Podcasts about David Wilkerson

What do you do when life feels hard on every side and God seems harder to see? Revelation 4 reminds us that the difficulty around us does not change the reality above us. The door is still open, the throne is still occupied, and God has not lost control of your story. This message invites us to lift our eyes beyond the pressure, disappointment, grief, and uncertainty in front of us. God may not immediately remove the hard place, but His presence can meet us there. He remains sovereign, His mercy remains, and His promises still stand. KEY TAKEAWAYS Hard circumstances can surround you without changing the reality that God is near. God is still on the throne, unmoved by what has shaken your life. You are not fighting for victory. Because of Jesus, you can live from the victory He has already secured. God's mercy and faithfulness remain, even when your own choices have led you into a difficult place. When life makes it difficult to see God, lift your eyes. His presence can change how you walk through the hard place. ABOUT TIMES SQUARE CHURCH NYC Times Square Church is a welcoming, multicultural church in the heart of New York City, founded by David Wilkerson. If you're looking for a church, you'll find a place centered on the Gospel of Jesus, passionate worship, and a real sense of community where you can grow in faith, find purpose, and belong. FOLLOW Instagram: @timessquarechurch If you've just made a decision to be born again, please respond here: https://bit.ly/ConnectwithTSC GIVE https://tsc.nyc/give/

If we want to join God in the new work he is doing, we need a touch from him that is greater than anything seen before.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

What keeps you steady when the world around you feels uncertain? In this message, Pastor Tim Dilena looks at Isaiah, Ahaz, Abraham, Elijah, and David to show what happens when fear meets a life anchored in God. Using the image of an 8,000 pound weight beneath a sailboat, he explains why spiritual depth matters before the storm arrives. This is a call to move beyond passive faith and rediscover prayer as the weight that keeps us grounded. When pressure rises, darkness grows, or you feel tempted to escape, God can give you the strength to stand, pray, hope, and keep moving forward. KEY TAKEAWAYS What is beneath the surface determines whether you can remain steady when life becomes uncertain. Prayer and God's Word give us the spiritual weight we need to face pressure without being controlled by fear. Dark seasons do not mean God is absent. Sometimes they help us see His presence more clearly. Faith is not passive. It chooses to pray, stand firm, help others, and trust God even when circumstances are difficult. When everything around you says to retreat, you can make a personal decision: as for me, I will call upon God, draw near to Him, and keep hoping. ABOUT TIMES SQUARE CHURCH NYC Times Square Church is a welcoming, multicultural church in the heart of New York City, founded by David Wilkerson. If you're looking for a church, you'll find a place centered on the Gospel of Jesus, passionate worship, and a real sense of community where you can grow in faith, find purpose, and belong. FOLLOW Instagram: @timessquarechurch If you've just made a decision to be born again, please respond here: https://bit.ly/ConnectwithTSC GIVE https://tsc.nyc/give/ Whatever storm you are facing, do not face it empty. Draw near to God, return to prayer, and let His Word become the weight that keeps you steady.

To bring the truth to a lost generation, we need a double portion of God's power and authority.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

Both God's goodness and holiness are on full display when he confronts sin.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

Clean, pure vessels who walk in holiness can stem the tide of evil in God's house.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

God alone can empower us with his Spirit if we will seek him today.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

It is easy to say we love people until love becomes inconvenient. What happens when the person in front of us thinks differently, comes from a different culture, has hurt us, or gives us nothing in return? In this message, Pastor Tim Dilena challenges us to take Jesus seriously when He says to love our enemies, pray for those who mistreat us, and become a neighbor to anyone in need. Through the story of Ruby Bridges and Jesus' parable of the Good Samaritan, we see that real love moves beyond feelings and becomes action. This is an invitation to live with our eyes open. Love may cost us time, comfort, money, and pride, but Jesus shows us a love with no boundaries. Before asking God to change the world, we may need to ask Him to change the way we see the person standing right in front of us. KEY TAKEAWAYS Jesus calls us to love beyond culture, politics, ethnicity, and personal preference. Real love is revealed in how we respond to people who are difficult to love. The Good Samaritan shows that compassion is not only something we feel, it is something we do. Loving our neighbor will often cost us time, comfort, money, and personal involvement. Jesus is the ultimate picture of love without boundaries, coming to rescue us while we were still far from Him. ABOUT TIMES SQUARE CHURCH NYC Times Square Church is a welcoming, multicultural church in the heart of New York City, founded by David Wilkerson. If you're looking for a church, you'll find a place centered on the Gospel of Jesus, passionate worship, and a real sense of community where you can grow in faith, find purpose, and belong. FOLLOW Instagram: @timessquarechurch If you've just made a decision to be born again, please respond here: https://bit.ly/ConnectwithTSC GIVE https://tsc.nyc/give/ Ask God today to show you one person you can love in a practical way, then go and do the same.

The same God who parted the Red Sea still works miracles today.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

God wants to do greater things with each succeeding generation.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

God is a loving father who wants only to lift us out of our weakness.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

You have a shepherd who wants to imprint his love upon your heart.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

A true reflection of God's church is a life and community so marked by time spent with Jesus that others recognize his presence among them.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

The Father's love welcomes us with abundant grace and leads us to genuine repentance.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

Jesus calls us to count the cost of discipleship, persevere in pursuing him, and finish the race.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

Our transformed lives become living letters that reveal the character and presence of Jesus to the world.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

Some decisions feel costly because you cannot yet see what waits on the other side. You may only see the disruption, the uncertainty, and everything you are being asked to leave behind. In this message, Pastor Tim Dilena looks at the different choices made by Ruth and Orpah. One returned to what was familiar. The other stepped into an unknown future, choosing faithfulness even when the road offered no guarantees. Through Ruth's story, this message explores what it means to place your everyday life before God. It is an invitation to move beyond comfort, trust God with what you cannot yet understand, and choose the path that leads toward His greater purpose. KEY TAKEAWAYS Following Jesus often means choosing faithfulness over comfort. Every sincere yes to God will eventually be tested by a real decision. A surrendered life allows God to accomplish more than we can see in the moment. The choices we make today can shape lives and generations beyond our own. God uses ordinary people who are willing to give Him their plans, time, and future. ABOUT TIMES SQUARE CHURCH NYC Times Square Church is a welcoming, multicultural church in the heart of New York City, founded by David Wilkerson. If you're looking for a church, you'll find a place centered on the Gospel of Jesus, passionate worship, and a real sense of community where you can grow in faith, find purpose, and belong. FOLLOW Instagram: @timessquarechurch If you've just made a decision to be born again, please respond here: https://bit.ly/ConnectwithTSC GIVE: https://tsc.nyc/give/ Ask God what you may be holding too tightly, and choose the path of faithfulness even before you can see where it leads.

Beyond seeking God's plan and direction, we are to seek his presence and know his heart.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

When God dwells in us, he becomes our refuge, our fortress; therefore, we will not be moved.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

When we choose to worship and praise God in our trials, he is faithful to deliver us.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

Venturing faith is trusting in God and casting all our cares into his hands through life's difficulties.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

What feels like resistance may not mean the door is closed. The pressure pushing against you may be the very thing God uses to lift you into a place you could not reach on your own. In this message, Pastor Tim Dilena explores the connection between open doors and opposition. Through the image of an airplane taking off into strong winds, he shows how difficult seasons can produce growth, courage, and a deeper dependence on God. When fear, rejection, uncertainty, or discouragement stands in your way, you do not have to retreat. Through prayer, surrender, spiritual strength, and confidence in what Jesus has done for you, you can keep moving forward with hope. KEY TAKEAWAYS Contrary winds can create the lift needed to reach places you could not reach on your own. An open door does not mean there will be no resistance. Meaningful opportunities often require courage and perseverance. Prayer can shake foundations, open doors, and break the chains that keep people from moving forward. Breakthrough begins with surrender, trusting God even when His direction challenges your plans or comfort. You can face opposition with confidence because your strength comes from what Jesus has already done for you. ABOUT TIMES SQUARE CHURCH NYC Times Square Church is a welcoming, multicultural church in the heart of New York City, founded by David Wilkerson. If you're looking for a church, you'll find a place centered on the Gospel of Jesus, passionate worship, and a real sense of community where you can grow in faith, find purpose, and belong. FOLLOW Instagram: @timessquarechurch If you've just made a decision to be born again, please respond here: https://bit.ly/ConnectwithTSC GIVE: https://tsc.nyc/give/ Share this message with someone who needs courage to keep moving forward.

QUOTES FOR REFLECTION“We all are born into the world looking for someone looking for us, and…we remain in this mode of searching for the rest of our lives.”~Curt Thompson, psychiatrist and author “Instructions for living a life.Pay attention.Be astonished.Tell about it.”~Mary Oliver (1935-2019), Pulitzer Prize-winning poet “What you pay attention to shapes what you care about. And what you care about shapes what you become.”~Jonathan Haidt, social psychologist and professor at New York University “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You.” ~Augustine (354-430), North African theologian “It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak.”~C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) in “The Weight of Glory” “There is no duty we so much underrated as the duty of being happy.”~Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Scottish writer “…if we doubt or do not believe that God is gracious to us and is pleased with us, or if we presumptuously expect to please Him only through and after our works, then it is all pure deception, outwardly honoring God, but inwardly setting up self as a false god…. [God] has promised His grace freely, and wills that we begin by trusting that grace, and in it perform all works, whatever they may be.”~Martin Luther (1483-1546) in his “Treatise on Good Works” “God wants so much to be trusted.”~David Wilkerson (1931-2011), Christian leader and founder of Teen Challenge SERMON PASSAGEPsalm 67 (NASB95)1 God be gracious to us and bless us, And cause His face to shine upon us—   Selah.2 That Your way may be known on the earth, Your salvation among all nations.3 Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You. 4 Let the nations be glad and sing for joy; For You will judge the peoples with uprightness And guide the nations on the earth.          Selah.5 Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You. 6 The earth has yielded its produce; God, our God, blesses us.7 God blesses us, That all the ends of the earth may fear Him. Numbers 6 (NASB95)22 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘Thus you shall bless the sons of Israel. You shall say to them:24 The Lord bless you, and keep you;25 The Lord make His face shine on you,And be gracious to you;26 The Lord lift up His countenance on you,And give you peace.'27 So they shall invoke My name on the sons of Israel, and I then will bless them.” 

Christ's victory at Calvary not only defeated the enemy but also secured every spiritual resource we need to live as overcomers.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

Like Ezra, when we faithfully seek and obey Scripture, we will live according to God's purposes.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

Representing Christ is about hating sin, loving our enemy, and walking that love out in our lives.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

It is in the realm of our hearts that we are guided by Christ's authority and through his revealed Word.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

Your pain does not have to become the story you repeat forever. God can bring life from the season that tried to break you. In this message, Pastor Tim Dilena explores the difference between pain that leaves only a scar and labor pain that produces something new. Through the words of Jesus in John 16 and the story of Joseph, we see how God can bring fruitfulness from affliction and help us move beyond painful memories. You may not be able to change what happened, but your story can become more than a record of what was done to you. God can transform pain into prayer, forgiveness, deeper trust, meaningful relationships, and a testimony that brings hope to others. Pain does not have to be wasted. God can bring new life from the hardest seasons of your story. There is a difference between carrying a scar and allowing your pain to produce healing, purpose, and hope. Like Joseph, you can experience forgetfulness of the pain and fruitfulness in the place of affliction. Prayer, forgiveness, dependence on God, and healthy relationships can be born from seasons you never would have chosen. Your story is not over. What feels like an ending may become the beginning of something that blesses others. ABOUT TIMES SQUARE CHURCH NYC Times Square Church is a welcoming, multicultural church in the heart of New York City, founded by David Wilkerson. If you're looking for a church, you'll find a place centered on the Gospel of Jesus, passionate worship, and a real sense of community where you can grow in faith, find purpose, and belong. FOLLOW Instagram: @timessquarechurch If you've just made a decision to be born again, please respond here: https://bit.ly/ConnectwithTSC GIVE: https://tsc.nyc/give/ Watch the full message and ask God to show you what new life He wants to bring from the season you have been carrying.

Just as a mother never gives up on her child, God never abandons us but comforts and restores us through his Spirit.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

Send us Fan MailWant to hear about a "Mega Church" that dwarfs our modern Mega Churches?Listen in to David Wilkerson's 2nd Wave of persecution to the genuine believers in Christ as he unveils the Super World Church Council that ends as a Political Union.There is an Emperor still left in the world - who has a Billion + followers and is awakening an ancient Biblical prophecy - a New Rome and a One World Religious-Politico Church... right in front of our eyes!   Caesar is rising! Don't miss a single episode of this David Wilkerson Series! It may just help you to understand what's happening in our world right now! Reach out to us at kingdomgen22@gmail.com or any of our Social Media platforms 

Walking in the Spirit means allowing the Holy Spirit to heal, comfort, and flood us with the Father's deep love.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

Our holiness and acceptance before God come not from our own efforts, but through faith in Jesus Christ alone.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

Even in your deepest sorrow, God is near, watching over you and providing a way through the pain.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

Will your life end with regret, or with the deep confidence that you lived for what truly mattered? In this message, Pastor Tim Dilena challenges us to consider how we are using the time God has given us. Through the final words of the Apostle Paul, the prayer of Psalm 90, and the moving story of a pastor facing ALS, we are reminded that finishing well begins with the choices we make today. No matter how far you have drifted or how much time you believe you have wasted, God can redirect your life. You may not control how long you live, but you can choose to live with gratitude, courage, forgiveness, prayer, generosity, and faith. How to exchange a life of regret for a life of purpose. Why every day should be received as a gift from God. What it means to follow God even when the path feels risky. How prayer helps us live wisely and finish faithfully. Why opposition often appears when God opens a meaningful door. How Jesus can change the direction of your life and give you a new beginning. ABOUT TIMES SQUARE CHURCH NYC Times Square Church is a welcoming, multicultural church in the heart of New York City, founded by David Wilkerson. If you're looking for a church, you'll find a place centered on the Gospel of Jesus, passionate worship, and a real sense of community where you can grow in faith, find purpose, and belong. FOLLOW Instagram: @timessquarechurch If you've just made a decision to be born again, please respond here: https://bit.ly/ConnectwithTSC GIVE https://tsc.nyc/give/

Gary Wilkerson (President, World Challenge) joins the show today! Gary is a pastor, author and speaker, as well as the son of David Wilkerson (founder of Teen Challenge, Times Square Church and World Challenge), whose story is told in The Cross and the Switchblade. Gary shares about what he learned watching his father David in ministry, about his own family (including challenges with one son dealing with addiction), and regarding his work with World Challenge, with a focus on the "complete bed sets for orphans" summer partnership with WFIL. Each bed set includes a frame, mattress, pillow and sheets and will allow the orphans who receive them to get a good night's rest, be safer, and have a spot to call their own home base. The average cost is $100 per bed set, but a generous World Challenge donor offered to match whatever WFIL listeners contribute, up to 500 beds' worth! Our station family goal is 360 bed sets, with that 500 number as a bonus goal if we can get there. To help, we ask for your prayers first...and if you'd like to cover a bed set for $50 (which will be matched), simply call 1 888 960-7477 or click here to give online. Thank you so much from World Challenge and AM 560 WFIL!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

True life in Christ comes through a continual, Holy Spirit-revealed awareness of Christ alone.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

Send us Fan MailJoin us as we discuss what David Wilkerson entitled "the first wave of persecution" within the 5th and final Calamity coming to America. Amazingly, we are already living within the beginnings and even well into the middle of many of the things he saw and heard from the Lord regarding this last and final wave.It's time to 'Be Awake, Be Aware, and Be Ready!' - let's go! 

No matter what storms we may face, we can take courage knowing that Jesus is near to us.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

Timothy & David Wilkerson | Jade by Door of Hope Christian Church

Faith is more than believing God for our needs; it is a gift we offer back to him that brings delight to his heart.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

The greatest reward of faith is found in a deep, intimate walk with God.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

True faith that pleases God is walking and communing with him daily.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

True righteousness comes from faith in God's Word and trusting in his power to fulfill every promise.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

God calls his people to stand firm with unwavering faith in his promises.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

Even in a world filled with turmoil and uncertainty, God cares for his childrenSubscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

As believers, we need the baptism of the Holy Spirit to live as witnesses of Christ's power.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

Our steadfast anchor in life's storms is God's unchanging promises and his faithfulness.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

The mercy of God offers us forgiveness, friendship, and redemption.Subscribe to daily devotions e-mails: https://wcmin.us/ddsub

This week, J.John is joined by Gary Wilkerson, who reflects on a remarkable family heritage of Christian ministry, from a chaplain in the American Civil War to generations of revivalists and church leaders. As the son of David Wilkerson, Gary shares the story behind his father's ministry, including his work with young people in New York, the well-known account of Nicky Cruz, and the founding of World Challenge, which Gary now leads as President. In this conversation, he offers insight into the ongoing work of World Challenge in supporting and resourcing the global Church, and reflects on themes from his book The Jaw-Dropping Beauty of Jesus, based on the book of Hebrews, exploring a deeper understanding of Christ and its relevance for faith today.

Mary welcomes Thomas Littleton to this edition of SUFTT to talk about the descent into compromise over LGBTQ inclusion theology in conservative – yes, conservative – churches. Thomas Littleton is an ordained Southern Baptist minister and evangelist with over 4 1/2 decades on the streets of such places as New Orleans, Atlanta, and New York City (while in New York he worked with David Wilkerson’s Times Square Church, author of The Cross and the Switchblade). He has also done extensive outreach at America’s beaches, university campuses, and foreign fields of Eastern and Western Europe and Central and South America. He has a long history engaging the Arts and LGBT community through heading a Christian Arts based ministry in NW Georgia and worked on the front lines of the AIDS health crisis of the mid 80s and 90s. Littleton knows the origins, methods and goals of the LGBTQ activist movement and the faithful Biblical response for believers anchored in the power of the Gospel by the CROSS and resurrection of Jesus. We talk about his fight for truth over the last dozen years to hold high the standard of the gospel and the truth that can transform any sinner by the power of the Holy Spirit.     Stand Up For The Truth Videos: https://rumble.com/user/CTRNOnline & https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgQQSvKiMcglId7oGc5c46A