Several years ago a story circulated about a hospital where something strange began happening.Patients were dying in the emergency room waiting area.Not because the doctors didn’t have the medicine.Not because the hospital lacked the equipment.Not because the surgeons weren’t trained.They were dying because no one was bringing them inside.The hospital was full of doctors.The medicine cabinets were stocked.The operating rooms were ready.But people were sitting in the parking lot… hurting… suffering… dying… because no one was going out to bring them in.Finally someone asked the question that should have been obvious:“What good is a hospital full of doctors if no one goes out to get the dying?”And church, I couldn’t help but think…How close does that sound to the modern church today? ⛪

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We stand week after week.

We have our call to worship.

We pray and ask God to let us take the message and apply it to our daily lives.

But here’s the honest truth:

We often get so busy that by Monday…

we forget what the message was even about.

And sometimes we say things like.

“Well, if the preacher was a little better, maybe I’d remember.”

But Proverbs doesn’t put the responsibility on the preacher.

It puts it on the heart.

And that’s where Jeremiah helps us understand why.

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Years have come and gone. Seasons have changed. Storms have risen and fallen. And through the years we’ve sung the words:

“It is well… it is well… with my soul.”

But let me remind you — that song was not written in comfort.

It was not written in abundance.

It was not written when everything was going right.

It was written in agony.

It was written in sorrow.

It was written after devastating loss.

And yet the writer could still declare, “It is well with my soul.”So today I have to ask you — not your neighbor, not your spouse, not the person across the aisle — but you: Is it truly well with your soul?

We live in a world that understands connection.

When the signal is strong, everything flows.

When the signal is weak, frustration rises.

Some of us treat our relationship with God like bad cell service — in and out.

One day strong.

Next day silent.

One Sunday lifted.

By Wednesday disconnected.

But hear me:

Our connection to Jesus is not a Sunday morning routine.

It is not a weekly recharge station.

It is not a religious habit.

It is life.

Deuteronomy 10:20 says, “You shall fear the Lord your God… serve Him… and to Him you shall hold fast.”

That phrase “hold fast” means to cling to, to stick to, to remain glued to.

Not visit Him.

Not occasionally acknowledge Him.

But cling to Him.

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John 15:4-5

Having an intimate relationship with Jesus is something we don’t talk about often,but it is the very foundation of our faith. Intimacy with Him means more than just knowing about Him—it means drawing so close to Him that distractions begin to fade. It means learning how to truly abide in Him.And the Word tells us that when we abide in Him, He abides in us.Abiding isn’t just about feeling close to Jesus. It means intentionally turning down the noise of the world so we can see and live from a spiritual perspective.

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We talk a lot about falling in love.

We describe it like an accident—something that happens to us, something emotional, something we trip into.

But the truth is this:

The moment of falling in love isn’t about the falling—it’s about the knowing.

Real love isn’t proven by how strongly you feel.

It’s proven by what you know to be true, even when feelings waver.

And that’s exactly where Paul takes us in Romans 5.

Not to emotion—but to evidence.

Not to sentiment—but to certainty.

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Introduction

Most of us don’t need a definition of a broken heart. We’ve lived it. A broken heart isn’t always dramatic or loud. Sometimes it’s quiet. Sometimes it keeps showing up to work, to church, to family dinners—but inside, something has cracked. Grief. Betrayal. Disappointment. Loss. A prayer that went unanswered. A future that never arrived. And when hearts break, one of the hardest questions we ask is:

“Where is God in this?”

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John is addressing a problem in the early church: false prophets and teachers who claimed to speak for God but denied essential truths about Jesus.

•Verse 1: John warns believers to “test the spirits” because not every spiritual message comes from God.

•Verses 2–3: The key test is what they believe about Jesus Christ—specifically, whether they confess that Jesus truly came in the flesh.

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The life we live isn’t meant to stir our hearts to chase our own dreams or ambitions; it’s meant to lead us to chase Jesus. In pursuing Him, we discover true strength, lasting purpose, and a peace the world can never give. When we follow Jesus, our lives are no longer shaped by our desires but by His will, and in Him, everything else finds its rightful place.

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