L.A. Megachurch Uses "The Great Reset" As Sermon Illustration: "Never Waste A Crisis" Is "Prophetic"

Jennifer Toledo, a founding pastor of Los Angeles megachurch Expression 58, cites the World Economic Forum's "Great Reset" positively and unironically during an April 2021 sermon, titled "The Great Reset."

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I believe God wants to infuse us, church. He wants to infuse you with hope of your future, with passion. I believe that God has come to truly reset us in this season, expression. This is the invitation. Jesus is on the shore beckoning us. He's got breakfast for you, and he is ready to reset you in every area of your life.

You know, I've heard it said that crisis is the great accelerator. Crisis is the great accelerator. It's either going to accelerate fear or faith, right? It's going to accelerate change or destruction. Crisis is the great accelerator. It invites us into the Divine Reset.

You know, maybe this past season has felt like the enemy has just been working overtime to unleash some things in our culture, in society, in the world, in your life, in your family, in your business, whatever it is, right? But we remember that whatever the enemy means for evil, God turns for our good. That's who our God is. Our God turns for our good.

You know, Time Magazine, at the end of last year, recently put out a cover called The Great Reset, which is really interesting. And the subtitle was "The world is under construction." And it said the COVID-19 pandemic has provided a unique opportunity to think about the kind of future we want.

And then Time partnered with the World Economic Forum to ask leading thinkers to share ideas for how to transform the way we live and work. And what's interesting is the whole article that Time put out is based on this concept, this idea of: never waste a crisis.

Never waste a crisis, because crisis provides a unique opportunity for a total reset. Wow. I feel like that's a prophetic word for us. Don't waste a crisis, because the invitation at hand is a total reset. What is the world you want to live in? What does that look like? Let's build it.

And I think that is the invitation at hand. Let's truly build what God wants us to build in this season, right? The Divine Reset.

You know what happened with Peter here. You know, this beautiful, passionate moment where he jumps in, he swims to Jesus, and Jesus leads him in this reset. And we look at the life of Peter, and it truly changed everything for Peter. Peter would live passionately and wholeheartedly in everything God had called him to to live in. He walked it out. That reset changed everything.

And I'd like to suggest to you that Jesus is offering you, just like he did Peter, a giant reset in your life this spring. In every area of your life, right? In your emotional life, in your finances, in your health, in your family, in your spiritual life, in your faith. I believe God wants to reset us.

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