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The Precious Promises of Peter — Part 7

September 30, 2026 · Pastor Brian Charles

MESSAGE SUMMARY

In Part 7 of The Precious Promises of Peter, Pastor Brian Charles returns to 2 Peter 1:4 and the word "partaker," which in the Greek means fellowship, partner and companion. God is our traveling companion on earth, and association brings impartation: the more time we spend with Jesus, the more we become like Him. He ties this to communion (1 Corinthians 10:16), where the cup and the bread are participation in Christ's finished work, received by faith, and to the new nature we received at salvation (2 Corinthians 5:17, Ezekiel 11:19, Hebrews 8:10).

He gives four marks of the promises. They are precious because they reveal God's character and were purchased at a price. They are personal, given "unto us." They are powerful, transforming us as we believe, and he points to people healed over the weekend. And they are dependable, because God cannot lie and is the promise keeper. He warns against treating Jesus as an emergency, ATM or genie, and calls believers to obedience, stewardship, giving and partnership, with Jesus as both "the seed and the need."

The heart of the message is that God's promises do not merely change our situation, they change our nature, bringing holiness where there was corruption, faith for fear, love for bitterness, purity for lust and self-control by the Holy Spirit. What we allow will continue, so we are to use the authority Jesus gave us (Luke 10:19), refuse bondage, and keep hearing the truth that sets us free (John 8:32). He closes with prayer for healing built on the finished work (Galatians 3:13, Isaiah 53:5) and reminds the church that the Word through Peter strengthens us.

SCRIPTURES REFERENCED

2 Peter 1:4 "partaker" means fellowship, companion; partakers of the divine nature, escaping the corruption in the world through lust
1 Corinthians 10:16 the cup and the bread as communion: participation and partnership in the body and blood of Christ
Ephesians 5:30 we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones
2 Corinthians 5:17 in Christ a new creation; old things passed away, all things new
Ezekiel 11:19 one heart, a new spirit, the stony heart replaced with a heart of flesh
Galatians 5:16 walk in the Spirit and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh
1 Corinthians 6:17 he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him
Hebrews 8:10 the new covenant: God's laws in their minds and written on their hearts
Jeremiah 31:33 the prophetic promise of the new covenant, "I will be their God"
Exodus 32 Moses breaking the tablets of the law, pictured as pointing to Jesus broken for our sin
Psalm 23:1 the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want
Philippians 4:19 God meets every need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus
Philippians 2:17 Paul's life poured out like a drink offering; giving what God gives (cf. 2 Timothy 4:6)
Luke 16:10 faithful with little, entrusted with much (alluded to)
Romans 4:17 calling those things which be not as though they were
Isaiah 9:6 "Unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given": promises are personal
John 10:27 "My sheep hear My voice"
John 3:16 God so loved the world that He gave; God makes givers
James 1:17 every good gift is from above, from the Father of lights
Daniel 12:4 knowledge shall increase
Ecclesiastes 1:9 nothing new under the sun
Romans 10:17 faith comes by hearing
2 Corinthians 1:20 all God's promises are yes and amen
Romans 3:4 let God be true and every man a liar
2 Timothy 1:7 not a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind
1 Corinthians 2:16 the mind of Christ
1 Corinthians 14:33 God is not the author of confusion but of peace
Philippians 4:6-7 be anxious for nothing; prayer and supplication, and the peace of God
Luke 7:47 he who is forgiven much loves much
Matthew 12:34 out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks
Revelation 3:21 to him who overcomes, a seat with Christ on His throne
Isaiah 35:8-9 the highway of holiness, no beast there
Luke 10:19 authority to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy
Luke 19:13 "Occupy till I come"
Matthew 6:26 the birds of the air; God cares for you much more
Psalm 23:4 through the valley of the shadow of death
1 Samuel 15 Saul's partial obedience with the Amalekites
1 Samuel 16:23 David's playing and the tormenting spirit leaving Saul
1 Kings 11 Solomon's many wives and the bondage that followed
John 8:32 you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free
2 Corinthians 13:1 in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word is established
Daniel 11:32 the people who know their God shall be strong and carry out great exploits
Galatians 3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law
Isaiah 53:5 wounded for our transgressions, and by His stripes we are healed
Acts 10:34 God is no respecter of persons
Luke 22:31-32 Satan desired to sift Peter; "strengthen your brethren"
Matthew 18:19 if two agree on earth concerning anything
1 Peter 5:7 casting all your care on Him, for He cares for you
1 John 3:8 the Son of God was manifested to destroy the works of the devil
Psalm 91:16 with long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation
Acts 16:31 believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved, you and your household

Grace to Help in Time of Need

September 27, 2026 · Jody Cagle

MESSAGE SUMMARY

In the final service of the revival weekend, special guest Jody Cagle picks up where Friday (faith) and Saturday (peace) left off in 2 Peter 1:2: "grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord." With the whole message given to grace, he offers a working definition: God will treat you as though you have no fault. He then opens three of the word's many meanings.

First, grace is strength. When Paul asked three times for the "messenger of Satan" to be removed, the Lord did not remove it but answered, "My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness" (2 Corinthians 12:9-10). God's strength is more than enough for whatever comes against you, and "taking pleasure" in hardship means keeping your mind stayed on the Lord in the middle of it.

Second, grace is power. The same anointing of Holy Ghost power that rested on Jesus (Acts 10:38) is promised to believers (Acts 1:8). We are to be continually filled with the Spirit (Ephesians 5:18-20). God's part is to fill; our part is to open up and yield, because the Holy Spirit is a gentleman who will not force His way in. Humbling ourselves, resisting the devil and drawing near to God (James 4:6-8) all go together, since the Greater One lives within.

Third, grace is favor. God gives grace to the humble and exalts them in due time (1 Peter 5:5-7). A thankful people are a blessed people.

He closes with Hebrews 4:16: come boldly to the throne of grace to obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. The word "help" pictures frapping a ship, when a rope from the dock pulls a storm-tossed vessel in and ties it fast to safety. Two women received Jesus at the altar, and the congregation joined in a prayer releasing forgiveness and receiving inner healing, so the flow of the Spirit is no longer capped.

SCRIPTURES REFERENCED

2 Peter 1:2 Grace and peace multiplied through the knowledge of God and of Jesus; the weekend's anchor text
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 "My grace is sufficient for thee"; grace as strength made perfect in weakness
Philippians 3:13-14 Forgetting what is behind and pressing toward what lies ahead
Acts 10:38 God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power; grace as power
Acts 1:8 "Ye shall receive power" when the Holy Ghost comes upon you
Ephesians 5:18-20 Be continually filled with the Spirit, with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs and thanksgiving
Luke 10:19 Power to tread on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy
James 4:6-8 He gives more grace; resist the devil and he will flee; draw near to God
Matthew 6:33 Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness
Isaiah 59:19 When the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord lifts up a standard
1 John 4:4 Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world
Matthew 4:1-11 Jesus answers every temptation with "It is written"
Ephesians 2:6 Seated together with Christ in heavenly places
1 Peter 5:5-7 God resists the proud and gives grace (favor) to the humble; cast all your care on Him
Psalm 5:12 The Lord surrounds the righteous with favor as with a shield
Psalm 40:2 He brought me up out of the miry clay and set my feet upon a rock
Isaiah 1:19 If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land
Matthew 26:39 "Not as I will, but as You will"
Hebrews 4:16 Come boldly to the throne of grace, obtain mercy, find grace to help in time of need
1 John 1:9 He is faithful and just to forgive and cleanse from all unrighteousness
Mark 4:39 Jesus speaks peace to the storm
2 Corinthians 6:2 Now is the day of salvation
1 Corinthians 6:19 Your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost

Last Week's Messages

Don't Cap Your Peace

September 26, 2026 · Jody Cagle

MESSAGE SUMMARY

On the second night of the revival weekend, special guest Jody Cagle preached on peace from 2 Peter 1:2: grace and peace are multiplied to us through the knowledge of God and of Jesus. The more we know Him, the more His peace multiplies in our lives. Jesus is the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6), and the word peace carries the ideas of an end to conflict, rebuilding after the war, distractions removed, inner stability, and a wholeness that is unaffected by outward circumstances.

In John 14:27 Jesus both left His peace with us and gave it to us, but like keys left on a pew, it has to be picked up. Because He has overcome the world, we can be of good cheer (John 16:33). God has given us a sound mind, so the battle is won by taking every thought captive and replacing it with the Word; the mouth is more powerful than the mind, and saying "praise God" stops a wrong thought in its tracks. Romans 12:2 calls this a renovation to a fundamentally better way of thinking.

Using a water bottle, he showed that a believer already has peace inside. It stops flowing when we cap it with worry, fear and doubt: "Don't cap your peace." Isaiah 26:3 promises perfect peace to the one whose mind is stayed on the Lord, leaning our full weight on Him in trust, as Jesus did when He spoke "Peace, be still" in the storm. Peace acts as an umpire (Colossians 3:15), calling us safe or out as the Holy Spirit leads. At the cross the chastisement of our peace was on Jesus, securing shalom, nothing missing and nothing broken, so we should not let the devil or other people steal it. The woman with the issue of blood was healed and then told to go into peace.

The service closed with an invitation to salvation and a time of ministry, with prayer for healing of lungs, backs and ankles, and prophetic encouragement.

SCRIPTURES REFERENCED

2 Peter 1:2 Grace and peace multiplied through the knowledge of God and of Jesus
1 Peter 1:2 The same greeting of grace and peace multiplied
Isaiah 9:6 His name shall be called the Prince of Peace
John 14:27 "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you"
John 16:33 In Me you have peace; be of good cheer, I have overcome the world
1 John 4:4 Greater is He who is in you
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper
2 Timothy 1:7 Not a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind
2 Corinthians 10:5 Bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ
Luke 6:45 Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks
1 Samuel 30:6 David encouraged himself in the Lord
Romans 8:28 All things work together for good
Romans 12:2 Be transformed by the renewing of your mind
Romans 4:17 Calling those things that are not as though they were
Hebrews 13:5 He will never leave you nor forsake you
Isaiah 26:3 Perfect peace for the one whose mind is stayed on Him
Mark 4:35-41 "Peace, be still": Jesus calms the storm
Philippians 4:7 The peace that passes all understanding
Colossians 3:15 Let the peace of God rule (act as umpire) in your hearts
Romans 8:6 To be spiritually minded is life and peace
John 10:10 Life, and life more abundantly
Isaiah 53:5 The chastisement of our peace was upon Him; by His stripes we are healed
Psalm 118:24 This is the day the Lord has made
Isaiah 55:12 Go out with joy and be led forth with peace
Mark 5:25-34 The woman with the issue of blood: "Your faith has made you whole; go in peace"
Romans 10:9 Believe in your heart and confess with your mouth
1 Corinthians 15:55 "O death, where is your sting?"
Mark 16:18 Lay hands on the sick and they shall recover
Genesis 50:20 What was meant for evil, God turns for good
Psalm 91:16 With long life I will satisfy him
John 8:32 The truth shall make you free
Matthew 25:21 Faithful over a few things, ruler over many
Psalm 5:12 The favor of the Lord surrounds you like a shield
Genesis 1:28 Be fruitful and multiply

Faith That Endures

September 25, 2026 · Jody Cagle

MESSAGE SUMMARY

Special guest Jody Cagle opened his revival weekend at Mercy of God Ministries by taking the church "from the bottom to the top" on the subject of faith. Starting in Hebrews 11 (Amplified Classic), he described faith as the title deed to what God has promised: it belongs to the believer, and no one else can take possession of it. Faith comes by hearing the anointed Word, and like hair and fingernails it grows on the inside even when you can't feel it, building an image of what God has said.

Because faith is God's language and fear is the devil's language, prayers prayed in fear don't line up with how God answers. Using Jesus' mustard-seed picture, he taught that faith can't be mixed with doubt, fear or complaining; talking faith one minute and doubt the next cancels it out. The enemy's first move is to steal the Word through deception, so believers must walk together with God by faith, speak what is on the inside (2 Corinthians 4:13), and talk to the mountain rather than about it (Mark 11:23).

The heart of the message came from James 1: make a predetermined decision to count it all joy, because trials come to test whether your faith is real, and pushing back releases a divine endurance that carries you to maturity with nothing lacking. The one who digs in his heels and refuses to quit receives the crown of life. Daniel in the lions' den and Jesus' 33 years of faithfulness, through the wilderness, Gethsemane and the cross to the resurrection, showed that the same power now lives in every believer.

The evening closed with an invitation to salvation and an extended time of ministry: prayer for healing of knees, hips and joints, a word of encouragement over the pastors, and a reminder that healing is the children's bread, already provided and received by faith, even when the manifestation comes gradually.

SCRIPTURES REFERENCED

Hebrews 11:1-3 Faith as the assurance and title deed of things hoped for; the worlds framed by the Word of God
Ephesians 1:17 Opening prayer for the spirit of wisdom and revelation this weekend
Matthew 5:6 Those who hunger and thirst after righteousness shall be filled
1 Kings 18:41 The sound of abundance of rain, a word for the weekend
Romans 10:17 Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the (anointed) Word of God
Isaiah 10:27 The anointing destroys the yoke
Luke 6:45 Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks
Romans 10:9-10 Believe in your heart and confess with your mouth to be saved
Hebrews 11:6 Without faith it is impossible to please God; He rewards those who diligently seek Him
Isaiah 53:5 By His stripes we are healed
2 Corinthians 5:7 We walk by faith, not by sight; walking together with God
1 Corinthians 14:2 Praying in tongues speaks mysteries to God
Jude 1:20 Building up your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit
Matthew 17:20 Faith as a mustard seed; nothing will be impossible
Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and He will direct your paths
Mark 4:15 Satan comes immediately to take away the Word that was sown
Luke 22:42 "Not My will, but Yours, be done"
2 Corinthians 4:13 "I believed and therefore I spoke"; faith gives voice to what is inside
Romans 4:17 Calling those things that are not as though they were
Mark 11:23 Say to the mountain, and do not doubt in your heart
Hebrews 4:12 The Word as a two-edged sword
James 1:2-4 Count it all joy; the testing of faith produces patience, lacking nothing
James 1:12 Blessed is the one who endures; the crown of life
Daniel 6:16-22 Daniel's faithfulness and the lions' mouths shut
Matthew 4:1-11 Jesus answers every temptation with "It is written"
Luke 23:34 "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do"
Revelation 1:18 Jesus holds the keys of death and hell
Colossians 1:27 Christ in you, the hope of glory
Hebrews 13:5 He will never leave you nor forsake you
Psalm 46:1 A very present help in trouble
Psalm 119:105 Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path
John 3:16 God so loved the world that He gave His Son
Matthew 15:26 Healing is the children's bread
1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your care upon Him, for He cares for you

The Precious Promises of Peter — Part 6

September 23, 2026 · Pastor Brian Charles

MESSAGE SUMMARY

In Part 6 of the Precious Promises of Peter series, Pastor Brian Charles continues his study of the shed blood of Jesus from 1 Peter 1:18-20: we were redeemed "not with corruptible things, as silver and gold," but with the precious blood of Christ, a Lamb foreordained before the foundation of the world. Calvary was never God's emergency plan. God reconciles us to Himself and then restores us, spirit, soul and body.

Picking up from last week, he recaps Gethsemane (Hebrew for "oil press"), where Jesus' blood was shed for the restoration of our soul, mind, will and emotions, and the crown of thorns, which broke the curse of Genesis 3 and made us kings and priests. He then walks through three more places the blood was shed. Carrying the cross up the Via Dolorosa, Jesus bore our sin so we could carry His name, and taking up our own cross means surrendering our will to God's and dying to the rule of the flesh (Matthew 16:24; Romans 8:13; Galatians 2:20). The nails in His hands and feet paid for everything our hands had done and every wayward path we had walked, so that whatever we now put our hands to is blessed and the devil has only our past, never our future. The spear in His side brought forth blood and water, fulfilling prophecy and birthing the church. Pastor Brian stresses that Jesus laid His life down freely, that no sin is beyond His forgiveness, and that forgiving others releases salvation, as seen in the centurion, the thief on the cross, and Saul after Stephen's prayer.

He closes with 1 John 5: wherever the blood is preached according to the Word, the Holy Spirit bears witness. Every person must be born again, and we are made the righteousness of God in Christ alone. He encourages believers to plead the blood over their homes and families, to live by faith rather than feelings, and invites anyone watching to come home to Jesus, because the blood has never lost its power.

SCRIPTURES REFERENCED

1 Peter 1:18-20 redeemed by the precious blood of Christ, the Lamb foreordained before the foundation of the world
Psalm 23 "He restores my soul"
Luke 22 Gethsemane: "not My will," strengthened by angels, sweat like drops of blood
Genesis 3 the curse on the ground and the promise to crush the serpent's head
Revelation 3:20 "Behold, I stand at the door and knock"
Mark 16:15-17 in His name, preach the gospel and cast out devils
1 John 4:4 greater is He who is in you
Matthew 16:18 "Upon this rock I will build My church"
1 Kings 18 Jezebel killing the prophets to silence God's voice
Psalm 91:16 "With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation"
Matthew 18:19 if two agree on earth
Amos 3:3 two cannot walk together unless they agree
Romans 8:37 more than conquerors
Daniel 12:4 knowledge shall increase
Colossians 1:20 peace made through the blood of His cross
John 10:17-18 no one takes His life, He lays it down
John 15:13 "Greater love has no one than this" (cited as "John 15:30")
Hebrews 9:12 by His own blood He entered once, obtaining eternal redemption
Matthew 16:24 deny yourself, take up your cross and follow Me
Romans 8:13 by the Spirit put to death the deeds of the body
Romans 6:11 reckon yourself dead to sin, alive to God
1 Corinthians 15:31 "I die daily"
Galatians 2:20 crucified with Christ, Christ lives in me
Romans 12:3 and Romans 10:17 measure of faith; faith comes by hearing
Psalm 22 "They pierced My hands and My feet"
Romans 8:1 no condemnation in Christ Jesus
Isaiah 53:6 the Lord laid on Him the iniquity of us all
Galatians 3:13 redeemed from the curse of the law
Hebrews 9:22 without shedding of blood there is no remission
Revelation 12:11 overcame by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony
Psalm 34:8 "Taste and see that the Lord is good"
John 19:33-37 no bone broken, His side pierced, blood and water
Luke 23:34, 42-43 "Father, forgive them"; the thief on the cross
Acts 7-9 Stephen's prayer for his killers and Saul's conversion on the street called Straight
Matthew 11:2-11 John the Baptist asks "Are You the Coming One?"
1 John 5:6-8 the Spirit, the water and the blood bear witness
John 17:17 sanctify them by Your truth, Your word is truth
John 20:29 blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe
John 3:6-7 that born of the Spirit is spirit; you must be born again
2 Corinthians 5:21 made the righteousness of God in Him
Ephesians 5:25-27 Christ presents to Himself a glorious church without spot or wrinkle
Romans 10:13 whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved
Luke 22:31-32 Satan desired to sift you, but I prayed your faith would not fail
Hebrews 4:12 the Word is sharper than any two-edged sword
John 14:6 "I am the way, the truth, and the life"

Holy Spirit Revival & Restoration

September 20, 2026 · Apostle Phillip Samlalsingh

MESSAGE SUMMARY

Apostle Phillip Samlalsingh, visiting from Trinidad and Tobago, opens not with a sermon but with a declaration — that the anointing was released before the service formally began, and that no one present will leave the way they came in. He takes time to publicly endorse Pastor Brian Charles as a shepherd God has mantled, telling the congregation that an outside voice confirming what they already know should send them away rejoicing.

The teaching is framed as "what is next on God's agenda." He announces three points and a poem, then, conscious of the time, gets through only the first: revival. Anchoring in Psalm 85:6 — "Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee" — he presses that rejoicing is impossible without revival, and that too many in the church are spiritually flat while going through the motions.

He then defines revival against its counterfeits. It is not emotional excitement, and it is not a thousand people filling a building. Working from the Hebrew chayah and the Greek anazao — to live, to make alive, to restore, to quicken — he argues revival is God breathing life into His people again, the same breath that entered Adam's nostrils and turned formed clay into a living man. "Revival is not a meeting. Revival is a resurrection."

He locates the mechanism in the Holy Spirit, taking Paul's question at Ephesus — "Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?" — and tracing the pattern through Luke and Acts, where the Spirit came as hands were laid on believers who had already believed. The service closes doing exactly that: laying on of hands, prophetic words over individuals, and prayer for healing.

SCRIPTURES REFERENCED

Psalm 85:6 the anchor text — "Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee"
Acts 19:2 Paul at Ephesus — "Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?"
Luke 11:13 ask, and the Father will give the Holy Spirit
Acts 8:17 Peter and John lay hands on believers in Samaria
Acts 19:6 Paul lays hands on disciples at Ephesus; they speak in tongues and prophesy
Acts 9:17 Ananias lays hands on Saul
Matthew 24:44 "in such an hour as you think not, the Son of Man cometh"
Genesis 3:15 the seed of the woman crushing the serpent's head
Genesis 2:7 God breathing life into Adam's nostrils
Acts 2 the upper room, the 120, and Pentecost