Restoring the Altars of Fire | Pastor Chris Appleton

God sends the fire, but we are responsible for keeping the altar burning. In this powerful message, Pastor Chris Appleton calls the church back to prayer, worship, surrender, purpose, and faithful service.

Have we been living on yesterday’s fire? Has the altar in our homes grown cold? Have disappointment, distraction, or church hurt caused our passion to fade?

Drawing from Leviticus 6, Jeremiah 20, and Hebrews 12, this message reveals how fresh fire is restored through fresh sacrifice. God is calling us beyond performance, borrowed revival, and strange fire. It is time to rebuild the altar, return to His presence, and let the fire of God burn in our lives, homes, and church again.

“The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.” — Leviticus 6:13

The Sound of Revival | Living Word Casa Grande Grand Opening

“The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof…” — John 3:8

Revival has a sound.

In 2 Samuel 5:17–25, David has entered a new season, received a new anointing, and stepped into new territory—but with new territory comes new resistance. God tells David not to move until he hears “the sound of a going” in the tops of the trees, because that sound would be the signal that the Lord had already gone before him.

In this special Grand Opening message from Living Word Casa Grande, Pastor Chris Appleton shares how planted people carry the sound of revival. When God begins to move, there is a sound that signals it is time to advance. We don't move ahead of God—we listen for His voice, follow His presence, and move when He moves.

This Grand Opening represents more than a new location. It is a declaration that we believe God is moving in Casa Grande and throughout this region. We are believing for souls to be saved, families restored, disciples multiplied, churches strengthened, and the Kingdom of God advanced.

The trees are moving. The sound is here. The Lord has gone before us. This is the Sound of Revival.

In Part Two of The Promise at the Altar, Pastor Chris Appleton takes us to Mount Carmel for the showdown between Elijah and the prophets of Baal. Discover how false altars shape generations, why some altars must be repaired while others must be destroyed, and how the blood of Jesus breaks every agreement with darkness. It is time to repair what belongs to God, destroy what belongs to the enemy, and return to wholehearted worship.

In Week One of The Altar, Pastor Chris Appleton explores the biblical origin and purpose of the altar. From Noah’s first recorded altar to the uncut stones, ordered wood and acceptable sacrifice, every altar was pointing toward Jesus Christ, the spotless Lamb of God.

Discover why the priests continually stood to minister, why Jesus sat down after completing the final sacrifice and what it means for us to become living sacrifices filled with God’s presence. Jesus became the sacrifice so that we could become the dwelling place of God.

Main Scriptures: Hebrews 13:10, Genesis 8:20, Exodus 20:24–25, Leviticus 1:7–8, Hebrews 10:11–12 and Romans 12:1.

Promises or Offenses | Living Word Arizona Weekly Podcast

What are you holding onto: the promises of God or the offenses of your past?

In this powerful message, Pastor Rosa Appleton shares how offense has the ability to keep us from walking through the doors God has opened for our lives. You cannot move freely into what God has promised while holding onto the hurt, disappointment, betrayal, and bitterness of yesterday.

God has promises for your future. The question is whether you are willing to release what happened behind you so you have the freedom to receive what He has placed in front of you.

In this episode:

• Recognize the trap of offense
• Learn how offense affects your heart and relationships
• Choose forgiveness over bitterness
• Release what has been holding you back
• Take hold of the promises God has for your life

You have carried the offense long enough.

Let it go. Take hold of the promise. Walk through the door.

Living Word Arizona Weekly Podcast
Message: Promises or Offenses
Pastor Rosa Appleton
Living Word Arizona
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The Promise in the Pressure | Pastor Chris Appleton

Preached at The Power of the Promise Conference, “The Promise in the Pressure” is a message about trusting what God said even when what you see looks nothing like the promise.

Acts 1:8 gave the church the promise. Acts 8:1 brought the pressure. But the pressure became the sending mechanism that carried the Gospel into Judea and Samaria.

Through the early church, Abraham, Lazarus, and the picture of the water tower, this message reminds us that pressure does not mean the promise has died. Your calling, vision, His power, the harvest, and His purpose are still alive.

God never asked you to resurrect His promise. He asked you to believe Him enough to roll away the stone.

The Lord Is There | Revelation 21–22

After walking Scripture by Scripture through the Book of Revelation, we arrive at the final two chapters and the destination toward which the entire Bible has been moving.

The story began in a garden with God dwelling with humanity. Sin brought separation, death, pain, and the curse. But Revelation 21–22 shows us what Jesus has been accomplishing through redemption: He is bringing His people home.

In this final message of our Revelation series, Pastor Chris Appleton walks through the New Heaven and New Earth, the New Jerusalem, the Bride of Christ, the River of Life, the return of the Tree of Life, and the incredible promise that “there shall be no more curse.”

No more death.
No more sorrow.
No more crying.
No more pain.
No more night.
No more separation.

And greater than the streets of gold, the gates of pearl, or the beauty of the city is this promise:

“And they shall see his face.” — Revelation 22:4

From Eden to the Tabernacle, from the Temple to Jesus, from the Cross to the Church, the entire story has been about the presence of God dwelling with His people.

And Revelation ends with one final invitation:

“And the Spirit and the bride say, Come.”

Jesus responds:

“Surely I come quickly.”

And the Church answers:

“Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”

The Bible began with God and humanity together, and it ends the same way.

The Lord Is There | Revelation 21–22
Pastor Chris Appleton
Living Word Arizona

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The Final Enemy | Revelation 20

What happens when Satan is bound for 1,000 years? Why is he released one final time? Who are Gog and Magog? And what does Revelation 20 reveal about the ultimate victory of Jesus Christ?

In this message, Pastor Chris Appleton continues Scripture by Scripture through Revelation, unpacking one of the most powerful chapters in the book.

Revelation 20 pulls back the curtain on the spiritual battle behind the natural world. We see Satan bound, Christ reigning, the saints raised, Gog and Magog gathered for one final rebellion, the Great White Throne, the Book of Life, and ultimately the destruction of death itself.

The Millennium reveals the perfection of Christ’s rule. Satan’s final release exposes the condition of the unredeemed heart. And the final judgment reminds us that Jesus leaves no enemy standing.

“The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”
1 Corinthians 15:26

The serpent loses.
The rebellion ends.
The grave is defeated.
Death itself is destroyed.

And Jesus Christ reigns.

The Final Enemy | Revelation 20
Pastor Chris Appleton
Living Word Arizona

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