Immanuel Community Church

A broken world filled with wrongdoing and sin cries out for justice, but justice without mercy leaves no survivors. Only the cross of Christ can meet this need for both justice and mercy.

Difficult seasons in life often cause us to doubt that God is for us; but when we remember His faithfulness and hold fast to His promise, we discover the peace of His protection no matter what may come our way.

The struggle to find wisdom is not a matter of the head but the heart. To live wisely is to entrust our lives to God, believing the promises he has given to us through Christ. 

The following message was given by Dr. Jerry Root on Sunday morning of Thrive’s ReFocus 2019 weekend.

The following message was given by Dr. Jerry Root on Saturday evening of ReFocus 2019.

The following message was given on Friday evening, by Dr. Jerry Root at Thrive’s ReFocus 2019.

What set David apart from everyone else was not his ability to live a moral life but his ability to humble himself and hear God’s voice through flawed messengers even in the difficult circumstances brought about by his own sin. ​Click to listen to our latest sermon.

David’s inability to manage his household shows us how sin gives rise to more sin. But his brokenness reminds us of our own and our need for a loving Father who longs to restore us and make us whole.

Our brokenness is often replicated in our children revealing the depths of our sin which knows no bounds. But God’s grace is greater than our sin, and it sometimes expressed in the way that He disciplines those He loves.

We often struggle to give to the church with generosity and joy because we think we have more to lose than we have to gain. God calls us to give and to serve not so much because he wants to do a work through us, but because He wants to do a work in us.