This is the last in the series on the Father's Love. This message focuses on John 15 and learning to abide in Christ. It's out of abiding in Christ that we are launched into seasons of fruitfulness.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) from their personal devotions.
There are two kinds of knowledge. The first is sense knowledge that comes to us through our five physical senses. The second is revelation knowledge that comes to us from God. The Bible gives us revelation knowledge. This is a message about how LOGOS becomes RHEMA in our life.
In Luke 15, Jesus illustrates through three different stories, just how valuable lost people are to God. The last story also illustrates how the orphan mindset can be expressed through rebellion (the prodigal son) but also through religion (the elder brother). God wants to free us by experiencing His love, from orphan thinking and orphan living.
This message focuses on where the Father's love will take us. It is designed to take us into our identity and the Spirit-filled life. Which chair are you sitting in? The chair of a son or the chair of a servant. The chair of performance or the chair of faith.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (scripture, observation, application, prayer) from their personal devotions.
Experiencing the Father's Love is the answer to so many things. This message is about breaking away from responding to life from an orphan mindset by experiencing the Father's Love. The Father loves us and wants us to experience His love.
To fully appreciate what Jesus did for us, we must understand what was lost in the fall. Jesus, the last Adam came to restore what the first Adam lost. Jesus came to restore us back into sonship. It's in experiencing Father's love that we are fully restored.
We had the privilege of having Tracy Evans with us this Sunday. It was a great time of realizing that God will use anyone who makes themself available to Him. God's plan and dream for our life is bigger than our and it is so much better. This was a great message of encouragement.
The type of father we grew up with can impact how we look at our Heavenly Father. It can be the lens that we look at God through. This is a message about how to break out of that and begin to see God the Father as He really is.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (scripture, observation, application, prayer) from their personal devotions.
Jesus introduced God Almighty as FATHER. Jesus came to bring us into a Father/Son relationship with God. The last Adam came to restore what the first Adam lost. God created man so that He could have a family. This message is about responding to God's desire to father us.
As believers, our foundation must be the Word of God. It is the source of truth. We must build our lives on the truth of God's Word. The truth about anything is what God says about it. Facts and Truth may disagree, but ultimately the Truth will prevail. Jesus said, "Heaven and earth will pass away but My Words abide forever."
Jesus came to restore back our sonship with the Father. He said, "No one come to the Father, except through me." It's as we experience the Father's Love that the orphan mindset is broken off of our lives. It's one thing to know that the Father loves you, but it's another thing to experience that love. God desires that we experience His love in our lives.
This service begins with a word from God about what He is about to do and how to not miss it. A couple people shared SOAPs (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer).
The New Covenant was always God's plan to restore us back to sonship. Jesus came to be THE WAY to the Father (John 14:6). He came to bring us back into sonship with Father God. This New Covenant changes everything.
God is a Father. He has gone to great lengths to make us His children. It's out of our relationship with the Father that our identity flows. The New Covenant is designed to restore to us what was lost in the fall.
A message about how important fathers are in a family. The role of a father plays a significant place in the lives of their children. There is a father's blessing that every child needs to be blessed.
Mitchell Walle sharing a message about valuing His Presence (GLORY) about everything else and living our lives from His Presence.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (scripture, observation, application, prayer) from their personal devotions.
How one perceives God affects everything about them. Our image of God affects how we do life. This is a message about the Goodness of God and how that will change how we live.
Every believer is in a spiritual battle. We have an enemy. How do we successfully fight in this battle? This message is drawn from the story of David and Goliath. This story powerfully illustrates the part that words play in a spiritual battle.
A message talking about the value of mothers in our lives. This message focuses on the mother of Moses (Ex 2:1-10) and how her life impacted him and helped to make him the man that God called him to be.
Samuel and Stacy Just sharing about their time ministering to the homeless in Spokane. Also, various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (scripture, observation, application, prayer) from their personal devotions.
Learning to live on the offense instead of the defense. God has called the church to live on the offense (combating darkness in the world). Living offensively begins with praying offensively.
Since Jesus Christ has risen from the dead, how shall we then live? The enemy was defeated on the cross. Jesus ushered us into a new covenant. The Holy Spirit has come to live inside of us. How shall we then live? This is a message about living on the offensive vs. the defensive.
Ernie Salinas sharing a message with the Grace congregation about God's majestic presence in our everyday lives.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (scripture, observation, application, prayer) from their personal devotions.
The final message in this series. It is very important to see the Big Picture of what God is up to in the earth today. As His people, we have an assignment. If we can see the Big Picture, we will be able to understand our assignment.
Frank Glaspey sharing a message with the Grace family in the series about perspective (Seeing the Big Picture). It is so important for us to see things from heaven's perspective.
This message is about understanding what God is up to in the earth today. The importance of seeing the big picture and not being sidetracked on any of the details. The Kingdom of Heaven is being released into the earth today and we are part of it.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (scripture, observation, application, prayer) from their personal devotions.
As we look at the Bible Story. can we see the big picture? If we don't see what God is up to on planet Earth we might easily miss our assignment while we are here. This is the second is a series on perspective.
A message shared by Frank Glaspey with the Grace congregation. We will all stand before the judgement of our King. Those of us that follow Christ, Jesus took our judgment and our lives are under His blood. We must be careful not to hold offense or judgement in our hearts for others. With God's help, we have the power to forgive everyone.
It is very important that we as God's people see the Big Picture lest we get distracted or tangled up in the details. The expression not seeing the forest for the trees applies. What is the Bible about? This is the beginning of a series about seeing the Big Picture.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (scripture, observation, application, prayer) from their personal devotions.
The words that we speak are very important. We know that words are powerful because God created everything with His Words. We know that Proverbs tells us that death and life are in the power of our words. This is a message encouraging all of us to speak life with our words. To speak life over ourselves and over those that are around us. The key to speaking life has to do with what we have in abundance in our heart (Luke 6:45).
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) from their personal devotions.
God desires us to be transformed by the renewing of our mind (Romans 12:2). That takes place by the Word of God. Words are designed to paint pictures. God's Word will begin to paint an accurate picture in our heart. Words paint pictures and God desire to fill our sanctified imagination with pictures from His Word.
As children of God, God wants us to learn to think like a child of God. Changed living begins with changed thinking. We are to be "transformed by the renewing of our mind" Romans 12:2. This is a message about learning to have kingdom thinking.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) from their personal devotions.
Edgar Arreola sharing a testimony about his family and their experience of the faithfulness of God in their lives.
Kingdom thinking involves seeing beyond the natural realm. Faith sees the spiritual realities that came into being because of the cross. The spiritual realities that Jesus purchased for us on the cross. We were not designed to live only aware of what our natural eyes can see.
This is the beginning of a series about allowing the leaven of the Kingdom to be what infiltrates our thinking (rather than the leaven of Herod or the leaven of the Pharisees). This is about learning to live with e Kingdom perspective.
There is a lot in Scripture to indicate that as we play, God moves as a result of our prayers in the earth. This is a message about how when we pray in our prayer language, we are praying out God's plan for our lives.
Some people sharing a SOAP (scripture, observation, application, prayer) from their personal devotions. A personal testimony about faith and a message about obeying the Holy Spirit.
This message is about seeing the Word of God for what it really is. It is so much more than a book. It was what created the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1) and what is even now holding all things together (Hebrews 1:3). Lord, open our eyes to .understand your Word.
One of the keys to walking with GOD is to slow down and not live such a hurried life. Learn to be fully present in every moment. Jesus was never in a hurry and He was always fully present. He is modeled a way for us to live.
One of the most important rhythms of the kingdom involves that balance between rest and work (abiding and fruitfulness, pruning and more fruit, being a son and doing the works of a son). This is a message about the importance of rest and abiding.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) from their personal devotions.
There is a principle behind the Sabbath that we all need to put into practice in our lives. We all need down-time (time to refresh and rejuvenate). God didn't create us to go 24/7. We need to give ourselves permission to let go of all of the activity of life and spend quality time with God. This is not a message about a legalistic approach to the Sabbath but to understanding why we need Sabbath times.
One of the most amazing gifts that God has given us is the Holy Spirit. As we are focusing on the rhythm of prayer, praying in the spirit is a weapon that God has given us in our warfare against the enemy. This is a message on the important place it plays in our lives.
Frank Glaspey shared a message with the Grace Congregation on the importance of love. Walking in love is s key to having a strong and healthy faith.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) from their personal devotions.
This is a message about the kinds of tongues that are spoken about in the New Testament and their value in our spiritual life. This message is particularly focused on tongues for intercession and tongues for personal edification and revelation.
We, as Christians, are all in a process of becoming like Jesus. That process involved a brokenness in our lives that allows God to live in and through us. This message is about the importance of that brokenness.
This message was shared on Father's Day 2024. There is a blessing that God wants to give everyone of His children. It is meant to be passed onto each child through their earthly father. Many did not have a natural father that understood his role. If you are one of those people, this message is especially for you.
There are certain patterns that are life-giving to all God's kids. This message is about the importance of prayer in our lives.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) from their personal devotions.
One of the rhythms that is life-giving for a Christian is prayer. Prayer is our God connection for daily life. Praying in the spirit (tongues) is an amazing gift that God has given us that enables us to pray without ceasing. Paul said, he who speaks in tongues edifies himself... (1 Cor 14:4). There are so many amazing benefits from praying in the spirit.
In Acts 2 the church was birthed as Peter preached the first gospel message after the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The promise of the Father, the oupouring of the Holy Spirit began on that day. This passage in Acts 2 also reveals the way that we are to respond to the gospel. 1) Repent 2) Be Water Baptized 3) Receive the Gift of the Holy Spirit.
There are certain activities that God has designed to be life-giving for us as God's kids (i.e. spending time in His Word, Prayer, etc.) These activities require discipline to implement into our daily life but after a season the need for discipline is gone because they have become a pattern or rhythm in our life. This message is focused on the importance of God's Word in our life.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (scripture, observation, application, prayer) from their personal devotions.
This is the first in a series about cultivating habits that are life-giving. As a Chrisitan, there are certain things that are life-giving for us. Reading the Word, praying, etc. These rhythms or habits that are life-giving require discipline at first but. But after a season of time, the discipline is no longer required because they have become a rhythm or pattern in our life.
We are living in a day when the culture of our nation is beginning to clash with the culture of the kingdom. The world's culture has always been different than the culture of heaven but because this nation was founded on godly principles, we have not seen the clash as much as we have the last few years. How are we, as God's people, to respond to what is happening around us?
A message about the cost of being Jesus' disciple from the words of Jesus Himself. God deserves our whole lives. He deserves our full allegiance. He deserves our everything.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) from their personal devotions.
Jesus told His disciples that after the Holy Spirit came upon them, they would be empowered to demonstrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. We are witnesses of His resurrection and we have been empowered to show that Jesus is alive.
Evangelist Ernie Salinas sharing a message with the Grace congregation about God's Amazing Love.
Samuel Just shares with the Grace congregation the things that God has been putting on his heart the last few weeks about tithes and offerings. His message looks at it from and Old Testament and then a New Testament perspective.
The desire of every Christian should be to express God to the world around them. Part of that expression involves generosity. God is extravagantly generous. When we move in generosity, we express what God is like and awaken in the hearts of the recipients of that generosity the reality of God.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) from their personal devotions.
The standard of the New Covenant is generosity. God wants to bring each one of us to the place where we can be His channel to pour His blessings into other people's lives. The prosperity that God wants to bring us into is not just for us. He blesses us so that we can be a blessing!
Jesus said, "He who is faithful with little would also be faithful with much. He who is unfaithful with little would be unfaithful with much." Luke 16:10. The stewarding of natural things, like money, is what qualifies us to steward spiritual riches. It is never wrong to believe God to fulfil His promises in our lives.
This is the beginning of a series on radical generosity. This message is about the starting point for stepping into the place we are called to as New Testament Christians. As with many things in God, it begins by simple obedience.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (scripture, observation, application, prayer) from their personal devotions.
In 1 Corinthians 12, the body of Jesus Christ is compared to the human body. Each part of the body is needed for the fulness of Jesus Christ to be expressed through a local church. The is a message about the importance of being planted in a local church and how body life works.
God wants us to prosper in all things including relationships. Relational prosperity is the most important kind of prosperity. This is another message exploring the importance of community in the life of a Christian.
God created us to walk and live in community with others. We are our BEST when walking through life's ups and downs with other believers. There is something both healthy and healing about doing life together with others that are walking with God too.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) from their personal devotions.
God wants us to prosper in all things and be in health, even as our souls prosper (3 John 2). One of the areas that God wants us to grow in is relational prosperity. As Christians we are called to live in community with other believers. We are called to love well. This message is about the importance of community.
Jesus is called by many names is Isaiah 9. One of them is the Prince of Peace. Jesus came to bring us into peace with God. He also came to teach us and to demonstrate how to live in the Peace of God. This message is about both.
The greatest gift-giver is the Father who gave His only begotten Son so that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16). This is a message about receiving God's gift to us.
At look at the angelic encounter that Mary had prior to the birth of Jesus. No word from God is without ability. Luke 1:37. When God speaks, He releases into His Word the power to fulfill what He has spoken.
How we see or perceive God greatly affects our lives. If I can see God clearly, I will be drawn to Him and I will eventually see myself through His eyes. That is KEY to stepping into our God=given identity.
The Lord's Table, Prayer Time, Announcements and Offering for Sunday September 2023. Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) from their own personal devotions.
How we perceive God greatly affects our life (Matt 25). He is a Good God who loves us very much. That God is good is a major them of the Bible. When we realize how much He loves us we can rest in that and draw close to Him.
What a privilege it is to worship the Living God. We were created to find our purpose by knowing Him intimately through worship. True worship is a lot more than just singing songs to God. It is expressed through our obedience to Him. The Bible has a lot to say about singing to the Lord a NEW Song. A song of spontaneous praise to Him.
Prayer, testimonies, announcements and offering. One of the most powerful weapons that God has given us for warfare is praise and worship (Psalm 149). The beauty of this weapon is you don't have to focus on the enemy, you focus on the One who deserves our attention. This message includes several stories from the Scriptures that illustrate this powerful truth.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (scripture, observation, application, prayer) from their own personal devotions.
We were created to know and worship our Creator. And PRAISE is actually a weapon that God has given us to do battle with. And the beauty of this kind of spiritual warfare is that we don't focus on the enemy but on the One who is worthy of all of our attention.
We were created to worship God and to glorify Him with our lives. Worship is much more than singing songs to God. Our worship is also expressed through the choices that we make and how we live our lives. This is a message about coming back to the basics of worship and letting God change us from the inside out.
A message by Rollie Snider about learning to be a good sheep and loving the Great Shepherd.
Prayer for freedom, congregational prayer, announcements, offering and a message from Isaiah 35. We have been commissioned by God to speak who God is and what He has promised to do over those who are weak and fearful hearted. When we do that, we are releasing GRACE for breakthrough into their lives.
The Lord's Table, Prayer, Announcements, Offering and SOAP Sunday. Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) from their personal devotions.
Mitchell Walle sharing a message about the importance and place of worship in our lives. Have we reduced worship to a "good" feeling or are we worshipping the King of Glory. He is worthy of our "whole" worship. He deserves to be worshipped in "spirit and in truth."
Robbie Patterson sharing a message with the Grace congregation about moving out to fulfil God's will and allowing the Holy Spirit to lead you as you go.
A message on the covenant of marriage (doing marriage God's way) and also a renewing of vows with a couple in the church (Samuel and Stacy).
The Lord's Table, Prayer, Announcements and Offering for Sunday, June 4, 2023. Then several people from the Grace congregation shared a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application and Prayer).
Rollie Snider sharing a message with the Grace congregation about how God works with each of our lives to create a beautiful expression of His love through us.
God has an amazing adventure for each one of us but it will take us out of our comfort zone. We must be willing to launch into the unknown trusting that the Lord will lead us. We will never be sorry. We will be so glad that we stepped out even though it felt risky. Let the Lord break every self-imposed limitation off of your life.
The Lord's Table, Prayer, Announcements, Offering and SOAP Sunday. Various people from the Grace Congregation sharing a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application and Prayer) from their own personal devotions.
There is an Amazing Adventure that God has called each one of us to. It will require us to step out of our comfort zone into the great unknown. But it is so worth it. There is such joy and fulfillment in this Great Adventure. We will see the limitations that we have put on ourselves and on God fall away.
God has called each one of us to the Great Adventure. It is the adventure of representing God as light and salt in the earth. If we are willing to follow our Leader (Jesus Christ) into the great unknown, we will step into the adventure of our lives!
Robbie Patterson sharing a message with the Grace congregation about the power and importance of the Gospel, especially in the day that we are living in.
Various members of the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (scripture, observation, application, prayer) from their personal devotions.
We have the amazing privilege of representing God on planet earth. We have the authority to release the kingdom into the earth. Jesus said to pray like this. "Let Your kingdom come and Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven." What an amazing privilege we have! This is a message about that!
Evangelist Ernie Salinas sharing a message with the Grace congregation about the Mercy Seat of God.
Kevin Ott sharing a message with the Grace Congregation about the importance of forgiveness in our lives.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (scripture, observation, application, prayer) from their personal devotions.
There are many things that God wants to do in our lives, but the first step is to see them. The language of the Holy Spirt is visions and dreams (pictures). We can cooperate with the Holy Spirit in allowing God's Word to form pictures inside of us, so that we can step into those realities.
The importance of developing a kingdom perspective. Robbie Patterson sharing a message with the Grace congregation.
Hope plays a very important part of our Christian life. The Bible definition of Hope is the joyful anticipation of good. It comes out of learning that God is so good. It also comes out of the amazing promises that He has given us. Christians, of all people, should be the most hopeful and joyful people on this planet.
Various people from the congregation sharing a SOAP (scripture, observation, application, prayer) from their personal devotions.
God desires that the loins of our mind be girded with truth. It is part of our spiritual armor. It not only protects us against the deception of the enemy, but it has a profound effect on our life. Loins speak of the reproductive part of our body. So, according to the Scriptures we have more than one reproductive organ. The second reproductive organ is our mind. When our mind is girded with truth, good things are reproduced in our lives.
God has an answer for barrenness. It involves singing and rejoicing over our baren areas until God intervenes. It involves putting off our old ways of thinking and embracing breakthrough thinking (being transformed by the renewing of our mind). This is a new season of fruitfulness that God is bringing us into.
A testimony (Monique Scarnato) and a message entitled (Lift Up Your Eyes). The testimony leads into the message. Many times we can be caught up with the present and God wants us to lift up our eyes so that we can see what He wants to do. If you have felt stuck or fixated on your present circumstances, this message is for you.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP and Pastor Dave sharing a message at the end entitled REBOOT (preparing for a week of prayer and fasting).
Sharing the various missionaries and organizations that we partner with in the community and in the world. Also, sharing a vision for what God is calling us to in 2023 (Revival, Renewal, Renaissance).
Christmas is a Celebration. It's about Salvation and Reconciliation. Many gifts are given to others on Christmas while the most important gift remains unopened for many. That is the gift that God gave. The gift of eternal life through His Son Jesus Christ. This is a message about opening God's gift to us.
Christmas is about Hope. We are celebrating the Savior of the World becoming flesh. We are celebrating the hope that gives us for the future. How do we live in hope when we are walking through difficult things?
Robbie Patterson sharing a message with the Grace family about the balance between resting and reaching, position and proclaiming that we understand more and more as we put God first.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application and Prayer) from their personal devotions.
James Ostrander sharing a message about the things that have been stirring on his heart.
As Christians, we have the wonderful opportunity to cultivate a thankful heart. The message is based on Psalm 100.
One of the most powerful ways that we have of releasing Light into the midst of Darkness. When you share the testimony of what God has done in your life, it creates another opportunity for God to do it in someone else's life.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) from their personal devotions.
There is a place of safety and protection that the Bible refers to as the Secret Place (Psalm 91). It is also the place where we draw our strength from as Christians. It is a place of tremendous answers to prayer. God is calling each one of us to discover the Secret Place (Matt 6:6).
When we fall into our life routines, we are not fully present. Our thoughts are focused on other things. God is calling us out of routine living into a life of expectation and adventure.
We all have to learn to receive by faith what God has already provided by grace in a greater way.
Based on the story of Daniel and the Lion's Den (Daniel 6), this message is about excelling in challenging times and learning how to keep our heart right so that God can use us.
Various people from the GRACE congregation sharing a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) from their own personal devotions.
We are living in a day when our culture is trying to challenge our faith. These are 7 things that we need to keep a hold of to remain strong and healthy. This is not an exhaustive list but several things that are important in this hour that we are living in.
We are living in a day when our culture is trying to challenge our faith. These are 7 things that we need to keep a hold of to remain strong and healthy. This is not an exhaustive list but several things that are important in this hour that we are living in.
There is a spiritually synergy that is released when two or more people agree in prayer. It shifts from addition to multiplication. One will put 1,000 to flight but 2 will put 10,000 to flight. But there is also a place for generational agreement that releases God to move in powerful ways around us.
There is a spiritually synergy that is released when two or more people agree in prayer. It shifts from addition to multiplication. One will put 1,000 to flight but 2 will put 10,000 to flight. But there is also a place for generational agreement that releases God to move in powerful ways around us.
God's truth goes from our head to our heart through meditation. Once the truth of God's Word gets planted in our hearts, our lives will begin to reflect the truth that has been planted in our heart. This is the third in a series on Bible meditation.
God's truth goes from our head to our heart through meditation. Once the truth of God's Word gets planted in our hearts, our lives will begin to reflect the truth that has been planted in our heart. This is the third in a series on Bible meditation.
Various people from the GRACE congregation sharing a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) from their personal devotions. PERSONAL TESTIMONIES at the end.
One of the most powerful things that we can do to get the truth of God's Word inside of us is Bible meditation. This is the second in series on Bible meditation and how it differs from Eastern Religious meditation.
A message by Robbie Patterson for the Grace congregation. Finding the missing connection regarding living out your faith in Jesus Christ.
One of the primary ways that we get the Truth of God's Word inside of us is through meditation. This message is about the things that are involved in Bible meditation and the fruit of what we can expect as we purpose of meditate.
Various people from the GRACE congregation sharing a SOAP (scripture, observation, application, prayer) from their personal devotions.
What goes on in our minds internally has an external effect on us. As a man thinks in himself, so it he (Prov 23:7). We are encouraged to gird up the loins of our mind (1 Peter 1:13). Did you know that we have more than one reproductive organ? What you think about over and over again will be reproduced in your life. This message is about the importance of getting the truth of God's word inside of us because it will cause a transformation in our lives. Paul said it this way: Be transformed by the renewing of your mind (Romans 12:2).
God delights when one of his children step out in believing Him for what He has promised. This message centers on experiencing a youth renewal (Ps 103:5) and walking in divine health.
According to Hebrews 11:6, the kind of faith that pleases God is not just the belief that God is but also the belief that God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. That bold kind of faith that takes God at His Word. This message looks at the life of Caleb and why he had a different spirit than the 10 spies who brought back an evil report.
A message on how God utilizes the things that go on around us to bring us to the place where His life flows through us to others. We are all in a process of dying to self that the life of Jesus might flow through our lives.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) from their personal devotions.
Today we honor all fathers. What an amazing place our Dad plays in our life. But today we are also honoring our Heavenly Father on Father's Day. God became our Heavenly Father when we received Christ. He adopted us into His family and became our Father. He desires to speak certain things to us as a father would speak to their child.
Just as we had to develop our natural senses when we came into the world, so we have to develop our spiritual senses when we are born again. It's part of the process to maturity. This is a message about understanding the need and now to develop our spiritual senses.
This is a special Sunday honoring a man who has labored among us since Grace Church came into being. Dave Larson is moving to another city to join his family when the school year is done. This is a special time of showing our appreciation to a great man of God.
Learning to live as a branch connected to the Vine (Jesus Christ). This message is about living in kingdom fruitfulness.
This is a message about acknowledging our Creator and Designer and the reality of walking in divine purpose and according to God's design. The message also explores the broad reason why Jesus had to come and do what He did.
Visiting speaker Ernie Salinas sharing a timely message about have a love for our city.
A look into the life of Jochebed (Moses' mother) as we honor and celebrate mothers today.
An exhortation from Pastor Dave and then various people from the congregation sharing a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) from their personal devotions.
This is a message about understanding what the Word of God really is. It is more than a book (the Bible) that we study and read. The Word of God is what created everything (The God said, "Let there be light...."). It is also what is even now sustaining all of creation (Heb 1:3). This is also a message about faith and how it works.
One of the most significant events in human history is the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Beside all the infallible proof that we have of His Resurrection (eyewitnesses). another evidence of His Resurrection is transformed lives. In this message you will hear the evidence of His resurrection and testimony from transformed lives.
There are two ways to live life. One is living from a defensive position and the other is living from an offensive position. How are we as Christians called to live? This message is about recognizing who we are in Jesus Christ and how God has called us to live.
Several people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) from their personal devotional life.
A message based on Isaiah 55:8-11 on the importance and power of God's Word in our lives.
Robbie Patterson sharing a message about contending for the faith and removing the obstacle of offense from our lives.
Pastor Mikki sharing a timely message about the connection between wisdom and creativity.
A couple SOAPs (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) shared by various people in the Grace congregation.
This is the second in the series Kingdom Thinking. This message is about seeing the unseen realm through the eyes of faith. It is based on Jesus' encounter with Nicodemus in John 3.
Jesus talked about 3 different influences of the mind. Three different sources that, like leaven, will begin to permeate our thoughts and thought patterns. The leaven of Herod, the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of the kingdom. We must learn to discern these influences to develop a kingdom mindset.
This is the last of the series on Sexuality, Gender and Identity. We must understand the attack on our children and the attack on the Biblical concept of family that we are experiencing. We must be informed to pray effectively.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) from their personal devotions.
To really understand sexuality, gender and identity we must go to the One who created us. We must look at the manufacturer's manual (the Bible) to discover why we were created and who we were created to be. This is the second part of a series looking at God's Word to discover our identity.
Why is there so much confusion today around gender and sexuality? There is an underlying attack of the enemy on our sons and daughters. True Identity is only found in relationship with the Father. The enemy desires to rob the next generation of their God-given identity and thus steal their spiritual inheritance. We must see what is really happening to pray effectively.
Robbie Patterson sharing a message about the reality of redemption. Stepping into the fullness of what Jesus Christ did when He died, was buried and rose from the dead.
Various people from the congregation sharing a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) from their personal devotions.
How can the finite human mind understand the infinite God? God has revealed certain things to be true about Himself in His word. We call those things His attributes. They reveal the character and nature of God. The other way we can begin to understand what God is like is by looking at His Son Jesus Christ as He walked the earth. He was the image of the invisible God and the expression of His person. Jesus shows us what God is like. This is the final message in the series "What is God Like?"
This was the message for Christmas 2021. Based on the Christmas story, this message was about hearing God and then boldly declaring what He says. Learning to cooperate with God is releasing Him into people's lives.
Kevin Ott shares a timely message about the importance of speaking the truth but to do it in love. The Bible gives us ample instruction in this area and we do well to give heed to it.
Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer) from their personal devotions.
Rollie Snider sharing at apt message as we head into this advent season. We need to see it from heaven's perspective and realize we are in a battle.
Not only is science discovering the importance of being thankful but the Bible has a lot to say about it. This is a message on the value and importance of being thankful.
One of the ways that we have to perceive what God is like is by looking at His Divine Attributes as they are revealed in the Bible. They give us an ability to perceive and understand God better.
Various people from the congregation sharing appreciation for the pastors. Also, various people from the congregation sharing a SOAP (scripture, observation, application, prayer).
One is the ways that we discover what God is like is by learning about His attributes from the Word of God. Because God never changes, whatever is revealed about Him in the Bible is still true today. We can learn much about what God is like from the study of His attributes.
One of the ways that we can understand what God is like is by His attributes that are revealed in the Scripture. This message talks about 3 of God's amazing attributes.
Robbie Patterson sharing a message on giving place to the Word of God and the Spirit of God in our lives. Stepping away from things that hinder our faith and embracing what the Word tells us is true and what the Holy Spirit confirms.
What is God really like? How can we conceive Him? This is a message about making sure we see God correctly and the fruit of that in our lives. This is the second message in a series about "What is God Like?".