[Isaiah 54:1–2] There comes a point in every believer's life when God calls them to something greater than themselves. He asks us to get our eyes off ourselves and our problems, and to focus instead on Christ. When God places a calling on our lives He calls us to enlarge our tent, to be strengthened spiritually and relationally, and to be stretched beyond our own comfort and abilities. God wants to use us. He desires a people that can believe Him to accomplish great things through their lives.

The time for seeking God is now. The Bible says ask, seek, knock and God Himself will answer you and give you what you need. The question is what are we asking for? We are called to be a testimony of Jesus Christ in the earth. The light and life of Christ is given to those who are given for the purposes of God. Ask for your heart to be broken for the lost. Ask for the strength to take up your cross and follow Jesus. We are to seek first His kingdom. Seek the heart and the will of God and He promises that all we need will be given to us and at the end of the day we will have joy!

We live in dark and troubling times, but now more than ever God wants to move through us to change the world. Christ needs us all to form His body, and until we do so we won't be able to accomplish His mission. We exist to contain the Creator. Unless we do His will we will not have peace. Following His call will bring about God's glory on Earth.

It can be hard for us to understand the simplicity and power of Christ when our life seems so complicated. You may be feeling guilty angry and condemned. You may be asking yourself how did my life get so complicated? Many times we cannot believe or receive what God has done and will continue to do for us because of the lies of the enemy. God calls us to begin to agree with His plan and His desires for our life. Don't be pushed away from His amazing Grace. His love will never fail you. It doesn't matter how complicated your life seems right now God will keep His promises to you!

Are you in a tight or distressful place? A place where you feel hemmed in? In this time of trial the devil will come at you with the lie that your life has no purpose. Don’t give in to the voice of the enemy, because you have the power of God in you, and you don’t have to believe those lies. Jesus Christ went through everything you are going through and His voice is the only voice that counts. God will never allow your enemies to triumph over you. Sometimes it is as simple as hearing a Word from God. There is a point when God quiets every voice and calls you to be silent before Him so He can calm the storm. When God speaks you will have peace in your inner man. You will hear Him say, “Peace be still!” Keep silent before Him and let Him renew your strength.

If you are a Christian you are called to let the light of Jesus shine through you into the darkness of this world. The Bible says as He is so we are in this world. We are called to represent Jesus to those around us. How do we do this? We represent Jesus when we choose to forgive those who have hurt and betrayed us. Second- we are not to judge others. Back out of the “judgment seat” and get into the “mercy seat”. Lastly, we are to love one another, especially those who seem least important. What the world needs is Jesus. God is calling us to reflect His Son in our attitude and conversations. As He is, so we are in this world! Let your light shine so that those around you will know that Jesus is alive!

Even though much of our life is beyond our control, there is a story we hold onto in the midst. We can write our own story but God wants to do something greater; He wants to give us our own God story. Allowing God to be the author of our lives gives us faith for unlimited resources and total triumph – things only explained by a great God. Obedience to His Word is the key to being fully engaged in your God story.

How willing are we to allow God to unfold His plan in our life? Those who will be deceived into taking the mark of the beast will be unsatisfied with the things of God, and develop a false value system. As a result they will bring to God less than He requires of them. But those who choose to live for the will of God are promised His peace and strength. God will take us into His protective hand and nothing will harm us. God knows those who are His and we are sealed in the almighty hands of God.

Every Christian has room to grow in their relationship with God. A person’s capacity to know Jesus more is only restricted by their own business and inattention. In this sermon, Gary Wilkerson offers a reminder that nothing is so important that it should get in the way of a thriving relationship with God.

There is no deeper darkness than when sin and religion become friends. When we sit under the true preaching of God's Word and then embrace a lie, sin and religion become friends. It is that inner struggle that we all have to face from time to time when we come to a minimal understanding of the ways of God, and yet in our own heart we think we might know a better way than the one God has planned for us. There is incredible power in the deceptiveness of the human heart. God is calling us to be single focused and to agree with His truth so that our heart will not be veiled with the deceit of religion. When we turn, with all of our heart, to the Lord, the veil is lifted and our lives become a testimony of His goodness and power.