New Roads Messages

What Are You Building? Week 5: When the Building Gets Tough

Building anything that matters–faith, family, or purpose–always gets messy. When life feels shaky, Jesus reminds us that these are the very moments our faith can speak the loudest. This week we look at how to build a faith that bears witness, even when life gets hard.

What Are You Building? Week 4: The Church God Is Building

God isn’t just helping us build our own lives–he’s building his Church. In today’s Gospel, Jesus clears out the clutter to make space for what’s sacred. He’s inviting us to do the same: to put him back at the center and to invest in what lasts. When we give, serve, and invest in our local church, we’re not just “keeping the lights on.” We’re joining God in creating a place where people can encounter hope and light for generations to come.

What Are You Building? Week 3: Build What Lasts

Life is short, but what we build with it doesn’t have to be. On All Souls Day, we’re reminded that love–not titles, money, or accomplishments–is what endures. This week we explore what it means to live with the end in mind and invest in the kind of legacy that outlives us.

What Are You Building? Week 2: The Foundation of Humility

We often try to build our lives on performance and comparison–doing enough, looking good enough, proving we’re better than someone else. Jesus says there’s a better foundation: humility. This week we explore how an honest, open posture before God reshapes us and why serving others lays the bricks of a life God can use.

What Are You Building? Week 1: Don’t Build Alone

We’re all building something–careers, families, reputations, lives. But what if we’re pouring our time and energy into things that won’t last? This new series invites us to look at the foundation we’re laying and the legacy we’re leaving. In this first week, we see even Moses couldn’t do it alone. Victory came only when friends stepped in to hold him up. If we want to build a life that matters, we can’t build it solo. God designed us to hold one another up, and to let others hold us up, too.

Distracted Week 6: Don't Miss the Miracle

What if you’re missing the miracle--and don’t even realize it? In this final week of the series, we explore how rushing and distraction blind us to God’s work and how noticing and turning back can fill life with gratitude and joy.

Distracted Week 5: Distracted by Keeping Score

Disappointment can quietly pull us away from trust and into frustration and scorekeeping with God. In this message, we look at Jesus’ call to use the faith we already have and keep trusting--even when life feels hard and prayers seem unanswered.

Distracted Week 4: Love Pays Attention

In a world full of distractions, love begins with noticing. This week, we explore how paying full attention to those around us--our families, neighbors, and colleagues--is a moral act that transforms both them and us.

Distracted Week 3: Distracted from Purpose

Distraction doesn’t just keep us from rest, it keeps us from purpose. In this message, we explore one of Jesus’s most misunderstood parables and how it challenges us to live not reactively, but intentionally, with eternity in mind.

Distracted Week 2: Distraction as Escape

When life feels overwhelming, our first instinct is often escape: scrolling, numbing, distracting ourselves. But Jesus offers something better: a way through. This week we explore how the cross transforms pain into healing and how looking to the one who was lifted up can lead us to real life.