Jason Son of Jerome

In ministry and in life we inevitably go through seasons, just like our earth goes through literal seasons.  On earth for the people that know me know that fall and winter are my absolute favorite!  I love football, snow, Christmas and all things tied to fall and winter.  As for spring and summer... ehhhh... I could do without.  When it comes to seasons of life I am drastically the opposite. There is tons of excitement in spring when the Word of God is speaking powerfully into your life and you seem to not get enough of it.  You are getting fresh new insights and words from the Lord it seems daily. Things blossom and bud and there is new life and growth all around you. Spring always leads to the fruitfulness of summer.  In the summer the Lord uses you in mighty ways and we can look around say, "Wow!  Look at all the fruit!" God is using you and you feel it and see it.  But then comes fall.... when the Lord says "There are some dead leaves in ...

Clay in of itself is relatively worthless... But in the hands of a potter with an image in their mind of what they want to make it can become something incredible.  I know there are times in my life when I feel like I am being pushed, poked, prodded and pruned and it doesn't feel good... Isaiah 45:5,7 is a prophecy that to me is one of, if not the most amazing prophecy in the Bible.  This prophecy is about a king of Persia named Cyrus and you can read about him in the book of Isaiah and Daniel.  I would encourage you to read about him, it is pretty amazing! But the Lord prophecies about Cyrus and says this, "I am the Lord, and there is no other, besides Me the is no God; I equip you, though you do not know Me, I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the Lord, who does all things." I think a lot of times we have the wrong view of God... This verse means that the Lord is the One who at the very least allows, if not creates certain...

God has been showing me and teaching me a lot about how He wants me to lead people. So this morning I was reading my Bible and this is what the Lord wanted to speak to me today and I really feel like this is meant as a reminder and encourage to the Church as a whole. In Number's 13 the Lord told Moses to send spies into the Promised Land to scout out the area. So Moses did just that. He sent them with a mission to spy on the people who currently live in the land and to see how many there are and whether they were weak or strong. Forty days pass and the spies come back with the report. They reported that the land is wonderful but they had one major problem... the people who live in the land are many, are strong and are GIANTS! Then Numbers 13:33b says, "and we seemed to ourselves like GRASSHOPPERS, and so we seemed to them." Have you ever felt to overwhelmed by life that you feel like you are facing giants? For some it might be the giant of finances. For some it ...

As I was reading my Bible this morning I was blown away by Galatians 3. We are about to enter a new series called Four Cups at Vertical Chapel this weekend. In this series we are going to discuss the four promises that God gives to us in Exodus 6:6-7. We are people of PROMISE and I am so thankful of that.  In Galatians 3 Paul describes the difference between the Law and the Promise of God.  I wanted to just share what God spoke to me this morning through His Word in preparation of our new series. Chapter 3: Galatia was not a city but a region or a county as we know it. God was moving and working in a powerful way in this area because of Paul’s powerful gospel message.   But as soon as Paul left others... legalistic people came in and were saying Paul’s message was great but you really needed to have some rules and regulations especially CIRCUMSICION! Cults always add... “Believe in Jesus Christ AND ...” Cults believe in the AND more than the finished work of Jes...

At the church where I'm the Worship Pastor we have been in a series of teachings called FIRST. Where we as a church are seeking to place God first in all aspects of our lives, through prayer and fasting.  Last week our Lead Pastor spoke a message about God being first in our "GIFTS". This lead me to really study the spiritual gifts spoken of throughout Scripture.  So naturally this lead me to 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 12 and Ephesians 4.  As I was reading and studying something struck me very powerfully... and it isn't the first time I've read this scripture.  Actually, I've read it or heard it taught numerous times. I will share my thoughts on this in a minute. Part of my passion is to help other find where they're gifted and then help them use those gifts for God's Kingdom.  So naturally I began thinking about the amazing people of our church and how incredible it will be for them to find what their God given CHARIS is and begin using it and then...