Hello Passion City Church, and welcome to Passion City Church today as we gather online. As we finish out an amazing year, 2024 is coming to a close, and I’m filled with a great spirit of gratitude today, reflecting on all that God has done and all [...]

Whenever something comes up, I run; I don’t walk, I run to the promises of the Lord. I run to what God has spoken to me—what has He said to me last? What is it that He has deposited in my heart about this season? Most people would do well if they [...]

You have unlimited strength in Christ; the enemy is withering as we speak. He has limited strength. I didn’t say no strength; I said limited strength. Verse 9: For they are all trying to make us afraid, saying their hands will be weakened in the [...]

Drawing from 1 Samuel 30, after David and his men returned to find Ziklag burned and their families taken, David wept until he had no strength left—but then he encouraged himself in the Lord, inquired of God, and received divine permission to [...]

Joel Osteen encourages us that when dreams, health, relationships, or finances seem dead and impossible based on visible evidence, it’s not what we think—God is working supernaturally behind the scenes with surprises and twists, as seen in Joseph’s [...]

Joel Osteen proclaims that when circumstances look hopeless—like closed doors, bad reports, or broken relationships—God specializes in divine reversals, turning things just the opposite, as illustrated in Esther’s story where defeat became victory [...]

Judges 7. I wanna talk to you about being encouraged by your enemy. Let’s look at verse 9. «Now the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley. During the night the Lord said to Gideon, 'get up, go down against the camp, because I’m going to [...]

I think most of us can testify, I know I can, that the times of discouragement and the times of disappointment and the times when we get down in the dumps are the times when we have taken our eyes off of Jesus. I have. In fact, I remember back when [...]

Hindsight is the ability to see things clearly after they happen, to see things clearly after they happen. Now, it's the opposite of foresight, because foresight is the ability to see things before they happen. Just about all of us are good at [...]

Have you ever experienced, or witnessed somebody else experience, something that you immediately stopped and said, "This is totally and truly unfair. This is pure injustice. This is a blatant lie". What compounds the problem is that [...]

Perhaps I have not seen this level of discouragement among God's people, and I know there's a lot to be discouraged about. Continuous discouragement can sap your energy. Continuous discouragement causes loss of hope. Continuous [...]

This is an excerpt from: When The Battle Chooses You We should never let an event become our identity. Ever. Watch me work this out now. I'm talking about our adversities and our achievements. No event should become your identity. That is a [...]

A man was convinced that he has an inferiority complex problem, and he went to see a psychiatrist. And he told the psychiatrist, "I suffer from an inferiority complex". So the psychiatrist examined him very thoroughly, very thoughtfully, [...]

In Romans 8, there are seven questions that it says a conqueror asked. The first one was, "What shall we say in response to these things"? Referring to so much suffering. The second question was, "Who can be against us"? The [...]

Ephesians 4. Let's look at verse 23. "And be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and that you put on the new man which was created according to God in true righteousness and holiness. Therefore, put away lying, 'let each one of you [...]

Take your Bibles, find the Book of Acts, A-C-T-S, right after the Gospels, and turn to the fourth chapter where we were last week. And we're going to read just two verses to get us started. In a moment, we're going to read verses 36 and [...]

Joel Osteen teaches that when we feel weary and exhausted from life’s battles—whether illness, opposition, or long waits—God doesn’t condemn our weakness but provides supernatural strength, as seen in Elijah outrunning a chariot after prayer (1 [...]

Joel Osteen encourages believers to trust God’s plan even when facing detours, closed doors, and storms, using the disciples' experience after the feeding of the 5,000—being forced into a boat and enduring a storm that blew them to Gennesaret, [...]

In times of trouble, unfairness, and setbacks—like betrayal, loss, or hardship—God promises in Zechariah 9:12 to restore double if we remain prisoners of hope, turning what was meant to harm us into twice the blessing, joy, resources, and favor, as [...]

God is the maker of good days. You know, the Bible says that "He that will love life and see good days," and good days is always plural. "Good days," with an "s". But when it comes to the day that you go through a [...]

If you are suffering mental depression, listen to what I'm gonna say, amen? Just live one day at a time. Get up, just do what you're supposed to do, the next thing, and the next thing, and the Holy Spirit will lead you first step by step [...]

I want to talk to you, I want to share with you about your night seasons. If you're going through something right now, even though right now you're on a high, you don't feel like you're going through anything. You know, you can [...]

Donna and I were staying in the hotel in New York City in front of which a man drove his car up over the curb and ran down over 20 people. One 18-year-old girl was killed as she was walking along with her sister, and many were sent to the hospital [...]

I heard a story once about a mother who got a call from school saying that her young daughter was ill. She hurried to pick up her child and then she called the doctor, but the doctor's schedule was already overbooked that day. He could see the [...]

There's no such thing as luck. Anything that happens to you, good or bad, must pass through his fingers first. There are no accidents with God. I like the story of the cowboy who applied for health insurance, and the agent routinely asked him, [...]

Jim and Carol Cymbala are good friends of ours. Donna and I have known them for many years, and almost every year we go to New York City to speak at the Brooklyn Tabernacle. Some of you remember when I was sick, Jim took off a Sunday from his great [...]

"It was the bottom of the sixth inning, and the Montreal Expos's most feared hitter, Tim Raines, was at the plate. The pitcher, kicking high, threw as hard as he could, and it was the last pitch he would ever throw. A loud, sickening crack [...]

Hebrews 12 describes us as runners in a race surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses—the heroes of faith and our departed loved ones in heaven—who are cheering us on to finish strong. By running with purpose and excellence, we not only fulfill [...]

In times like these, God's people must only go to God and his Word for an answer. We must hear the Word of God loud and clear for his children from Haggai, "Be strong, be courageous, be proactive in witnessing. Be not afraid. Do not cease [...]

God brings us to these points to see what we will do with our disappointment. She met him at the gate, and she confessed faith in him even in the absence of the miracle she so desperately needed. "I believe that you are the Son of God who is to [...]

The God, beloved, that you and I serve, the one that has called us by His own grace through Messiah Yeshua, He is the God of hope. People need hope today. They're lost. They're confused. I mean, people don't know which way to turn. I [...]

Thank you for tuning in today, my name is Frankie Mazzapica, the title of the message is "An Encouraging Message for the Weak". I wanna define weakness for this particular message. When I say weak, I'm not talking about physically [...]

Got something today that was a little bit of a mind shift for me, reading about the story of Hannah when she was unable to conceive and her rival Peninnah would provoke her every day. In 1 Samuel, chapter 1, it says she would refuse to eat, and her [...]

This is an excerpt from: Unveiling Jesus' Heart To Serve You And Jesus dropped down, he says that, "When He had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again, He said to them, 'Do you know what I've done to you? You [...]

This is an excerpt from: Where Is God In The Midst Of Your Trouble? I want to share with you how when, you know, when things go wrong in your life and you are wondering, "Where is God, where is God in all this? Where are all those things that [...]

The anointing is manifestation of the blessing that began on Adam. The blessing of the Lord, which is the blessing of Abraham, which is on us. So let's turn now to I Samuel, chapter 30. "It came to pass when David and his men were come to [...]

Most of the time when we're facing a difficulty, we're praying, "God, get me out of this challenge. Get me out of this trouble at work. Get me out of this financial setback. Get me out of this sickness". There's nothing [...]

Most of us have faced a challenge that left us thinking, "This is just too much". Too much pressure, too much heartache. It's in those moments God whispers, "You're stronger than you think". The scripture says, [...]

I know a woman who has struggled with depression for years. She's always been so strong, so determined, but when I saw her recently, she was very discouraged. She said, "I don't know if I have any fight left in me. I can't do it [...]

There are a lot of voices in life trying to define us, tell us who we are. Sometimes they're uplifting, like a parent telling us that we're talented. We can do great things. Other times they're negative. "You're not [...]

As we go through life fighting the good fight of faith, one challenge we all have to face is weariness. It's easy to get tired. You can be raising great children, but because you're weary, you're not enjoying them. You can have the [...]

In Mark chapter 5, the Bible tells about a lady who had a bleeding disorder for 12 years. She'd gone to many doctors, spent all of her money, trying everything she could to get well, but nothing had helped. Then one day, Jesus came passing [...]

We've all come through challenges and difficulties that should have stopped us. There have been problems that seem too big or obstacles that looked insurmountable. Somehow we made it through. We've seen doors open that shouldn't have [...]

We all have things we're believing for. A promise in our heart, healing in our bodies, the restoration of a relationship, but sometimes it feels like nothing's happening. We prayed, we believed, we're standing in faith, but everything [...]

Joel Osteen assures believers facing seasons of suffering, loss, illness, or heartbreak that weeping is temporary, drawing from Luke 6:21 and Psalm 126 to promise that God will turn mourning into dancing and sorrow into joy. He shares stories of [...]

When you experience discouragement, where do you turn? Well, all of us are going to face it at one time or the other because that's the world we live in. Then I have a choice. I can remain discouraged or I can choose not to be discouraged. [...]

Joel Osteen reminds us that even when dreams seem delayed or dead due to setbacks and opposition, God hasn’t given up, declaring through stories like Zerubbabel’s temple and personal testimonies that despite delays, disappointments, and [...]

For the last couple weeks, beloved ones, I've been in Psalm number 23 verses 1 through 3. I want to continue there today, but I'm focusing on a new element. In the previous two weeks I've been speaking about how the Lord restores our [...]

I heard about a group of frogs that were walking through the forest one day, and two of the frogs fell into a pit. All the other frogs looked over the side and they said, "Oh, you're as good as dead. You'll never get out of that [...]

Joel Osteen shares from Proverbs 16:24 how kind words are like honey—sweet to the soul and healthy for the body—and illustrates through personal stories and examples that speaking encouragement, compliments, and love daily can nourish others, bring [...]