Horizons Church Lost Creek

06/07/2026

What does it look like to do the right thing in completely the wrong way?

Most of us know what it feels like to be technically correct but somehow still miss the mark. You said the right words. You showed up. You went through the motions. And yet something about the whole thing rang hollow, and you knew it.

Pastor Lucas opens with one of the most unexpected stories you'll hear from a pulpit: a neighbor dispute in a West Virginia holler, how close it came to a fistfight, and a moment of obedience that somehow managed to undermine itself completely. It's funny, it's real, and it sets up something that rings true today, a truth reaching all the way through Exodus 20, into the golden calf moment, through the chaos of the Corinthian church, and right into the middle of your everyday life.

The second commandment isn't just a prohibition against golden statues. It's God making a claim: the way we worship says something about who He is. If we worship carelessly, halfheartedly, or on our own terms, we aren't just being sloppy; we're communicating something false about the God we claim to love. If you have ever felt like you checked every religious box but still felt a growing distance, or if you've been going through the motions of faith without ever asking whether your worship actually honors anyone at all, then this is for you.

You, image-bearer of God, were made to reflect something true about the God who made you. Stop settling for worship that says less than He deserves. Watch this message and let it do something real in you. Hit play and let's take an honest look at how we worship God.

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06/02/2026

Hey Horizons family! It looks like our texting partner, Gloo, is having a bit of a technical hiccup today, which means tonight's "Daily Ten" text might not hit your inbox on time. The engineers are on the case!

Thank you for your patience as we help them work out the bugs in their software, so future churches don't have the same problems.

In the meantime, in case they don't have it fixed by 5:00pm, here are the devotions from yesterday and today:

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June 1st, 2026
Read: Exodus 20:1-21

Discuss and answer these questions from the passages together:
- In the previous verses, God spoke with Moses, and Moses delivered what God said to the people, but how did God’s delivery of the Ten Commandments differ?
- Why did God give the people the Ten Commandments directly, and why did they have such a fearful reaction to it?

Pray together to close.
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June 2nd, 2026
Read: Exodus 20:1-3 and Deuteronomy 6:4-9

Discuss and answer these questions from the passages together:
- What is the essence of the first commandment?
- According to Deuteronomy 6:4-9, if there is just one true God, how are we to love Him? How are we to pass that love on to the next generation?

Pray together to close.
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Again, thank you for your patience. Have a wonderful devotional time with your families!

05/31/2026

What if the thing you've been searching for has been starved of the very soil it needs to grow?

Most of us have felt the gap between the love we want to give and the love we actually manage to live out. We know how love is supposed to feel. We've seen glimpses of it. But something keeps falling short, and we can't always put our finger on why.

Pastor Josiah walks through one of the oldest and most foundational passages in Scripture, Exodus 20:1-3, and opens up the first of the Ten Commandments in a way that feels less like a rule and more like a revelation. Using the imagery of a rose bush his daughter helped him plant, and the dramatic showdown between the prophet Elijah and 450 prophets of a god who couldn't answer, he traces how love withers when it's cut off from its source, and what it looks like when it finally takes root.

This message speaks directly into the life of someone who's been quietly serving two masters, trying to love God while holding something else just as tightly. It also reaches the person who's been performing faith from a sense of obligation, not knowing there's a freedom on the other side of genuine worship that obligation can never produce.

You don't have to measure up perfectly before you come. That's actually the whole point. Stop waiting for the life you thought you had to earn, and let the one who does measure up hand you what you could never reach on your own.

Watch now and let this one land somewhere real.

What if the thing you've been searching for has been starved of the very soil it needs to grow? Most of us have felt the gap between the love we want to give and the love we actually manage to live out. We know how love is supposed to feel. We've seen glimpses of it. But something keeps falling shor...

05/25/2026

What is the family, really — and why does it matter so much right now?

In this week's message, Pastor Steve brings us to the heart of one of the most important conversations of our time. Drawing from Genesis, Deuteronomy, and the story of Christ's Kingdom, he shows us that the family is not a cultural relic. It is God's intentional building block for society, culture, nation, and church — and understanding that changes everything.

You can expect to walk away with a clearer sense of why God designed the family, practical wisdom for protecting your marriage and parenting with both grace and consistency, and a fresh understanding of your own identity as part of God's eternal family.

We also encourage you to sign up for The Daily Ten — a simple, daily rhythm of reading Scripture, discussing two questions, and praying together with your family. Just 10 minutes a day. Visit our website to get started.

If this message speaks to you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. And if you are new to faith or simply searching, know this: the same God who designed the family designed a place in His for you.

What is the family, really — and why does it matter so much right now? In this week's message, Pastor Steve brings us to the heart of one of the most important conversations of our time. Drawing from Genesis, Deuteronomy, and the story of Christ's Kingdom, he shows us that the family is not a cult...

05/17/2026

What if your home was always meant to be the first place your family met with God?

That's not a metaphor. Pastor Lucas uncovers a detail hiding in plain sight in Genesis 2 — before there was a church building, a temple, or a professional anything, there was a husband and a wife walking with God together in their home. That was the original blueprint. And it's still the blueprint today.

This message is for the dad who's never led his family in prayer because he doesn't think he's qualified, the couple who's never opened a Bible together, and anyone who's ready to close the gap between the faith they profess on Sundays and the one actually lived out at home.

You don't have to have it all figured out. You just have to show up. Make today the day you stop waiting to feel ready and start making your home a place where your family actually walks with God. He's been looking for you since the garden. He's still asking, "Where are you?"

What if your home was always meant to be the first place your family met with God? That's not a metaphor. Pastor Lucas uncovers a detail hiding in plain sight in Genesis 2 — before there was a church building, a temple, or a professional anything, there was a husband and a wife walking with God to...

05/10/2026

What if the secret to a thriving relationship was less about finding the perfect partner and more about how you choose to show up every single day? We often look at marriage through the lens of our own needs or our shifting circumstances, but we rarely stop to consider that the very foundation of this bond was designed to be something sacred, intentional, and enduring.

In this message, we explore the core of what makes a covenant relationship work. It is easy to let the pressures of parenting, the stress of career changes, or the simple exhaustion of daily routine create distance between you and your spouse. Whether you are currently hitting a wall in your marriage, looking toward a future commitment, or trying to navigate the complexities of being a healthy partner, these principles offer a path back to intimacy, commitment, and genuine passion.

You are a person worthy of deep, sacrificial love, and you are capable of offering that same life-giving love in return. Stop waiting for the perfect conditions and start building a foundation that can weather any storm. Make today the day you choose to lean into the mystery that your marriage was always meant to reflect.

Watch this message now to begin reclaiming the health and joy your relationship was designed to carry.

What if the secret to a thriving relationship was less about finding the perfect partner and more about how you choose to show up every single day? We often look at marriage through the lens of our own needs or our shifting circumstances, but we rarely stop to consider that the very foundation of th...

05/03/2026

What if the life you're already living is exactly where God wants to do something significant? Not someday. Not once things settle down. Right now, in the home you're managing, the work you're showing up to, the team you're leading, the classroom you're teaching in. The ordinary stuff. The daily stuff.

Pastor Steve Felder draws from Genesis 1 and 2 to make a case that lands with real weight: every person alive bears the image of God, and because of that, every person alive has been given a piece of His creation to steward. The question isn't whether you carry that responsibility. It's whether you're carrying it well.

This message speaks directly to the business owner grinding through the motions without a deeper reason for any of it, the parent raising kids without a clear sense of what foundation they're actually building on, and the person who's competent and hardworking but quietly disconnected from any real sense of purpose.

You are an image bearer. You were put where you are on purpose. Stop treating your life like a waiting room and start living into the dominion God has already placed in your hands. Watch this message today and take one honest step forward.

What if the life you're already living is exactly where God wants to do something significant? Not someday. Not once things settle down. Right now, in the home you're managing, the work you're showing up to, the team you're leading, the classroom you're teaching in. The ordinary stuff. The daily stu...

04/26/2026

The world keeps telling women to be more like men. And a lot of women are exhausted from trying to figure out whether that's liberating or just another impossible standard dressed up in new clothes.

Pastor Josiah takes us straight into Genesis 2, where God looks at a sinless, perfect, unfallen world and calls something in it "not good." Not sin. Not brokenness. The absence of a woman. That's a statement worth sitting with — because it means the world isn't just better with women in it, it's incomplete without them. Specifically, without women who are free to be exactly what God fashioned them to be.

This is for the woman who's been told her nurturing instincts are a liability, the woman trying to find her footing in a marriage where the roles feel blurry, and the single woman wondering whether her gifts have a place before she has a ring on her finger. It speaks to the pressure to perform, the exhaustion of constantly proving yourself, and the quiet ache of feeling like who you actually are isn't quite enough.

You are not a lesser version of something else. You are the completion of something God called good. Watch this message and start living like it.

The world keeps telling women to be more like men. And a lot of women are exhausted from trying to figure out whether that's liberating or just another impossible standard dressed up in new clothes. Pastor Josiah takes us straight into Genesis 2, where God looks at a sinless, perfect, unfallen world...

04/24/2026

This past Sunday we let you know that Hillside Christian Academy was hosting an open house today, Friday, April 24th, but due to the high volume of individual family tours they’ve done, the open house for this evening has been cancelled.

If you’d like to learn more about the school, feel free to visit hillsidechristianacademy.org!

04/19/2026

Most of us carry a low-grade resentment toward work that we rarely say out loud. We celebrate Fridays like a prison break. We half-joke about hating our alarm clock, hating the commute, hating the grind. And beneath all of that noise is a quiet exhaustion of spending a third to half of your life doing something that feels utterly meaningless.

Pastor Lucas walks through Genesis 2 and uncovers something that cuts right against the grain of everything our culture has told us about work. Long before sin entered the picture, before the thorns and the thistles and the sweat, God gave the first man a job. Not as a punishment. As a gift.

This message speaks directly into the guy who's phoning it in, doing just enough to keep the lights on and nothing more. It speaks into the parent who's shielding their kids from chores and hard things, thinking they're doing them a favor. It speaks into the woman quietly wondering whether the man she's with is actually ready to carry responsibility. And it speaks into anyone who's ever sat at their desk, stared at the clock, and wondered whether any of this actually matters.

It does. You, image-bearer, were not built for idleness. You were built to make something, tend something, provide for someone.

Make today the day you stop tolerating your work and start seeing it for what it actually is.

Watch now and let this one settle in.

Most of us carry a low-grade resentment toward work that we rarely say out loud. We celebrate Fridays like a prison break. We half-joke about hating our alarm clock, hating the commute, hating the grind. And beneath all of that noise is a quiet exhaustion of spending a third to half of your life doi...