OVERCOMING UR: Finding Our Place in God’s Grace in 2026

Описание: OVERCOMING UR: Finding Our Place in God’s Grace in 2026," focuses on the importance of overcoming personal obstacles to step into God's pre-ordained destiny and promised land.
Who is your harshest critic? …U-R!
Who is the only person that can prevent you from entering what God has for you? …U-R!
You have to get past U-R to enter your Promised Land!

Pastor Gatson introduces the biblical story of Terah and Abram from Genesis chapter 11 (1:50) to illustrate how Terah was halted on his journey from Ur to Canaan due to his son Haran's death, dwelling in a place named after his deceased son (11:00-11:37). This serves as a metaphor for being stuck in the past due to disappointment.

Pastor Gatson outlines three key things believers must overcome:

1. Overcoming Disappointment: Many people fail to move forward due to past disappointments, feeling God has let them down (12:31-13:30). He challenges the audience to "trace, face, and erase" these hindering factors (13:08).
2. Overcoming Comfort and Familiarity: Abram had to leave his family, country, and comfort zone to reach the promised land (14:16-15:15). The pastor argues that comfort is often the greatest enemy to progress (14:46-15:02). He shares a story about a pot roast to highlight how people often stick to familiar but outdated ways of doing things, even when the original reason no longer applies (16:15-19:20).
3. Overcoming the Fear of Failure: Most people give up after trying and failing (29:01). The sermon emphasizes that failure is not final as long as one does not quit (31:07). Just as Abram returned to Egypt after reaching Canaan, experiencing a setback, he still learned valuable lessons about God's faithfulness even in unfaithfulness (33:09-33:43). The pastor encourages listeners to keep trying, as "the just fall seven times, but every time they get back up again" (31:25-31:37).

The sermon concludes with a call to action, urging individuals to receive Jesus to access God's promises (37:57) and to actively choose to overcome disappointments, comfort, and the fear of failure to walk into their assigned destiny in 2026 (37:32-37:51). The pastor reiterates “Who is the only person who can stop you? …U-R!”