A Word from Our Pastor
June 9, 2026
Dear Mighty Wind Family,
I pray this message finds you well and that your heart is open to what God is doing in this new season of our church family.
This Sunday, we launched our new series "Emotionally Healthy" with a powerful message that explored the critical connection between spiritual maturity and emotional health. The sermon challenged us to understand that we cannot grow spiritually while remaining emotionally immature—they go hand in hand. We examined how unresolved and unchecked emotions quietly shape our marriages, parenting, leadership, friendships, and even how we hear God's voice. The core revelation was this: our emotions were never intended to lead us; they were designed to inform us. Like a city without walls, when we allow our emotions to lead unchecked, we become vulnerable to chaos and trouble. This message called us to stop shooting the messenger and have the courage to investigate the message our emotions are trying to reveal about what's happening within us.
Emotions are messengers, not masters. When someone triggers an emotion in you, they're not the problem—they're exposing something already within you that needs healing. Instead of asking "What did they say?" ask "Why did this impact me so deeply?" Your emotions are trying to tell you something about YOU.
Spiritual maturity requires emotional maturity. You cannot be spiritually mature and emotionally immature. Hiding emotional dysfunction behind spirituality—speaking in tongues but unable to process rejection, preaching but unable to handle anger, worshiping but unable to grieve—keeps us stuck in cycles of hurt and dysfunction.
It takes courage to investigate the message. Stop blaming others and have the courage to look inward. The person in front of you isn't causing your issue; they're revealing what's already there. Iron sharpens iron, and God uses people and circumstances to expose areas where we need healing and growth.
This is just week one of four, and I encourage you to listen to the message again, take your own notes, and allow the Holy Spirit to speak to you individually. Remember: the issue isn't about the person beside you—it's about you. And the beautiful truth is that Jesus died on the cross for every part of us, including our emotions. Through His blood, we have the power to face our emotions and become emotionally healthy.
Let's commit to breaking generational cycles and becoming the emotionally healthy believers God has called us to be.
In His love,
Pastor Derrick Watley
I pray this message finds you well and that your heart is open to what God is doing in this new season of our church family.
This Sunday, we launched our new series "Emotionally Healthy" with a powerful message that explored the critical connection between spiritual maturity and emotional health. The sermon challenged us to understand that we cannot grow spiritually while remaining emotionally immature—they go hand in hand. We examined how unresolved and unchecked emotions quietly shape our marriages, parenting, leadership, friendships, and even how we hear God's voice. The core revelation was this: our emotions were never intended to lead us; they were designed to inform us. Like a city without walls, when we allow our emotions to lead unchecked, we become vulnerable to chaos and trouble. This message called us to stop shooting the messenger and have the courage to investigate the message our emotions are trying to reveal about what's happening within us.
Emotions are messengers, not masters. When someone triggers an emotion in you, they're not the problem—they're exposing something already within you that needs healing. Instead of asking "What did they say?" ask "Why did this impact me so deeply?" Your emotions are trying to tell you something about YOU.
Spiritual maturity requires emotional maturity. You cannot be spiritually mature and emotionally immature. Hiding emotional dysfunction behind spirituality—speaking in tongues but unable to process rejection, preaching but unable to handle anger, worshiping but unable to grieve—keeps us stuck in cycles of hurt and dysfunction.
It takes courage to investigate the message. Stop blaming others and have the courage to look inward. The person in front of you isn't causing your issue; they're revealing what's already there. Iron sharpens iron, and God uses people and circumstances to expose areas where we need healing and growth.
This is just week one of four, and I encourage you to listen to the message again, take your own notes, and allow the Holy Spirit to speak to you individually. Remember: the issue isn't about the person beside you—it's about you. And the beautiful truth is that Jesus died on the cross for every part of us, including our emotions. Through His blood, we have the power to face our emotions and become emotionally healthy.
Let's commit to breaking generational cycles and becoming the emotionally healthy believers God has called us to be.
In His love,
Pastor Derrick Watley
