Churches in Pickerington

“But this is compelling with kids. They have no shame. Do we live lives of compelling? Oh, listen. Have we gotten so complacent that we know we're going to heaven and whoever go to hell, go to hell. And that's a scary place to be at y'all because God took time and waited for you and me. Because you may have forgotten, but you and I were on our way to hell. There was a hot hell reserved for you. But somebody compelled somebody in your life, and you came to the Lord. John four thirty five says, don't say four more months and then a harvest. Open your eyes and see. The fields are ripe for harvest.”

“When the last time you shared your faith with somebody that's not in your family? When last time you took an invite card, like the ones in the seats in front of you that we asked you, able to take? When last time you actually invited somebody to come to the house of the lord? Yep. Don't lose sight. Y'all, we we're all one moment away from eternity. One moment. Yes. Matter of fact, some of the people you encounter are one moment away. Our heart needs to be broken for the thing that breaks God's heart.”

“You and I are called to be ambassadors for Christ. An ambassador, I've said it before, is somebody simply have a behalf of another nation or sovereign to represent their interest in a foreign land. You and I are in foreign territory. Do you know that? Do you know you're not home yet? Amen. This this this earth here ain't your home. There's a new home that god prepared for us. It's a heaven he's at. He's gonna make a new earth, and we're gonna rule a reign with Jesus. But we ain't home yet. So our job is to find out what the the king's interests are, and then it represent his interest in the earth. His interests are right here. This is how you know what his plan is.”

“See, if you're for the vision, the way you could tell is three things. How your time is spent to help the vision move forward, how your talents are used to help the vision move forward, and how your financial resources are used to propel the vision forward. Money is spiritual. Money itself is neutral. How you handle money is spiritual. It tells where the bible says where a man's treasure is. What? That's where his heart's gonna be. You wanna know where your heart is? And this is not to beat you up. You may not know where your heart is. Go look at where your money's been spent.”

“God, help us to understand that's it. The only thing that matters is souls. Everything else is cheaper. It will pass off the scene, but human souls is what you're looking. It's so important to you that Satan wants to throw it. It's the most important thing that the kingdom wants them and the devil wants them. Lord, may we win souls for your glory and shine as brightness of the stars forever.”

“See, here's the difference between loyalty and convenience. Matter of fact, even in serving, I tell our our our coordinators for every team here, I say, listen, we don't want helpers. We want servants. Because helpers help when it's convenient. Servers serve because they're committed. Are you committed to the things of God or do you just give God what's left over when it's convenient for you? That tells me where your heart is. That tells, more importantly, it tells God where your heart is. So what God said, be present.”

“And we've gotta reconfigure our minds to think like ambassadors and not like citizens. We are not citizens of this world, y'all. We're in the world, but we're not of the world. That's why the world sees forth to us and the world don't like us. Right. Because we are not them and they are not us. But they could become us because we were like them. Right. But if we don't tell them, how they gonna know?”

“I don't want an empty house. God says, I want my house full. Why? Because the house represents the salvation. The Bible says this, broad is the road to destruction, and many find that road. Narrow is the way to life, and few that find it. What God is saying is, unfortunately, more people are gonna take the hellish route than the heavenly route. Right. But he said, part of the problem is y'all are not compelling them to come. He said, we are to compel them.”

“learn to be in God's house. Learn to be joyous to be in God's house. It's it's a do y'all realize how many people around the world and persons in the countries who can't go to church freely, who wish they could gather like we do, and would give anything to be free and and be in god's house. So the first point say, presence. Presence. That's the first passion. The first passion of of of about being god's house. I want to be there. I got to be there. I need to be there. Something happens when I'm there. And listen. It's not just for you to be here. When you're here, you bless other people. I'm telling y'all, Thursday night, Life Group. How many y'all was at Life Group on Thursday night? How many y'all were blessed because other people here at Life Group with you? If something happens when you get together, Christian life is meant to be lived in community, not isolation. So we have to get rid of American Christianity, which says, it's just me and God. It ain't just you and God. It's you and God and others together. So presence,”

“But in all seriousness, I'm talking to my family at home in the Chicago area. They have tornado alerts all the time now. Same thing here. We're seeing the Bible said this, y'all. Before the return of Christ, it was going be like a woman in birth pains. And we are literally seeing an increase in things that are happening consistently, constantly across. You've seen and things have always happened. But the frequency and intensity is like, well, you know that baby's getting ready to come. First time you have some Braxton Hicks. You got it like Braxton Miller. No. Braxton Hicks. It's the fake birth pains. But how many of y'all can tell me y'all know when the real birth pains was hitting? Y'all know. You felt like that baby coming. Y'all, we're seeing the signs are increasing intensity consistently. What God says is this. The more you see the signs, the more you need to be in the house of the Lord, not the less. One of the tricks of the enemy is this, is that he's got us so focused on stuff that doesn't matter that we forget that this is the most important thing that matters.”