Courage is stepping out and doing the right thing in the face of danger or difficulty. Courage is a prerequisite for seeing God unleash His supernatural power in your life. The question is how do you actually get courage? Tonight I wanna help you get yourself ready for what God wants to do FOR YOU, IN YOU, AND THROUGH YOU. B.Y.O.B. BRING YOUR OWN BREAKTHROUGH One of my Favorite Stories in the bible about breakthrough is found in John Chapter 5:1 Do you need God to do somethin

When we indulge in self-pity, we have elevated our importance in our own eyes. Romans 12:3 says, “Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought.” We are thinking too highly of ourselves when we allow life’s hurts and injustices to dictate our emotional state. Bitterness can quickly override the fruit of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22) that should be dominating the life of every believer. First Thessalonians 5:18–19 tells us that we are not to “quench the Holy Spirit.”

“Each of you has received a gift to use to serve others. Be good servants of God’s various gifts of grace” (1 Peter 4:10 ). To experience significance in life, you must serve with others in ministry. Ministry just means doing good to other people. Significance does not come from status or a hood ornament on your car or a logo on your shirt. Significance does not come from a bigger salary. Significance comes from service. Significance comes when you start thinking about other

Judges 7:1-8 The story of Gideon offers scriptural guidance for times when the odds are overwhelming and defeat seems imminent. No matter what your challenges are, the Lord is able to demonstrate His awesome power and deliver you. God uses difficulty to build faith. Gideon was willing to believe God and go up against an army four times larger than his own. Trusting the Lord is a process that must be learned through experience. At times God takes the people He plans to use and

Many people agree that totally immersing themselves in a culture is the best way to learn, think, and behave like the people around them. Surrounding yourself in that way certainly is effective, but that can work for bad as well as for good. Worldly cultures are steeped in pride, and as Christians living in the world, we must be careful not to let pride affect how we think. To avoid the pitfalls, we must be constantly on guard not to let it creep into our attitudes. In the Ol

“Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.” Zec 8:23 NKJV The prophet Zechariah writes, “Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the Lord…saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you’” (vv. 22-23 NKJV). When people see God at work in your life, they’ll be drawn to you. It happened to a short-order cook named Nicholas Herman. Dissatisfied with his life, he worried constantly about whether or not he was even saved. Then on

"I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' " —Acts 20:35 Some believers have known the Lord for years, yet they think it is all about everyone catering to them. But my question is this: When are they going to grow up and start serving other people? Jesus said that it is more blessed to give than to receive (see Acts 20:35). In fact,

“I insist on buying it, for I will not present burnt offerings to the Lord my God that have cost me nothing.” 2Sa 24:24 NLT Instead of trusting God for victory over his enemies, David decided of his own volition to count the number of troops in his army to see how strong he was. God considered it “a slap in the face,” and a plague hit Israel that wiped out seventy thousand people. In order to stop the plague, David was told: “Build an altar to the Lord on the threshing fl

"'Return home and tell how much God has done for you.' So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him." Luke 8:39 (NIV) I felt God speak loud and clear a short message that held life-altering repercussions. Three powerful, commanding words: "Go and share!" I became overwhelmed with emotion. I was awestruck that God had spoken to me at all, but even more so at the three words I heard. Go and share? Go and share what? Then it hit me. Fear immediatel

“The people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.” Jdg 17:6 NLT You’re never more vulnerable than when you can hide from others. Secrecy is the ideal breeding ground for deception, leading us into sin. Jesus points out that we love darkness rather than light because our deeds naturally gravitate toward evil (See Jn 3:19). There is within us a propensity to sin, so we are called to “walk in the light” where our motives and actions are transparent and we are encouraged t