Welcome to Week 3 of our 21 days of prayer and fasting! This Sunday, Pastor Ras brought an incredibly vulnerable and stirring message titled “Arise, Mighty Ones.” Drawing from Joel 3, we are reminded that God is not just raising up a priesthood; He is building an army to take back territory for His Kingdom. But before we can fight the enemy, we must first prepare ourselves.
Pastor Ras unpacks three powerful commands for the church in 2026: Get clean, get armed, and get bold. To ‘prepare for war’ spiritually means to sanctify ourselves, cutting off compromise, ‘burning our ships,’ and fully committing to God without the fear of missing out. We are then challenged to repurpose our everyday lives, turning our smartphones into tools for the gospel and our daily commutes into prayer rooms. Finally, Pastor Ras shares a deeply personal testimony about facing physical weakness, reminding us that true faith is choosing to say, “I am strong,” not because of how we feel, but because of who lives within us.
A word from Pastor Ras
Get clean, get armed, get bold. That is God's call to us as a church in 2026. Before we can take new ground for the Kingdom, we must deal with what is in our own hearts. God is not looking for perfect people. He is looking for people who are fully His.
I shared from my own weakness in this message. There were days when my body did not feel strong. But Joel 3:10 says, let the weak say, I am strong. We say it not because we feel strong, but because the One who lives in us is strong.
Questions to think about
What compromise do you need to cut off so you can be fully committed to God?
How can you use your phone, your journey to work or your free time for God?
Where in your life do you need to say, I am strong in the Lord?
Watch the full sermon or listen to the podcast above to join in the powerful closing declarations and step into your calling as a mighty warrior for Christ.
