GOD had been waiting on David to ask the question. When David finally asked, GOD answered: pursue. When GOD gives you direction, do not allow fear, loss, pressure, or uncertainty to keep you standing still. If GOD tells you to pursue, by all means, PURSUE. Join Dr. Eric Thomas and A Place of Change Ministry for a powerful message about David’s relationship with GOD, the confidence that comes from seeking Him, and the strength to move when He gives the command. SERMON SCRIPTURES (KJV) Psalm 23:1–4 Psalm 18:2 Psalm 27:1 Psalm 32:7 Psalm 61:2–3 Psalm 34:4 Psalm 28:7 Psalm 16:8 Psalm 27:4 Psalm 25:4–5 Psalm 16:5 Psalm 139:1–3 JOIN US LIVE Saturdays at 11:00 AM Eastern Time Livestream opens at 10:58 AM IN PERSON A Place of Change Ministry 11615 Hartel Road Grand Ledge, MI 48837 Don’t meet us there. Beat us there. CONNECT WITH APOC MINISTRY Website: https://www.apocministry.org/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ApocMinistry Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/apocministry/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apocministry_/ Download the APOC Ministry app to submit prayer requests and stay connected. PARTNER WITH APOC Give: https://www.apocministry.org/give If this message speaks to you, LIKE the broadcast, SHARE it with someone who needs direction, SUBSCRIBE, and turn on notifications so you never miss a service. LOVE. SERVE. GROW. #Pursue #EricThomas #DrEricThomas #ETTheHipHopPreacher #APOCMinistry #David #Faith #ChristianSermon #ChurchOnline #KingJamesVersion

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BEFORE YOU MOVE, GET DIRECTION. Did you actually ask God—or did you tell everybody else what happened first? In this powerful message from 1 Samuel 30:6–8, Pastor Eric Thomas challenges us to examine what we do when life hits hard, emotions are high, and the people around us no longer feel safe. David was greatly distressed. His family had been taken. His city had been burned. Even his own men spoke of stoning him. But before David pursued anything, he strengthened himself in the Lord—and then he inquired of God. Many of us call it “processing,” but sometimes we are simply repeating the story, recruiting agreement, and building a jury against the person who hurt us. Healthy processing should produce clarity and healing—not gossip, division, or an audience. This message will challenge you to ask: • When life hits hard, what is my first move? • Am I processing—or recruiting? • Am I seeking wisdom or gathering people to validate my side? • Did I ask God for direction, or am I asking Him to approve what I already decided? Before David moved, he got encouraged. He sought God. He asked for direction. Before you react, post, call everybody, or make your next move—pause and ask God. 📖 KEY SCRIPTURE 1 Samuel 30:6–8 💬 JOIN THE CONVERSATION What decision in your life needs God’s direction—not merely His approval? Tell us in the comments. If this message challenged you: • LIKE this video • SUBSCRIBE and turn on notifications • SHARE it with someone who needs direction before making their next move ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⛪ JOIN US LIVE A Place of Change Ministry 11615 Hartel Road Grand Ledge, MI 48837 Saturdays at 11:00 AM ET ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📲 CONNECT WITH APOC MINISTRY Website: https://www.apocministry.org/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ApocMinistry Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLRzMQFmplNd4-H1X5bj1jA?sub_confirmation=1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/apocministry/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apocministry_/ Download the APOC Ministry app: Search “APOC Ministry” in your app store. Prayer requests: Open the APOC Ministry app and tap “Prayer.” Partner with the ministry: https://www.apocministry.org/give ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❤️ ABOUT A PLACE OF CHANGE MINISTRY A Place of Change Ministry is a Bible-based Christian ministry in Grand Ledge, Michigan, led by Pastor Eric Thomas. APOC exists to help people experience real transformation through the Word of God and live a culture of LOVE • SERVE • GROW. #EricThomas #ETTheHipHopPreacher #APOCMinistry #APlaceOfChange #AskGod #SeekGodFirst #GodsDirection #ChristianMotivation #Faith #BibleTeaching #FirstSamuel30 #ChurchOnline

Pressure can affect your mood, distort your thinking, and pull your attention away from the mission. But your circumstances do not have to control your response. In this message, Pastor TJ Tyus examines how David responded when everything had been taken from him and the same people he led turned against him. David experienced real distress, but he strengthened himself in the Lord. You will also learn the F.O.C.U.S. Reset for moments when fear, disappointment, pressure, or confusion threaten to take over: F — Find Your Feet Plant your feet and breathe slowly. O — Observe Your Focus What has your attention right now? C — Check the Meaning What are the facts, and what are you assuming? U — Use Truth What truth about God or this situation needs to come back into focus? S — Select One Next Step What is one wise and faithful thing you can do now? Your focus influences your response. When life gets wild, pause, reset, and refuse to let the moment interrupt the mission. Scripture references: 1 Samuel 30:6 KJV Matthew 4:1–3 KJV Luke 2:49 KJV Join A Place of Change Ministry every Saturday at 11:00 AM Eastern. Learn more: https://www.apocministry.org⁠� Partner with APOC: https://www.apocministry.org/give⁠� #APOCMinistry #PastorTJTyus #WhenInTheWild #FaithUnderPressure #ChristianEncouragement

Dr. Eric Thomas LIVE at APOC What do you do when everything hits at once? David returned home to discover that his city had been burned, his family had been taken, and his own men were ready to turn against him. Three disasters. One decision. David could have surrendered to the devastation—but instead, he encouraged himself in the Lord his God. Join Pastor Eric Thomas live for a powerful message about strengthening yourself when life gets heavy, remembering who God is in the middle of devastation, and refusing to let one difficult moment become your entire story. 📖 1 Samuel 30:1–6 🗓️ Saturday ⏰ 11:00 AM EDT 📍 A Place of Change Ministry 1165 Hartel Road Grand Ledge, Michigan 48837 Can’t make it to the building? Watch live: ▶️ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ApocMinistry 🔵 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/apocministry 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apocministry 🌐 Website: https://theapocministry.org Don’t meet us there—beat us there. #LiveWithET #EncourageYourself #EricThomas #APOCMinistry #Faith #KeepMoving #ChristianMotivation ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⛪ JOIN US IN PERSON A Place of Change Ministry (APOC) 📍 11615 Hartel Road Grand Ledge, MI 48837 Come worship with us, experience the Word, and be part of the APOC family in person. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔴 WATCH & CONNECT LIVE If you're watching online, don't just watch — engage with us. Drop where you're watching from in the comments. Share this message with somebody who needs it. Hit LIKE and SUBSCRIBE. And when something hits you during the message, put it in the chat! Whether you're in the building or joining us online, you are part of the APOC family. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❤️ A PLACE OF CHANGE MINISTRY We believe God has called us to LOVE • SERVE • GROW and become everything He created us to be. This isn't about waiting for your lucky break. There is no luck required when God was intentional about His investment in YOU. 🎟️ YOU ARE NOT A LOTTERY TICKET. 🙏🏾 GOD DIDN'T TAKE A CHANCE ON YOU. 🔥 HIS INVESTMENT WAS INTENTIONAL. Now it's time to discover what's inside. Welcome to A Place of Change Ministry. #EricThomas #ETTheHipHopPreacher #APlaceOfChange #APOC #EricThomasMotivation #YouAlreadyWon #GodsInvestment #Faith #Purpose #ChristianMotivation #SundayService #ChurchOnline #LiveSermon #Motivation #GodDidntTakeAChanceOnYou

YOU WANT THE RESULTS… BUT DO YOU WANT THE COACHING? You want relief. You want access. You want more income. You want results. And here's the part you may not expect: GOD ACTUALLY WANTS THE SAME THING FOR YOU. He wants to bring you out of the struggle you're in. He wants to put you in rooms you couldn't get into on your own. He wants to help you increase. He wants to help you accomplish what He's placed inside of you. HE JUST DOESN'T WANT TO BE LEFT OUT. What if the difference between where you are and where you're trying to go isn't that you need to work harder—but that you need to become more coachable? What if you've been asking God for the outcome while ignoring His instructions during the process? In this message, Dr. Eric Thomas breaks down what it means to allow God to coach you—not just before the fight, but while you're in it. ASK BEFORE: “Coach, what's the move?” LISTEN DURING: “Coach, what's the adjustment?” REVIEW AFTER: “Coach, what do I need to learn?” Because God can take a little and make it much. He can direct your path. And the principles in this message can change how you approach your purpose, relationships, opportunities, credit, business and income. Could applying this message help you 3X your income? Could it completely change the trajectory of your finances? The bigger question is: Will you let God coach you while you're in the game? 📖 “In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” — Proverbs 3:6 (KJV) Don't just watch this one. SHARE IT. Especially with a young person who needs to understand that God's direction isn't designed to hold them back—it's designed to help them become everything He created them to be. Subscribe to A Place of Change Ministry and turn on notifications so you don't miss the next message. LOVE • SERVE • GROW #EricThomas #DrEricThomas #ETTheHipHopPreacher #APlaceOfChange #APOC #ChristianMotivation #GodsPlan #Purpose #Faith #Coaching #Success #Income #FinancialGrowth #NextGeneration ⛪ JOIN US IN PERSON A Place of Change Ministry (APOC) 📍 11615 Hartel Road Grand Ledge, MI 48837 Come worship with us, experience the Word, and be part of the APOC family in person. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔴 WATCH & CONNECT LIVE If you're watching online, don't just watch — engage with us. 11:00 A.M. EDT Youtube-Facebook-IG Drop where you're watching from in the comments. Share this message with somebody who needs it. Hit LIKE and SUBSCRIBE. And when something hits you during the message, put it in the chat! Whether you're in the building or joining us online, you are part of the APOC family. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❤️ A PLACE OF CHANGE MINISTRY We believe God has called us to LOVE • SERVE • GROW and become everything He created us to be. Now it's time to discover what's inside. Welcome to A Place of Change Ministry. #EricThomas #ETTheHipHopPreacher #APlaceOfChange #APOC #EricThomasMotivation #YouAlreadyWon #GodsInvestment #Faith #Purpose #ChristianMotivation #SundayService #ChurchOnline #LiveSermon #Motivation #GodDidntTakeAChanceOnYou

God delivered you… so why do you keep going back? Back to the same habits. The same relationships. The same decisions. The same environments. The same responses. Same patterns. Same pain. Same results. In this powerful message, Dr. Eric Thomas challenges us to confront one of the hardest parts of change: sometimes getting free isn’t the hardest part—staying free is. “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.” — Galatians 5:1 (KJV) God can open the door. God can provide the opportunity. God can remove you from the environment. God can give you another chance. But what happens when the pressure is gone and the thing you were delivered from starts looking familiar again? The Bible gives us a graphic picture in Proverbs 26:11: “As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.” It’s uncomfortable—but that's the point. Why do we return to things we already know hurt us? Why do we repeat patterns after experiencing the consequences? Why do we ask God to deliver us from something—and then find ourselves walking back toward the very thing we prayed to escape? This message examines several biblical examples that reveal that people don't always go back for the same reason. SAMSON went back because of APPETITE. Something can be destructive and still be desirable. SAUL went back because of INSECURITY. Sometimes what keeps pulling us backward isn't pleasure—it's an unresolved need for approval, acceptance, control, or validation. PHARAOH went back because of RELIEF. When the pressure disappeared, so did the urgency to change. And that raises a serious question: What keeps taking YOU back? Your appetite? Your insecurity? The temporary relief you feel once the consequences disappear? Or is there another pattern you haven't identified yet? 🔥 THIS IS WHERE COACHING MATTERS. ET draws from the world of elite performance and coaching to show us that winning isn't simply about knowing what went wrong. Great players study the film. They review the play. They accept what happened. Then they make the adjustment. REVIEW THE PATTERN. Stop pretending it didn't happen. Look at the replay. What keeps showing up? What decisions consistently come before the outcome you say you don't want? OWN THE RETURN. There is a difference between acknowledging what happened and taking responsibility for your part in it. You can't adjust what you refuse to own. ADJUST THE SYSTEMS. Knowing your pattern isn't enough. Insight without adjustment can simply make you more informed while repeating the same behavior. Change the environment. Change the routine. Change the access. Change the boundaries. Change the system that keeps making the old behavior easy. REVIEW. OWN. ADJUST. Then— 🔥 GET BACK IN THE GAME. This isn't a message about living condemned by your past. It's about refusing to keep allowing yesterday's patterns to determine tomorrow's results. Maybe you've already been delivered. Maybe the door is already open. Maybe God has already given you another opportunity. The question is: Are you going to keep walking forward—or are you going back? REFLECTION Think about the last few days of your life like a coach reviewing game film. If we watched the replay of your last three days, what would your coach keep stopping the tape to point out? What pattern keeps showing up? And more importantly: What adjustment are you willing to make? Drop your answer in the comments. Somebody else may recognize their own pattern through your honesty. 🔥 DR. ERIC THOMAS — LIVE ⛪ A PLACE OF CHANGE MINISTRY 📍 11615 Hartel Road Grand Ledge, MI 48837 Join us in person and online for worship, the Word, reflection, and conversations designed to move us beyond simply hearing Scripture into actually applying it. If this message challenges you: 👍 LIKE this video 💬 COMMENT what stood out to you ↗️ SHARE this message with somebody who's serious about breaking a pattern 🔔 SUBSCRIBE and turn on notifications so you don't miss what's next from A Place of Change Ministry Same patterns produce the same pain and the same results. It's time to stop going back. REVIEW. OWN. ADJUST. GET BACK IN THE GAME. #EricThomas #DrEricThomas #ETTheHipHopPreacher #APlaceOfChange #APOC #DontGoBack #BreakTheCycle #BreakThePattern #SamePatternsSameResults #Galatians5 #Proverbs26 #ChristianMotivation #Faith #Discipline #SpiritualGrowth #Purpose #Transformation #Sermon #ChurchOnline #GetBackInTheGame

BROKEN REFLECTIONS | Sometimes the Problem Isn’t the Event… It’s the Meaning What if the thing affecting you most isn’t actually what happened—but the meaning you attached to what happened? In BROKEN REFLECTIONS, Pastor TJ challenges us to examine the connection between the events we experience, the meaning we give those events, the emotions that follow, and ultimately the behaviors those emotions produce. EVENT → MEANING → EMOTION → BEHAVIOR We often assume our emotions are simply reactions to what happened. But sometimes we aren’t responding to the event itself—we’re responding to our interpretation of the event. A conversation happens. Someone says something. A relationship changes. A door closes. Something doesn’t go according to plan. And before we have all the information, we can create a meaning for what happened: “They don’t respect me.” “They don’t want me.” “I’m being overlooked.” “This is going to fail.” “God must not be with me.” Then that meaning begins shaping our emotions—and those emotions begin influencing our behavior. That’s where the reflection can become broken. 📖 Matthew 16:21–23 Peter gives us a powerful example. Jesus tells His disciples what is going to happen, and Peter reacts strongly. From Peter’s perspective, he may have believed he was protecting Jesus. His intentions may have even felt right. But Jesus could see something Peter couldn’t. Peter was reacting to what he thought the moment meant, while God was doing something much bigger than Peter understood. And the same thing can happen in our lives. Sometimes we are trying to fix something God is using. Sometimes we are fighting something God is allowing. Sometimes we are offended by something we misunderstood. Sometimes our first reaction feels completely justified—until we receive more information. So the question becomes: What if your reaction is based on a broken reflection? What if the event didn’t change—but the meaning you assigned to it needs to? What could change in your marriage, your family, your friendships, your leadership, your workplace, your faith, and your relationship with God if you learned to examine the meaning before reacting to the moment? REFLECTION QUESTIONS 1. Have you ever reacted strongly to something—only to realize later that what you thought was happening wasn’t actually what was happening? What changed when you got more information? 2. What is one situation in your life right now where the meaning you’ve attached to it may be affecting how you feel or how you’re responding? Could there be another way to interpret it? 3. Like Peter, you may think you’re protecting, fixing, or doing the right thing—but where might your reaction be getting in the way of what God is trying to do in your life? What would your next move look like if you responded from faith instead of your first reaction? Broken things can still reflect perfect light. The goal isn’t to pretend that painful things didn’t happen. It’s to allow God to reveal whether the meaning we’ve attached to those experiences is producing a distorted reflection. Before you react… Examine the event. Question the meaning. Recognize the emotion. Choose the response. If this message speaks to you, don’t just watch it—work through it. 👍 Like this message 💬 Share your answer to one of the reflection questions in the comments ↗️ Send this sermon to someone who may be reacting to something they haven’t fully understood 🔔 Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don’t miss what’s next from A Place of Change Ministry A PLACE OF CHANGE MINISTRY 📍 11615 Hartel Road Grand Ledge, MI 48837 Join us in person and online as we continue creating a place where people can encounter God, grow, change, and become who He has called them to be. BROKEN REFLECTIONS Sometimes the problem isn’t the event… it’s the meaning.

YOU ALREADY WON! | Dr. Eric Thomas LIVE at APOC What if you’ve been asking God to make you a winner… when He already invested everything you need to win inside of you? We’ll spend $2 on a lottery ticket hoping that a small investment produces a life-changing return. We scratch the ticket hoping the right numbers are underneath. But what if YOU are the ticket? The lottery is based on chance. God’s investment in you was intentional. The lottery doesn’t know you. God does. The lottery doesn’t know what’s inside the ticket. God knows exactly what He put inside of you. The lottery doesn’t care whether you win. God desires a return on what He deposited in you. 🔥 STOP ASKING GOD TO MAKE YOU A WINNER… AND START SCRATCHING OFF EVERYTHING HE ALREADY PUT INSIDE OF YOU! Today, Dr. Eric Thomas (ET) is preaching LIVE from A Place of Change Ministry, challenging us to stop living from what we think we lack and start recognizing what God has already invested in us. You weren't created by accident. You weren't invested in by chance. You aren't waiting on the winning numbers. God already created the conditions for you to WIN. The question is: What are you going to do with His investment? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⛪ JOIN US IN PERSON A Place of Change Ministry (APOC) 📍 11615 Hartel Road Grand Ledge, MI 48837 Come worship with us, experience the Word, and be part of the APOC family in person. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔴 WATCH & CONNECT LIVE If you're watching online, don't just watch — engage with us. Drop where you're watching from in the comments. Share this message with somebody who needs it. Hit LIKE and SUBSCRIBE. And when something hits you during the message, put it in the chat! Whether you're in the building or joining us online, you are part of the APOC family. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ❤️ A PLACE OF CHANGE MINISTRY We believe God has called us to LOVE • SERVE • GROW and become everything He created us to be. This isn't about waiting for your lucky break. There is no luck required when God was intentional about His investment in YOU. 🎟️ YOU ARE NOT A LOTTERY TICKET. 🙏🏾 GOD DIDN'T TAKE A CHANCE ON YOU. 🔥 HIS INVESTMENT WAS INTENTIONAL. Now it's time to discover what's inside. Welcome to A Place of Change Ministry. #EricThomas #ETTheHipHopPreacher #APlaceOfChange #APOC #EricThomasMotivation #YouAlreadyWon #GodsInvestment #Faith #Purpose #ChristianMotivation #SundayService #ChurchOnline #LiveSermon #Motivation #GodDidntTakeAChanceOnYou

YOU’RE GOING TO HELL… UNLESS? | Dr. Eric Thomas What if the thing you’ve been most concerned about isn’t the thing God is looking at? We know how to look the part. We know how to say the right things. We can serve, preach, give, worship, accomplish incredible things—and still miss what God is examining. The heart. In this powerful message, Dr. Eric Thomas challenges us to move beyond appearances, activity, gifts, and what other people can see—and allow God to examine what may have gone undiagnosed inside of us. Psalm 139:23–24 gives us one of the most dangerous prayers we can pray: “Search me, O God, and know my heart…” Not them. ME. Jeremiah 17:10 reminds us that the Lord searches the heart. And Matthew 7:22–23 gives us a sobering warning: people can point to extraordinary things they’ve done in God's name and still discover that activity around God is not the same thing as relationship with God. Then 1 Corinthians 13:1–2 pushes it even further: you can speak, understand, know, believe, and operate in tremendous gifts—but without love, Scripture says you are nothing. So maybe the question isn't simply: “Am I doing the right things?” Maybe the deeper question is: “God, what do You see when You search me?” Because people see what you do. God sees why you do it. People recognize the gift. God knows the heart behind the gift. People can applaud what is visible while something invisible remains completely undiagnosed. This message isn't about creating fear for the sake of fear. It's an invitation to examine ourselves before God—to stop assuming that outward activity automatically tells us what's happening inwardly. SEARCH ME. KNOW ME. REVEAL ME. CHANGE ME. Don't just watch this message. Sit with it. Ask God the question David was willing to ask: “Search me, O God, and know my heart.” SCRIPTURE REFERENCES Psalm 139:23–24 Jeremiah 17:10 Matthew 7:22–23 1 Corinthians 13:1–2 Dr. Eric Thomas | A Place of Change Ministry 11615 Hartel Road Grand Ledge, Michigan 48837 Watch. Share. Subscribe. And send this message to somebody who's willing to let God search beyond what everybody else can see. A Place of Change Ministry — transformation starts from the inside out.

THE ONE NOT DIAGNOSED | Dr. Eric Thomas Some of the most dangerous conditions are the ones we never recognize. We know when something around us is broken. We can identify problems in other people. We can point to circumstances, relationships, disappointments, and frustrations—but what happens when the real issue is somewhere we haven't looked? The heart. In “The One Not Diagnosed,” Dr. Eric Thomas continues the Know My Heart message by challenging us to stop treating the symptoms while ignoring the source. Scripture tells us: “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts.” — Psalm 139:23 The Bible describes the heart as the center of our desires, motives, intentions, affections, and will. And according to Proverbs 4:23, the issues of life flow from it. That means our reactions have a source. Our attitudes have a source. Our anger has a source. Our jealousy has a source. Our bitterness has a source. Our insecurity has a source. But so do our compassion, forgiveness, obedience, and love. Behavior is the fruit. The heart is the root. Jeremiah 17 warns us that the heart can be deceptive—which means something can be operating inside of us without us fully recognizing it. We can call it personality when God calls it pride. We can call it protecting our peace when God may be confronting unforgiveness. We can blame someone for making us angry while God asks why their actions have that much control over what happens inside of us. That's why David's prayer wasn't, “God, search them.” It was: SEARCH ME. SHOW ME. CLEAN ME. God doesn't expose the heart simply to reveal what's wrong. He reveals it so He can transform it. A bitter heart eventually affects relationships. A prideful heart eventually rejects correction. An insecure heart eventually sabotages opportunities. But when God changes the root, different fruit begins to grow. This message is an invitation to stop asking God only to change our circumstances, habits, behavior, or results—and give Him permission to address the place those things are coming from. Because sometimes we're trying to fix the fruit while God is trying to heal the root. KEY SCRIPTURES Psalm 139:23–24 Jeremiah 17:9–10 1 Chronicles 28:9 Psalm 26:2 Psalm 44:21 Proverbs 21:2 Proverbs 17:3 Proverbs 4:23 1 Samuel 16:7 Psalm 51:10 Dr. Eric Thomas preaching live at A Place of Change Ministry 11615 Hartel Road Grand Ledge, Michigan 48837 If this message challenges you, don't just watch it—sit with it. God, search me. Show me what I cannot see. Reveal what I've normalized. Clean my heart. And lead me in the way everlasting. Subscribe and share this message with someone who is ready to stop managing symptoms and allow God to deal with the source. A Place of Change Ministry Where transformation starts from the inside out.

Dr. Eric Thomas preaches “FOUR MONTHS OF NOTHING” Nehemiah 1:1–2:1 What do you do when you’ve been praying, preparing, believing, and waiting—but nothing appears to be changing? In Nehemiah 1, Nehemiah receives devastating news concerning Jerusalem. By Nehemiah 2, four months have passed. Four months between the burden and the breakthrough. Four months between what Nehemiah knew needed to happen and the moment the door finally opened. Four months of what looked like nothing. But what if nothing happening on the outside doesn’t mean nothing is happening? In this message, Dr. Eric Thomas challenges us to understand the season between the burden and the breakthrough—the period when God may be developing your discipline, strengthening your resolve, refining your strategy, and preparing you for the moment you’ve been praying for. Some seasons don't give you immediate evidence. You prayed—but nothing changed. You prepared—but the opportunity didn't come. You stayed faithful—but the door remained closed. You knew what God placed on your heart—but you couldn't move yet. Nehemiah teaches us that waiting is not the same thing as wasting time. There are moments when preparation has to happen before permission. There are seasons when your assignment is real, your burden is real, and your calling is real—but the timing has not yet arrived. And when the opportunity finally comes, you need to be ready. If you've been wondering why it's taking so long, why the door hasn't opened, or why you've been sitting in what feels like a season of nothing, this message is for you. Don't mistake the silence for the absence of God. Don't abandon the assignment because the timing hasn't changed. Don't waste the waiting season. Your four months of nothing may be preparing you for the moment when everything changes. Dr. Eric Thomas preaching live at: A Place of Change Ministry 11615 Hartel Road Grand Ledge, Michigan 48837 Come worship, grow, and experience transformation with us at A Place of Change Ministry—where change begins and lives are transformed. Sermon: FOUR MONTHS OF NOTHING Preacher: Dr. Eric Thomas #FourMonthsOfNothing #EricThomas #DrEricThomas #APOCMinistry #APlaceOfChange #Nehemiah #Sermon #ChristianMotivation #Faith #Purpose #WaitingOnGod #Church