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Gas Me Up

Dr Dharius Daniels·Change Church

Sunday, June 8, 2025

Summary

In this message, Dr. Dharius Daniels addresses the silent epidemic of hyper-independence in the church, where believers struggle to receive help due to past relational trauma. He highlights that human energy, talent, and intellect are insufficient to fulfill God's calling without the power of the Holy Spirit. By surrendering to the Holy Spirit's empowering presence, believers receive the virtue, vitality, vision, and velocity needed to live out God's teachings and fulfill their divine destiny.

Key Scriptures

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John 14:16↗1 Samuel 15:35↗Luke 1:35↗Habakkuk 2:3↗

Themes

Hyper-IndependenceThe Holy Spirit

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Pastor's Points

1.Virtue: Spiritual energy for moral excellence.
2.Vitality: Spiritual stamina for supernatural endurance.
3.Vision: Spiritual insight to see spiritual potential.
4.Velocity: Spiritual speed to go further faster.

Key Points

1.Virtue provides spiritual energy for moral excellence and empowers believers to display the fruit of the Spirit.
2.Vitality grants spiritual stamina for supernatural endurance, helping believers finish what God called them to start.
3.Vision gives spiritual insight to see spiritual potential beyond what physical eyes can perceive.
4.Velocity provides spiritual speed to move further faster without destroying your soul through toxic hustle culture.
5.Hyper-independence is an undiagnosed epidemic in the church, making people experts at giving help but amateurs at receiving it.
6.What affects believers sociologically often impacts them theologically, leading them to bring relational baggage into their walk with God.
7.God will never call you to a divine destination without providing the empowering presence—the gas—needed to get there.
8.Walking into a new spiritual season requires a willingness to exit old seasons and let go of attachments God has rejected.
9.Jesus operated on earth through the Holy Spirit—being born, baptized, led, anointed, and resurrected by Him—showing that believers cannot live like Christ without the Spirit.
10.The anointing acts like oil on a sheep's head, keeping spiritual attacks and enemy bites from establishing a permanent foothold.

Sermon Moments

“Hyper-independence makes us experts at giving help but amateurs at receiving it because we've lived life without it.”

“What happens to you sociologically affects you theologically.”

“The one who called you to the destination also wants to fill your tank.”

“Entrances into new seasons are preceded by exits from old ones.”

“God's anointing makes you greasy to the enemy—when the snake tries to bite, it can't get a grip.”

“You haven't lost your dream; you've just lost gas.”

This Week

Identify areas of hyper-independence in your life where you resist receiving support from God and others.
Surrender daily to the Holy Spirit, asking Him for empowering energy rather than relying solely on human effort.
Evaluate old emotional attachments or past seasons God is calling you to exit so you can enter the new things He has for you.
Reflect on how past human disappointments may be distorting your view of God's unconditional covenant love.
Examine your schedule and habits to locate 'gas leaks' that drain your spiritual virtue and vitality.
Rest in your God-given identity as a loved child of God before striving for spiritual achievements or approval.
Reject toxic hustle culture by prioritizing spiritual rest and allowing the Holy Spirit to grant you sustainable velocity.

Remember This

You cannot accomplish God's divine instructions using only human energy; you need the empowering presence of the Holy Spirit to fulfill His purpose.

A Challenge for You

Lord, strengthen their hands. Renew, revive, and restore in Jesus' name.

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