Pastor Jason Anderson

How did God love the world? He didn't condemn the world or smite the world, or punish the world. He didn't point out the sins of the world. He LOVED the world. We all want to stamp out the evil in this world, but how we fight might be doing more harm than good. Why are we trying to instruct the world in morality and hold them to our moral standard before they know Jesus? "His divine power has give...

You can do big things; you can do more than you think. You can reach the stars, dream the big dreams, climb the mountain, defeat the giant, and take the land God has given you. You've heard the phrase, "bit off more than you can chew"? Our Lord Jesus has called us to bite off more than we can chew. "Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us." (Romans 8:37 NKJV) -...

"Love keeps no record of wrongs," (1 Corinthians 13:5) and it's the key to having rich, lasting, joyful relationships. But when we keep a record of the wrongs--what our spouse said or did, or our brother, coworker, church family--it has the power to erode our relationships and attitudes; it can steal our joy and make us bitter. ----- Jason and Kelli Anderson are lead pastors at Living Word, a mult...

"Pursued by the Savior" (Pastor Kelli Anderson) - Let's talk for a minute about the Samaritan woman in John 4. She had a questionable past and was shunned, rejected, and gossiped about for being a homewrecker--a stealer of husbands. Yet, she was a very real person, and even though she had a past and a current situation that wasn't good, all that changed with just one encounter with Jesus. "One Enc...

"And I will pray the father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever -- the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you." (John 14:16 NKJ) These were some of the final words from Jesus to his disciples, merely hours before He went to the Cross. It was the last...

The still small voice of the Holy Spirit can lead you through every day right into your best life. It can route you around potholes and unnecessary frustrations or delays. It can run you into people in need, divine connections, and destiny appointments. But when we don't know that voice, or things are just too noisy, we can miss God. When you miss God, you miss out on the things of God. "The wind...

We face big mountains, big giants; we have big destinies. And we are not without help! There are gifts of the Spirit you haven't opened yet--gifts that will accelerate you and take you to new heights of success. The Holy Spirit is a game-changer, a God-given advantage for His children to live their best life. "And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit...

The Bible is the Word of God--it is food. The Word became flesh and dwelled among us--Jesus is the bread of life. At one point, Jesus even pointed out to His disciples that if they wanted to be part of Him, they would have to eat His flesh and drink His blood. The nutrition we need for our souls, our relationships, and our mental health is Jesus--the Word of God! "And He said to me, 'Son of man, f...

Your best life is the one that regards what God has said. Set it in your heart as truth. The Word of God is there to help us make better choices--decisions that could mean the difference between life and death. "He who feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his livestock flee to the houses. But he who did not regard the word of the Lord left his servants an...

Satan doesn't want you to believe the Bible is reliable. He desires to make the Word of no effect to you. He started in Genesis. "Did God really say...?" But did you know that the Bible is impossibly accurate and reliable? Let's talk. ----- Jason and Kelli Anderson are lead pastors at Living Word, a multi-site church originating in Mesa, Arizona. Jason is a co-host of WakeUp Daily Bible Study, vie...

One of the secrets to getting clarity in vision is to encourage yourself by seeing God in the little things. It may be that before we can see God in big ways, we first have to see Him in small ways. The slightest movement in your favor might be a turning of tides in your life, the beginning of something big. ----- Jason and Kelli Anderson are lead pastors at Living Word, a multi-site church origin...

People often picture themselves losing, but if you see defeat, you will conceive, and possibly birth, defeat. You are looking with the wrong eyes. We need to learn to use our spiritual eyes; Paul calls them the eyes of your heart. Your imagination. ----- Jason and Kelli Anderson are lead pastors at Living Word, a multi-site church originating in Mesa, Arizona. Jason is a co-host of WakeUp Daily Bi...

Many have a clear image of the mountain that is stopping them, a clear vision of what failure looks like. Instead, get a clear picture of the promises of God. What's on the other side of the mountain? And by the Spirit, you will bring forth that image by faith. ----- Jason and Kelli Anderson are lead pastors at Living Word, a multi-site church originating in Mesa, Arizona. Jason is a co-host of Wa...

Our society has gone through a bout of isolation, and the effects have been devastating. We closed schools and masked our children; we closed churches and canceled holidays. And then we have an "isolation device" called a "phone." God's words ring true now more than ever. "It is not good for a man to be alone." (Genesis 2:18 NKJV) Autism, learning disabilities, mental illness, and depression are a...

"It's not worth it, it's not worth my time, it's hard to go to church." I know. "They hurt me." Jesus says, "Yeah, they hurt me too." Is it worth it? People are worth more than your pain. Humans are worth more than the hurt. Ask Jesus. "Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart." (Hebrews 12:3 NIV)

"... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, (Ephesians 1:17-18 NKJV) The saints here are you and the people around you. Treasure is si...

"Now David was greatly distressed... but David strengthened himself in the LORD his God." (1 Samuel 30:6 NKJV) If you've been struggling, I want you to know your second wind is coming. There are places you want to go in your marriage, family, health, and finances, and God built you to win—not to end where you started, but to take that promised land.

"He made him ride in the heights of the earth, that he might eat the produce of the fields; He made him draw honey from the rock..." (Deuteronomy 32:13 NKJV) God is hiding goodness among the difficulties. The riches, the goodness, the best pleasures—the promises of God—are honey, but the honey is in the rock. The best of the produce will come from the hardest of places.

What's the solution to overcoming temptation in your life? Here it is. Don't take what Satan brings you. The enemy is a liar; sometimes, the deception is so great that we make a treaty with it. We keep it around like it's a part of us, like it's serving us, but don't do that... it's a trap. "Away with you, Satan!" (Matthew 4:10 NKJV)

In the Word, there is often an assignment attached to a breakthrough. In John 2, Jesus tells the servants at the wedding feast to "fill the jars with water." If they hadn't, they wouldn't have seen a miracle. The Israelites... if they don't cross the Jordan, they don't get a miracle; if they don't circle Jericho seven times, they don't receive their breakthrough. "Do whatever He tells you." (John...

Too many believers are walking around with the power of Christ pent up inside, waiting for Jesus to fix everything. I know sometimes we have to wait on the Lord, but today I want you to know that sometimes the Lord is waiting on you. Let's talk about three Bible stories where each initiated a miracle: Mary, Peter, and the Blind Bartimaeus. See God's hand in your life; take the initiative and unlea...