a People of Prayer?
I've been thinking a lot lately about what it would actually look like for a church to become a house of prayer — not just a church with prayer meetings, but a people whose lives are marked by dependence. A church that prays before it plans. That prays when things are going well, not just when they're falling apart. That fasts because it knows there are things human effort simply cannot accomplish. That actually expects God to move.
That kind of prayer changes us. I believe it changes churches, too.
Maybe the Miracle Begins With Dependence
We often ask God for the miracle. But sometimes the first miracle He wants to perform is inside of us — moving us from independence to dependence, from self-confidence to God-confidence, from striving to surrender.
Prayer and fasting don't manipulate God into doing what we want. They position us to recognize that He is God, and we are not.
We don't need another strategy. We need to pray. We need to seek. We need to surrender. And when we discover our faith is weak, we don't have to hide it — we can pray the same prayer as that desperate father: "Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief."
Because the cure for unbelief isn't trying harder to believe. The cure for unbelief is encountering the God who is worthy of our trust. And prayer is where that encounter begins.
— Pastor Travis Young Lead Pastor, Frontier Church Advancing the Gospel into New Frontiers

Over the past few weeks at Frontier Church, we’ve been talking a lot about prayer.
We recently finished a four-week series called “Teach Me to Pray,” and last weekend we gathered for 24 hours of prayer. As I’ve reflected on those moments, I keep coming back to a simple question:
What happens when prayer stops being something we do and becomes the engine that drives everything we do?
That question has been challenging me personally—not just as a pastor, but as a follower of Jesus.
When Good Things Crowd Out the Best Thing
I’ve thought about it like this: There is a moment in every home renovation when you realize something important has been overlooked.
You fix the kitchen. You replace the floors. You paint the walls. You make everything look better. But somewhere along the way, the old front porch—the place where people gathered, where conversations happened and life was shared—never got touched.
Good things filled the space where something better was supposed to be.
I think prayer can become like that.
We can become incredibly busy doing good things for God while slowly neglecting the one thing that keeps us connected to God.
And churches aren't immune to this.
We can plan services, develop ministries, organize events, build teams, create strategies, and pursue growth. None of those things are bad. In fact, they're often necessary.
But I've been asking myself:
Have we made prayer an accessory to our ministry, or is prayer actually the engine of our ministry?
Jesus' Words in the Temple
In Matthew 21, Jesus enters Jerusalem and then walks into the temple.
What He finds there is troubling. The place that was intended to be a house of prayer had become a marketplace. Religious activity was happening, but something essential had been lost.
Jesus overturns the tables and declares:
“My house shall be called a house of prayer.”
That phrase has stayed with me.
The temple was still functioning. People were still doing religious things. But the purpose of the house had been displaced.
I wonder how often that happens in our own lives.
We can be busy serving Jesus without actually sitting with Jesus.
We can work for God without waiting on God.
We can ask God to bless plans we've already made rather than asking Him what He wants us to do.
We Were Never Meant to Run on Our Own
Jesus gives us another picture in John 15. He tells us that He is the vine and we are the branches.
A branch doesn't produce fruit by trying harder. It produces fruit by abiding.
That word has been convicting to me.
Jesus didn't say, “Work harder and you will bear fruit.”
He said, in essence, stay connected to Me.
Prayer is part of that abiding relationship. It's not simply bringing God our list of requests. It's learning to remain close enough to Him that our hearts begin to want what He wants.
The more time we spend with Jesus, the more our prayers begin to change.
We stop asking only, “God, would You bless what I'm doing?”
And we begin asking,
“God, what are You doing? How can I join You?”
That's a different kind of prayer.
What Happens When a Church Prays Together?
One of the things that has encouraged me most during this season at Frontier is seeing people pray together.
Acts 13 tells us that while the church was worshiping, fasting, and praying, the Holy Spirit spoke and set apart Barnabas and Saul for the work God had called them to do.
Think about that.
One of the greatest missionary movements in the history of the church began in a room where people were praying.
Not because they had figured everything out.
Not because they had developed the perfect strategy.
They were seeking God.
And in Acts 4, when Peter and John returned to the church after being threatened, the believers gathered and prayed. They didn't primarily ask God to make their circumstances easier. They asked Him for boldness.
And God answered.
That's what I want for Frontier Church.
I don't simply want us to become a church that has more people in the room. I want us to become a church that knows how to seek the face of God together.
I want prayer to shape our decisions.
Prayer to shape our ministry.
Prayer to shape our families.
Prayer to shape our outreach.
Prayer to shape our future.
A House of Prayer
Isaiah 56:7 says:
“My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.”
Jesus repeated those words in the temple.
But I've been thinking about what that means for the church today.
A house of prayer isn't primarily a building.
It's a people.
It's a people who have learned that they cannot accomplish God's mission in their own strength.
It's a people who pray before they plan.
A people who listen before they act.
A people who surrender before they strive.
A people who believe that God's presence is more important than our productivity.
As we move into this next season at Frontier Church, I want us to keep asking that question:
What would happen if prayer really became the engine?
What if before we asked God to grow our church, we asked Him to grow our dependence on Him?
What if before we asked Him to give us more people, we asked Him to make us the kind of people who could faithfully disciple them?
What if before we planned our next ministry, we gathered together and asked, “Holy Spirit, what are You doing?”
I'm not interested in simply having more prayer meetings.
I want us to become a praying church.
I want prayer to move from the margins back to the center.
Because when prayer becomes the engine, we stop trying to build something for God and begin joining God in what He is already doing.
And maybe that's where the real renewal begins.
Frontier Church—let's become a house of prayer.
Not because prayer is one more thing we need to add to our ministry.
But because prayer is where our ministry begins.
“Advance the Gospel into new frontiers.”

Dr. Travis Young
Frontier Church-Lead Pastor

There is something about prayer that brings us back to the right posture before God.
In Luke 11:1, after watching Jesus teach, heal, lead, and move with unmistakable spiritual authority, the disciples came to Him with one simple request: “Lord, teach us to pray.”
They had seen the miracles. They had heard the sermons. They had watched the crowds gather. Yet what they wanted to learn was prayer.
Why?
Because somewhere along the way, they recognized that the power they witnessed in public was connected to the communion Jesus practiced in private.
That is the heart of our prayer emphasis at Frontier Church.
Greater things begin when God’s people seek Him in prayer.
Greater things do not begin with greater effort, better plans, or more activity. Those things may have their place, but they are not the source of spiritual power.
Only God can change a heart.
Only God can save a life.
Only God can heal what is broken, restore what has been lost, bring freedom from sin, and produce lasting spiritual fruit.
Prayer is where we acknowledge our dependence on Him.
It is where we stop simply asking God to bless what we have already decided to do and begin asking Him to shape our hearts around what He desires to do.
Prayer is not about controlling God. It is about aligning ourselves with Him.
We ask. We align. And we trust God to act according to His perfect will.
That is why we can pray with expectancy.
Not because God owes us the outcome we want, but because He invites us into His work. In His grace, He chooses to accomplish His purposes through the prayers of His people.
And perhaps the “greater things” God wants to do are not only around us, but within us.
Greater faith.
Greater holiness.
Greater dependence.
Greater compassion.
Greater courage.
Greater love for Jesus.
What might happen in our homes, our marriages, our schools, our neighborhoods, and our church if we truly became a people who sought God first?
That is the invitation before us.
Before we ask God for greater things, may we become people of greater prayer.
“Lord, teach us to pray.”
Join us in the 10-Minute Prayer Challenge featured on our home page this week, and let’s pray with one heart as a church, expecting God to work as His people seek Him together.

One year ago, Frontier Church began with a simple desire: to reach new frontiers for Christ. As we celebrate all God has done in our first year, we’re also looking ahead with great expectation for what He will do next.
Jesus says in John 14:12–13 (NIV):
“Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”
Those words give us a beautiful picture of what Greater Things really means. It isn’t about building something bigger for ourselves or measuring success by what we can accomplish. It’s about trusting Jesus, joining Him in His work, and ultimately seeing the Father glorified through it all.
Over Frontier’s first year, we’ve seen His faithfulness again and again. We’ve watched people find community, families discover a church home, relationships grow, people take new steps of faith, and doors open for us to serve our community and share the hope of Jesus.
There is so much worth celebrating. But we also believe God is still writing the story.
Greater Things are ahead.
This Sunday, we’ll celebrate Frontier’s first birthday and kick off a new fall season together. We’ll remember what God has done, look ahead to the vision for year two, and celebrate new opportunities to connect, grow, serve, give, and continue reaching new frontiers for Christ.
Whether you’ve been part of Frontier from the very beginning, joined us somewhere along the way, or have been thinking about visiting for the first time, this Sunday is a great time to come. There’s a place for you here.
Sunday, August 16 | 10:30 AM
Lynn McKinney Elementary School
Come celebrate with us as we thank God for His faithfulness, kick off a new fall season, and step into year two together—believing God for Greater Things.

Much Fruit: Believing God for Greater Things in Year Two
“My Father is glorified by this: that you produce much fruit and prove to be my disciples.” — John 15:8, CSB
As Frontier Church approaches the end of our first year, I find myself looking back with incredible gratitude and looking ahead with great anticipation.
Church planting is not easy. This year, we have set up and torn down week after week. We have prayed through Sundays when attendance was smaller than we hoped. We have worked, served, invited, and trusted God even when we could not yet see what He was doing.
But God has been faithful.
Year one was less about the harvest. Year one was the planting.
And already, we are beginning to see fruit.
As we enter year two, our theme is Greater Things. We believe there is much more God wants to do in us and through us—not because of our own strength or ability, but because of the power of Christ at work in His Church.

We Have Seen Fruit
Jesus tells us in John 15:8 that our Father is glorified when we produce much fruit.
This year, God has allowed us to see glimpses of that fruit.

This summer alone:
* More than 225 children participated in our sports camps and Vacation Bible School.
* 18 children placed their faith in Jesus Christ.
* Families with little or no previous church connection were welcomed and loved.
* We have celebrated baptisms and people taking meaningful spiritual steps.
* New volunteers have stepped into ministry and discovered places to serve.
* Relationships have been formed that continue to grow.
Those numbers represent people.

Every child who heard the gospel matters. Every parent who experienced the love of Christ matters. Every person who was baptized matters. Every volunteer who discovered that God could use them matters.
We celebrate what God has done while believing that what we have seen is only the beginning.
Greater things does not mean overlooking the fruit of year one. It means allowing what God has already done to increase our faith for what He can do next.

Greater Dependence on the Vine
If we are going to believe God for greater things, we cannot miss what Jesus says just a few verses earlier:
“Remain in me…because you can do nothing without me.” — John 15:4–5
This must be at the heart of year two.
As a growing church, we need strong teams, healthy systems, good communication, and excellent ministry. But none of those things can replace our dependence on Jesus.
Greater things must begin with greater dependence on Christ.
We cannot serve enough, organize enough, advertise enough, or work hard enough to produce spiritual fruit on our own.
Jesus produces the fruit. Our responsibility is to remain in Him.
Our serving must flow from our relationship with Christ. Our strength must come from Him. Our compassion, patience, joy, and endurance must be produced by His Spirit.
If we want to see greater fruit, we must first pursue a greater connection to the Vine.

Get Ready for the Harvest
God has placed Frontier Church in one of the fastest-growing areas around us. Families continue moving into North Aledo and the surrounding communities. New homes are being built, schools are filling, and new neighbors are arriving every week.
That growth is more than a demographic trend.
It is a mission field.
As we enter year two, let’s be ready:
Ready to welcome new families.
Ready to invest in the next generation.
Ready to serve, invite, pray, and share the gospel.
Ready to make room for the people God sends us.
Every Dream Team role matters. What may seem like a small act of service can become part of someone’s journey toward Jesus.

Believe God for Greater Things
When we say Greater Things, we are not simply asking God for a bigger church. We are asking Him for greater gospel impact.
We are believing God for:
More people reached with the gospel.
More children and students becoming disciples of Jesus.
More baptisms and transformed lives.
More leaders raised up and sent out.
More opportunities to reach new frontiers for Christ.

Ephesians 3:20 reminds us that God is able to do “far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us.”
The greater things ahead will not happen because we become more impressive. They will happen as we become more dependent on Jesus, more faithful to His mission, and more willing to follow wherever He leads.

So, Frontier Church, thank you for serving. Thank you for giving. Thank you for inviting. Thank you for praying. Thank you for continuing to show up and believe in what God is doing here.
Year one was a year of planting.
As we enter year two, let’s stay connected to the Vine, keep tending the soil, and trust God for the harvest.
We have seen fruit. We are praying for much fruit.
And together, we are believing God for Greater Things.
Pastor Travis

This Sunday at Frontier Church, we studied 2 Corinthians 9:6–7 and were reminded that generosity is not about pressure, guilt, or meeting a budget. It is about the kind of church we are becoming.

Paul writes, “Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.” What we sow today through our prayers, service, presence, encouragement, and financial giving can produce a harvest for years to come.

Many in our church family already give faithfully and sacrificially, and we are deeply grateful. Others may be new, facing a difficult season, or still learning what biblical generosity looks like. Wherever you are, the invitation is the same: prayerfully ask God to lead you forward.

Consider these Steps of Generosity:

Nothing — I am not currently giving.

Something — I will begin with a first step.

A percentage — I will give consistently and intentionally.

Increase the percentage — I will grow in generosity as God leads.

Gifts and offerings — I will give above my regular giving to special needs and kingdom opportunities.

This is not a ladder for comparing ourselves with others. It is a tool for evaluating our own hearts.

Take a moment this week to identify where you are. Then pray:

“Lord, what is my next step in generosity?”

What we sow now, Frontier will reap for generations.

Martha wasn't lazy. She wasn't sinning. She was just busy — busy with good things, at the expense of the best thing. Meanwhile, her sister Mary sat at Jesus' feet, and He said she'd chosen what could never be taken from her (Luke 10:38–42).

Here's the hard truth: we are all blind to our own blind spots. We don't drift from Jesus on purpose. We drift because our calendars fill up with good things, and nobody schedules "sit at His feet."

So here's my challenge to you this week.

Start daily. Give God the first, unhurried minutes of your day — coffee, Bible open, no agenda but Him. Even ten minutes of listening will reorder the other twenty-three hours and fifty.

Guard weekly. Sabbath isn't a suggestion; it's a rhythm God built into creation before sin ever entered it. Pick a day, protect it, and actually rest.

Plan seasonally. Consider a personal retreat — a day or a weekend, away from noise, with no agenda but to meet with God. I'm doing this myself soon, and I can already tell you: you cannot give away what you haven't received.

Sit like Mary, so you can rise like Martha.

Church planting is an incredible privilege, but it also has a way of exposing our dependence on God.
There are seasons filled with excitement. We celebrate new families finding a church home, meaningful conversations, answered prayers, and the many reminders that God is at work. Then there are seasons that feel much heavier. Plans change. Progress seems slower than expected. Volunteers grow tired. Questions linger. It's easy to become discouraged when what we envisioned doesn't unfold on our timeline.
That's why passages like Psalm 40 are so encouraging.
David writes:
"I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock... He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God." (Psalm 40:1–3)
David doesn't pretend hardship isn't real. He acknowledges the pit before he celebrates the rescue. His confidence isn't rooted in his own strength but in God's unwavering faithfulness.
As Frontier Church continues to grow, we'll experience both victories and challenges. That's part of following God's call. Every obstacle becomes another opportunity to trust Him more deeply, every delay becomes a reminder that His timing is better than ours, and every step of faith helps shape us into the church He is building us to be.
When we look back, we can already see God's fingerprints all over our story. He has provided people, opened doors, answered prayers, and remained faithful through every transition. Those reminders give us confidence that He hasn't brought us this far to leave us now.
So if you're feeling discouraged today, remember that the challenge in front of you is not the end of the story. God is still working. He is still leading. He is still establishing our steps.
Let's continue to serve faithfully, love generously, pray expectantly, and trust the One who has called Frontier Church into existence. The best chapters of His story are still ahead.
How have you seen God's faithfulness in your own life, and how does that encourage you to trust Him with what's in front of you today?

"He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers."
— Psalm 1:3
There is something I love about the image of a tree planted by a stream. It is not a tree merely surviving—it is a tree thriving. Its roots go deep. Its leaves stay green. When the Texas heat comes—and y’all know it comes—that tree is not worried, because it is not dependent on the weather. It is dependent on the water.
That is exactly what God invites every one of us into.
Jesus told the woman at the well that He could offer something better than anything she had been drawing from—living water that would never run dry (John 4:14). That same offer is extended to you today. When you stay rooted in His Word and connected to His Spirit, you are not just getting by. You are drawing from a source that drought cannot touch and circumstances cannot exhaust.
I know some of you in the Frontier family are walking through a dry season right now. Maybe life has felt more like cracked ground than flowing water. Can I remind you of something? The tree does not produce the stream—it simply stays near it. Your job is not to manufacture fruitfulness. Your job is to stay connected to the One who produces it in you.
Growth often happens underground, beneath the surface, long before we see it in our lives.
Church family, we are building something together in Walsh Ranch, Morningstar, and the surrounding communities, and I believe God is doing something real here. But everything we build will only be as strong as how deeply we stay rooted in Him.
So open the Word this week. Pray, even when it feels routine. Gather with your church family. Come back to the stream. The world will shift and the seasons will change, but those who stay planted by living water will flourish.
Stay planted. Stay connected. The stream never runs dry.
— Travis

In Ephesians 3, the apostle Paul prays a prayer that feels almost too big to believe. He asks God to strengthen His people “with power through his Spirit in your inner being” and that they would “know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge,” so they may be “filled with all the fullness of God.”
That is not a small prayer.
Fort Worth pastor Jim Essian calls this a dream-big prayer and points out that Paul’s prayer centers on two powerful themes: strength and love. Essian writes, “Deep in your very being, I want you to be strong in the Spirit.” He also reminds us that “Paul wants you to experience God’s love, not just know that it exists.”
That is a word for us.
On the Huberman Lab podcast, Dr. Andrew Huberman explains that muscle growth requires stress, tension, and challenge. Muscles do not grow stronger by being left alone. They grow when they are exercised, stretched, and rebuilt.
The same is true spiritually.
God strengthens His people as they step into obedience. Faith grows when it is exercised. Courage grows when we share the gospel. Compassion grows when we pray with hurting people. Endurance grows when we continue serving even when we are tired. Love grows when we open our lives to others.
At Frontier Church, we are praying dream-big prayers because we believe God has called us to reach new frontiers with the gospel. But that calling requires spiritual strength.
We need the courage to invite our neighbors.
We need the boldness to share our faith.
We need the compassion to pray with people.
We need the endurance to serve faithfully.
We need the love of Christ to move from something we know about to something others experience through us.
So perhaps the next step is simple: exercise the muscle.
Invite a family to church.
Pray with someone who is hurting.
Share your story.
Serve at VBS.
Volunteer at Upward Sports Camp.
Welcome a guest.
Take one step of faith.
God is able to do “far more abundantly than all that we ask or think” (Ephesians 3:20).
And often, He strengthens us as we go.
— Pastor Travis Young

In Luke 17, ten lepers cried out to Jesus from a distance, pleading for mercy. They were isolated, rejected, and considered unclean. Their condition had separated them from their families, their community, and even their ability to worship alongside others. Yet Jesus responded with an unexpected command:

“Go and show yourselves to the priests.” (Luke 17:14)

That command mattered because, according to Jewish law, the priests were responsible for confirming healing and restoring a person back into society. But here is the remarkable part: Jesus told them to go before they were healed. The leprosy was still visible. The pain and scars remained.

Human logic would have said, “Wait until the miracle happens.”

But faith moved before the evidence appeared.

“And as they went, they were cleansed.”

Their healing came on the road of obedience.

I believe that is an important word for Frontier Church right now.

So often, we want God to reveal the entire plan before we take the first step. We want certainty before obedience. Yet throughout Scripture, God frequently works in the opposite order. Noah built before the rain came. Israel stepped into the Jordan before the waters parted. The disciples left their nets before they knew where Jesus would lead them.

Faith is not passive belief. Biblical faith obeys.

As a church, we sense God leading us into what is next—deeper discipleship, greater mission, stronger community, and renewed gospel impact in our area. We may not see every detail yet, but we know Jesus is calling us forward.

The miracle was not found in standing still. It was found “as they went.”

So we keep walking. We keep serving. We keep praying. We keep inviting. We keep trusting that God meets His people on the path of obedience.

Because sometimes the miracle happens in motion.

This Sunday, we were reminded that the gospel doesn’t stay inside our comfort zones—it crosses every boundary.

In Acts 8, Philip leaves a place of momentum to walk a desert road, all for one person. That’s how God often works. He calls us out of what’s familiar so we can step into what He’s already doing in someone else’s life.

For many of us, the barrier isn’t opportunity—it’s comfort. We sense the Spirit prompting us to speak, to engage, to share… and we hesitate.

But here’s the good news: you don’t need to have all the answers to share your faith. One of the most powerful ways to point someone to Jesus is simply telling your story—what Christ has done in your life.

This week, ask God to show you your “desert road.” One person. One conversation.

Step out in faith. You might be part of someone’s life-changing moment.

1 Peter 3:15- but set apart the Messiah as Lord in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in your heart.

Have you ever stepped out in faith—shared about Jesus, invited someone to church—and been met with silence or rejection? That discomfort can feel discouraging, but Scripture shows us something surprising: opposition may actually be evidence that God is at work.

In Acts 4, the early church experienced incredible growth—thousands came to faith. But that growth came with resistance. Peter and John were arrested, questioned, and threatened for preaching Jesus. Yet the opposition didn’t stop the gospel—it propelled it forward.

When the world pushes back, the Spirit-filled church pushes forward.

Standing before powerful leaders, Peter spoke boldly about Jesus. This was the same man who had denied Christ weeks earlier. What changed? He had been with Jesus and was filled with the Holy Spirit. His boldness wasn’t manufactured—it was the overflow of intimacy with Christ.

That same truth applies to us: boldness flows from being with Jesus.

You don’t need perfect answers or theological expertise to share your faith. What people can’t argue with is a transformed life. The most powerful witness isn’t a flawless argument—it’s the evidence of God at work in you.

When Peter and John were released, they didn’t pray for comfort or safety. They prayed for boldness. They didn’t ask God to remove opposition but to strengthen them through it.

What if we prayed that way?

This week, think of one person in your life who needs to know Jesus. Pray for them. Look for opportunities to serve them. And when the moment comes, speak.

It doesn’t have to be perfect—just faithful.

And when resistance comes, don’t retreat. Remember: opposition isn’t a stop sign. It’s often a sign that God is moving.

There’s something striking about the early church. They didn’t have a building. They didn’t have a budget. They didn’t even have a band.
But they had devotion.
Not hype. Not strategy. Not personality-driven momentum. Just ordinary, consistent faithfulness practiced together. And somehow, through what looked simple and even unimpressive on the surface, God did something extraordinary.
Acts 2 tells us they devoted themselves to four things: the teaching, the fellowship, the breaking of bread, and prayer. These weren’t occasional add-ons to their lives. They were the rhythm of their lives. The Word shaped them. Community held them. Meals reminded them. Prayer sustained them.
And here’s what stands out to me: nothing about it feels dramatic. No big moments. No spotlight events. Just daily obedience. Meeting together. Eating together. Praising God together.
Yet everything changed.
God built His church not through flash, but through faithfulness. Not through what was impressive, but through what was consistent.
I think that’s where the tension hits us. We often look for what’s next, what’s bigger, what’s more impactful. But God is asking a simpler question: Are you devoted?
Devotion isn’t showing up when it’s convenient. It’s showing up when it costs you something. It’s choosing the Word when you’re tired. Choosing community when it’s easier to isolate. Choosing prayer when you’d rather just push through on your own.
And when that kind of devotion takes root in a people, something begins to happen.
“He added to their number daily those who were being saved.”
Healthy things grow. Not because they strive to grow, but because they’re alive and rooted in the right things.
So here’s the question for us at Frontier: what does devotion look like in our lives right now?
Maybe it’s stepping into a group.
Maybe it’s opening your home and your table.
Maybe it’s taking communion with fresh awareness.
Maybe it’s simply committing to pray daily for what God is doing here.
It may not feel dramatic. But don’t underestimate what God does through ordinary faithfulness.
Because when His people are devoted, He builds His church.

This past Sunday, we stepped into the opening of Acts—a story not just about the early church, but about what God is still doing today. The disciples were in a season of waiting. Jesus had risen. The promise was real. But the mission hadn’t launched yet. And that tension? It’s something all of us experience at different points in life.

I remember being a kid waiting on my dad to get home from work so we could go fishing. I’d have everything ready—gear packed, shoes on, standing by the door. But sometimes he’d be late. And in that waiting, I’d wonder, Is it still happening? Did I misunderstand? But every time, he showed up. The wait didn’t cancel the promise—it deepened my anticipation.

Maybe you’re in a season like that now—waiting on direction, clarity, healing, or purpose. Acts reminds us that waiting is not wasted. It’s often where God does His deepest work in us before He works through us.

Jesus said, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses…” (Acts 1:8). That promise wasn’t just for a moment in history—it’s an invitation into a life of purpose, empowered by something greater than ourselves.

Here’s the challenge: pay attention this week. Who around you needs encouragement, truth, or hope? Take one intentional step toward them. You may discover that what you’ve been waiting for is actually the beginning of stepping into what God is already doing.

In John 16:20, Jesus offers a promise that feels both heavy and hopeful: “Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.”
While these words were a specific comfort to the disciples before the crucifixion, they also reveal the "Divine DNA" of how God has moved since the beginning of time. When God transforms our sorrow, He rarely does it with a magic wand; instead, He works through a consistent, historical pattern that involves time, loss, and mystery.
1. The Element of Time
God’s clock rarely aligns with our calendars. From Abraham and Sarah’s 25-year wait to Israel’s 40-year trek through the wilderness, the "turning" of grief often requires a long season of endurance. God’s timing isn't an absence of movement, but a period of preparation.
2. The Necessity of Loss
Transformation often requires letting go. Whether it was the loss of the old world during the Flood or the exiles rebuilding from the ruins of Jerusalem, the path to rejoicing usually passes through the graveyard of the familiar. We must often lose the "old" to make room for the "new."
3. The Presence of Mystery
Like Job or Joseph, we often find ourselves asking "Why?" while the transformation is in progress. We don't always get the answers in the middle of the grief, but we do get a promise.
Easter is the ultimate fulfillment of this pattern. The grief of the cross wasn't just replaced; it was turned into the joy of the empty tomb. If you are in a season of waiting today, know that you are in the middle of a story God has been writing for ages—one where grieving always, eventually, gives way to rejoicing.
 
A Prayer for the Turning
Heavenly Father, we thank You that You are the God of the turnaround. When we find ourselves in the middle of time we cannot control, loss we didn't choose, and mysteries we cannot explain, remind us of the promises found in your Word.
Help us to trust that our current grief is the seed of a future joy. Give us the patience to wait for our "Sunday" and the faith to believe that You are working even in the dark. We lean on Your timing, knowing that Your rhythm of redemption never fails. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Palm Sunday always feels like a collision of joy and longing.

Crowds filled the streets, waving palm branches and shouting “Hosanna!”—“Save us now!” They believed the King had finally come. And they were right… just not in the way they expected.

For generations, God’s people had chased after kings—leaders, warriors, voices they hoped would bring peace and security. And every single one left them wanting more. Sound familiar? We still do the same thing—looking to success, control, or people to give us what only Jesus can.

But on Palm Sunday, everything changes.

Jesus rides in—not on a war horse, but on a donkey. Not to take power, but to give His life. Not to defeat Rome, but to defeat sin, death, and everything that separates us from God. The King we’ve always needed has come—and He doesn’t leave us longing. He meets us with forgiveness, hope, and new life.

Here’s the invitation this week:
Ask yourself, “Where am I looking for something other than Jesus to satisfy me?” And then bring that to Him. Surrender it. Trust Him as your King—not just in words, but in your life.

Because He’s not just a King worth celebrating—He’s a King worth following.

And the story doesn’t end on Sunday…it leads to an empty tomb.

Join us this Easter Sunday at 10:30am at McAnally Middle School.
We’d love to celebrate the risen King with you.

Why did Judas betray Jesus? It’s a question that echoes through the Easter story—and one that reveals something about all of us. Judas walked with Jesus, witnessed miracles, and heard the truth firsthand. Yet when temptation came, he traded the Savior for thirty pieces of silver. He reached for bread that would never truly satisfy.

Earlier in John 6, Jesus fed more than 5,000 people with five loaves and two fish. The crowd experienced a miracle, yet many followed Him only because their physical hunger had been satisfied. Jesus confronted them, urging them not to work for food that spoils, but for food that leads to eternal life. He then made a bold declaration: “I am the bread of life.”

This is where the tension begins. Many who heard this teaching walked away. It was too hard, too challenging, too different from what they wanted. Yet Peter responded with faith: “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” Judas, however, stayed for the benefits—not the belief. His heart remained focused on temporary satisfaction rather than eternal fulfillment.

Both Judas and Peter eventually failed. Judas betrayed Jesus. Peter denied Him. But their responses to conviction were very different. Judas tried to fix his mistake alone and fell into despair. Peter ran back to Jesus and found forgiveness and restoration.

This contrast reminds us of a powerful truth: the bread of this world always disappoints. Success, possessions, and approval promise satisfaction but leave us empty. Only Jesus offers what our souls truly need.

At the Last Supper, Jesus made it clear. He broke bread and offered Himself as the new covenant—His body and blood given for forgiveness and eternal life.

The invitation still stands today. Stop chasing what spoils. Come to the table. Receive the Bread of Life.

In Matthew 13:18–23, Jesus pulls back the curtain on one of His most powerful parables. The seed—His Good News—is scattered freely, generously, without limitation. But here’s what determines whether that seed takes root and grows: the soil it lands in. And that soil? It’s us. It’s our response to His truth.

Jesus names two specific things that can crowd out God’s word in our lives: the worries of this life and the lure of wealth. I want to focus on the first one—because if we’re honest, worry is something most of us wrestle with every single day.

Worry Is a Choice—And a Thief
Notice what Jesus doesn’t say. He doesn’t say we’re choked out by pain, injustice, past failures, or life’s hardships. He says worry. That’s not what happens to us—that’s what we do. Worry is a mindset. It’s a habit. And it’s a choice.

In Matthew 6:25–34, Jesus is unambiguous: “Don’t worry.” Not “try not to,” not “worry less.” Don’t. Because worry is corrosive. It eats away at faith like a slow cancer, choking out the very truth God is trying to grow in us. When we choose to worry, we’re choosing to crowd God out.

Trust Is the Antidote
So what’s the antidote? It’s not willpower. It’s not positive thinking. It’s trust. God is for you. He cares for you. He is your protector and provider. Worry feeds fear and poisons the soul—but God’s truth brings hope, faith, and peace.

Today, let’s make a declaration: we refuse to let worry crowd out what God is growing in us. We choose to trust Him—with everything—so that His truth can bear real, lasting fruit in our lives.

A PRAYER FOR TODAY
God, thank you for the truth of your word about worry. It is a destructive force that must be purged from our lives. Father, grant us the faith and courage to believe the truths from your word regarding battling worry. We refuse to let worry hold us captive and instead choose truth so that good fruit may be produced in our lives.
In the Mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

The Church Is Not a Museum for the Holy
It’s a Hospital for the Broken

“I don’t go to church because it’s full of hypocrites.”
That’s kind of like saying, “I don’t go to the gym because it’s full of people who aren’t in shape.”
The truth is, the church was never meant to be a place where people show off how holy they are. It’s a place where broken people come to experience the grace of God — learning to walk with Jesus one step at a time. We don’t gather because we have it all together. We gather because we know we need Him.
Jesus said it this way:
“It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
Mark 2:17

When you look around a church, every person in that room is carrying something. Some are dealing with doubt. Others are carrying regret. Some are fighting for their marriage. Some are battling quiet addictions or wounds they’ve never told anyone about.
The church doesn’t gather the perfect. It gathers people who are honest about their need for God.
Scripture reminds us:
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
Romans 3:23

Yes, hypocrisy can exist in the church — because people are there. But don’t let someone else’s imperfections keep you from experiencing the grace that God wants to give you.
You don’t have to clean yourself up before you come.
Come as you are.
You’ll fit right in.

The final stretch is often the hardest.
Just ask Lawrence Cherono, the Kenyan marathon runner who, at mile 25.8 of his first marathon victory in 2019, felt his muscles begin to lock up. With only 0.4 miles left, another runner pulled alongside him. Victory—or defeat—hung in the balance.
Cherono later said he refused to let the moment slip away. He didn’t want to look back with regret, wishing he had given more. So he reached deeper than he thought possible and won the race by just two seconds.
Sometimes the greatest resistance comes when we are closest to breakthrough.
That’s exactly what we see in the book of Nehemiah. As the wall of Jerusalem neared completion, opposition intensified. The attacks didn’t come strongest at the beginning—but at the end.
Nehemiah’s response in Nehemiah 6:3 captures the heart of mission-focused living:
“I am carrying out a great project and I cannot come down.”
He understood the difference between good opportunities and a God-given assignment. And he refused to come down.
Here are three distractions he overcame—and we must too.
1. Seemingly Reasonable Invitations
Sanballat and his allies repeatedly invited Nehemiah to meet with them in the plain of Ono. On the surface, it sounded harmless—“Let’s talk.” In reality, it was a trap designed to pull him away from the work.
Four times they asked. Four times he said no.
Not every opportunity is from God. Busyness does not equal fruitfulness. Sometimes staying focused means saying no—even to things that sound reasonable—so we can say yes to what God has clearly assigned.
2. False Accusations
When invitations failed, Nehemiah’s enemies escalated to slander. They publicly accused him of rebellion and selfish ambition, hoping fear and division would weaken the people.
Nehemiah gave a simple denial and then prayed, “Now, O God, strengthen my hands” (Nehemiah 6:9).
He didn’t waste energy defending himself endlessly. He entrusted his reputation to God and stayed on mission.
Slander and criticism can easily derail us if we allow them to consume our focus. Unity and obedience matter more than winning every argument.
3. False Spiritual Counsel
The final distraction was the most subtle. A man claiming to speak for God urged Nehemiah to hide in the temple for safety. It sounded spiritual. It sounded protective.
But it would have caused him to sin and abandon his post.
Nehemiah knew God’s Word well enough to recognize deception. Not every spiritual-sounding voice is from the Lord. If it contradicts Scripture, produces fear, or leads to compromise, it is not from Him.
Discernment comes from knowing God’s Word.
Nehemiah stayed the course—and the wall was completed in fifty-two days.
The question for us is simple: What has God called you to in this season? And what distractions are trying to pull you away?
When opposition rises, when criticism stings, when other opportunities appear—remember your assignment.
Like Nehemiah, declare:
“I am carrying out a great project and I cannot come down.”
Stay focused. Stay faithful. The God who called you will give you strength to finish.

There are moments in your faith journey that become defining markers — moments you look back on and remember, God met me there.
Baptism is one of those moments.
Not because it saves you.
Not because it makes you more spiritual.
But because it is a step of obedience — a visible response to an invisible work God has already done in your heart.
At Frontier Church, we believe baptism is an outward expression of an inward connection you have made with Jesus Christ. It is the public declaration that your life now belongs to Him.
What Happens Before Baptism?
Before anyone steps into the water, something far more important has already taken place.
A person recognizes their need for Jesus.
They place their faith in Him as Savior and Lord.
They surrender their life to His leadership.
Scripture says:
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away, and see, the new has come.”
— 2 Corinthians 5:17 (CSB)
Salvation is the inward miracle. Baptism is the outward celebration.
The Picture of Romans 6
Romans 6:4 shows us why baptism is so powerful:
“Therefore we were buried with Him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, so we too may walk in newness of life.”
— Romans 6:4 (CSB)
Going under the water represents being buried with Christ — the old life, the old sin, the old identity.
Coming up out of the water represents resurrection — new life, new direction, and new identity in Him.
You don’t go under the same and come up the same. You walk in the newness of life.
Baptism allows us to physically display what Jesus has already done spiritually.
Following the Example of Jesus (Matthew 3:13–17)
When Jesus was baptized, He was fully submerged in the Jordan River. As He came up out of the water, the heavens opened, the Spirit descended like a dove, and the Father declared His pleasure in the Son.
Jesus didn’t need repentance or forgiveness — He was sinless.
Yet He chose baptism to identify with us and to model obedience.
If Jesus stepped into the water in obedience, how much more should we?
Why Baptism Matters
Baptism declares:
I belong to Jesus.
I am not ashamed of the gospel.
I am choosing to follow Him with my life.
It is your first public step of obedience as a believer — not the last step and not an optional one, but the next step.
Following Jesus was never meant to be private. Baptism is a way of saying, I’m all in.
A Word to the Frontier Church Family
If you have trusted Christ but have not yet followed Him in believer’s baptism, let me lovingly ask:
What are you waiting for?
You don’t have to be perfect.
You don’t need all the answers.
You don’t have to have everything figured out.
You simply need to say yes.
At Frontier Church, we celebrate baptism because we celebrate changed lives. Every time someone goes under the water, we see the gospel on display — buried with Christ, raised to walk in newness of life.
You may not hear an audible voice from heaven, but make no mistake — your Father is pleased with your obedience.
Trust Christ.
Follow Him.
Walk in newness of life.
Ready to Take Your Next Step?
If you’re ready to talk about baptism, we would love to walk with you. Talk with a pastor after service or fill out a Next Steps form, and let’s take this step together.
I would be honored to stand in the water with you.