The Encouraging Word Podcast

Coming from Joshua 5:1-12, Pastor Tolan Morgan challenges the believer to move forward in the promises God has for you, and not to look backwards at what was. In moving forward, some of the tools you used in your past won't be necessary in your future. Pastor Morgan argues that God has a way of making your present uncomfortable in order to push us to what God wants to do in our lives next.

In Pastor Tolan Morgan's last sermon of 2018, "The Master's Math" is a message that is designed to challenge the believer to calculate all the bad that happened in your life as good. Pastor Morgan uses James 1:2-4 to argue that in order to experience triumph, you must first be determined to triumph over the tragedy that you've experienced. As many of our favorite superheroes, greatness is birthed out of humble beginnings.

Coming from Matthew 2:1-13, Pastor Tolan Morgan uses Matthew's account of the Birth of Jesus Christ to describe how God draws outside of the lines. Pastor Morgan uses scripture to tell us the truth about The Wisemen, and he also describes how and why God drew outside the line of Biology to bring Jesus Christ into the world. 

Coming from 1 Kings 19:1-8, Pastor Tolan Morgan deals with an issue that greatly plagues the African-American community: depression. In this message, we learn that the issues that we have are birthed in our minds, and that the people that threaten us are actually threatened by us. Even though Elijah's desire was for God to take his life, this lesson teaches us that we can't die until God's will is done in our lives.

Coming from Mark 5:21-34, Pastor Tolan Morgan preaches the familiar message about the woman with the issue of blood for twelve years. This message challenges the believer to take your issues to Jesus before they become plagues and no one wants to be around us. It also teaches us that our story is just one small part of an even bigger story - which means that the blessings God has for us, may not completely be about us.

Coming from Psalm 134, Pastor Tolan Morgan discusses the secret to receiving the blessings God has for you. The key to it all is by offering God sincere, heartfelt worship, which is not motivated by receiving from God, but yet giving unto God. Worship is an investment that we make that will never return void, Pastor Morgan argues. The place where you leave your Worship to God is the place where you'll receive your blessing.

Coming from Job 42:7-12, Pastor Tolan Morgan discusses the paradox of Job being an upright man, yet being faced with the harshest of challenges that were all pre-approved by God. Pastor Morgan argues that story of Job is an old testament preview of what's to come once Jesus hits the scene in the Old Testament. There are also life applications in this message that suggest that God's blessings are in how you handle the trials that God allows you to go through.

Coming from Genesis 32:24-31, Pastor Tolan Morgan talks about the importance of sacrificing now, so that you can win later. Pastor Morgan uses the story of Jacob wrestling with God as a backdrop to his argument.

Coming from Acts 13:6-12, Pastor Tolan Morgan challenges the believer to look at their relationship with God from the inside out. Pastor Morgan argues that it's important to be filled internally with the Holy Ghost, and that we serve a God that works from the inside out, not the outside in.