The Best Choice is Jesus

Apostle Allison Smith Conliff delivers a direct call to “make a better choice with Jesus” and to treat the Christian life as the “real deal,” not an occasional habit. She stresses that consistency is not optional: serving God is not limited to Sunday morning and Thursday night, but must be 24/7, “either you’re in or you’re out.” Using Scripture (notably Psalm 119 language about keeping God’s statutes and hiding the Word in the heart), she challenges listeners to examine whether they truly have a personal walk with God or whether they rely on others’ spirituality to carry them.

A major theme is the necessity of a real prayer life. She confronts the common contradiction of wanting healing, deliverance, and God’s power while neglecting personal devotion. While acknowledging that God has placed gifts in the church and that agreement prayer has value, she insists believers must also “pray without ceasing” and learn to shift situations through their own prayer and faith. She points to biblical and historical examples, Jesus Himself, Deborah, Esther, John the Baptist, and well-known revival voices, to show that spiritual authority is built in the secret place, not through image, noise, or religious routine.

She warns that distractions steal time and sabotage destiny: screens, entertainment, and sinful habits can consume attention while the Savior is ignored. In sharp, memorable language, she rebukes compromises that defile the “temple” of the body, urging worship and holiness instead of addictions and unclean living. She frames the stakes plainly: sin pays wages of death, but God offers the gift of eternal life. Church fellowship matters, but it cannot replace personal fellowship; each person must confess Christ for themselves.

The message also carries urgency about danger and spiritual warfare. She recounts real-life violence near members’ homes as a sobering reminder that life is fragile and believers must stay “inside the ark of safety,” now understood as the arms of Jesus. She urges the church to abandon gossip and trivial obsessions, and to “get it right” because God is cleaning up His people “from the pulpit to the pew.” She uses the potter imagery, making, shaping, and “baking”, to explain trials: pressure and heat are not pointless; they strengthen believers to withstand spiritual assault. God desires a people who are “hot,” not lukewarm, ready to go and ready to obey.

Addressing families, she calls parents and guardians to raise children with God’s principles, including discipline and deliberate investment in Scripture. In moments of temptation, she argues, children won’t quote science formulas, they need God’s Word hidden in the heart. She cautions against pride, self-sufficiency, and boasting, reminding believers that standing alone invites defeat; God designed spiritual life with covering, unity, and humility.

Near the end, she demonstrates how to respond when “pressures of life” squeeze: praise your way through and fight your way out, because the enemy doesn’t come gently but aggressively. Yet victory has already been won through Jesus Christ, and believers must walk in it by faith. The sermon closes in worship and prayer, asking God for renewed love for His principles, a transparent lifestyle that wins others, fresh oil and grace, healing for those in need, and salvation for those tuning in, declaring victory in the name and blood of Jesus.

Rec. Date: 5th September, 2024