The depth of your relationship with the Lord is ultimately determined by your own willingness to seek Him. In today’s message, Pastor Mark explores the promise of how if we draw near to God, He will draw near to us. The invitation to closeness with the Lord is always open, but the next move belongs to you. The ball is in your court, and God’s waiting to see how much of your heart you are willing to invest in Him. Your closeness to the Savior is directly tied to the time you spend in the Word, in prayer, and in pursuit of His Spirit. Every step you take toward Him is met with a corresponding movement from the Lord.

Your current trials are the training ground for an eternal destiny that goes far beyond this life. In today’s message, Pastor Mark explains that God is molding and shaping you through these trials to serve as a king and a priest in the Millennial Kingdom. He’s preparing your character for a position of divine authority. The challenges you face today are the very tools God uses to forge the strength you’ll need in the age to come. This theme of battle is central to the Book of Zechariah. You aren’t just enduring hardship; you are being trained for a throne. Victory over any trial is always one step closer to filling that role.

Imagine a football game where everyone was playing by their own rules. It would be complete chaos. The referees would be pulling their hair out. One player could just pick up a missed pass off the ground and start running, but then the defense could just as well throw a leg out in front of him and trip him. In today’s message, Pastor Mark wants you to understand that there is only ONE truth, and that’s GOD’S TRUTH. You can’t just make up the rules of life. You don’t have your truth, and I have mine. That’s not how it works. God is the creator of everything, and His Word declares what is right and what’s wrong.

As a young man, I made some pretty flippant decisions. In fact, a mantra often repeated within my circle of friends was, “Don’t think, just do.” I know, pretty dumb, right? Well, it didn’t take long to learn that when I indulged in my impulsiveness, it often came with a price that I wasn’t really prepared to pay. In Pastor Mark’s message today, he warns you against acting impulsively. Don’t let your emotions drive you to act in a way that’s going to come back and bite you. Instead, step away from the situation, go to the Lord in prayer, and then do what’s right in the sight of God. When you do things God’s way, you won’t regret it.

In a music production studio, it’s important to “Tune the room.” This includes things like acoustical sound treatment and speaker calibration. Without a tuned room, the music mix might sound great in the studio, but when heard in another location, it could sound completely different, and honestly, pretty awful. In today’s message, Pastor Mark encourages you to make sure that your heart is in tune with God. Have you looked to His Word? Have you confessed your sin? Have you asked Him to fill you with His Holy Spirit? If you want to live an effective Christian life, then the first thing you need to do is calibrate your heart.

In construction, there’s something called a plumb line. It’s really a simple device. In fact, it could really be made at home just using a piece of string and a circular washer. The way it works is that it’s hung vertically from a rafter, and gravity keeps it straight. Then the rest of the construction can use it as a reference to keep everything else straight. In today’s message, Pastor Mark wants you to know that the Word of God should be your plumb line for life. How do you know what’s right and wrong? Look to God’s Word. Does your life line up with it? Or is it more in line with the world? You just might have some adjustments to make.

Have you ever had a near-death experience? Or at least some sort of event that caused you to see your life flash before your eyes? That can be pretty scary. But when you go through something like that,  it really makes you think about the way you’re living your life, doesn’t it? It really wakes you up! In Pastor Mark’s message today, he teaches you that if you’re spiritually dead, then it might take something shocking to bring you out of it. It might take something like as if God were using His heavenly defibrillator on you… CLEAR!!! It might send your head spinning, but it will also get your heart beating again.

Morally, ethically, and spiritually, we have slowly started to accept what isn’t honorable and glorifying to God. Sin has crept in and has polluted our minds, our families, and our nation. Sin is a sneaky weed that will sprout its roots deep down if we don’t cut it out quickly and vigorously! In today’s message, Pastor Mark will challenge you to check your morals…what is your standard? What do you allow that isn’t holy? If you honestly answer those questions, you will recognize your sin, and you will have a chance to pull up those weeds of sin before they grow any stronger!

Knowing right from wrong, knowing what to do and who to trust, isn’t found in the world or in ourselves; it’s found in the Word of God! The Bible is the literal words of God, so how could you not trust and follow the same words that brought life to the world and breath to your lungs?!?! In today’s message, Pastor Mark will remind you that there is still time to obey God’s Word and change your habits! You have an opportunity today, our nation has a chance today, to repent and turn back to the Lord! We get to choose what our future in eternity will look like by our choices today…so, will you choose God?

Whether you have kids or not, you influence some little one! Raising or helping to raise children according to the Word is vital! Parents have possibly the most important job of all! Biblical parenting is raising them in the ways of the Lord and showing them who Christ is through the Bible and through your own actions. In today’s message, Pastor Mark will share a little about how he raises his daughters to know the Lord, and he sets the example of spending time in the Word with God! Today is your opportunity to have faith like a child and share the Word of God with your children, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews!