Title
Renewal 更新
Date
08/31/2026
Description
PSALM 51:10-12 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from Your presence, and take not Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me by Your generous Spirit.
诗篇 51:10-12 神啊，求你为我造清洁的心，使我里面重新有正直的灵。不要丢弃我，使我离开你的面；不要从我收回你的圣灵。求你使我仍得救恩之乐，赐我乐意的灵扶持我。
PROVERBS 23:7 As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.
箴言23:7因为他心怎样思量，他为人就是怎样。
EPHESIANS 4:23 Be renewed in the spirit of your mind.
以弗所书4:23又要将你们的心志改换一新。
LUKE 9:62 No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
路加福音9:62手扶着犁向后看的，不配进神的国。
HEBREWS 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.
希伯来书 12:1 我们既有这许多的见证人，如同云彩围着我们，就当放下各样的重担，脱去容易缠累我们的罪，存心忍耐，奔那摆在我们前头的路程，仰望为我们信心创始成终的耶稣。
PSALM 42:7 Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; all Your waves and billows have gone over me.
诗篇 42:7 深渊与深渊响应；你瀑布的声音，你的波浪洪涛都漫过我身。
1 THESSALONIANS 4:18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
帖撒罗尼迦前书 4:18 所以，你们当用这些话彼此劝慰。
EPHESIANS 6:13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
以弗所书 6:13 所以，要拿起神所赐的全副军装，好在磨难的日子抵挡仇敌，并且成就了一切，还能站立得住。
GOD IS NOT FINISHED WITH YOU.｜神对你的计划尚未完成。
NEW HEART. NEW MIND. NEW SEASON. NEW DESTINY.｜新心・新思维・新季节・新命定。
诗篇 51:10-12 神啊，求你为我造清洁的心，使我里面重新有正直的灵。不要丢弃我，使我离开你的面；不要从我收回你的圣灵。求你使我仍得救恩之乐，赐我乐意的灵扶持我。
PROVERBS 23:7 As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.
箴言23:7因为他心怎样思量，他为人就是怎样。
EPHESIANS 4:23 Be renewed in the spirit of your mind.
以弗所书4:23又要将你们的心志改换一新。
LUKE 9:62 No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
路加福音9:62手扶着犁向后看的，不配进神的国。
HEBREWS 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.
希伯来书 12:1 我们既有这许多的见证人，如同云彩围着我们，就当放下各样的重担，脱去容易缠累我们的罪，存心忍耐，奔那摆在我们前头的路程，仰望为我们信心创始成终的耶稣。
PSALM 42:7 Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; all Your waves and billows have gone over me.
诗篇 42:7 深渊与深渊响应；你瀑布的声音，你的波浪洪涛都漫过我身。
1 THESSALONIANS 4:18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
帖撒罗尼迦前书 4:18 所以，你们当用这些话彼此劝慰。
EPHESIANS 6:13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
以弗所书 6:13 所以，要拿起神所赐的全副军装，好在磨难的日子抵挡仇敌，并且成就了一切，还能站立得住。
GOD IS NOT FINISHED WITH YOU.｜神对你的计划尚未完成。
NEW HEART. NEW MIND. NEW SEASON. NEW DESTINY.｜新心・新思维・新季节・新命定。
Creator
Pastor: Mike Koger
Contributor
Hillside United Methodist Church
3737 US 80
Phenix City AL 36870
United States
3737 US 80
Phenix City AL 36870
United States
Transcription
RENEWAL 2026
Psalm 51:10-12
Have you ever been watching a movie, and you find yourself cheering — out loud — for the hero? (Come on, I know I'm not the only one.)
You're leaning forward, saying,
"Come on... it's not too late. Don't quit. Get back in the fight!"
That moment on screen — that comeback — it never happens in a vacuum.
It's always sparked by something: a word from someone else, a sudden realization, an awakening. And in that instant, the character finds the strength to rise and try again.
Here's my question for you this morning:
Can you remember a moment like that in your life? A moment your head lifted.
Your eyes opened wider. New strength came from somewhere you didn't expect.
I can.
There have been seasons in my life where renewal came through a shift, a change — or simply through someone else's words, spoken or written, landing at just the right time.
My sister Bev and I were recently recalling the first Saturday morning we spent in our new home when we moved from Athens to Columbus. After our first night sleeping in the new house in a new town, we got up early and sat on that cold wood veneer paneled floor and turned on that black and white television to see our first Saturday morning television show in a new town. It was so exciting. It was such a special time.
Then in my mid-20s, at a time when I felt like I had already made a lot of poor career decisions in my young adult life, I was in a local drug store and happened to find a paperback book by a writer just slightly older than me… a book called “Unlimited Power” by Tony Robbins. The chapters I would read over the next few weeks forever changed my life and perspective as I gained new confidence that I (even I) could still grow and change - and my future was, still indeed, “Unlimited”
Then (decades later) there was that Saturday night in Houston, Texas at Lakewood Church where I heard Joel Osteen preach a sermon that my pastor back home (and I) felt was written just for me.
That possibly God took me all the way to Houston just to hear this sermon.
It put me back on my feet and lifted up my head during a very difficult season in my life.
We all need those moments – and hopefully you can recall some in your life as well?
Those true awakenings where something inside us wakes back up.
Maybe today is one of “those moments” for you in your life story?
“Let my passion for life be restored, tasting joy in every breakthrough you bring to me.”
Renewal.
Without that sense that something more purposeful is still possible, the odds are we will remain in a state of ambivalence, apathy… inertia. (we won’t move forward)
Purposeful living comes from a sense that there is something more than what we are currently experiencing.
“Renew a Right Spirit within me.”
Renewal: Reawakening to our destiny
Dr. Joe Dispenza: “Remember Your Future”
We work best with a compelling future to run toward
(David) Psalm 51:10-12: Keep creating in me a clean heart. Fill me with pure thoughts and holy desires, ready to please you. May You never reject me! May You never take from me Your sacred Spirit! Let my passion for life be restored, tasting joy in every breakthrough you bring to me. Hold me close to You with a willing spirit that obeys whatever You say.
…and later on, David’s son Solomon would teach, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so he is”
Eph 4:23: Now it’s time to be made new by every revelation that’s been given to you.
We’ve got to be open to something new – even as we are ready to leave the old behind us.
vs 12: “a willing spirit that obeys whatever you say.”
Remember: Not every voice you hear in your head is telling you the truth.
“Your inner critic (that voice in your head) is not always telling the truth.
It’s telling you a story that you (now) have the power to rewrite.” ( )
We can beat ourselves up over our past – sometimes for decades, or even… longer.
Jesus: “Let the dead bury the dead” (Luke 9:60)
Remember how Lot’s wife looked back at Sodom and turned into a pillar of salt
Luke 9:62: Jesus responded, “Why do you keep looking back to your past and have second thoughts about following me? If you turn back you are not fit for God's kingdom.”
Renewal is a moment where our hearts reawaken and God shows us a new door that we may not have ever noticed before.
There are chapters in our lives still waiting to be written.
“Let my passion for life be restored, tasting joy in every breakthrough you bring to me.”
A renewed spirit should once again lift up our heads so that we can see clearly once again.
Listen – if you’re breathing today (which you are) you’ve already beat the odds.
Place yourself in that theater seat… watching the movie of your life in 2026.
What would you yell at the movie screen of your life?
“Come on – you got this!”
Heb 12:1: As for us, we have all of these great witnesses who encircle us like clouds. So we must let go of every wound that has pierced us and the sin we so easily fall into.
Then we will be able to run life’s marathon race with passion and determination, for the path has been already marked out before us.
Psalm 42:7: “Deep Calleth Unto Deep”
I want to speak to that part of you that hasn’t given up yet.
The part of you that is still ready to rise up from the ashes and fulfill your calling
Philippians 3:12: I am not saying that I have already reached that place in my life. I have not yet completely become the person that God wants me to be. But I am trying very hard to reach that place. That was Christ's purpose when he first made me his own.
“Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.”
(Hand on Heart)
“Hold on. Rise Up.
Take hold of that which is still glowing in the embers.
God hasn’t forgotten you – He has forgiven you!
God hasn’t forgotten you – and neither has your church family. We’re here for you.
We are on this Holy journey together.” (Law 11: Inner Circle)
1 Thess 4:18: Therefore encourage one another with these words
You are so much more than what you have expressed up until now
Today is our Transformation Day
We’re moving from particle to wave - From matter to energy
The Crucible of Divine Purpose. Forged in Purpose – Shaped by Adversity
Don’t leave your treasure buried
Eph 6:13: “ …you are destined for all things and will rise victorious.”
Prayer:
Father, Create in us a clean heart.
Renew a right spirit within us.
Awaken what has fallen asleep.
Restore what has grown weary.
Rekindle what has almost gone out.
Where the past has held us captive, give us courage to release it.
Where we've listened to voices of fear and regret, help us hear Your voice again.
Speak to that place deep within us that still hopes.
Still dreams. Still knows there is more.
Give us courage to believe our story is not finished — there are still doors to be opened, still chapters waiting to be written.
So we will not look backward.
We will rise.
We will run the race set before us — with our eyes fixed on You.
Renew us, Lord.
Let this be the moment something inside us woke up again.
…to be remembered for the rest of our lives here
In the name of Jesus, Amen.
“Let my passion for life be restored, tasting joy in every breakthrough you bring to me.”
Psalm 51:10-12
Have you ever been watching a movie, and you find yourself cheering — out loud — for the hero? (Come on, I know I'm not the only one.)
You're leaning forward, saying,
"Come on... it's not too late. Don't quit. Get back in the fight!"
That moment on screen — that comeback — it never happens in a vacuum.
It's always sparked by something: a word from someone else, a sudden realization, an awakening. And in that instant, the character finds the strength to rise and try again.
Here's my question for you this morning:
Can you remember a moment like that in your life? A moment your head lifted.
Your eyes opened wider. New strength came from somewhere you didn't expect.
I can.
There have been seasons in my life where renewal came through a shift, a change — or simply through someone else's words, spoken or written, landing at just the right time.
My sister Bev and I were recently recalling the first Saturday morning we spent in our new home when we moved from Athens to Columbus. After our first night sleeping in the new house in a new town, we got up early and sat on that cold wood veneer paneled floor and turned on that black and white television to see our first Saturday morning television show in a new town. It was so exciting. It was such a special time.
Then in my mid-20s, at a time when I felt like I had already made a lot of poor career decisions in my young adult life, I was in a local drug store and happened to find a paperback book by a writer just slightly older than me… a book called “Unlimited Power” by Tony Robbins. The chapters I would read over the next few weeks forever changed my life and perspective as I gained new confidence that I (even I) could still grow and change - and my future was, still indeed, “Unlimited”
Then (decades later) there was that Saturday night in Houston, Texas at Lakewood Church where I heard Joel Osteen preach a sermon that my pastor back home (and I) felt was written just for me.
That possibly God took me all the way to Houston just to hear this sermon.
It put me back on my feet and lifted up my head during a very difficult season in my life.
We all need those moments – and hopefully you can recall some in your life as well?
Those true awakenings where something inside us wakes back up.
Maybe today is one of “those moments” for you in your life story?
“Let my passion for life be restored, tasting joy in every breakthrough you bring to me.”
Renewal.
Without that sense that something more purposeful is still possible, the odds are we will remain in a state of ambivalence, apathy… inertia. (we won’t move forward)
Purposeful living comes from a sense that there is something more than what we are currently experiencing.
“Renew a Right Spirit within me.”
Renewal: Reawakening to our destiny
Dr. Joe Dispenza: “Remember Your Future”
We work best with a compelling future to run toward
(David) Psalm 51:10-12: Keep creating in me a clean heart. Fill me with pure thoughts and holy desires, ready to please you. May You never reject me! May You never take from me Your sacred Spirit! Let my passion for life be restored, tasting joy in every breakthrough you bring to me. Hold me close to You with a willing spirit that obeys whatever You say.
…and later on, David’s son Solomon would teach, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so he is”
Eph 4:23: Now it’s time to be made new by every revelation that’s been given to you.
We’ve got to be open to something new – even as we are ready to leave the old behind us.
vs 12: “a willing spirit that obeys whatever you say.”
Remember: Not every voice you hear in your head is telling you the truth.
“Your inner critic (that voice in your head) is not always telling the truth.
It’s telling you a story that you (now) have the power to rewrite.” ( )
We can beat ourselves up over our past – sometimes for decades, or even… longer.
Jesus: “Let the dead bury the dead” (Luke 9:60)
Remember how Lot’s wife looked back at Sodom and turned into a pillar of salt
Luke 9:62: Jesus responded, “Why do you keep looking back to your past and have second thoughts about following me? If you turn back you are not fit for God's kingdom.”
Renewal is a moment where our hearts reawaken and God shows us a new door that we may not have ever noticed before.
There are chapters in our lives still waiting to be written.
“Let my passion for life be restored, tasting joy in every breakthrough you bring to me.”
A renewed spirit should once again lift up our heads so that we can see clearly once again.
Listen – if you’re breathing today (which you are) you’ve already beat the odds.
Place yourself in that theater seat… watching the movie of your life in 2026.
What would you yell at the movie screen of your life?
“Come on – you got this!”
Heb 12:1: As for us, we have all of these great witnesses who encircle us like clouds. So we must let go of every wound that has pierced us and the sin we so easily fall into.
Then we will be able to run life’s marathon race with passion and determination, for the path has been already marked out before us.
Psalm 42:7: “Deep Calleth Unto Deep”
I want to speak to that part of you that hasn’t given up yet.
The part of you that is still ready to rise up from the ashes and fulfill your calling
Philippians 3:12: I am not saying that I have already reached that place in my life. I have not yet completely become the person that God wants me to be. But I am trying very hard to reach that place. That was Christ's purpose when he first made me his own.
“Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.”
(Hand on Heart)
“Hold on. Rise Up.
Take hold of that which is still glowing in the embers.
God hasn’t forgotten you – He has forgiven you!
God hasn’t forgotten you – and neither has your church family. We’re here for you.
We are on this Holy journey together.” (Law 11: Inner Circle)
1 Thess 4:18: Therefore encourage one another with these words
You are so much more than what you have expressed up until now
Today is our Transformation Day
We’re moving from particle to wave - From matter to energy
The Crucible of Divine Purpose. Forged in Purpose – Shaped by Adversity
Don’t leave your treasure buried
Eph 6:13: “ …you are destined for all things and will rise victorious.”
Prayer:
Father, Create in us a clean heart.
Renew a right spirit within us.
Awaken what has fallen asleep.
Restore what has grown weary.
Rekindle what has almost gone out.
Where the past has held us captive, give us courage to release it.
Where we've listened to voices of fear and regret, help us hear Your voice again.
Speak to that place deep within us that still hopes.
Still dreams. Still knows there is more.
Give us courage to believe our story is not finished — there are still doors to be opened, still chapters waiting to be written.
So we will not look backward.
We will rise.
We will run the race set before us — with our eyes fixed on You.
Renew us, Lord.
Let this be the moment something inside us woke up again.
…to be remembered for the rest of our lives here
In the name of Jesus, Amen.
“Let my passion for life be restored, tasting joy in every breakthrough you bring to me.”