Pastor Jason Anderson

To get to the next level, you have to learn to make even the hard times bless your future. "We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed—always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body." (2 Corinthians 4:8-10)

Let God's word bring you greater certainty about what you own; you are the rightful heir, promised by the Creator of this universe, His Son, and His Holy Spirit so that when you pray, you will pray with boldness and confidence. "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of ad...

Declaration creates direction. Take your goals and declare them. Take your big prayers and declare them. Take your supernatural advancement and declare it. "I will declare the decree: The LORD has said to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your possession. (Psalms 2:7-8 NKJV)

One day in church can advance your life three years—health, finances, relationships, breakthrough. "Better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked." (Psalm 84:10 NIV)

As believers, we have an advantage. What is the promise? "You will be the head and not the tail, above and not beneath." Let's stop living lives of untapped potential and unrealized abilities, believers living average or below-average lives. Take advantage of your advantage--ask God's Spirit to be on you in everything you do. "Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me wi...

We are praying and believing for things that are too small. God wants us to dream bigger. He desires to do more than we ask, think, dream, or imagine. "Now to him who by the power that is working within us is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think." (Ephesians 3:20 NET)

What we let in our hearts will produce in our future. Thoughts, words, and emotions are all seeds; we don’t want all of them to have access. "And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful." (Colossians 3:15 NKJV)

God’s hand is upon you. When you are in difficulty, His hand of blessing is heavier than usual. He manifests his glory cloud in your grief and pain. God uses the valley to make you more fruitful, to increase you, and to take you to new levels. It's in the ashes we find ourselves crowned with beauty. Many there be which say of my soul, there is no help for him in God. Selah. But thou, O LORD, a...

The world conditions us to get... to get more, to get what we want. The flesh tells us what it needs, our emotions tell us what they need, but it's all a lie. Generosity is the first step in the Kingdom of God's promises. He did not withhold from us. Are we withholding from Him? “… Freely you have received, freely give.” (Matthew 10:8 NKJV)

To become a giant, we must first defeat the giant. A giant in your life might be a poverty mindset, depression, low self-esteem, sexual immorality, intoxication... these things will keep you out of God's will and His best for your life. "Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. And when th...

Temptation wins when we stop trusting Him. Do you trust that God knows more than you do about your future--your dreams and your desires? "Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths." (Proverbs 3:5-6 NKJV)

Did you know the Bible has 783,000 words? In comparison, the Harry Potter series has over a million. The Bible takes about 100 hours to read, and the average person spends 3.25 hours per day looking at their phone, so you could read the entire Bible in about 30 days. The Bible is for you, but it can't help you if you don't know what it says. Today, let's take a quick overview in about...

Identity and purpose are married. How can you know what you're doing, or even what you're capable of doing, until you know who you are? The world says you must "find yourself," but there's a better way. "But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles,...

There are things in our very nature that give us certain tendencies. Yet the enemy wants to convince us that we're an inadequate, broken, damaged mess, barely getting by, weak, afraid, and ill-equipped. We wonder how we're supposed to win, looking at others thinking, "If only I had what they have. "What a deception! You don't need someone else's gifts, abilities, or advan...

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Let's talk about what happens when you know God has a plan for you, an assignment, but you aren't there yet. You know you are anointed, but your ship hasn't come in. You're somewhere, but not where you want to be. You're in between the oil and the crown. "And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man." (Luke 2:52 NIV)

Sometimes, we get impatient. What is the meaning of my existence? Why am I here? What am I doing? I feel stuck. We think of our purpose as something beyond the horizon, but I want you to know you can find purpose in every moment. We all want that burning bush moment: a precise, loud moment of what to do next. But the key to purpose is to be great right where you are. When you find purpose where yo...

The assignment God has for you is sometimes daunting. It's too big. But I want to show you that within your purpose is the power to drive you to the finish line. The provision is in the purpose, and it will propel you through the storm, over the giant, and to the top of the mountain. "I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted." (Job 42:2 ESV)

What movie are you playing? Stop playing the movie of what used to be or of an apparent loss. God wants to do new things in your life, better things, and He wants you to see that they're already yours. "Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses." (Joshua 1:3 NKJV)

In your life, you will face the impossible. Consider Mary when confronted by the angel, Gabriel. She could have said, "That's impossible." Instead, she said, "I am the Lord's servant. May it happen to me as you have said." Mary received the word and conceived it--the impossible was accomplished in her. "For no word from God will ever fail." (Luke 1:37 NIV)

We all have both victories and tragedies in our past. Both want to have conversations with you. Happiness and contentment are greatly related to how we view our experiences--the culmination of all that I’ve been through from birth to the present. What if every single experience in our memory spoke victory? I will praise You, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works. (Ps...