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Christians are pilgrims "just passing through" this world, not permanent residents.

Key Points:

•Divine Dissatisfaction - God places a holy restlessness in believers' hearts that cannot be satisfied by earthly things, pointing them toward their true home in heaven

•God's Refining Purpose - Trials, afflictions, and unexplained battles often come from God to prevent believers from becoming too rooted in this world, similar to how he increased Israel's suffering in Egypt before the Exodus

•Pilgrims and Strangers - Following Abraham's example, Christians should confess they are temporary residents seeking a heavenly country, not citizens of this earth

•Abstaining from Fleshly Lusts - True pilgrims must deal with hidden sins (pornography, addiction, unforgiveness, etc.) that anchor them to this world and hinder spiritual freedom

•Readiness for Christ's Return - The sermon urgently warns that Jesus could return at any moment, and believers must be spiritually prepared, not bound by unrepented sin

•Holy Ghost Empowerment - Victory over sin comes not through human willpower but by surrendering to God's power and allowing the Holy Spirit to create hatred for sin

https://wcmin.us/ss250824c

Pastor Gary Wilkerson explores spiritual resurrection using Jesus' tomb and Lazarus' story, sharing his son's transformation from addiction as a personal example.

Main Ideas:

• The Stone is Gone Forever - The barriers keeping us spiritually dead have been permanently removed, not just moved

• Two-Part Process - Salvation brings instant resurrection, but there's ongoing work to be "unbound" from old patterns

• Community is Essential - Like Lazarus needed others to unwrap his grave clothes, we need Christian community to help free us

• Welcoming Correction - True freedom comes when we stop resisting feedback and welcome others to speak truth into our lives

• Jesus Ruins Funerals - Christ brings life where there was death, transforming hopeless situations into testimonies

The sermon emphasizes that while spiritual resurrection is complete, becoming fully free requires humility, community, and ongoing surrender to God's process.

https://wcmin.us/ss250817c

Pastor David Wilkerson warns about the spiritual dangers of allowing disappointments to turn into anguish and unbelief. Using Moses and the Israelites as his example, he shows how our response to life's inevitable disappointments determines whether we experience God's deliverance or spiritual wilderness.

Main Ideas:

The Reality of Disappointment: Everyone faces overwhelming disappointments in marriage, work, family, health, or spiritual life

Two Critical Choices: When disappointed, we can either give up in despair or trust God completely

The Danger of Unbelief: Prolonged anguish leads to spiritual deafness, where we stop hearing God's promises

God's Faithful Response: God doesn't rebuke honest questions during struggles

The Cost of Refusing Faith: The Israelites wasted 38 years in the wilderness because they wouldn't believe

The Call to Trust: God's almighty power is available through his indwelling Spirit

https://wcmin.us/ss250810c

Pastor Gary Wilkerson delivers a powerful message about the difference between destructive fear and healthy fear that propels us toward God's calling. Using personal stories and biblical examples, he demonstrates how fear can actually indicate something valuable is at stake and encourages believers to step out in faith despite their anxieties.

Main Points:

• Fear isn't always negative - healthy fear can guide us toward safety and important opportunities

• Biblical heroes like David and Nehemiah experienced fear but didn't let it stop them from fulfilling God's purposes

• Fear often signals that we're about to do something significant and valuable in God's kingdom

• The people who avoid fear are often those who never attempt anything extraordinary for God

• Fear becomes sinful only when it prevents us from doing what God has called us to do

We should pursue God-sized dreams that require faith - not just doubling our efforts, but believing for a 30, 60, or 100-fold increase

God can deliver us from all our fears when we step out in faith and trust him for the supernatural

https://wcmin.us/ss250803c

Pastor David Wilkerson addresses Christians who have fallen into sin or struggle with ongoing wounds and discouragement. He emphasizes that God never abandons his children, even when they fail, and that Satan's greatest lie is convincing believers they cannot return to God or that they're beyond redemption.

Main Ideas

• God never gives up on fallen believers - No matter how low someone has sunk or what they've done, God does not turn his children over to Satan's power

• Satan's strategy is deception, not ownership - The devil knows he cannot truly possess God's children, so he uses lies to keep them in bondage and tries to destroy them before they return

• Consequences exist but don't disqualify restoration - Using David's example from Psalm 38, Wilkerson shows that sin has painful consequences, but these don't prevent God's forgiveness and healing

• The lie that keeps people bound - Satan's primary weapon is convincing fallen Christians that God is angry with them and doesn't want them back

• Return requires taking responsibility - True restoration comes through godly sorrow, confessing sin without blaming others, and stepping out in faith rather than remaining in victim mentality

https://wcmin.us/ss250727c

This sermon explores the concept of God's providence - his unseen but constant work in our daily lives, even when we don't recognize it.

Main Ideas:

• Providence means God micromanages every detail of our lives, leaving nothing to chance or coincidence

• What appears to be problems, setbacks, or accidents are often God's way of positioning us for his purposes

• The story of Esther demonstrates how God orchestrates events behind the scenes without his name even being mentioned

• We should fix our eyes on the unseen rather than just what's visible, trusting that "he never stops working"

• We need to develop new spiritual lenses to see God's fingerprints in everyday circumstances

• Multi-generational ministry requires understanding that both young and old perspectives have value

The central message encourages believers to recognize God's active involvement in their circumstances rather than attributing events to luck or coincidence.

https://wcmin.us/ss250720c

Do You Have a Burden?

Pastor Gary Wilkinson challenges believers to discover their God-given burden — a passionate, singular calling that provides life direction.

Main Ideas:

1. What is a burden? - A supernatural calling from God that changes your life's trajectory and gives passionate focus
2. A true burden creates three things: Clarity of life purpose, value for life's impact on others, and energy of sustained momentum to "run with horses"
3. Focus matters - God calls us to be "one thing people" rather than scattered across multiple commitments for maximum effectiveness
4. Common hindrances to clarity - Fleshly ambition, envy of others' callings, and not listening to God
5. Call to action - Ask God to clarify your burden, eliminate distractions, and pursue it passionately, regardless of age

You're never too young or too old to receive a fresh burden from God.

https://wcmin.us/ss250713c

Pastor David Wilkerson in this message explores biblical contentment as taught by Paul, emphasizing that true peace comes from the Holy Spirit's inner work, not external circumstances or possessions.

Main Ideas:

• Contentment is a spiritual mystery learned through prayer and God's Word, not self-help books
• You can be holy yet lack contentment - godliness with contentment brings great gain
• True contentment depends on nothing external - it's an inner spiritual work
• Christians should be content with basic necessities: food and clothing
• Material things never bring lasting satisfaction - contentment comes by reducing desires, not adding more
• No human relationship can meet our deepest spiritual needs for contentment
• Contentment is learned during trials, not after - we must trust God's hand in all circumstances

The sermon calls believers to find complete satisfaction in Jesus Christ alone and be grateful for what they already have.

https://wcmin.us/ss250706c

Pastor David Wilkerson addresses believers who are experiencing deep despair and considering giving up, showing that even the most righteous people in Scripture went through similar struggles.

Main Ideas:

• Even righteous, godly people like Job, Jeremiah, Elijah, and Paul the Apostle experienced periods of deep despair where they wanted to give up or die

• Job, despite being called perfect and upright by God, suffered so greatly that he wished he had never been born and wanted God to end his life

• Elijah, after great victories like calling down fire from heaven, fell into a 40-day depression hiding in a cave, feeling like a total failure

• Paul the Apostle, despite his revelations and miracles, experienced trouble in Asia that pressed him beyond his strength until he "despaired even of life"

• The solution is to cry out to God with everything you have, hold onto his promises in Scripture, and trust the Holy Spirit within you to make a way out

God promises to hear and deliver those who call upon him, and believers should reject fear and trust in his faithfulness.

https://wcmin.us/ss250629c

What does it look like when God decides to speak again through ordinary people?

This sermon explores how God chooses unlikely candidates to be his voice in critical moments. Pastor Conlon believes we're in a divine moment where God is opening doors, especially on college campuses, and seeking vessels for his purposes.

Key Points:

• God chooses the unlikely - Based on 1 Corinthians 1:26-29, God deliberately selects the foolish, weak, and despised to shame the wise and mighty
• Biblical examples:

1. Moses: 80-year-old with speech problems, just a stick and one sermon
2. David: Teenage boy who defeated Goliath through God's spirit
3. Gideon: Fearful young man who led 300 against thousands
4. Esther: Woman who felt unwanted but saved her people

• Hannah's prayer transformation - She moved from "give me a child for myself" to "give me a child for your kingdom," representing the shift from selfish to surrendered prayer
• The surrender principle - True usefulness comes when we stop seeking personal fulfillment and ask God to produce life in us for his glory
• Don't limit God - Personal testimony of praying to lead 100,000 to Christ as a speechless police officer, later fulfilled in Africa

The central message: God waits for people who will pray like Hannah - "If you do something in my life, I will bring it back to you for your kingdom."

https://wcmin.us/ws250625c