Hey Dream City Church, it’s Pastor Z!

Today was amazing! From the parking lot to worship, all the way to Children’s Church and Nursery, Dream City Church was on fire.

Randy Caldwell joined us today and shared a powerful word! 

I loved everything Randy said about identity. 

Randy and his family have been some of MY FAMILY’S greatest encouragers and have been in our corner every step of the way in launching Dream City! Be sure to shoot them an email or message and tell them THANK YOU from Dream City Church!

If you’re interested in joining and supporting the Zarephath network, you can do that by following this link: https://randycaldwell.com/znjoin 

If you don’t know your identity in Christ, then you really don’t know who you were truly made to be. Who you say Jesus is is the most important thing about you!

Loneliness is not a symptom of depression but rather not knowing your purpose. All of us were created to do something great for God.

I love singing “Lion” today as a church family. There’s just something remarkable that happens when we all gather in the room and lift the name of Jesus.

Who I am is not found in a job title, 

a relationship status, 

my political affiliation, 

my role as a parent, or even in words like creative, patient, athletic, or caring. 

These things may be true, but they aren’t my identity. 

My true identity is found in Christ!

You were not always a mom or dad; you might have a new job in a few years, and your patience may disappear when someone cuts you off in traffic. In following Jesus, there are some things about you and I that will never change.

Here are 13 Bible verses about who you are in Christ.

1. You are accepted—See Romans 15:7

2. You are chosen—See John 15:16

3. You are forgiven—See 1 John 1:9

4. You are part of something important—See 1 Corinthians 12:27

5. You are treasured by God—See Exodus 19:5

6. You are strong in Christ—See Philippians 4:13

7. You are heard by God—See 1 John 5:14-15

8. You have a plan from God for your life—See Jeremiah 29:11

9. You’re not alone—See Zephaniah 3:17

10. You are made new in Christ—See Romans 6:4

11. You are blessed—See Ephesians 2:19

12. You have joy from Christ!—See John 15:11

13. You are saved—See Romans 10:13

I love what Jesus is doing at Dream City Church. We had an absolutely incredible crowd today. Literally, we had to put chairs out and had a full room.

Today started day one of our 21-day Daniel fast. I’m encouraging all of us as a church to participate and let’s keep calling out to God to help us reach our communities with the gospel! I’m hoping to jump on throughout this next 21 days on Facebook Live and share some of what God speaks to me. I believe this will be a pivotal time for our church.

Dream City, BIG things are ahead. 

I can’t say thank you enough to all of our volunteers and everyone who shows up early to make what happens on Sunday at Dream City happen every single week. You guys are truly incredible and we could not do what we do without you.

I truly believe that what we are seeing happen, what is coming together, is a Jesus thing.

I’m really craving a FIVE GUYS BURGER & Milkshake right now….

Our first Sunday of 2024, it was absolutely incredible. I can’t wait to see more of what Jesus is gonna do this year. The BEST IS YET TO COME!