What does it mean to truly encounter Jesus? In this message, George explores how real encounters go beyond knowledge, they transform us. Through the story of Zacchaeus, we’re reminded that no amount of success can fill the soul and that humility, hunger and openness lead to life-changing moments with God. When Jesus meets you where you are, everything changes.

What if the wilderness seasons in our lives aren’t signs that God has left us, but actually places where He does some of His deepest work? In this message, Sean reflects on the meaning of the number 40 in the Bible and looks at Jesus’ 40 days in the wilderness in Matthew 4. Through Jesus’ time of testing, we see how the wilderness can become a place where faith is shaped, trust is deepened and we learn to depend on God. During Lent, we’re invited to slow down, fast and listen to discover that even in silence, hunger and waiting, God’s Word is enough. The wilderness may feel empty, but it’s often where faith quietly grows and trust in God takes root.

What if the most powerful work God is doing in your life is the work you can’t see yet?

In Mark 4:26–32, Jesus compares the kingdom of God to seeds growing quietly beneath the soil. While the world looks for dramatic change, God often works in slow, hidden ways, turning small beginnings into something far greater than we imagine.

In this episode of Lent: Living in Tension, we explore how to trust God in the waiting and what it means to live between the “already” and the “not yet” of God’s kingdom.

Today we’re talking about a quiet kind of victory, the kind that comes through simple obedience. In Joshua 10, when five kings attacked Gibeon, Joshua marched all night in Trust. God responded, sending hailstones and even stopping the sun. The victory wasn’t Joshua’s strength, but his obedience. He moved and God moved. We think that prayers needs perfect words. But God wants willing hearts. When we step forward in obedience, He shows up. Victory ground doesn’t mean no battles it means God is with you in them. We don’t fight for victory, but from it. So step forward, Trust Him and watch God move.

Jericho had fallen, but the real danger was not the enemy outside it was the compromise inside. What was hidden in private weakened the whole community. A little silver, a little gold, something never meant to be carried, became trouble buried beneath a tent.

Yet the story does not end in trouble. At the cross, Christ carried what we tried to hide. He absorbed the consequence and turned judgment into hope. The stone that once symbolized defeat was rolled away in victory.

Taking ground is not about striving, it is about surrender. Not grasping, but trusting. Because sons and daughters do not seize the promise, they receive it.

Promised ground often looks like enemy ground before it becomes possession. Jericho was locked, fortified and hostile, yet God had already given it to His people. The battle was not won by strength or strategy but by obedience and trust. God asked Israel to walk, to wait and to worship before the walls fell. This reminds us that opposition does not cancel God’s promise, it often confirms it. What stands against us may look powerful, but when God gives the instruction, obedience becomes the weapon and what once resisted the promise must eventually fall.

The promised ground is not just a place God leads us into it is holy ground because His presence is there. Before possession, comes reverence. Before strategy comes surrender. As God brought His people out of bondage and into promise, He taught them that freedom is rooted in Identity, Obedience and Trust. When Joshua stood on the edge of promise, God did not give him answers, He revealed His presence. “Take off your sandals,” He said, “for the ground you are standing on is holy.” Stepping into the promise requires letting go of old mindsets, false identities and familiar dependencies. The ground God prepares is holy not because of where we stand, but because of who stands with Us.

Life in the beyond is not freedom from God, but deeper life with Him. It is not just a new season, but a new way of living a new heart. Yet when we reach the other side, we often forget what matters most. God, however, does not change. His faithfulness, promises, presence, and love remain the same. The hardest part of the new is not the change, but the fear that God may not meet us there. And still, He is already in the beyond.