If there is anything sorely lacking in your world or mine, it’s rest! Significant moments in life are often missed – because we’re either too wound up, too stressed out or too worn out to see! REST is not the absence of work but something infinitely far greater… Join us tonight and discover the road to rest.  Refugecf.org...  Read More

Into a world with loud voices and deep divisions, class envy, racial prejudices, sexual inequality and political corruption, one voice rings out through the ages… “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”The One thing that is needed, a unifying agent = JESUS  He understands!...  Read More

Need a change?New start, a new beginning, a do-over, a revolution?There is something on the table that could revolutionize any life.What is it?A REVELATION-SHIP...If you're alone, or rolling deep, there is no other relationship that could compare… Jesus and His people are all walking together through everything that life can throw at them. Him in us and us in Him a true Revelation-ship! ...  Read More

Jesus breaks with all normal conventions! He took the road less traveled. He went to the place where decent people never go. He spoke openly to a person no one would talk to. His tone was so loving and shockingly direct that the only possible explanation was this was God! One empty woman with an empty jar received something that day by the well that she would never lose. LIFE!https://youtu.be/QqSG...  Read More

I know that it may not seem like it as we look at the world around us…BUT God IS in control…He’s stoking fires in one place while smothering fires in others…Yes, that means that some are being consumed;Others are confirmed and some are being comforted…At the moment that you decided to trust Him,whether you realize it or not,you gave Him permission to consume,confirm or comfort whatever He wants!Le...  Read More

How can I be free?Freed from the insecurity of what people might do if they really knew the real you.The hard part: breaking free of the chains of my own insecurities.Where do I begin?  Where do I start?  How long will it take?  What do I have to do?We will answer these questions and more tonight!https://youtu.be/b_wtZQYrnSQ...  Read More

 Who are you? Why are you here? What are you doing?  These are a few of the most important questions in life! Because decisions will need to be made,challenges will need to be met and overcome.This is why we gather:For Directions… For Answers…  For Hope…  ...  Read More

“We are living in a time of in-between” We are all waiting and hoping things will work out! You can be the eternal optimist, always looking for the silver linings... The pessimist may be waiting for the other shoe to drop… Whatever is happening, where ever you are...   God has an answer!  His Answer... He always reaches into our in-between with a promise of hope. https://youtu.be/_EIaHE3cf10...  Read More

What is it that grounds you?What keeps you going and stable?Gives you strength, boosts your life?Picks you us when you are down?Everybody has a go-to!What’s yours and how has that been working?Every problem has its root cause and produces something.This is how you can tell… THE PRODUCT!Let's get to the root of things tonight!...  Read More

Every challenge that we all face…Every obstacle that we all have to deal with…OUR health; OUR age; OUR jobs/money; The love life;The wife/husband/kids/family.The future can be all-consuming & completely overwhelming but by faith, every one of us can be transformed for the better…We can’t be liberated from the challenges or obstacles we all have to face. However, we can be freed through them!...  Read More

You could say that it is dynamically motivational… We all can sometimes be easily motivated in the wrong directions, can we not? We see it happen every day. Your kid starts hanging with THAT OTHER kid… The one that you just get a sense that isn’t right A friend; A co-worker; The whole office; That workout partner; Your whole Social NETWORK… Maybe the hard situation that you’re dealing with right n...  Read More

Too many advances in our world have happened simply because in the face of the impossible people chose to believe in the possible... Jesus insistently presses people in the direction of believing. His teaching was to inspire belief. His healing was the vehicle to ignite belief. Everything that His disciples spoke, wrote and did was all about believing...https://youtu.be/v3KsnjeAquk...  Read More

Are you discouraged? Disappointed that things haven’t worked out the way that you thought that they might? Have you ever said: “It’s not supposed to be this way” This message is for you because things rarely, if ever, work out the way that we want them to. There is a silver lining and a real answer here for you!https://refugecf.org/media...  Read More

"CLOSING THE LOOP"  LUKE 17:11-19"It’s your attitude, not your aptitude that determines your altitude." Zig Ziglar Couples group For Instance... If you attend, you must have problems... Do you realize that you don’t need to have a problem... Sometimes you just need to be reminded... An attitude for altitude is lifted by gratitude Gratitude...https://youtu.be/aRe_blKBhTE...  Read More

"HOPE RENEWED" HEBREWS 11:35-40There is so much power in HOPE... The power found in Christ Jesus... Resurrection hope... When all hope is gone, the hope found in Jesus shines on as a living hope. God has been so good in the past, God is good now and God will still be good in the future! Right here is where HOPE LIVES!https://youtu.be/MAUzMQBQJLM...  Read More

"HUMILITY" LUKE 14:1-14PRIDE – THE PLACE Everybody knows The Pharisee’s cant get to Jesus... They have consistently contended... Yet they invited Him to supper after church to the home of not just a Pharisee, but also a RULER of the Pharisees......  Read More

When it comes to faith, it doesn’t take much to accomplish great things! It all depends on where your faith is planted, directed and founded upon. We all have faith in someone or something. God’s promise is this… if you trust in Him, He would lead you into the future and not only get you through – but by faith in Him, you will accomplish way more than you could ever imagine.    ...  Read More

There are times in every life where we run into a situation that you just can’t fix! No matter how hard we try, we come to the unyielding realization t hat there is literally nothing that we can do to find relief. This is the perfect place to discover Jesus and His ability to straighten out even the most unfixable situations.  https://youtu.be/xvql0KKAc6U...  Read More

"AN UNLIKELY EXAMPLE" HEBREWS 11:31Looking at the greats of the Family of Faith... They faced insurmountable odds YET came out victorious! Abraham; Isaac; Jacob; Joseph; Moses; Joshua... Every self-respecting Jew WHO knew, heard or read about it, would swell with national pride…BUT, One lesson that we seem to learn over & over & over again...  Things are not always what they seem! Enemies can beco...  Read More

Can you imagine being entrusted with an amazing gift,a gift that could change the world and be completely unable to open it?All you could do is run around and wave the package around saying,"This can help you!”If there was a magic word, you’d say it.If there was something that you could do, you’d do it...Then someone, someone who is an insult to your very existence comes upand with effortless ease...  Read More

If you’ve ever had bad advice…and followed it? Your perspective now on how heeding good direction can be... If you’ve ever had good advice and not followed it? You become acutely aware of how valuable healthy direction can be... When you walk with God you're always on a learning curve... Directions are essential! B-I-B-L-Ehttp:// https://youtu.be/CzG921tO9t0 ...  Read More

Never underestimate the power of influence! What is your greatest influence? A Club? A Group? A Meeting? A Friend or Friends? Your Family? Somebody you Love? Someone that loves you? Work? What is your greatest influence? How have things been working out for you lately? Have you ever thought that you might need a healthier influence? If you don’t have one – you need one......  Read More

The most powerful COMMODITY that we have is a choice… One of the greatest gifts God has given to all of us is the ability to choose… Every moment of every day we are faced with countless choices... Choices that have the potential to make life better, more fulfilling... Choices that can make things much worse, leaving us constantly empty... A simple YES or NO can change the course of your life. I c...  Read More

Sometimes life seems like a constant loop! You know that you're moving but nothing's changing... It's almost as if you are going in circles... Fighting the same battles... Against the same enemies... With the same results... THIS MESSAGE IS FOR YOU! ...  Read More