Summary Rick Warren shares how discouragement hits hardest at the halfway point of life’s marathon, using Nehemiah chapter 4 to highlight four common causes: fatigue, frustration from rubble, feelings of failure, and fear from threats. He explains [...]

In Isaiah 40, God comforts His weary people in exile, reminding them of His incomparable power and tender care; spiritual exhaustion comes from relying on fleeting human strength like withering grass, but those who wait on the everlasting Lord [...]

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 [...]

Drawing from Joshua's crossing of the Jordan, the preacher stresses that God's miracles often require us to step into the obstacle by faith first—getting our feet wet—even when nothing happens immediately, trusting that God will meet us [...]

Well, today we are looking at a passage of scripture that illustrates Jesus' surprising strategy for separating the crowd from the committed. Now, show of hands, how many of you would say that you have ever been confused by the Bible? Show of [...]

This is an excerpt from: Delayed Praise You can be free, but not by this Friday. You can be healed from a broken heart, but not in the next hour, not by the time I say, "Amen". So, if the Devil can't trick you into thinking it's [...]

I want to begin with a question. And the question is, would you be willing to do something crazy if you knew it was a part of your calling? Don't answer that, just think about it. Would you be willing to do something deemed by people around you [...]

This is an excerpt from: The Kairos Year Of Right Time, Right Place - Part 1 Now, let's go to the New Testament and see how kairos is used, okay? We saw already in Acts 13 in the sermon, on Pentecost when, Peter preached, and he says that [...]

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 [...]

Welcome and greetings Beloved Ones, this is Rabbi Schneider, this is Seeds of Revelation, a weekly devotional. I encourage you, if you haven't subscribed to it, subscribe to this on YouTube, you can do it through our website [...]

I wanna talk to those of you who might feel like giving up. Maybe at one time you had a goal or a dream, maybe a vision and you started it with great anticipation, but you maybe hit some resistance, you stalled. Maybe you've had the very little [...]

The preacher urges discouraged Christians not to give up, drawing from Hebrews 12:1-3 where the author encourages endurance in the faith race by remembering the cloud of Old Testament witnesses who lived by faith, laying aside encumbrances and sin, [...]

Joel Osteen encourages believers to move from initial faith to persistent «I still believe» faith when facing delays, setbacks, and obstacles, illustrating with Abraham’s unwavering hope for a child, Joshua and Caleb’s confidence against giants, [...]

Our eFam reunion tour. Our teams have been visiting cities across the United States this year, and I wonder if they're coming to you next. Put it in the chat where you want our eFam reunion tour to come next and why they should come. Give us a [...]

I wanna talk to those of you today who feel like quitting, maybe you feel like throwing in the towel. It could be your marriage, you've tried, and you've tried, and you've tried, and you don't feel like there's any way to [...]

So, do you ever look at people who are really successful in some category of life and wonder how in the world do they do that? Do you ever do that? You look at somebody who's successful in business, or they're really, really healthy and in [...]

Hello everybody. How about Wednesday? Don't you like Wednesday? Don't you like Wednesday? I like Wednesday. Glory to God. Oh, thank you, Lord Jesus. And we are here at KCBC, and praise God. Students are here and you're here and [...]

Let's go to the Book of Galatians chapter 6, verse 9. Let's look at it in the King James and then the New Living Translation. Galatians chapter 6 and 9, King James, and then the New Living Translation. Here's our text for today. He [...]

If you ever get into an unfortunate scrape, you might hire Frank P. Luciano to represent you. He's a razor-sharp attorney in Hackensack, New Jersey; just across the Hudson from New York City. You could spot Luciano in the courtroom daily [...]

Joel Osteen urges us not to give up when promises seem delayed, illustrating with the ten lepers healed as they obeyed and walked to the priest, the widow’s oil multiplying through obedient action, and Joshua’s people crossing the flooded Jordan by [...]

Quitting is not an option. You may feel like giving up, but we're not gonna let you. We're gonna tell ya tonight you gotta get up. Instead of giving up, you're gonna get up and press into the new beginning that God has for you and [...]

Well, thank you for joining us today. I believe that God has got a real word in due season for you. Today, I want to talk to you about something that I think is actually one of the most important things that we need to do in our life and in our walk [...]

Why should I keep trying again, again and again? Why shouldn't I give up when circumstances is so hard? Today Joyce Meyer answer this question. [...]

Hey, welcome. Cancer is a devastating disease. It can disrupt and destroy a life overnight. With over 600.000 victims each year, it seems it could strike any one of us at any moment. On today's program, you'll meet a man who was on top of [...]

In this sermon, Joel Osteen encourages believers not to lose hope in difficult situations because God, not circumstances, people, or problems, has the final say in every area of life. Drawing from stories like David being chosen as king, Abraham [...]

Philippians 4:6 which I think is so pertinent for the day in which we live: do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer, petition, with thanksgiving, you present your requests to God. In a day that is full of anxiety, full of [...]

Joel Osteen encourages believers that God has already planned «yeses» for their future—promotions, healing, breakthroughs—but the path requires going through «no’s,» using stories of persistence like Elijah’s prayer for rain, Janine Turner’s [...]

In this message, Joel Osteen encourages believers to «stay in the game» even when hurt by setbacks, losses, or pain, shaking off self-pity and continuing to live faithfully. Using stories like a football player playing injured, his mother’s battle [...]

Joel Osteen encourages believers not to give up on dreams and promises that seem dead or delayed, using stories like the blind man needing a second touch from Jesus (Mark 8), Elijah persisting in looking for rain, and Elizabeth’s baby leaping when [...]

God is trying to teach us through the Scriptures about the tremendous power of giving, but are we getting it? In both the Old and New Testaments, we can see the results of generous giving, and we are taught to give generously and with the right [...]

In this encouraging message, Joel Osteen declares that after seasons of many «No’s"—disappointments, closed doors, and delays—God is bringing a year of «Yes,» where He reverses the negatives, opens impossible doors, and fulfills long-held [...]

From Acts 28, after surviving shipwreck, Paul reaches Malta exhausted yet gathers sticks for a fire started by others—teaching that storms test us near the shore, God's presence remains in trouble, temporary means may break, but don't [...]

In this message from the "Rise Above" series, the preacher urges believers to defy the urge to quit, emphasizing that true victory and self-respect come from fighting a good fight, keeping the faith, and finishing your course—no matter [...]