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 [...]

In her final teaching on trusting God, Joyce Meyer addresses the tough question: If God is good, why do good people suffer? She explains that suffering builds empathy, experience, and obedience—like Jesus learned through His own pain—while the [...]

Joyce Meyer wraps up her series on trusting God by explaining that true peace comes from letting go of self-reliance and worry—casting every care on Him because He cares for us. She shares how God allows tough times to break our dependence on [...]

Joyce Meyer teaches that trusting God at all times—especially in things we don't understand—is the key to peace, joy, and entering His supernatural rest. She shares how Jesus trusted God completely amid injustice and suffering, without [...]

Today, I don't think you need to be a prophet to recognize that we live in hazardous times. We are watching with our own eyes how good is called evil and evil is called good, how the righteous is scorned and the wicked is praised. We're [...]

Pastor Jentezen Franklin preaches from various Scriptures on breaking free from the spirit of fear, especially the fear of failure that keeps people from stepping into God's new things. Using stories, humor, and biblical examples like the [...]

Dr. Charles Stanley tackles the heavy burden of worry that pulls people apart emotionally and mentally, often over health, finances, family, or the future. Using Jesus' powerful words from Matthew 6:25-34 in the Sermon on the Mount, he shows [...]

This is an excerpt from: Now Turn North In John 5, Jesus heals a man crippled for 38 years at the pool of Bethesda—not because of great faith or dramatic effort, but simply because he was "the one" there that day. The preacher highlights [...]

This is an excerpt from: «Not Now» Is Not «No» In this sermon on the wedding at Cana from John 2, the preacher shows how Jesus turned water into wine through a slow, obedient process—servants filling six large jars to the brim with water before any [...]

Life often frustrates us when our own plans fall apart, but true peace comes from surrendering to God’s higher plan, as Isaiah reminds us His ways are better; like Jesus in Gethsemane and Abraham with Isaac, we must release our will to embrace His, [...]

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. What an honor and joy it is to share the Word of God with you. We are in the Psalms. The Psalms are special to the heart of Jesus, to the hearts of the apostles. It is the most commonly [...]

In this sermon from Matthew 26 on Jesus in Gethsemane, Dr. Stanley shows Jesus as our pattern in life's battles, fully human yet sinless, facing ultimate grief over becoming sin for us. The garden reveals His deepest struggle—not the cross [...]

You are watching Great Commission Church of Christ Changing Lives for Eternity This morning I want to share with you something very important related to disappointment. How many of you have been disappointed at least once in your life? Show your [...]

In part three of Strategies for Stressful Times, Pastor Rick addresses trusting God amid unwanted changes caused by the pandemic and other global shifts, sharing five truths to remember—that change is unavoidable, God uses it for good, His purpose [...]

Peace be with you. Friends, our first reading is one of my favorites in the Old Testament. It's a kind of hidden gem, and I've been drawing inspiration from it for years, sharing it in talks and retreats and so on. And it's one [...]

In this powerful message, Dr. Stanley tackles the tough question: "Is God in everything in your life?" Using Romans 8:28, he affirms that God causes all things—good and painful—to work together for the good of those who love Him and are [...]

One of the things that I've found in Jesus was he pushed into the boat with with Peter, and he preached from Peter's boat to the Multitudes and Luke Chapter five and when he was done preaching, he said, Now let's go out to the deep. [...]

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, [...]

Christ's passion on the cross—God's ultimate love language of dying—redefines redemption, mirroring Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac. Crushing, though painful (wood seen, ram unseen), is purposeful: trust the Father's [...]

While waiting for promises feels frustrating and nets come up empty, God is already preparing cooked blessings behind the scenes—like Jesus grilling fish for the disciples—teaching us to trust His perfect timing and rest in faith, as seen in [...]

At one point or another, we all face uncertain situations. We have a problem and we don't know how it's going to work out. We study the facts, the numbers, the reports, the odds are against us, so we do our best to come up with a plan, to [...]

Take your Bibles and turn with me to the book of Genesis. We have been telling the story, the amazing story of Joseph. It concerns destiny; his destiny for sure, and yours as a follower of Christ as well. GOD'S FAVOR AND YOUR FUTURE. [...]

It's good to be with you again. We're going to continue our discussion on "God Said and I Believe". One of the most challenged statements in the Bible we meet in the very first verse. It's Genesis 1, "In the beginning [...]

It's an honor to be with you again. Our topic for this session is "God Said... and I Believe". Sometimes there's a big gap between those two. I would submit that the challenge of being a Christ follower is learning to submit what [...]

[quote] Faith—substance of hoped-for, evidence unseen—receives illogical promises amid fear/doubt; like shepherd David king or barren Abraham nations, God disrupts logic for greatness. Kill hope, tie faith's hands; audacious hope + steady faith [...]

James Meehan : Well, hello and good day to you. We are so glad that you're joining with us on this week of "Switch Uncut" where we're gonna have a conversation about faith, following Jesus and the Bible by exploring a passage of [...]

If you can have faith in Jesus being given to you, then you will be successful in navigating through hard times or challenges. And you will have some difficult times. But you gotta remember Romans 8:32, he gave me Jesus. Whatever confronts your [...]

Let's go to Hebrews chapter 13, verses 5 in the Amplified. Hebrews 13:5 in the Amplified Bible. I just wanna take you through the Word this morning. I wanna show you that God is committed to your care. God is committed to your care. God is [...]

1 Timothy chapter 6, verse 9 through 11 in the New King James Version. 1 Timothy chapter 6, 9 through 11, in the New King James Version. In the last days, the love of money, preparing you to be a part of the community of Babylon the Great. Verse 9, [...]

If you have your Bibles, go with me to the book of James chapter 5, verses 1 through 8, I'm gonna read out of the New Living Translation. We can all agree that there are a lot of things happening in the world today. And when we look at Israel, [...]

God puts promises and dreams in all of our hearts. We know we're going to get well, that our business is going to succeed, or that we'll meet the right person, but God doesn't tell us how or when it's going to happen. Too often, [...]

— Welcome to Switch Uncut! I am one of your hosts, James Mihen. This is our other host, Katelyn Caffrey, and today we're gonna be talking about faith following Jesus and the Bible, walking through some scripture to figure out what does it mean? [...]

Dr. Stanley confronts the universal struggle with fear and anxiety, tracing it from Adam's first words "I was afraid" through Scripture's repeated command "Do not be afraid." He explains fear often stems from feeling [...]

Everywhere I go, people are praying for revival. Don't stop, don't stop. Some see revival, or actually more accurately a Holy Spirit awakening that is needed because our world has been sliding into moral abyss. They're praying for a [...]

Why does God call us to do things that are murky in the moment? Because he's like a good fitness trainer. He knows that if you just do triceps on Tuesday, and biceps on Thursday, and bench press on Wednesday, and you do the same workout regimen [...]

In this heartfelt sermon on Job 13:15, the preacher asks if God can truly be trusted when life brings overwhelming trouble, using Job's devastating losses of wealth, family, health, and reputation to show that genuine faith declares [...]

James Meehan : Well, welcome to this week's episode of Switch Uncut, where we wrestle with your questions about faith, following Jesus and the Bible today, I have a very special guest with me, Miss Allison McCraw, youth pastor from Life Church [...]

How would it feel, do you think, to wander in a wilderness, not physically so much but emotionally, mentally? What if you wandered in that wilderness for 40 years? Now what if you wandered in a wilderness and you knew Jesus was with you? That could [...]

There's a lot God simply hasn't told us. There are still great mysteries in the universe all around us, things we haven't figured out about the sun, moon, and stars, or human anatomy and physiology, there are aspects of the animal [...]

When I was a kid, I had lots of questions about God. That's why during my teenage years, maybe my sophomore, junior year in high school, I challenged myself to actually read this entire book from cover to cover. And after I did, I had way more [...]

Moses leads the Israelites to the Red Sea where, gripped by fear, they foolishly complain about dying there instead of in Egypt, but God parts the waters to bring them to a divine encounter, teaching that deliverance from Pharaoh is for worship and [...]

God prophesied and allowed the Israelites' 400 years in Egypt to incubate them into a nation under pressure, turning a blessing into slavery, but emancipation comes not just for relief from oppression but to rediscover true identity through [...]

I want you to repeat after me eight words, "When I am weak, then I am strong". Does that make any sense at all? It's a paradox. Weakness, strength. When we're weak, then we are strong? Doesn't that sound like nonsense, silly [...]

This is an excerpt from: Been Here Before Pastor Steven Furtick drives home a tough but freeing truth: God's promises are rock-solid, but possessing them requires walking through His process—not just claiming them. Using Moses' regrets, [...]

The theme of this Scripture is Jehovah-jireh, God will provide. So, when I say Jehovah-jireh in the service, you will answer... Jehovah-jireh. "Now it came to pass after these things". After these things is where we begin as we ascend [...]

Four hundred years, the Children of Israel. We have the Israelites right here together in this bunch, 400 years in slavery. God working through Moses brought them into freedom, but still they thought like a slave, acted like a slave, and they could [...]

This is an excerpt from: Now Turn North Pastor Steven Furtick calls believers to make God's Word their true north, breaking free from wilderness cycles of fear, excuses, and old patterns. Through the man at Bethesda's pool in John 5—who [...]