This year, embrace the profound truth that God's grace is unmerited and not earned by human effort. It is God's loving act of carrying you through every season, unleashing unconditional love in an extravagant, mind-blowing way. Just as God qualified Paul, who once persecuted believers, He will qualify you, regardless of your past. You are not left alone to navigate the year; God has a divine plan for your tomorrow, rooted in His deep love and knowledge of what is best for you. This is a year where His promises unfold, not through wishful thinking, but through His faithful commitment to you. [54:41]
1 Timothy 1:14 (ESV)
and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
Reflection: How does understanding grace as unmerited and God's extravagant love change your perspective on challenges you might face this year?
While God's grace is a free gift, it comes with a personal responsibility to steward it judiciously. Imagine receiving the keys to a magnificent car; though it's a gift, it requires regular maintenance and care to continue running optimally. Similarly, God's grace, though freely given, calls for our active participation and intentional choices. We are called to avoid willfully sinning after receiving the knowledge of truth, lest we insult the very grace Christ died to purchase for us. Let us not waste what Jesus paid for, but rather honor His sacrifice through our daily walk. [01:07:05]
Hebrews 10:26-27 (ESV)
For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.
Reflection: Considering the analogy of stewarding a valuable gift, what specific area of your life might you be neglecting that God is inviting you to care for with greater intentionality?
To fully enjoy the exceeding abundant grace, you must be in Christ, allowing His life to be resident within you. When you are in Christ, old things pass away, and all things become new, bringing a transformative difference to your life and perspective. This new life empowers you to hear God for yourself like never before, moving beyond spiritual laziness to actively dissect and digest His Word. By praying for enlightened understanding and avoiding distractions, you create space for God to download ideas and guide you into extraordinary things. The grace to study His Word and discern His voice is powerfully available to you. [01:14:51]
2 Corinthians 5:17 (ESV)
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
Reflection: What practical steps can you take this week to create more space and reduce distractions, allowing you to more clearly discern God's voice in your daily life?
Obeying God's instructions is a vital part of stewarding His grace, distinguishing those who hear and follow from those who resist. Just as Abraham believed God and it was counted to him as righteousness, obedience unlocks divine blessings and aligns you with His perfect will. Furthermore, you are not meant to walk alone; strategic, godly partnerships are essential for breakthrough and impact. When two or more agree in prayer, foundations can be shaken, and chains can be loosed, demonstrating the immense power in unity. Embrace prayer meetings and collaborative efforts, for there is power in numbers to achieve what God has destined. [01:20:38]
Acts 16:25-26 (ESV)
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were unfastened.
Reflection: In what area of your life or ministry might God be inviting you to seek out a godly partnership, and what might be the first step in forming such a connection?
Cultivate a kingdom and global mindset, refusing to limit yourself or succumb to small-mindedness. Your thoughts shape your reality, so think expansively about how your gifts and resources can serve God's kingdom beyond your immediate community. Avoid sending mixed signals; your life is set apart to serve one Master, reflecting integrity and clarity in your walk. Finally, let love be the icing on the cake of your year, for unity cannot be built without it. Walk in love, generosity, and integrity, giving of your time, talent, and treasures, just as God so loved the world that He gave. [01:30:54]
John 3:16 (ESV)
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."
Reflection: How might embracing a more global and kingdom-minded perspective challenge you to step beyond your current comfort zone in demonstrating love and generosity to others?
The year is named and claimed as a season of exceeding, abundant grace — a gift that is unmerited, extravagant, and powerful enough to change histories. Drawing on Paul’s testimony in 1 Timothy 1:12–14 and the sweep of Romans, the sermon insists that grace not only forgives but overflows and outruns sin; it qualifies the unqualified and rescues those whose pasts once defined them. Yet grace requires stewardship: God gives freely, but believers must bring intention, obedience, and active partnership. The life of Christ must be resident — being “in Christ” is the gateway to spiritual blessing, moral transformation, and access to the Zoe life that empowers everyday decisions in family, workplace, and nation.
Practical clarity follows doctrinal conviction. Ten stewardship practices are set out as disciplined pathways to receive and keep this grace: personal identification with Christ, refusal to insult grace by willful sin, attentive hearing from God, quick and complete obedience, strategic partnerships in prayer and work, marketplace relevance that links faith to influence and resources, a single-minded spiritual posture (not lukewarm), intentional investment in growth and new skills (including technological competency), a kingdom-and-global mindset, and an increasing walk in love manifested in generosity and integrity. Each practice is explained as both spiritual formation and pragmatic strategy: hearing God requires displacing spiritual laziness and cultivating discernment; obedience unlocks fringe spiritual benefits; partnerships multiply breakthrough; investing in skills expands calling.
The address closes with an invitation to a concrete commitment: renouncing past bondage, asking for deliverance from sin, and declaring 2026 as the year of exceeding abundant grace. A public confession is read to shape corporate expectation: Christ lives in believers, sin will not have dominion, obedience and testimony will follow, and gifts will serve the kingdom. The tone is urgent and hopeful — grace has arrived and it expects deliberate, disciplined response so that what God begins this year will be carried to completion.
For those trusting God for marriages, this is your year. I can't hear that amen. This is your year. This is not wishful thinking. It is God's promise towards you Because God loves you and he knows what's best for you, he knows the perfect time for you and this is your year. Amen. Only if you believe.
[00:54:43]
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#MarriageBreakthrough2026
And guess what? He missed all the appointment for oil check, for alignment. And one day, was driving by on I 85, and I saw some guy in a red Ferrari waving at me trying to flank me down on the side of the road. That car was broken down. Is that car still a free gift? Everybody say yes. That is the same thing about grace, God's grace. God's grace is a free gift, but you have to take the personal responsibility to steward that grace. Everybody say amen. Say I will steward God's grace
[00:56:27]
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#StewardTheGift
Everything around my life, my perspective changed. And guess what? That is how you know that there is something that has changed in your life. Remember, if there is something that you struggled with in the past, when Christ comes into your life, there is there there is beginning to be a change. There will be a change in your life inward before he express expresses himself what? Outward. And that's why you must be on the you must understand that in Christ, we have liberty. Amen.
[01:02:48]
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#TransformedInsideOut
What are the odd, the 10 things, at least 10 things you must do to steward the exceeding abundant grace of God in 2026. Number three, you must hear God for yourself like never before. Everybody say I must hear God. I must God. For myself. Like never before. Don't leave the hearing of God to our anointed prophets, our man of God, our pastors. Don't you can honor them but sincerely desire to hear God for yourself in 2026.
[01:10:01]
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#HearGodDirectly
Number three, how do I hear God clearly in twenty twenty twenty six? Avoid distractions and stay spiritually sensitive. Many of us, I'm guilty sometimes. I'm reading the Bible and I'm checking my notifications. This is a blessing at the same time it can be a curse. But we thank God we can turn off notifications. I know some people who have their phones on permanent D and D. Everybody say D and D. That means do not disturb.
[01:14:35]
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#MinimizeDistractions
stop sending mixed signals. In 2026, stop what? Now look at that picture very well. What do you see? A picture of hot and cold. What kind of signal is that sending? Can you drink that kind of water? And they come to you, pastor Godwin, in a nice glass cup and you see that kind of ice. First of all, you first bind the devil. Right? That is hot and cold is called lukewarm. Let's say lukewarm.
[01:22:36]
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#StopBeingLukewarm
If you are not learning anything new in 2026, there's a study that shows cognitive decline. May we not have cognitive decline in the name of Jesus. There are some dendrites, neural pathways in your head, in your brain that are excited when you study something new. Let me tell you something, if you are not involved directly or indirectly with AI in 2026. Ask your neighbor, what are you doing? Look to your neighbor today, say what are you doing? Remember, charge GPT alone is the basic of AI access accessories. There's there are a lot more.
[01:24:51]
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#NeverStopLearning
In relationship, work in love. Singles, work in love. If you are not friendly, don't say nobody wants to be my friend. Yeah. In 2026, yeah, I must be friendly. But friendly with boundaries. Yeah. Because you have to protect yourself. Bible says love your neighbor as yourself. So in 2026, yes, I'll be friendly but I will also protect myself.
[01:29:33]
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#LoveWithBoundaries
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