Sin doesn’t disappear—but it does lose its power.

This week we were reminded: because of the resurrection, we are no longer enslaved to sin—we’re free to choose a new life in Christ. That means we don’t manage sin… we dethrone it.

The question now is simple: Are we living like the resurrection actually changed us?

Easter reminder: because Jesus is alive… so is everything that matters most.

Because of the resurrection:
• Relationship lives – not religion, but real connection with God
• Truth lives – guiding, shaping, and grounding your life
• Freedom lives – no longer bound, but fully alive in Christ

This is what Jesus came to restore—and it’s available to you right now.

He is risen… He is risen indeed.it came to restore our relationship with God.

Let’s not settle for religion when we’ve been invited into something so much better.

This week’s message was a reminder we all need:

Religion says earn it.

Jesus says receive it.

We saw how religion focuses on rules, seeks human approval, and picks and chooses what’s convenient—while Jesus came to offer grace, relationship, and real life.

The resurrection didn’t come to make us better rule-followers… it came to restore our relationship with God.

Let’s not settle for religion when we’ve been invited into something so much better.

Where do we draw the line between faith and politics? In City of Our God – Talk 3: Benefit of Borders, we explore Jesus’ powerful words: “Render to Caesar…and to God.” Discover how healthy borders protect worship, preserve unity, and strengthen our gospel witness.

In a culture demanding political allegiance, what does Jesus actually call His church to do? In City of Our God – Talk 2, we explore our true responsibility to the City of Man. Are we called to seize power—or to live as salt and light? Discover how gospel-centered faithfulness changes everything.

We’re living in a time of political tension and cultural noise. Should the church seek power? Did Jesus? In The City of Our God, we’ll explore two kingdoms—earthly and heavenly—and what Christ teaches about truth, citizenship, and influence. Discover how to live faithfully between two cities without losing the gospel.

Prayer isn’t a ritual. It’s not a formula. It’s not a religious duty.
It’s a child calling out, “Daddy.”

This week we talked about what it really means to have an affectionate, dependent relationship with God as our Abba Father. Prayer isn’t a ritual—it’s a child crying out, “Abba, Father.”
You’re not alone in the storm. You’ve been adopted, invited, and empowered to call on your Daddy.

During our Global Missions Conference, we’ve talked about Gateway Cities — unique and strategic places advancing the gospel. But Scripture makes it clear: cities aren’t the only gateways… we are.

God has entrusted us with the message of reconciliation. We are His ambassadors. That means our lives are the strategy. Being a gateway requires sacrifice, courage, and living for eternal reward — but it’s how the world meets Jesus.

Week 3 of our Global Missions Conference allowed us to sit down with two of our Missions leaders. Omar Gallo from Tijuana, Mexico, and Robert Nebulare from Kampala, Uganda. These men shared their stories and what God is doing in their countries and ministries. May their stories encourage us and embolden us to preach the gospel every opportunity we get.

Week 2 of our Global Missions Conference allowed us to sit down with two of our Missions leaders. Dimitri from St. Petersburg, Russia, and Andre from Jerusalem, Israel, shared their stories and what God is doing in their wartorn countries. May their stories encourage us and embolden us to preach the gospel every opportunity we get.

BayLife’s first Global Conference marks an exciting new chapter as we step into an intentional global mission after five years of church planting on the Eastern Shore. Rooted in Scripture and modeled after the missionary strategy of the Apostle Paul, this message lays out God’s clear plan for global evangelism: we’ve been given a message, a mandate, and a strategy. This vision calls us beyond comfort and invites us to invest our lives, generosity, and prayers so the gospel can transform cities and generations around the world.

Big Faith grows when we cooperate with God.
In Week 3 of our Big Faith series, we focused on the third faith catalyst: private disciplines. While none of us love the word discipline, the truth is that disciplines are simply habits we can control to help us experience outcomes we can’t control. Spiritually, they don’t create faith—but they position us to cooperate with what God is already doing in us.

You can’t create big faith—but you can cooperate with God as He develops it.

Big Faith grows when we cooperate with God.
In Week 3 of our Big Faith series, we focused on the third faith catalyst: private disciplines. While none of us love the word discipline, the truth is that disciplines are simply habits we can control to help us experience outcomes we can’t control. Spiritually, they don’t create faith—but they position us to cooperate with what God is already doing in us.

You can’t create big faith—but you can cooperate with God as He develops it.

God uses providential relationships to steady our faith, fuel our growth, and keep us accountable. Relationships are never neutral—they shape the direction and quality of our faith. When we surround ourselves with the right people (and become that person for others), God grows our faith bigger than we ever could alone

We all live by faith in something—but big faith comes from trusting God and doing what He says. Faith starts small, but when God’s truth is heard and applied, it grows into an unshakable foundation. Big faith trusts God with the impossible, endures the storms of life, and lives with confidence knowing God is with us. Big faith isn’t built in the storm—it’s built daily through obedience.

Using the story of Joshua, this message reminds us that God’s counsel is available, protective, and consequential. When we seek the Lord’s wisdom, it guards us from costly mistakes—but when we ignore it, our choices still carry weight. The challenge is simple: don’t move forward on your own understanding—ask God first and trust His counsel.

In the final week of our series called intervention, we discovered God’s desire to stage an intervention in each of our lives, whereby he meets us where we are, as we are, and offers us grace and salvation, in place of arson and brokenness.

In the second week of our series called intervention, we took a long look at the sovereignty of God displayed when he intervened in human history, in order to set the table for the coming of Christ and the message of the gospel.

In the first week of our intervention series, we talked about the grand plan of God to intervene in the course of human history by sending his own son. Jesus came in a surprising way, he was born in a surprising place, and with a surprising purpose, to save the world.

Gratitude isn’t just a feeling—it reveals a good and holy God. This week at BayLife, we take a look at David’s song in 2 Samuel 22 and see that gratitude is the echo of heaven in the human heart.