When we feel alone in our struggles, when it feels like God is on the mountaintop, see how God is in preparation mode, getting ready to show up in miraculous ways.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

God is doing wondrous things in you. Your conscious mind may not know this all of the time. But your soul - that connection God implants in each of us when that life is breathed into our beings - your soul knows this very well. You are at your strongest when your conscious mind is aligned with the deep wisdom God has implanted within your soul.…

You are always, always, where you are meant to be. The people in your life have a purpose, the place where you are in life is instructive, the room where you are is a sanctuary. It’s a blessing to you because it’s where you’re meant to be. Whatever, wherever you are, you are: becoming.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

Ask yourself, "How is God providing in spiritual hunger?" The answer is: the provision is there. #SpiritualHunger #GodsProvisionBy Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

Jesus loves when you break your chains. Jesus loves when you can set up structures and practices within yourself to do your best to resist the chains.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

You grow for yourself and your loved ones, for sure. But also for others who need the benefit of the blessings you pass along. Can you even imagine yourself as a refuge? Because God can. #ProgressiveFaith #PrideMonth #MustardSeedFaith #GodsProvision #GodsNurture #CanopyOfFaithBy Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

What is the thing in your life that God is willing to multiply? What ask do you need to make in order to believe that your God is indeed working and ready for you to see? #FaithAndFinances #DebtRelief #NYCChurch #GodsProvision #ProgressiveFaith #CommunitySupport #HopeInNYCBy Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

"Pentecost Vibes: Hearing and Understanding in the Spirit" #PentecostVibes #HolySpirit #PropheticVoice #Acts2 #DivineConnection #PeaceInTheSpirit #FaithAndUnderstanding #SpiritualAwakeningBy Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

🔔✨ Are you ready to unlock the roadmap to your thriving? Join @pastorkaji as we @thepark1010 dive into the richness of Revelation 3, guided by the wisdom of John of Patmos. 📜 This deeply encoded text speaks volumes about resilience, growth, and the art of moving forward. From paying attention to God knocking on your door to embracing change and rel…

What are your gifts that you have that you can match with the power of the Holy Spirit that God has infused in your life?By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

"God has earned your trust. Hand that trust to the Holy Spirit and your faith will bear you up. Through anything. No matter what." In her sermon, Pastor Kaji references the Harvard Business Review article "Begin with Trust" by Frances X. Frei and Anne Morriss. See https://tinyurl.com/begin-with-trust…

"Be at Peace" is my blessing for you today. You will pass through flames and waters, but no matter what, God says "I will always be with you, before you, beside you, behind you, bearing you up, rising above, within you. I will be with you."By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

Whatever the circumstance, God's gonna meet you - God will never beat you... Your project is to look for the ways that God is meeting you right now.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

Jesus’ story is the template for your life, it is your archetype, it is your path. They might write you off. They might try to forget you. They might denigrate you, reduce your being, anything to put you in a position of anything but a child of God. But God’s not worried. And we know this because: when they did the same thing to God’s only begotten…

Be ready to encounter someone else and know that you are loved, yes, but for the sake of loving.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

Peace comes, and we get saved, even, when we love and help one another.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

Chances are that, like me, you have been at battle with yourself. And breaking the chains of that habit can be the hardest thing we could possibly do. So impossible, even, that we could only pull it off through divine intervention. Because, you know. God intervenes. God will fight that battle for you.…

You are seeking something that you are not going to find where you’re looking for it. And you are invested in it being there. In the box you’re comfortable with. Your Lenten journey is your chance to change this. To turn the other way. To scale out beyond your comfort zone. Lent is your pivot. It’s time to stop looking in all the wrong places.…

No one can know everything that you’re facing. Sometimes there are storms and quakes and fires that only you experience. Or, hear this critical correction: only you AND YOUR GOD experience. But the promise the Word gave to Elijah is the very same one that God makes to you: Stand up. For the Lord is about to pass by. The Lord is coming.…

We do not get to *pick* what revelations God sends us. It just doesn’t work that way. God is always answering a question in your life. It might not be the question you’re asking. But the question God is answering? It’s the right one to ask.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

God is trying to tell us something, all of the time, in every moment of our lives, and fine-tuning our mastery of the intuitive process in connection to the humility of listening is how we faithfully make decisions wisely. So, is a gift good? Well, is God in it? What does your gut say.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

When a gift is real and comes with God’s blessing, God will shine a light on it. But you need to take the time to look for it.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

God will go to extreme lengths to connect with you and show you God's love. And that is the point of Christmas... there is no extent to which God won't go to reach you.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

There are many ways in which we prepare for Christmas. But Advent gives us a time to spiritually prepare. Advent means the start of something, an anticipation that something is to come.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

You are anointed for goodness, beloved. Give thanks and hold fast to that. The rest? Dust off your feet. Put your shoulders back. Hold your head high. You are God’s anointed, in whom God is well-pleased. The full text of Pastor Kaji's sermon is available here.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

In my “last” places, I have a tendency to feel sorry for myself. I feel like there’s nothing left to do. Nothing possible. Which gets me stuck. If. That. Is. You. Don’t be stuck. Be inspired. Know this and say it to yourself. Again and again: I can’t be last in everything. There’s something I’m first in. The full text of Pastor Kaji's sermon is ava…

Beloved. Tell me: What is it YOU plan to do with your one wild and precious life? The full text of Pastor Kaji's sermon is available here.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

The ones who would look past us, cut us off, discount us, put us in impossible positions with no support, talk and plot for our demise behind our backs, do us wrong? They plot and trick and sideline and harm because the want to live outside of their assignment. That is not of God. Because when you live inside your assignment? God WILL provide. If G…

God already knows what is in store for you. God hears you, sees you, but is not anxious for you. Because the beauty of your story, your resurrection, your new day, your new moment of life: it is already written.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

"It is so hard to love a neighbor with whom you are at war. But you are your neighbor’s keeper. You must be. Even at war. Peace cannot be annihilation. Peace is peace. And that must be not just our intention, but our North Star, our guiding light. Leading us to peace is how the God of justice shines forth. Meanwhile: let’s keep our neighbors safe."…

"When we’re not being heard, it might help to think about the times when others have felt unheard by us. It might help to bring a bit of patience - just enough to try communicating a different way. Patience is one of our greatest tools when we aren’t understood." The full text of Pastor Kaji's sermon is available here: http://soundthebells.blogspot…

"You are showing up as Matthew 25 Christians. You’re caring for the poor when you send your tithes and offerings to the church as we do the hard work to *end* poverty. You’re caring for the hungry every Saturday in our Community Lunch program. You’re caring for the imprisoned every time you bring in the feminine products for the incarcerated women.…

Whatever it is that you’re asking, God is responding. I can guarantee that. But God’s response isn’t always on our level. God is always answering the deeper question. So if you can’t see God’s activity in your life but you want to? Ask differently. Get to the root of the issue.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

Sometimes it feels like something’s falling apart. When, in actuality, it’s coming together... And this is when we have to exercise our faith. You’ve heard the expression: if it’s not good, it’s not over. But for God to resurrect, to make all things new? Something has to stop. Something must end.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

What is a yankable moment? In short: it’s a time when God has had to reach in and pull you back. It’s when God stages the intervention your life requires. It’s a moment of urgency, sometimes even just in time to save your life. So: another way of putting it: when has God saved your life? When has God inspired the radical change your life has requir…

Child of God? Create. Cause something new to begin. Breathe life into something you thought was dead. Mold some clay. Because Jesus has given you an assignment. Child of God. Create.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

You might be the mountain that needs to move. Right now. What I want you to consider is that this - your power, your birthright - is the last step on your journey to elevate. It’s time to actuate the miracle of that one big change you think you can’t make. Because the truth is that with God’s help: you can.…

It is time, folks. To cleanse. Wade into God’s healing waters, beloved. And let the Spirit come. With God’s help? Throw the door right open to God’s grace. And with a heart open to God? Watch what happens now. Selah.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

When you step forward in the Lord, when you wait on the Lord, your refuge, your strength, your very help in times of trial? Then God will bear you up on those eagles’ wings. You will run and not be weary! You will walk and not faint! That’s the road before you. Your strength is coming. Please consider supporting The Park and its ministries: https:/…

When you turn to the Lord and ask: build me up, God. Build me up. Give me strength and be my strength. My very help in times of trial. Selah. When you turn and ask? Then God gives you that strength. The full text of Pastor Kaji's sermon is available here: http://soundthebells.blogspot.com/2023/07/restore-elevate-building-strength.html Please consid…

"Take the time to burrow. Retreat to the other side. It doesn’t have to cost a dime or more than the cost of a subway fare, if you must. But find your space for silence."By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

Some closed doors unlock, some rock solid masses soften, something relaxes, when we just acknowledge someone else's pain...from there, everything can change.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

When God has given us the grace to forgive, it’s because we’re ready. It’s because God has done sooooo much work behind the scenes to prepare you to share this gift.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

Independence is important, but we need to depend on each other, too, in ways that are reliable, not toxic but healing. We need to love, we need to model love, we need to bring love to the halls of Congress, and to our friends and neighbors, and even to our enemies. But as we love, let us root out all of the things that cause harm. Let us dedicate o…

My prayer for you is that you experience yourself through God's eyes. Imagine if you could look in the mirror and love yourself just as much as God does. Whoever you are, this is true. God bless you, and Happy Pride!By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

Talk to any honest preacher, and they’ll admit this secret to you: we all just have one sermon. We just use different words. Here’s my sermon: God loves you. No matter what. Now live your life and do something about it because: no matter what? You can.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

Soul food tends to get a bad rap in terms of health. But when we take a closer look, we learn something different. Our people took what they had, took the time to plant and to sow and to put their foot in that food and presented love on a plate. It’s not soul food that’s unhealthy, it’s racism and worldwide oppression that is.…

Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Light.... When we follow The Way, we adapt as God intends for us to adapt, we allow God to do with us what's needed. We resist whatever tries to obstruct us from God, and we consent to participating in God's acts of power in our lives and in this world.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

The way to continue to elevate is to move into a softer, more spirit-filled living. This season is softness. Connect. Don't dissociate. Talk to God. God can handle it.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church

When we go through our hardest times .... that is when we see God most clearly. But we have to be prepared for it.By Pastor Kaji at The Park Avenue Christian Church