Mission City Church | FL

In the first message of our Advent series, Student Director Greg Kassner unpacks what it means to place our hope in Christ rather than in the fragile things around us. This timely reminder helps us prepare our hearts for the coming of Jesus.

This week, Pastor Phillip walks through the Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6:7–13, showing how Jesus gives us a model for sincere, God-centered prayer. Learn how each line helps us focus on God’s character, seek His kingdom, trust His provision, confess our sins, and rely on His strength. This message will help you build a deeper, more authentic prayer life.

In this message, Pastor Phillip tackles one of the great tensions of the Christian life: Why does God sometimes answer prayer instantly, while at other times He seems silent?
Looking at Jesus’ parable of the persistent widow in Luke 18:1–8, we learn that God invites us to keep asking, keep seeking, and keep knocking—even when the waiting feels heavy. Through stories of desperation that led to breakthrough, including the powerful testimony of Pastor Jim Cymbala’s daughter, Pastor Phillip reminds us that persistence is born out of deep dependence.
This sermon challenges us to move beyond polished, comfortable prayers and into a desperate pursuit of God’s presence—personally, in our families, and in our church.
If an unjust judge will respond to persistence, how much more will our good and gracious God move on behalf of His people?
Be encouraged, be challenged, and be called into a deeper place of faith as we learn what it means to persist in prayer.

In this heartfelt message from our Ladies Worship Night, Erin Scarnecchia shares personal stories and walks through the life of Mary of Bethany to show what it truly means to stay desperate for Jesus in every season — not just in crisis, but in comfort too.
Through Scripture and honest reflection, Erin challenges us to return to the feet of Jesus, guard our hearts from distraction, and offer worship that costs us something. The message ends with a powerful Gospel invitation and a call to lay everything at His feet.
If you’ve felt dry, distracted, or hungry for more of God, this message will point you back to the One who meets us in our deepest need.

Generosity is not about what we have—it’s about who we trust. This message unpacks how the Macedonian church lived with a “river” mindset rather than a “reservoir” one, and how we can do the same. Learn what it means to give cheerfully, follow God’s principle of sowing and reaping, and reflect a heart devoted to Christ.

In the final chapter of Jonah, we see a prophet angry at God’s mercy. Jonah wanted judgment—but God wanted hearts. In this message, we’re challenged to look at the size of our own view of God. Is He big enough to love our enemies? Big enough to extend grace when we wouldn’t? Join us as we unpack Jonah 4 and discover what it means to see the world through the lens of God’s compassion.

In Jonah chapter 3, we see the beauty of God’s mercy on full display. After Jonah runs, rebels, and resists, God gives him another chance—and He gives Nineveh one too. This message is a powerful reminder that no matter how far we’ve gone or how many times we’ve failed, God’s grace is greater. He’s not done with you yet.

We all believe in the power of prayer—but why don’t we pray like we believe it? In this message from Jonah 2, Pastor Phillip reminds us that God often uses pain and delay to humble us and draw us closer to Him. Even when it feels like God isn’t answering, He’s still working. Learn how to pray through the storm, trust God’s timing, and discover how praying His Word can bring power to your life.

When we run from God, the enemy is always ready to give us a ride—but God loves us too much to let us stay on that path. In Jonah 1:4–16, we see how God used a storm not to destroy Jonah, but to bring him back to obedience. In this powerful message, Pastor Phillip unpacks the difference between storms caused by disobedience, the enemy, and the mercy of God. Discover how God can use chaos to call us to repentance, reveal His power, and draw us deeper into relationship with Him. This episode reminds us that Jesus—the same God who calmed the storm—is our ultimate substitute, taking our place to bring peace to the fiercest seas of our lives.

Jonah wasn’t just running from Nineveh—he was running from God. In this message, Pastor Phillip unpacks the shocking call God gave Jonah, why it was so hard for him to obey, and how we often do the same thing in our own lives. Whether through rebellion or self-righteousness, we all have ways of fleeing from God’s presence. But the good news is He never stops pursuing us. Tune in and discover why there is far more joy in surrender than in running.