It’s High Time !(Jeremiah 3) |Evangelist Zach Ward | Shady Grove Church, Soddy Daisy Tennessee
Evangelist Zach Ward delivers a fiery, emotionally charged sermon at Shady Grove Church, declaring that 'it's high time' for the church to awaken from spiritual complacency. Drawing from Jeremiah 3, Romans 13, and Amos 8, he warns of an impending 'famine of hearing the words of the Lord' and calls believers to repentance, radical obedience, and a renewed fear of God. The message is not just a call to return to church attendance but a demand to reorient every aspect of life around Christ—rejecting worldliness, reevaluating priorities, and embracing the cross not as a fashion statement but as a symbol of sacrifice. Ward confronts the church’s tendency to treat God as a buddy rather than a sovereign King, and he dismantles the idea that heaven is the ultimate reward, arguing instead that the true reward is standing before Christ and hearing 'well done.' His passionate plea culminates in a powerful vision of eternity—no more hospitals, no more funerals, no more tears—where believers will finally be reunited with loved ones in the presence of God. The sermon is both a wake-up call and a worshipful invitation to live with eternal urgency.
Our salvation is nearer than when we first believed—this is not a time for delay, but for urgent spiritual awakening.
The church is facing a famine of hearing God's word, not of bread or water, and we must prioritize gathering in His house.
The cross is not a fashion accessory—it’s a symbol of Christ’s sacrifice, and wearing it while living in sin nullifies its meaning.
God’s love is so profound He looked down through history and saw every person’s face, including yours, and died for you anyway.
The greatest reward isn’t heaven’s streets of gold, but standing before Christ and hearing 'well done, good and faithful servant.'
…and 3 more takeaways available in PodZeus
A Holy Encounter Before the Message
“I just put my face down on my Bible on my kitchen table and I wept. So I came expecting tonight, not because it's me, but because I feel like the Lord is going to do something special in here tonight.”
The Urgency of 'High Time'
“The phrase 'it is high time' in the original Greek text expresses a means of an urgent critical moment for action.”
The Famine of Hearing God's Word
Drawing from Amos 8:11, Ward warns that the church is in the early stages of a spiritual famine—no longer a lack of food, but a lack of hearing God’s voice.
The Cost of Worldliness and the Value of God's Presence
“One second in his presence. One second with an experience of his blood being put on my life. One second being incontourable say hey! One second of being in the presence of almighty God changed it all!”
The Church’s Compromise and the Need for Holiness
“Countless amounts of church folks wear something with a cross on it... and they think nothing about it as they drink, curse, act an absolute fool, and in that instant the cross and the works performed on the cross have become no effect to them.”
“What's it gonna be like when we ain't got to take a prayer request anymore because there's no such thing as a funeral home anymore?”
“I just put my face down on my Bible on my kitchen table and I wept. So I came expecting tonight, not because it's me, but because I feel like the Lord is going to do something special in here tonight.”
“And he looked down and said, Father, forgive them. They don't know what they're doing. But he still looked down and said, I'm still going to go for him.”
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zach ward
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sister carolyn
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jeremiah
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brother andrew
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shady grove church
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amor 8
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