Pastor John Gray has urged believers to embrace challenging phases in life, describing them as essential periods of spiritual growth and transformation. In a recent sermon, he compared these moments to construction zones and highlighted the importance of setting boundaries to allow only the right people into one’s life.
“You ought to thank God that people left while you were under construction,” Pastor Gray remarked. “They thought you had been ruined. No, God was doing renovations. He was building something.”
He emphasized that not everyone is meant to stay during these transformative seasons, referring to them as a “hard hat area.”
“Everybody doesn’t have access when you’re in your hard hat season. Only people that have been authorized can be in your life during a hard hat season,” Pastor Gray explained, encouraging the congregation to be selective about who they allow into their lives during times of change.
Addressing relationships, both romantic and platonic, Pastor Gray warned against connections that lack alignment and mutual purpose.
“I don’t want anybody that’s not going to be equally yoked in any area. That’s not just relationships, that’s friendship. If we’re not going to be equally yoked, we can’t walk together,” he stated.
