James Epperly

Welcome to Day 11 of our 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting — “Renewing Your Mind in the Secret Place.” In today’s Good Morning LIVE teaching, Pastor James shows how renewing your mind is the key to a refreshed life, stable peace, and clearer spiritual direction. Based on Romans 12:2 (NKJV), this message exposes how the world tries to mold our thinking, how mental strongholds form, and how fasting becomes a powerful season to break old agreements and replace them with God’s truth.

During a fast, the noise turns down and your thoughts turn up—revealing patterns like fear loops, shame cycles, comparison, control, and anxiety. This teaching gives practical steps to notice the thought, challenge it with truth, replace it with the Word, and practice it until it becomes your new default. If you’ve felt mentally tired, emotionally drained, or stuck in overthinking, this is a word of refreshing for you.

✅ In this teaching, you’ll learn:

• Why your life tends to follow your strongest thoughts

• How to stop being conformed and start being transformed (Romans 12:2)

• How to pull down mental strongholds and take thoughts captive

• A simple framework to renew your mind during the fast

• Why peace increases when your mind stays on the Lord

• How to break agreements with fear, shame, and hopelessness

Join James Epperly on Good Morning Live as he explores the theme of obedience during a 21-day fast. Discover the spiritual significance of small acts of obedience and how they lead to refreshing and restoration. Learn how God's grace empowers believers to overcome obstacles like fear, convenience, and delay. Tune in for practical insights on hearing and following God's voice, and how obedience opens doors to a fulfilling spiritual journey.

In today’s Good Morning LIVE teaching, Pastor James unpacks Psalm 46:10 — “Be still, and know that I am God” — and shows why stillness isn’t weakness or laziness… it’s a spiritual posture that restores your soul, quiets anxiety, and helps you hear God’s voice clearly.

If you’ve been living in nonstop motion, constant inputs, and inner pressure, this message will help you break the cycle of reaction and return to the presence of God. You’ll learn why Jesus often withdrew to solitary places, how God speaks through a still small voice, and practical “stillness practices” you can apply today to experience peace, clarity, and refreshing during the fast.

✅ In this teaching, you’ll learn:

• Why stillness produces spiritual awareness and peace

• How noise and rush dull sensitivity to God’s voice

• Why God often speaks through a whisper (1 Kings 19)

• How Jesus modeled stillness and solitude (Mark 1:35; Luke 5:16)

• Practical habits to build a lifestyle of stillness during the fast

• How the Shepherd leads you beside still waters to restore your soul

In this powerful sermon, the speaker delves into the story of David and Goliath, emphasizing the enduring power of God's Word. Drawing from 1 Samuel 21, the sermon stresses the importance of Scripture as a spiritual weapon. It calls believers to renew their commitment to the Bible, integrating its teachings into daily life and family practices. The message encourages parents to actively engage their children with the Bible, fostering a foundation of faith. Through anecdotes and biblical references, the sermon highlights the transformative power of Scripture and its role as a guide in life's challenges.

What do you do when the fast gets hard—when cravings get loud, your flesh pushes back, and you feel tempted to quit? In today’s Good Morning LIVE teaching, Pastor James unpacks Jacob’s overnight wrestling encounter in Genesis 32:24–28 (TPT) and delivers a powerful message called “NOT UNTIL…”—a call to holy persistence in prayer and fasting.

Jacob refused to let go and declared, “No! Not until you bless me!” This message will stir your hunger to press in, keep seeking, and hold on to God until you receive His blessing—His promise, His direction, His refreshing, and His restoration. If you’ve slipped during the fast, there’s no condemnation—get back up and keep pursuing the One who is pursuing you.

✅ In this teaching, you’ll learn:

• Why resistance often shows up right before breakthrough

• How fasting exposes substitutes and strengthens spiritual hunger

• What the “wrestle” is really about—identity, surrender, and transformation

• Why God asks, “What is your name?” and how He renames you

• How to live with a faith-filled “until” for your life, family, and church

Welcome to Day 4 of our 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting — “Drink Again.” In this 30-minute Good Morning LIVE teaching, Pastor James unpacks John 7:37–39 and shows that thirst is not failure—thirst is an invitation. Jesus cries out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink,” and He promises that believers won’t just get a drip of help—they will experience rivers of living water through the Holy Spirit.

If you’ve felt spiritually dry, emotionally depleted, or like you’ve been sipping from empty sources (busyness, entertainment, scrolling, comfort habits, control), this message will help you return to the true Source. You’ll learn how fasting exposes substitutes, how God satisfies real hunger, and how to receive fresh filling of the Holy Spirit so your life can overflow and refresh others.

✅ In this teaching, you’ll learn:

• Why thirst is a spiritual signal (not shame)

• What Jesus meant by living water and rivers

• How broken “cisterns” leave us dry (Jeremiah 2:13)

• Practical steps to “drink” from God daily during the fast

• A live activation moment to receive fresh filling and release substitutes

Welcome to Day 3 of our 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting — “Rest for the Weary.” In this 30-minute Good Morning LIVE teaching, Pastor James unpacks Matthew 11:28–30 and shows that rest isn’t a luxury or a reward—it’s a promise from Jesus. If you’ve been carrying pressure, anxiety, responsibility, or emotional weight, this message will help you understand how to come to Christ, lay down heavy burdens, and find rest for your soul.

You’ll learn what it means to be “heavy laden,” why Jesus says His yoke is easy and His burden is light, and how to move from striving to surrender. We also walk through practical “rest moves” and a live activation moment to help you identify the burden God is asking you to release today so peace can guard your heart and mind.

✅ In this teaching, you’ll learn:

• Why rest is a gift Jesus gives (not something you earn)

• How to stop living from pressure and start living from presence

• What it means to be yoked to Jesus and learn His pace

• How to cast your cares on the Lord and receive peace

• Practical steps to build a lifestyle of rest during the fast

What if the breakthrough you’ve been praying for is attached to a weapon you’ve been underestimating?

In Judges 15, Samson wins a supernatural victory with something that looks unimpressive—a donkey’s jawbone. And then, after the battle, God brings water from the hollow place and Samson is revived. That’s a picture of what God can do through fasting and prayer: breaking bonds, crushing strongholds, building spiritual momentum, and bringing refreshing after the fight.

As we step into a new year, Hope City is climbing “Jawbone Hill” together—setting aside time to fast and pray, asking the Holy Spirit to break what’s been holding us back and fill us with strength for what’s ahead.

If you’re ready to break free, pick up the weapon, and swing it with passion—this message is for you.

Welcome to Day 2 of our 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting — “Times of Refreshing.” In this 30-minute Good Morning LIVE teaching, Pastor James unpacks Acts 3:19–20 and shows how refreshing comes from the presence of the Lord—not from striving, pressure, or perfect circumstances. You’ll learn the biblical meaning of repentance as returning to God, not living in shame, and how turning back to the Lord brings renewal, joy, peace, clarity, and restoration.

If you’ve felt spiritually dry, emotionally heavy, or worn down in your faith, this message will help you reset your heart and make room for God to refresh you again. We also walk through a live activation moment to help you identify what God is calling you to turn from, what He’s calling you to turn toward, and what your next obedience step is today.

✅ In this teaching, you’ll learn:

• What “times of refreshing” really means (and where it comes from)

• Why repentance is return, not condemnation

• How to stop spiritual drift and come back to the Source

• Three practical “turns” to position your life for refreshing

• How God renews a clean heart and restores a steady spirit

Welcome to Day 1 of our 21 Days of Prayer & Fasting — “Come Back to the Room.” In this 30-minute Good Morning LIVE teaching, Pastor James shares how this fast isn’t about performance, guilt, or earning God’s favor—it's about making room for the presence of God. You’ll be encouraged to draw near to God (James 4:8) and experience refreshing and restoration that flows from His presence. If you’ve been tired, distracted, spiritually dry, or struggling to hear God clearly, this message will help you reset your hunger, quiet the noise, and reconnect with the whisper of the Holy Spirit.

✅ In this teaching, you’ll learn:

• Why fasting is about presence, not pressure

• How refreshing comes from the presence of the Lord

• How to quiet life’s noise so you can hear God’s voice again

• A simple daily rhythm: Worship • Word • Write • Wait • Work

• A live activation moment to help you listen and respond to God today