Refuge Church Ojai Valley

Holy Smoke: What are you a Witness to?

If you see or experience something that changes your life, you probably tell a whole lot of people about it. That is what a witness is; people who experience something life changing or important and must tell others about it. What does your life witness to? How does Jesus play into that? This week we see that every Christian is called to be a witness and every Christian can only do that if the Holy Spirit is active and alive in leading them. #RCOV #ojai #god #holyspirit #prophesy #faith #truth #Jesus #faith

Holy Smoke: Wounded Healers

During Jesus’s life one of the things that attracted people to His message and mission was His willingness to heal people. After His ascension, the early church has story after story of miraculous healing.  What about today? Are healings still happening? Is God still moving this way? This week we dive deep into God’s gift of healing and what it is supposed to look like in the life of His people. 

Holy Smoke: Can God Speak Through Us?

A church service can be a pretty tame and predictable place. We know we are going to sing, hear a message, some prayers, and say hello to a few people. But what if a tame place is nothing what God had in mind when his people gathered.  What if he wanted it to be a place where His Spirit made people come alive, where heaven touched earth, and things changed that were never the same again. This week we look at prophecy and how its essential for a church to thrive. 

How to Tell When it's God talking and When it's Not

Are you good at spotting fakes? Can you see when someone or something or some advice that might look or sound good actually isn’t? When it comes to God it can be tough. We can think he is leading one way, but in the back of our minds we can be second guessing. Thankfully the gift of Discernment is there to lead us in this.  Discernment is not just a big word, but a must have for anyone seeking to know and follow Jesus well. 

Holy Smoke: "Introducing the Holy Spirit"

The Holy Spirit might be the most misunderstood person in all of Christianity. What do you think of when you think of the Holy Spirit? If someone asked you to describe Him what you would say? Do you feel like He is a part of your life? Do you want Him to be a part of your life? During this message and this series we jump into a study of the Holy Spirit so that we can misunderstand Him no more! 

The Urgency of The Harvest

What does it look like to produce the harvest that Jesus calls us to in Matthew 9? Dive into that question this week with our Associate Pastor, Zack Totten. 

Unreasonable Church: Sex

Our world loves talking about sex, but it doesn’t like talking about what Jesus has to say about it. From the beginning of God’s creation sex is there, the question is, do we know why it was given to us? Do we care why it was given to us? And do we see the destruction it wreaks when we ignore its purpose and intention?

Unreasonable Church: "Jesus and Power"

Everyone who ever takes a breath holds some measure of power. God creates us as humans who have an effect on one another and the environemnt around us. We don’t think about it much, but it's there. The question is - how do we and should we use that power? The world is telling us all the time that we should use it to serve ourselves, but Jesus has a different message and someone close to him lives it out her entire life. Jesus calls us to be unreasonable with how we manage the power that God gives us and his mother, Mary, shows us what might look like.
 
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Unreasonable Church: "Jesus and Money"

Who do you go to to teach you and guide you in your relationship with money? For followers of Jesus we must go to him. The world has all kinds of ideas about how we should view money, but for followers of Jesus his way is the only way. #RCOV #ojai #god #healing #money #faith #truth #Jesus #faith #moneytalks

Jesus is Risen, Now What?

What does it look like to be not just a fan of Jesus, but a true follower? Join our Associate Pastor, Zack Totten, in this message on what the resurrection means for our lives.