Several weeks ago on Grad Sunday, we talked about how a basketball in my hands is worth the price I paid for it, maybe less. However, the same basketball in the hands of NBA All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo is worth about $40 million a year. A basketball's worth depends on whose hands it's in. A shepherd's staff in Moses' hands is just a walking stick, but in God's hands it defeated a giant. The same is true when it comes to our spiritual lives.

None of us get to choose the time we live in, but we get to choose whether we live out God's purpose in our time. That's what Unstoppable is all about. Last fall, our First Church family stepped out in faith to make a two-year commitment that will result in significantly increasing our Kingdom impact throughout the 918 and beyond. Is there risk? Yes. Are the results we envision guaranteed? No. But the success of Unstoppable all depends on in whose hands we're placing our lives. Today, we give God praise that we're reached our first six-month Unstoppable commitment goal! However, this journey has just begun. As construction soon begins to expand our Next Gen ministry space, let's remember that no matter what's going on in our world, God has placed us here "for such a time as this" (Esther 4:15).

- Chad Broaddus | Lead Minister