Justin Mitchell

Justin Mitchell Pastor Justin leads a spirit-filled ministry with a passion to see people experience a relationship with Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit.

Here’s to 40! 🎉I truly appreciate all the phone calls, texts, emails, messages, gifts, meals, surprises, Dr Pepper, and ...
09/04/2026

Here’s to 40! 🎉

I truly appreciate all the phone calls, texts, emails, messages, gifts, meals, surprises, Dr Pepper, and love. I actually had to charge my phone during the day because of all the birthday love you showed me!

It’s been a great day spent outdoors, and I’m incredibly grateful for every person who helped make it so special.

I’m excited to see what God has in store for this next chapter of my life. I’m totally down for whatever He desires!

Thank you all again! I feel truly blessed and loved. đź–¤

Help us wish Pastor Justin Mitchell a very Happy 40th Birthday! 🎉Whether he’s preaching the Word, cheering on the Georgi...
09/04/2026

Help us wish Pastor Justin Mitchell a very Happy 40th Birthday! 🎉

Whether he’s preaching the Word, cheering on the Georgia Bulldogs, enjoying Surcheros, studying his Bible, traveling somewhere new, cruising across the ocean, or relaxing in the mountains, Pastor Justin brings passion and joy to everything he does.

We are incredibly grateful for his leadership, vision, faithfulness, and heart for people. Pastor Justin, thank you for continually pointing us toward Jesus and challenging us to reach one more!

Help us celebrate Pastor Justin and show him some birthday love in the comments! We pray this next decade is filled with God’s greatest blessings, favor, and unforgettable moments.

Happy 40th Birthday! We all love and appreciate you so much!

Before you go to sleep tonight, I want to remind you of something that can change everything in a moment:The favor of Go...
09/04/2026

Before you go to sleep tonight, I want to remind you of something that can change everything in a moment:

The favor of God.

Esther 2:17 says:

“The king loved Esther more than all the other women. She won more favor and approval from him than did any of the other young women. He placed the royal crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.”

Esther stepped forward, and favor showed up.

One moment she was an orphan girl nobody would have expected to become queen.

Then suddenly, everything changed.

The right person saw her.
The right door opened.
The crown was placed on her head.
And she stepped into a position she could never have created for herself.

That’s what favor can do.

Favor can put your name in conversations you’re not in.

Favor can cause someone to remember you at exactly the right moment.

Favor can open a door your résumé couldn’t open.

Favor can give you access your connections couldn’t provide.

Favor can put you in a position you feel unqualified for.

Favor can accomplish in a moment what you’ve been trying to make happen for years.

Joseph experienced it.

One morning he woke up in prison.

By the end of the day, he was standing in Pharaoh’s palace.

That’s favor.

Ruth experienced it.

She went into a field simply trying to gather enough grain to survive.

But she “happened” to find herself in the field belonging to Boaz.

Before long, she went from gathering leftovers in his field to becoming his wife.

That’s favor.

David experienced it.

He walked into a valley carrying bread for his brothers.

He walked out of that valley with an entire nation knowing his name.

That’s favor.

And Esther experienced it.

She stepped forward as another young woman in the king’s palace…

But when her moment came, favor distinguished her.

Hear me tonight:

It does not take God a long time to change your situation.

One conversation.
One phone call.
One introduction.
One opportunity.
One person remembering your name.
One door opening that nobody can shut.

God can do suddenly what you’ve been waiting years to see.

But don’t forget this:

Favor always has a purpose.

Esther wasn’t favored simply so she could wear a crown.

She was favored because there was a nation she would eventually help save.

Joseph wasn’t favored just so he could live in a palace.

There was a famine coming, and God needed Joseph positioned.

Ruth wasn’t favored just to improve her circumstances.

God was writing her into the lineage that would eventually lead to Jesus.

So when God gives you favor, don’t just ask:

“God, what are You giving me?”

Ask:

“God, what are You positioning me to do?”

Because your influence has purpose.

Your gifts have purpose.

Your opportunities have purpose.

Your connections have purpose.

And the doors God opens have purpose.

Maybe you’ve been wondering how everything you’re believing for could possibly come together.

Stop trying to figure out every detail.

Keep being faithful.
Keep preparing.
Keep obeying.
And when God tells you to step forward…

STEP.

Because Esther stepped forward and favor showed up.

Joseph stepped forward and favor showed up.

Ruth stepped into a field and favor showed up.

And you never know when one ordinary step of obedience is going to collide with an extraordinary moment of God’s favor.

So rest tonight.

You don’t have to force the door.

You don’t have to manipulate the opportunity.

You don’t have to make everybody notice you.

When God’s favor is on your life, the right people will see you, the right doors will open, and at the right moment, God can change everything.

Your job is to stay faithful until favor meets you at your appointed moment.

Before you go to sleep tonight, I want to talk to the person who has already started writing the eulogy for your promise...
09/01/2026

Before you go to sleep tonight, I want to talk to the person who has already started writing the eulogy for your promise.

You’ve waited so long that you’ve started convincing yourself:

“Maybe it’s over.”
“Maybe I missed it.”
“Maybe it’s never going to happen.”
“Maybe I just need to accept that this is how the story ends.”

But I came tonight to remind you…

Don’t bury what God can still breathe on.

Mary and Martha thought their story with Lazarus was finished.

They had prayed.
They had waited.
Jesus didn’t arrive when they expected Him to.

And eventually, Lazarus died.

By the time Jesus showed up, Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days.

Martha essentially told Jesus, “If You had been here, this wouldn’t have happened.”

She thought Jesus was late.

But Jesus wasn’t coming just to heal Lazarus.

He was coming to resurrect him.

What looked like the end became the setting for one of the greatest miracles they had ever witnessed.

Then there’s the Shunammite woman in 2 Kings 4.

God had given her a son she never thought she would have.

But one day, that promise died in her arms.

Can you imagine holding something God gave you and watching it seemingly disappear?

Yet she refused to make the funeral arrangements.

She went looking for the man of God.

And the same God who gave the promise breathed life into it again.

And then there was Jesus.

Friday looked final.

The cross looked like defeat.
The stone looked permanent.
Saturday was silent.

If you had looked only at the circumstances, you would have said:

“It’s over.”

But heaven knew something earth didn’t know.

Sunday was coming.

And maybe that’s what somebody needs to hear tonight.

You’ve been preparing a funeral for something God may not be finished with.

That dream.
That calling.
That prayer.
That vision.
That promise you’ve carried for months or years.

I know it looks impossible.

But haven’t you seen Him move before?

Didn’t He make a way the last time?

Didn’t He carry you through something you thought would destroy you?

Didn’t He provide when you didn’t know where it would come from?

If He moved before, He can move again.

So don’t give up now.

Don’t stop praying now.

Don’t stop believing now.

Don’t let what your eyes see convince you to abandon what faith says is possible.

Paul wrote:

“What no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human heart has conceived—God has prepared these things for those who love him.” 1 Corinthians 2:9 CSB

You haven’t seen everything God has prepared.

You haven’t heard everything He’s getting ready to speak.

And you don’t know what He may already be arranging behind the scenes.

So put the eulogy away.

God gets the final word.

Lazarus came out.

The Shunammite woman’s son got back up.

Jesus walked out of the tomb.

And the same God who moved then is still moving today.

Don’t write “The End” on a story God is still writing.

Rest tonight.

You are one day closer.

08/27/2026

You can’t experience something different if you’re unwilling to do something different.

Peter could’ve stayed comfortable in the boat and talked about what it might be like to walk on water, but he stepped out. And yes, he got wet…but at least he got out of the boat!

I’d rather be a wet water walker than a dry boat talker.

Stop just talking about what God has called you to do. Take the step. Get out of the boat. Faith requires movement.

📖 Matthew 14:28–29

08/25/2026

Sometimes what feels like loss is actually pruning.

In John 15, Jesus teaches that the Father removes what isn’t producing fruit, but He also prunes what is producing fruit so that it can produce even more.

That means every removal isn’t rejection. Sometimes God is cutting away relationships, habits, distractions, or things we’ve become comfortable with because they can’t go where He’s taking us.

And sometimes, even when you’re doing the right things, you still go through a pruning season.

Pruning can hurt. It can feel lonely. It can leave you wondering why God allowed something to be removed when you thought everything was going well.

But don’t judge the season by what you’re losing. Pay attention to what God is preparing you to produce.

Jesus said, “Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes to produce more fruit.” John 15:2 (CSB)

If God is pruning something from your life, trust the Gardener. 🌱

What He’s removing may simply be making room for what He’s about to produce. More fruit is coming.

08/22/2026

Before you go to sleep tonight, I want to encourage you to pay attention to the people around you. God sat me down and spoke this so strong to me tonight.

One thing I’ve learned is that not everyone who enters your life is assigned to every season of your life.

Some people are there for a chapter.
Some for a season. And a precious few may walk with you for a lifetime.

There are also seasons when God begins to reveal things you couldn’t see before.

Motives become clearer.
Patterns become noticeable.
Conversations start revealing hearts.
And relationships that once brought peace begin producing confusion.

Jesus Himself prayed all night before choosing the twelve. He loved everyone, but He didn’t give everyone the same access.

David loved Saul and honored him as king, but when Saul repeatedly tried to destroy him, David eventually understood that loving Saul didn’t require staying within reach of his spear.

That’s important.

You can love someone and still create distance.

You can forgive someone and still establish boundaries.

You can pray for someone and recognize they no longer belong in your inner circle.

And sometimes that’s hard because of history.

You’ve known them for years.
You’ve shared memories.
You’ve walked through seasons together.

But history alone doesn’t always mean someone has access to your future.

Ask God for discernment.

Not suspicion.
Not bitterness.
Not paranoia.

Discernment.

“Lord, show me who should be close in this season. Show me who strengthens my walk with You, who speaks truth, who celebrates what You’re doing, who honors me, and who can be trusted with where You’re taking me.”

And when God makes something clear, have the discipline to respond with grace.

You don’t have to hate them.
You don’t have to expose them.
You don’t have to talk badly about them.

Sometimes you simply have to release them.

Because everybody can be loved, but everybody cannot have access.

So tonight, trust God with every relationship in your life—personal, professional, ministry, and beyond. Ask Him for the discernment to know who belongs in this season and the courage to release those whose season has come to an end.

Some people God brings closer.

Some people He allows to move further away.

And sometimes what feels like losing someone is actually God protecting the next season of your life.

Honor what the relationship was, accept what it has become, and trust God with where you’re going next.

Selah.

08/21/2026

Pumped to be back in the pulpit this Sunday preaching a brand new sermon series called “Different To Make A Difference” at Turning Point Jesup. Join us Sunday at 9/10:30AM in Jesup or Brunswick at 10:30AM.

08/18/2026

Know your value. 🖤 You can love people, care about them, and still refuse to beg them to stay. If they choose to walk away, let them. Your worth isn’t determined by who stays or who leaves.

The right people won’t require you to lose yourself just to keep them.

08/18/2026

Before you go to sleep tonight, I want to talk to the person struggling to let something go.

There’s an old saying:

“If you love something, set it free.”

Easy to say.

Much harder to actually do.

Because when you really love something, or someone, everything inside of you wants to hold on tighter.

You want to fix it.
Control it.
Protect it.
Make it work.

But sometimes faith looks like opening your hands and saying:

“God, I love this… but I trust You more.”

Abraham had waited years for Isaac.

Isaac wasn’t just his son…he was the promise Abraham had prayed for.

Yet in Genesis 22, God asked Abraham to place Isaac on the altar.

Abraham had to be willing to surrender the very thing God had given him.

And when Abraham opened his hands, he discovered something:

God wasn’t trying to take the promise away.

He was making sure the promise hadn’t taken God’s place.

Maybe that’s where you are tonight.

You’re holding tightly to a relationship.
A dream.
An opportunity.
A possibility.
A season you don’t want to end.
Something you desperately want to work out.

And surrender feels like giving up.

But surrender isn’t always giving up.

Sometimes surrender is simply saying:

“God, I’m going to stop trying to control the outcome.”

Jesus modeled this in Gethsemane.

Facing the cross, He prayed, “Not my will, but yours, be done.”

That’s real surrender.

Not pretending you don’t care.

Not pretending it doesn’t hurt.

But trusting the Father with something that matters deeply to you.

So tonight, maybe you don’t need to hold tighter.

Maybe you need to open your hands.

If God wants it in your life, trust Him to sustain it.

If God removes it, trust Him to carry you through it.

And if God has something different ahead, trust that one day you’ll understand what you can’t understand tonight.

You can love deeply without living desperately.

You can care without controlling.

You can release without losing your faith.

Sometimes the greatest act of faith isn’t holding on.

It’s trusting God enough to let go.

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