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Your five closest friends, the people who know you best, can have an incredible impact on your life. How can you surround yourself with people who will help you to draw closer to God day by day? On this week’s episode of the Gary Wilkerson Podcast, Tim Dilena discusses friendships, family, and the future of the church. View podcast show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp142r

When God’s people are on fire with the message of the gospel, the enemy takes notice. Those who fearlessly declare that Jesus is Lord should expect resistance, but they can stand firm in the knowledge that God will prevail. Watch, listen, download more sermons: https://wcm.link/sfr

In 2020, Tim Dilena became the senior pastor at Times Square Church in New York City. This week, Pastor Dilena joins the Gary Wilkerson Podcast to talk about God’s faithfulness as Times Square Church ministered to a city on edge in a time of global crisis. View podcast show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp141r

Are you speaking into your family members’ lives? Are you recognizing God’s calling for them, even when they can’t see it for themselves? Carter Conlon looks to the book of Esther to demonstrate that one person who sees the God-given potential may be all it takes to transform a life. Watch, listen, download more sermons: https://wcm.link/sfr

We are conditioned to believe, almost subconsciously, that sin is not our own fault. Whether we blame it on other people or culture or childhood, we are more than happy to blame anyone but ourselves. David Wilkerson reminds us to take a now look at the way we think about sin and repentance. Watch, listen, download more sermons: https://wcm.link/sfr

World Challenge’s missions work goes beyond meeting immediate physical needs. The goal is to empower people, to offer tangible skills and to teach people to trust in God. This week on the Gary Wilkerson Podcast we talk about the ways that God is at work as World Challenge seeks to make disciples in nations around the world. View podcast show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp140r

How can an organization facilitate change in different cultures without doing harm to local communities? This week on the Gary Wilkerson Podcast we talk about World Challenge’s intentional, development-based approach to ministry. View podcast show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp139r

Jesus commanded his followers not to be anxious about anything, but that seems easier said than done. How can we follow this commandment when it is so hard to let go of our worries? Gary Wilkerson offers practical ways to look beyond our everyday concerns to seek the kingdom of God. Watch, listen, download more sermons: https://wcm.link/sfr

Most people have no difficulty understanding that humans are inherently sinful. That is obvious enough. What we tend to struggle with is the human desire to to try overcome sin through our own efforts. John Bailey joins Gary Wilkerson to discuss how Christians should think about God’s New Covenant promise. View podcast show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp138r

God has offered salvation to every single person. It has nothing to do with how we’ve acted in the past or what life has dragged us through. The only issue that matters is belief in Jesus. The beauty of the gospel lies in its overwhelming simplicity. Tim Dilena talks about the way that God address the world, sin, his Son, those who believe, and those who do not. Watch, listen, download more sermons: https://wcm.link/sfr

Have you ever felt like you lacked the strength to accomplish what you were called to do? In times like that, it is easy to let go of hope for the future and even hope for this present moment. We can take heart, because God has made it clear that his will for his peoples’ lives is much better than that. Carter Conlon examines the way that God responds to us in out times of weakness. Watch, listen, download more sermons: https://wcm.link/sfr

The struggle against sin is every Christian’s battle, but it is not one we can fight alone. It is only by trusting completely in Christ, by resting in his goodness, that we find find total victory over the sin that tries to enslave us. In this sermon, recorded in 1968, David Wilkerson speaks to the power over sin that is available to every child of God. Watch, listen, download more sermons: https://wcm.link/sfr

A powerful, life-giving church is one where God is the focus and scripture is the center of teaching. Unfortunately, many churches today are more focused on offering entertainment. Ron Brown joins Gary Wilkerson to talk about how churches can focus on God and truly become a light to the world around them. Watch, listen, download more sermons: https://wcm.link/gwp136r

Very often, people are unwilling to change until it becomes more painful to stay as they are. Beginning to feel trapped in an addiction can be painful, but it can also serve as powerful motivation to find deep healing. Nate Larkin and Gary Wilkerson look at the role of honesty, family and culture in addiction recovery. View podcast show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp135r

The world, and sometimes even the church, is saturated with compromise, sin and apathy. As morality is forgotten and the boundaries between right and wrong become obscured, believers are called to draw a clear line between evil and good. Watch, listen, download more sermons: https://wcm.link/sfr

God’s faithfulness is constant and unchanging. Even when we struggle to understand our circumstances, God’s faithfulness endures. God is true to his promises, so we have every reason to trust in him.

n ancient Hebrew, anything that was listed three times was meant to be taken seriously. Scripture describes God through many of his attributes, but holiness is the only one that is listed three times. God is pure, clean and totally separate from the things of the world. He is holy, holy, holy.

What exactly is the difference between knowledge and wisdom? It is well known that God has limitless knowledge, but his wisdom is less familiar. It is an important attribute to understand because knowledge without wisdom would look very different.

Everything and everyone that God has created is touched by his mercy. We can think of this aspect of God’s nature in a narrow sense, but it truly affects everything. We are created and sustained by the mercy of God.

Have you ever taken a moment to really consider what God’s graciousness means? Even though we are part of God’s creation, we still choose to rebel against him. While we were in that broken, rebellious state, God chose to offer us redemption. That level of grace is almost impossible to comprehend.

God’s goodness means that, if you love him, he is always on your side. No circumstance, trial or tribulation could change that. God is deeply, totally good, and he will work things out accordingly in the end.

All of God’s attributes are essential to who he is, but scripture seems to place a special emphasis on the fact that he is loving. God’s all-encompassing love is one of the ways that he makes himself known to us.

God’s transcendence means that every element of his character goes beyond our understanding. While God is certainly near to us, he is also majestic, glorious and well beyond our capacity to comprehend.

God created every individual with a need for intimacy, but it can become distorted in the modern world. Broken families, abuse, neglect and even an unwillingness to rely on other people can get in the way of healthy intimacy. Nate Larkin and Gary Wilkerson continue their conversation about recovery from sexual addiction. View podcast show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp134r

There is a major difference between being conformed to the world and being transformed by God. Every day, Christians come up against thoughts and ideas that are not in line with God’s truth. Pastor Tim Dilena walks us through what it looks like to have a renewed mind and explains how to navigate the thoughts that try to lead us astray. Watch, listen, download more sermons: https://wcm.link/sfr