Throwback Wednesday first preached on 11/17/2024

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What if the most powerful sermon you could ever preach is your own story? We open with a clear invitation to salvation and move into the heart of the message: God’s love doesn’t just make you feel better; it makes you whole. Drawing from Ephesians 3:19, we explore how experiencing the love of Christ fills life with God’s power and moves transformation beyond behavior tweaks into deep renewal.

From there, we build a “holy gumbo” of spiritual ingredients—love, grace, mercy, loyalty, and understanding—and show how understanding acts like a flavor lock. When you truly grasp grace, you can endure hardship with purpose, stand in loyalty like Paul, and become living proof that invites others to “taste and see that the Lord is good.” Your character becomes evidence, your choices become signals, and your peace becomes an open door for curious hearts.

The centerpiece is testimony. Revelation 12:11 reminds us we overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony. We confront the shame that keeps stories buried and make the case that testimony is a bridge: it lifts you above your past, connects others to hope, and demonstrates what God can do. Through Psalm 77, we practice remembering—those moments of rescue, the quiet mercies, the protection that kept us. We also honor the “God kept me” story: the student who stayed steady, the family builder, the one whose life looks ordinary but is marked by extraordinary grace. First Peter 3:15 calls us to be ready to explain our hope, and nothing explains it better than the lives we live and the stories we tell.

Ready to spark a ripple effect in your family and community? Share this episode, subscribe for more faith-building conversations, and send your testimony to [e-mail] so we can build a platform that multiplies courage and fuels revival. If God gave you a story, someone needs to hear it today.

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