SERMON NOTES
KNOWING YOUR WORTH
Pastor Jacob Afere
You are worth more than what you have lost, what you have experienced, or what life and circumstances have made you believe.
One of life’s greatest tragedies is not necessarily losing something valuable. It is losing something valuable without knowing how valuable it was. You can possess something precious and treat it as ordinary because you don’t understand its worth.
You can carry greatness and live in mediocrity. And it is possible to be chosen by God and still let people’s opinions determine how you see yourself…
Minister Maurice John
God has not designed His children to live permanently defeated by adversity. Through faith in Christ, obedience to His Word, perseverance, and divine grace, what has been broken can be rebuilt, what has been lost can be recovered according to His purpose, and what has been weakened can be renewed. You may have been broken, but you are not finished. By faith, you can rise, recover, and rebuild again…
Pastor Jacob Afere
Lost is not always the end. With God, restoration is possible. There are seasons when life seems to take more from us than what it gives us. People may lose opportunities. Families may lose peace. Relationships may suffer. Dreams sometimes are delayed. Health may decline. Businesses may struggle. Spiritual passion may also diminish, and what took years to build may disappear in a moment.But the Bible tells us that loss is not the last chapter of a believer’s story…
Pastor Jacob Afere
A strong, blessed, and fruitful family is not built merely by finding the right person; it is built when husband and wife faithfully become the people God has called them to be. Our marriages will become stronger when we stop focusing only on what our spouse owes us and start focusing on what God requires of us. God is the architect of marriage. It is a covenant where two people become one under His governance—a relationship defined by mutual submission, love, and shared purpose rather than a competition for authority…
Pastor Jacob Afere
A strong family does not happen accidentally. Strong families are intentionally built. A beautiful wedding does not automatically produce a beautiful marriage. Having children does not automatically produce a strong family. Living together under the same roof does not necessarily mean that people are living in unity. A house may be built with strong bricks and colorful wood, but a home or family is built with values, relationships, character, faith, and the presence of God…
Pastor Jacob Afere
God wants more than a family. He wants a strong family. A family that is stronger than the potential challenges, trials, and storms of life. There is a difference between having a family and building a family.
Every family will experience challenges. Disagreement will come. Financial pressure is sometimes inevitable. What about sickness? There may even be moments when someone fails. But the strength of a family is measured by its ability, through God, to remain united while confronting its problems….
Pastor Jacob Afere
There are moments in our life’s journey when God brings us to the end of one chapter and places us at the doorway of another. At such moments, the greatest battle is often not whether God has something new for us, but whether we have enough faith, confidence, and courage to move forward.
Israel had spent years in the wilderness. Moses had led them faithfully, but a new season came, and God spoke to their new leader, Joshua, about what to do. God said to Joshua, “Now therefore arise and go over this Jordan.”…
Pastor Jacob Afere
God not only gives us the opportunity for a new beginning, but He also gives us the grace to take the necessary steps into the new beginning.A new beginning is not God’s responsibility alone. You have an active role in making it a reality for you…
Pastor Jacob Afere
Life is a battle. Success does not come by chance. Victory is not passive. The promise of God does not come automatically. Before Christians can fully walk into what God is doing next in their lives, they must overcome an internal battle over what they remember, believe, expect, and embrace. This internal battle is more destructive, obstructive, and deadly than the outward battle…
Pastor Jacob Afere
There are moments in our lives when God does not merely repair, replace, or reinstate the old. He creates the new. There are seasons when God says: “You have cried long enough. You have waited long enough. You have gone around this mountain long enough. A new chapter is necessary”….