Verse number one I want to continue along the
lines of this thought happy now year Happy now
year first John 3 beginning at verse number one
So thankful for the two that were baptized in
Jesus name last Sunday That's pretty awesome
But do you know we haven't had one person baptized
this year I mean, the whole year, not one person
has been baptized. So here's what we did today.
We turned on the heater in the baptismal tank,
and we got the robes all pressed and ready, and
we've got clean towels so that if you want to
be baptized in Jesus' name, we're ready today.
In fact... We flew in one of our chief elders,
Brother Ray Byfield. He cut his holiday plan
short to come back today to baptize somebody
in Jesus' name. He is ready. He is ready. Now
I know baptism is not just because we're ready.
You gotta be ready. How do you know you're ready?
Well, if you know that Jesus Christ is your Savior,
but you have never been immersed in water in
His name, you're ready to be baptized in Jesus'
name. You say, well, I don't think I'm even a
member of this church. It's not about church
membership. It's about faith in Jesus Christ.
So I urge you, as we come to the end of this
message, and everybody comes to the altar, you
head right over here, my left, your right, and
just tell Brother Byfield, I want to be baptized
right now in Jesus' name. Now, if you've got
plans and you think I'm preaching too long, you
interrupt the message and go right to him and
say, let's get this party started. gotta be baptized
in Jesus' name. It really is a very important
part of your walk with the Lord and certainly
those initial steps of letting him be the Lord
of your life. First John three, verse one. Behold
what manner of love the Father has bestowed on
us that we should be called children of God.
Would you turn to the person immediately beside
you and just say, you know, you're a child of
God. And just like pat him on the back like,
that's pretty cool. I get to sit next to a child
of God. Turn to the person on the other side
of you. Oh my goodness, I'm surrounded by children
of God. Amen. It's only the love of God that
gives us opportunity to be called children of
God. Therefore, the world does not know us because
it did not know him. How many of you have a coworker,
don't even act like you're a child of God? You
don't have to raise your hand. How many got a
relative right there in your house, they don't
even act like, no. But there's some people ain't
gonna figure out you're a child of God. They
didn't know he was the son of God. So why would
they think you're anything special when you're
just one of his children? And it says here, Beloved
now, beloved now, we are children of God. Now
we are children of God. Happy now year, we are
children of God now. And it has not yet been
revealed what we shall be, but we know that when
he is revealed, we shall be like him, for we
shall see him as he is. And everyone who has
this hope, What hope that when I see him I'm
gonna become like But in the meantime because
of this hope everyone that has this hope in him
purifies himself Just as he is pure in order
for me to be a child of God in order for you
to be a child of God Jesus Christ had to do something
so spectacular and so Supernatural that he could
make me righteous right with God, purify me.
But he promises that the work is not done. He's
gonna keep working on me every day. But then
when I see him, he's gonna finish the job. I'm
gonna be like him. And that motivates us, doesn't
it? I might as well just keep on, keep on keeping
on. He's made me righteous. I wanna move forward
in that righteousness. He has purified me. I'm
gonna keep myself pure. I'm gonna keep moving
into his presence. My goodness, happy now year.
Would you ask the Lord to speak to you? I gotta
be used of God today. Pray for me. Lord Jesus,
help me to be what you want me to be. Now pray
for you. Jesus, help me to receive the word with
a heart that is like good soil. Now pray for
everybody else here in the sanctuary and online.
Lord Jesus, now we are your children and we wanna
live like it, God. We want to receive every benefit
and blessing of it, Lord. In the name of the
Lord Jesus Christ. Can you say in Jesus' name?
You may be seated, I'm gonna ask you two quick
questions I'd like for you to give a quick amen.
You may be seated. First question is this. How
many of you love Christmas? Amen. That was good,
the clapping was good too. Who clapped? Oh, well
thank you. Let's all clap if you love Christmas.
That's even better than an amen. It's a real
important part of the whole message. So I got
I think it was worth a few moments there How
many of you love the idea of the birth of Jesus
Christ? How many of you are glad he's not still
in the manger That's important There was an old
song that said he's not in a manger anymore.
He's the Messiah He's the Savior and I'm glad
about it And in fact, if you look at the life
of Jesus as a man, son of man, because he was
born of the Virgin Mary, son of God, because
we know he is completely God. The Holy Spirit
overshadowed the Virgin. That's how Jesus came
to be, completely man. He was already and is
completely God. But as a man, starting as a baby,
he had to grow. He had to grow. In Luke chapter
two it says of Jesus in verse number 40, and
the child grew and became strong in spirit, filled
with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
How many of you remember when you had small children?
And here's just one example. I remember as an
adult with small children, I would talk on the
phone, right? And. as I watched my children,
even when they were small, they would grab a
little toy and they would act like they were
talking on the phone. Nobody else experienced
that? Sure. I found out that my children from
when they were really small, they got a little
bit older, they stopped immediately. But when
they were really small, they tried to imitate
me. Tried to imitate their mother. They were
going through the motions of trying to be like.
their parents, right? And so I think it's important
to make this little distinction here at the start
of this message that there is something about
being a child of God that we try to imitate him.
In fact, the scripture says, be followers of
me, Paul said, as I am of Christ, imitate me.
I'm trying to imitate him. And so I'm gonna come
back to that in a minute, but I want you to know
as excited as we are that the baby Jesus is no
longer the baby Jesus. We are equally excited
that when we are born again and Jesus Christ
is born in us, he don't stay a baby, but he grows.
And as he grows, we grow. How do we grow? We
grow just like Jesus. We become strong in the
Spirit. We become filled with wisdom and the
grace of God is upon us. And so when I say beloved,
now we are the children of God. It is more than
just us being in the manger or still being in
the state of spiritual infancy. We can rejoice
that We are growing to become more like Jesus
every day. If you have a child whose parents
are maybe the dad, it could be the mom, I'm not
trying to put anybody in a box here, but the
dad might be someone that in their profession,
they're always swinging a hammer. Well, you're
gonna see that little boy as the smallest child,
even the little one, the girl, whatever. They're
gonna be swinging anything that looks like a
hammer. Right? Because as a child, they are imitating
that parent. Now the thing about it is, as that
child grows, in some cases, they are no longer
imitating that dad with the hammer. They are
becoming that dad by growing up in that skill.
And now what started as imitation has become
incarnation because people say, yeah, his dad
was a car. and he has become a carpenter. Wouldn't
it be awesome as the children of God in this
happy now revelation that beloved now are we
the children of God that what starts as imitating
Jesus as we're just new in our relationship with
God, it leaves the level of imitation and it
becomes the revelation of incarnation because
now. people see me and they say, oh my goodness,
I'm seeing more of Jesus and less of him. How
many want to raise their hands and say, Jesus,
let that be me in 2026, an individual living
with the revelation that now. I am a child of
God and Jesus is living in me and developing
in me and as he is I am growing to be more like
Jesus. That excites me today. Musicians come
later. Now in Galatians chapter four, the apostle
Paul, he looks at people like us. people that
have been known to have put our faith in Jesus.
We have repented of our sins. We have been baptized
in Jesus' name. We have been filled with the
Holy Ghost. We are those people, amen? He looks
at people just like us who have been born again
and by virtue of that new birth, Christ is in
them and Christ is in us. And he says this, my
little children, for whom I labor in birth again
until Christ is formed in you. It's as though
the apostle Paul would say in this case to the
believers and the church in Galatia My goodness,
I remember coming into this town the first time
and y 'all were all a bunch of heathen Some of
y 'all were still serving the God of the Old
Testament with no revelation that he had come
into the earth as a baby then grew to be a man
who lived and died and rose again Some of y 'all
were just a bunch of heathen Gentiles and my
goodness, you didn't even have a chance at being
saved, but I started to preach Jesus, and sure
enough, Christ was born in you. Now, some of
you, maybe your start was at heaven view, but
for others, your start for Jesus was a long time
ago in a land far away, but Paul would say to
us, as he said to them, I am so thankful that
Christ Christ is born in you but all the work
and all the travail and all the prayer and all
the Fasting for you to be born again for Christ
to be born in you It's now being followed up
with the same intensity of labor pains as I cry
out to God and say Jesus Don't stay in those
soul as just a little baby in the manger, but
help these precious people of God to experience
the growth of the Spirit of God in our lives
until we can celebrate Christ is being formed
in us. Until all of us as little children imitating
our Heavenly Father. We leave imitation and we
experience incarnation as all of a sudden it's
not just me pretending to be like Jesus. He has
formed in me and now I have become more and more
like him. I have such a long way to go. Maybe
some of you can feel that with me, but I predict
that there are believers here today that will
live in 2026 with a happy now mentality. Now
I am a child of God and now I will continue to
let him be formed in my life. Now I will grow
to become strong in the spirit. I will be filled.
with wisdom and the grace of God will be upon
me. Jesus Christ has been born in me. Jesus Christ
has been born in you. You are born again, but
that's more than just a spiritual experience
at an altar. The spirit of God literally was
born into your life. That's why inside of your
soul every now and then there's a yearning, I
want to be more. like Jesus. It's because inside
of you is Jesus Christ, the hope of glory. The
Bible says greater is he that is in you than
he that is in the world. We all know the devil's
in the world and every demon, but inside of you,
inside of me is the spirit of Jesus Christ. He
has been born in you. Now let him be formed in
you. not in the sweet by and by, but now we are
the children of God. And so now we can lean in
to the presence of God that is within us and
what was imitation can become incarnation. This
Christ that is born in us will be formed in us
every single day. As I begin to contemplate these
things, I begin to think about the fact that
my goodness, if we had an example of a true child
of God, then maybe that would give us a pattern
to follow so that Christ could be formed in us.
And it came to me after some thought, it should
have come to me immediately, but it took a few
moments. I'm a little bit embarrassed because
I was really kind of racking my brain. Who can
be an example for each one of us of a child of
God so that we can gauge is Christ being formed
in us? And here is what I came up with. Are you
ready? The greatest example of a child of God
is Jesus. That's why he came to earth as a child.
so we can learn how to be children of God. In
fact, in one of the simplest ways that sometimes
would shock us, the Bible says, you might wanna
write this down if you're under the age of 20
and you still live at home. The Bible says that
Jesus was submitted to his own parents. I didn't
get one teenager to shout amen. You were clapping
before. You stopped clapping now. I'm not trying
to give you a hard time, but I mean, if there
was anybody that shouldn't have had to be submitted
to his own parents, it would have been Jesus,
because while he was their child, he was also
their heavenly father. But the Bible says he
was mindful of their leadership and why was he
because he was the original child of God growing
in wisdom growing in the spirit growing to become
a man of God in the flesh so that you and I would
have a perfect example of how we ought to become
like him My goodness. Here's another example
Jesus was literally baptized Why would he have
to be baptized? It was just a pattern for us.
And so if you are so thankful, and I am so thankful,
and I know we all are so thankful that now we
are the children of God. Let's spin the bulk
of 2026. We have jobs, we have school, we have
responsibilities, and you just can't go live
on the beach somewhere and meditate, hum, oh,
help me to understand more of who Jesus is. No,
life is at such a ferocious pace, but car. out
some time to read the Bible and read specifically
about the life of Jesus and the habits of Jesus
and say, Jesus, I know that you're in here. I
know that I've been born again. I know that right
now I am a child of God, but I don't want to
stay in the manger. I don't want to just be a
rockabye baby. My whole Christian experience,
I want Christ to be He formed in me. Amen. In
fact, at the beginning of the year, usually on
the first Sunday, we emphasize prayer and fasting
and the word so that each one of us could make
a personal commitment. A little bit more prayer,
a little bit more fasting, a little bit more
of the word. But I pray that when we make that
commitment today that you won't make that commitment
just because it's another religious responsibility
or perhaps you feel like you gained a few pounds
over the holidays. Maybe you can say wait a minute,
I'm a child of God right now and the greatest
example I have a child of God is Jesus Christ
and I notice as I read about him, that he was
insistent about stealing away bulks of time to
pray and fast. Can I tell you why? Because as
a man, he needed to be in tune to the voice of
God, to the will of the Father. And he discovered,
like we have discovered, if I don't get this
flesh under subjection, There's just no way I'm
gonna even want to do the will of God. And so
now we are the children of God. But it is the
will of God that Christ be formed in us to the
degree that we live to accomplish his will. So
we have to lean into a little bit more prayer
and lean into a little bit more fasting and lean
into a little bit more time in the word. Why?
Because I need to get this flesh under subjection.
So I'm not just a child of sin or a child of
this world or a child of this culture. I am a
child of God. And furthermore, when I look at
the template of the first child of God, the son
of God. I see that God had a specific. Purpose
for his life for his death for his resurrection
then it may sound crazy But I'm gonna tell you
right now I'm not just a child of God in this
life if the Lord tarries his coming I will die,
but I will rise again. I'm not gonna die the
second death I know for a fact that the spirit
that raised up Christ from the dead Dwells in
me and so I got a news flash for you his will
for your life. It's not just to live 50, 60,
80, 120 years just doing what matters to you,
just doing what helps you feel like you had a
good life. God forbid what he wants you to do
is to lean into his word, lean into his presence,
and lean into a little bit of prayer, lean into
a little bit of fasting, lean into a little bit
of Bible study until you can say, not my will,
but thine be done. We have a whole generation
of young people that are so, here's a word to
look up when you get home, befuddled about what
they should do with their life. Here's why, are
you ready? Because remember that analogy I gave
you a little while ago? That junior sees mom
and dad so junior. pretends to be mom and dad.
Junior sees mom or dad. So Junior wants to become
like mom or dad. And what is imitation becomes
incarnation. And we say, man, he's a chip off
the old block, just like his dad. Guess what?
That doesn't work for this generation. Because
we have convinced them, our culture has convinced
them, you are your own person. You don't have
to follow any of those rules. You don't have
to be like anybody else. We have convinced them,
in fact, that if you kind of do things the way
mom or dad did things, you're missing it. It
is the biggest deception that has always been,
but now it is screaming at our students because
technology has given them access to all kinds
of examples of people that are convincing them.
You don't have to be submitted to your parents.
You don't have to be submitted to your pastor.
You don't have to be submitted to the policeman.
You don't have to be submitted to anything. In
fact, let's be honest, all of life is a joke.
Every person in authority's a fake. None of it
really matters. But anyway, and they're just
so befuddled because they think that they're
gonna become something without any example of
how to become what God wants them to become.
Good luck with that students. Hope it works out
for you. But you know the students that thrive
in the kingdom of God or the ones that say now
I'm a child of God, I'm not gonna follow the
cadence of the world. I am gonna give myself
to prayer. I'm gonna give myself to fasting.
I'm gonna give myself to Bible study and bless
God. I'm gonna find an example of some kind of
godly person that's trying to be like Jesus and
I'm gonna imitate them as they imitate him and
somehow I'm gonna carve out of my life a destiny
that is not just about what makes me happy. It's
about what makes him happy and can I tell you
what they discover? in the process. My goodness,
I'm a little bit more like Jesus today than I
was yesterday. I think I'll just keep walking
with the Lord. I think I'll just keep submitting
to his word. I think I'll just keep praying and
fasting and studying and becoming a little bit
more like Jesus because right now I am a child
of God. Right now, I've got Christ in me. Right
now, he's being formed in me and by the time
I get to glory, he's gonna... finish the job.
By the time I get to heaven, he's gonna finish
the job. I wonder if you would close your eyes.
and raise your hands and with your voice from
your heart, you would say, Jesus, help me to
receive what the Spirit is saying to me today
because this is not supposed to be just another
year. This is not just supposed to be a haphazard,
befuddled attempt to be just religious enough
to get my family and my church off my back. I've
got to lean in. to the will of God, because I
know I remember the day I put my faith in Jesus.
I remember the day I repented of my sins. I remember
the day I was baptized in Jesus' name. I remember
the day He filled me with His Spirit. I know
I'm born again. I know Jesus has been born in
me, and I'm crying out to you, God. Be formed
in me today. Can you say in Jesus' name? Praise
God. I made it to page three. I only got seven
more pages to go. Thank God we have two services.
If I don't finish on the second, I'll just go
to the third before you know it. They'll let
me go to a fourth. I might have to speak in a
different language. But I'll get it done. If
you are here today and you have a great love
for Jesus, you know he's your savior. But somehow
there's this nagging feeling that with all you
know about Jesus, you really don't have any expectation
that 2026 is gonna be any different than 2025
or. however many twenties we've had before then.
Can I remind you that God demonstrates his love
towards you, if you'll allow me just to make
it that personal, that while you were still a
sinner, Christ died for you. That's Romans five
and eight. And then verse nine says, much more
than having now been justified by his blood.
We shall be saved from wrath through him Right
now you can live a life where you have been purified
from every sin justified by the blood of Jesus
Christ and Romans 8 says there is therefore now
No condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus
who do not walk after are according to the flesh,
but according to the spirit. There is no salvation
outside of Jesus Christ, and we are in Christ,
and he is in us right now. And if you are here
today, and you have never been baptized in Jesus'
name, I'm talking about the Bible way. where
you literally go down as if we are burying you
in water. Why would we do that? Because we're
identifying with the death, the burial of Jesus
Christ. The best way you can start this year
off is to be buried with him in baptism. And
when you are buried with him, you come out of
that water, old things are passed away, all things
are become new, and right now, you are a child
of God. and to this beautiful, faithful church
family. Because we know, 1 John 3 again, verse
two, now we are the children of God. And it has
not yet been revealed what we shall be. But we
know that when he is revealed, we shall be like
him. for we shall see him as he is. That revelation
needs to be in front of us every single day of
2026. Put it on your mirror in the bathroom.
Put it on the mirror of your, what do they call
it, the rear view mirror of your car. Put it
somewhere, maybe on the steering wheel, where
it screams at you every day, right now, I'm a
child of God. Maybe we could get a real. Where
I'm screaming right now. You're a child of God
You could play it 24 -7 I Don't think they're
gonna do it you want to try ready Tell me when
right now. You're a child of God You say that's
crazy, you know, it's crazy living like you're
not a child of God That's what's crazy So maybe
it would be crazy to listen to that 24 -7 Maybe
you think it's crazy to put it on your steering
wheel, but you need to put it somewhere Where
you live? Like your job is not the main thing
Being a child of God is the main thing like your
little boyfriend or girlfriend is not the main
thing I know she's pretty I know you've been
with her a while. I don't want you to leave and
the gifts of the spirit, right? Where is she?
I'm just kidding. She'll be back soon. She hadn't
left. Do you see how easy it is to be distracted
by so many things that you forget your identity?
And people that don't know who they are, they
don't accomplish anything that God wants them
to accomplish. But the scripture says, now you
are a child of God. Now you are a child of God.
Now you are a child of God. Now you are a child
of God. I'm not even screaming and it actually
sounds like it's still effective. Now you are
a child of God. I am a child of God. And if I
can keep that as my focus with this understanding
that I am every day becoming a little bit more
like Jesus, not because I'm trying harder, but
I'm listening. a little bit better to Christ
in me, leading me to be what he's called me to
be. And that moment, when I see him, I will become
like him. He'll finish the job. But y 'all gonna
finish the job for people that just started serving
him and you left him as a little baby in the
manger in your life. He's never been formed.
You've never grown. You don't see evidence that
you're becoming more like Jesus. He's not gonna
be able to finish the work he started in us if
we don't yield ourselves to his purpose. And
that's why verse three says that everyone that
has this hope in him purifies himself just as
he is pure. There's a scandal. in Christianity
right now, and here it is. We used to say that
as many people get divorced in the world as in
the church, but now even people in the church
are getting divorced more than people in the
world. It could be because people in the world
ain't even bothering getting married. That way
they can keep themselves. for themselves, which
is just so pathetic. Only 6 % of all Christians
tithe. You know why? Because it's a me, myself,
and my mentality. And tithing is one of the basic
tenets of old -fashioned Bible Christianity.
Now, I'm sure that number is higher here as far
as the percentage, but I'm sure there's people
in here right now. You've been coming to church
for years, you don't tithe consistently. I'm
telling you, you may be born again, but you are
following into the same deception of most of
the Christian world. That being born again is
just an experience. When in reality, you're now
a child of God, but you gotta get them out of
the manger. And this one is scary. Promiscuity
is rampant among young people in the church.
just like it is in the world. So boys and girls
shack up with each other, boys and girls have
sexual intimacy with each other, and it's in
the church. It's in the church. You know why?
Because I don't really live like I'm a child
of God, and I don't treat him or her like they're
a child of God. But we all put our praise on
Sunday. 20, 20, 26, 20, 20, 20, 26. How many
of these 26s are we supposed to have? 20, 26.
I'm a child of God now. I'm a child of God now.
Jesus is in me now. He's being formed in me now.
I'm leaning into my relationship with him now.
Why? Because I want to be more like him. I wanna
be seeking more of his work in my life. In fact,
I know one day I'm gonna see him and I'm gonna
be like him and that motivates me to let him
purify me every single day away from my own self
-centered living, away from a life that is not
submitted to any kind of authority and into an
idea that you know what, every single day let
me get into his presence until I'm living according
to his will. Would you bow your heads with me
Lord Jesus? I feel like you have given me a word
for your people I don't believe it's a word of
condemnation. I don't believe it's a word that
should cause us to be frustrated I believe that
in this congregation under the sound of my voice
and perhaps even those that have worshiped with
us online There is something inside of so many
of us, your spirit that is exploding inside of
each of us and pulling at us that we would not
live 2026 with blinders on, that we would not
live 2026 with our own agenda, with our own goals,
with our own desires about what makes us happy.
And you're just a little tag along in the backseat
of our life. And if we get in a bind, you're
supposed to help us out. Oh my God, please don't
let me live. that way. Let me live like you're
the Lord of my life. Let me live like my purpose
in living is to become more like you and allow
you, Jesus, to live in me. Would you stand and
would you just receive that in Jesus name? Just
raise your hands and in your old words. I receive
it in Jesus name This is my year to be a child
of God. This is my year to walk in the spirit
This is my year for prayer and fasting not just
to be some sort of sideshow That's a part of
my religious routine Oh, no, it's gonna be front
and center as I get in the word with a mentality
that says I want Christ to be formed in me I
Want Christ to be formed in me? Those of you
that have the Holy Spirit inside of you, would
you pray in the Holy Ghost right now? Praise
the name of the Lord. We have a prayer list,
and I'd like for them to bring it right now.
Prayer list, if we have it, let's bring it right
now. And if you don't mind, we've got it up here,
gentlemen. If you'll just stand for just a moment,
Brother Ray, right in front. We're gonna pray
in just a moment for this prayer list. And I
bring the prayer list before you today for this
reason. You might have heard everything that
I've said today, and you might have thought,
Pastor, that's great, but I've been so sick in
my body. I really need a miracle today. Pastor,
that's great, but I just got news on my job and
it's not looking good. I don't even know if I
have a job after next couple weeks. I get that.
And I don't want you to look at Jesus like he's
like, yeah, well, let's see how you do and then
maybe I'll come through for you. That's not how
he is. But what I'm preaching to you today is
far more significant. than even an answer to
prayer that helps your job or helps your healing
in your body. He does all that, but he does all
of that in terms of a bigger picture, which is
you have a destiny to be like him. But I don't
want anybody to stay back from the altar because
you're just like me. I'll never be what God wants
me to be. No, no, no. You've got Jesus inside
of you. And if you'll just let him work in you
every day, if you'll lean into his... presence
in you. You'll be amazed. And so I'm sure, I
hope that some will come to the altar and they'll
apply this message to their life right now. But
if you're not there yet, if you would come and
give the Lord your heart, the need that you have,
he's a prayer answering God. What I prefer is
that you don't just slip out and not let the
spirit of God interact with you right now. Not
pray about something that God is doing in your
life right now because I think we miss a valuable
opportunity. It's the spirit and the truth that
makes it different in our lives. So in just a
moment, I'm gonna invite everybody to come, and
I'm not gonna pretend I know why you're coming,
but I beg you that if you come and you seek the
Lord, something good is gonna happen in your
life. And if you've never been baptized in Jesus'
name, if you'll just make your way over to my
left, your right, this column right here, somebody
will meet you there in just a few moments. And
that's your next step if you've never been baptized
in Jesus' name. Would you come in the name of
the Lord Jesus Christ? God, something is happening
in this place that is supernatural. Some of you
believers can help us with the prayer list. Others
can come and seek the Lord for your own list.
And somebody can come and say, you know what,
I need the Lord right now because something about
that message is reminding me. that God has a
purpose for me that's bigger than me, myself,
and mine. And it's a new year, and I cannot live
this new year just about what I want. I cannot
live this whole new year praying to Jesus about
what I hope he does for me. Oh, no, no, I want
you to change me, Jesus. I want you to be formed
in me. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,
God, I'm asking you to be formed in me. until
the ultimate proof that I am a child of God is
that I treat everybody else like they are the
children of God. And that together we advance
the kingdom of God in the earth in 2026. We advance
the kingdom of God in everything we do, in every
place we are, that our jobs would become the
center of the kingdom of God for us to act. as
a child of God, that our schools would become
ground zero for a child of God to enter into
that arena and advance the kingdom of God, that
our homes would be a holy place where each of
us together inspire each other to lean into prayer,
to lean into fasting, to lean into Bible study.
Why? because we are the children of God, and
He is working.