Even in our deepest pain and brokenness, we are never hidden from God. He is intimately aware of every detail of our lives, including the struggles we face and the grief we carry. His knowledge of us is not distant or detached, but personal and compassionate. In our moments of feeling lost or overwhelmed, we can find comfort that we are fully known. He sees our hurt and meets us right where we are with His profound grace. [35:08]
My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.
Psalm 119:50 (NIV)
Reflection: In what area of your life do you feel most broken or hidden right now? How might it change your perspective to know that God sees that exact place and is present with you in it?
God’s Word provides a firm foundation when life feels uncertain. His promises are not empty words but life-preserving truths that can anchor our souls. In seasons of suffering, we can cling to the assurance that He is working His purposes out. Our circumstances do not have the final say; God’s faithful character does. Turning to Scripture allows His comfort to renew our strength and hope each day. [38:06]
I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.
Psalm 57:2 (ESV)
Reflection: Which specific promise from Scripture can you hold onto this week as a source of comfort and preservation in your current situation?
Unexpected news can shake our world, leaving us feeling vulnerable and afraid. In these moments, we have a choice: to retreat into fear or to advance in faith. Trusting God does not negate the reality of our pain, but it redirects our focus to His sovereignty. He is not surprised by what we face and remains in control. We can choose to believe that He will carry us through each step. [37:27]
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
Psalm 56:3 (ESV)
Reflection: When you received difficult news or faced a sudden crisis, what was your initial response? What would it look like to actively choose faith over fear in that situation today?
Our suffering is never without meaning in God’s hands. He can use our deepest valleys to fulfill His good purposes, even when we cannot see how. Our pain becomes a platform for His power and faithfulness to be displayed. We may feel like we are in a cave of despair, but God is still sovereignly at work. He can bring beauty from ashes and strength from our weakest moments. [45:37]
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28 (ESV)
Reflection: Looking back on a past season of difficulty, how have you seen God use that pain for a purpose you couldn't see at the time?
Our lives can become so cluttered with worries, activities, and distractions that we leave no room for God. Creating space for Him requires intentionality and often, sacrifice. It means clearing out the spiritual junk to prioritize His presence. As we make room, we postures ourselves to receive what He wants to do. This act of surrender allows His Spirit to move powerfully in and through us. [01:04:33]
“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.”
Revelation 3:20 (NIV)
Reflection: What is one practical thing you can remove from your schedule or mindset this week to create more space to recognize and respond to God's presence?
God’s care meets human brokenness with clear, urgent compassion. The narrative opens with stories of unexpected pain and sudden openings: a grieving woman who felt a call to come, and a sudden cancer diagnosis that pressed a family into raw dependence. Scripture anchors the moment: God knows each life’s days and writes them before they begin (Psalm 139), and divine promises can preserve life amid suffering (Psalm 57). A simple song—“You Hold My Days”—became a spoken promise and a regular anthem before treatments, translating theological truth into a daily practice of faith. That song functioned both as proclamation and weapon against fear, played repeatedly to claim God’s final say over sickness, mountains, and despair.
The call moves from private testimony to public invitation. Worship and prayer join tangible ministry: teams line the room to pray, cards with the song in English and Spanish circulate, and people receive an open invitation to make room for Jesus by surrendering comfort, doubt, and pride. Spiritual clutter receives a concrete image—storage units and household junk—as an analogy for the things that crowd out devotion. Repentance and practical steps accompany worship: small prayer circles form for mutual confession and intercession, and the congregation commits to monthly prayer vigils and three days of corporate fasting.
Generosity and mission show as outward fruit. A focused giving initiative funds daily meals for thousands of children, tied to gospel access in hard places. Leadership frames giving not as an end but as obedience that produces encounters with Christ across cultural barriers. Practical next steps include invitations to bring guests during Resurrection season, specific times for focused prayer, and tangible cards to distribute—tools meant to create divine appointments. The overall tone insists that God’s presence requires cost: true response asks people to choose loss of comfort for increased dependence on God, and to trust that their brokenness can become the clay in which God fulfills his purposes.
And we sat around a table and she plays for the first time ever that anyone besides her heard it probably is just on a small keyboard, just this song You Hold My Days. And we're all just crying. And it was just like so so a moment that God said that this is your day. I've got you. And I told her afterwards just almost like God was saying, was walking out the door and as if God was saying, Mark, come back. You have one more thing that you need. And I think that's what today is all about too as well.
[00:43:05]
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#ThisIsYourDay
And this is where many people in this room are and people are online right now. God, I have no idea. But in my brokenness, you are here with me. There's a great verse of scripture in Psalm one nineteen. I think it's verse number 50 and it says, my comfort in my suffering is this, your promises preserve my life. My comfort in my suffering is this. So Jesus never said your life would be easy. And so if you're going through something right now here or online, we're in an overflow or even second family. If you're going through something, Jesus knows.
[00:37:54]
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#JesusKnows
I know that it's prayer. I know that God's power, but what I feel like this the same way that my one of my life versus I cry out to God most high. You cry out to God most high who knows your brokenness, who knows your life, who knows every detail of your life. And this morning, I think ordained by God. I started feeling it. I told pastor Daniela this about a week ago. Felt really strongly that God wanted to touch people right here. Physically, emotionally, in relationships, some of you need to say, okay, God, will you preserve my life?
[00:48:16]
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#CryOutToGod
And I thank you for it, Lord. In Jesus' name, pray, Lord God, over all the people who just prayed that prayer that your spirit would pour out over their life. Let them not listen to the enemy. Let them listen to the king of kings and the Lord of Lords. That god you have chosen them and you know your their days and you know where they're at and you know their hurt and their pain and you come alongside lord god not to let us wallow in it but to overcome by your grace and I pray this in Jesus name.
[01:25:27]
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#OvercomeByGrace
Whatever you want, God, I make room for you right now. To make room, you have to get rid of other things. You know, I was seeing the other day another storage unit is going up on a rock not too not too far my house. And I how much junk do people have in their house? That they have to have another brand new storage place to give their the the stuff into. And I thought spiritually, we're the same way. We have so much junk in our lives that we don't have room for Jesus. And so this song talks about making room for him. So wherever you're at, whatever age, whatever stage,
[01:04:29]
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#MakeRoomForJesus
God gave me today. God gave you today for one reason to say, God, how can I come closer to you? How can I walk in your grace more? How can I flow in what you want me to flow in? So all days are important. So anniversaries are important. Birthdays are important. The day you came to faith in Jesus Christ. If that's the day, we're gonna celebrate with you today. But days are important to God, even the days you don't see coming.
[00:36:45]
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#EveryDayMatters
God has the final say. God has the final say. So in your in my brokenness and in your brokenness, stop listening to the enemy and start believing the God who knows all your days. Amen? So God knows your days and he knows today and so those who are here, those who are online and those in the overflow, I just feel so strongly that this is your moment.
[00:45:37]
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#GodHasTheFinalSay
So almost three years ago, 03/21/2023, I was coming home from an admissions event and I pulled into Reagan Airport and my phone rings while I'm still on the plane. I rushed off the plane, called my doctor back and said, mister Lehman, I have some really bad news. Cancer is very aggressive. You got to come and see me tomorrow.
[00:37:10]
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#MyCancerJourney
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