Dialed In for the Endgame – Pastor Brian Cassell

Speaker: Pastor Brian Cassell

Category: Sermon Archive

Series: Rooted

August 23, 2025

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Spring Meadows Church Service Briefing Document: August 16th, 2025

This briefing document summarizes the key themes, announcements, and spiritual messages from the Spring Meadows Church Service on August 16th, 2025.

I. Community & Announcements

The service began with opening remarks from long-time members Larry and Pia Soul, highlighting community engagement and upcoming events.

Welcome and Introductions: Larry and Pia Soul, members since 1979, shared their extensive involvement in various church ministries, including sound team, elder, greeter, pianist, Sabbath school leader, and women’s ministry leader, with Pia actively involved in the mission program for the past 30 years.
Young Adult Event: “Tomorrow the young adults are having an event at Busch Gardens. Please see Pastor Oso or scan the QR code in the church newsletter.”
Youth Vespers and Baptism: “Next Sabbath, I believe that’s the 23rd there’s going to be a youth vespers and baptism at Pon Inlet. Again for more information please see Pastor Oso or the church newsletter.”
Annual Church Retreat: The deadline for signing up is August 31st. Attendees can sign up via QR code, the church website, or an application at the welcome desk. The speaker will be Roy Ice from the “Faith for Today” television program. The retreat is described as “awesome weekends. They’re fun They’re relaxing… my favorite part is that I get to meet church members who I may see in church but don’t really know.”
Food Pantry Ministry:Successful Launch: The first food pantry giveaway was last week, serving “53 local families.” Volunteers “talked with them They prayed with them.”
Ongoing Need: The ministry is excited for another giveaway in a couple of weeks. Donations of food items are welcome; a list is in the church newsletter and on a box outside the main entrance to the sanctuary.
Schedule & Volunteer Needs: The distribution will occur every first and third Thursday. Strong men are needed to help load trucks at Second Harvest in Orlando between 11 AM and 12 PM. Elder Berkeley shared a testimony of a lady who said, “I had paid my bills that day and I had no money left… I prayed to God that morning ‘God I don’t know how I’m going to have food.’ And when I was driving down the road and I saw the signs outside of Spring Meadows that said ‘Food free food today,’ I knew God had answered my prayers Amen God is still working miracles Amen And God wants to use you.”
Greetings: A customary time for congregants to greet those around them.

II. Worship & Prayer

The service included hymns, prayer requests, a children’s story, and a musical offering.

Opening Hymn: “Praise to the Lord the Almighty, the King of Creation.”
Prayer Requests & Praises: The congregation was invited to bring forward prayer requests and praises. The presiding elder, reflecting on his daughter Ava receiving a kitten, stated, “I know that our heavenly father has joy that precedes and supersedes that on a level that we cannot even compare when we think of the expectation for him answering our prayers.”
Sermon & Prayer Theme: The elder placed the prayer requests in the Bible at Exodus 14:14, which reads, “‘The Lord shall fight for you and you shall hold your peace.'” He emphasized, “With him on our side we will never lose… we know we can rest because he will fight for us.”
Corporate Prayer: A prayer of gratitude, surrender, and intercession for those facing challenges, absent members, and the church’s mission to be a light in deepening darkness.
Children’s Life: Pastor Alex invited children forward for “Kids Life” to go “fishing for some offering from the congregation” and to remind them that “God loves a cheerful giver.”
Children’s Story (by Ashish): The story of Jared, a student at the “school of the prophets” with Elisha, whose borrowed axe head fell into the Jordan River. Elisha performed a miracle by throwing a stick into the water, causing the axe head to float, demonstrating that “God is still doing miracles in your lives.”
Musical Interlude: “So Sweet to Trust in Jesus.”
Offertory Appeal (by Cedric): Emphasized that Christians are not just “fans” or “boosters” but “players” in God’s work. The offering supports the local church budget, allowing members to be “on the field doing God’s business.” The scripture reference was Psalms 34, which promises, “‘Oh taste and see that the Lord is good Blessed is the man that trustth in him… they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.'”
The Lord’s Prayer (song): “Father let your kingdom come Father let your will be done on earth as in heaven Right here in my heart.”
Closing Praise Song: “Revelation Song” (“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, Holy, holy is He”).

III. Sermon: “Dialed In for the Endgame – Fear God and Give Him Glory”

The sermon, delivered by Pastor Brian, focused on the urgency of God’s end-time message from Revelation 14, particularly the call to “Fear God and give glory to him.”

Distraction as a Spiritual Danger: Pastor Brian opened with a personal anecdote about missing an exit due to distraction, then compared it to spiritual distraction. He humorously noted women’s multitasking abilities while driving as a contrast. The core message was: “in God’s word we see the end time church of Jesus as not just a lukewarm church but also a distracted church.” He believes “we are close… we are God’s endgame generation.”
Revelation 14:6-7 – The First Angel’s Message:Urgency: The angel flying in “midair” symbolizes “speed” and “urgency” because it’s “the last message to go to the world before Jesus returns.”
Loudness: The message is “megalopono,” meaning “loud,” “for all to hear.”
Gospel as a Person: The core principle is “the gospel… is a person. It’s Jesus. It’s Christ life death and resurrection.” “He is our hope not just of the forgiveness of sins but also our hope of glory. It is Jesus Always has been always will.”
Universality: The message is “to every nation tribe language and people.” It calls for a conversion if “there’s anybody on this planet who we cannot sit down with and have a conversation about Jesus.”
Component 1: Fear God:Not Childhood Fear: This is not the fear of being afraid or uncomfortable, but a “respectful fear” and “respectful honor towards God.”
Reverence and Worship: Illustrated by heavenly beings (four living creatures, 24 elders) who “fall down” and “cast their crowns” before God’s throne, symbolizing humility and recognition of His “almighty divine presence.”
Voluntary Response: Unlike beast powers that “coerces people into worship,” God “does not coerce he does not force.”
Oswald Chambers Quote: “When you fear God it should be fear You fear nothing else Whereas if you do not fear God you fear everything else.”
Component 2: Give Him Glory:Life of Worship: Glory is a “life of worship,” “thanking him in the midst of our life.”
1 Corinthians 10:31: “‘Therefore whether you eat or drink or whatever you do… do it all to the glory of God.'”
Everything is Sacred: “Everything in our life is an act of worship. We cannot separate the secular from the sacred because with God and his children everything is sacred.” This includes daily activities like work, driving, and chores.
Not About Us, But About Jesus: “Everything in our life is not about us It’s all about him.”
Response to Grace: Glorifying God “is a response to the goodness and the grace and the mercy of God on Calvary.”
Component 3: The Hour of His Judgment Has Come:Present Tense: The angel declares “the hour of his judgment has arrived. It is here It is now.” This contrasts with the future tense judgment described in the New Testament gospels and epistles.
Daniel 7 & Revelation 14: Daniel 7 describes a “court scene” in heaven where “the court was seated And… the books were open,” which coincides with Revelation 14’s message that judgment has begun.
Prophetic Timeline: The sermon references the 1260-day prophecy ending in 1798 and the “investigative judgment” beginning on October 22nd, 1844. “We are right there at the end… There’s nothing else.”
Judgment as Good News: Pastor Brian refutes the idea of judgment as something to fear for believers. “The judgment is always super good news At least for those who believe in Jesus It is the best news in the world.”
God’s Love, Not Condemnation: God is not “making a list He’s checking it twice seeing he’s been naughty and nice” to condemn. “God has proven his love while we were yet sinners Christ died for us. The gift was already given.”
Joyous Anticipation: Believers should anticipate Jesus’ coming with “faithfilled joyous anticipation that Jesus is coming to town.”
Conclusion: The service concluded with a call to recognize God’s love, say “yes” to His gift of salvation, and allow the Holy Spirit to empower a life of worship.

IV. Closing

Closing Hymn: “In a Little While We’re Going Home.”
Benediction: A prayer reaffirming the “yes” to God’s free gift of salvation and a blessing for the week.