IMPACT Recap

Why You Keep Missing What God Is Doing | Don’t Miss Your Moment

March 30, 2026 · 0:59:25

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Recap

On Palm Sunday, Pastor Travis opened the service with a call to undignified, heartfelt worship, challenging the congregation to move beyond self-consciousness and fully engage with God's presence. He then preached from Luke 19:28-44, offering a fresh perspective on the triumphal entry. The sermon, titled 'Don't Miss Your Moment,' warned against the tragedy of being physically present for a move of God while remaining spiritually disengaged. Pastor Travis explained that the crowd in Jerusalem praised Jesus for the miracles they had seen but missed the whole point of His mission as the Messiah who came to bring peace and transformation. He highlighted how a faith built on fleeting emotion without deep devotion has no roots and will not withstand pressure. The message culminated in a powerful invitation to stop following feelings and selfish desires and to fully surrender to following Jesus, taking up one's cross in committed discipleship.

Main Points

  • We can miss our moment with God by praising Him for what He does while failing to surrender to who He is.
  • Faith built on emotion without devotion has no roots and will collapse when life gets hard or costly.
  • If we are not surrendered, we will fail to recognize God's work in our lives, even mistaking His refining for an enemy attack.

Verses Mentioned

  • Luke 19:28-44 - "After Jesus had said this, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. As he approached Bethphage and Bethany at the hill called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, 'Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. If anyone asks you, "Why are you untying it?" say, "The Lord needs it."' Those who were sent ahead went and found it just as he had told them. As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, 'Why are you untying the colt?' They replied, 'The Lord needs it.' They brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt and put Jesus on it. As he went along, people spread their cloaks on the road. When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: 'Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!' 'Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!' Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, 'Teacher, rebuke your disciples!' 'I tell you,' he replied, 'if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.' As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, 'If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes. The days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and encircle you and hem you in on every side. They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God's coming to you.'" (NIV)
  • Zechariah 9:9 - "Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey." (NIV)
  • Matthew 15:8 - "'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.'" (NIV)
  • Matthew 13:20-21 - "The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away." (NIV)

Daily Action Plan

Monday

Scripture Reflection: Luke 19:42 - 'If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes.'

Focus Point: Recognizing Jesus as the source of true peace.

Action Plan: Identify one area of your life where you are seeking situational relief instead of the transformative peace Jesus offers.

Deep Prayer: Lord, open my eyes to see You as my Prince of Peace. Help me to stop asking You just to fix my circumstances and start surrendering my heart to You for true transformation.

Tuesday

Scripture Reflection: Matthew 15:8 - 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.'

Focus Point: Moving from lip service to life service.

Action Plan: In your prayer time today, spend the first five minutes praising God solely for who He is, not for anything He has done or you want Him to do.

Deep Prayer: Father, I worship You for Your character—Your holiness, love, and faithfulness. Draw my heart closer to Yours, beyond just my words.

Wednesday

Scripture Reflection: Matthew 13:20-21 - The seed on rocky ground has no root and falls away in trouble.

Focus Point: Developing roots of devotion.

Action Plan: Commit to reading one chapter of the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John) and journal one truth about Jesus you learn.

Deep Prayer: Jesus, plant Your word deeply in my heart. Give me the discipline to build my life on the truth of who You are, so my faith will have roots that withstand pressure.

Thursday

Scripture Reflection: Luke 19:44 - '...because you did not recognize the time of God's coming to you.'

Focus Point: Discerning God's work in your life.

Action Plan: Reflect on a recent difficulty. Ask God to show you if He might be using it to refine or redirect you, rather than assuming it's an attack.

Deep Prayer: God, give me spiritual discernment. Help me to recognize Your hand at work in my life, even in seasons of discomfort and stretching.

Friday

Scripture Reflection: Luke 9:23 - 'Then he said to them all: 'Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.''

Focus Point: The cost of committed discipleship.

Action Plan: Identify one personal desire or comfort you will consciously deny today as an act of taking up your cross to follow Jesus.

Deep Prayer: Lord, I choose to follow You, not my feelings. I deny myself, take up my cross, and commit to following You today, whatever the cost.

Saturday

Scripture Reflection: 1 Corinthians 13:7 - '[Love] always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.'

Focus Point: Building a love for God based on commitment, not just feeling.

Action Plan: Write down one specific way you will demonstrate your committed love for God this weekend, regardless of how you feel.

Deep Prayer: God, my love for You is a choice. Today, I choose to trust, hope, and persevere in my relationship with You. Anchor my love in commitment, not fleeting emotion.

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