Daily Hope with Pastor John S. Dickerson

When's the last time you were genuinely awestruck by God, not just going through the motions of faith, but actually amazed by His goodness and His glory? In Luke 5:9, after Jesus performs a miracle, Peter and his partners James and John aren't just impressed, they're awestruck. That's the response real spiritual sight produces. In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson asks why so many of us stop being amazed by God the longer we walk with Him, and why that's something we can actually pray to change. Paul prayed exactly this in Ephesians 1:18, that the eyes of our hearts would be enlightened so we could truly know God. Pastor Dickerson also gets honest about a hard pattern in human history: give people freedom, prosperity, and rights, and within a couple of generations they tend to drift away from God and start replacing Him with other things. That's not just true of history, it's true of us. That's exactly why ongoing repentance matters. It isn't about staying stuck in where we fall short, it's about stepping through that into where God is sufficient. His grace covers our sin, His love is unconditional, and even though none of us deserve a place in His kingdom, He's given us the Holy Spirit and invited us in anyway. What would it look like to ask God this week to open your eyes to His glory again? Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Is it possible to have your theology completely right and still have God resisting you? James 4:6 and 1 Peter 5:5 both say the same startling thing: God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. You can have an accurate statement about the Trinity, salvation, and Scripture, and still miss God's blessing if pride has crept into your heart. In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson continues walking through Peter's early days with Jesus in Luke 5, where Peter falls on his knees and says, "I'm a sinful man, I don't deserve to be in your presence." That kind of humility is exactly what God blesses. Pastor Dickerson explains why churches and ministries with technically accurate theology can still find God resisting their work if pride is present in the leaders or the people, and why the opposite is also true: God pours out grace on those who humble themselves under His hand. This isn't about earning God's favor. It's about recognizing that if God uses you, it's not because you have something impressive to offer Him, it's because He's a God who gives grace to the humble. Where do you see pride trying to sneak into your own faith? Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Do you ever feel like you're too sinful, too messed up, or too far gone for God to actually use you? In Luke 5, right after Jesus performs a miracle in front of him, Simon Peter doesn't celebrate - he falls to his knees and begs Jesus to leave him, because he suddenly sees his own sin next to God's holiness. In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson unpacks this raw moment in Luke 5:8 and what it teaches us about coming face to face with God. Getting close to Jesus doesn't make you feel more impressive - it exposes what shame tries to hide. But Peter's reaction isn't the end of the story. It's the beginning of what Scripture calls ongoing repentance: not a shame-based cycle of beating yourself up, but the natural result of growing closer to Jesus, seeing yourself more clearly, and running toward Him instead of away from Him. You'll see why 2 Corinthians 5:17 says you're a new creation, why Romans 8:1 promises there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ, and how the same grace that covered the prodigal son covers you too, no matter how far from God you feel today. Which part of this hits closest to home for you - feeling unworthy, or learning to run to Jesus instead of hiding from Him? Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

You may not see it yet, but reviving your love for God never stays private - it reaches your spouse, your kids, your grandkids, your friends. In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson teaches from Luke 5:7, right after Simon Peter's nets become so full of fish they start to tear. Peter shouts for help, and his partners James and John row over in the other boat - and now both boats, both crews, experience the miracle together. Pastor Dickerson points out that our culture tends to treat faith like a solo journey, just you and God, completely private. But that isn't how it actually works. When you choose to keep reviving your own love for God, it ripples out - to your spouse, your children and grandchildren, your friends - even when you can't see the impact right away. Following Jesus has always been communal, not a solo sport. Just as Peter's obedience led James and John into their own life-changing encounter with Jesus, your faithfulness today can strengthen someone else's faith tomorrow. Who around you might be strengthened in their faith because you chose to keep loving God today? Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Do you ever feel like you're too flawed, too inconsistent, or too immature for God to actually use you? In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson points out something most people miss about Simon Peter: he wasn't perfect. Scripture shows him as impulsive, selfish, and immature - a guy who messed up more than once. But Jesus kept choosing to work through Peter anyway, because Peter kept obeying, even imperfectly. In Luke 5, Jesus asks Peter for three things in a row that didn't make sense: use his boat, row out into deeper water, and drop his nets again after an exhausting, empty night. Peter said yes every time, and what followed was the biggest miracle he had seen yet - nets so full of fish they began to tear. Pastor Dickerson calls obedience a staircase: every step feels hard in the moment, but each one grows your faith until what once felt impossible becomes normal. He challenges listeners to imagine bringing at least one person to salvation every year for the rest of their life, and picturing that long line of people someday saying, "because of you, I'm here." Your obedience - even imperfect, even ordinary - can be the bridge to that kind of legacy. What's one imperfect step of obedience you can take today? Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Too tired to keep trying? In Luke 5, Simon Peter had already worked all night, his nets were clean, and it wasn't even the right time of day to fish - but Jesus asked him to row out into deep water and let the nets down one more time. In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson unpacks what happened next: Peter obeyed anyway, and the result was a catch so massive it nearly sank two boats. But the real lesson isn't the miracle - it's what came right before it. Every revival Pastor Dickerson has studied, in scripture and in history, involved ordinary people choosing to obey God even when it was inconvenient, exhausting, or didn't make logical sense. Peter's obedience became the bridge between Jesus' request and the miracle everyone remembers. This is a picture of how God works in your own life too. Your willingness to keep praying for someone, to invite a friend to church, or to take one more step of faith when you're tired - that obedience matters. It doesn't threaten God's sovereignty; it's actually part of how He designed things to work. What's one step of obedience God is asking you to take today, even if it feels inconvenient or doesn't make sense yet? Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Have you ever wondered why you haven't seen the breakthrough you've been praying for? In Luke chapter 5, Simon Peter had every reason to say no to Jesus. He'd fished all night, caught nothing, and the request to try again made no sense. But he obeyed anyway, and his nets filled with so many fish that they began to break. Peter had fished this lake his whole life. His dad and grandfather taught him the trade. He had never seen anything like this. And here's the key: between the miracle and Jesus' request stood Peter's obedience. If Peter had stayed in the boat and refused, he never would have witnessed it. In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson makes a simple but powerful statement: revival moves at the speed of obedience. You can read every book on revival, study every great awakening in history, and know every revival practice by heart, but knowledge alone won't bring revival to your life, your family, or your church. It's obedience that opens the door to actually experiencing God's power, whether that's the salvation of someone you love or the answer to a prayer you've carried for years. Is there an area where God is asking for your obedience before you'll see Him move? Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Have you ever told God honestly that what He's asking doesn't make sense, and then obeyed Him anyway? In Luke chapter 5, Simon Peter has just spent twelve exhausting hours fishing all night and catching absolutely nothing. Then Jesus tells him to row back out and let his nets down again. Peter doesn't pretend it makes sense. He says it plainly: Master, we worked hard all last night and didn't catch a thing. That's real, honest confusion. But then comes the hinge that changes everything: but if you say so, I will let the nets down again. Not blind faith that ignores reality, but honest faith that obeys anyway. In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson uses this moment to ask where in your own life following Jesus feels like it doesn't make sense right now. Maybe it's staying faithful in prayer for someone who seems far from God. Maybe it's a hard conversation with a coworker or neighbor about your faith. Maybe it's parenting kids who seem disinterested in God, or ongoing repentance that feels tiring. Wherever that is, this episode is an invitation to say what Peter said. What's the "but if you say so" moment God is asking of you today? Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Are you exhausted from trying something that hasn't worked, and now it feels like God is asking you to try again anyway? In Luke chapter 5, Simon Peter had fished all night, caught nothing, and was already done for the day when Jesus told him to push out into deep water and let his nets down one more time. From a human perspective, it was a ridiculous request. Peter had grown up fishing this exact lake. He knew what time the fish were out, and it wasn't now. He was physically spent, his nets were already clean, and rowing back out meant hard, exhausting labor for what looked like no reason at all. But Jesus wasn't asking Peter to trust his own strength. He was asking him to trust obedience over exhaustion. In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson unpacks this moment in Peter's story and asks a simple but pointed question: where in your life right now does obeying Jesus feel impossible, too tired, too late, or just not fitting your situation? That workplace conversation, that relationship, that habit, that ministry step you've already tried and failed at. This episode is an invitation to respond with childlike faith anyway. Where is God asking you to let your nets down again today? Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Have you ever wondered if God can really use your ordinary life? Not just your Sunday morning faith, but your actual job, your family, your daily routine? In Luke chapter 5, Jesus does something unexpected. He walks up to a tired fisherman named Simon Peter and asks for something completely ordinary: his boat. Peter had already worked all night and caught nothing. He was washing his nets, his shift was over, and he was ready to go home. But Jesus steps into his boat anyway and asks him to push out into the water. What starts as a small request becomes the beginning of everything for Peter, because Jesus doesn't just want a boat, he wants Peter's yes. In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson walks through this story as part of an ongoing revival journey, and shows why lasting revival isn't built in one electric moment. It's built through faithfulness, showing up decades not days, saying yes to God with whatever you already have in your hands, whether that's your career, your classroom, your family, or your neighborhood. What has God entrusted to you that He might want to use? Your workplace? Your home? Your everyday routine? Share in the comments what your boat looks like. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you get podcasts. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/ #DailyHope #Revival #Faithfulness #BibleStudy #ChristianMotivation

You don't have to be a prophet to pray with power. James 5:17 says something most of us skip right past: "Elijah was as human as we are." In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson unpacks James 5:16-18, where James reminds us that Elijah, the prophet who prayed and stopped the rain for three and a half years, wasn't superhuman. He was as ordinary as anyone reading this. And yet when he prayed with bold faith, God changed the spiritual and physical climate of an entire nation. Pastor John challenges the excuse so many of us make, "I could never pray like that," and calls believers to bold, kingdom-focused prayer: praying for our homes, our churches, our cities, and for the people in our lives to come to salvation. Just like Elijah prayed and the sky answered, ordinary people who pray earnestly still see God move. If you've ever felt like your prayers don't carry much weight, this message will change how you see what you're capable of in Christ. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

If you've ever wondered why your prayers feel powerless, or why it seems like God isn't listening, James 5:16 points to something most of us skip: confession. In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson reads James 5:13-16 and shows how the early church treated ongoing repentance and honest confession as a normal, daily way of life, not a one-time event. James gives practical instructions for real life: if you're suffering, pray. If you're happy, sing praises. If you're sick, call for prayer. And if you've sinned, confess it, so you can be healed. Pastor John explains why James ties confession directly to answered prayer, "the effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous person availeth much," and what it looks like to practice ongoing repentance so nothing stands between you and God. If you want your prayer life to feel less like a formality and more like it actually accomplishes something, this message will show you the missing piece. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

If you feel stuck in a hard season, a painful marriage, a job you hate, a hospital room, a broken family, you've probably asked God why He hasn't rescued you out of it yet. In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson unpacks a short phrase the apostle Paul wrote from an actual prison cell. In Ephesians 6:20, Paul calls himself "an ambassador in chains" and asks believers to pray for him, not that his chains would break, but that he would boldly share the good news of Jesus right where he was. Paul saw something the Roman guards chained to him could not see: he was in that cell so he could bring them to Christ before it was too late. Pastor John also walks through the story of Elijah from James chapter five, who prayed for three and a half years of famine so that God's people would turn back to Him, then prayed again in faith until the rain finally came. What if the hard place you're in right now, the hospital, the dysfunctional family, the job you can't stand, isn't a mistake? What if God has stationed you there as His ambassador, for the sake of someone only you can reach? If this message speaks to where you are today, share it with someone who needs hope, and subscribe to Daily Hope for tomorrow's message. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Struggling to break a sin pattern that keeps pulling you back in? The answer may not be more willpower, it may be a new identity. Pastor John S. Dickerson unpacks Ephesians 6:20, where Paul describes himself simply as an ambassador. An ambassador represents their true homeland while living in a foreign country, and Paul understood that his real citizenship was in heaven, not on earth. When you truly grasp that you are a new creation in Christ, the old things you think you still want lose their grip, because they're actually not who you are anymore. Claiming that identity is what makes it possible to live and speak with brokenhearted boldness in a world that isn't your true home. This is part of the Daily Hope series on brokenhearted boldness, learning to live as ambassadors who carry the good news of Jesus wherever we go. What old identity is God inviting you to let go of today? Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/ #DailyHope #IdentityInChrist #NewCreation #BrokenheartedBoldness #Ephesians6

What you pray for when life is hardest reveals what you truly love. Pastor John S. Dickerson points out something easy to miss in Ephesians 6:19-20. Paul writes this letter from a prison cell, in chains, and if anyone had the right to ask for comfort it was him. Pray that I get released. Pray that the food improves. Pray that my chains come off. Instead, out of the entire letter, Paul's one personal prayer request is not about his circumstances at all. It's that God would give him courage to keep sharing the gospel with the people around him. This is kingdom prayer in action, praying beyond our own needs for the souls of others, and it's part of the Daily Hope series on brokenhearted boldness, learning to live and love like Jesus even when it costs us something. When you pray, are your requests mostly about your circumstances, or about the people around you who need Jesus? Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

If fear is the reason you go quiet when a conversation turns toward Jesus, you need to hear what fearless actually means. Pastor John S. Dickerson opens Ephesians 6:19-20, where the apostle Paul, writing from prison in chains, asks for prayer not once but twice that God would give him the courage to declare the gospel fearlessly. If Paul needed that kind of prayer, so do we. Fearless does not mean you never feel afraid. It means you are no longer controlled by that fear. It is the same feeling as stepping off a ledge into the water or jumping from a plane: the fear is real, but you step out anyway. This is part of the Daily Hope series on brokenhearted boldness, learning to live and speak for Jesus with courage even when our emotions say otherwise. Where do you feel afraid to speak up for Jesus? Tell us in the comments below. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

If you have been praying for years for a family member's salvation and haven't seen an answer yet, this message is for you. Pastor John S. Dickerson unpacks the true story of George Mueller, the 1800s pastor who wrote down five names on a simple salvation prayer list and prayed for them daily for decades. One came to Christ after a year and a half. Another after six years. A third after ten. And the final two, brothers who resisted for over thirty years, came to faith only after Mueller had already gone to be with the Lord. His prayers outlasted his life. Grounded in Ephesians 6:19 and the promise that as you believe, so it will be done unto you, this episode is an invitation to brokenhearted boldness: writing down the names of the people you love who don't yet know Jesus, and refusing to stop praying for them even when the answer is delayed. Who are the names on your salvation prayer list? Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Did you know Paul the apostle asked other Christians to pray that he would be fearless? If he needed that, so do you. In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson unpacks Ephesians 6:19, where Paul, one of the boldest voices in the Bible, asks believers to pray that words would be given him so he could fearlessly make known the gospel. Paul wouldn't have asked for that unless he actually felt fear. Revival practices like this aren't external behaviors we perform to look like good Christians, they're an overflow of a heart that loves Jesus more than our own comfort. Where the Holy Spirit goes, power follows, and stepping out of your comfort zone to talk about Jesus starts with asking someone else to pray for you. Who in your life, a friend, a small group, your family, can you ask to pray specifically that God would give you the words and make you fearless this week? Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Ever had a conversation about Jesus go awkward, or worse, completely fall flat? Here's the good news: that's not how God measures success. In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson gets honest about both sides of sharing your faith — the times the Holy Spirit speaks through you with power, and the times a conversation just doesn't land. Pulling from Ephesians 6:19, where Paul asks for prayer that words would be given him so he could speak fearlessly, he shows why your job was never to make someone say yes to Jesus. It's simply to obey and speak, and let God handle the rest. He also shares a surprising truth: the people who seem most resistant are often the ones closest to believing, because they're actually wrestling with it. Write down five names today of people in your life who don't yet know the Lord, or who you're not sure where they stand with him, and start praying over them daily. Who's on your list? Share in the comments, and let's keep praying for them together. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Scared to talk about Jesus with someone you love? You're not alone — even the apostle Paul needed courage to share his faith. In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson unpacks a revival practice he calls brokenhearted boldness: first letting God break our hearts for the people around us who don't yet know Jesus, then asking Him for the courage to actually speak up. Pulling from Ephesians 6, where Paul asks for prayer that words would be given him so he could fearlessly make known the gospel, this message is a reminder that emotion without action is just emotionalism — and that real boldness starts with a broken heart, not a script. If you've ever frozen up before a conversation about faith, or felt too intimidated to invite someone to church, this one's for you. What's one person God is putting on your heart today? Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

If sharing your faith makes you nervous, you're in good company — even the Apostle Paul asked other believers to pray that he could do it fearlessly. In this message, Pastor John S. Dickerson looks at Ephesians 6:19, where Paul, near the end of his letter, asks the church to pray for him: not for comfort, not for safety, but that whenever he opened his mouth, the right words would be given to him so he could fearlessly make known the gospel. This is the same Paul who had been shipwrecked, beaten, and imprisoned for his faith. If anyone could share Jesus without needing prayer, it would have been him. Instead, he asked for backup. That's a picture of what Pastor John S. Dickerson calls broken-hearted boldness, one of the revival practices believers are called to keep growing in for a lifetime, the same way an athlete never stops drilling the fundamentals. This message is part of the One Year to Revival journey, hosted by Pastor John S. Dickerson, walking through daily practices that keep our love for Jesus alive and active. If you've ever frozen up trying to talk about your faith, let this be your reminder: boldness isn't a personality trait, it's an answer to prayer. Ask someone today to start praying that prayer with you. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

What does eternity actually look like? Revelation 22 paints one of the most vivid pictures in all of Scripture — and it ends with a tree whose leaves heal the nations. In this message, Pastor John S. Dickerson closes out Daily Hope's study on the nations by tracing a thread from Genesis 22, where God promises Abraham that through him every nation will be blessed, all the way to Revelation 22, the very last chapter of the Bible. There, John sees the new Jerusalem: a river of the water of life flowing from God's throne, and on either side of it, the tree of life, restored after being lost in the Garden of Eden. Its leaves are for the healing of the nations. No more curse, no more night, no more suffering, just the face of God and life forever with Him. As Pastor John S. Dickerson reminds us, our citizenship as followers of Jesus is ultimately in a kingdom that can never be shaken, even while every earthly nation is temporary. That truth changes how we live, how we pray, and who we invite into this future with us. If this gave you fresh hope today, share it with someone who needs to hear that eternity is real, and that they're invited in. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Satan's whole strategy on earth can be summed up in one word: deception — and Scripture says it's aimed at entire nations, not just individuals. In this message, Pastor John S. Dickerson walks through Revelation chapter 20, where Satan is released and goes out to deceive the nations, gathering them for a final battle against God's people. This isn't just ancient history — Scripture ties Satan's deception of nations all the way back to the Garden of Eden, and history shows the same pattern playing out again and again, from false ideologies that swept through entire countries to the spiritual darkness we see influencing culture today. Paul reminds us in Ephesians that we don't wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, powers, and rulers of this dark world — which means our prayer has to go deeper than surface-level requests. This is part of Daily Hope's ongoing study on praying for revival in our nation, hosted by Pastor John S. Dickerson, tracing God's heart for the nations from Genesis all the way to Revelation. When you pray for your city, your schools, and your nation, Scripture gives you permission to pray directly against demonic deception and ask God for angelic protection and Kingdom breakthrough instead. If this message strengthens how you pray, share it with someone who needs to pray with fresh boldness today. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Right now, in more than 100 nations, choosing to follow Jesus can cost you your freedom, your safety, or your life — and most of it never makes the headlines. In this message, Pastor John S. Dickerson opens Revelation chapter 7, where John sees a vast, uncountable crowd from every nation, tribe, and language standing before God's throne in white robes. These are described as people who came out of the great tribulation, many of them believers who gave their lives for their faith. Today, in nations across Africa and the Middle East, that same story is still being written: Christians are being imprisoned, tortured, and killed simply for worshiping Jesus, often with almost no coverage in Western news. Revelation 7 gives us God's own promise to them — they will never hunger or thirst again, and He himself will wipe every tear from their eyes. This is part of Daily Hope's current study on praying for revival in our nation, hosted by Pastor John S. Dickerson. As we see what our brothers and sisters around the world are enduring for Christ, it reshapes how we pray — for them, and for a fresh work of God in our own country. If this message moved you, take a moment to pray for the persecuted church today, and share this video with someone who needs to hear it. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Will you lose your identity in heaven, your skin color, your ethnicity, everything that makes you, you? Pastor John S. Dickerson looks at Revelation 7:9's vision of a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language worshiping before the throne, and what it reveals about your future glorified body. Many of us picture heaven as everyone looking the same, like identical, faceless figures in white robes. But John's vision in Revelation shows something different: he can see with his eyes that the crowd before the throne is made up of every nation and tribe. In this message, Pastor John S. Dickerson connects that picture to the God who designed every color, every fingerprint, and every iris to be unique, and makes the case that your glorified body, described in 2 Corinthians 5, will likely echo your earthly features in their perfected, Eden version, not erase them. Daily Hope with Pastor John S. Dickerson exists to help you know God and grow in your faith, one day at a time. What part of your identity do you hope carries into eternity? Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Why do Christians pray for revival in America? Pastor John S. Dickerson explains that it's not a political statement, it's a direct application of the Great Commission Jesus gave His disciples in Matthew 28:18-20. In this message, Pastor John S. Dickerson walks through Jesus's final words before returning to heaven: go and make disciples of all nations. That includes the nation where you live. Using the concentric circles of Acts 1:8, Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the ends of the earth, this message shows why praying for revival in your own city and country is just as biblical as praying for missionaries overseas. Some nations don't have enough believers left to be part of a revival. We do. That's why it's worth praying for God to wake up the remnant of Christians already here. Daily Hope with Pastor John S. Dickerson exists to help you know God and grow in your faith, one day at a time. Where has God placed you to make disciples right now, in your home, your workplace, your neighborhood? Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/ #GreatCommission #Revival #Discipleship #DailyHope #Matthew28

Is America still a Christian nation, or just a nation that used to have a lot of Christians in it? Pastor John S. Dickerson looks at why the number of Americans who call themselves Christian has dropped from over 90% after World War II to around 60% today, and why the number of genuine, born-again believers may be as low as 7 to 20 percent. In this message, Pastor John S. Dickerson walks through what it means to be a "nation of Christians" versus a "Christian nation," and why that distinction matters for how we pray. Drawing from Jeremiah 29:7, where God tells the exiles in Babylon to seek the welfare of the city they were sent to, this message makes the case that your city and your nation's welfare are tied to your own, and that prayer for revival starts right where you live. Daily Hope with Pastor John S. Dickerson exists to help you know God and grow in your faith, one day at a time. Where are you seeing signs of spiritual hunger in your city, and where do you sense the most resistance? Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

When it feels like demonic ideas and evil are winning in the world, what do you hold onto? In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson names the spiritual power confrontations we face as we work for revival, and points us to one of the most freeing pictures of God in all of Scripture. Pastor John traces how nations that reject Christianity end up filled with demonic ideas in their place, from the atheistic regimes of the last century to what's now taught in many universities. But then he turns to Psalm 2, where the nations of the earth rage and plot against God, and God simply laughs. He is not threatened, not anxious, not losing. He has already placed His Son on the throne, and every nation, every tribe, and every tongue will one day kneel before Jesus Christ, King of Kings and Lord of Lords. This is a call to stay urgent for revival while resting in the truth that the outcome was never in doubt. If you needed this reminder today, share it with someone who's feeling discouraged, and subscribe to keep following this series on nations, prayer, and revival. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

How do you carry a burden for your nation without letting it crush you? In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson talks honestly about the weight of wanting revival for the people and country around you, and what to do when that burden starts to feel overwhelming. Pastor John looks at how nations like Germany and Russia, both once shaped by strong Christian roots, drifted away from God over generations, starting in their universities, and warns that America shows some of the same warning signs today. But instead of leaving us in fear, he points to the revival practice of being urgent and dependent: we work like it all depends on us, but we pray like it all depends on Him. He anchors this in Isaiah 40:15, a reminder that even the most powerful nations on earth are like dust on the scales to God, He is sovereign, He has a plan, and He has a role for each of us to play in it. If you're carrying a burden for your nation today, let this encourage you, and subscribe to keep following this series on nations, prayer, and revival. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Why does God's blessing so often lead a nation away from Him instead of closer to Him? In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson unpacks Nehemiah chapter 9, where the people of Israel gather to confess how they took God's blessing, prosperity, and freedom, and slowly drifted into complacency, idolatry, and judgment. Pastor John calls this the blessing judgment cycle: God blesses His people, blessing leads to prosperity, prosperity leads to complacency, and complacency leads to idolatry, worshiping money, sexuality, or self instead of God. He traces this same pattern through America's history, from the literacy and freedom this nation has enjoyed to the ways it has since turned from God's Word. The encouraging news is that revival always starts in the hearts of God's people. We can't control a nation, but we can return our own hearts to Him, repent, and ask Him to begin the next great awakening in us. If this message spoke to you, share it with someone who needs hope for our nation, and subscribe to keep following this series on nations, prayer, and revival. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

What does it look like to repent on behalf of your entire nation? In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson walks through Nehemiah chapter 1, where Nehemiah weeps, fasts, and prays over the ruins of Jerusalem, then repents not just for himself, but for his family and his nation. Pastor John draws a direct line from Nehemiah's example to America today, leading a prayer of repentance for the sins of our nation: our idolatry of wealth and prosperity, our apathy as believers, and the sin of abortion. He reminds us that four Great Awakenings have already shaped this nation's history, and the next one begins when believers who already know Christ simply wake up. This isn't political commentary. It's a call to personal and national repentance rooted in Scripture, asking God to spare our nation through the faithful remnant who still love and obey Him. If this message stirred something in you, share it with someone who needs to hear it, and subscribe so you don't miss the rest of this series on nations, prayer, and revival. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Did you know your personal obedience to God can shape the destiny of an entire nation? In Genesis 22, God tells Abraham that because he obeyed, every nation on earth would be blessed through his descendants — and that same principle is still true today. In this message, Pastor John S. Dickerson walks through why nations matter so much in Scripture, why God placed you in this specific country at this exact moment in history rather than any other time or place, and why praying for revival starts with the posture of your own heart before it ever reaches a nation. Quoting Billy Graham's famous line that every nationwide revival begins in the heart of individuals, this episode makes the case that your prayers and your obedience are not small things — they are part of how God moves in a whole nation. This is part of Daily Hope's One Year to Revival series. If this message encourages you to keep praying for your own heart and your nation, share it with someone who needs to hear it. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/ #Revival #PrayForYourNation #DailyHope #Genesis22 #OneYearToRevival

Have you ever wondered why an old hymn calls Jesus man of sorrows and hallelujah, what a savior, in the very same breath? In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson reads verses from the classic hymn Man of Sorrows, tracing its arc from Isaiah 53:3, where Jesus is called a man of sorrows acquainted with deepest grief, all the way through the cross to Christ's glorious return. The suffering had to come before the joy: Hebrews 12 says Jesus endured the cross for the joy set before Him, and that joy was you. Pastor Dickerson applies this to our own revival journey, where drawing closer to God can mean higher spiritual highs and lower spiritual lows than we've ever known, the same path Jesus and Paul the Apostle both walked. This message is part of Pastor John S. Dickerson's Daily Hope devotional series on the unexpected connection between suffering and revival. Which line of this hymn means the most to you? Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

If your heart feels crushed right now, this message will show you why God sometimes allows deep brokenness right before revival — and why that pain doesn't mean He has left you. In today's Daily Hope, we look at Isaiah 53:10, where "it was the Lord's good plan" to crush Jesus for our redemption, and Psalm 51, where David describes the broken and contrite heart that leads to true repentance. When your prayers for revival are met with sorrow instead of comfort, it can feel like God has gone silent. But scripture shows the opposite: some of your greatest breakthroughs come only after you let your heart be broken honestly before God. Pastor John S. Dickerson walks through why suffering and repentance are so often the path revival takes — for Jesus, for David, and for us — and why surrendering to that process, even when it hurts, puts you closer to God's presence, not further from it. If this message speaks to where you are today, share it with someone who needs hope in a hard season, and subscribe so you never miss a day of Daily Hope. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Why do we suffer, and where is God when it hurts? Isaiah 52-53 answers that question hundreds of years before Jesus ever went to the cross, describing a suffering servant who would be pierced for our transgressions, crushed for our sins, and silent before His accusers even though He could have called ten thousand angels to stop it. In this message, Pastor John S. Dickerson walks through Isaiah 53 verse by verse, showing how the prophet described Jesus' crucifixion in stunning detail long before it happened: His disfigured appearance, His silence before Caiaphas, Herod, and Caesar, and His burial in a rich man's tomb. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed. And if there is sorrow on your path to revival right now, this message will help you see it as a way of joining Jesus in what He already carried for you. This is part of Daily Hope's ongoing series on revival and what it costs to pursue it. If this message speaks to what you're walking through, share it with someone who needs hope today. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/ #Isaiah53 #SufferingServant #DailyHope #JesusChrist #Revival

What if the revival you're praying for required you to suffer? Would you still say yes? In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson opens Philippians 3:10, where Paul writes that he wants to know Christ and the power of his resurrection. We love that half of the verse. But Paul keeps going: he also wants the fellowship of Christ's sufferings. Paul didn't treat suffering as proof God had abandoned the plan. He saw it as part of knowing Jesus and as continuing the spread of God's kingdom on earth until Christ returns. Pastor John also turns to Isaiah 53:3, where the coming Messiah is described as a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief, and points to Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane praying, not my will, but yours be done. As Americans, we often assume suffering can never be God's will. Scripture tells a different story. So here's the real question this message asks: if the revival you're praying for in your family, your church, your city, or this nation required you to suffer, would you still want it? What is God asking you to surrender today? Share your answer in the comments. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

If you've ever felt an unexplainable heaviness or grief for someone you love who doesn't know Jesus, this message is for you, because that weight might not be something wrong with you. In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson explains why Jesus was called the man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief, as Isaiah 53 describes him, and how that same holy weight showed up during the First Great Awakening, when Jonathan Edwards and other believers were criticized by fellow pastors for weeping over the souls of the lost. Just as a mother doesn't have to work up love for a sick child, when we truly grasp what's at stake for someone's eternity, urgent and tearful prayer can follow naturally instead of being manufactured. Ephesians 4 warns against grieving the Holy Spirit through sin, but Scripture also shows the Spirit grieving through us out of love for people far from God. And here is the encouraging part: whatever grief or burden you are carrying right now is temporary, and Hebrews 12 promises there is joy set before you on the other side. This message is part of Pastor John S. Dickerson's Daily Hope devotional series on what it means to surrender fully to God, even in the hardest seasons. Have you ever felt burdened in prayer for someone's salvation? Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Why does doing God's will still hurt sometimes? In today's message, Pastor John S. Dickerson challenges a very American Christian assumption: that being in the center of God's plan should feel comfortable. Using Simeon's prophecy to Mary in Luke 2:35, "a sword will pierce your very soul," Pastor John shows that Mary was fully surrendered to God's will, and it still meant heartbreak, misunderstanding, and eventually watching her son die on the cross. Paul carried a deep burden for the Jewish people who didn't know Jesus. Jeremiah wept over a nation headed for judgment. None of them were off track. They were exactly where God wanted them, carrying exactly what He asked them to carry. If you have ever felt guilty for being sad, burdened, or heavy hearted while trying to walk with God, this message from Pastor John S. Dickerson's One Year to Revival journey gives you permission to stop pretending and bring that burden to Him in prayer instead of hiding it. If this encouraged you, share it with someone carrying a heavy burden today, and subscribe for daily encouragement from Daily Hope. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Feeling opposition every time you try to grow closer to God? In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson shows why spiritual opposition isn't a sign you're failing, it's often proof you're moving in the right direction. Using the story of Simeon in Luke 2, who prayed for decades to see the Messiah and then prophesied that Jesus would cause many to rise and many to fall, Pastor John traces the theme of opposition through Scripture, from the crowds who turned against Jesus, to Nehemiah facing enemies like Sanballat and Tobiah while rebuilding Jerusalem, to every great spiritual awakening in history. Opposition, spiritual, human, even opposition from within the church, has always followed real revival. But you don't have to fear it. Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world (1 John 4:4), and in Christ we are more than conquerors (Romans 8:37). This message closes with a prayer against spiritual opposition and demonic strongholds, asking God for endurance and breakthrough as you seek revival in your own life, home, and city. If you're in the middle of a hard season while chasing after God, let this be your reminder: keep going. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

What if God let you live long enough to see the exact thing you have been praying for? In Luke 2, an old man named Simeon prayed that prayer, and God answered him. In today's message from the One Year to Revival journey, Pastor John S. Dickerson opens up about a prayer that has taken hold of his own heart. Simeon was righteous and devout, and the Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not die until he saw the Lord's Messiah with his own eyes. When Mary and Joseph brought the infant Jesus to the temple, Simeon was there, and he held the child in his arms and praised God because the promise had been fulfilled. Pastor Dickerson shares how that story has shaped his own prayer life. He has begun asking God for something similar: not just to see an ordinary day, but to live to see the next great awakening, a nationwide revival where believers wake up spiritually and so many unbelievers come to Christ that it changes the nation. This message walks through two of the core revival practices this journey is built on: urgency with dependence on God, and playing the long game of decades, not days, praying and working for revival until Christ returns or calls us home. Whether or not God is stirring the same prayer in you, this message is an invitation to pray with fresh urgency for revival in your own heart, your family, and your nation. What are you asking God to let you live to see? Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

If discouragement, doubt, or fear have been hitting you like flaming arrows lately, Ephesians 6:16 has an answer: take up the shield of faith. In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson continues teaching through Ephesians 6, walking through the last pieces of the armor of God: the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. Paul says the shield of faith is what extinguishes every flaming arrow the enemy throws at you. Faith isn't pretending everything is fine, it's choosing to believe that God is going to win, that He's going to carry you through, that Jesus wins in the end. Then Paul does something surprising. Writing from a literal prison cell, he doesn't ask people to pray for his release or for more comfortable conditions. He asks them to pray that right where God has placed him, he would boldly make the gospel known, kingdom prayer instead of comfort prayer. Pastor John S. Dickerson unpacks what it looks like to put on this armor and pray this way today, wherever God has placed you. What's one flaming arrow, doubt, fear, or discouragement, you need the shield of faith for today? Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

If you feel like you win one spiritual battle just to wake up and face another one tomorrow, Ephesians 6 has an answer for the exhaustion of ongoing spiritual warfare. In this teaching from Ephesians 6:13-15, Pastor John S. Dickerson walks through why the armor of God isn't a one-time fix but daily equipment for a battle that keeps coming back. The belt of truth matters because Satan is never fully honest, even when he mixes in a little truth to make his lies land. The breastplate of righteousness is strengthened not only by what Christ finished on the cross, but by walking in ongoing, daily repentance. And the instruction in verse thirteen is striking: after you have done everything, stand. Not stand once and be done. Stand again, and again, because this is a persevering fight, not a single win. Which piece of the armor do you need to put on today, truth, righteousness, or peace? Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Ever notice that the moment you start praying harder, serving more, or drawing closer to God, everything seems to go wrong? That's not a coincidence, it's spiritual warfare, and Ephesians 6 tells you exactly why. In this teaching, we go back to Ephesians chapter six, where Paul reminds Christians that our struggle is never really against people, it's against the rulers, authorities, and spiritual forces of darkness working behind the scenes. The more you do for God's kingdom, the bigger a threat you become to the enemy, and the harder he schemes against you. We trace this pattern through Scripture: Nehemiah faced demonic opposition while rebuilding the wall, Peter was thrown in prison right after the Holy Spirit filled the early church, and Stephen was killed by people who thought they were doing God's work. Even the preachers of the Great Awakening endured mobs, thrown stones, and open hostility every time revival broke out. Opposition isn't a sign God has left you, it's often a sign you're exactly where He wants you. In this Daily Hope message, Pastor John S. Dickerson walks through Ephesians 6:10-20 and shows how understanding the armor of God changes the way we pray, for ourselves, our families, our churches, and even our leaders. If you've been feeling discouraged, opposed, or spiritually attacked lately, this message will help you understand what's really happening and how to stand firm. Watch to the end, and share it with someone who needs to hear it today. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Ever feel like God is silent when you pray? In Daniel chapter ten, we find out your prayer is heard in heaven the very moment you pray it, even when the answer takes weeks, months, or years to arrive. Daniel prayed for 21 days before an angel finally showed up with a message: he had been on his way the entire time, but he was delayed by a demonic force called the prince of Persia, until the archangel Michael broke through to help him. It is a strange, eye opening picture of what is really happening behind your circumstances. There is an unseen battlefield playing out in cities, in nations, in your own life, and God is sovereign over every bit of it. In this teaching from Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson walks through Daniel 10 to show why we do not need to obsess over angels and demons or live in fear of them, but we should be aware that God is fighting for us even when the answer feels delayed. He could send ten thousand angels in an instant. Instead He lets the story play out so that in the end we see how good, how powerful, and how trustworthy He really is. If you are in a season of waiting on God right now, you are not forgotten. Keep praying. Keep trusting. Let us know in the comments what you are believing God for today. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Your struggle was never really against the person who hurt you. Ephesians 6:12 says our fight is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, and spiritual forces of evil we cannot see. In this message, we're journeying through Ephesians 6, one of the clearest spiritual warfare passages in Scripture, and unpacking what it means to put on the full armor of God. You will face demonic opposition as a follower of Jesus, that's normal. But your true enemy is never another human being, even the one who seems to be against you. The real battle is happening in the unseen realm. The good news is that you don't fight it in your own strength. When you're full of the Word of God and the Holy Spirit, you're standing in His mighty power, not yours, and like David facing Goliath, God can do incredible things through someone whose heart is fully His. Pastor John S. Dickerson walks through this passage verse by verse so you can recognize the real battle you're in and learn how to stand firm in it. Have you ever felt attacked by more than just people? Share where you need God's strength today in the comments. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

If you feel like you are under spiritual attack right now, discouraged, anxious, or fighting a battle you cannot fully explain, Ephesians 6 has an answer: you were never meant to fight it in your own strength. In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson opens Ephesians chapter 6 and introduces one of the most important passages in the Bible for spiritual warfare, the armor of God. Before looking at the individual pieces of armor, Pastor John shows why this matters first: the devil is actively scheming against you, and you cannot stand against him through your own motivation, willpower, or confidence. You can only stand strong in the Lord and in His mighty power, the same dunamis power that filled the early church in the book of Acts. As you walk in the Holy Spirit, you are not powerless. You are strengthened for the fight ahead. This is the introduction to a multi-day series where Pastor John will walk verse by verse through Ephesians 6:10-20, teaching practical ways to recognize and resist the enemy's schemes in your own life, your family, and your church. If this message speaks to something you are walking through right now, share it with someone who needs to hear it, and subscribe so you do not miss the rest of this series on the armor of God. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Nothing can separate you from God's love - not fear, not failure, not even the spiritual attacks you're facing right now. In Romans 8:38-39, Paul makes one of the boldest claims in Scripture: neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, nothing in all creation can separate you from the love of God in Christ Jesus. In this message, Pastor John S. Dickerson walks through the end of Romans 8 and shows why you can rest even in the middle of spiritual warfare. You may feel surrounded right now - by fear, by opposition, by worry about tomorrow - but Scripture promises God prepares a table for you right in the presence of your enemies. You are never alone, and greater is He who is in you than anything you're up against. This is Daily Hope, and today's encouragement is simple: as much as you're working for God's kingdom, you don't have to fight it in your own strength. Rest in a love that nothing, not even hell itself, can take from you. If this encouraged you, share it with someone who needs to hear it today, and subscribe for daily encouragement from God's Word. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

Nothing can separate you from God's love — not your failures, not spiritual attacks, not even the hardest trial you're walking through right now. In Romans chapter 8, the Apostle Paul asks the question every struggling Christian eventually asks: can trouble, failure, persecution, or spiritual attack separate us from Christ's love? Paul's answer is no. Even when life feels like a losing battle, even when you feel targeted, exhausted, or under attack, Scripture says despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ who loved us (Romans 8:37). Satan may be thrashing right now like a captured animal doing all the damage he can, but he is already defeated. His head has been crushed. Whatever season of spiritual warfare you are in, the outcome has already been decided in Christ. In this Daily Hope message, Pastor John S. Dickerson unpacks Romans 8:35-39 and shows why every believer can hold onto hope even in seasons of spiritual oppression. If you needed reminding today that God hasn't let go of you, drop a comment and share this with someone who's in a hard season. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

If you've ever felt like you're being accused, by guilt, by shame, by a voice telling you that you've failed too many times, today's episode is your defense. In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson walks through the second half of Romans chapter eight, sometimes called an ultimate power flex for anyone facing spiritual warfare. Scripture describes Satan as the accuser of the brethren, the same role he plays against Job, going before God to point out every failure. But Romans 8:31-34 answers that accusation directly: If God is for us, who can be against us? Who will condemn us? No one, because Jesus himself is seated at the Father's right hand, interceding for you like a defense attorney who already paid the price. Living for God doesn't mean you won't come under spiritual attack, but it does mean you're never facing it alone or unprotected. When all of hell comes against you, all of heaven is fighting for you. What accusation do you need to hand over to God today? Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/

If you've ever wondered, "I'm already forgiven, so why do I need to keep repenting?" today's episode answers that directly. In today's Daily Hope, Pastor John S. Dickerson continues the study in James 4 and introduces the practice of ongoing repentance, not for salvation, but for relationship. Your sins are already forgiven in Christ and your eternal life is secure, but daily sin still puts dirt on your hands and creates distance in your relationship with God right now. James 4:8 says, "Draw near to God and He will draw near to you," and that nearness comes through humbling yourself, not living in shame, but through simple, ongoing honesty with God about where you've fallen short. Pastor Dickerson shares that he's been practicing this daily for about a year, asking, Lord, where have I worshiped something else today? Where have my eyes wandered today? It's not about guilt, it's about staying close. Text "DAILY" to 71093 to receive Daily Hope videos sent to your phone every day. Download the CP+ Spiritual Fitness App for more. More resources: https://www.connectionpointe.org/revival/