The Empowered Word with Hal Hester

Luke 18.15-30 3 May 2026  What do infants and a rich young ruler have in common? In Luke 18, Jesus reveals that the kingdom of God is not entered through success, strength, or self-sufficiency—but through humble dependence. This message will challenge what you trust in and invite you to surrender

Luke 18.1-14 26 April 2026  In Luke 18.1–14, Jesus reveals what real discipleship looks like. Persistent prayer. Humble repentance. Deep trust in the Father. While some trust in their own goodness, others come empty-handed and receive mercy. Jesus is still asking the question: Will He find faith on the earth? This message calls us to become people formed by prayer, humility, and wholehearted allegiance to God.

29 October 2023John 16:7-15  It is important that we let God be God, and that we join God in whatever he is doing. One of the most common mistakes is to think we need to help God out. When we do that we tend to make a mess of things. However, when we let God be God, and we join God in what he is already doing, we find that we are much more fruitful and much less frustrated at our inability to win the lost. One of the most common mistakes in playing God as Christians is feeling the need to make sure everyone knows just how bad they need Jesus. Consistently this gives people that feeling of being condemned by church rather than loved by God. Today we are looking at the work of the Holy Spirit for the sake of the world.

22 October 2023John 15:18-16:6