Pastor Jason Anderson - Audio

Moses has been talking to God again, and this is not unlike what is available for all of us. God has called us to enter into that most holy place, to pray, to approach the throne of grace with boldness, and so I don't see this conversation as unattainable for any believer. Exodus 33:18: Then Moses said, "Now show me your glory." I want to see it Lord, raah, the show me what you got, (Isaiah 60:13 - the glory of Lebanon was a forest, richness, the best of the land) let me see your richest, best, show me the S on your chest, flex your biceps, what you got in there? I've heard you talk about it, but I want to see it.

On a hot summer day in August of 2015, my dad swung by to say “hey.” He noticed my son’s IROC was parked out of the way at my house and so he asked, “What's up with the car?” I replied, “Oh, the alternator died a few days ago. I wish I had a minute to get it changed out; I've been driving him to school.” So he says, “Stop wishing, start doing.” My dad is a doer. His philosophy his whole life was “Fire, aim, ready."

According to estimates in 2013, there were 58 billion dollars in unclaimed funds held by state and federal agencies - money that belongs to someone but has never been collected. They hold it, and it's yours, but you have to get it. I believe there are far more unclaimed funds in the Kingdom of God. God has given you everything you need for life and godliness, all provided for you at the cross for anyone who will believe, and yet so much of our inheritance goes unclaimed. Today we begin a journey of looking at our inheritance.

The angel visited Mary to tell her she would have Jesus - the Word was spoken - Luke 1:44, “As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.” The Jesus in you excites people, just the sound of your voice and the dreams, the dead or dormant embers that God has called someone to, ignites, leaps within them. God has put in you power for others. Like Paul, who received exceeding great revelations not for himself, but for the world, for grace, for us. What was in Mary ignited something in Elizabeth. Like Mary, you carry Jesus, the incorruptible seed. God places His word in you and people will hear your voice. Sometimes you may feel like you want to help others, but are you really having an impact? You tried to encourage a friend, but you’re not sure it did anything. Or Christians who aren't sure they have anything to offer, you wonder, well, what could I say to make a difference, what could I do?

Zechariah 9:12 says, “Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope. Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.” A prisoner is someone who has resigned themselves fully to the sentencing of the judge. And what has our God said about us? What sentence was declared over us, the children of God, the believers, a royal priesthood, a holy nation? Christ in us, the hope of Glory, that we have this hope as an anchor for the soul, it goes behind the curtain and into the sanctuary... joint heirs with Christ - I have been sentenced to a life of health, favor, victory, dreams… Prisoner of Hope, "Return to the stronghold, I will restore you double." A prisoner of hope understands there is a location for restoration. Today I want to talk to you about shackling ourselves to hope. Too many people treat hope as something that is here today and gone tomorrow. Well I was hoping to find Mr. Right. I was hoping to get that job. I was hop

2 Corinthians 4:1 (NIV) says, “Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.” Wait, I have a ministry? I didn't know. The Bible is full of things we didn't know were ours. Wealth, blessing, favor, restoration, a healed heart, healing, authority - God's word lists a litany of things you maybe didn't know were yours. I just got a truck with great big tires. It was riding funny so I took it in and my tire guy said one of the tires was defective. I found a receipt and called to see if the tire was under warranty. Turns out it was. We just need to call on the Lord to find out what exactly is available to us. Here we find we have something many didn't know we had. A ministry. And you say, "Hey I didn't go to Bible school, I’m not qualified. My resume would be rejected." But it said that it was because of God's mercy, not your qualifications. Jesus qualified you.

In 1 Samuel 17, David had defeated a great giant, Goliath. The Bible says he struck him with a stone from a sling and the giant fell face down, dead. Then David who had a shepherd’s staff instead of a sword, took the sword of his enemy and used it to cut off the head of Goliath. The Bible then says in 1 Samuel 17:54, "And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem". Whatcha doin David? 18 miles. 7 hour walk? He arrives, the city of Jerusalem was occupied by the enemy. The Jebusites owned Jerusalem. I imagine David stopped just outside the walls of his enemy, holding the head of Goliath. I imagine he was sending a loud and clear message. It was as though he had a divine moment from God, he arrives at a city that should belong to God. "You're next." He was putting them on notice. I'm coming for you! Do we have territory in our Christianity that should belong to God but doesn't? A defeated enemy holding a city th

Today I want to talk to you, really, about advancing the work of the Lord. The Kingdom of God is supposed to be advancing. In 1 Timothy 1: 2-4, Paul is clueing us in to how God advances the Kingdom—His agenda. He advances people. People advance the kingdom. This is discipleship. Discipleship is advancing people. Can I advance someone, help them get up to speed, skip some pot holes? If you advance you, you advance the Kingdom; if you expand you, you expand the Kingdom.

Today I want to talk to you about a key that David gives us to succeed in our race—our God given assignment. When Hanna hit the bar, she won, she fulfilled her purpose, and she described it as her horn being exalted. A horn held the anointing oil. We are each anointed for a purpose, David was anointed to be King! It comes with a title, a mission, and strength. But lots of kings didn't serve God with their purpose. They got the title. They got the strength. But they missed the mission. And herein lies the problem. There are so many gifted, skillful, amazing people on this planet, doing so many things that seem great, so many trying to make a difference, but they’re unhappy and unfulfilled. Hanna said, "My heart rejoices." David said, "My heart rejoices." These two found out a secret that we need.

Today I want to teach you that you were designed by God to hope—to hope with God's kind of hope. His word is always telling us things are getting better, we are getting freer, good news! And now let the poor say I'm rich, let the weak say I'm strong. I had an old car when I was a 16, and the gas tank had rust in it. Every week or so the fuel filter would get completely plugged with rust, and the car would stop moving. The car was designed to operate at its full potential, given the right environment and ingredients. When we lose hope, when we get disappointed, we lose access to all the potential that is in Christ. Consider that we are given everything we need to remain hopeful. God has given us power, position, and purpose, all with His partnership. He has called us to remain full of hope. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, when we leave hope we find ourselves disappointed, discouraged, and deceived, unable to inherit what

Today, I want to announce to you that you were designed by God. That design came with a purpose. There is a vessel that was placed in you, attached to your life, that is filled with desire and a destination. Your life came with a plan. You are unique. Your gifting, talents, and desires are entirely distinct. God designed you. Predestined: God foreknew you, and He knows why you are here, what your purpose is.

July 2, 2017

Today we are going to start in Joel 2:25 (NKJV), “So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, The crawling locust, The consuming locust, And the chewing locust. My army I sent among you.” There are four types of ways the curse has stolen from us. This passage is a prophesy of what happened when Christ came. Christ broke the curse, but then He didn't just stop there. He promises to restore what the curse steals, what Satan steals, the years stolen from you. And so He identifies each of the four. They represent your effort/time, your relationships, your money, and your fruit. You worked for years and years and it was all wasted. You were married to the wrong man, he was abusive, he didn't love you, 10 years, and you look at the time, ugh, what a waste. You made that investment; the money vanished like thin air. You raised your children to love the Lord, but they are running to the world. Too many Christians

Today I want to talk to you about being Spirit-led through divine inspiration, a supernatural visitation for your distinct and unique life experience, a personalized message to you from God. The Holy Spirit's primary way of leading is by teaching us the word of God. He also leads us through our desires. He gives us the desires of our heart; in other words, the reason He wants to fulfill the desire in your heart is because He put it in there. It's part of His way to get you to want to do what He wants you to do. But today I want to talk to you about the daily leading of the Spirit through every facet of life that comes to us by the Spirit’s direct messaging, the specific and direct communication from the Holy Spirit that is for your personal and distinct life destination. There is a leading available to Christians that many are completely missing, either because they are unaware, or not listening and trusting. Or they think the Holy

Today I want to talk to you about distractions. We are so busy. And so busy and so many distractions sometimes leaves no room for God's plan. We just don't have time for that right now. God's trying to put his plan in motion, but there just aren't any seats left on your bus. The movie in our mind is sold out. Jesus talks about this in the parable of the sower and the seed. One of the types that didn't really get the life-changing word of God just had too much going on; too many things distracted them from producing what God had given. The boss comes in with a new project and it gets put on the bottom of the pile of what I'm doing. But is everything we are doing producing? Or maybe some of my busy is just that, busy. I believe too many Christians are being pulled off God's path by distractions.

Today I want to talk to you about graduating to the next level. Every May students are graduating - my daughter is graduating high school this year. At the graduation there are speeches given about the new opportunities facing the graduates. You can become anything. The world is an oyster. For college graduates, they have been studying for a particular career; new information has been preparing them to be released into purpose – engineer, microbiologist, accountant. The definition of graduating is to pass from one stage of experience to a higher one. Promotion to a higher place resulting from study, preparation, and testing to determine readiness. The Holy Spirit is our teacher. We are called to understanding. The Spirit leads us by revealing to us, through the Word, moving us along in our purpose.

“Let's get together for coffee.” I love that phrase. We do it at our daily show, “Wake Up.” Coffee is something that can be shared in so many ways. That friend you haven't seen in 10 years, “Let’s catch up over coffee.” Your spouse, “You wanna go get a cup of coffee?” Your best friend, “Let's meet up tomorrow for coffee.” A new client, a possible important contact, that new possible love interest… and asking her out to dinner is too aggressive, but coffee, we could do coffee. You sit across from each other, your friend, your sister, your spouse, no real agenda, just chatting. Relaxed, breathing in life, drinking in relationship, laughing, sharing coffee, a new joke, sharing problems, stories of weariness, stories of victory, sharing opinions, sharing advice. What if you could have coffee with some women of the Bible, heroes from ancient times? What would they tell you? What would they say? Today we will have coffee with six differen

Today I want to take you all off roading - today we talk about getting off the beaten path and trail blazing. Did you know the Spirit desires for you to go off road, to think different, to live different, to go a different road? Did you know that the Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness - took Him off road. Jesus’ whole life was spent going off road, He did things differently, He wasn't with the pack. He didn't succumb to the pressures of what everyone else thought or said. The Bible doesn't use the normal paths, it doesn't work on the 9-lane freeway. The Bible takes us right over the water, it moves the mountain out of our way, the word of God isn't saying what the world is saying. It's a completely different way of living life, and has a completely better destination. We love the guys who pave new ways, discoverers. They reject status quo, they go against the grain. The world is flat, you'll fall off the edge, but Columbus sails o

Today I want to talk to you about being led by the Spirit, specifically, the breath of God. The breath of God is the revealer of God's word, bringing us revelation. Often in the Bible the breath of God is a metaphor for the Holy Spirit. The same word for Spirit is used for breath in both Greek and Hebrew, New Testament and Old. God is wanting to show us that His Spirit is like Him breathing. In Exodus 15, the Israelites are singing a song about God parting the seas, and they say something interesting. Exodus 15:8 (ISV) says, “By the breath of your nostrils the waters were piled up, the flowing waters stood up like a hill, the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.” The breath here broke something off to reveal something that was already there. It describes these deep waters as thickening in the heart of the sea - something hidden in the deep. Listen to David sing about the breath of God 2 Samuel 22:16 (NKJV), “Then the chann

Today I want to talk to you about God's desire to raise us up. I call it, “the resurrected King is resurrecting me.” God has jumped through a lot of hoops to position us to be raised up. We all have been in low places, at the base of a mountain looking up. How will I get my family back on track? The marriage is on the rocks man, and so we dig around, and try and get a footing, trying to fix things, patch up the sinking ship. But God’s desire is for you to be raised to the top of the mountain, great marriage, promoted in the job. Your business has been struggling, but God wants to raise it up to the highest, most successful business. He says in Deuteronomy 28:1 (NKJV), "Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. I like how it says it in the NET in Deuteron