Search Me, Lord: Reflect, Obey, Begin 2026

And it's that we fail at all these resolutions because many times we set them without reflection. We set them without first really sitting and looking and reflecting on where we are. Like, anybody here ever use a GPS? You ever use a GPS? Anybody here? Yeah, we use a GPS, right? When you put in the address of where you want to go, what is the first thing the GPS does? Is calculate where you are. Because it cannot give you directions to where you're going if it doesn't know where you are. [00:48:28] (37 seconds)  #KnowYourStartingPoint

God, is there anything you want to remove? Look at what it said there. To keep ourselves unspotted from the world. That's part of what's wrong with Christians today. Nobody in this room. We look, smell, and feel like the world. Nothing different between us and the person that doesn't have Jesus in their heart. That's wrong. [00:58:25] (22 seconds)  #BeDistinctInChrist

Anybody here ever get sunburnt before? Anybody ever get sunburnt while having sunscreen in their bag with them? I've been there. Ooh, come on now. I've been there, peeling and all. And I had sunscreen. But the sunscreen, without the application, does nothing. It's like, I don't get it, screen. Why am I burnt? Did you apply the sunscreen? And that's the issue with a lot of us sometimes. We are hearing the word, but we're not applying the word. [01:00:00] (43 seconds)  #ApplyTheWord

In the Old Testament, we read when Saul looks at the prophet Samuel, he's like, I did what God said. He was like, did you really? What is the bleeding of the sheep I hear? What is this that I see? Well, the people wanted. And guys, partial obedience is not obedience. It's not. And God desires us to obey him. [01:11:18] (31 seconds)  #NoPartialObedience

And when the fish came and swallowed him up and then three days later spit him out, when Jonah had gotten right with God and Jonah came out of the fish, God didn't look at him and say, you messed up. You're through. I'm sending somebody else. No. God looked at him and again told him the same exact thing. Get up and go to Nineveh. So maybe there's things in your life or my life that God's been telling us and we've been ignoring and we've been going to Tarshish instead of Nineveh. [01:12:19] (29 seconds)  #SecondChanceToObey

What happens if I mess up? Don't quit it. Don't be a part of the statistic of the quitters Friday. Because that's what happens a lot of times. The resolution, we start, we fall off the wagon one time, that's it. I'm never getting back on it. Never getting back on it. [01:13:23] (20 seconds)  #GetBackOnTheWagon

And I got to look at you and say, well, this is where you are because you haven't obeyed God in what he's told you to do. Simple. Obedience brings forth blessings from God. Disobedience brings forth consequences. I don't like that word. It may not like it. It doesn't make it any less true. [01:21:18] (25 seconds)  #ObedienceBringsBlessings

Have someone to be accountable with. Even on these plans that are spiritual. I'm not saying you put it on the social media. But you have somebody that you can be accountable with. Perhaps your spouse. Your small group leader. One of the pastors. Somebody. That can ask you the question. How are you doing with these goals? How are you doing with this plan? And then don't be offended when they ask. [01:23:49] (35 seconds)  #FindAccountability