Northside Community Fellowship

06/04/2026

The world feels chaotic. Evil looks loud. Darkness seems everywhere.

But for believers, the ending has never been uncertain.

Scripture already revealed the final outcome:
Jesus reigns.
Every knee will bow.
Every tongue will confess that He is Lord.

The enemy may fight, deceive, distract, and destroy—but he cannot rewrite the ending God already wrote.

Don’t lose hope when the world grows darker.
Don’t compromise just because truth is unpopular.
And don’t forget who holds the final victory.

Christ wins. Always. 🙏🏻🤍

05/28/2026

Yes, God does love you, but you're to accept Him into your life and change yourself to be more in His image.

God’s love is not permission to stay the same.
It is an invitation to be transformed.

Some people want a version of Christianity that offers comfort without conviction, grace without repentance, salvation without surrender. But the Gospel has never been “live however you want because God loves you.” The Gospel is that God loved us enough to call us out of darkness and into holiness.

Yes, God is loving.
But He is also holy.

And when you truly encounter His love, you do not look for ways to justify sin—you begin to hate the things that nailed Him to the cross.

Obedience is not legalism when it flows from love.
Jesus said, “If you love Me, keep My commands.”

Real love changes you.
Real grace convicts you.
Real salvation produces fruit.

We will never obey God perfectly on this side of eternity, but a heart that genuinely belongs to Him will desire Him more than sin. A believer does not fight for permission to remain in rebellion. A believer fights to remain close to God.

The world says:
“Follow your heart.”

Jesus says:
“Deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow Me.”

One leads to destruction.
The other leads to life.

God’s love is deep enough to forgive you,
but also powerful enough to transform you. 🤍🙏🏻

05/27/2026

Have you ever noticed this?

The scariest part of Noah’s Ark wasn’t the flood…
it was the design.

God gave exact measurements.
He chose the wood.
He sealed it perfectly.

But there was no steering wheel.
No sail.
No engine.
No captain’s chair.

Because the Ark was never meant to be steered.
It was meant to be trusted.

Noah didn’t know where the waters would take him.
He didn’t control the storm.
He didn’t decide the destination.

He simply obeyed…
and stepped inside.

And when the rain began to fall, Scripture says God Himself shut the door.

Noah wasn’t in charge of the journey.
He was safe in the hands of the One who was.

And maybe that’s the reminder we need today.

Sometimes God doesn’t give us the wheel.
Not because He’s careless, but because He’s faithful.
Because what He’s calling us to trust Him with was never meant to be controlled, only surrendered.

We keep trying to steer what God already promised to carry.
We panic when we can’t see where we’re going.
We forget that the same God who designed the Ark…
designed the outcome.

If He called you into it,
He will carry you through it.

Let go.
Rest.
Float in faith.

God is still in control. 🤍🙏🏻

05/24/2026

Service 5 24 26

05/20/2026

🎶Grace, grace, God's grace,
grace that will pardon and cleanse within;
Grace, grace, God's grace,
grace that is greater than all our sin.🎶

05/19/2026

It's by grace we've been saved. Anyone can do good works, but if we don't accept Christ and have a personal relationship with him, the works mean nothing in eternity.

05/18/2026

Yesterday we recognized 2 special young people of the church who are graduating this coming weekend.
Benjamin Barnt, who is a part of the praise band, will be graduating from Ansonia HS. He plans to attend Wright State University and major in Middle Childhood Education and Psychology.

Isabella Obringer is also graduating from Ansonia HS as one of the top 10 students. Isabella is planning to attend Edison State to get her Associates Degree in Physical Therapy.

Congratulations Ben and Bella!!

05/16/2026

This is hard. We all want to focus on where we're going, how successful we can be and we all take our eyes off of Jesus and sink.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet.
Keep focused.

Life has a way of tossing us into storms we never saw coming. The wind roars, the waves rise, and fear whispers that we’re about to sink. But notice what happened with Peter—he was walking on water as long as his eyes were fixed on Jesus. The moment he looked at the storm instead of the Savior, he began to sink.

The waves weren’t his downfall. Fear wasn’t even his downfall. It was the shift of his focus. And isn’t that so true for us? The trials themselves don’t drown us—what drowns us is losing sight of Jesus in the middle of them.

So today, no matter what waves are crashing around you, don’t let your gaze drift. Fix your eyes on the One who calms the seas. He hasn’t changed. He hasn’t lost control. He is still the same Jesus who stretched out His hand to Peter and pulled him back up. And He will do the same for you.

Keep your eyes on Him. The storm will pass, but His faithfulness never will. 🤍🙏🏻

05/13/2026

Are you bearing good fruit???

A title can be claimed.
A church seat can be occupied.
Bible verses can be quoted.
Even the name of Jesus can be spoken with the lips while the heart remains far from Him.

But fruit cannot be faked forever.

The fruit of a life surrendered to God will eventually show in the way a person loves, speaks, forgives, serves, repents, and lives. Christianity was never meant to be a performance of appearance—it is the evidence of transformation.

Jesus didn’t say we would know His people by popularity, reputation, or religious image. He said we would know them by their fruit.

And healthy fruit only grows from a life connected to Him. 🤍🙏🏻