Where can we find the promise of God’s blessing in a world gone wrong? In the days of Noah, the world was filled with hate, violence and corruption. People had no idea how grieved God was because of the wickedness that filled the world. Jesus said, “In those days before the flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat. People didn’t realize what was going to happen until the flood came and swept them all away. That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes” (Matthew‬ ‭24:37-39‬ ‭NLT). Yet, in the midst of a corrupt world, the Bible says that Noah found favor with God. How did one man get it right when everyone else got it wrong? How did Noah find God’s blessing in a world gone wrong? Take a listen to find out!

 A lot of people are not sad to say good-bye to 2020 and welcome in a new year. This past year was filled with great difficulty, shattering countless lives, dreams and families in its wake. The damage that has been done in this past year has really put a heavy burden on people’s shoulders as they enter 2021. What is a person carrying a heavy load to do? Where can we find the promise of God’s blessing in the middle of such difficult circumstances?

As we finish up our Holiday series entitled “Majestic Momentum,” I want to share with you about the Holiday Gift that leads to perfect freedom. It was something manifested when Simeon encountered the Christ child at the Temple. Simeon recognized His encounter with the Christ child, to be able to hold Him and praise God for Him, as the pinnacle of his life! A most sacred moment in which everything about his physical existence here on earth encountered and touched everything that was spiritual in the heavenly gift of the Christ child. It released something in Simeon—a moment of perfect freedom and life fulfillment never experienced before!

As we continue our Holiday series entitled “Majestic Momentum,” I want to share with you about how to recognize a move of God in your life and avoid a crash landing. 

In two different encounters, Zechariah and Mary were visited by the angel, Gabriel. God was getting ready to move in a mighty way in both their lives. The problem? Zechariah wasn’t ready to receive what God had for him resulting in him living out the next year of his life in a way he had not planned. But with Mary it was different. Not only did she readily receive God’s Word, she would give birth to it and it would change the world! What was it that enabled Mary to receive from God what Zechariah could not? The answer was critical in how the next 12 months played out in their lives—the difference between recognizing a move of God and avoiding a crash landing, or not! 

Today, I want to talk with you about one of the greatest gifts you could ever receive during the Holidays. It's the next question we are looking at in our current Holiday message series entitled: "Majestic Momentum." And the question is "How to Overcome the Darkness of the Holiday Season?"

Why is this an important question to consider? Because isn’t overcoming the darkness of the times we live in, what Christmas is all about? The wonder of Christmas that sparks a new light and a new momentum going forward is basically this—God became man, that man united with God might defeat the powers of darkness. Jesus entering humanity through the power of the Holy Spirit is what Christmas is about. It's about Jesus, the Light of the world, making His entrance into the world during a dark time in which people lived.

The darkness is real. And it can bring any momentum we have in life to a complete stop. Why? When it's dark, it's harder to see, and generates feelings of fear, moving into the unknown, and slower progress. When this happens, we start putting more energy in fighting those fears and concerns. How do we overcome the darkness? Take a listen.

How do you deal with your anxious thoughts during the Holidays? . . . This is another great question to consider for our next installment in our current Holiday message series entitled: "Majestic Momentum." This holiday season going into the new year is going to be different from anything we've experienced before. It's already a time of year filled with more suicide, loneliness, and depression. How much more with the world-wide pandemic and its effects upon people's lives are concerns like these amplified. We are going to need to hear from the throne of heaven. We are going to need to experience the ministry of the Prince of Peace, the coming King, to not only settle our spirits, but to also generate the momentum we need for those breakthrough goals we're looking for going into the new year!

What is the main reason WHY most people feel that can’t do something? Or have the strength to face something? This is a great question to consider for our next installment in our new message series entitled: "Majestic Momentum." This holiday season going into the new year is going to be different from anything we've experienced before. It's already a time of year filled with more suicide, loneliness, and depression. How much more with the world-wide pandemic and its effects upon people's lives are concerns like these amplified. We are going to need to hear from the throne of heaven. We are going to need to experience the ministry of the Prince of Peace, the coming King, to not only settle our spirits, but to also generate the momentum we need for those breakthrough goals we're looking for going into the new year!

What do you do when you encounter misfortune in your life? This subject will serve as a great starting point for a new message series entitled: "Majestic Momentum." This holiday season going into the new year is going to be different from anything we've experienced before. It's already a time of year filled with more suicide, loneliness, and depression. How much more with the world-wide pandemic and its effects upon people's lives are concerns like these amplified. We are going to need to hear from the throne of heaven. We are going to need to experience the ministry of the Prince of Peace, the coming King, to not only settle our spirits, but to also generate the momentum we need for those breakthrough goals we're looking for going into the new year!

How do you know you’re making any progress in a difficult season in your life? How do you know when you’re past that mid-point in a difficult journey? Or at least past a part of the journey you won’t have to revisit again? Until you reach that point where you can see the light at the end of tunnel, or where you feel you’ve finally gained an advantage in your situation, it can be rough going. You can’t avoid these tough seasons in life. But you can realize you are making progress when something about your relationship with God is changing—a transformation no circumstance can subvert, and made possible by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Message excerpt: “He could have easily quit . . . On his first venture out onto the mission field, the Apostle Paul was stoned, dragged out of town, and left for dead. He was on a mission from God. Along with his mentor Barnabas, they were set apart by the Holy Spirit and sent out by their home church in Antioch of Syria to share their hope in Christ with the rest of the world. But not everyone bought into this hope. In fact many people were hostile toward it. While in the city of Lystra, the crowd was incited against Paul and violence erupted. It was crazy! Then a riot broke out” […]