This is an excerpt from: Reverse the Ripple A rock in the hands of a shepherd should not bring down a nine-foot giant, but you can’t tell the size of the ripple from the size of this rock if it’s in God’s hands. So, we came to remind the Devil [...]

This is an excerpt from: Unblock It How many of you have ever had to use the «block» button? Have you ever had to block somebody? Doesn’t it feel good? Doesn’t it feel powerful just to block somebody? This is my feed, and I don’t have to hear what [...]

This is an excerpt from: Rescue Your Testimony I want to give you a picture of how God demonstrates his power in your weakness. The children of Israel are headed out of the land they’ve known as the place of their captivity for over 400 years. [...]

This is an excerpt from: The God of Pieces Let me tell you a story real quick. In Acts, chapter 27, Paul tells about a trip he was making as he was awaiting his sentencing for preaching the gospel. While he was on the ship, he had a meeting with an [...]

This is an excerpt from: This Is What A Miracle Feels Like So, the proof sometimes that you’re doing what you’re supposed to do is that a resistance comes to contain you from continuing to do it. Don’t assume that just because it’s tense in your [...]

This is an excerpt from: The Pillow and The Promise In every place there is a purpose, but before it is discovered it must be determined, and God will allow you to determine the purpose of the place you’re in. You can simply survive it or you can [...]

I’d like you to write this down somewhere: feelings come. I like to start somewhere nobody can argue with. If I start my sermon saying, «Jesus is the only true way to God. He is the Son of God, and he died for your sins and rose again,» you may or [...]

This is an excerpt from: All You've Got To Do Is Don't So, I want to preach about what to do in don’t season. When you feel the presence of God, that is a wonderful time to praise God, but I want to preach about the season when you don’t, [...]

This is an excerpt from: Breaking the Bondage of Wrong Belief When I say there may be a breakup with Baal that needs to happen, what I actually picture in my spirit is a kid going back to school this week, and there are things you believed last [...]

This is an excerpt from: All Those Times You Didn’t See You may be praying for a certain thing you need God to do in your body. You may be praying about a mental illness. You may be praying about a way that you want God to give you clarity. It’s [...]

This is an excerpt from: Running For a Reason All of the runners in the house, raise your hand. I wrote that title down. «We run for a reason». That’s my message: Running for a Reason. I thought, «That sounds like I’m launching a 5K. That doesn’t [...]

THis is an excerpt from: This Might Be My God Moment Here’s the principle: sometimes you’ve got to show up unsure. I said that just in case you’re here today feeling like, «I don’t know if I really believe this». The fact that you showed up is [...]

This is an excerpt from: God’s Got Your Back — Part 2 Life lesson: be very careful who you let in your head. How many people won’t let people walk into your house unless they take their shoes off? So what in the world are you doing on Facebook [...]

Father, thank you for this moment, a holy moment, a sanctified moment, a set-apart moment, a special moment, a moment that we’ll never see again. Thank you for this day. Thank you for the sunrise. Thank you for that breath. Thank you for the person [...]

Before we get into the message, I have something really exciting to share. Elevation Nights is back, and we’re coming to eight incredible cities this October from the 21st through the 30th. We’re coming to St. Paul, Omaha, St. Louis, Louisville, [...]

This is an excerpt from: My Joy Is My Job I want to make sure the way you are processing the unfinished places in your life, the way you are processing the imperfect parts of you, the way you are processing the parts of your life that do not match [...]

This is an excerpt from: When God Says Let Go What do you do when God says, «I want my promise back»? «Not because I don’t intend to fulfill it, but because I’ll fulfill it when I want to fulfill it, how I want to fulfill it, and I need you to [...]

This is an excerpt from: It’s The Motion That Matters I know you’re trying to figure out, «What is the most important skill for raising a 2-year-old? What is the most important skill at this stage of my life»? Some of you would even say, «And you [...]

This is an excerpt from: Something In Between I had somebody ask me the other day… I was going to do something that was a big deal, and they said, «Are you looking forward to it or are you dreading it»? I was like, «Are those the only two options? [...]

I have a sneaking suspicion that we have a lot of visitors today. How many of you traveled to visit with us today? God bless you. Well, that’s the whole church. I could just preach what I preached last week, because it’s all visitors today. We’ve [...]

Welcome. Y’all messed up our Easter service. It was supposed to be nice and calm, dignified. How many people love Jesus in this place? Father, we thank you for your presence now. We thank you for your power. We thank you for the ways you’ve provided [...]

This is an excerpt from: When God Gets Ready Have you been imprisoned in your previous? This is the scary thing about consulting with people. People will put you in the prison of your previous. In Saul’s case, it wasn’t a life of sin; it was a life [...]

This is an excerpt from: "Not Now" Is Not "No" I decided to set this sermon up by giving you a little personal anecdote from my life experience. I have never coached one of my children in sports. I just decided that my [...]

This is an excerpt from: The Lord Will Lighten Your Load So, I’m explaining how God came to get him with the wagons because God knew he had a limp. And he knows where you’re weighty and he knows where you’re weak. And that’s what the wagons are [...]

This is an excerpt from: It's Going To Happen Here God is sovereign in his scheduling of your life. Think of the two years Joseph sat in prison, wondering, «Will they ever remember me? A lot of good that did. Nobody appreciates me. Nobody ever [...]

I’m going to talk today a little bit about how God calls us all to do some things, and then he calls some to do certain things. In the theology of it, you have the universal calling of God and then the particular calling of God. There are some [...]

This is an excerpt from: A Recipe for Resentment The Enemy is trying to weaken what you were sent to do by getting you to focus on something you can’t control. Of all the things Martha could manage…the mortgage… Of all the things Martha could [...]

This is an excerpt from: OFF MENU Just because you don’t see a way it would turn around at this stage doesn’t mean it’s not already halfway turned. Notice what the Bible says. Verse 9: «About noon the following day as they were on their journey and [...]

This is an excerpt from: Timing Your Testimony Let me give you another word: yet. «I don’t have it yet. I haven’t found a way to get set free from this yet. I don’t see how it’s going to work out yet». Timing your testimony. Don’t tell it too [...]

This is an excerpt from: Cutting Room When you go to the cutting room of your life to evaluate, «Why did that happen? What needs to happen next? What am I going to do about it? Did you hear what they said? How am I going to respond to this…»? When [...]

You know, God amazes me. God has so many ways to confirm what he wants us to know. I’m thankful that God is consistent and patient in my life and in your life. The truth of the matter is that God wants to speak to us more than we want to hear him. [...]

I’m going right to my message. The spirit of the Lord is in this place. I’m going right to my message. The spirit of the Lord is in this place. Chain’s going to break today because the spirit of the Lord is in this place. The anointing destroys the [...]

This is an excerpt from: Move It to The Middle Let me give you this principle real quick. Selflessness is the most underused tool for stress management. Selflessness. I don’t mean thinking less of yourself; I mean thinking of yourself less. [...]

This is an excerpt from: Places Everyone So, we change in the presence of God, and as the person changes, so does the place. You can even show up to a place you used to hate. Some of you hate going home. Look straight ahead right now. I promise [...]

This is an excerpt from: The Prayer That Repairs My sermon is about the prayer, not that prevents, not that prepares, but the prayer that repairs. This is for all of you who weren’t ready for it. This is for all of you who didn’t see it coming. [...]

I haven’t been with you for the last few weeks, and it is good to be back home. When I last saw you, I was teaching and preaching from kind of a stream of stories in the Scripture where God calls somebody in the Scripture by their name. I chose for [...]

This is an excerpt from: Source Material There may be a place in your life today where you’re saying to yourself…not out loud, but you’re saying to yourself…"How am I supposed to do that when all I have is this»? «How am I supposed to do that? [...]

This is an excerpt from: New Number Same Name I started realizing a lot of us don’t have a supply problem; we have a sight problem. It’s not that God hasn’t spoken; we just can’t see. Realizing that one of the most frequent miracles Jesus performed [...]

This is an excerpt from: Bent Knees Break Chains The more we separate the event from the decision, the more room it gives God to move in our situation. I'll go a little deeper. Here's one. I thought of a bunch of them, but I won't [...]

This is an excerpt from: Plot Hole I’m speaking to somebody today who feels like, «I’m in a plot hole right now, not knowing how this will make sense and pretty sure it never will». «He just walked out on me. He did not explain it, and I did not [...]

This is an excerpt from: Look Forward Not Far At some point during Paul’s wrestling match… What he’s doing here is modeling for you what to do when you are caught in a space where you don’t have clarity, but you need courage; where you don’t know [...]

We’re so excited that you’re here today. We’ve been preparing for you and praying for you and asking God to speak to you. We’re about to leave on tour in just a few days. Be in prayer for us. Elevation Nights is coming to Fort Worth, Texas; Tulsa, [...]

This is an excerpt from: Page Turner The Holy Spirit showed me we would be speaking in this series about some necessary messes in your life. It’s a mess right now, but it is not because God forgot where to put things. It is not because God has left [...]

This is an excerpt from: Fix Your Focus and The Prison of Offense Happiness isn't finding the right person; happiness is being the right person. If you find the right person and you are not the right person, what do you think you're going [...]

Thank you, Lord, for breath in my lungs today. Thank you, Lord, for waking me up this morning. Thank you, Lord, for feeding me. Thank you, Lord, for keeping me. Thank you, Lord, for loving me. God is so good. I want to call your attention to a few [...]

This is an excerpt from: Move In What You're Made For What insecurity is beneath the surface in your life right now that God wants to speak a word to? You don't experience insecurity as insecurity. Nobody runs around, "Just pray for [...]

This is an excerpt from: When You Just Can't Win For everybody who’s in a war today, and the chariots and horses are greater than yours; for everybody who’s dealing with mental disorders, and that thing seems stronger in your mind than your [...]

Isaiah, chapter 43, verse 19. Nineteenth anniversary, the nineteenth verse of Isaiah 43. «See, I am doing a new thing»! Now, Pastor Holly already told you we’re entering our twentieth year of ministry today, but before we go to year 20, the Lord [...]

This is an excerpt from: Rags to Righteous I’m talking about God our Father who is never against us, who is always for us, but sometimes what he wants for you is so much greater than what you want for you, because God thinks legacy while you think [...]

This is an excerpt from: Where You Meet With God So, here’s a challenge for you. I hope you’ll accept it, but maybe you won’t, and that’s okay too. I can just give you the challenge; I can’t make you do it. Every time you are tempted to complain, [...]