Dear Great Faith Family,
For the past several weeks, we have been building together. In our current lesson series, Built to Last, we laid the foundation, set the cornerstones, and established the borders that carry the promises we conceived from the Word of God all the way to delivery. But here is what I know as your pastor: most people do not quit because they never had vision. They quit because they lost sight of it.
You receive a promise from God on Sunday. Then pressure comes. Pushback comes. Distractions come. And somewhere on a Tuesday afternoon, the end of what God showed you slips out of view.
The Lord gave me a revelation from Isaiah 46:10. God declares the end from the beginning, and He keeps the end in front of Him. That is how He works, and we are made in His image.
Motivation is not a feeling you generate. It is a view you maintain.
I am firmly committed to walking with you through your whole week, not just meeting you at the door on Sunday. I want the Word in your hand and in your heart when you need it most.
And I want you to see something. Every time God asks for our participation, He gives first. Before He asked Abraham to believe to be the father of nations, He gave him the stars to look at, representing the descendants He would have. Before He asked anything of us, He gave His Son, Jesus. This week is God giving first again, into your life.
That is why, beginning Monday, October 5, we are relaunching Faith Ignite with ACE Week (Align | Consecrate | Excel), our monthly week of focus, and opening with a special 7-day video devotional: Keep God's Promised End in Front of You.
Every morning at 8 AM for seven days, you will receive a short video devotional with a faith action step, a confession, and a prayer:
Day 1: God Starts at the End
Day 2: See the End
Day 3: Settle the End
Day 4: Speak the End
Day 5: Sustain the Sight
Day 6: Stand to the End
Day 7: Walk in Dominion
Alongside the devotional, and every week after, Faith Ignite brings you:
Monday–Thursday: A short, focused Faith Homeroom teaching, with one key insight you can put to work that same day.
Friday: A link to join us live for Ask in Faith Friday, where we pray over your requests together.
Saturday: A word of encouragement to strengthen you for the weekend.
Sunday: Your link to join the God Encounter Sunday broadcast, or a reminder to be in the house.
Faith Ignite will also be how I reach you quickly. If Faith Homeroom is taking a break, or if we need to call the church to pray about something specific, you will hear it here first.
By the end of the week, you will have the promised end God declared over your life written down, settled, spoken, and placed in front of you every single day so you can go after it. And when the Word keeps reaching you daily, little by little, it builds the force of faith in your heart that pressure cannot break.
"Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure." (Isaiah 46:10, KJV)
"We love him, because he first loved us." (1 John 4:19, KJV)
God declares the promised end first. God gives first. Our part is to answer.
Here is what I am asking you to do today: click the link below and fill out your information before Monday, October 5, or simply text IGNITE to 407-512-8144. Then share it with three people you love who need their vision back: a family member, a coworker, a friend who has drifted.
When you join Faith Ignite Nation, you will never have to go looking for your daily word. It will find you. And when you share it, you are putting God's end back in front of someone ready to quit.
I will keep showing up for you every day with the Word, with prayer, and with the same heart I bring to this pulpit every Sunday.
I am expecting this to be the week our whole church family gets its vision back and keeps it. I cannot wait to hear the testimonies.
Keep Living By Faith,
Pastor Patrick Ligon
Great Faith Church