Choosing A Growth Mindset

October 12, 2025

In this message, Choosing a Growth Mindset, Pastor Kevin continues the It Takes a Team series by addressing one of the most defining factors of personal, family, and church-wide success: mindset. Drawing from Philippians, Numbers, Psalms, and the teaching life of Jesus, Pastor Kevin contrasts two opposing approaches to life and faith—a fixed, fear-based mindset and a growth, flourishing mindset. Using biblical examples like Caleb and Joshua, he shows how the same challenges can produce vastly different outcomes depending on how they are viewed. This message reminds us that God is a God of growth—spiritually, relationally, and generationally. If we are still breathing, God is still working. But while God desires growth, we must choose it. Growth requires humility, vulnerability, feedback, perseverance through failure, and a willingness to embrace change. Whether applied to personal faith, family life, leadership, or church involvement, this message calls believers to be planted, committed, and aligned with God’s purposes—so they can flourish and help others flourish too.

Talk-It-Out

Icebreaker Question
Share something new you learned as an adult (a skill, habit, or mindset). What helped you push past the initial discomfort or fear?

Discussion Questions

  • Which mindset do you most naturally default to when facing challenges?
  • Pastor Kevin said, “If you’re not dead, God’s not done.” Where might God be calling you to continue growing—even if you feel tired or discouraged?
  • Why is change often uncomfortable for us spiritually?

This Week’s Action Step
This week, identify one area where fear or comfort has limited growth.

Key Scriptures

Philippians 1:27
“Just be sure you live as God’s people… standing together with the same purpose and working together like a team.”

Numbers 13:30–31
“Let us go up at once and take possession of the land, for we are well able to overcome it… But the others said, ‘We are not able.’”

Psalm 92:13
“Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish.”

View Transcript

We’re in a series based on our latest book,
It Takes a Team and
it’s about leading together, winning bigger. This book is for everybody.
So, I just want to encourage you to check it out. We’re hearing so many good
reports, not just saying that. They’re coming in from all over the country and
even around the world. It’s amazing how quick a book can get out in the hands of people and make a difference in their
life. And so I hope that just because I’m I’m in my home church that you don’t
overlook the potential of something that I’ve
written to help you in your life. Why you say that, Pastor Kevin? Because
Jesus said that a prophet is without honor in his own country. And I just want you all to know I re I know you
love me and I thank you for loving me and I love being here more than anywhere else in
the world. But sometimes when I go other places they get more excited about what
I say and what I bring than you all do.

We have a Russian church right now. I call it our Russian church that meets in our Belleview location.
And they are uh they they really are like it’s a miracle story. I can’t get into it all of course right now. You
might have even heard about it, but um they’re a brilliant uh Russian version
of Champion Center and their pastors came in. They were
basically sent out of Moscow for preaching the gospel. And he was a celebrity over there. Here I am getting
into it. and he walked up to me in a restaurant um here in town and the rest
is history. He leads a great powerful church that meets in our location and
they’re in a conference right now. And when they were at our team church conference this year, I was preaching
out of speaking out of uh this book and they decided to have their own weekend
event and they call it their, you know, their team church storm conference,
something like that. And this is what it’s all about. I preach there Friday night. I’m going there after I leave
here today uh to speak at they have a two o’clock service on
Sunday if you’re wondering how that all works. And sometime when you’re in the Belleview area, you want to slip in and watch it. It’s fun. I speak through an
interpreter when I’m there and all of that. So, it’s kind of like being in in another country, but it’s a vibrant,
strong church. And my point is they celebrate me big over there. uh just
wanted you to know and and other places that I go, but I do love you and I just
want you to not take things for granted um that are right in front of you that God puts in front of you because I’m
yours. I belong to you. I pastor I’m your pastor. I belong to this church. So,

thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You may be seated. Thank you. Thank you so much.

When you consider the writings of the Apostle Paul and other New Testament writers, there’s actually no better
metaphor, right, than than team when it comes to
describing the church. So if that catches you off guard, I just need you to think about it a little bit that the
writings of the Apostle Paul, all the things he says to the New Testament church, there is no better metaphor
than team to describe what he was teaching them and asking them to do and who he was wanting them to be.

We’re not just meant to be a group. We’re meant to be a team.
Groups are different than teams. We’re not just meant to be a gathering.
I know a lot of you do. Thank you. We’re glad you’re here. You just gather, but that’s really not who we’re meant to be.
We’re meant to be a team. We’re not just meant to be a family.
And we do uh in in our church, we call people, “Hey, brother. Hey, sister. Hey,
how you doing?” Like we family. We know we’re the family of God, but we’re not
just meant to be a family. You can be in a family and not be teeming.

Amen, somebody. So, everybody say, “My heart’s open.
My heart’s open. My mind’s ready. My mind’s ready. Talk to me, God. Talk to me, God. Talk to us, God.
Talk to us in Jesus name.” In Jesus name. All right. Philippians 1:27
says, “Just be sure you live as God’s people in a way that honors the good news of Christ and that if I come and
visit you or if I’m away from you, I will hear good things about you.” The Apostle Paul
to the the church at Philippi. And he says, “I will know that you stand together with the same purpose and that
you work together like a team.” That you work together like a team to help others
believe the good news. And then one few verses later,
the apostle Paul says to them, “Make my joy complete by being like ma minded.”
Make my joy. I’m focusing on the like-minded part of that verse because of what I want to talk about today. But
he says, “One in purpose, one in spirit, etc.” He’s describing team.
But he says, “Make my joy complete by being.” Everybody say, “Likeminded.” Likeminded.
Say it again. Likeminded. likeminded. Everybody say, “Mindset matters.”
Mindset matters. When it comes to succeeding
as the home team, the business team, or the church team, mindset matters. I just
want to do a quick review of our text last week, Numbers chapter 13,
and it’s on the screen, but basically the essence of it is that Caleb and
Joshua and Caleb were part of a 12man spy group that went out to look at the
promised land. Moses asked them to go and they went and they came back. And
then there was what I call the the the 10 team, the team of 10, the bigger team, more people on it. And then there
was the team two, which was just two guys named Joshua and Caleb.

And this verse talks about how when Caleb quieted the people, he says to
them, “Let’s go do this.” Like, “Let’s go up at once. Take take the land. We’re able to overcome it.”
But then the 10 team, it tells us, but what they said is, “We’re not able to go up against the people there who giants
in the land.” He said, “They’re stronger than we are.” And he and they gave the children of Israel a bad report of the
land which they had spied out. And by the way, they they even used the comparison. They told the children of Israel like, “We are we are like
grasshoppers compared to them.” That was their mindset. like they looked
at they looked at the giants in the land and they’re so intimidated and they use
that exact verbiage. We’re like grasshoppers compared to them. So two
opposite mindsets. Okay, two opposite mindsets. And so I’m
calling them a fixed or fear mindset. And the fixed or fear mindset is rooted
in limiting beliefs. It causes us to question our abilities and potentials
and it causes us to hesitate in committing ourselves to something that we believe in. On the other hand, if you
see yourself or the teams that you’re a part of as having potential, then to make
progress and to overcome and improve and become more more aligned in your house,
more aligned in our marriage, more aligned in on our team at work, at
church, then then that’s what we call a growth or A flourishing
mindset. A growth or a flourishing mindset believes that you can you and the people
around you are meant to grow, improve, learn new habits and always
you’re always get better. It embraces opportunities and accepts
the challenges of moving forward. So you got two opposite mindsets just like they
had in Numbers chapter 13. Whenever they went, they looked at the promised land. Team 10 said, “We can’t do it, guys. We
are we are no matchup for this.” Team two says, “Wait, God is with us. Let’s
go take the land.” Mindset. Two different mindsets.

And there’s two keys. I’m still reviewing last week. Two keys to a growth flourishing mindset is number
one, you got to know that God wants you to grow and never stop growing.
You got to know that like this is what God wants. If you don’t know that, you’ll never reach for it.
But if you know, wait, my creator wants me just like everything else he
created. the trees. He didn’t He doesn’t want want the trees to stop growing and
bearing fruit and not He created them to be fruitful,
right? Created us to grow. You and I are meant to grow. I I like to say it like
this. If you’re not dead, God’s not done. And you just got to know that.

And the second key is to a flourishing mindset is to choose
a growth and flourishing mindset. Come on.
Choose it. Don’t just know God wants it, but then let’s let’s choose it and say,
“I’m going to choose this and I’m going to work every day to renew my mind, get my mind right, because you here’s what
happens all your life. You will be slumping in one area or another of your
life into that that defeated fear kind
of mindset. Like you’ll you’ll be slumping into that defeated mindset.
Cannot do it. We can’t do it. Can’t move on. Can’t press forward mindset of
giving up. Like you’ll you’ll tend to go there in different areas of your life. It’s possible to have a flourishing
mindset in one area of your life and not in the other area of your life.
Right? So, one of the best things that you we
can do as a church, not just individually, but as a church
is to choose a growth and flourishing mindset. Let me
just share with you like from a pastor who’s 40 years going on 40
years. I’ve been here pastoring this church. I watch other churches even in our even
in the Northwest around the country. They’re new churches. And when you start new, like it’s like you’re just so
excited. Everybody’s working really, really hard. It’s an amazing amount of unity. And so
we’ve had a few of those times and seasons. When we first came here almost 40 years ago, we had opposition that we
don’t have now. We had challenges that we don’t have now. And and people just jumped in and the
impossible. God did the impossible because we had this flourishing growth
mindset that would not be refused. Like the promised land is ours. Yeah.
And then as time went on and we outgrew that property, etc. Then then our church
had an opportunity to come to this building, this property in Tacoma where
I’m at. And we came here and again it was all hands on deck. Oh my goodness,
can we actually do this? There there were opposition that we don’t have now. There were challen but people get
together, they’re vibrant. They they’re just like excited like what else can I do? Where can I teach? Where do you need
me? Throw me into a spot. Parking lot, I’m there. Like, like put me in
children, I’m there. Like, I can’t sing, but if that helps, I’m there. Like, you
know, just that had and and churches begin is my point. And there’s a lot of them around, you know, our c around our
country around and I watch them and oh, I’m so excited for them and thankful. But I keep on saying, God, don’t let
don’t let Champion Center lose sight of teaming together and giving you our
best. Don’t let us get old and rusty and crusty and so relaxed, you know,
and and so we as a church are meant to be growthminded, to have a
fl to always say, “Wait a minute. We’re going to live with vision that outlives us.
We’re going to be a legacy-minded church. We’re going to be a big thinking church.
We’re going to be a faithfilled church.” High five to all of those in Yakimal
right now. We’re building a new building in Yakimal for the glory of God.
You were out working yesterday like you were out on the property. I looked at the pictures and the videos. God bless
you. Way to go, team Yakimal. Way to go.

And we have people from here that drive over the mountains. get involved. Why? Because we have a growing, flourishing
mindset. Let me show you a few verses that’ll inspire you. If you say, “Pastor Kevin,
I hear you, but I’m stuck.” Okay, here’s some verses for you. First one is Psalms 1. Blessed is the
man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, seated in the sea of scornful, but his delight is in the law of the
Lord, and his law he meditates day and night. He will be like a tree planted by the rivers of water. The imagery of
Psalms one is powerful. Like a tree planted by rivers of water
that brings forth fruit in its season, whose leaf will not wither and whatever he does will prosper.
That’s the image. That’s the one you want to look at. Okay. Another verse of scripture, the
psalmist says, “I’m like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God.”
Like, write that down. Snap a picture of it on your screen. Start quoting that in the morning when you wake up. I am like
an olive tree flourishing in the house of God. I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God.
Psalm 92 says, “Those who are planted in the house of the Lord will what? They will flourish.”
Come on. We will what? We will flourish. Come on. Even in old age, we’re going to still be fat and flourishing. That
doesn’t mean fat physically. That means spiritually. My soul is fat. Like
wellfed. I’m wellfed. I’m flourishing. Amen. Like that’s the imagery of scripture.

Being planted in God’s house doesn’t mean attending church.
Planted means rooted and established. You don’t you don’t say, “Well, I’m, you
know, I’m a member of the gym. I make it there three times a year
or once a month.” You know, your body is not going to flourish, grow, get strong by going
once in a while to the gym. I live next door to a gym and man, I some mornings I’m up like right now
before daybreak and and I go to another gym, but I watch
people pour in there before they go to work. Yeah. Like flourishing, right?
And and and so when it comes to being planted, Yeah. And the scripture says, “If you’re
planted in the house of the Lord, you’ll flourish.” It’s not talking about occasional or even, you know, attending
when it’s convenient. I’m pastoring you right now.
Remember, you clapped for me a while ago. Remember, like I’m I’m I’m for you.
I’m on your side.

Two weeks ago, I talked about the crucial relationship between parents and church. And I challenge and I encourage
all of you parents to team with the church for our children to realize we work hard
all week to come up with everything we can to help your children. We love your children. We’re fighting for our family
right now. And I’m just reminding you to make sure that on weeks like this that you shift your
schedule if necessary to be at home team night. Like that’s what I’m talking about when
I say partner with us. Like th this is there. It’s free. Somebody’s paying. We’re paying for it.
Like your gifts and your giving, but you’re going to come to a opportunity. It’s really absolutely free. And if
you’re a Mariner fan, we got you covered. Come on out. Like don’t let Yay Mariners, I’m happy, too. They’re
they’re doing good. But here’s the thing is God’s not supposed to build his church around your
schedule.

and and not just our church, but even your life, right?
It it’s about embracing things that are not convenient. And that’s what being planted in God’s
house actually means. When it says being planted, it’s it’s what I’m describing.
It’s not just attending when it’s convenient and fits in your schedule. Oh man, am I talking to you right now?
really honest. Come on. I want to help you grow. Three high school friends that attend
our Yakama location on the cheer team at school
that sometime a while back they went to their cheerleading coach and asked if she would switch their cheer practice. I
think they have it like three nights a week. if she would switch it to a different night because they wanted to attend youth night at church.
And because there were three of them, they had leverage. And the coach is like, “Yeah, okay. What
night you want?” And I think it was Thursday night at that point. We need Thursday night off. Like like, “Can we
We want to go to our youth group.” Coach made the change. And then a while later, they didn’t know it was coming.
We didn’t really know it was coming. A while later, we changed youth night from Thursday to Wednesday.
Now, you would think at that point they’d get more, you know, like, “Ah, shoot. We tried.” They didn’t. They went
back to their coach. They said, “We actually need to switch it again.” Because our youth group switched nights.
That That’s what I’m talking. And she did. The coach switched it, by the way,
so that they could be on Wednesday night. We had a similar thing happen with a teenager in Belleview
when the soccer team schedule interfered too much with the church schedule.
Like change had to happen. I think in that case he just ended up not being on the team or something like that.
I’m just saying God doesn’t build you or his church around your schedule. We have
to come on. We have to make sacrifice sometimes. We have to prioritize. That’s a better word for it. What God wants to
do in our life. Back to the growing. Jesus grew in wisdom and stature and in favor with God
and man. Okay, just remember Jesus grew. And then the last verse I have for you
that is key verse on this is the churches were strengthened in their faith, right?
They were strengthened in their faith and they grew larger every day. Yes,
church is supposed to grow.

Okay. It’s not supposed to be convenient. You’re supposed to like have to park
sometimes at the back of the lot cuz it got crowded before you got there.
You know what I’m saying? Hello, church. See, that’s all the mindset, the things, those little things
that creep in, that’s rusty, dusty, crusty. That’s not new church vibrant, flourishing mindset.
When we complain or we gripe, a line we have to stand in or a crowd we have to deal with or the seat where I usually
sit like it’s all taken up like uh you know, like the the new we have to check
in our children now. Yes. because we got hundreds of them and we got to keep them
safe. Like we got to do things like that’s flourishing. Flourishing.

So, six beliefs. Are you ready? I promised you this this week I would give them to you. Six beliefs. Get ready to
write. Get ready to They are in the book. Worded a little different, but they are there.
And the first one is problems and obstacles are opportunities for growth and progress.
Right? Problems and obstacles are opportunities for growth and progress. Anybody got any
problems today? Come on. Anybody? Anybody dealing with challenges in your life today?
You can either just see it and let the heaviness be on you. Or you can say, I know the Lord will provide.
I know the Lord will provide. I forgot the rest of the words. Anyway,
maybe. Anyway, you you can either like you can either get all caught up in a
problem mindset or you can say no, this is an opportunity for prayer to be answered,
for God to work in me, for me to grow, for me to get better, for me to mature. Right? See, your problem is not the
problem. Yeah. How you see the problem is the problem.
Yellow. I’m talking about mindset. The problem’s not the problem.
It’s how you see the problem. My wife and I are struggling right now.
We’re not getting along. You just want to stop the conversation there.
All right. Do you want to see the opportunity? Cuz I want to tell you this after I’ve
been married all my life. I’ve been married. Sheila and I were born, I think, in the
same hospital sometimes, and they did the bows and we held hands or something. That’s the way it feels like.
But here, can I just tell you, we’ve had problems. Like, we have different personalities.
Yes. She’s a mening me over here. Like
problems are opportunities in your relationship. Come on.
Like if if you’ll deal with it that way, what do I need to learn here? Talk to me. What how can I be better?
Like how can we get this right? I’m tired of hitting the same wall over and over and over again. Do you hear what
I’m saying? This is a flourishing mindset. Secondly, feedback is a gift.
If you can have the right mindset about feedback, a person with a fixed mindset will see
all feedback as criticism. So when you join a team, a lot of times
your team leader here at church a lot of times team leader will say, “Hey, can you like smile more?” Because at our
church, it’s a value we have. So when you’re greeting people or you’re helping out in children’s and you know can you
just not be head down yeah we love you here because you have like a really
great organizational mind mind we love your organ but would you like smile more you can either be offended or you can go
yeah my face does need a a lift I need a face lift for real like I need
to smile more like what way you respond my point is says something about your mindset.
How do you look at feedback? Do you say thank you, thank you, thank you so so much.
A person with a flourishing mindset says that is a gift.
I don’t see my face. You see my face. Like thank you. Number three,
mistakes, setbacks, and failures are a part of a growing process.
Like this is key to having a flourishing mindset or a fixed mindset. How you
going to look at mistakes, setbacks, and failures? Because let me tell you something.
Everyone fails, right? Everyone fails,
but what you do with failure is what matters.
And a flourishing mindset sees failure as part of success.
Like I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God. Yeah, but
I failed last week. I let somebody down last week.
I messed up. No. Okay, great. God, I’m sorry. Help me. Make me better, Lord, in
Jesus name. I’m back on my path of I am like an olive tree. Flourishing,
flourishing, flourishing. A flourishing mindset does
see failure, but it sees it as part of success.
Do you understand what I’m saying? We a flourishing mindset doesn’t see the failure as final.
but rather sees it as part of the process of learning and growing.
The fourth the fourth uh key is I have great untapped potential and ability.
Okay. I have great untapped potential and ability. And the
reason this one’s important is that a fixed mindset makes it hard for God to grow you into the person that he sees
you becoming.

It makes it hard for God. Like there’s a story where God sent an angel
to a young man named Gideon when they when Israel was being oppressed by their enemies and he was
like a slave basically under that oppression. And the angel said to
Gideon, and I’m paraphrasing, but he said, “God wants something better for you and for the people.”
And so Gideon’s attitude was bad. It’s like, “Well, if he does, why don’t he do
something about it?” And the angel is like, “Oh man, you got
to I didn’t God didn’t tell me when he sent me to talk to you that I have to deal
with this.” Like there was a barrier. There was a resistance in Gideon’s mindset
and God wanted to use him, but it took him changing his mindset. A
lot of times we think, God, just do what you’re going to do regardless of me. No, no, no.
A fixed mindset makes it hard and sometimes impossible
for God to grow you, to use you, to work through you in your life, and for you to
become the person he sees you becoming.

We have to get our mind right. Amen. We walk by faith, not by sight.
The Lord is our provider no matter what happens in our life.
Number five, my vulnerability is the path to possibility.
You see, some people, this is a flourishing mindset. Some people are too afraid of looking bad to others that
they shrink back rather than
stepping forward. Right? I mentioned going to the gym a little while ago. A lot of people get excited.
I’m going to get in shape, but then this one thought, I’m going to look really silly walking in the gym.
Everybody else is in shape. I don’t want them to look at me like I can’t do a
pushup. I’m weak. I I I last five minutes on the machine. And they feel embarrassed. I’m
overweight. I’m going to go in there and everybody else is like cut rip.
But my point is that becoming vulnerable, brutally honest,
right? About your current condition is the only
path to a better you. This is why some couples don’t go to
counseling for marriage counseling because they fear what other people
would think. more than they actually want a better marriage.
Vulnerability is the path to possibility. But that’s an indicator say this is what
a fl how a flourishing mindset is different than a fixed mindset that says no no no
I don’t want to be embarrassed. I don’t want anybody to know. I don’t want to I don’t want to look silly.
That’s a fixed fear mindset and it holds people back. Do you see what I’m saying?
Am I helping anybody right now? Like a flourishing
mindset becomes vulnerable. That’s another good book you could check out. It’s called Naked
and Unafraid. It’s all about vulnerability and how pushing through it takes you
into a new life. The last one, flourishing mindset
sees change as a companion of progress.
A fixed mindset resists change. A growth mindset embraces change. It sees change
as essential to progress. Now,
most people want progress without change. I would love
however many years ago, 35, 40 years ago, I would love to have
continued to eat what I wanted to eat. Yes.
But I I I wanted to change. I wanted to change physically.
I wanted to knock off 50 lbs. The only way you can do that, like go
find some old pictures. I was big. I was a big boy. I was a bigger boy.
Well, how do you do that? You embrace change.
Because if you keep eating the Doritos and all the ice cream,
you can’t lose that weight. We want We want progress
without change.

Churches often times are like, “We’ve always done it this way.
Why are you changing it now?” What do you mean we’re not going to have
a choir? These are all the things I’ve heard over the years like they just come out of me in moment. You’re not going to
have a choir. You’re just going to have a few people on the platform. What’s up with that?
And we can’t wear robes anymore. Why not wear robes? And you’re not wearing a necktie
anymore, Pastor Kevin. I’m just talking about all the things I’ve had to hear over the years. Like
change enemy. And well, what’s wrong with it? Nothing really.
Wasn’t anything wrong with it. No scriptures. It’s people resist change.
People resist change. What do you mean we’re going to have another location? Does that mean we’re not going to see
you? Does that mean we’re going to have less of you? You want me to watch something on a big screen? Like, you
want to Yeah, they’re doing it at three other locations now today live. And I I’m pretty good there, too. Like, it’s
good. They’re I’m okay, right? It’s amazing. Like
growing. We’re growing. We We want to We want to do what God’s called us to do, but it’s a different location. I can
only be one place at one time. So thank God for technology.
But the mindset is like not changing. Not changing always means some of you
right now you got a mindset tradition of religion in your life and your religious stuff is stopping
you. And until you get rid of the religious stuff until you say hey okay I’m going
to relax on this. like that’s a religious idea, a tradition maybe that
I’ve always thought church should be a certain way like that.
But I do come to church at Champion Center and I do feel better. I do sense
God there will come along with it. Don’t be tied to traditions that hold
you back is my point. People are doing all of this and it causes us when we don’t have
a flourishing mindset. It causes us to miss out on what God has for us, for our
family, for our marriage, for our work team, for our church team.
Come on, can you give the Lord a great big hand today? Let’s just thank him today. Change means progress.

Amen. So, let me just ask you if you would to quote with me a couple of verses. I love
affirmation. Say with me, I’m like an olive tree. I’m like an olive tree planted in the house of the Lord.
Planted in the house of the Lord. I will flourish. I will flourish in the house of the Lord.
In the house of the Lord. No weapon formed against me will prosper. No weapon formed against me prosper.
I will keep growing. I will keep growing. Our church will keep growing. Our church will keep growing.
With God’s help, with God’s help, we won’t stay as we are. We won’t stay as we are.
We will embrace. We will embrace all God has for us. Come on. All God has for us.
Better days are ahead. Better days are ahead. Blessings are ahead. Blessings are ahead.
Promises are ahead. Promises are ahead. The giants are there. The giants are there. But so are the
grapes. So are the grapes. Come on. So are the grapes.
The grapes are reachable. The grapes are reachable. The giants are defeatable.
The giants are defeatable. And I’m no grasshopper. I’m no grasshopper.
I’m moving forward. I’m moving forward. I’m taking the land. Taking the land. In the name of Jesus.
In the name of Jesus. Amen. Amen.

Amen. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Wow. Every head bowed, every eye closed at every
location today. Let me just say to you that there’s a lot of chaos in the
world. A lot of crazy things happening. A lot of unexplainable events
that’s going on. A lot of confusion. There’s anger. things that like I think I look at it
and I think my goodness, what’s going on? What are they thinking? What is happening in our world? It’s like it
turned turning upside down and crazy things and things we can’t explain is
happening. But what we’re seeing
in God’s church is people making their way to God,
getting right with God. We’re seeing people who used to serve
the Lord returning to the Lord with new
brand new heartfelt decisions. That’s as for me and my house,
we’re going to serve the Lord. We’re seeing young people get right with God.
We’re seeing teenagers boldly, courageously
making a choice to serve God with all their heart. In
other words, heaven is leaning into the world right now. Calling God’s calling
people to himself. And I don’t know I don’t know who I’m talking to today, but I want to I wanted
to tell you that because if you’re being drawn to God, I want to encourage you.
This is like the water being troubled, so to speak. There’s a season right now
and you’re not the only one. God is reaching for people and there are people who are being drawn to to him. And if
God’s drawing you and you say, “Pastor Kevin, I’m I’m that man. I’m that woman. I’m we’re that couple. We’re coming to
God. We’re coming back to God. I’m going to ask you to boldly raise your hand up in the air. If you’re that young person,
we’re we’re coming to the Lord. Good. Hands are going up here at Champion Center. We’re coming to the Lord. Come
on. Good. Fantastic. We’re coming with our heart. We’re coming with sincerity.
Good. Wow. Many of you, will you hold your hand up in the air right now?
Everybody, if you say, “I want a new beginning in my life.” Join those that have their hands raised. Just join your
those with their hands up. I just sense this this morning and I’m doing what God I felt like God told me to do today.
Hold your hand up and just I’m going to lead you in a simple prayer that marks the moment. Can we mark the moment?
Say this with me. Say, “Lord Jesus, Lord Jesus, here I am.” Here I am.
Thank you for calling me. Thank you for calling me. Drawing me drawing me
by your spirit. by your spirit. You know my name.
You know my name. You’ve known me all my life. You know me all my life.
Today I make the choice I make the choice
to serve you. to serve you to honor you. to honor you.
And I thank you I thank you for your grace your grace your love
your love and your forgiveness your forgiveness of all my sin all my s my past sin
my past sin my future sin future s you are my savior you’re my
faith is in you my faith is in you in Jesus name in Jesus name I want to welcome every one of you to
the house or back to the house of God come on can we clap
And just thank God for new beginnings.