Every year we pause to reflect on what God has done [music] and to lean in to
where he’s calling us next. Champion Center has never been about
buildings. It’s about people. It’s about reaching farther, deeper, [music] and
believing bigger than we ever have before. And you know, when we look back, we’re
overwhelmed [music] not by what we’ve done, but what God has done through
people just like you. So this year is especially meaningful for us because
we’re celebrating 40 years of ministry, 40 years of faith, sacrifice, and
obedience. And as [music] we reflect on what God has done, we’re even more
excited about what he’s still calling us to do.
[music] This past year in Belleview has been nothing short of incredible. We saw a
24% increase [music] in weekly attendance and over 40% of our church is
actively serving on a team. [music] There’s leaders that are stepping up and our teams are moving forward. We’re
[music] not just showing up to do church on Sundays. We’re intentionally creating an environment where people can grow and
get discipled and encounter God. right where they are. You can feel it in the worship, in the kids gatherings and the
youth. God is showing up week after week. And you know what the best part is? We’re just getting started. The
foundation is strong. And we’re believing for even more in 2026 as we
raise up leaders and continue to build the church and [music] fight for our families.
Here at DuPont, we’re seeing God move in powerful ways. 2025 we had our highest
average attendance since opening. From partnering with citywide events to creating moments like our home away from
home Thanksgiving for military families, we are intentionally [music] creating spaces where people can find a
home in God’s house. We’re seeing a real hunger in people that want to know God. [music] They want to walk in his plan
and they’re getting connected to the church. The growth in [music] our church kids ministry, our youth ministry is growing. We are running two shuttles and
adding [music] car pools on Wednesday nights. Young adults are stepping up and taking ownership. People are making
decisions and [music] moving forward. And God is building his church and we are ready for more [music] in 2026.
Tacoma is alive with faith. Over this past [music] year, our location experienced hundreds of people using
their gifts to serve one another on teams. We encountered powerful God moments in our services [music] and we
watched as 1,946 people raised their hands to [music] say
yes to following Jesus. We have a history in Tacoma marked by lives being
forever changed [music] and we are just getting started. We are ready to move Champion Center forward for the next 40
years.
Galatians 6:9 says, “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper
time, we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” I’m here to declare today, the harvest is upon us in Yakama. As you
can see behind me, we’re [music] in the final stretch of construction. We are just weeks away from our grand opening
of our new building. Over this past year, our church and teams grew in number. Leaders rose up and were
equipped. And our students [music] stepped up in a whole new way. And it couldn’t have come at a better time.
This year, we step into a [music] new season in West Valley. The harvest is here. I’m here to tell you, our good
works have not been in vain. And we’re expectant and full of faith that we’re [music] going to take ground for the
kingdom of God for years to come.
Champion Center online reaches people far beyond our physical locations. Last
year we had 95,000 [music] views of our weekend services. Our team
is able to meet, pray, and chat with people who were joining us from all over
the world.
Celebrate Recovery has been full of God’s [music] faithfulness. In the past year, we saw 250 people make decisions
to follow Jesus with many of them getting baptized during weekend services. We also celebrated more than 700
recovery chips as people [music] found victory in their journeys. Yep. Over 5,000 meals were served and
we’re [music] so grateful to provide safe spaces where our children and youth can meet Jesus in their pain, too. And
the impact doesn’t stop in our building. [music] Each month, our leaders take CR into a local recovery program in Tacoma.
In March, we had the honor of hosting the West [music] Coast CR training conference with over 800 people in
attendance. In 2026, [music] we’re believing for even more. More freedom stories, more
families restored, [music] and more people finding hope in Jesus. This past year, we saw 436 [music]
people baptized across all of our locations. [music] People of every age
saying yes to Jesus and going public with [music] their faith. From Belleview to DuPont, Tacoma to Yakama and online,
lives are being changed. And it reminds us of why we do what we do. God is
building his church [music] one life at a time. Our kids, students, and young
adults are not the church of tomorrow. They’re the church of today. In [music]
church, kids, we’re helping the next generation find a home in his house, get rooted in his word, and be builders of
his kingdom. Psalms [music] 119 talks about hiding his word in your heart. And
that’s [music] just what they’ve been doing by memorizing scripture and listening to Bible beats. And in youth,
we’re creating spaces [music] where students can belong. Our summer camps had 549 attendees, and we had
record-breaking one big nights. Our youth were growing in God’s word and in community every single week. God is
moving in the next generation, and we’re committed [music] to investing in our young people. Through Champions
Foundation, we’re meeting real needs locally and globally. From serving
Tacoma [music] Rescue Mission and the Adam Street Shelter to supporting Stepbystep Olive Crest, [music] Angel
Tree, and local schools, your generosity is creating real impact [music] in our
communities. Globally, we’re partnering with organizations like Convoy of Hope,
Acres of Love, The Dream Center, [music] and Women’s Empowerment Centers in Uganda, helping bring hope all around
the world. We also love supporting new churches as [music] they are being planted in new communities and cities
around the nation. This is what it looks like when your generosity turns into
lives changed.
[music] Team church exists to build teams that
[music] build the church. And what started here in our house is now impacting churches across the globe.
Last year we [music] experienced incredible momentum across team church. And over 600 churches were directly
impacted and countless stories of [music] pastors. They were finding strength and teams were growing in unity
and fresh vision was being poured out. The team church ecosystem is growing as
well. New resources are being added and the Capitol C [music] Church is moving
forward. We’re believing for more in 2026. More churches joining the [music]
family and more church leaders strengthen. The best for team church is still in front of us. Let’s keep
building teams [music] that build the church. So the vision is clear, the harvest is
ready, [music] and the opportunity is now. Because of you, we’re able to expand ministries, reach more [music]
people, and build environments where lives are changed for eternity. This is
our moment. Together, we can make an eternal difference. So, thank you for
[music] believing. Thank you for giving. Thank you for serving. And thank you for
being the church. Let’s keep building together.
[music] Wow. Wow. Wow. Come on, church. Every
location, let’s just stand our feet and let’s give God thanks for everything,
every moment, every service, every baptism.
Come on. Every life that’s been changed. To God be the glory.
Come on. To God be the glory. To God be the glory.
Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus.
Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Isn’t that encouraging just to look back even over
just one year and to see what God has done and continuing to do in the life of
our church. I also want to just I I want to say congratulations to everyone at
every location who got baptized today. We are cheering for you. We are praying
for you. Come on. We are supporting you today.
And God bless you for making that decision to go public with your faith. We’re so happy for you. So thankful. And
hello to all of our locations. Hello to Deont. Hello to those of you that are in
Yakamal. Hello to all of you in Belleview. All of you online right here in Tacoma. Greetings on this Sunday.
Good to have you in the house of God. [applause] Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen.
Okay, we’re starting a series today, a three-week series, and it’s just simply
called for the win. And today, we’re going to talk about how vision wins.
I’m going to invite you right now to just say it out loud. Say, “Vision wins.” Vision wins.
Say it again. Vision wins. Vision wins. Now, my my ask of you today
is that as I talk about this, that you would celebrate with me that here we are
in our 40th year. And when I when I say that, every time I say that, um maybe
you’ll have to just give me some grace this year because I think of I think of two people.
Amen. I think of my wife and I think of my daughter who have been with me on this
journey and I’m so thankful and then I think of course of our church
and I’m so grateful. But I want you if you would today to
just celebrate with me as well as I give you this message as I give you I don’t know if this is my 39th or 38th year. I
I don’t know when I started doing vision message every year, but we are a church
who has always had a vision for the future.
[applause]
And the Bible says this in Proverbs 29 and 18. It says, “Where there is no
vision, the people perish.” You want to know why there’s life here
today? Because we have vision. You want to know why we have baptisms
going on today? Because of vision. You want to know why people are cheering
and clapping and thanking God? Happy to be in church, happy to be serving the
Lord because of vision. Vision is so powerful. [applause]
So just if you would uh today say it again say vision wins. Vision.
And you may be seated.
The Hebrew word for perish doesn’t mean die.
It means to cast off restraint. So when the Bible says where there is no vision
people perish, you could say it like this. Where there is no vision, people cast off restraint. And a a singular
word for cast off restraint would be discipline. So one more time. Where
there is no vision, people cast off discipline.
Let’s talk about it for a minute. Where where there is no vision, people become lazy,
careless, unmotivated, no worthwhile goals or ambitions, aim or
purpose. And this often leads to resentment,
anger, and then when these people find each other, they feed off of their
complaints. They feed off of their hostility and their anger and they become
anti-establishment. Even lawless
or hostile. You won’t be your best
without vision. But with vision, the opposite happens.
With vision, people have a picture of where they’re going,
of a desired future, what they want for their family, what they want for their marriage, what they
want for their children. And it inspires them to be committed,
to live with restraint. They focus on what they see and believe
they should be. So they set goals. They make plans.
They embrace the discipline and the habits that they need to make the vision
a reality. They focus on that vision. They invest
themselves in that vision. In 1 Corinthians 9, the Apostle Paul
gave an example of this when he described how an athlete that has a
vision to be a winner, be a champion goes into what he called strict
training. In other words, they restrain themselves
in their eating, in their lifestyle. They discipline themselves
for the win. You see, some people around you that you might you might wish you had their
ambition or their passion are just simply people with the vision.
Some people around you, you wish that maybe you had their discipline. Can I
just tell you, they’re really no different than you are. Their potential is not greater than yours. Those are
simply people who have a vision.
Which is why I want to proclaim today that vision wins.
Vision wins. Confusion doesn’t win. Lazy doesn’t win.
A visionless life doesn’t win. Complaining doesn’t win.
No purpose in life doesn’t win. Lack of ambition doesn’t win.
Vision wins. Vision wins. [applause]
Say it. Shout it out. Vision wins. Vision wins. Say it again. Vision wins. Vision wins. Jesus Christ is the same
yesterday, today, and forever. And many people assume wrongly that if
it’s God’s will, it will just happen. Whatever God wants to happen is going to
happen. What God doesn’t want to happen is not going to happen. And and this
there’s never been a more there’s many lies in the world and many lies that religious people believe but there’s
never been one that has been more destructive than that lie that whatever God wants will be
in reality for everyone without a vision
people perish saved and unsaved. Your life goes down instead of going up.
Your life goes backwards or holds its ground only rather than moving forward.
Vision is what keeps us alive. Having vision for your life is essential.
Again, child of God, not child of God, the principle still applies. Without a
vision, you don’t move forward. You perish while you live.
[applause] You look back at our history, vision is what caused Henry Ford to see beyond
horse and buggies. Vision is what caused the Wright brothers to be persistent in building
the first airplane. We have cell phones, texting, Facebook.
It all started whatever it is in technology with vision. Vision is what caused Joshua and Caleb
to reach their promised land. Vision is what caused David to pick up
five stones in a brook and head towards a showdown with Goliath. Vision is what
brought Jesus out of heaven to earth. Vision is what caused Simon Peter to
become the first missionary. Vision is what brought a couple named Kevin and
Sheila to the Northwest 40 years ago.
Vision wins. Come on. Vision wins. Shout it out.
vision wins. We’re talking and going to talk about
church, our church vision the rest of today. I’m going to explain some things
to you. And if it feels a little bitformationalheavy, just just shout, clap, do something.
Just give me some give it a little life. Sometimes I just have to pass on some
information along with the inspiration. And this is a day where I’ll be doing some of that.
But I I want to say to every young person who is here today, as well as the
oldest people in the room, that if you’re breathing, if you have life, if
you are here, if you can hear me talk, God’s not finished with you yet. And I
want to encourage you to have a vision. [applause] Have a vision.
If you feel disappointed, if you feel discouraged, you don’t need you don’t
need a pill, you don’t need a bottle. You need a vision. You need a vision for your life.
Seek God and open your heart up and wrestle it down. And I’m going to tell
you some things you can do today to write it down and get it clear and and
start moving forward in your life. Your life is too valuable to waste. Your time
on earth is a gift from God. And what you do with it is your gift back to him.
[applause] Somebody shout, “Vision wins.”
Before I give you this next example of vision, next weekend, we’re going to have a fun day. You’re hearing it
announced and and we’re going to wear jerseys and team merch and your favorite
team, whatever it is. Invite your friends to come out. We’re going to celebrate relational
relational strength and what happens when people are united and how two are better than one. And we’re going to
we’re going to do that. And then the next week we’re going to talk about how love wins. We got some great stuff planned and that’s Valentine’s weekend.
So watch out. We’re going to we’re going to have a good time. But here’s my
example to you is I just saw this this week that Seattle Seahawks coach
McDonald who is a who is a great Christian and believer at his first
meeting as head coach April 8th, 2024 showed a vision video
of what it would be like to win.
And the video, you can watch the video. The grit, the grind, the opposition, the challenging
conditions that would be on the road to the championship.
I I don’t know, technology, AI. I mean, I don’t know how they do it all, but they literally showed the future like
they they showed pictures of them making plays, winning together,
and celebrating their dream. They they showed footage of some of these current
players right now in in that moment in that time in in the in that in that
winning game. They showed them. And as the video ends, he simply says as he heads for the
door, now let’s get to work.
That’s all he said. [applause] Tell your neighbor, “Let’s get to work.”
Let’s get to work. Tell your other neighbor, “God’s not done.” God’s not done. Come on. God’s not finished. Let’s get
to work. Everything you saw earlier in our vision updates video would not be possible
without vision. The locations and the properties and the buildings and the classrooms and the
youth events, the salvations, the baptisms, the people whose lives have been changed. None of this would have
been possible without people who unite around the vision of our church.
Shout with me, vision wins. Vision wins. You see, we increase the power of vision
when we write it and we speak it.
So good. The Bible says in Habac 2:2, “Write the vision.”
In other words, you don’t want to forget this. Write it down. Make it plain on tablets.
That’s why I’m going to show you some things. That’s what I me moment ago. I’m going to show you some vision statements
and comments and things that we have in our history as a church. And then it says, so that he may run who reads it.
And I’ve always loved that because I thought if if we find the vision for our
church when we were just 100, 200, 300 people, if we have a hold of vision and
we speak vision, people have the ability now. Vision is transferable. So people
have the ability to join us in our vision and to literally run
forward with it. So think about it this way. Vision is not just defining what you will do. It’s
also about who you will be. Who you will be. And you’ll see this in
vision in vision statements that I’m going to show you. Who you will be. Shortly after Sheila and I came to the
Northwest, we started writing and describing the church that we see. And I was able to just grab one. They probably
go back further than this, but I I grabbed 2004 edition. And I want you to just look at it on the screen. The
church we see is exciting, growing, and full of life. It’s equip equipping people to live successful Christian
life. It’s a place where people from all walks of life have an inspiring love and commitment to each other. It’s so
relevant and clear that lives are forever changed and people are transformed into champions. It’s
attractive, confident, and committed. A place of excellence in both attitude and effort. It’s a lifegiving church. We see
a team church. We see a church that we will give our lives for.
[applause] Now today
we are the church we saw ourselves becoming. What was once a vision today is in our
DNA. It’s in our culture. Didn’t just happen. Right.
It’s who we are or who we have become and are still becoming.
Our children carry it. They wear it on their t-shirts.
Our youth own it. It’s obvious in the rooms where we
gather. Whether I’m there or not, it’s there. Right.
It’s the vision that came to life. The vision that now lives and has a life
of its own. It’s way beyond one person, two people.
It’s a god orained vision that is transferable and is now spreading across the
Northwest and impacting and influencing churches all over the globe. Yeah.
The 2026 edition of our vision, our mission, our promise, our values we call
it. It kind of it looks like this. And media is going to put it up and I’m just
going to go through it really fast. You can find all of this, of course, online. Find it in our, you know, our our our
classes and sessions. Um, but but but it’s in this house. What I wanted to
show you is that we want to be a church that moves forward. So we want to be
like if if that bothers you and you don’t want to move forward like you don’t belong here
because with Christ at the center we have decided we’re going to move lives forward toward God’s best relationally,
emotionally, physically, and spiritually. [applause]
We will challenge one another to keep moving forward. I will challenge you on days like today.
Don’t stop. Don’t quit. Get up from where you are. We’re here to
move life forward. We’re we we express life. We will be
lifegiving, expressive, passionate in our worship and at every gathering.
People who show up at our church and want to stand or sit, they’re not going
to be comfortable. Like just being there. And we don’t mean to make people uncomfortable. Maybe some
of them actually get comfortable eventually because they like it, but they don’t know how to join in.
And we’re grateful for that. But just to tell you, none of that is an accident.
It’s like, get on your feet. It’s time. Everything that has breath, praise the Lord. We worship him on the bad days. We
worship him on the good days. Amen. So that’s all intentional. Third thing
we say is we live generously. We give our time, our talent, our treasure cheerfully. I don’t apologize
for asking our church to be generous. With the smiles in the parking lot like
generosity starts with your face. We’ve been saying that for 20 something years probably. It starts right here. And
let’s do that. And let’s be cheerful givers. We honor truth. We will stand on
God’s word as our true north, led by his spirit, grounded in grace. We keep on
advancing. We will be vision fuel, faithfilled, always moving forward.
That’s our promises. [applause] Our values are that details matter with
every person, every experience in all of our environments. People matter. We
introduce oursel to people and hope people will introduce themselves back to us. If you come to Champion Center and
you’re new, we’re not trying to irritate you by asking you to let us know you’re here. We’re not trying to get you mad at
us. We’re just trying to say every person matters to us. We have a habit of
wanting to engage everybody who walks in our doors. We build up. We build up.
Everybody shout build up. By investing in future generations, developing leaders and encouraging
people, we make it memorable by creating environments and experiences where
people walk away forever changed
whether they stay or not. here. I some of my best blessings as I travel and
speak around the country is people who wait in a line at a book table or whatever it is and when they get to that
spot and they greet me and they say, “Pastor Kevin, I live here now, but I
gave my life to the Lord while I was stationed up there in the Northwest in
the military. I found God. [applause]
My life was changed. And here excellence is the only
appropriate standard for God’s house.
Another thing about us that I want to say today about vision is that vision moves at the speed of generosity.
If you if you wonder like what you know what is when is that going to happen?
When are we going to do this? When are we going to do that? like vision moves
at the speed of generosity. So in 1986 when we became pastors of a
small church in Puallup we inherited a debt that strapped us held us down
bankruptcy. And I asked people to prepare an above
and beyond offering an offering beyond their tithe. And thank God, by the way,
we still have some people that attend our church right now who were there then. [cheering]
[applause] Faithful then, faithful now, faithful forever. Amen.
An offering beyond their tithe was not something they had probably heard of
like that before, but I was asking at that point because we had a vision to not be strapped by
debt and and we wanted to start paying off bills. So on that Sunday, our f first
legacy offering, I had them bring a barrel on stage, a big big barrel, you know, and like you
would build a fire in, we did that on stage
inside the church. And as the offerings came in, now we put
numbers and totals up. As the offerings came in, I had a stack of bills and I
had a, you know, flick your bick. [laughter] Is that what you call it? Yeah. And I I
would light the bill, the paper, and we’d all shout, “Amen.”
We’d all get excited. I’d throw it in the barrel. One more down. And that first offering
wasn’t much dollar-wise. It was it was to us then, but it was just $7,500.
But it was given by people with a vision to move the church forward
to not just survive, but to thrive. [applause]
I don’t know where we would be or or if we as a church would even exist without
a spirit of generosity. the rooms that you’re in, the chairs
that you sit in, the screens that you look at, the sound systems, none of this is here without an annual
visionfueled legacy offering. And I’m not exaggerating. It’s true.
Our vision has always been out in front of our resources.
Like some people think the opposite. Well, I don’t have the money. So, what’s
the there why have a vision? But vision goes before resources.
We call this in fact in our organization we call it the vision gap.
The vision gap is, you know, it’s it’s our current reality.
And you can use this. You can draw it and put it on your refrigerator if you want. doesn’t. And then it’s it’s our
our our our dream, our vision. It’s what God puts in our heart.
And then in between is the resources needed to turn our vision into a
reality. Our legacy offering is our vision
offering. It’s an offering where we give to the vision of our house.
And I want to thank you everybody who’s a part. I especially want to thank our
legacy team because we weren’t quite to our goal and I reached out to our legacy
team and told them where we were at with our totals and they got us over that $2 million mark. $2 million this year, this
past year, 2025. Come on, we can do better than that. Let’s celebrate and thank God that we have a generous
church. We have a generous church. And today we have three lanes of giving
for our annual legacy offering. Legacy giving lanes are number one, what we
call kingdom builders lane, which is the properties, the buildings, and the expansion. Yesterday morning,
somebody sent me this picture as the sun was coming up. This is Yakamal,
brand new building that we’re going to be celebrating in in the month of March.
Lord willing and he is. We also have property in Dupant. We’re
in a permit process to build a new church building. We’re believing for our property that we
can build an outdoor event center and campground for children, youth, and adults.
We have vision. [applause] Everybody shout, “Vision wins.” Vision wins.
Come on, say it again. Vision wins. Wins. Second lane is what we call next
generation lane. We’re investing in the next generation of our church from cradle to college.
We’re assimilating the next generation into church life with youth disciplehip
training and youth events. You can see them on our platforms
assimilating into the life of our church. You see them in our teams and ministry assimilating into the life of
our church. The third one is what we call champions foundation lane. It’s our outreach and
compassion lane. Local, national, global missions.
We we helped start churches. I think we helped start some we will know in our house. Pastor Manny Alvarez, we showed a
picture a while ago. We helped plant his church in Houston this past year. We we we give to plant churches. [applause]
We give around the globe. And so our goal in summary today to all of you at
Champion Center, our goal is to live with vision that outlives us. That’s our goal. If you if you’re here
today and you’re like, “Yeah, yada yada yada. When is that going to stop? Heard this before.”
Well, it ain’t going to stop. This is what we do.
This is what God wants us to do. This is the will of God concerning us.
This is how faith gets activated in our heart. Amen. Is that that we birth that vision? We
say yes to our creator. And and we have it in here. I call it
the mind’s eye. We began to see things that are not as though they were. We
began to see our children that are not, you know, not even their babies maybe now. And we see them growing up to know
the Lord. We see them planted in the house of God.
Come on. We see ourselves growing old together, husband and wife, still being
committed to one another. It starts in here. [applause]
One of my favorite vision text is Genesis 13 where the Lord said
to Abram, “Look around you, Abram, from where you are to the north, the south,
to the east, and the west. All the land that you see today,
it’s not yours right now, but it will be. And you’re going to build houses on it.”
I’m paraphrasing. You’re going to raise your children on it. this land that
you’ve never really laid eyes on before. You didn’t write up a purchase agreement. I’m going to give it to you.
That land, as far as you can see, I’ll give it to you and your offspring
forever. Vision wins. Vision
wins. Come on, church. Vision [applause]
wins. So we start another year 2026 with vision.
And with God’s help, we will always be a church with vision. A church that rises to the challenge,
embraces the opportunity to serve and to give and to go allin
and to see God’s kingdom come and God’s will to be done on earth
as it is in heaven. to live with a vision
that outlives us. To live with a vision
that outlives us. Thank God for people who have already
gone on to heaven who were a part of this house and they died
physically with vision in their heart for this house
and the house goes on that’s going to keep on happening and I pray that every member no matter how
young you are right now I pray you lay hold of that and you say God wants me to have a
vision Not just for my house, but for his house.
God wants me to think out into the future and to say that belongs to the
Lord. This city belongs to the Lord. This community belongs to the Lord. Come,
your kingdom be done your will on earth as it is in heaven. Amen. Come on, let’s
thank the Lord today. vision wins.
[applause] Amen. God’s so good, isn’t he? How many are thankful for God’s goodness
and blessing? Come on. Has he been good to you? Has he been faithful to you?
I want to turn the attention toward some people today that I I know are at
every location. And I I know you’re you’re there because when the doors get opened up every weekend, we have people
that walk through those doors who right now today, if we were to freeze
the frame, you don’t have the hope of the future that I’m describing today, like like you don’t know even maybe what
it is to have a vision for your life [music] and your future. And when I talk to you like that, maybe
just some a little bit of of a spark of a fire, potential fire goes off in your
soul and and you think, I wish it could just be that way.
But Pastor Kevin, like you don’t know where I’ve been and what I’ve done and all that I faced and I’m just I’m
discouraged and I’m defeated and my life there just not
it’s not been anything that I’m excited about. And I want to ask you today,
are you the person that God is talking to? All of us have been clapping and
cheering, but if in your soul there’s a desert-like condition going on, and you
don’t have that sense of celebration
about having life in the future, I just wonder if you’ll you’ll
today receive what I’m saying to you is that God not only loves you, but he has
a plan for your I said he has a plan for your life.
I said he has a plan for your life.
He says in Jeremiah 29:11 that I I’ve come so that you could have
a hope and you could have a future. So I wonder today who who is he telling
at every room we’re in? who who is he talking to and saying to you, “Come to me. Put me at the center of your life
together. Let’s move your life forward. Trust in
me. Let’s get past the hesitation. Let’s get past the resistance.
Put your hope in my promises. And in return, I will make you new.
And I will make a way where there doesn’t seem to be a way.
[applause] I will bring hope. The hope that’s around you today, I’ll I’ll put it
inside of you. And I will bring you hope for your future
with heads bowed and eyes closed and hands going up. If I’m talking to you,
would you just raise a hand up high right now? If you want a new beginning today in your life, I see hands going up
around this room. God bless you. Hands hands are going up
around me today. And I know that at all of our locations online today, God’s talking to people. God is reaching for
you today. He doesn’t want you to be without hope. He doesn’t want you to be
without a future. He’s come that you might have life and
have it more abundant. And if that’s you today,
I’m going to ask you to hold your hand up really high. And I want you to say this out loud with
all of us as we say it to support you. Just say this out loud. Say, “Lord
Jesus, Lord Jesus, I thank you today. I thank you today that you have come
you have come to give me life more abundant. More abundant. I receive
I receive your will your will your plan your plan for my life
for my life I ask you to forgive me I ask you for of all my sin all my s
come into my life and make me a new person make me a new person
I receive you now I receive I receive your grace I receive I receive your mercy
I receive your mercy and I’ll never be the same again I’ll never be the same oh come on say said, “I’ll never be the
same again.” I’ll never be the same. In Jesus name. In Jesus name. I want to welcome you right now to the
family. Come on. Welcome to the family of God. Let’s celebrate church. Come on
church. Let’s celebrate. New beginning.