In this New Year's 2026 message, Pastor Michael shares the story of Ashlyn Blocker, a girl who can't feel pain due to a rare condition, to illustrate spiritual numbness. Through Paul's letter to the Ephesians, we discover how constant exposure to sin desensitizes our conscience until we stop feeling conviction - and that's when we're in the most danger. The good news: God doesn't shame numb hearts, He heals them.

- Like physical pain warns us of danger, spiritual discomfort alerts us when something is wrong

- Ephesian culture normalized immorality through idol worship and occult practices until people were "past feeling"

- Modern culture dulls our conscience through constant media exposure, distraction, and redefining moral boundaries

- Being "given over to lewdness" means losing the ability to say no to ourselves, not freedom but brake lines cut

- Spiritual numbness produces insatiable craving, not contentment

- "When you stop feeling, you start losing yourself."

- "The worst stage of sin isn't when it hurts - it's when it stops hurting."

- "When God molds our hearts, it's like His Fingerprints are on us. But when our hearts resist God, those fingerprints wear off."

- "What Paul called being given over to sensuality, our culture calls 'being true to yourself.'"

- "Once you normalize one messed-up behavior, it becomes easier and faster to normalize the next thing."

- "That pain is not the enemy. It's the message that you need to pay attention."

- "When you stop feeling, you start losing yourself. When Jesus renews your heart, you start finding yourself."

Has your conscience been trying to get your attention about something, and instead of listening, have you been trying to numb it through scrolling, consuming, or distraction?

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