In this brief sermon, Dr. John A. King warns the congregation about the common tendency to abandon their prayers and resolve by Friday afternoon when answers seem delayed. He frames this issue as “Friday afternoon faith,” urging believers to sustain their spiritual commitment throughout the week. Drawing on the promises outlined in Leviticus 26, he highlights both the blessings that accompany obedience and the negative consequences that follow when God’s ways are abandoned. King stresses the importance of responding to those consequences without slipping into a works‑based mentality, emphasizing grace and the need to keep moving forward despite failure. He introduces the concept of “falling forward,” encouraging the church to view setbacks as catalysts for growth and to continually pursue the promises Christ offers. The message serves as the kickoff for a new series within a series, and he invites listeners to attend the Saturday service at 5 p.m. at Christian Life Center, encouraging them to bring friends and family.
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Hey church, how you doing? Tomorrow night I've got a couple of concepts I want to go over with us. I suppose the predominant thought is, for want of a better phrase, Friday afternoon faith. We walk out of church from the weekend, pray our prayers Monday— God, change, breakthrough, make through, make a way, etc. But if God doesn't answer our prayers for us by Friday afternoon, We give it all in. We give it all away. We walk away from it. We forget our resolve. So that's one thought. The other thought is that we are constantly under this pressure to stay the same, this inertia to stay the same. So what is it that is actually going to be the catalyst that makes us change and help us change? So I want to talk about all of those in light of the promises of God. As you know, we've come out of this series on God's good promises for us. And God's promises for us. And we have a tendency to rate promises in good and bad promises, but really they're just promises. God is faithful to his word and true. So what about the promises? And all promises have consequences. So what about the promises with the consequences we don't like? How do we deal with those? We've been looking in Leviticus 26 at the promises that we do like, the promises of blessing and fruitfulness, protection, peace, etc. But what about the promises when we abandon His words and His ways? Well, they've got consequence. So how do we deal with that without getting into an entire works mentality and away from grace? So I want to start to unpack the whole concept of what we would see as a negative consequence of broken— of not broken promises, but the negative consequence of us not living our life for Christ. And what does that mean? How can we be those people that consistently fall forward? Because we will fail. So how can we be those people that are constantly moving towards all that Christ has got for us? So there you go. It's going to be the start of obviously another series within a series within a series. So we'll see how we go. Look forward to seeing you Saturday. Don't forget, invite your friends and family along. See you there Saturday, Christian Life Center, 5 o'clock. Bye-bye.
