Jerry Kitchell Ministries

10/06/2026

YOU CAN THREATEN US, BUT YOU CANNOT SILENCE THE NAME OF JESUS!

The early Church discovered something that every generation of believers needs to know:

When the pressure increased, they didn't back down—they got BOLDER!

If you're facing opposition because you believe in Jesus, speak His Name, and refuse to compromise His Word, don't fret. Don't retreat. And don't be intimidated.

You're not the first believer to face pressure for the Name of Jesus.

Imagine being in the room in Acts 4.

Peter and John have just been threatened by the religious authorities. The message is clear:

Stop preaching in the name of Jesus.

The believers gather together. The pressure is real. The threats are real. They have a decision to make.

They could have decided to tone things down.

They could have said, “Maybe we should be a little less public about Jesus. Those miracles happened when He was physically here anyway. Maybe that season is over.”

No, not the first century believer.

They lifted their voices to God and prayed:

“And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give us, your servants, great boldness in preaching your word. Stretch out your hand with healing power; may miraculous signs and wonders be done through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
— Acts 4:29–30 NLT

They didn't pray for less opposition.

They prayed for MORE BOLDNESS!

And then—

THE PLACE SHOOK!

Al right, look at what that prayer brought.

They were filled with the Holy Spirit and went out preaching the Word of God with boldness.

Two thousand years later, we can read that and think, “Wouldn't it have been wonderful to live in those days?”

NO!

Jesus Christ is “the same yesterday, today, and forever.”

We cannot read Acts like we're touring a museum of what God used to do.

This generation has the same Jesus.
The same Holy Spirit.
The same Name.
The same Word.

So when the pressure increases, don't retreat. Pray Acts 4, pray the way they prayed and do what they did!

God, give us boldness. Stretch forth Your hand to heal. Let miraculous signs and wonders be done through the mighty Name of Jesus.

Shake lives.
Shake churches.
Shake cities.
And shake our nation once again.

We don't want to just read about how God moved in another generations.

WE WANT TO EXPERIENCE A FRESH OUTPOURING NOW!

10/05/2026

10/05/2026

THE CHURCH HAS BECOME REALLY GOOD AT FIGHTING.

Someone says the wrong thing. We attack.

Someone disagrees. We counterattack.

Someone makes a mistake. Screenshots are taken, sides are chosen, and by lunchtime everybody has an opinion.

Maybe we need to hear what Jesus told Peter:

“Put your sword in its place.”

Because somewhere along the way, the attack culture around us found its way into the Church.

Now before somebody misunderstands me...

Peace doesn't mean becoming someone's punching bag.

Love doesn't mean allowing people to mistreat you.

Unity doesn't mean compromising the truth.

And the Gospel will offend.

Jesus offended people.

Truth has a way of doing that.

But there is a difference between people being offended by the truth we preach and people being wounded by the way we treat them.

Paul told Timothy:

“Fight the good fight of faith.”
1 Timothy 6:12

And maybe that's where we've missed it.

The problem isn't that we're fighting.

We're fighting the wrong fight.

Paul tells us plainly:

“We do not wrestle against flesh and blood.”
Ephesians 6:12

People aren't the enemy.

Our battle is against principalities, powers, rulers of darkness, and spiritual wickedness.

We're supposed to fight unbelief.

Fight fear.

Fight the lies of the enemy.

Stand against darkness.

Speak to mountains.

Hold fast to what God has promised.

And while we're doing all that, Paul tells us to:

“Endeavor to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.”
Ephesians 4:3 NKJV

Think about that.

Fight the fight of faith.
Fight the real enemy.
And fight to protect unity.

But somehow we've gotten distracted and started fighting each other.

There is a real enemy.

There is a real fight.

There are real mountains that need to move.

Your brother isn't the mountain.

Your sister isn't the enemy.

Maybe it's time we stopped wasting our energy fighting people and started fighting the fight God actually told us to fight.

THE GOOD FIGHT OF FAITH.

10/02/2026

Have you ever been reading your Bible and it all seems Greek to you?

Well, technically, some of it was. 😂

But you know what I mean.

Maybe you’ve even thought, “The Bible is thousands of years old. What does this have to do with my life in 2026?”

Everything.

The Word of God transcends time, culture, gender, and generation.

Truth doesn’t expire.

God’s Word was alive when it was spoken, and it is just as alive and relevant today. The circumstances may look different. Technology changes. Cultures change. Generations change.

The Word doesn’t.

But sometimes you can read it and still feel like you’re looking at a mystery you just can’t quite understand.

Jesus actually talked about that.

In Mark 4, He told His disciples, “You are permitted to understand the secret of the Kingdom of God.” (Mark 4:11 NLT)

Here’s the good news: God never expected you to figure out the mysteries of His Kingdom by yourself.

Jesus gave us the Holy Spirit.

He is our Teacher. He is the One who comes alongside us and reveals the things of God to us. Jesus said the Holy Spirit would “teach you everything” and remind us of what He had said. (John 14:26 NLT)

Paul said, “But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit.” (1 Corinthians 2:10 NLT)

Then Jesus makes this incredible statement:

“For everything that is hidden will eventually be brought into the open, and every secret will be brought to light.” (Mark 4:22 NLT)

God never intended the mysteries of His Kingdom to remain mysteries to His children.

That’s why Jesus repeatedly said:

“Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand.”

There is hearing with your natural ears, and then there is hearing with your heart.

Have you ever read a Scripture you had read fifty times before, and suddenly you saw something you had never seen?

The verse didn’t change.

The light came on.

That is revelation.

The Holy Spirit takes what was there all along and opens the eyes of your understanding so you can see it.

So the next time you open your Bible, don’t just read to finish a chapter.

Slow down. Listen.

Ask the Holy Spirit, “Show me what I haven’t seen.”

The Bible was not meant to remain a mystery.

Discover what has been there all along, just beneath the surface.

10/01/2026

Are you tired of hearing people tell you that you need to change, but they never give you a clue how to actually make that change?

Well, here’s the skinny.

THE GOSPEL IS TRANSFORMATIVE.

The Gospel was never meant to simply make bad people behave a little better. It transforms lives.

Yes, it takes drug dealers, addicts, prostitutes, criminals, the broken, and people everyone else has given up on and transforms their lives.

But transformation isn’t only for the person whose life has hit rock bottom.

Sometimes you can have a job, raise a family, pay your bills, go to church, and look perfectly fine on the outside, while knowing deep down, there has to be more to life than this.

Maybe you don’t need to be rescued from a life of destruction.

Maybe you just need a new life.

Jesus said, “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10 NKJV)

That’s the power of the Gospel.

We go from faith to faith (Romans 1:17), from strength to strength (Psalm 84:7), and from glory to glory (2 Corinthians 3:18).

But here is where some people miss it.

Transformation doesn’t happen just because you sat in church for twenty years. You can sit in a garage for twenty years and never become a Bentley.

Paul tells us exactly how transformation takes place:

“Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God… And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”
Romans 12:1–2 NKJV

There it is.

Surrender and renewal.

We surrender our lives to God, and we renew our minds with His Word.

We stop allowing our past, our environment, our failures, our feelings, and the thinking of this world to define what our lives can become.

The Gospel doesn’t just rescue us from what we were.

It transforms us into who God called us to be.

Now that’s transformation!

And eventually, transformation ought to become visible.

Different thinking.
Different speaking.
Different choices.
Different direction.
Different fruit.

You may not arrive overnight, but you shouldn’t stay where you started.

The proof is in the pudding.

If the Gospel is transforming you on the inside, sooner or later there will be evidence on the outside.

From faith to faith.
From strength to strength.
From glory to glory.

That is Christianity.

Living a transformed life.

09/30/2026

Today, I want to ask all you men out there a question: Have you ever stopped and thought about how much better your life could be if you developed a consistent prayer life?

I know. Prayer may not be your favorite subject.

So since we men can talk about sports for hours, let’s turn prayer into a sport for a minute.

If prayer were a sport, what kind of player would you be?

Would you be in shape, or winded after five minutes?

Would you practice every day, or only show up for the big game?

Would you know the playbook, or would you be trying to figure it out after the pressure was already on?

Paul said, “Pray without ceasing.”
1 Thessalonians 5:17

That sounds a lot like staying in spiritual shape.

Nobody becomes a great athlete by training once in a while. Consistency produces strength. The same thing is true in our prayer life.

Jesus made prayer a priority. He regularly withdrew to pray. Prayer wasn’t something He squeezed into His schedule when trouble showed up. It was a way of life.

Now get this.

We need to train ourselves to pray.

Set aside time every day. Talk to God. Pray in the Spirit. Worship. Give thanks. Listen for the Holy Spirit. Then carry that fellowship with you throughout your day.

Because when the pressure comes, you don't want to suddenly start trying to develop a prayer life.

You want to already have one.

So, men, here's the challenge:

If prayer were a sport, would the coach send you in when the game is on the line?

09/29/2026

Are you feeling a little out of place?

Maybe you’re one of “those Christians.”

You know the ones.

Pentecostal. Bible-believing. Word-believing. Tongue-talking. Miracle-believing Christians who actually expect God to do what He said He would do.

Yes. One of THOSE Christians.

It seems the current Christian culture has become far too concerned with being accepted by the world.

We want to be liked. We don’t want to offend anyone. And we certainly don’t want to be considered too radical.

But Paul said, “I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God unto salvation.”

Think about where Paul was headed.

ROME.

The center of power, wealth, culture, and influence.

Paul wasn’t trying to make the Gospel acceptable to Rome. He knew Rome desperately needed what he carried.

THE GOSPEL IS THE POWER OF GOD.

He told the Corinthians he didn’t come with impressive words and human wisdom. He came in demonstration of the Spirit and power.

And here we are 2,000 years later.

The Word is still the Word.

The Gospel is still the Gospel.

People were hungry for the supernatural power of God then.

THIS GENERATION IS NO DIFFERENT.

People are hungry for something AUTHENTIC.

Jesus still saves. Jesus still heals. Jesus still delivers. The Holy Spirit still moves. Miracles are still real.

The hunger hasn’t changed.

The Gospel hasn’t changed.

The power hasn’t changed.

THE QUESTION IS-HAVE WE CHANGED?

Have we become so concerned about being accepted that we’ve started shrinking back from the very Gospel people desperately need?

Have we become afraid of what people might think?

Do we want their acceptance more than we want them to encounter the power of God?

Paul said, “I am not ashamed.”

Can we say the same?

And if not...

WHY?

09/28/2026

WHERE IS YOUR MIND TODAY?

Before you answer, think about what has been occupying your thoughts.

The problem.
The bills.
The diagnosis.
What somebody said.
What might happen tomorrow.

Or is your mind fixed on God and what He has said?

“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.”
Isaiah 26:3 NKJV

Notice the connection.

Your mind is stayed on Him because you trust Him.

Perfect peace doesn’t come from having perfect circumstances. It comes from having a mind that refuses to move away from the faithfulness of God.

You can’t always control what tries to enter your mind, but you can decide what gets to stay there.

When circumstances start talking, bring your thoughts back to the Word.

When fear starts painting pictures of tomorrow, bring your thoughts back to the Word.

When your mind starts rehearsing everything that could go wrong, remind yourself of everything God has said.

Peace follows focus.

Keep your mind stayed on Him. Keep His Word before you. Keep reminding yourself that God is faithful.

So here’s the question again:

Where is your mind today?

Get it off the mountain and back on the One who told you to speak to it.

09/26/2026

“After they had nailed him to the cross, the soldiers gambled for his clothes by throwing dice.”
Matthew 27:35 NLT

STOP GAMBLING WITH ETERNITY

This scene is almost unbelievable.

Jesus is hanging on the cross, paying the price for the sins of the world, and directly beneath Him soldiers are throwing dice to see who gets His clothes.

Apparently, somebody thought the clothes were the most valuable thing available.

Think about that.

They were close enough to hear Jesus speak. Close enough to look into His face. Close enough to touch the cross.

Yet their attention was on a pile of clothes and a roll of the dice.

They saw value in what Jesus owned but completely missed the value of Jesus Himself.

And while they're gambling, prophecy is being fulfilled right in front of them.

Hundreds of years earlier, Psalm 22:18 declared, “They divide My garments among them, And for My clothing they cast lots.”

They were standing in the middle of fulfilled prophecy and didn't even know it.

Before we're too hard on those soldiers, people are still doing the same thing.

We spend our lives pursuing money, possessions, careers, pleasure, recognition and everything else this world tells us matters. None of those things are necessarily wrong, but none of them can answer the question of eternity.

Eventually, the dice stop rolling.

The possessions stay behind.

The titles don't matter anymore.

And every one of us must answer the most important question we will ever face:

What have we done with Jesus?

Those soldiers gambled for His clothes while the Savior of the world hung directly above them.

Don't make the same mistake.

Jesus died and rose again so that we could be forgiven, reconciled to God and receive eternal life.

Stop gambling with eternity.

Jesus has already placed the answer right in front of us.