Hardwired with Jeff Wickwire

Standing up for what is right may not be an easy task. It’s like trying to swim upstream in a river, it feels like the whole world is trying to push you in the opposite direction. But Pastor Jeff encourages you today to stay the course. If you are really standing for the truth, God will be with you, and He will bless you even more down the road. Daniel and his friends gave up rich food and good wine to be obedient to God, and they were blessed with favor by the head eunuch of King Nebuchadnezzar.

King Nebuchadnezzar was a wise, if evil, ruler. He knew that the way to truly conquer the nation of Israel was not just to take their land, but to squeeze out their culture by forcing them to assimilate into the pagan Babylonian society. Pastor Jeff shows you today how Nebuchadnezzar’s plan was to turn the young Jewish prodigies into his own servants and use those servants to influence the Jewish people. However, those young men were faithful to God and foiled the Babylonian king’s plan.

When’s the last time you felt your faith progress? When’s the last time you felt that excitement that you first felt when you originally gave your life to Jesus? In today’s message, Pastor Jeff reminds you of the importance of always being committed to growing your faith. When you don’t water the garden, you stop bearing fruit and it’s not enough for God to remain in neutral. Don’t just be a traffic cone for God’s kingdom. Be the best version of yourself by giving your all for the sake of Jesus. 

In our faith journey, it’s easy to forget about the vast power of God’s mighty hand. When we’re stuck in our circumstances, how do we get out of our own way and into God’s arms? Today, Pastor Jeff wants you to know that if you want to move on from your circumstances and enter into a life full of purpose, never quit on God. He will never leave your side and is always working everything for your good. Use His power to turn the world upside down in His name. Preach God’s gospel and grow in your own faith. 

Earthquakes, hurricanes, and all kinds of natural disasters can pommel a building and push its foundation to its limits. It takes lots of engineering to make a large building be stable. Well, Pastor Jeff warns you today that just like those buildings, your foundation will be tested as well. If you don’t build a strong foundation on the rock of Christ, you don’t stand a chance against what is coming your way. Only Jesus can give you a foundation strong enough to withstand the disasters of life.

The whole point of the Sermon on the Mount was for Jesus to show the people listening to Him how they could live a life that was pleasing to God, and how they needed a Savior to rescue them from the punishment of death and sin. When you build your life on the teachings of Jesus, you can withstand the storms and the struggles that the world will use to try and knock you down. But if you build your life on the sandy foundation you find in the world, you won’t be able to withstand those storms.

The day is coming when every person who has ever lived will stand before God to give an account of how they lived their life on Earth. Unfortunately, there are many who will point to their accomplishments and faithfulness as their reason why they should be allowed into Heaven, instead of acknowledging that the only thing that can buy their salvation is the blood of Jesus. Pastor Jeff doesn’t want you to get things twisted: your good works have no value on their own. You are saved by grace alone.

When you look at a famous Christian teacher on social media, what is their content primarily focused on? Pastor Jeff wants you to be aware of false prophets because, in this day, there are countless people trying to make a career by telling people how God wants them to live, without backing up their claims in Scripture. Instead, you should be looking to the Bible to read the words of Jesus for yourself and see what the Christian life is all about.  Don’t be led astray by a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

The world is full of people trying to show you how their way of life is the ultimate key to happiness. Fitness instructors, self-help gurus, and financial wizards, all seem to have the secret sauce to happiness. Well, Pastor Jeff teaches you today that trying to live your life by what any human being tells you will result in you going through the wide gate of destruction at the end of your life. Instead, live your life according to what Jesus has taught you to do, and you will spend eternity with Him.

What happens when you know that you need to move on? When you know that your life is being pulled in another direction, how do you respond? Today in his message, Pastor Jeff wants you to know that change is never easy, but changing for God’s plan will be the best decision you ever made. No matter how improbable or implausible His plan may seem, it’ll always serve to bless your life. Make the change today and be made new by way of His grace. Leave the lies of the world behind and step into eternity.