The Mountain is around the Back

A New Thing

Youth Pastor, Shelby Webb, encouraged attendees to embrace change by committing to actively chase God's presence through persistent prayer and seeking, using biblical examples (e.g., the upper room) to show committed obedience brings revival. She urged personal transformation—repentance as a change of mind and letting go of pride—so God can work through individuals to impact schools, families, and the community. The service closed with a call for attendees to self-evaluate and respond by coming forward if they commit either to chasing God more intentionally or to allowing God to change them.Youth Pastor, Shelby Webb, encouraged attendees to embrace change by committing to actively chase God's presence through persistent prayer and seeking, using biblical examples (e.g., the upper room) to show committed obedience brings revival. She urged personal transformation—repentance as a change of mind and letting go of pride—so God can work through individuals to impact schools, families, and the community. The service closed with a call for attendees to self-evaluate and respond by coming forward if they commit either to chasing God more intentionally or to allowing God to change them.

The Mountain is around the Back

Brother Bob Mest, Executive Director of Alabaman Adult and Teen Challenge, preached from Exodus 3, emphasizing that seasons of desert and wilderness are God's preparation—not punishment—and that perseverance through hardship leads to mountaintop encounters with God and a divinely given assignment. The message stressed that God is already at the mountain, reveals Himself by fire in the desert, calls people personally into intimacy before public ministry, and that the mountain experience equips believers to return and deliver others. The meeting closed with an invitation to altar ministry for those weary from wandering to receive revival, direction, and empowerment.

Obstacles

Pastor Greg Melvin warned that sin and disobedience are primary obstacles that block God's power, blessings, and entry into His promises, urging attendees to follow God's instructions and maintain humility, repentance, and steady obedience. True repentance — not mere remorse or emotional displays — requires concrete action: confessing sin, forsaking it, and committing to a changed life so God can restore, forgive, and heal. The message closed with an urgent call for personal self-examination and surrender, encouraging anyone with unconfessed sin to come forward for genuine repentance.

Dangers of an Empty House

Pastor Greg Melvin warned that churches and individuals risk losing God's presence and power when they drift into compromise, spiritual apathy, or leadership failure, using the capture of the Ark (1 Samuel) and Eli's example to illustrate consequences. He identified symptoms of a spiritually empty church—form without power, ongoing defeat, division, and reliance on human methods—and cited scripture calling for repentance, restored obedience, and wholehearted devotion. Practical steps offered were to remember one's fall, return and change, repent of idols and sin, and fully recommit one's life to God.

When Passion Fades

Pastor Greg Melvin warned against spiritual lukewarmness using Revelation's Laodicea as a warning, urging believers to realign their lives with Scripture, repent, and regain passionate pursuit of God. He identified worldly comforts, routine attendance, unforgiveness, compromise, and poor parenting as causes of spiritual decline, and emphasized humility, self-control, and separation from sinful patterns. Practical steps offered to reignite faith included returning to your "first love" with daily prayer and Scripture, honest self-examination and total surrender to God, and seeking spiritual growth and mutual encouragement in the church.