October 18, 2026
When God Has Your Heart
Make Way vision initiative
We’re investing in the church of tomorrow while strengthening the church of today.
“Coasting along it with difficulty, we came to a place called Fair Havens” – Acts 27:8
The goal of Make Way is 100% participation.
Two invitations
Pray intentionally: Ask God what He wants to do in you and through you.
Commit courageously: Let’s respond together!
Let’s make way for what God wants to do next!
The deepest need of every human is the presence of God
Will we make way for Him?
When God’s presence becomes our priority, everything we have becomes available for His purpose.
1. God wants to dwell with His people.
“Let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst.” –God, Exodus 25:8
God doesn’t start by asking what you bring to the table. He brings Himself to you.
2. We all give ourselves to something.
Exodus 32:1-6
“So all the people took off the rings of gold that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron… made a golden calf.” –Exodus 32:2-4
Exodus 35:4-29
“So they came, both men and women…brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and armlets, all sorts of gold objects, every man dedicating an offering of gold to the Lord.” –Exodus 35:22
Same gold, different God.
Everybody worships. The question is, “What gets your gold?”
3. Grace can redirect our hearts.
The same people who built the idol also built the tabernacle.
Grace: Failure → Intercession → Forgiveness → Restoration
Guilt should never fuel generosity, but grace can.
4. God can redeem what is already in your hands.
“… they had asked the Egyptians for silver and gold jewelry and for clothing … so that they let them have what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians.” –Exodus 12:35-36
Long before the sanctuary was built, God had placed the resources in their hands.
It’s a story of restoration:
• Generous heart
• Stirred heart
• Moved spirit
• Willing heart – Exodus 35:5, 21-22, 29
5. When God’s presence becomes our priority, everything we have becomes available for His purpose.
Exodus 36:3-7
“… Moses sent out orders through the camp: “Men! Women! No more offerings for the building of the Sanctuary!” –Exodus 36:6, The Message
When God’s presence becomes our passion, giving stops feeling like an obligation and starts feeling like a privilege.
God’s presence can give us a different heart posture.
Same gold. Different God. Different heart. Different purpose.
Before you ask, “God, what are you asking me to do?” Ask, “God, will you take hold of my whole heart?”
When God has your heart, He will have your hands.
