From Mourning to Dancing (Psalm 30:8-12) | Rev. Herman Moldez, Feb 15, 2026

Life is not friend as we wish it to be. We will be hurt. We will mourn our pain. But God, in His faithfulness will wash our sorrow as we cry for mercy. He will put a new song in our hearts to lift us up to dance with joy.

Journeys in life are not always easy. Sometimes it is the mountain peak of Hallelujah. But often it's going through the valley of sorrow. We suffer losses. We struggle down the pit, nursing our pain.

Jesus calls us to take up our cross to follow him. We need a proper perspective.

Let's learn to embrace seasons of grief. Our tendency is to escape the pain, trying to forget the hurts of life. But in resisting we only repress it to appear with ugly face. The beginning of healing is the humble acceptance of life's reality to cry for God's mercy.

Suffering is an experience of spiritual growth. If we could see our little problem in the larger perspective of God's love, then we learn to trust and slowly transform. We know God more deeply not in success but in suffering. Pain purifies the false self to grow our true self, created in the image of Christ.

If we accept hurt to allow God to heal us, grieving becomes a place of growing to be equipped with songs of gladness to endure the difficult path. Deep mourning of lament leads to a whirling dance of joy. God's mercy washes sorrow to strengthen hope for the journey.

"Lord, let our brokenness become a blessing. Lead us to discover the hidden joy in our sorrow."

What prevents your shifting from mourning to dancing?

Finding Strength in God’s Presence (Exo 33:7-17) | Rev. Herman Moldez, Feb 8, 2026

The burden of leading God’s people to the Promised Land was too overwhelming. Moses could not do if God would not journey with them. God promised to abide with His presence to find rest in a wearisome journey. How will you find rest to sustain a long journey?

What keeps you going to persevere in a perilous journey?

Moses says it is the experience of the presence of God. Unless we cultivate living in God's presence it is easy to lose heart when the going gets rough. God's presence is the fuel to burn our hearts to keep going. How will you seek and sense God's presence?

Carve a sacred space to be alone with God to commune in His love. God's love burning in your heart is a soul force to give strength. You stay in the divine presence by abiding with God in your daily work and walk in God's path and perspective. The practice of awareness of God by noticing His hidden presence in the ordinary enables you to live in the center where God reigns.

How intense is your longing for God? May we all be like Joshua who stayed at the door of the tent meeting, in holy envy of Moses who met with God face to face as one speaks to a friend (v.11).

Strength For the Journey (Sermon Series)

The journey to the future is not a smooth trip. There are difficulties and disappointments to losing our heart. Unless we develop an inner resilience to persevere, we are tempted to give up. We need to cultivate spiritual disciplines to develop strength of being to continue what God has invited us to join Him in the new beginning He has started us.

The Holy Spirit is given to equip believers with God’s presence and power. If we welcome the Holy Spirit to infuse divine energy, we can develop a soul force of love and life to meet the challenges and crises in the journey. How do we do this?

The sermon series this February 2026 will focus on Jacob, Moses, David, and Paul to learn from their experiences to develop spiritual Strength for the Journey. Through their spiritual practice and perspective. They serve as soul guides to develop inner resilience in life’s journey.

Broken To Be a Blessing (Gen 32:22-30) | Rev. Herman Moldez, Feb 1, 2026

Jacob, through his canning dealings survived and became successful. He got the blessing due to his twin brother Esau in exchange of a bowl of soup by deception. As he faced Esau, he was devising his last option to survive. God wrestled with him in Jabbok to wrench his hip. Deeply broken, he sought God’s blessing. He received a new name, from Jacob the deceiver to Israel the overcomer.