2 MINUTE WARNING

523 Battle Cry Of The Ages

Sometimes what we do is not good enough.

Let me rephrase: What We Do Will NEVER Be Good Enough.

We won’t measure up.

And to make things worse, we have an enemy who has been kicked out of the Kingdom who stands atop a hill and accuses us—day AND night. He calls out our inequities, lies to us, and presents a case for why we should be condemned.

We are sitting ducks for Hell.

And yet …

Matthew 28 ⁵ The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. ⁶ He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. ⁷ Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”

Acts 2 ²⁴ But God raised him from the dead, freeing him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep its hold on him.

God demonstrates His own love for us in this … While we were still sinners … Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)

And so we cry out to Jesus, submit to Him, and again look for what we can do … But as we look throughout scripture we find that we are not able to move forward without Him. And our reality is that moving forward ONLY HAPPENS AS A RESULT OF HIM:

(Paul converts others FROM PRISON!!)

Philippians 1 ¹² Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel. ¹³ As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard …

(Paul is more effective ON THE RUN)

2 Corinthians 11 ²⁴ Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. ²⁵ Three times I was beaten … I was pelted with stones … three times … shipwrecked

… ²⁶ … in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country …

(Moses simply receives instructions from God)

Exodus 34 ²⁹ Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai … that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him. ³⁰ So when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses … the skin of his face shone …

(David is a sitting duck … but not with God)

Psalm 23 ⁴Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

(Joshua reduces an army and storms a fortress with words)

Joshua 6 ²⁰ When the trumpets sounded, the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed … ²¹ They devoted the city to the Lord and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it …

What we do does not always matter.

This is a hard pill to swallow … and the hope of nations.

God does what we cannot.

And sometimes … when we are our weakest, God is moving at His greatest clip.

So what can we do? … NOTHING—Other than bow down … worship … and proclaim His holy Name. Because shouting to the Lord might very well be … The Battle Cry For The Ages.

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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October 20, 2025 0

522 Our Biggest Problem

It is hard to put your finger on all that is wrong.

One might say that:

We have knowledge … but not wisdom
We have materials … but that our souls are empty
We have life saving abilities … but we do not live

But our biggest problem is best described as the following:

Our engineers can design, and construct, incredible machines that do more than we ever thought possible.
Our doctors can cure diseases that we once thought insurmountable.
Our politicians can gather thousands at rallies that make crowds go crazy and chant, altogether, cheers in unison……and so can our athletes.

Yet none of these are Gods, nor can they ever fill that role. And though they might act like gods, and though we might exalt them as gods, we stare in utter disbelief when they reveal their true nature…and we wonder what happened.

What has happened is that we make others, or ourselves, fill a role that we can never succeed at.

Jesus is the only one worthy of praise and adoration and focus and surrender … and yet we are innately gifted at forgetting this one thing.

And it is Our Biggest Problem.

Revelation 4 ¹⁰ the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:

¹¹ “You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being.”

God is our God. And He will always be our God. And He will always be the ONE THING that we truly need.

And this will never, ever, change.

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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October 14, 2025 0

521 Jesus Paid It All

As you enter into worship today, do not let go of what you have.

You have the Truth. In a world that contaminates and destroys everything that it touches, Jesus is 100% truth. There is no exaggeration, or twisting, or hiding. He is The Truth.

You have Forgiveness. Your mistakes, your defiance, your stubborn pride, and Your debts … they are Paid In Full. They aren’t just ignored, they are PAID IN FULL.

You have Eternal Life. The gift of life that never ends. You are given the life that never has to say goodbye. Regrets can be destroyed. There will always be enough time. And there will be no understanding in the conscious realm of sickness.

You have Victory Over Sin. Instead of being in a constant fight, you have victory. And just as a treaty is signed and there is a surrender—so will be your victory over sin. In the Kingdom we will have a full consciousness of this as we will no longer be “being made holy”…we will have victory in every way.

You have a Father Who Loves You. And just as the Father stood in waiting in Luke 15, He is waiting for you. And just as the Father ran to greet His son in Luke 15, so will the Father run to you. In this concept ALONE—you can have incredible freedom.

Colossians 2 ¹³ When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, ¹⁴ having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. ¹⁵ And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

As you worship today, reach your hands to heaven and celebrate these victories … and every other one that the Father has given to you. They are incredible. And they are free.

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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October 5, 2025 0

520 I Need You

Our value in the partnership with Jesus is … unimportant. As much as we would like to profess our value, our contribution, our resume—it simply means nothing on the accounting books.

And to realize this is humbling to the core.

But the reality is that we cut a deal with God … yet need God to help us keep our end of the bargain.

Growing up, I would read the Old Testament and even the stories of the disciples and scoff at their utter lack of contribution … or commitment.

But today, I am coming at it from the other side.

These people … they were so much better than I first perceived. They are in fact, just like all of us.

As I listened to this song this morning driving into work, the words resonated with me.

I am weak … my flesh my fail … give me faith, to trust what You say … I need You, to soften my heart … I surrender …

Amen. Amen. And amen.

We are ruined without Him.

And thank God that He has the patience to endure our utter brokenness.

Psalm 139 ²³ Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. ²⁴ See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Praise You Jesus — You, and You alone, hold the keys to eternal life.

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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October 2, 2025 0

519 In Him, We Might Become …

Paul tells us many things in 2 Corinthians 5. And as I read it today I am seeing things that I have never seen before.

The promises of God are amazing. And sometimes we need the promise that assures us that it is OKAY that we are broken …

So what does God tell us?

He tells us that we are in an “earthly tent”, that our days are numbered, that things will deteriorate.
He tells us that we will have shame, that we will sometimes feel exposed, or that we won’t measure up.
He tells us that we will feel distant from Him.

Amen, amen, and amen.

Sometimes we are not living the Disney story. But realizing this, we can seek something better. And the better is SO MUCH BETTER.

And so there it is … we can make a trade. Some might say that this is the “great exchange”, but whatever the name—this is the greatest thing that you could ever seek.

Jesus has something for us that we could never attain on our own accord.

And He gives it to us for nothing—or even worse—He gives it to us while adopting our broken attempt at building something.

2 Corinthians 5 ²¹ God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

As you read this verse today I encourage you to read ALL of 2 Corinthians 5. It promises what we deal with every day … and then promises what we have when we make the trade.

Jesus is more than enough.

He is more than our sin.

He is more than our brokenness.

He is more than our broken physical bodies.

And He is more than able to cover the distance that we plant between our selfish desires … and Him.

As you reach out this morning … Cry out—

He will be there.

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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September 24, 2025 0

518 Today More Than Ever

To fathom that God sent Jesus to walk out the call of mankind is hard to process. But walk out the call of mankind He did.

Nothing was given to Him.

He had to fight His way up from nothing.

And He fully committed to God in doing so.

And, in doing so, He still had the ability to think of others. As He witnessed the Passover market place, He entered the public scene by doing what He professed to do for all eternity … stand up for the broken. And so He began a journey to the cross that was grounded in love and standing up for all mankind.

Hebrews 5 ⁸Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered ⁹and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him ¹⁰and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 7 says of Melchizedek:

Hebrews 7 He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him, ²and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything.

So here’s what you need to know:

In your lowest moment, Jesus is there for you. He will meet you after returning from defeat and bless you. He will bless you when you go in … and bless you when you go out.

So get out there. And if you suffer—learn obedience. But receive what Jesus gives you—perfection—so that you can give it to all man. Because God so loved the world that He gave His only Son…

And we need Him today more than ever.

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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September 17, 2025 0

517 What A Championship Team Looks Like

We would do well to learn from the 1980 United States Hockey team. Pulling off the unthinkable, they defeated a Soviet team that was virtually unbeatable. And they did it because they followed a Biblical model.

1 Corinthians 12 ¹² The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. ¹³ For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body–whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free–and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. ¹⁴ Now the body is not made up of one part but of many. ¹⁵ If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. ¹⁶ And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body. ¹⁷ If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? ¹⁸ But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. ¹⁹ If they were all one part, where would the body be? ²⁰ As it is, there are many parts, but one body. ²¹ The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!” ²² On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, ²³ and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, ²⁴ while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has combined the members of the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it, ²⁵ so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. ²⁶ If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. ²⁷ Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

In 2025, we are all the wiser for many things. But we would do well to never forget what truly makes up a team. And that is, simply put, described in 1 Corinthians 12. It is a simple formula: Realize that without all of your body parts, you are a sitting duck.

For all the stars and individual accolades that we can give, I can give you 10 counterexamples of how that individual star would not even be recognized today without his supporting cast.

As a coach, I have always hated the end of season awards. We celebrate the one and forget that the other 32 are the ones that put us there … or didn’t.

And, just like God says, it relates to a 1 Corinthians 12 mindset.

As we walk through our day and operate in our various “teams” that we get to work with, let us never forget the importance of what the world would call the little guy.

Because the little guy … is exactly what Jesus became to save our sorry souls from the pits of Hell.

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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September 10, 2025 0

516 The Heart Of The Matter

In the third chapter of First John God decides to knock our socks off with the greatest verse in the Bible (besides all the other ones). He gives us a word so deep that it cuts to the depths of our soul.

1 John 3 ¹⁹ This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence ²⁰ whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

We KNOW that we belong to the truth. And we know it because we can set our hearts at rest in His presence. And we do it even when we condemn ourselves because He is greater. So even though it is our choice to condemn ourselves and even know we think we know everything, God is greater. And He fixes all that is broken.

I don’t know how to even fathom this.

But I will simply say this: If Jesus can be fully man and go to sleep in a boat during the storm of the century, then you can too.

If He can be the Truth, then we can have the truth in us.

And if He can choose not to condemn us, then we can receive it and no longer be condemned.

This word is better than any gift that you can receive from the world … And it lasts forever.

So as you run the race today, choose Jesus.

And as you choose Him, give His mighty power away to someone else.

And if they reject that mighty power, love the stuffing out of them. Because His love can cut through whatever they might want to put in front of Him.

Be blessed today.

And go forward in love.

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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September 2, 2025 0

515 Be Excellent In THESE Things

To the perfectionist, the high achiever, and to the one who seeks, and often finds, success, I want to say this:

Be careful.

Because as much as the enemy will attack you in your weaknesses, he will also attack you in your strengths–he will attack you in the very areas where God has blessed you.

I say to you today: Don’t let him have his way!

There are some things in this world that can never be satisfied. And just as a fire will rage and burn down everything in its path, just as the bare ground soaks up water like it never was poured, and just as the grave will never stop pursuing you … So will it be with the leech that can take away all your victories.

We are warned about this in the Old Testament:

Proverbs 30 ¹⁵ “The leech has two daughters. ‘Give! Give!’ they cry. “There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’: ¹⁶ the grave, the barren womb, land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’

Being excellent is a badge of honor. It is what makes people what they are, but it must never be allowed to be attached to anything beyond doing it for God’s glory. Pursue that. And pursue it with all your heart knowing these two things:

#1. No one knows you better than God does. No one has your back better than God does. And no one can fill you better than God can. So stick with that.

It is the very reason that Jesus told Nathanael “I saw you under the fig tree”. This wasn’t some one line verse in an ancient text. It was Jesus saying that He actually SAW into Nathanael’s pain.

John 1 ⁴⁷ When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is nothing false.” ⁴⁸ “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”

You see, the enemy will sometimes influence us to think He is a distant Father who has no connection to us. But God is the God of relationship and pursuit. He cares about what you care about. He hates when people mess you over. And He hates when you mess over those He loves. Never forget that He cares about what you care about … and also never forget that He gave you gifts and excellence SO THAT YOU CAN ENJOY THEM. Do not let the enemy steal your victories or your joy. He has no right to them. Deny Him access. Jesus SEES you in your victories and defeats. KNOW that He SEES you, SEEK HIM IN RETURN, and keep it simple.

#2. Never, ever, forget what God has for you, or how He truly feels about you. And with that, never forget why you try to be excellent. It is not to please the insatiable thirst of the leech. It is not so that you can cower down in front of the enemy of man and wilt under his pressure. God puts excellence on you so that you can be a testimony. But more than that, He puts it on you so that you can glorify Him with every step that you take.

Zephaniah 3 ¹⁷ The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing.”

We love because He first loved us first. We succeed because He is the great I Am. And we pursue excellence because it is who He made us to be. And nothing more.

Do not feed the leech. He brings friends with him.

Do not cower down to the enemy. He is seeking to destroy you and all that you love.

Do not put the pressure of the world on your shoulders, you are not strong enough to carry it.

Purpose to love the Father and to be excellent for His glory.

Pursue His Kingdom and His Righteousness.

Be filled by His spirit and His wisdom.

And Live out the call on your life for the right purpose.

It is in these things that you can be excellent.

In The Name of the Father and the

Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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August 28, 2025 0

WITH DOUG JOHNSON