Hardwired with Jeff Wickwire

08.16.2025 - 09 - Disarming the Giant of Lust Part 1 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

Is it a bad thing for you to be hungry? When you break it down, hunger is just your body communicating a desire to eat food. Needing to eat is not a bad thing, but if you commit sin while obtaining the needed food, that becomes a problem. Pastor Jeff doesn’t want you to be ashamed of being hungry or of having needs and desires. The problem is when you turn to sinful behavior to meet the needs of the flesh. Trust in the Lord to be your provider, and let Him show you what He can do.

08.15.2025 - 07 - Our Focus Part 1 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

Something that many home cooks tend to overlook in their kitchens is having a working fire extinguisher. It’s much better to have one and never need it than to need one and not have it! That fire extinguisher can put out a dangerous fire before it spreads and destroys your entire home. Pastor Jeff reminds you today that when you begin to doubt your way in life, all you need to do is think back to the power of the blood of Jesus in your life! God has brought you this far, and He won’t let you down now.

08.14.2025 - 06 - Obedience Part 2 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

In our fallen human nature, we are prone to behaviors such as jealousy. We crave possessions that others have, instead of being grateful for what we have already been given. Pastor Jeff warns us today that jealousy can turn into hatred, and hatred can lead to some dark and irreversible sins! When we have hatred towards our brother or sister, Jesus says we have committed murder in our hearts. The best way to avoid falling into this dark sin is to take control of jealousy and envy in our lives.

08.13.2025 - 06 - Obedience Part 1 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

In the book of Acts, we see that followers of Jesus are empowered with the Holy Spirit to do good work in this world. But the Holy Spirit also serves the role of a guard on a watchtower. When you begin to allow sin into your life, the Holy Spirit rings the alarm within your soul! Pastor Jeff teaches you today that that conviction doesn’t go away once you have truly accepted Jesus, so even those who stray from Jesus still have someone on their side, reminding them of where they belong.

08.12.2025 - 05 - Purity Part 2 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

When we want to make changes in our lives, we usually have to start by building habits that make us a better reflection of the person we want to be. We’re starting from the outside and working our way into the core of our being. But salvation flips that formula on its head! Pastor Jeff teaches us today that when we accept Jesus into our lives, the Holy Spirit comes into our hearts and starts changing us from the inside out! We are made into new creations because of the power of Christ within us.

08.11.2025 - 05 - Purity Part 1 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

Following Jesus is a lot like running a marathon. See, there will be thousands, or maybe even millions of times throughout your life where you’re faced with the opportunity to choose to live righteously, or to give in to sin. You won’t make the right choice every single time. Pastor Jeff reminds you today that the only way that people who have been saved fall back into a life of sin is if they consciously choose a life of sin over a life of righteousness. It’s not something you fall back into by mistake.

08.10.2025 - 08 - Disarming the Giant of Intimidation Part 2 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

So what do you do when it seems like the enemy has won? When things don’t work out the way you think they will? Pastor Jeff shows you how sometimes God will allow the enemy small victories, while giving you greater opportunities to serve Him in the process. The apostle Paul could have put his head between his legs and endured prison sentences, but instead he put his time to good use and wrote the letters that would become the Epistles: some of the most important New Testament books.

08.09.2025 - 08 - Disarming the Giant of Intimidation Part 1 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

Do you hear the enemy trying to talk you down from doing something? Does he try and make you think that you’re doomed to fail, or that God has abandoned you? Well, Pastor Jeff shows you today how Nehemiah faced similar challenges when rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem. In order to complete the task that the Lord had given him, Nehemiah had to fend off both verbal and physical threats and trust in God to be his protector and Savior. Trust in the Lord, and He will see it all through.

08.08.2025 - 04 - Get Real Part 2 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

Are you the kind of person that puts on a radio program or a podcast to just listen passively? Well, Pastor Jeff wants you to really pay attention to today’s message. Because there are so many people that have claimed to follow Jesus, but because of apathy, or the temptations of the world, they let their passion for Jesus fade away, and they stop following Him. But Pastor Jeff desires for you to build a solid foundation in God’s Word, so that when the way gets tough, you can return to the presence of the Savior.

08.07.2025 - 04 - Get Real Part 1 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

Do you remember where you were when you accepted Jesus into your heart? When you said those words and believed in your heart that Jesus is Lord, a change took place within you! The Lord poured His Holy Spirit into your heart and changed you from the inside out forever. Pastor Jeff wants you to understand that there is a difference between saying that you’re a believer in Christ and experiencing the transformative power of the Holy Spirit that works within you, changing you from the inside out.

08.06.2025 - 03 - To the Children, Fathers, and Young Men Part 2 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

Satan and his demonic forces aren’t just a fairy tale to scare us into good behavior; they represent a real enemy in the spiritual realm! But the battleground that we are fighting on isn’t in public spaces, or even in the material world at all. Instead, Pastor Jeff teaches us that the battles we fight are in the spiritual world and in the strongholds that the enemy has in today’s society. Don’t be afraid, because no matter what comes against you, remember that you have the power of Jesus on your side!

08.05.2025 - 03 - To the Children, Fathers, and Young Men Part 1 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

For someone who has been reading Scripture for a long time, it can become a passive habit to get into God’s Word. But Pastor Jeff encourages you today to take an active approach as you dive into the Word in your daily devotions! You may have been reading the same passages over and over for years, but it’s in those times when you think you have learned everything you can that the Lord speaks to you. He can breathe new life into the words that you’ve grown accustomed to over the years.

08.04.2025 - 02 - Loving Your Brother – In the Light or in the Dark Part 2 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

Did you know that the first thing you do in the morning has a big impact on the rest of your day? If the first thing you do is grab your phone and check the news, you’ll immediately fill your mind with thoughts of what is going wrong in the world. But Pastor Jeff reminds you that if you make the effort to make time with God a central part of your day, you will be more and more blessed by the Lord. Spending time with your heavenly Father should be as natural to you as eating your first meal of the day.

08.03.2025 - 07 - Disarming the Giant of Doubt Part 2 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

Don’t let doubt become an obstacle that hinders your relationship with God! Instead, Pastor Jeff tells you today that it should just be a step on the journey, a small part of a bigger story of faith. When you are faced with doubt, the Bible tells you that you should confess it to Jesus and place them at His feet. Allow Him to calm your fears and anxieties, and live in the freedom that His love provides. God will always be there for you, so long as you don’t give up on His love for you.

08.02.2025 - 07 - Disarming the Giant of Doubt Part 1 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

Every believer is going to doubt God at some point. There will be times where your faith in Him wavers, even just for a moment. That isn’t sinful behavior, and God isn’t going to look poorly on you because of it. But Pastor Jeff warns you to not confuse doubt and unbelief, because unbelief is the thing that can begin to rot away at your relationship with God. You don’t sin when you doubt God’s goodness or doubt God’s word. You sin when you hear God’s word proclaimed and reject it completely.

08.01.2025 - 02 - Loving Your Brother – In the Light or in the Dark Part 1 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

If you were accused of a crime and had to go to court right now to be put on trial, would you defend yourself? Or would you seek after someone to represent you, to speak up on your behalf? Pastor Jeff reminds you today that when you accept Jesus’ gift of forgiveness, He becomes the advocate that intervenes for you! While your sins would condemn you to an eternity without God, Jesus has taken the penalty of all of your sin so that you can live a life free of guilt, and be in the presence of God forever!

07.31.2025 - 01 - The Divinity of Jesus – Fellowship with God Part 2 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

The great thing about Jesus’ gift of salvation is that it isn’t a one-time purge of your sin record! In fact, Jesus’ forgiveness applies to all the sins of your past, your present, and even your future! But there is a caveat to this truth. While your sins are covered and forgiven by the blood of Jesus, you still have a mandate to turn away from your sin, and to seek a life of righteousness. Pastor Jeff warns you not to be complacent in sin, but to instead repent from your sin and find a new life as you follow Jesus.

07.30.2025 - 01 - The Divinity of Jesus – Fellowship with God Part 1 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

Any structure that exists in the world today is only as strong as its foundation. Whether it’s a building with a physical foundation, or an organization or institution with a set of values as its foundation, having a weak foundation can spell disaster for the long-term health of the structure. Pastor Jeff reminds you today that the resurrection of Jesus is the foundation that the Christian faith is built on. The disciples even doubted the Resurrection at first, but when they laid eyes on Jesus, they truly believed.

07.29.2025 - 04 - Snakes in the Sanctuary Part 2 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

There is a brand of Christianity in modern culture that is all about the experience. Big conferences, celebrity speakers, and trendy outfits. And while there may be sound teaching spread at these events, it can be hard to tell if that is the focus of the events. Pastor Jeff reminds you to always place God at the center of your worship. People need spiritual nourishment to grow in their faith. They need the solid food of God’s Word, not the big flashy experiences that create shallow faith.

07.28.2025 - 04 - Snakes in the Sanctuary Part 1 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

Whether we like it or not, there is a market for false prophets in Christian culture. People desire a new revelation from God, and they’re willing to look past some major red flags if they like the prophecy they are hearing. Pastor Jeff warns us in today’s message to be on the lookout for these false prophets, but he also reminds us that the best way to discern false teaching is to compare it with Scripture! God doesn’t contradict Himself, and His prophets won’t contradict His Word either.

07.27.2025 - 06 - Disarming the Giant of Temptation Part 2 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

God did not promise that you would have an easy path through life. Scripture is actually full of examples of people who follow God with their whole hearts, still being faced with trials, because that’s just the reality of how the world works. But Pastor Jeff isn’t just giving you bad news today; he wants to remind you that God will always give you a way to endure the temptations that you face in this life! It may be difficult to see, and you may have to listen for His voice, but the Lord always will provide a way out.

07.26.2025 - 06 - Disarming the Giant of Temptation Part 1 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

Temptation is all about repeating patterns of sin, and Satan is very good at exploiting your patterns of behavior. That’s why Jesus says in the Sermon on the Mount that if something is causing you to sin, you should cut it out of your life. Pastor Jeff reminds you today that your own human strength is limited, and that if you are regularly putting yourself in situations where you are easily tempted, you may not always be able to resist the devil. You need to learn to give temptation a wide berth.

07.25.2025 - 03 - Witchcraft and Other Occult Practices Part 2 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

There are people out there who just want to find a hidden meaning in something. A common version of this phenomenon is people who believe in the importance of numbers and how certain patterns of numbers carry spiritual or supernatural meaning. But Pastor Jeff wants you to realize that God isn’t cryptic like that. If He is going to tell you something, it won’t be in patterns that only certain people with supernatural senses can see. He tells you what you need to hear, straight from His Word! 

07.24.2025 - 03 - Witchcraft and Other Occult Practices By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

When you think about the way the devil is portrayed in human culture, there’s almost always a deal involved. There are many fictional stories of people signing their souls over to the devil in exchange for power, favor, or even good health. And while those stories may be fictional, Pastor Jeff reminds you that the temptation is real, all the same. The occult wants you to think that you can gain access to power by following their teachings, but what you’re really doing is opening your heart to demonic influence. 

07.23.2025 - 02 - Cults Part 2 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

One of the ways people try to conflate Christianity with Islam is by claiming that Christians and Muslims worship the same God. But Pastor Jeff reminds you today that Muslims are reading a different sacred text! The Quran is not the Bible, and vice versa. So, even though both groups claim to be worshipping the same God, only one can be the true and inspired Word of God. You can’t serve Jehovah and Allah; you will one day be asked who you serve, and you will be held accountable for your choice.

07.22.2025 - 02 - Cults Part 1 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

If people are good at being one thing, it’s being stubborn! How many times have you received correction from someone, and how many times has your first reaction to that correction been to get defensive, or to dismiss the criticism completely? Well, Pastor Jeff reminds you today that a cult member may not be able to escape the deception on their own. You need to rely on the power of the Holy Spirit to get through to someone who is too stubborn to see how trapped in lies they have become.

07.21.2025 - 01 - The Culting of America Part 2 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

When we talk about cults, it can be easy to think of their members either as people who are extremely gullible or even as evil individuals seeking to deceive curious souls. But Pastor Jeff wants us to remember one important thing about people involved in cults: they are all beloved children of God! We shouldn’t seek the destruction of those caught in cults; instead, we should be interceding for them in prayer, asking for freedom from the deception they have become trapped in.

07.20.2025 - 05 - Disarming the Giant of Condemnation Part 2 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

Understanding that you are not under the condemnation of sin doesn’t give you a blank check to keep living however you want. Because if you fall back into a life of sin and disregard your need for forgiveness, the influence of sin can creep back into your life. Make no mistake, without God’s influence in your life, sin will destroy you. Pastor Jeff warns you today not to let complacency push you back into a sinful lifestyle, but allow yourself to be transformed by the work of the Holy Spirit in you.

07.19.2025 - 05 - Disarming the Giant of Condemnation Part 1 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

How do you know if you’ve been filled with the Holy Spirit? Pastor Jeff teaches you today that you will recognize the Holy Spirit’s presence in your life when you begin to be convicted regarding the sin in the world around you. Unfortunately, the world is a dark place, and the corrupting influence of sin is everywhere you look. But when you are guided by the Holy Spirit, you’ll begin to see the presence of sinful activity and sinful desires in your own life, and the lives of those around you.

07.18.2025 - 01 - The Culting of America Part 1 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

You probably know someone who posts on social media. If they see something they like, they want to share it with everyone they know. But something to keep in mind is that discernment isn’t built into these social media algorithms. In fact, Pastor Jeff warns you today that false teachings and occult thinking can sneak up on you if you’re not careful. In order to defend yourself against the enemy’s attacks, you need to be well-read in Scripture and not believe everything you see on your feed.

07.17.2025 - 03 - Your Table is Ready! Part 2 By Pastor Jeff Wickwire

In life, a surplus isn’t always a good thing. In the business world, having something left over may mean that there was potential growth left on the table, or potential leads not followed up on. Pastor Jeff reminds you that the overflow that God gives you functions in a similar way! When you’re given more blessings than you can handle, you’re meant to share those with those around you. If you are selfish or lazy with the overflow you have received, those blessings may be completely wasted.