The journey of the Israelites to the Promised Land was marked by highs and lows. Guided by divine blessings and miracles, they navigated numerous challenges yet also encountered significant failures. Just like them, we receive God’s blessings, but these blessings don’t mean everything will be easy. We will face challenges and temptations, and we must be ready to guard against them.

Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 9 that his purpose in life is to spread the Good News, see people saved, and bring people to Christ. This was his purpose, and it should be our purpose, too. You might not be a full-time gospel preacher, but you are a full-time gospel worker. You’re a full-time citizen of heaven, a full-time child of God, and a full-time friend of Jesus. You have unique gifts, talents, abilities, and opportunities. And your greatest purpose on earth is not building a business or a bank account. It’s building His church. There’s no greater sense of purpose or satisfaction than participating in the mission of Christ.

What if God is not as opposed to obscurity as we are? What if obscurity isn’t as bad as we think it is? Many of us want to escape obscurity, while God might desire to use it to do something in us. We might be trying to sprint from the pastures to the palace, and we’re running from the place God wants to use to do work in our hearts. God is a God who loves to use obscurity in the lives of his people, and there are advantages to obscurity.

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the noise of the world drifting away from God’s truth? As we see in Paul’s letter to Timothy, we are called to anchor our lives in the unwavering truth and ways of God, even when everyone else is pulling in the opposite direction. When others live away from God and His ways, we will stay devoted to the Lord and cling to His truth. This is the message that Paul had for Timothy, and it applies to us today.

We are living in the age of perpetual offense, where we’re quick to judge, quick to criticize, quick to condemn, and quick to cancel anyone who offends us. We see this in politics, music, news, and social media through cynicism, complaining, disrespect, backbiting, tearing down, and cancel culture. Division is everywhere. People are going off on each other about anything and everything. And Christians are not immune to dishonor. Don’t dishonor God with your life because honor is a sacred key to God’s favor, and it is truly the lost art of our generation.

In this world, there’s nowhere a man can go to learn what it truly means to be a man. You need to go to God’s Word. The Word of God tells us not just who God is but who we are as men and how we are to live. Through God’s Word, every generation of men can draw wisdom on how to live the life God has called us to live.

How many of us ask God for special treatment? When we hold on to assumptions on how God should be healing us we might be rejecting solutions because we don't like that it's not be the easy way to do something. If we're obedient to God, and begin to humble ourselves, and listen to the Holy Spirit, we open the door to the miraculous work of God. Lean in to whatever God is telling you to do and watch how He works throughout your life.

Many people think of Psalm 23 as a passage to read at a funeral or in hardship. But it’s not just a psalm of comfort in times of despair; it’s a word of encouragement for all of life. In this sermon, we’ll dive deep, verse by verse, into the meaning of this Psalm and how it applies to our lives today.

When you have an anointing from God, there will be side effects. It may not be what you expect, but the anointing will enable and empower you to do things that would not be possible without God’s help or strength. We see this when David was anointed as the future King of Israel. When David was first anointed, he didn’t immediately become King. Still, the anointing empowered him to do things that would prepare him for his future role as King. And the same applies to us today. God’s anointing will empower us to do things for His glory.

The longer you are a Christian, the more you think you have doctrine all figured out. You might even get to the point where you are having advanced theological debates. But when it comes to gray issues or disputable matters, you may not know as much as you think you do. In those cases, you should pray and ask the Holy Spirit to guide you. It would also help if you got counsel from wise people, your husband or wife, or your pastor. And if you still don’t have a clear answer, you should let your conscience be your guide.