John Young

Matthew 13:25 — “While men slept, the enemy sowed tares.” Most spiritual battles don’t happen in crisis moments.They happen in quiet ones. Jesus describes a farmer who planted good seed. But at night — unnoticed and uninterrupted — the enemy planted weeds in the same field. Not to destroy the crop immediately, but to complicate it gradually. The enemy did not remove the wheat.He added confusion beside it. This explains why some struggles feel so internal. We love God, yet wrestle with...

Text:  Judges 16 Theme:  Compromise kills quietly Some of our greatest battles aren’t spiritual attacks…they are relational agreements . Samson didn’t lose his strength in a fight.He lost it in a lap. And that’s the danger—when the enemy doesn’t show up looking like a devil,but like a desire. Delilah didn’t bind Samson. She befriended  him. She didn’t attack his calling—she studied it. Judges 16 tells us Samson loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek.Notice— love came before loss . Because the...

“Let Us  Go Into the House of the Lord” Why Are You Glad? — Cult, Culture, or Covenant Text:   Psalm 122:1 “…Let us  go into the house of the Lord.” Gladness Has a Reason David says, “I was glad when they said unto me…” But now we focus on why  he was glad. Gladness doesn’t come out of nowhere.It always has a source. Some people are glad because church fits their lifestyle.Some are glad because church fits their upbringing.But David was glad because worship fit his covenant  with God. So the...