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Treasured Truth is a 24-minute radio program, airing daily. Each day, Pastor James Ford presents clear, powerful Bible teaching—adding godly wisdom and guidance to listeners’ daily walks with Christ.
On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will share a story about how God wanted to remove fear from his life. And God knew the way to do it was to put him in a situation where he had no help but the Lord Himself. And, because Pastor Ford has been able to look back on that situation, he’ll explain how, from that day forward, he’s never been scared.To find out more, join us for the final broadcast ofTreasured Truth.
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God will do whatever it takes to us to make what He wants to happen in us come to fruition. If there’s something God is trying to teach us that we haven’t learned yet, we need to realize that the storm we’re going through is going to continue until we learn what He wants us to learn. And on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will encourage us to be prepared because the rough ride isn’t over yet!Join us as he concludes his study in the book of Acts called “The Perfect Storm.”
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In Psalm 23 we read, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I’ll fear no evil.” But how could David say this, when his enemies wanted to kill him? Because he knew that God was with always with him. And on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that just like David, we can overcome our fears knowing that God is always with us, so we don’t ever have to be scared. Learn more as Pastor Ford continues his message called, “I Ain’t Never Scared” on the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, we’ll discover how to overcome fear and anxiety. Pastor Ford will explain that when we really know Who God is and we don’t just “talk” about Him, but we also “walk” in the realization of Who He is, then we’re in a good position to overcome any fears we may face. Because when we’re rightly focused on God, that’s when we never lose sight of Who God is and what God can do in, through, and around us. To learn more about overcoming your fears through faith, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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Serving in ministry can be very hard some times. And the very people to whom we are trying to minister, are often the people who hurt us the most! But on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that we need to decide that there’s no opposition—even from those who cause us the most pain—that will make us stop doing what God has called us to do.Learn more about ways you can have an effective ministry on the the next Treasured Truth.
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When we serve God through ministry—whether vocationally or voluntarily—there are many challenges we can face. But when we realize that serving God is a privilege, then that realization brings everything together and helps us face those challenges effectively. On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will help us consider how God chooses to use people like us to grow His kingdom, despite our shortcomings, is a humbling insight and makes us understand even more so, what an awesome God He is! To learn more about how to have an effective ministry while serving our awesome God, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will point out that when we consider all that God is—His sovereignty, dignity, authority, mystery, superiority, pre-immanency, piety and majesty—but then we still think that we’re “all that and a bag of chips,” then there’s something wrong with our worship!Join Pastor Ford as he concludes his message, “The Privilege of Worship” and reminds us of the all surpassing greatness of our God on the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, we’ll discover that the storms God allows to come into our lives aren’t meant to be stumbling blocks. Instead, He means for them to be steppingstones. Every storm was designed by God to get you to where He ultimately wants you to be.Join us for the next Treasured Truth, as Pastor Ford continues his current study in the book of Acts called “The Perfect Storm.”
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Do we really understand that worship is not for spectators, but rather, it’s something that we, as believers, should all participate in? When you join us for the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that all of us need to be engaged in worship on a regular basis. And it should be the kind of worship that pleases the Lord, and not just us. Learn more about the privilege of worship on the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, as we continue to consider the privilege of worship, Pastor Ford will ask, “Where are those with the same mentality that David had when he wrote, ‘I would rather be a door keeper in the house of the Lord?’ Where are those who come into the Lord’s presence with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise? Where are those who are glad to be in worship?” To further consider how you might respond to these questions from Pastor Ford, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that all our praise belongs to God. It’s custom-made for God. It was designed for Him. And He is the only One Who’s worthy of our praise. So, as we continue to look at what the Bible has to say about worship, Pastor Ford will help us begin to understand that just the fact that we can come into God’s presence and give Him praise is truly a privilege for us. To learn more about worship join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that praise is fitted for God. He’s the only One that deserves our praise. He’s the only One that desires our praise. He’s the only One that demands our praise. And He’s the only One that delights in our praise. So, as Pastor Ford beings s Pastor Ford this study in Psalm 65, we’ll discover that God indicates we owe Him praise and that ultimately, it’s a privilege for us to be able to give Him that praise. To learn more about the privilege of worship join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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When our world is falling apart and we’re trying to keep it all together, we need to understand that everything in our lives needs to be all about Christ—it just has to be! And on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that in Philippians 4, Paul is essentially saying, ‘If you kill me, I’ll go be with Christ. If you let me live, I’ll live for Christ. And if you make me suffer, I’ll get a crown from Christ.’ So, bring it on! It’s all about Jesus Christ! Join Pastor Ford as he concludes his message, “How to Stay Together When Your World Is Falling Apart” on the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, as we consider further how God uses storms in our lives, we’ll discover that God knows exactly how to bring us back to Himself. And for some of us right now—what we’re going through—it’s a storm that has divine design on it, because God wants to use it to push us back to Him. Join us for the next Treasured Truth, as Pastor Ford continues his current study in the book of Acts called “The Perfect Storm.”
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Have you ever wondered how to stay together when your world is falling apart? On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will share some encouraging points from scripture as he continues his message from the book of Philippians. He’ll explain that God is not trying to change our outcome. He’s trying to change our outlook. Because He knows if He can change our outlook, He can then change our outcome. And if we’re filled with fret, we can’t be filled with faith. We can’t be fretful and faithful at the same time. To learn more from Pastor Ford about allowing our faith to overcome our fear join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that our eschatological promise is in the future—and that is our “not yet.” But our existential problem is in the present—our “right now.” So, we need to understand that we can focus on our “not yet” and it will deal with our “right now.” That’s because we know that our “right now” can’t cancel out our “not yet,” based on the promise that God has already made to us. To learn more about how God’s future plan for us can sustain us in our present circumstances, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us about some important aspects of our service to the Lord. He’ll explain that when we become involved in ministry at our local church, we need to remember Who we’re working for. That it’s God Who has called us to this work and ultimately, we’ll be accountable to Him. God has gifted each of us in special ways and has given us the things that He wants us to do. To learn more from Pastor Ford as he concludes his message called “Get Involved,” join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will ask an important question—When will followers of Christ be encouraged to serve in their local congregations? The answer according to Pastor Ford—When they begin to understand that God has led them to the place where they worship, not just to get food from His Word. God led them there to work. And that’s all because we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, to do good work! Join us to hear more as Pastor Ford continues his message called “Get Involved” on the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, as we begin a study in Colossians 4, Pastor Ford will remind us today that followers of Christ are called to get involved with ministry at their local church. The church needs more people who utilize their gifts and are faithful in service—those who say, “God called me to this and I’m going to do this to the best of my God-given abilities. I may not always do it right. But I’m going to keep doing it until I get it right.” Join Pastor Ford as he begins his message, “Get Involved” on the next Treasured Truth.
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God has a divine design for the storms in our lives. And sometimes the things that we fear the most turn out to be the exact things that He is planning to use to deliver us into what He wants next for us. So, our deliverance can potentially be found right in the midst of our storm. And on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us, all we have to do is trust God in and through the storm. Join us as we begin a new study in the book of Acts called “The Perfect Storm.”
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue his message series about the enemy we face within—our sin nature. And he’ll share several things he wants to encourage us not to forget. He says don’t forget about the goodness of God, the glory of God, or the grace of God. Because if we do forget these things, then our forgetfulness leads us directly to our sinful tendencies. To learn more from Pastor Ford about our struggle to control our “inner-me enemy,” join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, we’ll continue our study in the book of James called “The Inner-Me Enemy.” And Pastor Ford will explain how the importance that someone places on worship is also an indicator of how they deal with sin in their life. Christians who have the right response to worship will be the same ones whose sinfulness has dealt with itself. Hear more about how we can be victorious over sin, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, we'll learn another important truth—we should never blame God when we fall into temptation. As a matter of fact, according to Pastor Ford, we shouldn’t blame the Devil or even blame the world. Because our greatest enemy is not our external enemy, the world, and it’s not our infernal enemy, the Devil. The greatest enemy is our internal enemy, the flesh. To learn more about what the Bible has to say about what we can do to deal with temptation, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, we’ll be reminded how often people will say that they must make a way for themselves to accomplish or overcome something. But Pastor Ford will explain that Jesus has a plan for each of us, and He’s not going to allow us to succeed when we try to make our own way. We’re going to fail going it on our own every time, because He’s got a prescribed course that He wants us to follow.Join us to understand more about what the Bible says about how we can overcome the inner-me enemy with God’s help on the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue to analyze our internal struggle with sin, what he calls “the inner-me enemy.” He’ll walk us through some important questions about sin: What is the solution to the natural inclinations that are a part of our sin nature? What can we do to fight our tendencies toward sin? How in the world do we fight what we like? These are just a few of the questions that Pastor Ford will help us answer wehn you join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, as we continue to look at 2 Corinthians to understand further what made the mindset of the Macedonian believers such an example for us, Pastor Ford will explain that the basis of their sacrificial spirit was a result of them understanding God’s ultimate sacrifice. According to Pastor Ford, God gave the best gift of heaven—Jesus—for the worst of earth—us. Find out more about the Macedonian mindset when you join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue his message series about the enemy we face within—our sin nature. And he’ll remind us that in John 8:12, Jesus is called the Light of the World. Because of that, we can deal with our sin appropriately with one broad stroke. We can come out of the darkness of our sin, simply by coming into fellowship with the Jesus—the One Who is the Light. To learn more from Pastor Ford about our struggle to control our “inner-me enemy,” join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that our struggle is greater with God than it is with the Devil. Why? Because it’s a lot easier to give into temptation than to resist it. But our biggest problem is not with the Devil and it’s not with God. Our biggest problem is with ourselves. Hear more about the “inner-me enemy” ontoday’s Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, as we continue this study from Luke 16, Pastor Ford will identify some of the characteristics of hell. He’ll explain that souls will still have consciousness there. And he believes that every opportunity a person has had to receive the good news of Jesus Christ, is going to be playing over and over again in the computer of their minds for all of eternity. Can you imagine what kind of agony that will be? To learn more about what the Bible has to say about hell, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that many of us have misconceptions about hell. There are some who would say that they’re going through hell right here on earth, because things are pretty bad for them. But, as Pastor Ford will remind us, what those people don’t understand is that hell is a real place. And no matter how bad things are for them now, it’s not as bad as it’s going to be in eternity, if they don’t have a saving relationship with Jesus Christ. Because if someone is on their way to hell, they need to realize that this is as good as it is ever going to get for them. Join us to understand more about what the Bible says about hell on the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will resume his message about worship and he’ll explain that our praise should not be to impress God or others, but rather it should be to express our love for God alone. As we continue to look at Psalm 34, we’ll see that the degree of our gratitude should equal the degree of the glory that we give to God. It’s not about us, it’s all about Him! To learn more from Pastor Ford about how the way we praise God reflects our true understanding of God, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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There are some people who, no matter what you do to them, no matter what they go through, they will never deny Jesus and they’ll never backslide. They can go without food, without a job, without lots of things, and they still have the joy of the Lord. They still tell people that Jesus Christ is the center of their joy. And on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will point out how we can be like those people and what having this kind of mindset actually requires. Find out more when you join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will share a challenging message about praise. He’ll ask us to consider these questions—If you’re a follower of Jesus, have you come to the place where everybody knows that you are not ashamed to praise Him? To lift Him up, anywhere, anytime, and for any reason at all, in front of anyone? In other words, Pastor Ford will ask, have you gone public with your praise?To learn more about praise from Psalm 34, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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Isn’t it amazing how people who generally don’t get along, can find a way to do it when it comes to not getting along with you? Isn’t it amazing that people who don’t like each other can find a common ground when it’s time to come against you? These are just a couple of the observations that Pastor Ford will make as we continue our study about criticism from the book of Nehemiah on the next Treasured Truth.
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When we encounter criticism, we can use it to help evaluate whether our focus is on God or whether it’s on ourselves. If God called us to accomplish something, but we get offended when we encounter criticism about the task at hand, then we should ask ourselves—why are we offended that somebody is criticizing what God has told us to do? Pastor Ford will continue his message “How Haters Hate” and share how we can respond to criticism on the next Treasured Truth.
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As we begin a new study in Nehemiah on the next Treasured Truth, we’ll learn that we should expect to encounter critics and haters along the way, as we seek to do what God has called us to do. Pastor Ford will explain that any time there is an opportunity, there will always be opposition. Whenever we step out in faith, we should always expect something will come along to make us fear. But we need to understand that victory will almost always be followed by a valley, so we should look at God and not our circumstances. Join us as we begin the message series, “How Haters Hate,” on the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will share this encouraging news—even if we’re just “cop outs”, Christ will give us all a bail out, so we can break out and carry out the purpose He has for our lives, to use us for His glory! And that’s why scripture tells us that Jesus will supply all of our needs according to His riches in glory.To learn more from Pastor Ford about how we can trust God’s plan and purpose for our lives, both now and in the future, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will begin a new message called “The Macedonian Mindset.” He’ll explain that in 2 Corinthians 8, he thinks Paul is saying, “The reason, the Macedonians have become your example is because your thinking about giving is wrong. You don’t have the right motivation for giving. They do. And so, you need to follow their example and have the Macedonian Mindset.” Find out what that mindset is and how it applies to our lives, when you join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will ask a poignant question—do we believe God for our future? If we do, then we should proclaim it! We shouldn’t care what kind of opposition comes our way, we know where we’re going. We know where we’re headed and no one and nothing can stop us from getting there. How can we know that for certain? Because God has already told us where we’re going and we know we can trust Him. To learn more how you can strengthen your faith in God’s plan for your life, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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Faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen. So, what does faith do for us? On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will share what he describes what faith does—it gives us insight into foresight like it is hindsight. In other words, as believers in Christ, God lets us know what our future is going to be, so that we can have faith in Him and in our future. To learn more about how you can have faith for your future, be sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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What starts with “we” always ends in nothing. But what starts with “Jesus” will always end in success. God wants us to understand that it’s His presence that makes all the difference in every aspect of our lives. And on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will conclude his message series from the book of Isaiah, reminding us of God’s constant presence in our lives and how we don’t have to give in to the fears we face. To learn more, make sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, we'll continue to look at how to face our fears amid our trials. Have you ever gone through a difficult time and the first thought you had was, “God, You said that You loved me. If You love me, why am I going through this?” And God says, “You’re questioning My love for you because I let this trial come into your life. But what you don’t understand is that I let it come into your life because I do love you.” Join us as Pastor Ford helps us think through our own personal dialogue with God about our trials and His plan for our lives on the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, as we continue our study in the book of Isaiah, Pastor Ford will share how God wants us to know whatever situation we confront or enemy we combat that is bigger than we are—He’s bigger than it. And isn’t that so amazing? We have a God Who is bigger than anything or anyone we could ever encounter!To learn more from Pastor Ford about how we can trust God’s amazing power and presence in our lives, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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We often wonder why there are shadows in our lives. And on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that it’s sometimes because we’ve let something into our lives—some kind of moon blocking the light—come in between us and God, replacing His priority in our lives. What is a moon? It’s a celestial body that doesn’t possess its own light. It only reflects the light that the sun gives it. So, when you join us for the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will ask us, “What has God given to us in our lives, that we’ve allowed it to replace Him?”
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue his message called “Have No Fear, God Is Here.” He’ll explain how things can change when you understand that there’s significance in your suffering. That understanding will turn fear into faith. It will turn sighing into singing. It will turn doubting into dancing. It will turn worrying into worship, and it will turn trying into trusting. With this change of perspective, you will begin to understand what God is doing for you through your suffering. To learn more, join us as we look furter at overcoming fear on the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will share further about overcoming fear and being confident in the future God has in store for us.He’ll explain that we focus on what’s happening now, but God focuses on what has happened before. Why is that? It’s because God wants us to look back to see how He has worked throughout history so we can comprehend our destiny. Because when He told believers in centuries past about what His plan was for the future, He was making promises in history about the future destiny of all believers, including us. To learn more be sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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Life can be full of trouble and we, as believers, are not exempt from it. But even though we may lose everything—home in foreclosure, relationships strained, health failing—we can still look to God and hear Him say, “Have no fear, I’m here!” And on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will begin a new message series that will remind us of God’s constant presence in our lives and help us overcome the fears we encounter. To learn more, make sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, as we continue our study about evangelism, Pastor Ford will explain that we each need to be circumspect and make sure that we know our own answer to this question—Are we not witnessing because we’re ashamed of Jesus? Because if we are ashamed of Him, Jesus said that He would be ashamed of us before His Father in heaven. To learn more about what compels us as believers to share the gospel, be sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, as we continue to consider the importance of evangelism in our lives as Christians, Pastor Ford will talk about what compels us to share the gospel. One of the most compelling reasons we have for witnessing to others is the debt we owe to Jesus for our own salvation. How do you pay the debt that you owe to Jesus? You tell someone about Him and what He’s done for you.To learn more from Pastor Ford about winning the lost no matter the cost, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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In today’s world, we buy more, but we enjoy it less. We have bigger houses, but smaller hearts. We have more conveniences, but less time. We have multiplied our possessions, but we have reduced our values. And we have learned how to make a living, but we haven’t learned how to make a life. When you join us for the next Treasured Truth, we’ll continue to look at stewardship and Pastor Ford will encourage us to not follow the world’s example of how to handle and view our money and possessions.
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On the next Treasured Truth, we’ll begin to look at the various roles of the believer in evangelism. And Pastor Ford will explain that in the process of winning lost people for Christ, there are believers who sow and there are those who reap. In other words, there are those who plant the seed of faith and others who pray with that person and who are there when he or she actually comes to Christ. Sowers and reapers are equally important in the process, so they will receive the same reward in heaven. So join us as Pastor Ford begins a new message series called “Winning the Lost, No Matter the Cost” on the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will be wrapping up our study from the book of James about seeing purpose in your problems in pain. He’ll challenge us to consider the need we have to understand how our problems and pain can be motivating factors in our lives. Even though we go through difficulties, they can motivate us to live in our “not yet,” right now. In other words, we can focus right now on the hope we have in our future with Jesus, instead of dwelling on our current situation.To learn more be sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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When we face problems and pain in life, we need to understand that what we’re going through is for the future that we’re going to. That struggle is a part of making us who we’re going to become and it is designed to accomplish God’s purpose for our lives. And on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue to challenge us as we seek to understand what God is doing in our lives through our suffering. To learn more, make sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, as we continue our study in the book of James, Pastor Ford will remind us that sometimes the solution to our problem is in our problem. In other words, our deficiency—which is apparent to us in our problem—may be the provision for the sufficiency that God wants to provide for us. But often, we can’t easily see the truth about our situation. So, we must learn to trust God more fully for the outcome. To hear more about how to see purpose in your problems and pain, be sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, as we continue to consider how to see purpose in our problems and pain, Pastor Ford will explain the various kinds of suffering we can encounter. One of those is remedial suffering, and God uses it much like a potter uses heat to cure his clay. So, it’s during those times when God uses suffering to burn character into us that cannot be changed, to burn compromise out of our life, and to burn off the carnality from our behavior—all of those adjustments help us resemble Christ and not the world.To learn more from Pastor Ford about how to see the purpose in your problems and pain, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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When you join us for the next Treasured Truth, as we begin to look at the theology of stewardship, Pastor Ford will ask how many of us have made God the Lord of the leftovers? Because if we’re honest with ourselves, He usually gets our leftover time, our leftover talents, and our leftover treasures. We often think to ourselves—if we have anything left, then we can give to God. But that’s not good stewardship. So, join us as we begin a new message called, “God’s Pleasure and Your Treasure,” on the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, we’ll look further at suffering as we continue our current study in the book of James. Pastor Ford will remind us that God has sent us the trials we are experiencing in our lives, and He wants us to see them in the way that He sees them. And that’s because He’s shaping us to make us into something that we currently are not. And why is He doing that? Because in the current shape we’re in, God won’t give us what He ultimately does want to give us, when we have eventually been conformed to His will. Learn more when you join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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There’s power in the name of Jesus. So much so, that when we focus on Him and on magnifying His name, our perspective changes. And the smaller the problems in our lives will actually become, in light of His glory. On the next Treasured Truth, find out more from Pastor Ford about seeing purpose in your problems in pain as we continue to study what the book of James has to say about suffering. So be sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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When we consider the purpose in our problems and pain, we need to realize that it’s not how much of Jesus we have, but it’s how much of us that Jesus has. We need to ask ourselves, do we really trust Him in our time of trouble?And on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue this message series the book of James that is helping us to focus on what God is doing in our lives through our suffering. To learn more, make sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, as we continue our study in the book of James, Pastor Ford will ask us to consider this question—even though we’re going through something right now, are we more committed to Jesus’ purpose than we are to getting out of our pain? To hear more about how to see purpose in your problems and pain, be sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, we’ll begin to look at how there is purpose in our problems and pain. You may be going through a tremendous struggle right now, and you may be discouraged and not know what to do. But Pastor Ford will encourage us to not waste our sorrows. Instead, we should embrace them, realizing that God is up to something and is working in our lives for His glory. To learn more from Pastor Ford about how to see the purpose in your problems and pain, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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When you join us for the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will encourage us to remember that Christ took the sting of death so that we wouldn’t have to. Oh grave, where is your victory? Oh death, where is your sting? Christ has achieved the victory over death and is alive! And because He’s alive, we are alive too! So, join us as we conclude the message called, “Run Tell Dat,” on the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, we’ll continue to look at what Jesus did for us on the cross. Pastor Ford will remind us that the condemnation of Good Friday was leading to the coronation of Resurrection Sunday. If there were no Good Friday, then there could not be Resurrection Sunday. And he points out that many of us want the power of resurrection, but we don’t want to experience the pain of the cross. Join us as Pastor Ford concludes the message “Resurrection Power: You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down” on the next Treasured Truth.
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When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, He celebrated. And in His resurrection celebration, Jesus had prayer and praise. And on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will ask us, if we’ve followed Jesus’ example—has resurrection power caused us to pray more? Has it caused us to praise more? To learn more about how we should respond when we realize we need the resurrection power of Jesus in our lives, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will begin a new message series that looks at the resurrection of Lazarus. And he’ll explain that God wanted everyone to understand that if Jesus didn’t raise Lazarus from the dead, it wouldn’t get done—that is exactly why Jesus delayed His departure to return and help Lazarus. So, we must realize that sometimes the reason Jesus hasn’t come to help with our problems is because they may not be bad enough yet. To learn more about Jesus’ resurrection power, make sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue to help us prepare to celebrate the resurrection by reminding us that God has allows our suffering for a reason. He has allowed everything we go through, and He has a higher purpose for all of it. Now we may not be able to see or sense what that purpose is. And we especially may not like it. But God is sovereign and He’s going to make sure that His purpose is done. We’ll look at how Christ responded purpose God had for Him suffering on the cross on the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, we’ll continue to look at Jesus’ journey to Calvary, and what He had to endure for our salvation, Pastor Ford will help us understand the blessings in a beatdown. He’ll remind us that we have to realize that it’s better to walk with God in the darkness than to walk alone in the light. That’s what Jesus wanted us to know. Through the example of His life, we can see that He alwasy put God first, especially in His suffering. To learn more from Pastor Ford about the blessings we find in Chrit’s sacrifice on the cross, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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Have you ever been anxious to tell someone about a juicy piece of gossip? We’ve probably all been tempted to do that at some point. And on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that we should be even more ready to tell people about the gospel than we are to tell them about the latest gossip. We should be anxious to spread the good news about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! So, join us as we begin a new message called, “Run Tell Dat,” on the next Treasured Truth.
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As the time came near for Jesus to sacrifice His life for us, how could He have joy, when He knew all the things that He would have to endure? When you join us for the next Treasured Truth, we'll learn how Jesus could have joy because He truly understood the blessings in His suffering. Join us as Pastor Ford begins a new message called “The Blessing in a Beat Down,” as we look forward to celebrating our Lord’s sacrifice and resurrection, on the next Treasured Truth.
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When the Father turned away from Him as He hung on the cross, Jesus realized that even though He felt abandoned by God, He was still His God. Jesus knew that His relationship with the Father could never be broken by His circumstances. And on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind at how as believers, we too can learn from Jesus’ example and be certain that this truth applies to our own lives as well. To learn more about how we should respond when we feel abandoned by God, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will start a new message as we continue to anticipate celebrating Easter in a few weeks. He’ll remind us how Jesus was forsaken on the cross so that we could be forgiven, and he’ll explain how Jesus left us an example of what we ought to do when we too feel like we’ve been abandoned by God. We’ll look at how Christ responded on the cross on the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue to look at Christ’s responses during the crucifixion. Following Christ’s example of what to do when you feel abandoned by God, Pastor Ford will encourage us to do this when we feel abandoned—go to the Word of God and commit ourselves to the revelation of all of God’s promises that we find in His Word. To learn more about what to do when you feel abandoned by God, make sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, As we begin to prepare ourselves and look forward to celebrating Christ’s resurrection this Easter, Pastor Ford will remind us of just how rich our redemption actually is. Jesus Christ paid the price for us to be redeemed and then He blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places (Ephesians 1:3). To learn more from Pastor Ford about the richness we find in our redemption through Jesus sacrifice and resurrection, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, we’ll continue our study about God’s call in our lives. Pastor Ford will explain that God’s resources are reserved for those who fulfill the responsibilities He gives to them. So, our provision is linked to His purpose. And the problem is that many of us want the provision, but we don’t want His purpose. To learn more from Pastor Ford about responding to the calling of God in your life, be sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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When you join us for the next Treasured Truth, we’ll begin to look ahead to Easter. As we consider the richness of the redemption we have in Christ, we need to understand the futility of what we think can give us authority over our sin, other than Jesus Christ and Him crucified. Join us as Pastor Ford helps us begin to prepare our hearts to celebrate our Lord’s resurrection with a new message series called, “The Richness in Redemption,” on the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, we’ll continue to look at the law today and understand how it exposes our sin, exalts God’s promises and enhances the gospel. And Pastor Ford will remind us that if we’re crucified with Christ, then Christ lives in us and His love covers us. So, we’re under love, not under the law! To learn more about how we should be living lives that are consecrated to God’s Word, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will help us understand that the law of the Old Testament was given to us to show that God had a standard that we couldn’t reach. So, it demonstrated our need for God’s grace, through the promise that He gave, which would be fulfilled in Jesus Christ. To receive spiritual encouragement from Pastor Ford as he begins a new message series called “Live Consecrated to God’s Word,” make sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us today that regardless of what we see going on now, whatever God has promised will happen is going to happen. Regardless of what we feel now, it’s going to happen. Regardless of who gets in our way, or whatever traps the Devil sets, we can always be confident that what God has promised is going to happen. To learn more about how scripture ensures us that God will always finish what He has started, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, as we start a new study in Philippians, Pastor Ford will explain that we can be confident no matter what happens, God is going to do what He’s said He’s going to do. And we can’t say anything or do anything to change that. No circumstances or anything that the Devil does, should ever persuade us to believe anything other than what God has promised us. To learn more from Pastor Ford about the confidence we can have in God’s promises, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, we’ll be that there are times when we will lose out on the blessings of God, because we don’t have enough faith to put all our trust in the plan that He has for us. But Pastor Ford will explain there are also times when we place only part of our faith in His plan, and God still chooses to bless us fully. How God chooses to bless us, when He chooses to bless us, and how much He chooses to bless us with, is really all up to Him. To learn more from Pastor Ford about responding to the calling of God in your life, be sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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When you join us for the next Treasured Truth, as we look further at the story of Esther, we’ll learn more about how God brought her to a specific time and place in order for her to fulfill her destiny. Pastor Ford will encourage us to consider how God wants us to use the time He’s given us in our lives to fulfill our own destinies and to do great things for Him. So be sure to join us as Pastor Ford concludes his message series called, “It’s Your Time,” on the next Treasured Truth.
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When we think about the time we spend living our lives for the Lord, we have a tendency to focus on duration. But God focuses on donation. We focus on longevity, but God focuses on legacy. We may hear someone say, “I’ve been saved for twenty years.” And that may be true, but that person’s been out of God’s will for eighteen of those years. So, when you join us for the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that he sees scripture indicating how at the judgment seat of Christ, that person will only get credit for the two years they were living in the will of God. To learn more from Pastor Ford about embracing the time God has given us to live in His will, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On most tombstones, there’s the day of one’s birth and the day of one’s death, and then a dash in the middle. We don’t control the day we’re born or the day we die. But we do control what we do with the dash in the middle. And on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will encourage us to use our time now to make that dash count for the Lord.To learn more from Pastor Ford as he begins a new message from the book of Esther called, “It’s Your Time,” make sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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We have to remember that our attitude is crucial when we are seeking forgiveness from another person. People generally judge the seriousness of our asking forgiveness based on the way our words come from our mouths. If we don’t approach the conversation with humility, then it will definitely complicate the whole process. And on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue his message series called, “When I’m Sorry Isn’t Enough.”And he’ll dive more deeply into these concepts when you join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, as we continue to look at seeking forgiveness from others, Pastor Ford will explain how we often will make excuses for ourselves. But he will remind us that Jesus died for our sins, not for our excuses. And we need to remember what we’re talking about when we seek forgiveness—it’s not what we feel about what we did to the other person. Rather, it’s about how they felt about what we did to them.To learn more from Pastor Ford about how to respond when “I’m sorry” isn’t enough, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, we’ll be reminded that we have a God Who cannot love us more than He already does and will never love us any less. And Pastor Ford will explain that even though we sometimes ignore the plan He has for us and we walk away from Him, He will never walk away from us. No matter how far we stray, we never cease to be His children.To learn more from Pastor Ford about responding to the calling of God in your life, be sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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When you join us for the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that forgiveness is a dialogue and saying you’re sorry is a monologue. In other words, when we say, “I’m sorry,” there’s nothing else to say about what’s happened. But, when we say, “Forgive me,” now we’ve included the other person and it’s going to take a dialogue to deal with what the issue is.Join us as Pastor Ford begins a new message series about forgiveness on the next Treasured Truth.
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When you join us for the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will encourage us to not let the little things in our lives keep us from discovering the everything that God has for us. And he’ll go on to explain that one thing God wants us to do in order to be in line with His will is to readily obey His precepts. To learn more from Pastor Ford as we conclude this series called Takers, from Joshua 1, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that God’s word never has an expiration date. It’s as relevant today as it was back in the beginning. But we see in His word that God’s timing is not like ours. Pastor Ford will explain that if God took 700 years to fulfill a promise about His Son, then He may also take more than just a few years to fulfill the promises that apply to our lives. To learn more from Pastor Ford and the book of Joshua about claiming the promises of God, make sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue his message series called “Takers.” And he’ll explain how in His word, God has given us the revelation about the promises that He has for us. But He’s given us that revelation without giving us the manifestation of those promises yet. That’s because there must be a demonstration of application on our part in order for us to receive that manifestation. Pastor Ford will dive more deeply into these concepts when you join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, as we continue these messages from Joshua chapter 1, Pastor Ford will describe several aspects of faith that you might not have considered before. He’ll explain how faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, does the impossible, complies with the incomprehensible, and accepts the intangible. To learn more about how we can have faith and be certain that God will keep His promises to us, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue to encourage us about how we can overcome temptation. He’ll explain that when dealing with temptation, if you ask yourself, “Is it sin?” about anything, then it’s a good indication that whatever you’re considering is a sin to you. The Bible says, “Whatever is not of faith is sin.” So, if you can’t do whatever you’re doing in faith, then you shouldn’t do it, because it becomes sin for you. To learn more from Pastor Ford about how you can become victorious over temptation, be sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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When you join us for the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue to share his message series called “Takers.” He’ll help us understand that we often let the little things in lifekeep us from the everything that God has for us. Because where God’s will is concerned, we need to understand two things—we’re either in the way or on the way. Join us as Pastor Ford continues to teach about God’s promises from Joshua chapter 1 on the next Treasured Truth.
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When you join us for the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that God has already given us the revelation—His promise. But we don’t get the product—the manifestation of the promise—until we meet the qualifications for what God has said we can have. To learn more from Pastor Ford as we continue this series called Takers, from Joshua 1, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that everything we need is in Christ. We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. There are no limitations. There are no barriers. We need to take the lid off our thinking, break out of the box and do the things He has called us to do. To learn more from Pastor Ford and the book of Joshua about claiming the promises of God, make sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue his message series called “Takers.” And he’ll explain how we must respond to God’s plan and also rest in His promises. He’ll describe further how the more we depend upon God, the more dependable we find Him to be. No matter what comes our way, we determine to follow God’s plan and He’s going to execute it and bring it to pass. To learn more about the promises God has made to us, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, as we continue to look at how God commanded Joshua to take that land that was promised to the children of Israel, Pastor Ford will explain that sometimes the problem with us as believers is that we take the things that we shouldn’t be taking and we don’t take the things that we should be taking. So, we have to be careful to determine what it is that God really wants us to take. To learn more about how God wants us to take the things He has planned to use to bless us, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue to encourage us about how we can overcome temptation. He’ll explain how no one is exempt from temptation. The Bible says, “…let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.” Your Bible knowledge is not going to exempt you. Your service, or your singing in the choir, or your giving is not going to exempt you. So, this is a warning to those who consider themselves “super saints”—the people who say, “It won’t happen to me.” None of us should ever say that, since we can’t know in advance what we will or will not do. To learn more from Pastor Ford about how you can become victorious over temptation, be sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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When you join us for the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue to share his message based on Joshua chapter 1 called “Takers.” And it may sound odd to our ears, but he’ll explain that Jesus is Himself a taker. The most spectacular robbery in history didn’t happen in a movie. It happened on a hill called Calvary where Jesus died and took our sins on Himself. He is a taker, who came to take away what we don’t need and give us what we do need. Join us as Pastor Ford concludes his message “Takers” on the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, we continue this series called “Takers,” Pastor Ford will remind us about how in the Old Testament, God elevated Joshua to a place of leadership so he could lead the children of Israel into the Promised Land. He’ll also share some important leadership principles that will help us as we find ourselves in a position to lead others. To learn more from Pastor Ford and the book of Joshua about claiming the promises of God, make sure to join us for the next .Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue our study from Acts 11 about how to thrive when criticized. And he’ll explain there are specific steps you need to take to understand the criticism you encounter. So, if you’re going to thrive when you’re criticized, you have to have meaningful evaluation of the criticism, then you have to have the absence of retaliation. Because often, the first thing we want to do when we are attacked is to do what? Attack the other person back! If we can learn to resist the urge to retaliate, then we’ll be able to move beyond the criticism more easily. To learn more, be sure to join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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When our back is against the wall, do we realize that God is there with us? We may not feel like He’s there. But on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that the Bible tells us God really is there, waiting to assist us in our time of need. Learn more about what to do when your back is up against a wall the next Treasured Truth.
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It’s very easy to form your own agenda when you’re in ministry. On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain how you can know when you’re doing something for yourself and not for the Lord. It’s when something doesn’t go your way, and you get mad about it. That’s a clear indication that you’re not seeking God’s glory, but instead you’re seeking your own. Learn more about how being able to work together with your fellow believers is a critical part of having a vital and flourishing ministry when you join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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When you join us for the next Treasured Truth, we’ll see how the Christian life from start to finish is lived by grace. Grace converts us and transforms us and that’s just a few of the reasons why it’s so amazing! Learn more from Pastor Ford about what’s so amazing about Grace when you join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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Grace is amazing and should be extremely important in our lives. On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain this key concept—if what we’re doing isn’t being done by the grace of God, then it doesn’t really count with God. If who we are isn’t because of His grace, then God is not pleased with us, because we’re not living by His grace. Learn more about what’s so amazing about Grace when you join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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When we’re waiting for God to answer our prayers it may sometimes seem like an exercise in futility. It’s hard to continue to have the faith to believe that God will come through for us. But aren’t you glad that God still answers our prayers, even when we sometimes don’t have the faith to believe that He will? Join us for the next Treasured Truth, as Pastor Ford continues his message about prayer and explains how God’s answers to our prayers may not be the ones we are expecting, but they are ultimately for the purpose of accomplishing His will.
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Some people have turned to God only for what they can get out of Him, instead of realizing that He is looking for a true relationship with each one of us. And He wants us to love Him for Him and not just what He can give us. On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain how it may seem sometimes that God isn’t answering our prayer, but instead He is just telling us to wait. Learn more when you join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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Even when it seems that God isn’t answering our prayers, He is. However, He may just be saying, “Wait.” But on the next Treasured Truth, here’s the question Pastor Ford wants us to consider—will you still serve the Lord even when it seems like you won’t get what you want from Him? Will you still give Him what He wants from you—your love, devotion, and worship? Find out more from Pastor Ford about what it means when God says, “Wait” when you join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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As we begin a new study in 1 Corinthians 3 on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford
will remind us that we, as Christians, are all on the same team. We must work together to accomplish ministry. And Christians who realize that all unity in ministry is based on the finished work of Christ, they will be able to glorify Him by staying united and on course in ministry. Learn more about how teamwork makes the dream work when you join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, as we conclude our look at good and godly relationships, our study today will emphasize how crucial commitment is in a relationship, even before marriage. Pastor Ford will explain that allowing commitment to be part of the foundation of your relationship will bring important disclosure of things you need to know before you make the ultimate commitment in marriage. Learn more principles for good and godly relationships on the next Treasured Truth.
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As we once again continue our study in the book of Ruth on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will point out that Ruth met Boaz in the everyday, normal routine of life. And through His providence, God had prepared her to meet this man who would become her future husband, and God prepared Boaz to meet her. We’ll see how important it is to wait on God’s direction and preparation when we are seeking good and godly relationships. Learn more when you join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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The familiar scripture passage Isaiah 9:6 says, “Unto us a child is born. Unto us a Son is given.” But what does this mean for us today? On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will emphasize the importance of Christ’s birth and how wonderful it is that He came for us and was revealed to us, to become our Savior. Be encouraged when you join us as Pastor Ford shares about the hope of Christmas on the next Treasured Truth.
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Christmas is our time to celebrate Jesus, our Emmanuel—God with us. But it really doesn’t matter what day it is that we commemorate His coming. The fact of the matter is, God came and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory. So, on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that we should celebrate that truth and the hope of Christmas every day of the year! Learn more about the hope of Christmas when you join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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As we begin this week of Christmas, we’ll discover how Jesus is the fulfillment of all that God had to say to His people prior to that wonderful night in Bethlehem, when Christ humbled Himself, put on flesh, and was laid in a manger to fulfill the prophecies about His birth. Find out more from Pastor Ford about the hope of Christmas when you join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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At the time of Jesus’ birth, the Jews were expecting a king to be born, who was promised to them in the Old Testament. But they missed their King because He was not born in the pomp and circumstance they were expecting, but in poverty. He was not born to a princess, but to a peasant. And He was not born in a palace. Instead, He was born in a humble barn. And on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue a study from Matthew chapter 1, as we look forward to Christmas and celebrate the birth of Jesus.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that the foundation of a Christian marriage is being “equally yoked,” meaning both people have a genuine faith in Jesus Christ. That’s where you start. And that awareness should be established at the beginning of the relationship. So once we find a person who professes faith in Christ, who we want to pursue a relationship with, then we should find out if their faith is truly genuine before committing to them in marriage. Find out more principles for good and godly relationships on the next Treasured Truth.
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According to Pastor Ford, there are certain things we need when we’re seeking to build a godly relationship. From the beginning of our relationship and especially in our marriage—we need someone who will not give up on us, but who will instead commit to give up for us. We need to seek someone who understands that sacrifice is part of a relationship. And we need to be willing to become sacrificial ourselves as we take part in the relationship. To hear more relationship guidance from Pastor Ford, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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The thing that separates a good marriage from all other marriages, is the ability of the couple to deal with conflict. And on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will help us understand that if we don’t deal with conflict in our marriage biblically, then conflict will deal with us. Find out more principles for good and godly relationships from Pastor Ford on the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that if we will give God our marriage relationship, then God will make sure that we have the quality relationship that He wants us to have. But we don’t start the process of surrendering our relationship to God when we get married. We should start it before we get married. Learn more about why preparation is key for a successful marriage when you join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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When you join us for today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will have some suggestions to help us when we are analyzing the commitment level of a person in a relationship. He’ll suggest that one thing we need to do is try to see how that person behaves in a crisis. Why? Because it’s easy to keep a commitment when there’s no drama. But what does a person do when there’s drama? We need to know that the person will stick around during a crisis and that they made the decision to commit to a relationship based on counting the cost. Join Pastor Ford for some more relationship guidance on today's Treasured Truth.
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This Christmas, Pastor Ford wants to remind us that we can believe the promises of God, because the baby in the manger is “Deity in a diaper.” God came in the flesh, fulfilling the promises in the Old Testament, and He kept His word that had been spoken through the prophets over the centuries. And that is something to rejoice about!So join us for the next Treasured Truth, when Pastor Fordcontinues his message called “The Birth Certificate of Jesus.”
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A lot of people are in relationships with people who are “photo-shopped.” They’re not really who they appear to be. What they have on is a whole lot of make-up and a costume designed to impress. And unfortunately, you can’t see them for who they really are until after you marry them. So, when you join us for the next Treasured Truth, we’ll be encouraged by Pastor Ford to dig deep and find out who the person really is before committing to them in marriage. So, be sure to join us as we continue our teaching series from the book of Ruth called “Principles for Good and Godly Relationships.”
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When you join us for the next Treasured Truth, we’ll learn that God has designed for marriage to be a union of two forgivers. And Pastor Ford will help us understand that whatever we have to forgive to fulfill the vow that we made—until death do us part—that’s the kind of commitment that we’re supposed to have in our marriage.For more relationship guidance from Pastor Ford, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, we’ll continue our study in the book of Ruth. Pastor Ford will describe how many of us date our spouse to marry them, instead of marrying our spouse with the intention of dating them the rest of our lives. And what we fail to realize is that we have to put as much or more effort into keeping our spouse as we did into getting them in the first place.Find out more principles for good and godly relationships on the next Treasured Truth.
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We can be certain that God can heal a broken heart. We just need to give Him all the pieces. And especially before marriage, we need to make sure that we’re whole. Why? Because, if we’re broken and if our potential spouse is broken, then our marriage is not going to be whole. And when you join us for the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that we need to realize that a half a man and a half a woman equals one whole mess!Get more relationship guidance from Pastor Ford on the next Treasured Truth.
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When you join us for the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain there is a difference between attraction and attachment in relationships. The physical is meant to attract you to someone but not attach you to them. That’s because some people look a certain way without truly being who you think they are. Some folks pretend to be someone who they never intend to truly be. So we need to be sure to dig deep and find out who they really are before we make a commitment.Learn some more principles for good and godly relationships on the next Treasured Truth.
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Sixteen times in the book of Matthew, the Apostle uses the phrase, “This was to fulfill what the Lord had said by the mouth of the prophet.” And on the next Treasured Truth, as we begin a new study looking at the lineage of Jesus, we’ll find that the genealogy Matthew provides validates the prophecies about the Messiah and is proof that we can trust the Word of God. Find out more about what Pastor Ford calls the “birth certificate of Jesus” on the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, we’ll continue our study in the book of Ruth. And Pastor Ford will talk about the need we have today for more men and women like Boaz and Ruth, because they were faithful to do what was right before they married. And if someone is faithful in doing the right things before marriage, then it’s more likely that they’ll be faithful to do the right things after marriage. Find out more principles for good and godly relationships on the next Treasured Truth.
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In I Peter 3:7, a husband is instructed to dwell with his wife according to knowledge. And on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that means a husband should go deep into the process of trying to understand his wife. And by the grace of God, he should try as much as he can to figure out what makes her tick and what ticks her off. To receive more relationship guidance from Pastor Ford join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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Why aren’t some people ready for marriage? Because we’re not ready to get married to someone else until we get a divorce from ourselves. There needs to be two funerals before there can be one marriage. And on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that we have to die to self before we can give ourselves fully in marriage. [Find out more about good and godly relationships on the next Treasured Truth.
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Too many people are getting into marriage for what they can get out of the relationship. But on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that we’re not supposed to be going into a marriage so that we can get something. We should be going into marriage to give something to our wife or husband. If you’re considering marriage or are already in a marriage relationship, consider this—what are you bringing to give? Get more relationship guidance from Pastor Ford on the next Treasured Truth.
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When you join us for the next Treasured Truth, we’ll begin a study from the book of Ruth. Pastor Ford will explain that the problem in most marriages is not necessarily what happens in the marriage. The problem is what didn’t happen before the marriage began. We’ll see how Ruth and Boaz were prepared before they started their relationship. Learn some principles for good and godly relationships on the next Treasured Truth.
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On today’s Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will take time to answer several listener questions on a variety of topics, which include whether or not it’s a sin to get a tattoo, what to do if you’re uncertain you should remain in a romantic relationship, and what it means in scripture when we read about “the keys to the kingdom.” Learn more about the Christian walk as Pastor Ford answers these questions from your fellow listeners on today's Treasured Truth.
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While we’re going through, whatever it is we’re going through, God’s Word tells us that we ought to have an attitude of gratitude. There must always be this perspective in us that acknowledges the fact that God does all things well, no matter what our opinion is (good or bad) of what He is doing in our lives.To hear more from Pastor Ford about how to develop an attitude of gratitude, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On the next Treasured Truth, as we continue to work our way through the beginning of Psalm 23 with Pastor Ford, he will explain the significance of the names that the Psalm’s author, King David, used to refer to God and what that significance means for us, even today.Find out more as we take a new look at and old psalm on the next Treasured Truth.
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As we begin to take a fresh look at Psalm 23 on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that despite the fact that it may be the most well-known Psalm from the Bible, Psalm 23 may also be the least understood. We’ll begin to explore the metaphors and the word pictures in this beloved passage of scripture and learn more about the Lord, Who is Our Shepherd when you join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, as we finish up our series on church discipline and restoration, Pastor Ford will highlight an important truth for us. According to him, this is the bottom line—if we are spiritually healthy, then we will love our brothers and our sisters. And if we love our brothers and our sisters, we will not allow them to stay in the far country, back-slidden and away from God.Learning more about helping to restore your fallen brothers and sisters on the next Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, we’ll look further at church discipline and considering those sins that can capture someone quickly. They didn’t expect to do it. They didn’t want to do it, necessarily. But the temptation caught them by surprise and it overwhelmed them. The Apostle Paul tells us it’s those who are spiritual within the church, who should come alongside the ones who have fallen into this kind of sin like and seek to help restore them. Find out more about how to build up broken down brothers and sisters on the next Treasured Truth.
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Many of us are not receiving the blessings that the Lord has in store for us because we haven’t surrendered everything we ought to give over to Him. And on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will ask us—How can we expect the Lord to choose to make a powerful impact with our life if we’ve never given the control of our life over to Him?Find out more about this important concept in the life of a believer when you join Pastor Ford for the next Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, as we consider how easily sin can ensnare all of us, we realize that we never know when we’re going to need somebody to pick us up after we’ve sinned. So, Pastor Ford will explain that since we don’t need to be picked up right now, what we need to do is to get into a habit of trying to pick up other people and lift others up who need us to do that for them now. Join as Pastor Ford continues his message “Building Up Broken Down Brothers and Sisters” on the next Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will look at an example of a person who was caught in sin, who we can read about in 1 Corinthians 5. Because the church delivered him unto Satan—as the Apostle Paul instructed them to do in this passage—for “the destruction of the flesh,” he repented. But guess what—then they wouldn’t forgive him and let him back into the fellowship of the church! So, today we’ll see how Paul rebuked that church for being unwilling to forgive.To find out more about restoring those who are repentant to fellowship in your congregation, join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, as we continue our look at how sins should be dealt with by the church, Pastor Ford defines for us what a “busybody” is. According to him, that’s a person who is “always up in somebody else’s video, trying to find out what flavor their Kool-Aid is.” He says that person is in the category of seven things that God hates. What does God hate? The person who sows discord among the brethren—or in other words, they cause division among the people of the church.Learn more when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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As we begin a new study in Galatians 6 on today's Treasured Truth, we’ll look at the subject of church discipline. And today we’ll consider how matters of private sin or offense, go public too often. So, when we have something against a brother or sister, that’s where it ought to stay. We ought not be divisive in the church, taking our complaints to others who have nothing to do with whatever it is that we are concerned about or offended by. Understand more about how to build up your broken down brothers and sisters in Christ when you join us for today'sTreasured Truth.
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Serving in ministry can be very hard some times. And the very people to whom we are trying to minister, are often the people who hurt us the most! But on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that we need to decide that there’s no opposition—even from those who cause us the most pain—that will make us stop doing what God has called us to do.Learn more about ways you can have an effective ministry on the nextTreasured Truth.
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As we continue our message series, Bust a Move, on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that we need to realize our current condition is not where our story concludes. That’s because our problems are not problems, but rather platforms. And our misery is not misery, but an opportunity for ministry. Our trials are for the purpose of learning how to trust God. Find out more on today's Treasured Truth.
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When we serve God through ministry—whether vocationally or voluntarily—there are many challenges we can face. But when we realize that serving God is a privilege, then that realization brings everything together and helps us face those challenges effectively. Considering how God chooses to use people like us to grow His kingdom, despite our shortcomings, is a humbling insight and makes us understand even more so, what an awesome God He is!Hear more from Pastor Ford about how to have an effective ministryon today's Treasured Truth.
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Did you know there are consequences that you will experience when you don’t forgive? On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue to explain the 5 consequences of unforgiveness that can be seen in the passage we’ve been studying in the book of Acts. And he’ll share some more guidance we can follow about learning to forgive the unforgivable. That’s on today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that generally speaking, reconciliation takes time. That’s because God has to heal the person who’s been offended. And it often takes a lot of time for that to happen. So, if you’ve asked for forgiveness and are waiting for reconciliation to take place, then you need to realize that it may be a while before the person can respond in a forgiving way.Find out more when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will ask us to consider this question—Why is it that when someone does something against us, we look at their actions, but when we do something against them, we look at our intentions? And we say we didn’t intend to do it. Yet, we did it. So, whether we intended to or not, we hurt them and we have to deal with that, seek their forgiveness, and try to reconcile things with them. Learn more about how forgiveness on today's Treasured Truth.
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The level of intimacy we experience in our relationship with God is in direct proportion to the level of forgiveness we show to others. On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that God doesn’t want us to come to worship, thinking that we’re communicating with and worshipping Him, when we have something in our heart against the person sitting next to us. Hear more about how to forgive the unforgivable on today's Treasured Truth.
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Many times, what God is telling us to do doesn’t make sense to us. Or, it seems to us like it’s the wrong direction for our lives to take. But on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that heavenly solutions hardly ever make earthly sense. So, we have to trust God in His sovereignty that He knows what’s best for us. Learn more when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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On today'sTreasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that we should not let ourselves be impeded in our healing from past hurts because we want to know why someone would hurt us in the way they did. We often ask why did they do it? We have to realize that we may never find out why they did what they did. And often people who do things to us don’t even know why they did them. So, we shouldn’t let this question hold us back from getting past the hurt. Find our more about how to forgive the unforgivable when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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When we’ve been hurt and we realize what our offenders meant for evil, God actually meant for good, then we understand the purpose of our pain. We can see that those who do evil towards us don’t control our lives by anything that they can do to us. Instead, God controls the outcome and intends for us to go through certain things so we can become more like He wants us to be.Learn more about forgiveness as Pastor Ford continues his message called “How to Forgive the Unforgivable” on today's Treasured Truth.
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As we continue to look at forgiveness on today's Treasured Truth, we’ll discover how the story of Joseph unfolds in the Old Testament. We’ll see how Joseph reminded his offenders of God’s sovereignty in his life. He said, “You meant it for evil, but God meant it for good.” So, Pastor Ford will explain that Joseph was essentially saying—what you meant as a stumbling block, God meant it as a stepping stone. Learn more when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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What happened to you may have been completely devastating. And the day it happened might have seemed like the darkest day you’ve ever lived through. But no matter how difficult it was, God is still alive and He is going to work in whatever your situation is. And on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind you that God wants you to bring something out of what you’ve been through that you didn’t have before—something you never would have had if you had not gone through the devastation.
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On today's Treasured Truth, we will look at one of the greatest examples of a believer giving forgiveness to those who had wounded him deeply. He’s someone who emulates our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and who deals with something that was extremely devastating to him. Join us for today's Treasured Truth to find out which person from the Old Testament Pastor Ford describes as such a great forgiver.
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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that practicing forgiveness is like we’re saying, “I will not let that wrong perpetrated against me define my life.” Forgiveness is releasing the person who has wronged us and in doing so, freeing ourselves from the bondage of unforgiveness. Join us as we learn more about forgiveness on today's Treasured Truth.
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Forgiving can be so hard, especially when the wrong done to us seems unforgiveable. But when we look at Jesus at Calvary, whatever was done to us can never compare to what was done to Him on the cross. And He said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do!” If Jesus sought forgiveness for His offenders, so can we. Find out more about how to forgive the unforgiveable on today's Treasured Truth.
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As we begin to take an in depth look at the process of forgiveness on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will describe how, in one concise verse found in Luke 23, Jesus tells us we can forgive the unforgivable. If we utilize the model Jesus lived for us to follow, we can forgive those individuals who have wronged us. Find out more when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, we’ll continue to explore how Jesus compared believers to salt. We’ll discover that in those days, when salt had lost its savor—or lost its potential to bring flavor—they would take it and throw it out in the road for people to walk on it. And today Pastor Ford will explain what Jesus meant when He compared certain believers to savorless salt.
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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain what Jesus meant when He said that believers are the salt of the earth. They add zest and flavor to an otherwise bland world. Others see their joy, love, and commitment and are drawn to Christ. But why aren’t people drawn to some believers? He’ll explain it’s because they’re not salty enough and they don’t display to the world the attractiveness of Christ.Learn more when you when you join us for the second part of a message entitled “Are you Worth Your Salt, on today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that God’s delays are not denials, but they’re always for our development. God is consistent and always doing something on our behalf. Whatever He’s doing is either for our development, our deliverance, or setting up the details of our destiny, to get it ready for us or often, to get us ready for it.[Learn more when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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As we begin this short series from Matthew 5, verse 13, Pastor Ford will help us analyze our own effectiveness in light of God’s Kingdom. This verse tells us that, as believers, we are the salt of the earth. But if the salt has lost is saltiness, then what good is it? Listen today's Treasured Truth to find out how you can keep your saltiness and maintain your effectiveness as a believer in Christ.
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When you look at the storm you’re going through, it makes you feel like you’re ready to give up. But when you look through the storm, to what lies beyond, then you have the resolve to keep going. And that’s what we need to do! We need that resolve to look through the storm, keep going and pushing through. Ultimately, we need to keep on doing what God has called us to do. Hear more when you join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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Jesus said, “Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age…” So, with that statement, He was reassuring us that we can be confident that God is always working on our behalf. And that means when God is silent, He’s actually working behind the scenes and doing things that we don’t even realize, in order to get us to the place where He wants us to be. Learn more about this important concept on today's Treasured Truth.
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When they were wandering in the wilderness, the children of Israel took their eyes off the promise that God had given them and put their eyes on the problems they had. And what happened to them as a result? All of that generation died in the wilderness. And on today'sTreasured Truth, Pastor Ford will ask us—how many of us are dying in the wilderness because we always focus on the problem and not the promise?To learn more, join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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What’s the definition of compassion? Pastor Ford defines it this way: Your pain in my heart. So that means, in order to be compassionate, we have to put other people’s pain in our own heart and then strive to see their situation from their perspective. And when you join us for today'sTreasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue our current study from Galatians called, “We Need to Help Each Other.” That’s on today'sTreasured Truth.
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As we begin a new study on today's Treasured Truth and start to look at Joshua 14, we’ll see that Caleb knew when we have a promise from God and a word from Him, what we need to do is just move forward on the word that God has given to us. So, realizing that, Caleb claimed his promise from God, despite the plans others had for him.Learn more as Pastor Ford starts a new message called If God Names It, We Can Claim It on today's Treasured Truth.
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As we continue our study in Galatians on today's Treasured Truth, we’ll discover that the Apostle Paul encourages us to react to people who have needs and who can’t bear those burdens by themselves. But he’s not encouraging us to relinquish them of responsibility that they can handle. We need to strive to achieve a balance when we seek to help people.Join us as we learn about helping our fellow believers on today'sTreasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue his message from Psalm 55. He’ll explain that when we’re dealing with betrayal, we must understand how it can affect us emotionally and then avoid the tendency we might develop to isolate ourselves from others. Also, we need to remember that we can take our broken heartedness to Jesus, and He understands our grief, since He Himself was betrayed in the worst of ways by a friend. Understand more about dealing with betrayal when you join us for today's Treasured Truth
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When you join us for today'sTreasured Truth, we’ll consider David’s lament in Psalm 55, where he detailed a betrayal he experienced. Pastor Ford will explain that David is not referring to a betrayal that was perpetrated by some casual acquaintance. Insteads, he is talking about a betrayal by an intimate friend. We will begin to see how David dealt with this betrayal and learn from his response.To learn more, join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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How can we know if we are mature believers? When God’s purpose is more important to us than our pain. Some people won’t get involved in ministry because they know that they’re going to get hurt. But Pastor Ford will explain on today'sTreasured Truth that we all must ask ourselves, is Christ sacrifice on Calvary more important to us than our own personal comfort?
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As we continue our study in 2 Corinthians on today'sTreasured Truth, we will discover that the Apostle Paul had a unique perspective about his problems, because he chose to look at the Problem Solver, instead of at his problems. Instead of looking at the Devil, who has some power, Paul chose to focus on the One Who has all power—Jesus Christ. Find out more about learning to live with liabilities on today's Treasured Truth.
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When we consider what the Lord Jesus did for us, we see the magnitude of His sacrifice—He paid for the sins of the entire world. We see the magnificence of it—because even when we were His enemies and while we were still sinners, He died for us. The majesty of it—the Creator died for the creature. And the mystery of it—why would someone so holy die for a world of messed up sinners like us? Find out more when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, we’ll continue to look at how the Apostle Paul described and dealt with his “thorn in the flesh.” Pastor Ford will point out that there was a tension, or a tandem nature about Paul’s situation—God graced the suffering to him, but Satan was the one who was giving him fits. Satan was the one causing his pain. It wasn’t God. God was the one being gracious toward him. And that realization was critical to Paul’s understanding of what God was trying to accomplish in his life.Learn more about God’s grace in our suffering on today'sTreasured Truth.
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One reason why we’re fighting against what God is allowing to happen in our lives may be because we’re immature in our faith and we don’t understand that God’s not allowing our suffering to happen in order to hurt us. Instead, He’s trying to help us. He’s not trying to destroy us. He’s trying to develop us.Learn more about this important concept as Pastor Ford continues to share how can learn to live with our liabilities on today'sTreasured Truth.
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We need to remember that God can do with us whatever, whenever, wherever, and however He pleases. And on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that God’s not going to ask our permission to conform us to the image of Jesus Christ. However, sometimes the best way He is able to do just that is through our suffering.Find out more on today's Treasured Truth.
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Sometimes all we can see is our problems. We’re surrounded by our handicaps, our sicknesses, and our liabilities—emotionally, physically, psychologically, socially, and financially. But on today'sTreasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain what we need is a fresh, abiding vision of God, like the Apostle Paul describe to the Corinthian believers. We can ask God to help us see Him in the midst of our suffering.
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On today's Treasured Truth, as we continue to look at why God deserves all of our praise, we’ll learn that we can’t just join God’s family. We have to be born into it. So, what did Jesus do for us? He traded places with you and with me, which allows us to be born again and become part of God’s family.Find out more on today's Treasured Truth.
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The Apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthian church about his “thorn in the flesh.” And on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain how Paul dealt with his suffering by keeping an abiding vision of God. That’s what helped him to deal with whatever he was going through. When you join us for today's Treasured Truth, we’ll learn that Paul wasn’t looking to his suffering. He was looking to the Savior.
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On today's Treasured Truth, we’ll begin a study from 2 Corinthians, and consider why God gives us challenges and liabilities that we must deal with in our lives. And Pastor Ford will challenge us to consider this question—Why isn’t it a possibility that you have your disability not as a liability, but as a possibility?Find out more on today's Treasured Truth.
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When we find ourselves in the midst of a spiritual battle, we sometimes can feel disillusioned and discouraged. But on the nest Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that if we anchor ourselves to the rock of our salvation, we cannot be moved. We can stand in the midst of the battle and hold on to the tenants of our faith.
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Over the course of our faith journey, many of us experience times when we have lost our passion for Christ. We allow sin to creep in and disrupt our relationship with Him. On the nest Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us about how important it is to recapture our lost love for Jesus and he’ll explain how we can do it.To learn more, be sure to join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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Sadly, some of us have lost our testimony for God. Others of us have lost our hunger for the Word of God. And some of us have lost our desire for the worship of God. On the nest Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain how we can recapture our lost love for Jesus.Find out more when you join us for today'sTreasured Truth.
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The impetus for our praise is based on Who God is. Because He has intrinsic glory. That is, there’s nothing that’s added to Him that makes Him glorious. We praise Him because He’s God all by Himself—He’s omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient. And that means He’s worthy of our praise!Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, we’ll take a break from our normal programming line-up so Pastor Ford can answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life. The topics he’ll be explaining include how to know if you’ve really turned from sin and received Christ, the correlation between Noah’s Ark and the Cross, and how to understand God as the Trinity. To learn more about these topics, join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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As we continue to discover our need to develop and attitude of gratitude, Pastor Ford will help us understand that God wants to do something in us, even if He doesn’t end up doing something for us. He wants us to be His children who have an attitude of gratitude for all that He has done, but also for what He is able to do. Find out more when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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Life can be very difficult at times. But while we’re going through, whatever it is we’re going through, God’s Word tells us that we ought to have an attitude of gratitude. And on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will share that scripture instructs us as followers of Christ to always have a perspective that acknowledges the fact that God does all things well.To learn more, join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, we’ll conclude the series of messages on a man worth having. And Pastor Ford will explain that if a man says, “I love you in spite of who you are,” then there are no requirements to be met, no rewards to be earned, and no resources to be given. None of those things are necessary to receive love from this man. And according to Pastor Ford, that’s means he’s a man who understands commitment and he’s a man who’s worth having!Learn more when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, we’ll continue to look at what it means to be a man worth having. And Pastor Ford will explain that kind of man has the capacity to grow. He doesn’t pretend that he knows everything. And he has a teachable spirit. Find out more about how being a man worth having on today's Treasured Truth.
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In Psalm 111, the Psalmist says that he sought God with all his heart and God had every part of Him as a result. An on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explains that the heart of the matter is really a matter of the heart. And he will ask us all to consider this—does God have your heart?To hear more how to increase your devotion to God join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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On today'sTreasured Truth, as we begin to learn about what a man worth having looks like, we’ll see how the Biblical character Othniel in Judges 1 exhibited several characteristics which that kind of man should possess. And Pastor Ford will help understand more fully what it means to be a man worth having.So be sure to join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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A woman worth having knows her value. Many women do not understand that they are fearfully and wonderfully made. And on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will encourage women to quit letting other people make them into the equivalent of bargain basement deals, when in reality, they are actually top shelf treasures—extremely valuable and worth having. Find out more when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, as we begin a study in Proverbs 31, Pastor Ford will clarify the meaning of the word “virtue” in this passage. He has discovered that it’s not focusing on purity. But instead, it’s focusing on power—the power of a woman. He’ll explain that a woman worth having is able and she’s powerful in her activities and her actions, just like the woman described in this proverb.To hear more, join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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As we continue to learn about communication, on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that honesty and forgiveness are key factors. If we’ve been untruthful, and we’ve told someone a lie, then we need to be forgiven of the lie so effective communication can be restored. As long as the lie is between us and the person we are trying to communicate with, we can go back and forth with them all we want to, but we still have to deal with the lie. Once it’s dealt with, then we can begin to achieve effective communication again with that person.Learn more on today's Treasured Truth.
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In our relationships, if something is really bothering us and we don’t address it, but instead we pretend that nothing is wrong, then we’re not really being honest. When someone asks us, “What’s wrong?” And we say, “Nothing.”—that’s a lie. And on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will ask us—How can we actually discover truth in our conversations with others, when we choose to ignore it ourselves? Learn more about how it’s critical to communicate effectively on today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that our praise should be done volitionally—as an act of our will. It doesn’t matter how we feel, we should give God some praise! We could feel like ten miles of bad highway, but we shouldn’t walk out of a worship service without saying something to God in a corporate setting and letting Him know that we appreciate Him, we’re grateful for Him, and we love Him! Learn more about worship on today's Treasured Truth.
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When we are giving to God, it’s not about what’s in our pocket or wallet—it’s about what’s in our heart and our attitude about giving. And on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will share with us how we can honor God with our gifts, as we respond in gratitude for all that He has done for us.
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When seeking forgiveness from another person, our attitude is crucial. People generally judge the seriousness and sincerity of our request for forgiveness based on the way our words come from our mouths. So, if we don’t approach the conversation with humility, our attitude will complicate the process.To learn more about why sometimes saying you’re sorry just isn’t enough, when you join Pastor Ford for today's Treasured Truth.
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As he finished out the book of Galatians, the Apostle Paul wanted the believers there to know he had an allegiance to Christ based on what Christ had done for him on Calvary’s cross. He didn’t need anyone to challenge him to live for Jesus! Jesus Christ and His gospel were Paul’s number one priority, and he had the scars to prove it.On today's Treasured Truth,Pastor Ford will help us understand what Paul meant when he said, “For I bear on my body the brand-marks of Jesus.”
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On the next Treasured Truth,we’ll see that as the Apostle Paul began to conclude his letter to the Galatians, he focused on the cross of Christ. Pastor Ford will explain that Paul had praise for the cross. Then he explained the power, the promise, and the persecution of the cross.Learn more about what this means for us when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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In some of the final verses of his letter to them, the Apostle Paul explained to the Galatian believers that the promise of victory and peace doesn’t apply to everyone, even if they’re believers. It only applies to those who walk according to a certain scriptural guideline. In other words, Pastor Ford will ask us—if we don’t implement what Christ has given us for victory, then why are we expecting to have victory in the Christian life?Learn more about this important concept when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will help us understand how Paul affirmed to the Galatian believers his comprehension of his own confirmation. And then, in his letter to them, he celebrated his liberation from sin. We’ll see that Paul gave us a great example of how to respond to the good news of the Gospel as we continue to look at the topic of embracing the cross of Christ.
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On today's Treasured Truth, we’ll look at how embracing the cross of Christ transforms us. As scripture says, “…Old things are passed away, behold all things are become new.” So, Pastor Ford will explain that what God provides for us in our transformation is enough to give us a foundation for holiness and godly living.Find out more when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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As we continue to look at seeking forgiveness from others on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain how we often will make excuses for ourselves. But he will remind us that Jesus died for our sins, not for our excuses. And we need to remember what we’re talking about when we seek forgiveness—it’s not what we feel about what we did to the other person. Rather, it’s about how they felt about what we did to them.Learn more when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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The Bible teaches that we each gain so much through Christ’s sacrifice for us on the cross. And on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that our pardon, position, power, provision, peace, and preservation are all in Christ. Learn more about what Christ has done for us when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, we’ll begin an in depth look at the cross of Christ and how we can embrace it. And Pastor Ford will explain that Christ’s vicarious death was deficient for none, sufficient for all, and efficient for everybody who believes in Him.Find out more about what this means when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that when we see one of our brothers or sisters in need of spiritual correction, we first need to take time to pray and really think about the best, most positive way to speak words of correction or words of rebuke to them. We need to do it in the right spirit, and not permit ourselves to get upset when we don’t get the response that we think we should get or that the Bible says we should get from them.
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As we continue to look at how we should treat our brothers and sisters in Christ, we’re going to take a closer look at meekness. When someone is meek, it means that they have strength under control. And on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that God delights in people who are meek. God wants to use people in their meekness to restore the things that are broken around them.
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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that our fellow believers are our brothers and our sisters in Christ. We have been cemented together and sealed by the blood of Jesus through our redemption. And that fact should compel us to care for one another. We should treat each other with decency, kindness, and respect, bearing each other’s burdens. Because according to the Apostle Paul, when we do that, we fulfill the law of Christ.
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When you join us for today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will start a new message called “When Sorry Isn’t Enough.” He’ll explain that forgiveness is a dialogue and simply saying you’re sorry is a monologue. In other words, when we say, “I’m sorry,” there’s nothing else to say about what’s happened. But, when we say, “Forgive me,” now we’ve included the other person and it’s going to take a dialogue to deal with what has taken place. Learn more on today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain how the Apostle Paul’s teaching in Galatians makes it clear that the gospel of Jesus Christ doesn’t deny the law, but rather, the law is fulfilled in the gospel. Because the central core and motivation behind what Jesus did for us is the fact that He loves us. And in return, we should love Him and not squander the liberty He has afforded to us. Learn more when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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As believers, we have so much freedom in Christ. We’re freed from the bondage of sin, for salvation. We’re freed from self. We’re freedd from Satan. And we’re freed from the bondage to the law. So, Pastor Ford will explain that because we’ve now been made free by Christ, we must guard against allowing our liberty to be stolen by the license we may feel our freedom allows. Find out more about what this means, when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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In Galatians 5, Paul was trying to help the Galatians believers understand that they were relying on the law to save them. And in order for that to be an effective method, it required them to be in strict obedience to all the law. They couldn’t just can’t pick and choose! They couldn’t say, “We want to obey some of the commandments, not all of the commandments.” So, Pastor Ford will help us understand more of what Paul was teaching the Galatians about this important point on today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, as we continue our study in Galatians, Pastor Ford will remind us about what the Apostle Paul was trying to teach the Galatian believers—that we as believers need to understand the more human effort we bring to the table when it comes to the process of our salvation, the more we end up nullifying God’s grace. Find out more about the “no strings attached” gospel on today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain how the Apostle Paul described the situation of the Galatian believers. They had heard and received the clear and simple message of salvation, but they let the those who were stuck on earning their salvation by keeping the law come along and add stuff to the gospel. So, they had a saving message, but they let others take the truth away from them, making the message of no effect. To learn more join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, as we conclude our look at the story of the paralyzed man in Mark chapter 2, we’ll see how this man’s friends were determined to get him to Jesus. Despite the obstacles, they tore the roof off the building where Jesus was teaching so that He could heal their friend. So, Pastor Ford will ask today, what radical things are we doing to get our friends to Jesus?
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When you join us for today's Treasured Truth, we’ll learn more about how we can transition from doctrine to duty. Pastor Ford will explain that what is learned in the holy place where we worship, should be demonstrated in the marketplace where we work and live. So, he’ll encourage us to take what we are learning in church with us and share it with the world. If we were doing that more often, then more people would be attracted to what we have and want to become a part of the church themselves.
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On today's Treasured Truth, in the passage we’ll be studying from Galatians 5, Paul says, “Stand fast therefore, in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free. And be not entangled again, with the yoke of bondage.” So, Pastor Ford will explain what he means is the law doesn’t empower us, it enslaves us. And if we try to follow the law, we end up with legalism, rather than liberty. To learn more about the freedom Christ offers us, join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will help us understand that when we are not keeping the Lord’s commandments, we are not loving Him. He’ll also address this question—what does it mean for us to be committed to Jesus Christ? It means we love what Jesus loves and we hate what Jesus hates. And that’s how we know we’re committed to Christ. Learn more when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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Have you ever received a pardon, but refused it? On today's Treasured Truth, we’ll hear about a man named George Wilson, who did just that. And Pastor Ford will explain that there are too many people who are like George. God gives them the pardon they need, but they reject His offer of salvation through grace. Join us as we begin a new message from Pastor Ford called “Gave Me Liberty” on today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, as we continue to look at the story that the Apostle Paul allegorizes in Galatians chapter 4, we’ll see that he wants to help the Galatians understand that they are trying in vain to get salvation from the law, when the law was never designed to give us our salvation. We simply cannot get salvation by the things that we do. And that’s Paul’s entire argument—salvation is by grace alone.
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As we continue to look at this story from the Old Testament and how the Apostle Paul is infusing it with a new meaning, Pastor Ford will remind us that Biblical interpretation follows a simple formula—when the literal sense makes plain sense, seek no other sense, lest you abandon common sense and end up with nonsense. Learn more when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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The Law and Grace don’t mix. But the Apostle Paul was having a hard time communicating that fact to the Galatian believers and convincing them it was the truth. So, he took a story from the Old Testament and allegorized it, giving it a new twist that helped them to understand. To hear Pastor Ford explain how Paul used an old story with a new meaning in his letter to the Galatians, join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that challenges are an important part of our journey as followers of Christ. What we’ve overcome determines how far we’ve come from the place where God started to change our lives. And if we find that we’re not anywhere new, it’s probably because we have not yet overcome the challenges that God wants to use to grow us into the new creation He is making in us.
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When you join us for today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain how the Apostle Paul set an example for us when he was addressing the Galatian believers about the errors of their doctrine. Paul equated the process to the “travails of childbirth” as he struggled to help them understand. His ultimate goal was for them to see the likeness of Christ formed in them. So, following his example, we can learn from Paul as we seek to assist our own fellow believers who may have accepted false doctrines that don’t line up with the truth found in God’s Word.
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How do you reach someone with the truth of God’s Word, when they are confused about a doctrinal issue and believing an error? On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain you must start by showing them your genuine concern for them and allowing them to sense your heart of compassion for them. If you don’t start there, then they may confuse you with the “doctrine police” and you may miss the opportunity to help them understand the truth. To learn more, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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When you join us for today's Treasured Truth, we will consider the importance of having sound doctrine. And Pastor Ford will explain that we must be concerned about the truth of the gospel, maintaining its clarity and integrity. But we also must have a heart of compassion for others. So, to maintain our understanding of God’s truth while caring for our fellow believers, we must lovingly correct those around us who may have been duped by doctrinal error.
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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that we need to become intimately familiar with the truth. Why? Because there will be people who will come to us with errors in their teaching. They will come with heresy and lies. And we must be able to distinguish between the truth of God’s Word and man’s errors. Learn more about this important concept when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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As believers, we sometimes can get bogged down in our journey toward maturity, daunted by the perception that we need to abide by a lot of rules. But on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that we should concentrate on remembering how it was when we first got saved. Do we remember the freedom that we felt and the burden that was lifted from us? Do we remember when we realized our sins were cast into the depths of the sea? If we remember those things, we will remember the true liberty we have in Christ.
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On today's Treasured Truth, as we continue our study in Mark 2, and we see how the friends of the paralytic man went to great lengths to get him in front of Jesus, Pastor Ford will ask us some important questions to consider. Are we ready to break out of the box? Are we ready to tear the roof off of all the limitations? Sometimes, in order to get people to Jesus, we have to overcome obstacles and challenges. But on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that every effort to get someone to Jesus is worth it.
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On today's Treasured Truth, as we seek to understand our motivation to love and serve God and our fellow believers, we must realize that Satan’s going to shoot at us to try and prevent us from striving to reach our goal. And according to Pastor Ford, if the Devil can’t mess your church up from the outside, then what will he do? He’ll find a way to join it! So, we don’t need to give Satan the bullets to shoot at us. He already knows that if he can divide us, he can defeat us. Find out more about how we can protect ourselves against the ploys of Satan on today's Treasured Truth.
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Have you ever considered why as believers, we do what we do? Why do we want to know Christ more? We want that for His sake. Why do we want to love Him more? We do that for His sake. And why do we want to follow Him more? On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that everything we do as believers should all be done for the Lord’s sake.
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When we realize that a fellow believer is trying to earn their salvation by obeying rules, we need to emphasize for them the freedom that they have in Jesus Christ. We should encourage them to not let anyone bind them or limit their freedom, by having them do things that the Bible doesn’t tell them to do. So, join us for today's Treasured Truth to find out what it means for our brothers and sisters in Christ to “oppose themselves” as believers.
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On today's Treasured Truth, as we continue to consider the three-fold appeal we find in Galatians 4, Pastor Ford will explain that surface level Christianity robs us of our greater power to be able to live the Christian life. And the greater power we are seeking doesn’t come through obeying rules. Rules are not the end. They are the means by which we reach the end goal, which is always greater fellowship with Christ.
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As we begin a new study in Galatians on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will ask us how far will we go to help a brother or sister who has strayed from the truth of the Bible. What does it mean, really, to bring someone back to the truth, when they have forsaken and abandoned the way of grace and are going in the way of the law? We’ll learn more about this important part of our role as Christ followers on today's Treasured Truth.
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Is your life and testimony making Jesus attractive to the people around you? Is anyone overhearing you share what Jesus has done for you in His person, His power, His plan, His program, and in His provision? On the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will ask you to consider, “Who’s hearing you?” To consider your answer to that important question, join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford shares a story about how God wanted to remove fear from his life. And God knew the way to do it was to put him in a situation where he had no help but the Lord Himself. And, because Pastor Ford has been able to look back on that situation, he’ll explain how, from that day forward, he’s never been scared.
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In Psalm 23 we read, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I’ll fear no evil.” But how could David say this, when his enemies wanted to kill him? Because he knew that God was with always with him. And on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that just like David, we can overcome our fears knowing that God is always with us, so we don’t ever have to be scared.
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As we start a new message series on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will ask us to consider how the friends of the paralyzed man in Mark chapter 2 carried him directly to Jesus so he could be healed. In the same way, we should never let anyone or anything stop us from getting to Jesus those in our lives who need Him. Hear more about this important responsibility in the lives of believers on today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, we’ll discover how to overcome fear and anxiety. Pastor Ford will explain that when we really know Who God is and we don’t just talk about Him, but we also walk in the realization of Who He is, then we’re in a good position to overcome any fears we may face. Because when we’re rightly focused on God, that’s when we never lose sight of Who God is and what God can do in, through, and around us. To learn more, join us for the next Treasured Truth.
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Sometimes we just need someone who will tell us like it is. We need someone who will just get up in our face and tell us stuff, especially the hard stuff that we don’t want to hear or even talk about. We need them to disciple us. On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will tell us about the man who did these things for him and discipled him when he first became a follower of Christ. To hear about the difference discipleship made in Pastor Ford’s life, join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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When we join Pastor Ford for today's Treasured Truth, he’ll ask us to consider these questions—What are people learning from our example at our church? Are new believers who are getting saved and coming to our church learning from us and the other members of our congregation? We’ll hear more about the process of discipleship and just how important it is in the life of the church on today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, we’ll continue our current series on the process of discipleship. Pastor Ford will ask us to consider the importance of discipleship, but not at the expense of salvation. He’ll explain that salvation shouldn’t be minimized or relegated as something that is not important. But it’s just the beginning, not the end. And so, we need to understand that discipleship is like taking a step further beyond salvation.
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On today's Treasured Truth, as we continue to look at discipleship, we’ll consider the fact that when people met Jesus’ disciples, they knew that those men had been in the presence of Jesus Christ. It was evident to those they encountered because of the lifestyle they were living and the message they were giving. And that’s because Jesus had discipled them. He accomplished what He wanted to in the lives of those men through discipleship. To hear more join Pastor Ford for today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will challenge us to seek understanding of how our problems and pain can be motivating factors in our lives. As we go through difficulties, those circumstance can motivate us to lives in the “not yet,” right now. In other words, we can focus right now on the hope we have in our future with Jesus, instead of dwelling on our current situation. Gain some encouragement and deeper awareness about your problems and pain when you join us for today's Treasured Truth Weekend.
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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue to help us understand the process of discipleship. He’ll remind us there are people in the church who are not mature believers. But if you are mature, then what’s your job as a believer? Your job is to become a disclipler. As we dig further into 1 Corinthians 4, we’ll see that it says mature believers should be discipling those who are less mature and making sure they are firmly rooted in the truth of God’s Word so that they’re not shaken by every wind of doctrine that comes along.
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On today's Treasured Truth, we’ll begin a new study on the process of discipleship. As Christians, we are all called to make disciples. But how do we know that we’re being effective in our discipleship? Pastor Ford will explain that we know we’re effective when we have a fourth-generation disciple, who we are helping to grow in the Lord. Find out more about what it means to disciple generationally when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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When you join us for today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that God’s resources are reserved for those who fulfill His responsibilities. So that means our provision has to be linked to God’s purpose. And the problem is that many of us want the provision, but we don’t want to accept and follow His purpose. Hear the conclusion of the message “Are You Going to Do What God Calls You to Do?” on today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue to explain the importance of doing what God calls us to do. There are times when we will lose out on the blessings of God, because we don’t have enough faith to put all of our trust in the plan He has for us. But then there are times when we place only part of our faith in His plan, and God still chooses to bless us fully. Ultimately, how God chooses to bless us, when He chooses to do it, and how much He chooses to bless us with, is really all up to Him.
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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that we have a God Who cannot love us more than He already does and will never love us any less. And even though we sometimes ignore the plan He has for us and we walk away from Him, He will never walk away from us. No matter how far we stray, we never cease to be His children. Hear more about God’s amazing steadfastness when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will answer more of your questions about the Bible and living the Christian life. The topics he’ll cover in this episode of “Ask Pastor Ford” include explaining the Trinity, happiness in marriage and getting out of debt. To hear him share specific wisdom about these matters, join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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Understanding that we need to remember God and seek Him now is the focus of our study on today's Treasured Truth. As we look at Ecclesiastes 12, Pastor Ford will remind us that everyone will have to give an account to God eventually, so it’s best for us to remember God now, while we still can.
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On today's Treasured Truth, we’ll see how scripture encourages us to remember our Creator in the days of our youth. Why? Because life is a privilege and not an obligation. Pastor Ford will remind us that tomorrow is never guaranteed and that it is so important to remember God now, while we have the opportunity to do so. Join us for today's Treasured Truth to hear the first part of a compelling message from Pastor Ford called, “How to Remember Not to Forget God.”
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As we wrap up our study on Jehovah Jireh on today's Treasured Truth, we’ll see how Abraham learned Who God is by what he went through. And through the circumstances in his life, he learned that God is the answer. But just like Abraham, we have to be given a problem so that we can discover all that God is. So to Abraham, God became Jehovah-Jireh. And if we go through the problems we are given, what we’ll find is that God reveals His name to us according to what we need, just like he did for Abraham.
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On today's Treasured Truth, we’ll continue to look at how God manifests Himself as Jehovah-Jireh to us. He places His provision where we can get it, when we need it, even when we don’t know that we need it. He then reveals His provision to us at just the right time—when we’re ready to receive it. To learn more about this aspect of our Heavenly Father, be sure to join Pastor Ford for today's Treasured Truth.
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Pastor Ford will remind us today that sometimes the solution to our problem is in our problem. In other words, our deficiency—which is apparent to us in our problem—may be the provision for the sufficiency that God wants to provide for us, but we sometimes cannot easily see the truth about our situation.
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As we continue to learn about how God is our ultimate provider, we’ll discover how faithfulness in our current circumstances produces fruitfulness in us later. We'll see how God will test us in the little things now to reveal to us whether we will be faithful in the big things He has planned for us later.
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We have the revelation from God on this side of our circumstance—God’s promise. Then we have the manifestation of that promise on the other side—God’s provision. And today we’ll look further at how our obedience is the bridge that allows us to cross over from promise to provision.
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Without God we can’t and without us God won’t. So we have to be participants in His plan. And our obedience is the factor that allows us to participate. It’s the bridge that takes us to our provision. Learn more on today on Treasured Truth.
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Pastor Ford asks today, “Will you do the unthinkable? Is your faith greater than your fears? Is the promise greater than your problem?” Because, only when all of those things are true, will you then be able to go from God’s promises to His provisions for your life.
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On today's Treasured Truth, as we look further at how God is our ultimate provider, Pastor Ford will explain that our provision is tied to our obedience. We aren’t going to get what God has for us until we do what God has told us to do.
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As we continue to learn about God as our ultimate provider, we’ll see that the provision God has for us is often right in front of us—everybody can see it. But in order for us to see it as His provision, He has to reveal it and manifest it to us through His power as Jehovah-Jireh—the God Who puts what we need, where we need it, until we need it, even when we don’t know that we need it.
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When God instructed Abraham to sacrifice Isaac He was testing him. But after Abraham demonstrated total faith, God ultimately revealed Himself as Jehovah-Jireh and provided the sacrifice to take Isaac’s place. Today we’ll learn more about the reasons why God tests His children and see how He becomes our Jehovah-Jireh, our provider, in the midst of those tests.
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Pastor Ford will remind us today that we should learn to connect the good times and not separate them from the bad times because God loves us always—both in the good times and in the bad. We’ll see that even negative things in our lives have divine purpose and can be part of God’s ultimate provision for us.
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Today, as we start to look at Genesis 22 and see how God is our ultimate provider, Pastor Ford asks us to consider this—how many of us have blown our blessing because we have not been prepared for what God has prepared for us? We’ll learn that there’s probably a lot of people to whom God hasn’t given their blessings, because He’s said to them, “You aren’t ready for Me to bless you yet.” Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Today, as we study John 12 and continue to learn about how Mary broke her alabaster box of fragrant perfume to anoint Jesus, we’ll see the extent of the sacrificial love she was showing to Him by doing that. And perhaps her story will compel us to consider what it is that we will sacrifice for Jesus.
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God has sent us the trials we are experiencing in our lives, and He wants us to see them in the way that He sees them. That’s because He’s shaping us to make us into something that we currently are not. And why is He doing that? Because in the current shape we’re in, God won’t give us what He ultimately does want to give us at the point when we have eventually been conformed to His will. Find out more when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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Others can tell how much we love Jesus by the way we serve Him. They can tell by the way we give to Him. They can tell by the way we worship Him. You see, a lot of us have a fake “Zirconium Jesus.” Because if we all had a real “Diamond Jesus” then there’d be nothing that would keep us from going crazy about the Lord Jesus Christ! Find out what this means on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we live the Christian life, we need a love that will sacrifice for the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Because many of us have praise for Christ on our lips, but the rest of our lives doesn’t demonstrate our love for Him. In other words, according to Pastor Ford, we often have high praise, but low living! Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we wrap up this study from Genesis 2 and take a concluding look at “the perfect guy,” we can thank God for His grace and His power, as He continues the job of shaping us and molding us into His image. As long as we don’t become too stubborn, by not allowing Him to work in our lives, the Lord is continually making us into the people He wants us to be—whether that’s the “perfect guy” or the “perfect gal.”
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As we continue to look at the character of “the perfect guy,” if you’re a husband, instead of putting down your wife because of her weaknesses, you should rather strive to become her strength in her weaknesses. Then as a husband, you can become like Jesus to your wife. And Pastor Ford will remind us that’s exactly what the Bible says, that a man ought to be like Jesus to his wife. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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How do you know if you’re on your way to becoming “the perfect guy”? One way is to look at your stewardship in the areas of time, talent, and treasure. Are you following the Lord’s commandments about those areas in the way you’re supposed to be following? The perfect guy has resources that have been given by God and he exercises good stewardship of those resources.” Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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There’s power in the name of Jesus. So much so, that when we focus on Him and on magnifying His name, our perspective changes. We will realize that the problems in our lives will become smaller, in comparison to the light of His glory.
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Before you make a commitment in a relationship, you should really consider some facts about the person with whom you are seeking a relationship. Pastor Ford will urge us to quit making deep commitments to shallow people. According to him, there’s too many who are making Mercedes investments into “hooptie” people. Find out what the means on today’s Treasured Truth.
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The perfect guy will be someone in whom Jesus is resident and through whom the power of the Holy Spirit can be observed. So, he has the residency of Christ, and he has transparency. We’ll also see that he has security and liberty. Pastor Ford asks, “What else could you want in a man?” Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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We’ll hear more of Pastor Ford’s description of the perfect guy, based on Genesis 2, and we’ll see that this person has respiration from God—God breathed in him and gave him the breath of life. The perfect guy also has revelation—he’s a man of the book. And, he has a relationship given by God. These are just a few of the characteristics we’ll learn today as we look at how to identify the perfect guy.
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We’ll hear more of Pastor Ford’s description of the perfect guy, based on Genesis 2, and we’ll see that this person has respiration from God—God breathed in him and gave him the breath of life. The perfect guy also has revelation—he’s a man of the book. And, he has a relationship given by God. These are just a few of the characteristics we’ll learn today as we look at how to identify the perfect guy.
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As we start a new study from Genesis 2, we’ll begin to look at the attributes of someone who could be considered “the perfect guy.” We’ll also learn some characteristics of someone who’s not. And Pastor Ford will ask, “What do you do when your prince charming turns into a frog? What do you do when your knight in shining armor turns out to be a fool in aluminum foil?
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When we consider the purpose in our problems and pain, we need to realize that it’s not how much of Jesus we have, but it’s how much of us that Jesus has. We need to ask ourselves, do we really trust Him in our time of trouble?
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Pastor Ford answers some listener questions today covering a variety of topics including moral issues related to today’s headlines, ways for single women to relate to men in a godly way, and how to respond when your spouse has an affair.
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When we’re going through persecution—but we know that we have Biblical salvation— that assurance should override any suffering we may be experiencing. How can that override any suffering? Because suffering’s only temporary, but salvation is eternal. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Pastor Ford explains that in order for suffering to be remedial, then what we have to realize is that we need to quit looking at the circumstances, and also quit looking at Satan. Instead, we have to start looking at the Savior! We have to begin by saying, “I know that God is controlling this thing.” And then we have to trust that He is going to get us through whatever we are facing.
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Suffering always has significance. God allows us to go through what we’re going through to develop in us something that is lacking in our character and to strengthen our walk with Him. And when we endure suffering, that’s when we find that we become more mature spiritually.
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When we become involved in ministry at our local church, we need to remember Who we’re working for. That it’s God Who has called us to this work and ultimate we’ll be accountable to Him. God has gifted each of us in special ways and has given us the things that He wants us to do.
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As we continue our study in the book of James, Pastor Ford will ask us to consider this question—even though we’re going through something right now, are we more committed to Jesus’ purpose than we are to getting out of our pain?
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When will followers of Christ be encouraged to serve in their local congregations? When they begin to understand that God has led them to the place where they worship, not just to get food from His Word. God led them there to work. And as Pastor Ford will remind us today, that’s all because we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, to do good work!
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As we begin a study in Colossians 4, Pastor Ford will remind us today that followers of Christ are called to get involved with ministry at their local church. The church needs more people who utilize their gifts and are faithful in service—those who say, “God called me to this and I’m going to do this to the best of my God-given abilities. I may not always do it right. But I’m going to keep doing it until I get it right.”
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Today on Treasured Truth, we’ll see how easy it was for Jephthah to assign the blame of his own mistake to his daughter and how that negatively affected a situation that was already terrible. And Pastor Ford will help us understand how our actions and reactions to situations in our lives can have severe affects on our own relationships.
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As we continue to look at the story of Jephthah’s vow, we’ll discover how other choices he made in his life had adverse effects on his daughter. And Pastor Ford will help us take a look at how we, as parents today, can begin to turn things around if we’ve made decisions that have negatively affected our children.
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In the Old Testament book of Judges, chapter 11, we read about Jephthah’s foolish vow. And today Pastor Ford will begin to explain how Jephthah came to make such a rash and drastic statement and then to what extent it affected his daughter and his own life and ministry.
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Many of us may be going through a tremendous struggle right now, but as we begin to look at how there is purpose in our problems and pain, Pastor Ford will encourage us to not waste our sorrows. Instead, we should embrace them, realizing that God is up to something and is working in our lives.
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As we continue to look at 2 Corinthians and understand what made the mindset of the Macedonian believers such an example for us, Pastor Ford will explain that the basis of their sacrificial spirit was a result of them understanding God’s ultimate sacrifice. God gave the best of heaven—Jesus, for the worst of earth—us!
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There are some people, no matter what you do to them, no matter what they go through, they will never deny Jesus, they’ll never backslide on Him. They can go without food, without job, without lots of things, and they still have the joy of the Lord. They still tell people that Jesus Christ is the center of their joy. And Pastor Ford points out how they can do just that and what having the mindset actually requires.
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Pastor Ford says that in 2 Corinthians 8, here’s what Paul is saying, ‘The reason, the Macedonians have become your example is because your thinking about giving is wrong. You don’t have the right motivation for giving. They do. And so, you need to have the Macedonian Mindset.” Find out what that mindset is on today’s Treasured Truth.
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We often wonder why there are shadows in our lives. Pastor Ford will explain today that it’s sometimes because we’ve let some kind of “moon” come in between us and God. What is moon? A moon doesn’t possess its own light, it only reflects what the sun gives it. So, he’ll ask us, “What is it that God has given to us, that we’ve now allowed to replace Him?”
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In today’s world, we buy more, but we enjoy it less. We have bigger houses, but smaller hearts. We have more conveniences, but less time. We have multiplied our possessions, but we have reduced our values. And we have learned how to make a living, but we haven’t learned how to make a life. On today’s Treasured Truth, we’ll continue to look at stewardship and Pastor Ford will encourage us to not follow the world’s example of how to handle our money and view possessions.
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How can we know if we are mature believers? When His purpose is more important to us than our pain. Some people won’t get involved in ministry because they know that they’re going to get hurt. But Pastor Ford will explain today that we all must ask ourselves, is Calvary more important than our own personal comfort?
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As we begin to look at the theology of stewardship, Pastor Ford will ask how many of us have made God the Lord of the leftovers? Because if we’re honest with ourselves, He usually gets our leftover time, our leftover talents, our leftover treasures. We often think, ‘If I have anything left, then I can give to God.’
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When we look at the difference between joy and happiness, we learn that joy is produced by the Holy Spirit; happiness is produced by the human spirit. And so, if it’s independent of circumstances, joy is not impacted by what’s happening around us or to us. Joy is what’s happening through us.
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When we seek to understand joy, we’ll discover that joy changes our attitude, our affections, and it helps us with the way we act and respond to the circumstances in our lives.
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Part of understanding joy is considering its source. Our joy is based on our relationship with God and it is born in us by the Holy Spirit. Joy elevates us in the presence of God. It controls our worship of Him, even when we’re going through difficult times and situations.
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We’ve been learning that grace has many benefits. Today Pastor Ford will share how grace transforms our tears into triumph, our gloom into glory, our weakness into strength, our barrenness into fruitfulness, our worries into worship and our heartaches into hallelujahs!
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One benefit of grace is justification. With justifying grace, Jesus clothed us in His righteousness. So now when God looks at us, He no longer sees our sin, He sees His Son, because we’re covered in the blood of Jesus Christ.
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As we look further at the benefits of grace, Pastor Ford will help us see that grace sets us up and provides everything we need for where God is taking us.
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Who is grace? Titus 2:11-13 says, “The grace of God has appeared to all men.” Pastor Ford will explain today how that verse is referring to Jesus. He’s the grace of God! And as believers, we receive all the blessings of His benefits.
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As we continue our study in 2 Corinthians, we discover that Paul had a unique perspective about his problems, because he chose to look at the Problem Solver, instead of at his problems. Instead of looking at the Devil, who has some power, Paul chose to focus on the One Who has all power—Jesus Christ.
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Even though it often seems that the benefits we’re expecting are delayed, grace is always working on our behalf to give us what we do not deserve. And God is either getting us ready for what He has for us or He’s getting ready for us the things He has in store for us.
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Pastor Ford will remind us that the Apostle Paul essentially encouraged us to not ever take our eyes off of Christ and put our eyes on our problems or our pain. By maintaining what Pastor Ford calls an abiding vision of God, Paul was able to accept his suffering when God chose not to remove it from his life.
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Prayer is an indispensable weapon in spiritual warfare. It’s our cooperation with God in our stance with Him against our common enemies. And so what we want to do is see why and how we should apply prayer as one of our main weapons of warfare. So join us to learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we look at Luke chapter 9, we’ll learn the purposes of prayer based on the disciples’ prayer and Pastor Ford will explain the spiritual warfare in which we are engaged and how prayer is one of the main weapons we can use in battle.
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As we look at Luke chapter 9, we’ll learn the purposes of prayer based on the disciples’ prayer and Pastor Ford will explain the spiritual warfare in which we are engaged and how prayer is one of the main weapons we can use in battle.
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When our heavenly Father tells us to do something, we shouldn’t question it, but rather we should just do it because He said so. We’re His children and He’s our Father—and He knows best. We can be grateful for God’s prerogative because it’s always focused on the best outcome for us. Learn more about this on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Pastor Ford will remind us that God works His sovereign will in spite of us. He uses us, even though we may not realize that we’re being used by Him. He is still working out His plan for the best possible outcome in our lives. And although we may not see it or understand what He’s doing, we can still be grateful for His sovereignty.
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Today on Treasured Truth, we’ll continue to look at how the Apostle Paul described and dealt with his “thorn in the flesh.” Pastor Ford will point out that there was a tension, or a tandem nature about Paul’s situation—God graced the suffering to him, but Satan was the one who was giving him fits. Satan was the one causing his pain. It wasn’t God. God was the one being gracious toward him.
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Nothing will make us pray like a problem. And that’s one reason why God allows problems to enter our lives so we will learn to depend more on Him. But we don’t need to understand God’s methods, we just have to trust that He is God and that He knows best and then be thankful for His work in our lives. Learn more about this on today’s Treasured Truth.
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We can’t see God with our eyes. And signs of how He is working in the world and in our lives are not always visible to us. But the Scriptures assure us that no matter what we perceive He is always working. And for that we can be grateful and can express our gratitude to Him in prayer.
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Praying with an attitude of gratitude involves focusing in on thanking God for Who He is. We can express our gratitude to Him for His many attributes, like His power and His purity. And we can begin by shifting our focus from ourselves to Him. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Gratitude is an important part of life, especially when it comes to our relationship with God. In our prayer life, we ought to be thankful. We ought to always have an attitude of gratitude and be thanking God continually for all that He has done. To learn about this and more, join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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God sometimes tells us to wait for answers to our prayers until it’s humanly impossible for what we’re waiting for to be accomplished. We wait until there’s no earthly way for it to happen, so that everyone knows if God didn’t do it, then it just wouldn’t get done. Learn more about why God sometime tells us to wait when we pray on today's Treasured Truth.
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One reason why we’re fighting against what God is allowing to happen in our lives may be because we’re immature in our faith and we don’t understand that God’s not allowing our suffering to happen in order to hurt us. Instead, He’s trying to help us. He’s not trying to destroy us. He’s trying to develop us.
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God has various reasons for having us wait for answers to our prayers. One of them is to bless others while blessing you. But sometimes that may require a delayed answer for us. Learn more about this on today’s Treasured Truth.
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God has a reason for everything He does. When He answers our prayers with, “Wait,” we should trust Him. He knows that if He gives us what we’re asking for, our state of readiness in terms of our maturity can’t handle what we want to receive. So for our own good, we must wait.
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We pray to commune with God and to communicate with Him. But there are also other objectives we should have when we pray. Learn about all five reasons why we pray on today’s Treasured Truth.
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We commonly think that there are three ways God answers prayer—yes, no, and wait. But today, we’ll look at a fourth answer to prayer that we don’t often consider. God will sometimes answer us by saying, “My grace is sufficient for you.”
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The greatest invitation to pray lies in the phrase, “Our Father.” With that invitation, God supplies the initiative for us to come to Him. And because He is the Author of prayer, He is supposed to be the aim and the focus of our praying.
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We need to remember that God can do with us whatever, whenever, wherever, and however He pleases. And guess what—He’s not going to ask our permission to conform us to the image of Jesus Christ. However, we must realize that sometimes the best way He is able to do just that is through our suffering. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we look further at the structure God has given us for prayer, Pastor Ford will lead us to explore more about what the exact basis of prayer should be and what makes our individual prayers valid.
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God is the Author of prayer and gives us the requirements of prayer. He tells us in His word that we must be in a relationship with Him, in order to pray. Learn more about the divine structure of prayer on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Today, Pastor Ford continues to share with us the basics of prayer. He will remind us that prayer is not only for us to commune with and communicate with God, it’s also for us to commit more fully to Him and cooperate with His will in our lives.
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Pastor Ford will explain that when we get to the root of it, prayer is first of all communion with God. However, we need to realize that definition of prayer doesn’t seem to fit how most believers view prayer and utilize it in their lives. Learn more about this on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Sometimes we have to go back to the basics to recall the foundational truths of our faith. Today, Pastor Ford begins a study on the basics of prayer, reminding us about the importance of the discipline of prayer.
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Sometimes all we can see is our problems. We’re surrounded by our handicaps, our sicknesses, and our liabilities—emotionally, physically, psychologically, socially, and financially. What we need is a fresh, abiding vision of God. On today’s Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that we can ask God to help us see Him in the midst of our suffering.
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When trying to get out of debt, will we do as the widow in the book of 2 Kings did? As Blind Bartimaeus and as Abraham did? What is it they did? They believed God to bring life to a dead situation. They didn’t try to figure out how God was going to do it. They just acted on what God said and held on despite all the negative circumstances in their lives.
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As we continue to look at how to get out of debt, we’ll learn that when we borrow, it entwines us and unites us together with someone other than God who’s going to direct our lives because of what we owe them.
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When we allow God to use our stuff for His purposes, He takes our stuff and multiplies it to meet our needs. Learn more about how God honors us when we honor Him with our finances on today’s Treasured Truth.
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If God loved us enough to set us free and to pay our sin debt, then He loves us enough to guide us, guard us, govern us, and to grace us, then to provide and protect us as we give generously to others and begin to honor Him with our money. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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How can we know that we’re serious about getting out of debt? When we commit to giving God what is due to Him first. That’s how we know we’re serious and we can trust that God will honor us when we honor Him with our finances. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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The Apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthian church about his “thorn in the flesh.” And Pastor Ford will explain how Paul dealt with his suffering by keeping an abiding vision of God, so that it helped him to deal with whatever he was going through. We’ll learn that Paul wasn’t looking at his suffering. He was looking at the Savior.
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How do we begin to get out of debt? A good place to start is by crying out to God for His help. Yet, the problem is some of us cry out to Him, but we’re not serious. We’re waiting on God to do something to get us out of debt and God is waiting on us to do something to show Him that we are serious and are desperate for His help. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Does being in debt distort our goals? Yes, because when we’re in debt, we can’t seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. Why? It’s because we’ve gone into debt adding these things to ourselves, instead of letting the Lord add them to us in His time and through His provision. Pastor Ford will discuss these principles on today's Treasured Truth.
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When we don’t obey God, He doesn’t lose—we do! So, when we consider all the things that He’s told us to do and we’ve decided we’re not going to do them, we’re the ones that have always ended up in a mess. And that’s especially true when it comes to our finances. Learn more about how to get out of debt on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Today we take a break from our normal programming lineup so Pastor Ford can answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life. The topics he’ll be explaining include how to deal with infidelity in marriage and the importance of being sober in the Christian life, especially as marijuana is becoming one of the most commonly used “recreational” drug throughout America.
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When we desire restoration, we first must recognize what’s wrong and then do something about it. Sometimes we encounter problems or issues, and we want to give up instead of resolving them. But the passage we’ll be studying today encourages us not to give up, but instead to grow up. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we begin a study today from 2 Corinthians, and consider why God gives us challenges and liabilities that we must deal with in our lives, Pastor Ford will challenge us to consider this question—Is it conceivable that you have your disability not as a liability, but as a possibility?
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Pastor Ford will explain today that we need to realize that we can’t fix what we can’t face and we can’t correct what we won’t confront. In order for us to be restored, God first wants us to acknowledge that we have issues, that we have sinned, and that we’ve broken fellowship with Him. When we do that, then the restoration can begin.
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Our fellowship with God is not an afterthought for Him. Instead, it was a forethought. Because He set things up before we sinned so we would know that when we sin we can restore our fellowship back with Him. Learn more about this important aspect of God's love for us on the next Treasured Truth.
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Why should we get or give forgiveness? Because it consistently deepens our sense of God’s grace to us and magnifies His forgiveness toward us. It begs us to ask ourselves, “How dare we keep something against someone when God’s forgiven us for all that we have done?” Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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When seeking forgiveness, our response to the hurt and pain that we’ve caused the person from whom we’re seeking forgiveness is crucial to their healing process. As we study about how to get forgiveness, today we’ll begin learn more about how important proper restitution can be.
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When we’ve studied Genesis 50 in the past, we saw how Joseph forgave his brothers for the terrible things that they had done to him. In this new study, Pastor Ford will share the steps that Joseph’s brothers took to seek that forgiveness from him. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we look further at the story of Esther, we’ll learn more about how God brought her to a specific time and place in order for her to fulfill her destiny. Pastor Ford will encourage us to consider how God wants us to use the time He’s given us in our lives to fulfill our own destinies and to do great things for Him. Hear more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Don’t try to substitute anything for obedience because there is no substitute. Your service won’t substitute. Your worship won’t substitute. Your money won’t substitute. Nothing substitutes for total obedience of God’s will for your life.
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Pastor Ford wants to remind us today that the Lord says to all of us, “If you believe Me and trust My word, you don’t need a verse. You don’t need a chapter, a book, a section, or a testament. You just need one word—Come!”
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When it comes to spirituality, sometimes we’re five miles wide and only a half inch deep. We know the lingo better than we know the Lord. So, we’re complaining in the light about what we’re sneaking around and doing in the dark. And Jesus says to us, “Why do you call Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Today, Pastor Ford will remind us how we should approach worship. He'll explan that when we come to worship the Lord, we shouldn't judge the way others are worshipping. We should just worship the Lord in the way that the Holy Spirit and the truth that we’re hearing is leading us to, and let others worship the way in which they are being led. Find out more on today's Treasured Truth.
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We’re always going to get out of worship what we bring to worship. As we’re leaving a worship service, some of us may feel compelled to talk about how we feel after we’ve left God’s presence. Instead, we ought to talk about how God felt after we left His presence, because worship is all about Him. If we come to worship to get something out of it, then we’ve come for the wrong reasons. Learn more when you join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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When we think about the time we spend living our lives for the Lord, we tend to focus on duration. But God focuses on donation. We focus on longevity, but God focuses on legacy. We may hear someone say, “I’ve been saved for twenty years.” And that may be true, but that person’s been out of God’s will for eighteen of those years. So, Pastor Ford will explain that at the judgment seat of Christ, they’ll only get credit for the two years they were living in the will of God. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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What is God's manifested presence? How do we experience it when we come together for worship? The scriptures say that the Lord dwells in the midst of the praises of His people. That means whenever we praise God, He manifests His presence among us. And Pastor Ford will point out that scripture indicates the Lord actually comes and “sits down on” our praise. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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We have a Savior Who loves us with an everlasting love. We have an Intercessor Who continually prays for us according to the will of God. Our Redeemer offers us grace, salvation and hope. And that should be enough motivation for us to keep hanging in there, no matter what we face.
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God’s plan to redeem us has been in place since the beginning of time. He planned it and provided it for us before we ever sinned. In order for us to know this salvation that the Father appointed for us in eternity past, the Son atoned for us at Calvary and the Spirit applied it to us in time. Our part in the process is to accept the grace He has provided for us. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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You may find yourself in a difficult place. You may be the only believer at your workplace or in your family. But instead of lamenting about being the only believer in your circle, instead think of yourself as the first believer. Don’t quit or withdraw. Let your light shine so that those around you can come to know Who Jesus is.
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Today, Pastor Ford remind us that we all need to understand everything Jesus gives us when we accept Him as Savior. He gives us His person to live with, His purpose to live for, His priorities to live by, His provision to live on, and His power to live through. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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On most tombstones, there’s the date of one’s birth and the date of one’s death, and then a dash in the middle. We don’t control the day we’re born or the day we die. But we do control what we do with the dash in the middle. So today, Pastor Ford will encourage us to use the time represented by that dash to make it count for the Lord.
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Do you feel that you need a little more Jesus in your life? If we really love Jesus, then we’ll draw near to Him. We’ll also want to get to know Him better. How do we do this? Pastor Ford says we should seek communion with Jesus. Join us [for today’s Treasured Truth] as we start a new message from Hebrews 10.
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When they were surrounded by enemies and their back was up against the wall, all that King Jehoshaphat and the army of Judah did was trust God. And God fought the battle for them. Today, Pastor Ford will remind us that it’s just like the good news of Jesus Christ. We have strong enemies that stand against us—the world, the flesh and the Devil—but we don’t have to fight them on our own because Jesus already did.
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Pastor Ford reminds us today we must believe that where God leads, God feeds. And where God guides, He provides. We have to believe that when God directs, He always protects. Hear more about these important reminders on today’s Treasured Truth.
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When we feel like our back is up against the wall, we ought to be expecting the fruitful provision from God, despite the fact that it doesn’t look like it’s possible for Him to provide in the midst of our problems. Even though we don’t understand what’s going on and we don’t like it, we ought to be expecting God to provide for us.
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In 2 Chronicles 20, the children of Israel praised God in the midst of the battle and they praised God after the battle was over. And this is what we can learn from them—that in the midst of whatever is going on, we ought to be those who can say, “I don’t care what’s going on in my life, it’s not going to stop me from praising the Lord!”
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As we continue to study about praising God, Pastor Ford will ask us—are we giving God what He wants? Are we dying daily and following Jesus? Are we following His command to go into all the world and preach the gospel? According to Pastor Ford, if we’re not doing these things, maybe we don’t have what we want, because we haven’t yet given God what He wants.
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Today, we’ll continue to study 2 Chronicles 20 and see how King Jehopshaphat led the army of Judah into battle praising the Lord. And we’ll discover how that action on their part completely changed the outcome of the battle. And we’ll learn from their example that sometimes we can think our problems are too big, when the real issue is, our praise is too small.
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In 2 Chronicles 20, King Jehoshaphat and the army of Judah were in a predicament. They were besieged, and in addition to being severely outnumbered, they didn’t have enough weapons. They didn’t have the right resources and they didn’t even really have the guts to stand up to their enemies. But they realized that God was going to be there, because they knew that battle is the Lord’s. So they chose to praise the Lord, instead of fearing their circumstances. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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When confronted with enemies on every side, King Jehoshaphat and the army of Judah received a promise and instructions from God. And even though their back was up against a wall, and it seemed like their situation was hopeless, they chose to act in faith and believe that God was telling them the truth and that their circumstances were telling them a lie.
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As we continue to study in the book of 2 Chronicles, we’ll see how God gives King Jehoshaphat and the army of Judah a promise. Pastor Ford explains that God did that because they needed to understand what He was going to do in the midst of their current circumstance. He wanted to change their outlook, by telling them their outcome.
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Do you only see the trials and the tragedies around you, or do you also see the Lord? Do you see the providential hand of God working in your life? If not, then you’ll want to listen as Pastor Ford reminds us today of how we can trust God when we feel like our back is up against the wall.
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As we continue to learn why every praise belongs to our God, Pastor Ford will explain how in the Psalms, King David was trying to get us to see why he was so blessed and that it was because he never put a limit on God. As David grew, God just very naturally poured out His blessings on him. So, Pastor Ford will ask us—what’s our capacity for comprehesion of Who God is? Because we only receive from God in correlation with Who we know Him to be. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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When we face trails and we feel like we have nowhere to turn, God wants us to know that He is bigger than what we are facing and what feels like it’s bigger than we are. And when we attach ourselves to God and trust His plan, we don’t have to worry about what we’re going through.
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When our back is up against the wall, we have to seek the face of the Father. We have to know that Christ is there with us because He has promised to never leave us, nor forsake us.
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When our back is against the wall, do we realize that God is there with us? We may not feel like He’s there, but Pastor Ford will remind us today that the Bible tells us that He really is there, waiting to assist us in our time of need.
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As we wrap up our study in Hebrews 4 today, Pastor Ford will continue to explain Who it is that we serve. Hebrews identifies Jesus as the Great High Priest and we’ll hear some practical application related to what the means for each of us as believers.
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As we continue our study in Hebrews 4, we’ll look further at Who Jesus is as our Great High Priest. And Pastor Ford will encourage us to consider Who it is we have on our side—He’s the Son of God, which makes Him the perfect person and the perfect sacrifice for our sins. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Today, as Pastor Ford continues to teach us that every praise we have belongs to our God, he will point out that often what keeps us from praising God is that fact that we have an incomplete comprehension of God. And that’s one thing King David expressed in Psalms—he’d experienced a comprehensive view of God and had discovered how incomprehensible, and worthy of praise God actually is. Learn more when you join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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In this new year, we can be the success that Christ wants us to be if we realize that He’s the reason for our success. And we need to understand that we serve The Great High Priest, Who is personal to us. He’ll be for us whatever we need Him to be.
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Who do we serve? Christ is described in scripture as “The Great High Priest” Who is present in our lives. He proved through Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego that He’s a very present help in the time of trouble. But here’s the problem—we don’t really understand Who He is and many of us don’t recognize Him when He comes to us in our trouble.
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At the beginning of this new year, we don’t need resolutions or a list of things to accomplish. We need a revelation. We need to understand Who we have in Christ and then confidently cling to Him.
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Sometimes, when we realize that our opportunity is disguised as opposition, we need to change our plans. But many of us aren’t willing to do that, so we end up succumbing to the opposition instead of finding the opportunity. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Satan will often use opposition to discourage belivers. But opposition is just opportunity that is cleverly disguised. We’ll see today how the Apostle Paul realized that his opportunity was designed as opposition so he would become discouraged. And we’ll see how to combat that same strategy that Satan tries to use against us.
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Today, Pastor Ford will help us understand how Paul affirmed to the Galatian believers his comprehension of his own confirmation. And then, in his letter to them, he celebrated his liberation from sin. We’ll see that Paul gave us a great example of how to respond to the good news of the gospel as we continue to look at the topic of embracing the cross of Christ.
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As we continue in the book of Jeremiah, we will learn more about how God is making it clear through this scripture passage that He alone knows what is best for us and He is working in our lives to accomplish it. And Pastor Ford will remind us that since God is in control, when He decides what is going to happen in our lives, it then becomes our destiny.
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God comprehends and controls the situations in our lives. And today Pastor Ford will explain that just because we don’t know or understand what God is doing, it doesn’t mean God isn’t doing what’s best for us. It means God understands what’s best for us and we should trust Him.
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As we continue our study in Jeremiah 29, we’ll see that when God talks about having the knowledge about the plans for our lives, He’s indicating that He has all of the details of our lives—the decisions we must make and the directions we must go. Ultimately, God is the only one Who can tell us how to make the right choices.
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God doesn’t just give us a second chance. He allows us to seek His forgiveness as many times as we need. He knows the plans that He has for each of us, and He’s willing to forgive us and bring us back into fellowship with Him, every time we stray.
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Scripture says that God is able to do exceedingly and abundantly above all that we could ask or even think. And today, Pastor Ford will explain that he actively acknowledges that fundamental truth by praying, “God, if this prayer of mine is not big enough, then please super-size it!”. Learn more about taking our limits off of God, on the next Treasured Truth.
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On today’s Treasured Truth, we’ll look at how embracing the cross of Christ transforms us. As scripture says, “…Old things are passed away, behold all things are become new.” So, Pastor Ford will explain that what God provided for us in our transformation is enough to give us a foundation for holiness and godly living.Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Pastor Ford will remind us that God wants to take us from sin to salvation, from hell to heaven, from emptiness to everything, and from barrenness to fruitfulness. He’ll turn our worries into worship. So, if we can can begin to comprehend all of this about God and take our limits off of Him, then we won’t fear turning over our unknown to our all-knowing God!
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It’s easy for believers to put God in a box. But Pastor Ford will encourage us today to look beyond the way that God did things in the past for you. Because God may choose to do things differently in the future. If you keep looking for Him to do things the way He always did them before, then you may miss what He is doing in the present.
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Today, Pastor Ford will point out that prayer is not peripheral, but rather, prayer is paramount in our lives. It’s not optional. It’s essential. Learn more about how effective prayer can be on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Today, Pastor Ford will share how important it is to have a place in your home, where you go to meet with God on a regular basis. That’s one part of building up a better, more consistent intercessory prayer life. Find out more about how to pray for others when you join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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Most of the prayers that Jesus prayed weren’t for Himself. They were intercessory prayers that He prayed for other people. And today, we need to follow His example. Pastor Ford wants to help believers become better intercessors, so that God would be working through the prayers of His people. Learn more about intercessory prayer on today’s Treasured Truth.
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The Bible teaches that we each gain so much through Christ’s sacrifice for us on the cross. Pastor Ford will remind us today that our pardon, position, power, provision, peace and preservation are all in Christ. Learn more about what this means for us on today’s Treasured Truth.
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According to Pastor Ford, learning to be content with what you already have is one way to avoid being jealous of others. And for those of us who are believers in Jesus and are seeking to honor Him with our lives, another way we can escape jealousy’s grip is to simply ask ourselves—can we glorify the Lord through our jealousy?
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As we continue to learn more about jealousy, Pastor Ford will not only share the negative effects that jealousy can have, but he’ll also share with us some practical ways to defeat jealousy and prevent it from taking root in our lives.
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In his writing, Shakespeare referred to jealousy as a “green-eyed monster”—and as Pastor Ford will point out today, that is a very fitting analogy. Jealousy can have many negative effects and if we’re not careful, it can destroy us. To learn more, join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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Are there safeguards we can use to prevent ourselves from participating in gossip? Pastor Ford shares eleven questions we can ask ourselves to help combat the natural tendencies that we all have toward the sin of gossip.
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Satan likes to use division as a tool to disable the effectiveness of those who follow Jesus. And one thing he uses to cause division is gossip. Gossip often leads to confusion, arguing and fighting. And when believers are involved with all of those things, they are not moving forward and they are certainly not being effective for the cause of Christ.
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As we begin an in depth look at the cross of Christ and how we can embrace it, we’ll learn that Christ’s vicarious death was deficient for none, sufficient for all, and efficient for everybody who believes in Him.Find out more about what this means, when you join us for today’sTreasured Truth.
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When we’re going through a situation that involves misunderstanding, it’s easy to want to take things into our own hands and try to fix it. But Pastor Ford will encourage us today to turn it all over to God. We should pray that God will open the eyes of those who have misunderstood us. We shouldn’t rush in and try to fix things ourselves. We should let God handle it!
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As we continue to look at misunderstanding today on Treasured Truth, we’ll see that often manipulation can be a factor that leads to misunderstanding. And sometimes people who might have their own interests in mind can complicate the communication process even further, for their own purposes.
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Misunderstanding can occur so easily. And often, it can happen when someone who is involved in the misunderstanding assigns the wrong motivation to the person who is sending the message. And Pastor Ford will point out today that no matter how good your motivation may be for what you are doing, there’s always going to be someone who will ascribe to you a different motivation.
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Today, Pastor Ford will challenge us today to consider these questions—Can you worship Jesus, even when you don’t get what you want? Even if you don’t get the job, if the sickness isn’t healed, if you never get a husband, if you never get a wife, or if your children never come back from “the far country”? Like Job, can you still say, “The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord?”
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What do you do when Jesus doesn’t do what you want, how you want and when you want? Today, Pastor Ford will point out that the mother we meet in Matthew 15 decided she was going to go beyond her expectation. She expected Jesus to help her, but He was silent in that moment. So, she began an exercise in faith by deciding to sit and wait for Him to respond.
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When we see a brother or sister in need of spiritual correction, we first need to take time to pray and really think about the best, most positive way to speak words of correction or words of rebuke to them. We need to do it in the right spirit, and not permit ourselves to get upset when we don’t get the response that we think we should get or that the Bible says we should get from them.
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Who do you go to when you have a problem? Is the fact that Jesus is ready to help you with anything you need something that you remember in your time of need? As we begin a new study in Matthew 15, Pastor Ford will introduce us to a woman who had an audacious faith and believed that Jesus was the only One Who could help her.
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Pastor Ford will challenge us today to consider the need we have to understand how our problems and pain can be motivating factors in our lives. Even though we go through difficulties, they can motivate us to live in our “not yet,” right now. In other words, we can focus right now on the hope we have in our future with Jesus, instead of dwelling on our current situation.
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When we face problems and pain in life, we need to understand that what we’re going through is for the future that we’re going to. That struggle is a part of making us who we’re going to become and it is designed to accomplish God’s purpose for our lives.
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Pastor Ford will remind us today that sometimes the solution to our problem is in our problem. In other words, our deficiency—which is apparent to us in our problem—may be the provision for the sufficiency that God wants to provide for us. But often, we can’t easily see the truth about our situation. So, we must learn to trust God more fully for the outcome.
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As we continue to consider how to see purpose in our problems and pain, Pastor Ford will explain the various kinds of suffering we can encounter. One of those is remedial suffering, and God uses it much like a potter uses heat to cure his clay. So, it’s during those times when God uses suffering to burn character into us that cannot be changed, to burn compromise out of our life, and to burn off the carnality from our behavior—all of those adjustments help us resemble Christ and not the world.
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As we continue to look at how we should treat our brothers and sisters in Christ, we’re going to take a closer look at meekness. When someone is meek, it means that they have strength under control. Pastor Ford will explain that God delights in people who are meek. And God wants to use people in their meekness to restore the things that are broken around them.
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God has sent us the trials we are experiencing in our lives, and He wants us to see them in the way that He sees them. And that’s because He’s shaping us to make us into something that we currently are not. And why is He doing that? Because in the current shape we’re in, God won’t give us what He ultimately does want to give us, when we have eventually been conformed to His will.
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There’s power in the name of Jesus. So much so, that when we focus on Him and on magnifying His name, our perspective changes. And the smaller the problems in our lives will actually become, in light of His glory.
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When we consider the purpose in our problems and pain, we need to realize that it’s not how much of Jesus we have, but it’s how much of us that Jesus has. We need to ask ourselves, do we really trust Him in our time of trouble?
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As we continue our study in the book of James, Pastor Ford will ask us to consider this question—even though we’re going through something right now, are we more committed to Jesus’ purpose than we are to getting out of our pain?
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You may be going through a tremendous struggle right now, but as we begin to look at how there is purpose in our problems and pain, Pastor Ford will encourage us to not waste our sorrows. Instead, we should embrace them, realizing that God is up to something and is working in our lives.
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On today’s Treasured Truth, we’ll be reminded that our fellow believers are our brothers and our sisters in Christ—we have been cemented together, sealed by the blood of Jesus Christ—and that ought to mean something. And because of this, we should at least treat each other with decency, kindness, and respect.
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Sometimes, when we’re taking care of God’s business and serving in ministry, we are hesitant to acknowledge the gifts of other people in our midst. We see them as an intrusion against our own ministry, instead of an infusion of help from God. And instead of seeing them as a threat, Pastor Ford will encourage us to discover the gifts of others, help them develop their gifts, and deploy them into service for God’s glory.
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Today, Pastor Ford will help us identify some very practical ways we can tell if God has called us to a certain ministry, before we dive in headfirst to what we think we’ve been called to do. We’ll learn how to discover our passions and priorities and identify our desire to glorify God, all while following His guidance.Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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God calls those who have believed in Jesus to do the work of His ministry in the church and around the world. They’re called and chosen by Him because of their passion for certain ministries. But today Pastor Ford will explain that there are those who went but weren’t actually sent. In other words, they were appointed to a certain ministry by man, but not anointed for it by God. So, as we seek to take care of God’s business, we need to be sure we are called by Him to do what we’re doing.
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The widow in Luke 7 was mourning her son’s death. But when she encountered Jesus, He told her to stop crying. He had a reason to urge her to cease her mourning, because He knew His plan. He was about to bring her son back to life. To find out more about how Jesus miraculously worked in the life of this woman, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we continue our study in Luke 7, we’ll see how Jesus responded to the faith of the widow in this passage and brought her son back to life. Jesus had a purpose in this encounter, and that was to demonstrate God’s great power. And in doing so, to honor the faith of this seemingly insignificant woman.
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Today, Pastor Ford will explain that Paul’s teaching in Galatians makes it clear that the gospel of Jesus Christ doesn’t repudiate the law, but rather, the law is fulfilled in the gospel. Because the central core and motivation behind what Jesus did for us is the fact that He loves us. And in return, we should love Him and not squander the liberty He has afforded us. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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There is no such thing as coincidence with God. Only providence. Nothing is accidental. Everything is Providential when it comes to the things that God allows to happen to His people. So, Pastor Ford will remind us today that it’s never too late to call on God to work through His providence on our behalf.
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How can we know if we are mature believers? When His purpose is more important to us than our pain. Some people won’t get involved in ministry because they know that they’re going to get hurt. But Pastor Ford will explain today that we all must ask ourselves, is Calvary more important than our own personal comfort?
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As we continue our study in 2 Corinthians, we discover that Paul had a unique perspective about his problems, because he chose to look at the Problem Solver, instead of at his problems. Instead of looking at the Devil, who has some power, Paul chose to focus on the One Who has all power—Jesus Christ.
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Pastor Ford will remind us that the Apostle Paul essentially encouraged us to not ever take our eyes off Christ and put our eyes on our problems or our pain. By maintaining what Pastor Ford calls an abiding vision of God, Paul was able to accept his suffering when God chose not to remove it from his life.
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Today, we’ll continue to look at how the Apostle Paul described and dealt with his “thorn in the flesh.” Pastor Ford will point out that there was a tension, or a tandem nature about Paul’s situation—God graced the suffering to him, but Satan was the one who was giving him fits. Satan was the one causing his pain. It wasn’t God. God was the one being gracious toward him.
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One reason why we’re fighting against what God is allowing to happen in our lives may be because we’re immature in our faith and we don’t understand that God’s not allowing our suffering to happen in order to hurt us. Instead, He’s trying to help us. He’s not trying to destroy us. He’s trying to develop us.
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We need to remember that God can do with us whatever, whenever, wherever, and however He pleases. And guess what—He’s not going to ask our permission to conform us to the image of Jesus Christ. However, sometimes the best way He is able to do just that is through our suffering.
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Sometimes all we can see is our problems. We’re surrounded by our handicaps, our sicknesses, and our liabilities—emotionally, physically, psychologically, socially, and financially. In order to look beyond all these things, we need a fresh, abiding vision of God. Pastor Ford will remind us that we can ask God to help us see Him in the midst of our suffering.
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In Galatians 5, Paul was trying to help the Galatian believers understand that if they were going to rely on the law to save them, then that necessitated obedience to all the law. They couldn’t just can’t pick and choose! They couldn’t say, “We want to obey some of the commandments, not all of the commandments.” Pastor Ford will help us understand more of what Paul was teaching the Galatians about this important pointon today’s Treasured Truth.
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If we encounter problems in our marriage, we will often blame God for allowing us to marry the wrong person. But today, Pastor Ford will counter that notion by reminding us that we came up with the idea of marrying that person. It was our choice to proceed in the relationship. But now we say, “Why did God allow it?” But in reality, we did it. We made the decision and the choice. So, why are we blaming God?
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According to Pastor Ford, you have to get a divorce from yourself, before you get into a relationship with a potential spouse. There has to be two funerals before there’s one marriage. Each spouse has to die to self! That’s because marriage is not a 50/50 venture. It requires 100 percent from each person.To hear more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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Pastor Ford has this question for us today—what makes us want to get out of so quickly the marriage that we wanted to get into so desperately? As we continue to discuss issues that may arise in a marriage, we’ll explore why so many people easily seek a divorce in today’s society, after desperately wanting to be married to their spouse in the beginning of their relationship.
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Pastor Ford will remind us today that Jesus died for our salvation and to give us the ability to be able to have a better marriage. He did all that He did to redeem us from our sins. Pastor Ford will also ask us—since Jesus died for us, then why is it that in our marriages, we can’t seem live for Him and forgive our spouses?
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If you married in search of happiness, then you didn’t really understand what marriage is all about. The Bible says, “Therefore, a man will leave his father and mother, cleave to his wife and the two of them will become one flesh.” Oneness is the goal of marriage. Happiness is a by-product. Join us today as we look further at the what happens when a marriage has a case of the “toos”.
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When a marriage has a case of the “Toos,” one thing that happens is there are too many unmet expectations. And often married people will focus on the “what ifs” of life instead of on the “what is.” And when the “what ifs” take precedent over the “what is,” then it often leads to disappointment and disillusionment. We’ll begin to look at how to deal with expectations in your marriage on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Perspective and perception are two key factors that affect our understanding of suffering. Our perspective governs our perception. In other words, the way we look at whatever we’re going through will determine how we perceive and comprehend it. So it’s crucial for us to try to gain God’s perspective on our suffering, instead of looking at it from our own perspective.
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God used Goliath, a giant, to bring David to prominence, because David was the young man whom God had chosen to later become King of Israel. If he’d had no encounter with the giant, he would have had no prominence in his youth. And then God used the Devil to bring Job to prominence—no Devil, no prominence. He used the cross to bring Christ to prominence. So today, Pastor Ford will ask—do you see how God uses suffering? He uses it for His purposes and for His glory.
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Suffering always has a purpose. As we begin a study in Revelation 13, we’ll realize that sometimes our suffering is actually related to our redemption. When God allows us to suffer, He’s not trying to destroy us. He’s trying to develop us. But in order to understand the process, we have to see suffering from God’s perspective.
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As we conclude our look at the story of the paralyzed man in Mark chapter 2 we’ll see how this man’s friends were determined to get him to Jesus. In spite of the obstacles, they tore the roof off of the building where Jesus was teaching so that He could heal their friend. So Pastor Ford will ask today, what radical things are we doing to get our friends to Jesus?
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According to Paul, the Galatians had the clear and simple message of salvation, but they let some people who were overly concerned about religious practices come alongside them and add stuff to it. So, in the beginning, the Galatians had a message leading to salvation, but then they let others adulterate it, taking the truth away and making the message ineffective.
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Today we’re looking at what Jesus did for the paralyzed man in Mark chapter 2. What did the man think that he needed most? Healing in his body. What did Jesus know he needed most? Forgiveness in his soul. Based on this, Pastor Ford will remind us just how important our spiritual healing is to our Savior.
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As we continue our study in Galatians, Pastor Ford will remind us about what Paul was trying to teach the Galatian believers: We as believers need to understand the more human effort we bring to the table when it comes to the process of our salvation, the more we end up nullifying God’s grace.
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Today, Pastor Ford explains that challenges are an important part of our journey. What we’ve overcome determines how far we’ve come. And if we find that we’re not anywhere new, it’s probably because we have not yet overcome the challenges that God wants to use to grow us. To learn more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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Are you ready to break out of the box? Are you ready to tear the roof off of all the limitations? Sometimes, in order to get people to Jesus, you have to overcome obstacles and challenges. But Pastor Ford reminds us on today’s Treasured Truth that every effort to get someone to Jesus is worth it.
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Is your life and testimony making Jesus attractive to the people around you? Is anyone overhearing you share what Jesus has done for you in His person, His power, His plan, His program, and in His provision? Pastor Ford asks today, “Who’s hearing you?”
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As we start a new message, Pastor Ford will ask us to consider how the friends of the paralyzed man in Mark chapter 2 carried him directly to Jesus so he could be healed. In the same way, we should never let anyone or anything stop us from getting those in our lives who we know need Jesus to Him.
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As we learn more about how we can transition from doctrine to duty, Pastor Ford will explain that the things learned in the holy place, should be lived in the marketplace. So, he’ll encourage us to take what we are learning in church with us and share it with the world. If we were doing that more often, then more people would be attracted to what we have and want to become a part of the church themselves.
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Today, as we study John 12 and continue to learn about how Mary broke her alabaster box of fragrant perfume to anoint Jesus, we’ll see the extent of the sacrificial love she was showing to Him by doing that. And perhaps her story will compel us to consider what it is that we will sacrifice for Jesus.
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Others can tell how much we love Jesus by the way we serve Him. They can tell by the way we give to Him. They can tell by the way we worship Him. You see, a lot of us have a fake “Zirconium Jesus.” Because if we all had a real “Diamond Jesus” then there’d be nothing that would keep us from going crazy about the Lord Jesus Christ!Find out what this means on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we live the Christian life, we need a love that will sacrifice for the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Because many of us have praise for Christ on our lips, but the rest of our lives doesn’t demonstrate our love for Him. And according to Pastor Ford, in other words, we often have high praise, but low living!
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When we consider what the Lord Jesus did for us, we see the magnitude of it—He paid for the sins of the world. We see the magnificence of it—we were enemies and while we were yet sinners, He died for us. The majesty of it—the Creator died for the creature. And the mystery of it—why would someone so holy die for a world of messed up sinners like us?
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As we continue to look at why God deserves all of our praise, we’ll learn that we can’t just join God’s family. We have to be born into it. So, what did Jesus do for us? He traded places with you and with me, which allows us to become part of God’s family.
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In the passage we’ll be studying today from Galatians 5, Paul says, “Stand fast therefore, in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free. And be not entangled again, with the yoke of bondage.” So, Pastor Ford will explain what he means is that the law doesn’t empower us, it enslaves us. And if we try to follow the law, we end up with legalism, rather than liberty. [To learn more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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The Psalmist says that he sought God with all his heart and God had every part of Him as a result. So, Pastor Ford explains today that the heart of the matter is that it’s all a matter of the heart. Does God have your heart today?
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Today, Pastor Ford will explain that praise should be done volitionally, as an act of our will. It doesn’t matter how we feel, we should give God some praise! We could feel like ten miles of bad highway, but we shouldn’t walk out of a worship service without saying something to God in a corporate setting and letting Him know that we appreciate Him, we’re grateful for Him, and we love Him!
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God not only deserves, but He requires our praise. Pastor Ford explains today that the word “Hallelujah” conveys to Him our highest praise. God wanted a word that every Christian could use, no matter what our culture or color, no matter what our creed, and no matter what our language, and the word that He gave us is “Hallelujah!”
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When striving to live a successful life, we need to understand that when we meet the requirements, God gives us the rewards He has planned for us. Pastor Ford explains that God tells us in His word that He is going to take use where we cannot go ourselves. He’s going to make sure that He blesses us. What a promise He has made to us!Learn more about God’s promise on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Pastor Ford will help us understand that when we are not keeping the Lord’s commandments, we are not loving Him. He’ll also address this question—what does it mean for us to be committed to Jesus Christ? It means we love what Jesus loves and we hate what Jesus hates. And that’s when we know we’re committed to Christ.
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When trying to live a successful life, we must realize that God has already made provisions for us. Pastor Ford says what we have to do is wait on God and just take a chill pill! We have to say, “God we trust You and we understand that we can totally depend upon You.”
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As we wrap up our series on worship, Pastor Ford asks the question, “What is this worship we’ve been talking about?” He concludes that worship is all that we are, responding to all God is.
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Do you reflect on the grace that God has given you, or do you think that you have just been lucky in life? Today, Pastor Ford asks that poignant question and wants us to realize that God’s grace is constantly evident in our lives and that God doesn’t get the proper praise from us, because we don’t recognize all that He’s done through His grace for us.
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King David was motivated to praise God because he couldn’t help responding to God’s goodness. Today, Pastor Ford will ask us—have you considered God’s goodness lately, and has it motivated you to praise Him? Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Have you ever received a pardon, but refused it? Today we’ll hear about a man named George Wilson, who did just that. And Pastor Ford will explain that there are too many people who are like that. God gives them the pardon they need, but sadly, they reject His offer.
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Pastor Ford prompts us to think about why the problems in our lives seem so difficult. Whatever the problems are, they’re difficult because they’re most likely still in our hands, and not in God’s hand. Consider this—have you put your problems in His hand yet? We need to realize God is majestic and all powerful, and He can help us handle any problem that we face.
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Today on Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford reminds us about the exchange that took place between Christ and us. He took our sin and gave us His salvation. He took our sadness and gave us His joy. He took our carnality and gave us His spirituality. And He took our poverty and gave us His wealth. So, based on all that Christ has done for us, we have plenty of reasons to worship Him!
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Today we turn to Isaiah 40, as Pastor Ford describes how God craves our worship. He’ll explain that this passage drives us to worshipping God, by giving us a glimpse of His glory, so we will be mesmerized by His majesty, blinded by His beauty and humbled by His holiness.
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Pastor Ford wants us to realize that if we start telling God, “This is the day that the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad”—even in the midst of what we’re going through—then the Bible tells us that God is going to receive our praise and change us from worriers into worshippers.
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If we want peace, Jesus is our peace. If we want righteousness, Jesus is our righteousness. Whatever element of our life we are struggling with, He identifies with it and redeems it in us. So, when God sees us, He does not see our sin, He sees His Son—and that’s definitely something to be joyful about and worship Him for.
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As our study continues in Galatians chapter 4, today we’ll see that just like Abraham and Sarah received a promise from God, we all as believers, have received a promise too. It’s the promise that we will be delivered from the penalty of our sins through grace. The new covenant frees us from the law and now we have the hope of salvation, but it’s only found in grace. To find out more about God’s free gift of grace, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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Today, Pastor Ford will let us know that our real focus should be on worship. Whatever we are going through, we ought to be able to say like the Psalmist says, “This is the day that Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it!”
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Today on Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that God has choreographed the day that lies ahead for each of us. His sovereignty is all over this day that each of us will be living. So we need to understand He chose for us specifically whatever we are going through. He has a purpose that He’s trying to work in us, so that we would not lose our joy, and so we would stand firm in our faith in Him.
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Today, Pastor Ford will share the difference between thanksgiving, praise, and worship. According to him, when we bless God for what He’s done specifically for us, that’s thanksgiving. When we bless God for what He’s done in the world around us, that’s praise. But when we bless God for Who He is, that’s worship.
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God desires for us to worship Him. And He wants sincere worship from us. Why? Because He not only wants to redeem us, and for us to allow Him to use us for His purposes, He also wants us to be rejoicing in Him and expressing our joy to Him through our worship.
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Today, Pastor Ford will remind us that God’s resources are reserved for those who fulfill His responsibilities. Our provision has to be linked to His purpose. And the problem is that many of us want the provision, but we don’t want His purpose.
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Salvation is by grace. So, in the process of salvation, we don’t help God out. As we look at the passage we’re studying today, Pastor Ford will explain that Paul is saying the promise God made to Abraham and Sarah is very much like our salvation. God does not need our help to perform any act or bring anything to pass, no matter what it may be, which ultimately means He does not need our help to save us.Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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There are times when we will lose out on the blessings of God, because we don’t have enough faith to put all of our trust in the plan He has for us. But then there are times when we place only part of our faith in His plan, and God still chooses to bless us fully. How God chooses to bless us, when He chooses to bless us, and how much He chooses to bless us with, is really all up to Him. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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We’ll be reminded today that we have a God Who cannot love us more than He already does and will never love us any less. And even though we sometimes ignore the plan He has for us and we walk away from Him, He will never walk away from us. No matter how far we stray, we never cease to be His children.
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When we’re committed to Jesus, we need to have a commitment that’s three dimensional—first to the person of Christ, then to the proclamation of the gospel, then to participation in what He has called us to do and gifted us for.
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It costs a lot to be a disciple of Jesus. But guess what—it costs more not to be one! Because Jesus said, “For whoever wants to save their life will lose it. But whoever loses their life for My sake, will save it.”
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As we look at what it really means to be committed to Jesus, Pastor Ford asks us to consider this question—Are we paying the price that it takes to follow the Lord Jesus Christ? Because there is a cost associated with following Him, and it includes self-sacrifice. Have you begun to pick up your cross, die daily, and follow Him?
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As we continue to look at the story that Paul allegorizes in Galatians chapter 4, we’ll see that he wants to help the Galatians understand that they are trying in vain to get salvation from the law, when the law was never designed to give us our salvation. We can’t get salvation by the things that we do. And that’s Paul’s entire argument—salvation is by grace alone.
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When our world is falling apart and we’re trying to keep it all together, we need to understand that everything in our lives needs to be all about Christ. It has to be! And Pastor Ford will explain in Philippians 4, Paul is essentially saying, ‘If you kill me, I’ll go be with Christ. If you let me live, I’ll live for Christ. And if you make me suffer, I’ll get a crown from Christ.’ So, bring it on! It’s all about Jesus Christ!
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God is not trying to change our outcome. He’s trying to change our outlook. Because He knows if He can change our outlook He can then change our outcome. And if we’re filled with fret, we can’t be filled with faith. We can’t be fretful and faithful at the same time.
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Pastor Ford explains that our eschatological promise is in the future—our “not yet.” But our existential problem is in the present—our “right now.” So we need to understand that we can focus on our “not yet” and it will deal with our “right now.” That’s because we know that our “right now” can’t cancel out our “not yet,” based on the promise that God has already made to us.
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Pastor Ford will remind us today that regardless of what we see going on now, whatever God has promised will happen is going to happen. Regardless of what we feel now, it’s going to happen. Regardless of who gets in our way, or whatever traps the Devil sets, we can always be confident that what God has promised is going to happen.
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We can be confident that no matter what happens, God is going to do what He’s said He’s going to do. And we can’t say anything or do anything to change that. No circumstances or anything that the Devil does, should ever persuade us to believe anything other than what God has promised us.
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As we continue to look at this old story with a new meaning, Pastor Ford will remind us that Biblical hermeneutics follows a simple formula—when the literal sense makes plain sense, seek no other sense, lest you abandon common sense and end up with nonsense.
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As we look further at the story of Esther, we’ll learn more about how God brought her to a specific time and place in order for her to fulfill her destiny. Pastor Ford will encourage us to consider how God wants us to use the time He’s given us in our lives to fulfill our own destinies and to do great things for Him.
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When we think about the time we spend living our lives for the Lord, we have a tendency to focus on duration. But God focuses on donation. We focus on longevity, but God focuses on legacy. We may hear someone say, “I’ve been saved for twenty years.” And that may be true, but that person’s been out of God’s will for eighteen of those years. So, today Pastor Ford will explain that at the judgment seat of Christ, that person will only get credit for the two years they were living in the will of God.
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We have to remember that our attitude is crucial when we are seeking forgiveness from another person. People generally judge the seriousness of our asking forgiveness based on the way our words come from our mouths. If we don’t approach the conversation with humility, then it will definitely complicate the whole process.
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As we continue to look at seeking forgiveness from others, Pastor Ford will explain how we often will make excuses for ourselves. But he will remind us that Jesus died for our sins, not for our excuses. And we need to remember what we’re talking about when we seek forgiveness—it’s not what we feel about what we did to the other person. Rather, it’s about how they felt about what we did to them.
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In Galatians chapter 4, Paul takes the Old Testament story about Abraham, Sarah, and Isaac and allegorizes it. Today we’re going to dig into this passage and see what timeless truths Paul is trying to get us to understand by giving this old story a new meaning.
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Today, Pastor Ford will explain that forgiveness is a dialogue and saying you’re sorry is a monologue. In other words, when we say, “I’m sorry,” there’s nothing else to say about what’s happened. But, when we say, “Forgive me,” now we’ve included the other person and it’s going to take a dialogue to deal with what the issue is.
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Abraham learned Who God is by what he went through. He learned that God is the answer. But just like Abraham, we have to be given a problem so that we can discover all that God is. So to Abraham, God became Jehovah-Jireh. And if we go through the problems we are given, what we’ll find is that God reveals His name to us according to what we need.
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On today’s Treasured Truth, we’ll see how—as part of being Jehovah-Jireh to us—God puts stuff where we can get it, when we need it, even when we don’t know that we need it. He then reveals His provision to us at just the right time—when we’re ready to receive it.
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As we continue to learn about how God is our ultimate provider, we’ll discover how faithfulness in our current circumstances produces fruitfulness in us later. We'll see how God will test us in the little things now to reveal to us whether we will be faithful in the big things He has planned for us later.
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We have the revelation from God on this side of our circumstance—God’s promise. Then we have the manifestation of that promise on the other side—God’s provision. And today, we’ll look further at how our obedience is the bridge that allows us to cross over from promise to provision.
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The Law and Grace don’t mix. But the Apostle Paul was having a hard time communicating that fact to the Galatian believers and convincing them it was the truth. So, he took a story from the Old Testament and allegorized it, giving it a new twist that helped them to understand. To hear how Paul used an old story with a new meaning in his letter to the Galatians, join us for today’sTreasured Truth.
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Without God we can’t and without us God won’t. So we have to be participants in His plan. And our obedience is the factor that allows us to participate. It’s the bridge that takes us to our provision.Learn more on today on Treasured Truth.
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Pastor Ford asks today, “Will you do the unthinkable? Is your faith greater than your fears? Is the promise greater than your problem?” Because, only when all of those things are true, will you then be able to go from God’s promises to His provisions for your life.
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As we look further at how God is our ultimate provider, Pastor Ford will explain that our provision is tied to our obedience. We aren’t going to get what God has for us until we do what God has told us to do. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we continue to learn about God as our ultimate provider, we’ll see that the provision God has for us is often right in front of us—everybody can see it. But in order for us to see it as His provision, He has to reveal it and manifest it to us through His power as Jehovah-Jireh—the God Who puts what we need, where we need it, until we need it, even when we don’t know that we need it.
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When God instructed Abraham to sacrifice Isaac He was testing him. But after Abraham demonstrated total faith, God ultimately revealed Himself as Jehovah-Jireh and provided the sacrifice to take Isaac’s place. Today we’ll learn more about the reasons why God tests His children and see how He becomes our Jehovah-Jireh in the midst of those tests.
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His death on the cross proved Jesus’ humanity, but the resurrection proved His deity. So, His death was His humiliation. But His resurrection was His exaltation—confirming what Jesus was communicating when He said, “I am the resurrection and the life.” Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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We should learn to connect the good times and not separate them from the bad times because God loves us always—both in the good times and in the bad. We’ll see that even negative things in our lives have divine purpose and can be part of God’s ultimate provision for us.
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Today as we start to look at Genesis 22 and see how God is our ultimate provider, Pastor Ford asks us to consider this—how many of us have blown our blessing because we have not been prepared for what God has prepared for us? We’ll learn that there’s probably a lot of people to whom God hasn’t given their blessings, because He’s said to them, “You aren’t ready for Me to bless you yet.”
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As we conclude this series from Joshua 1, pastor and author James Ford, Jr. encourages us to not let the little things in our lives keep us from discovering the everything that God has for us. And he explains that one thing God wants us to do in order to be in line with His will is readily obey His precepts.
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God’s word never has an expiration date. It’s as relevant today as it was back in the beginning. But we see in His word that God’s timing is not like ours. Pastor Ford wants to remind us that if God took 700 years to fulfill a promise about His Son, then He may also take more than just a few years to fulfill the promises that apply to our lives. To learn more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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In His word, God has given us the revelation about the promises that He has for us. But He’s given us that revelation without giving us the manifestation of those promises yet. That’s because there must be a demonstration of application on our part in order for us to receive that manifestation. Pastor Ford will dive more deeply into these concepts on today’s Treasured Truth.
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When Jesus told them who He was and shared with His followers what we can consider the greatest statement ever made, He wanted them to know He was not just another man. He was not just a good man. He was not just a prophet. He was not just a rabbi. He is God in the flesh. Find out what He told them specifically on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we continue these messages from Joshua chapter 1, Pastor Ford will describe how faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, does the impossible, complies with the incomprehensible, and accepts the intangible.
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Pastor Ford wants us to understand that we often let the little things keep us from the everything that God has for us. Because where God’s will is concerned, we need to understand two things—we’re either in the way or on the way.
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Pastor Ford explains that God has already given us the revelation—His promise. But we don’t get the product—the manifestation of the promise—until we meet the qualifications for what God has said we can have. Learn more as we continue this series called Takers, from Joshua 1.
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Pastor Ford reminds us today that everything we need is in Christ. We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. There are no limitations. There are no barriers. We need to take the lid off, break out of the box, and do the things He has called us to do! To learn more about what He has called us to do, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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We must respond to God’s plan and also rest in His promises. Pastor Ford describes how the more we depend upon God, the more dependable we find Him to be. No matter what comes our way, we follow God’s plan and He’s going to execute it and bring it to pass.
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The Apostle Paul set an example for us when he was addressing the Galatian believers about the errors of their doctrine. He equated the process to the “travails of childbirth” as he struggled to help them understand. His ultimate goal was see the likeness of Christ formed in them. So, we can learn from Paul as we seek to assist our own fellow believers who may have accepted false doctrines that don’t line up with the truth found in God’s Word.
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As we continue to look at how God commanded Joshua to take the land that was promised to the children of Israel, Pastor Ford explains that sometimes the problem with us as believers is that we take the things that we shouldn’t be taking and we don’t take the things that we should be taking. So we have to be careful to determine what it is that God really wants us to take.
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Jesus is a taker. The most spectacular robbery didn’t happen in a movie. It happened on a hill called Calvary where Jesus died and took our sins on Himself. He is a taker, who came to take away what we don’t need and give us what we do need.
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As we continue this series called Takers, Pastor Ford reminds us about how God elevated Joshua to a place of leadership so he could lead the children of Israel into the Promised Land. He’ll also share some important leadership principles that will help us as we find ourselves in the place to lead others.
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As we begin a new study from Joshua chapter 1, Pastor Ford explains that God has called us as believer to be takers. And some of the things that He wants us to take are the promises He gives us in His Word. But which promises are ours to claim? To learn more the promises in God’s Word, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we conclude our study in Hebrews chapter 12, Pastor Ford will remind us that it’s essential for us as followers of Christ to come to a place where we clearly see our own inadequacy. The more we see God in His holiness, the more we should see ourselves in our sinfulness. To learn more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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How do you reach someone with the truth of God’s Word, when they are confused about a doctrinal issue and believing an error? You have to start by showing them your genuine concern for them and allowing them to sense your heart of compassion for them. If you don’t start there, then they may confuse you with the “doctrine police” and you may miss the opportunity to help them understand the truth.
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As part of our preparation for our ultimate destination, followers of Jesus must understand that it’s crucial to develop the correct kind of reverence for both Jesus and God the Father. And part of that is fearing God. Find out what it means to fear God when you join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we continue our study in the book of Hebrews, Pastor Ford will share about what it means to be a friend of the world and why being one is a detriment to those of us who are followers of Christ.
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Pastor Ford will remind us that as believers in Christ, throughout life, we are heading toward our ultimate destination. And through the peaks and valleys of our journey, God is working on us. He’s chiseling away from us all that is not Christ-like and adding more to us that is like Him. So, the longer we’re on this road, the more we’re being conformed into the image of Jesus. Learn more about this when you join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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God wants to use people in our lives to prepare us for our ultimate destination. Today, Pastor Ford will share a story about his own personal experience with this and ask us to consider who it is we are disregarding in our own lives, that God actually wants to use to bless us.
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Part of our preparation for our destination is learning that our messes and our miracles have to live together. And, as Pastor Ford will explain today, there are a whole lot of us who can’t deal with that. We think that since we’re forgiven, our messes ought to be gone. But sometimes the messes we find ourselves in are the consequences of the choices that we’ve made and we have to live with them—especially if those choices were against God.
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As we consider the importance of having sound doctrine, Pastor Ford will explain that we have to be concerned about the truth of the gospel, maintaining its clarity and integrity. But we also have to have a heart. So we have to lovingly correct those around us who may have been duped by doctrinal error.
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If we’re going to work with God to achieve His goals for our lives, we have to know where we’re going. Where is God wanting to take us? What is God trying to make us? And today, Pastor Ford will let us know that our part of working together with God is making sure that the trip along the way is a good one by not getting in the way of His work in our lives.
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As God prepares us for and moves us toward our ultimate destination, He wants to bless us along the way. And He wants to put us in the places where He can bless us. Today, Pastor Ford will explain that the best way to receive the best blessings from God is to have purity in our lives before God, so there’s nothing to prevent His work in our lives.
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As we start a new study in Hebrews, Pastor Ford will begin to explain that our ultimate destination as believers is to come to a place in our lives where are like Christ. And as preparation for that destination, God uses means in our lives to accomplish His will. Part of that process includes God not avoiding our pain to accomplish what pleases Him. Learn more about this when you join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we learn the seventh reason why God gave us money, Pastor Ford will help us understand that part of showing our thankfulness to God is through sharing what we have with others. He’ll point out that it’s the height of hypocrisy for congregations of believers to have any members who have needs that are not met. Believers should be taking care of one another and meeting the needs of their brothers and sisters who are in need.
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If we look around us for what we need, then we look at the agents of the provision. But when we look up, we look to the source, which is God. And He wants us to look at Him. Therefore, He’s going to make sure that your family can’t help you, that your bank account can’t help you, and that your job can’t help you. God does all of that because sometimes, the only time we’ll look up to see Him as our source of everything, is when we’re lying flat on our backs in desperation.
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Today, Pastor Ford will remind us that we need to become familiar with the truth. Why? Because there will be people who will come to us with errors in their teaching. They will come with heresy and lies. And we must be able to distinguish between what is God’s truth and what is man’s errors in order to remain faithful.
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God is faithful to supply everything that we need. He sets us up to have everything necessary to make our journey very successful. And He shows us His faithfulness by providing what we need over and over again.To hear more about how God does these things, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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We can have money, as long as our money doesn’t have us. And we can know that our money doesn’t have us when we give to God what He asks us to. And Pastor Ford will explain today that one of the signs or indications of the depth of our commitment to God is shown when we freely give our money back to Him.
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Sometimes, even Christians forget that we can never serve God and money. But today, Pastor Ford will explain that it’s our God-given responsibility to serve God with our money. See, the world asks us how much did you have? And God will ultimately ask us, what did you do with what you had?
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One of the reasons that God gave us money is so we can be generous and help others. And today, Pastor Ford will remind us that as the church, and as individual Christians, we ought to be helping the weak and needy, and meeting their needs for God’s glory.
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Today, we’ll discover the third reason why God gave us money. And Pastor Ford will explain that when the people of God, comprehend the value of God, they give to God unreservedly, for His glory. In other words, when God’s people understand God’s value, then they value God more than their valuables!
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As believers, we sometimes can get bogged down in our journey toward maturity, daunted by the perception that we need to abide by a lot of rules. But Pastor Ford will remind us today that we should concentrate on remembering how it was when we first got saved. Do you remember the freedom that you felt and the burden that was lifted off of you? Do you remember when you realized your sins were cast into the depths of the sea? Remember those things and you will remember the true liberty you have in Christ.
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Because we know that God will provide for our every need, then we shouldn’t worry. But still, we sometimes do worry. Pastor Ford will explain that worrying when you’re supposed to have faith is like being two-faced according to scripture. That’s because we’re supposed to trust God in every situation. Our faith should be strong, even when it’s washed in the waters of adversity.
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Sometimes God uses people as agents to bless us and to meet our needs. But Pastor Ford will explain today that we sometimes reject the very provision of God, because we don’t like who He has chosen to use to bring our blessing to us.Find out more when you join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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Scripture says that our God will supply all our needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. And that’s a promise we can count on! Pastor Ford will remind us that God is not going to let us out give Him. When we use our resources for His purposes, then God increases His provisions and gives us more resources.
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As we continue to look at the topic of finances and stewardship, Pastor Ford will talk about the second reason why God gave us money. And we’ll learn that every blessing God has intended for us as believers has already been prepared. We’re just waiting for those blessings to be manifested for us in God’s perfect timing.
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Pastor Ford will be making an important connection for us today. He’s going to show us that money is always connected to the Master. And as followers of Jesus, He is our Master. We cannot separate our money from Him. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we seek to understand our motivation to love and serve God and our fellow believers, we must realize that the Devil’s going to shoot at us to try and prevent us from striving to reach our goal. And according to Pastor Ford, if the Devil can’t mess your church up from the outside, then what will he do? He’ll join it! So, we don’t need to give him the bullets to shoot at us. He already knows that if he can divide us, he can defeat us.
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As followers of Jesus, we sometimes attach the ideas of poverty and spirituality to each other. But today, Pastor Ford will help us understand that those two descriptions aren’t synonomous and they don’t belong together. He explains that his job is to separate those two terms for us. And our job is to interpret what he’s saying, while digging into the scriptures to determine whether or not he’s actually telling us what God’s Word says. To learn more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we continue to look at the reasons God gives us money, we’ll see today how God wants us to line our decisions up with His will for us in order for us to fulfill our destiny. And that includes our decisions about how to handle our money.
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God gives us money for several reasons. And as we begin today to look at those reasons, Pastor Ford will help us understand that God doesn’t always give to us directly what He wants us to have. Instead, sometimes He uses His power in certain ways so powerful people will use their power and provision to invest in the lives of believers.
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Today, Pastor Ford will explain that our salvation through Jesus can actually be described in financial terms. Through His sacrifice, Jesus became the investment. And as He redeems us, we become the dividends of His investment.
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As Pastor Ford continues to encourage us to be wise stewards of the money God has blessed us with, he will explain that we can maximize our money by taking advantage of wise investment strategies. We should have our money working for us, instead of working against us. We work for our money, so now that we’ve earned it, we need to learn how to make our money work for us.
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Have you ever considered why as believers, we do what we do? Why do we want to know Christ more clearly? For His sake. Why do we want to love Him more dearly? For His sake. And why do we want to follow Him more nearly? Pastor Ford will remind us today that it’s all for the sake of Jesus! Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we take a closer look at the story of the unjust steward that we read about in Luke 16, we’ll learn that Jesus was definitely not commending his dishonesty. But rather, He was commending the fact that the steward did something that demonstrated he was handling his money wisely. To learn more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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Today, Pastor Ford will explain one way in which the children of darkness are wiser with their money than the children of light are, and it’s because they tend to plan more for the future. He’ll help us understand that it’s not the amount of money you make, but rather your attitude towards your money that makes the difference.
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As we continue this study from Luke 16, about how to manage money wisely, Pastor Ford will explain the difference between needs, wants, and desires. If we can learn the difference between those, then we’ll be on our way to learning to maximize our money.
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As we begin to look at the story of the dishonest steward in Luke 16, Pastor Ford will explain how the children of darkness can sometimes be wiser than the children of light when it comes to handling their money.Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Scripture says that where your treasure is, there your heart is also—and it’s true. Pastor Ford will tell us today, “Show me where you spend your time, your talent, your treasure and your talk, and I’ll tell you who and what is your focus.” And then he’ll ask us—“If someone were to look at your checkbook, would they be able to tell that you’re a Christian and that you love Jesus?”
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When we realize that a fellow believer is trying to earn their salvation by obeying rules, we need to emphasize for them the freedom that they have in Jesus Christ. We should encourage them to not let anyone bind them or limit their freedom, by having them do things that the Bible doesn’t tell them to do. So, join us to find out what it means for someone to oppose themself as a believer on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we begin a series of messages that Pastor Ford hopes will help us get our money right, he has a sobering reminder for those who follow Jesus. As His followers, our main priority ought to be focused only on Him, not on money. The Bible states clearly that we cannot serve the Master and money. We have to have Jesus in a priority position in our lives. The Master has to be first.
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Pastor Ford will remind us today that God won’t make us do anything, but He can put us in situations that will make us do what is best for us. For instance, God has a better opportunity for you, but you won’t leave your job because of security. So, He lets you get fired, in order for you to eventually get hired into a better situation.Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As believers, sometimes God places us in a storm, to show us that He’s still in control. So, even when we’re obeying God, we can suffer and we can encounter opposition. That’s because God has some ultimate purposes, which are to teach us to trust Him and to show Himself as sovereign over the circumstances of our lives.
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Pastor Ford will remind us today that when things get out of control, Jesus is still in control. Teaching from the passage we will study today, Pastor Ford explains how Jesus shows His deity through His sovereignty, and exercises His power over all of creation. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Pastor Ford will encourage us today to put ourselves and everything we have into the hands of God. Because when He takes it in His hands, He multiplies everything that we give Him. Maybe you don’t have what you need because it’s still in your hands and you haven’t yet put it in His hands.
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As we continue to consider the three-fold appeal we find in Galatians 4, Pastor Ford will explain that surface level Christianity robs us of our greater power to be able to live the Christian life. And the greater power we are seeking doesn’t come through obeying rules. Rules are not the end. They are the means by which we reach the end goal, which is always greater fellowship with Christ.
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When God allows challenging circumstances to enter our lives He’s probing our faith. Those challenges are designed to bring out something in us, that we don’t even know we have, until that circumstance we face activates it. We’ll see how this happened for the disciples through the challenge they faced in John 6, on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Little becomes much in the Master’s hands. If you take the little that you have in your hand and put that in His hand, He’s able to multiply it. God always likes taking our natural and adding His super to it and doing something supernatural. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Who do you look to when you have a situation, when you have a problem? Do you look to your intellect? Do you look to your Pastor or your church? Do you look to your bank account? Do you look to your friends or your family? Or do you look to Jesus? Pastor Ford will share with us why there’s no reason for us to look to anyone or anything else, but Jesus.
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Pastor Ford will explain today that the best ministry comes out of our pain, comes out of our lack, and comes out of our brokenness. Sometimes we have to be bruised in order to be used. Ministry is not easy, but it’s worth it! Because when we go through what we have to in order to minister, we end up bringing more glory to God through our pain, lack and brokenness.
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As we begin to look at the miracle of the loaves and the fishes, we’ll see how Jesus is going to teach His disciples how to minister by providing them an example of what they should do. Every time Jesus gave a message, He always gave the model. In other words, Pastor Ford says, Jesus would talk it, then He would always walk it.
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As we begin a new study in Galatians, Pastor Ford will ask us how far will we go to help a brother or sister who has strayed from the truth of the Bible. What does it mean, really, to bring someone back to the truth, when they have forsaken and abandoned the way of grace and are going in the way of the law?
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Pastor Ford reminds us today that if Jesus conquered death, then what is our sickness to Him? He can handle our employer. He can handle our haters. If He can conquer death, then He can handle all of our difficulties and our insufficiencies. That’s because our insufficiency, becomes sufficiency, through Christ’s all-sufficiency. Jesus can handle all the issues that we have. We just need to trust Him!
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Just as so many people were waiting to be healed at the Pool of Bathesda, too many of us are hanging out at the pools of life where there are no answers. We’re hanging out at the pool of materialism, the pools of our careers and our jobs, the pool of our family. We’re hanging out looking for answers in something that will never satisfy, instead of looking to Jesus for our answers and healing.Find out more about how Jesus is the Power at the Pool on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we begin to look at the passage in John 5, where Jesus healed the man who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years, we’ll see how everyone waiting to be healed at the pool of Bethesda, was placing their hope in the power of the water in the pool. Instead, they should have been placing their faith in the One Who had Power at the Pool—Jesus.
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As we continue to look at what it means to launch out into the deep, we’ll see that Peter didn’t understand the capacity of the blessings that Jesus wanted to bestow on Him. That’s because he was too small in his thinking. And because of that, he missed out on some of the blessings God had in mind for him.
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As we continue to look at what it means to launch out into the deep, we’ll see that Peter didn’t understand the capacity of the blessings that Jesus wanted to bestow on Him. That’s because he was too small in his thinking. And because of that, he missed out on some of the blessings God had in mind for him.
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Pastor Ford says that faith is believing it is so, even when it’s not so, until it becomes so, because God said so. Then when we launch out into the deep, what are we doing? We’re stepping out in faith, believing what God has said and trusting He will go with us into the unknown.
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Pastor Ford says that faith is believing it is so, even when it’s not so, until it becomes so, because God said so. Then when we launch out into the deep, what are we doing? We’re stepping out in faith, believing what God has said and trusting He will go with us into the unknown. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we continue to look at the reasons why people reject Jesus, Pastor Ford will emphasize the holiness of Jesus. Jesus is holy just like God is holy. And then he will ask us to consider how we react to that holiness. Do we revere it? Or do we scoff at it, trying to minimize the truth of it, like so many people in our society try to do today?
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Some churches today reject new ideas. They refuse to break tradition and resist change, because they are repulsed by the unfamiliar. But Pastor Ford says we have to learn to launch out into the deep! We have to trust the Lord to begin to do some things on our behalf. And we need Christians who are willing to sail into some uncharted waters.
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As we continue to look at the miracles of Jesus, we see that there were crowds of people in and around Galilee, who witnessed these miracles take place. They were impressed by what Jesus was doing, but they still weren’t placing their faith in the right place. They were believing in His power, but they weren’t yet believing in His person. See what kind of difference that makes on today’s Treasured Truth.
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There is a certain progression to faith that each of us undergoes in order for our faith to grow. Often, we will see that God places us in situations that cultivate that progression and cause our faith to grow unexpectedly, because we have to rely on Him to help us through the situation in which we find He has placed us.
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Today we’ll see how faith can grow. And that wherever you are in your faith walk right now, you don’t want to stay there. Because, according to Pastor Ford, you’re either going forward or you’re going backwards, but you’re never standing still when it comes to your faith journey.
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As we continue to study the passage that tells us about how Jesus turned water into wine, Pastor Ford wants us to consider this—What are we doing that sets us up for the miracle that we’ve been asking for? Are we walking in the direction of the miracle that we’ve been seeking?
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The Holy Spirit plays a major role in revealing who Jesus is to those who are seeking to know Him. Simply put, some people reject Jesus because the Holy Spirit has not yet revealed the truth about Jesus to them. Find out more about this important concept when you join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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As the scriptures portray in John 2, the people at the wedding in Cana obeyed Jesus when He instructed them to fill the water pots with water. Pastor Ford will explain that their obedience was cooperative, meaning, they played a part in the miracle! In other words, they did what they could do so that Jesus could do what they couldn’t do. And that’s because God is never going to do for us what we should be doing for ourselves.
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When we consider Jesus’ all sufficient power and how He might choose to work in our lives, we know that He can work things out for us, but we may not really understand how. Pastor Ford explains that lack of understanding can sometimes cause us to have a lack of faith. But we need to trust that Jesus is going to turn our obstacle into an opportunity. And, we need to obey Him, even though what He’s doing doesn’t make sense to us.
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Is Jesus your first response or is He your last resort? Do you run to Him? Why do we need to run to Him? Because as the Bible explains, He is able to do exceedingly and abundantly above all that we could ask or think according to His might working power in us!
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It doesn’t matter what you’re going through when Jesus has the power to overcome anything. If you’ve been left out, put out, or burnt out, Jesus can work it out for you. Remember, if He can turn water into wine, then He can choose to work a miracle in your life too.
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At the wedding in Cana, Jesus performed his first recorded miracle and turned water into wine. We have some instances in our lives where we want Jesus to work on our behalf and turn our water into wine. How does that happen? How can we get Jesus to turn our water into wine? Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Pastor Ford will explain that some people reject Jesus because they say they’ve tried Him, but He doesn’t work. But we’ll learn today that what those people have actually tried is going to church. They haven’t really encountered Jesus in an authentic way. We’ll discover the difference between just going to church and really knowing Jesus on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Wherever we are—at home, on the job, or any place else—we’re to be praising God. As we continue to look at Psalm 103, Pastor Ford will share with us how praise is supposed to be continual, and it’s actually supposed to be the lifestyle of believers.
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Praise is not supplemental. Praise is fundamental. Pastor Ford will explain that it’s not optional, but rather, praise is essential. As we begin to look at Psalm 103 today, we’ll discover what perfect praise looks like.
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Pastor Ford will explain today that the irony about Jesus is that He is both the medicine and the Physician. He’s the Lamb and the High Priest. And the children of Israel mistook His positive and powerful presence and did not accept Him as their Messiah. We’ll learn more from our study in the book of Jeremiah when you join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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Today, we’ll look further at the Old Testament book of Jeremiah and see how the people of Israel rejected God’s solution for their problem. We’ll learn why they did what they did and what excuses they used. And ultimately, Pastor Ford will help us understand how we can learn from the mistakes they made.
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In Jeremiah chapter 8, the prophet Jeremiah is speaking to Israel and chastising them for rejecting the provision of God. They had a reluctance to accept God’s prescription for their problem. And today, Pastor Ford will help us understand the metaphors used in this scripture passage and explain about the significance of the balm in Gilead.
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As we continue to consider the profound nature of the incarnation of Christ, we see that there’s no way we could have done for ourselves what He did for us. We couldn’t save ourselves and so God set it up with the purpose of saving us in mind. Do you realize that if you were the only person in this world, God would have still sent Jesus to die for you? Isn’t that amazing to consider?
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As we continue to see how Joseph was a great example of obedience in accepting his assignment from God, Pastor Ford will help us understand how things could have been much different for him. He could have disobeyed and walked away. But because he was in tune with God and understood the importance of obedience, we can look back at his story and find encouragement.
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Today, Pastor Ford will continue to share encouragement for those of us who find ourselves in a blended family situation. And he’ll remind us that if you need help understanding how to raise a child, whether the child is yours or not, then scripture—especially the book of Proverbs—is full of wisdom to help us know how.
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When we experience the struggles that come in life, we have to rely on God’s strength to get us through. As we continue to look at the story of Joseph and how he accepted his role as the earthly father of Jesus, we’ll see how he’s depending on God to give him wisdom and the power to do what he needed to do. He was rightly related to God and that was key in helping him face the truth of his situation.
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Today, Pastor Ford will help us understand that it really does take a man of character to meet the challenge of raising someone else’s child. When we are part of a blended family, having good character can help us overcome the issues that are part of that situation. We’ll continue to learn from the example of Joseph when you join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we begin to look at the story of Mary and Joseph in the book of Matthew, Pastor Ford will talk about how it was apparent that Joseph’s character enabled him to deal with Mary’s announcement that she was going to have a child. There were many ways he could have responded, but he listened to God, obeyed.
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Since the beginning of time, God has had a plan for our salvation. And when we look at the timeline related to the incarnation of Christ, everything that God said would happen did happen. And so that means we can trust that everything God wants for each of our lives, will happen too.
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If we’ve been untruthful, and we’ve told someone a lie, then we need to be forgiven of the lie so effective communication can be restored. As long as the lie is between us and the person we are trying to communicate with, we can go back and forth with them all we want to, but we still have to deal with the lie. Once it’s dealt with, then we can begin to achieve effective communication again with that person.
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In our relationships, if something is really bothering us and we don’t address it, but instead we pretend that nothing is wrong, then we’re not really being honest. When someone asks us, “What’s wrong?” And we say, “Nothing.”—that’s a lie. Pastor Ford will ask us today—How can we actually discover truth in our conversations with others, when we choose to ignore it ourselves?
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The biggest communication problem is that we do not listen to understand. Instead, we listen to reply. We’re waiting so that we can say, “Oh no, that was not what you said, or that didn’t go down like that.” So, we’re actually preparing our reply rather than trying to understand what the other person is really trying to communicate.
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Pastor Ford encouarges each of us to ask ourselves, “Is there something or someone that’s in the way, causing my communication to fail?” Because a lot of times we really have to be careful about who we’re allowing to give us input into our relationships.
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To communicate is to share information with someone, that is either verbal or non-verbal, in a manner in which the person understands. But Pastor Ford will explain, if there isn’t any understanding, then there hasn’t actually been any real communication.
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If you saw a house on fire, and the people inside were unaware their lives were in danger, but you could warn them and save them, would you pass by and keep going? No one would! Then Pastor Ford asks those of us who are followers of Christ—why, then, when you know that people around you are on their way to hell, are you passing them up—even the very loved ones who you know aren’t saved? Find out more when you join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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Honest communication is so important in any relationship. When we lie and when we get angry, we give the devil an opportunity to get into our relationships. And that’s exactly what he wants. And so, when we do those things, we’re actually playing into the devil’s hands.That’s on today’s Treasured Truth.
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In our relationships, we want to be able to get along, to understand each other, to be able to communicate something to someone and to be able to understand exactly what they’re saying and where they’re coming from. Find out some tips about how to do all of that on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Sometimes we need to try and connect to how a person is feeling. If they’re feeling a certain way, they feel that way, simply because they feel that way. So, sometimes we need to connect to that and understand there are some things that may be going on that we just can’t solve.
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Pastor Ford will urge us to understand that we ought not deprecate how another person feels. We should let them express their feelings. And then when we communicate, we must own our feelings. We shouldn’t say, “You did this to me.” Instead, we should say, “What you did made me feel this way.”Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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The elements of communication include tone, body language and words. And Pastor Ford will explain today that if your attitude is bad, then you can assume that your body language, your tone and your words, may not be fit for good communication. To hear more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we continue our current study in the gospel of John, we’ll see how the Apostle Andrew decided to follow Jesus, but then immediately realized that his brother was not aware of the good news about Jesus. So, the first thing he did after coming into a saving relationship with Jesus, was to seek out his brother and share the gospel with him. He made it a priority! And Pastor Ford will share how we need to make evangelism a priority in our own lives on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Obedience is the hallmark of commitment. And we’re only as committed to Jesus as we are obedient to Him. Jesus said, “You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.” We need to surrender fully to Him. Pastor Ford wants you to consider giving Jesus the “blank check” of your life and then letting Him fill in all the details.
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Pastor Ford will explain today that if our Christianity is not touching our whole life it’s because we’re still following the world’s standards. It’s because we’re still immature in our faith. Our Christianity is supposed to affect everything we have, everything we do, everything we say, feel and give. And so, our relationship with Christ should compel us to serve Him with our everything. Are you ready to serve Him that way? Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Being delivered from our sin is directly related to the closeness of our relationship with Jesus. Knowing Jesus more closely makes us more aware of our sin. And as our sensitivity to sin increases, which is evidence of our maturity, then our activity of sin ought to decrease. In other words, the more we fellowship with Jesus, the less we will sin. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we continue to look at Romans 6 to discover how we can be delivered from our sin, Pastor Ford wants us to understand that we need the power that comes from being in Christ to be able to overcome the things that are overcoming us. Join us to hear more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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When we are seeking a way to be delivered from our sin, Pastor Ford points us to the writings of the Apostle Paul in Romans. In Romans 6 Paul says, “Who the Son sets free is free indeed.” Now what is Paul’s point, exactly? He’s saying to us, “Listen, you need to know that you have to die to your sin in order to live.” Freedom in Christ comes after dying to self.
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If you are a follower of Christ, Pastor Ford has a probing question for you—How do you look at people who you know are dying and on their way to hell? Do you go out of your way to share the Gospel with them? Or are they just in your way? Hear more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Why do we want to obey the biblical command that instructs us to give thanks in everything? Pastor Ford says it’s because gratitude develops our altitude and focuses our hearts high in the heavens. And our altitude controls our aptitude—how we think. And then ultimately, our aptitude controls our attitude, which should be one of gratitude for all that God has done. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we begin a new message from 1 Thessalonians, Pastor Ford will encourage us to give God thanks in whatever we’re going through. Not for whatever we’re going through, but in the midst of it. There is a difference. Find out more about the difference on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Believers who backslide don’t need our judgment. What they really need is our love. And love doesn’t expose sin. Love covers it. And we need to understand that’s what people need. In Luke 22:31, Jesus told Peter that he was going to backslide and fall. But also Jesus said He had prayed for Peter, that his faith would be strong. So, following Christ’s example, we should pray for and encourage our brothers and sisters who are struggling.
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Do you know anyone who could be considered a “backslider”? If so, what have done about them? Pastor Ford asks us today, “Who have you gone and snatched back from the Devil—someone who really belongs to God?” He suggests that instead of saying, “Well, the Devil’s got them now…” We should go get them! Because they don’t belong to Satan. They belong to God!
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There are those of us who are such self-righteous Pharisees, that whenever somebody falls, instead of picking them up, we step on them. Instead of picking them up, we talk about them. Instead of picking them up, we disregard them and hate on them. Today, Pastor Ford will let us know how to avoid being one of those types of self-righteous believers.
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Why would the Apostle Paul want to remind those who follow Christ about the mistakes that the Children of Israel made? Pastor Ford will explain that this passage is for our example. So, Paul gave us an illustration and with it, he gave us some instructions. He wanted to convey a warning that was designed to change our Christian walk. Hear more about this when you join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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Why would the Apostle Paul want to remind those who follow Christ about the mistakes that the Children of Israel made? Pastor Ford will explain that this passage is for our example. So, Paul gave us an illustration and with it, he gave us some instructions. He wanted to convey a warning that was designed to change our Christian walk.
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When we begin to realize that the essence of everything we need is found in the person of Jesus Christ, we will begin to seek Him more. Why? Because we realize—just as scripture teaches—that in Him we live and move and have our being. Knowing that truth is key when we are learning to live life right.
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As we’re learning to live life right, Pastor Ford wants to remind us that the Bible is our instruction manual for life. We’re not ever going to do better than what we can do when we follow the instructions it has for us. And as believers, if we go outside of what the Bible instructs, eventually we’re going to fail.
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The quantity of your wisdom determines the quality of your life. The more wisdom you get the better you’re going to be able to live life. So, the challenge in life then becomes getting more wisdom.
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As Christians we need to learn to trust God with our finances. We may have the desire to get out of debt, but unless we put God first in everything related to our money, then Pastor Ford explains that we won’t be successful. He says believers won’t get out of debt without putting God first.
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As we consider our need for a money makeover, Pastor Ford reminds us that as Christians, our identity is confirmed by Christ’s deity, not by our possessions. He prompts us to consider that we are somebody, not based on our cars, our cribs, our cash, or our clothes. But rather, because we are complete in Christ! To learn more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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The example that the Apostle Paul gives us in 1 Corinthians 10, shows us clearly that the Children of Israel disobeyed and rebelled against God. And Pastor Ford will point out that their rebellion actually started in their minds and then it was set into motion. It started with their attitudes and then their attitudes became actions.
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We live in an instant age. We no longer know how to deal with delayed gratification. Today Pastor Ford will continue to encourage us to avoid being enticed into debt by the ease of getting credit and to consider the consequences of having an eagerness to acquire things that we don’t really need.
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As we begin a new study on finances, Pastor Ford will describe the pitfalls associated with spending money that we do not yet have when we make purchases using credit. He explores why we are so easily enticed into debt and shares some biblical principles to help us avoid the credit trap.
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According to scripture, God has given us everything that pertains to life and godliness, and that includes marriage. And when God gives us instructions, what we need to do is just follow them. Pastor Ford urges married folks to heed the instructions in God’s word in order to have healthier marriages. That’s on today’s Treasured Truth.
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In order to have a healthy marriage, Pastor Ford asserts that we have to start letting go of stuff and practicing complete forgiveness. We must make sure that we’re not repeatedly dealing with stuff that we didn’t fully deal with in the past.
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Women believe their marriage is working as long as the communication continues, and Pastor Ford agrees that’s true. He explains that the silence of the woman is the death knell of a marriage. As long as she can talk about the issues, she thinks they can be resolved. But when she stops talking, that’s a sign the marriage is in deep trouble. To hear more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we continue to look at the description the Apostle Paul gives us of the mistakes the Children of Israel made by not obeying God, Pastor Ford will remind us that we need to learn from the error of their ways. We need to obey God, instead of being stubbornly rebellious like Israel was. Find out more when you join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we conclude this portion of study about how to look deeply at a potential spouse before you leap into marriage with them, Pastor Ford looks at some more examples from the book of Ruth and encourages men to carefully consider a woman’s character before she becomes his wife.
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When considering someone as a potential spouse, one way to determine if they have a Christ-like attitude is to observe their willingness to be self-sacrificial for the good of the relationship. Jesus sacrificed Himself for all of us and is the supreme example for us all to follow as we serve each other, especially in marriage.
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Many people think they will be able to change their prospective spouse once they are married to them. But Pastor Ford reminds us today that it’s a very dangerous thing to think that you’re going to change somebody. That strategy almost certainly leads to disappointment and unmet expectations.
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On today’s Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford reminds us that there are only two kinds of marriages. You’re either growing up in marriage or you’re giving up. So, all of us who are married should consider this—when we react to a problem in marriage, what are we doing? Are we growing up, or are we giving up?
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According to Pastor Ford, marriage is about one thing, primarily—and it’s not love. Love won’t pay the rent. Love won’t even help you settle an argument, unless it’s agape love. Love is not what keeps a marriage together. It’s not love that does those things. It's commitment. To learn more about how crucial commitment is to a marriage, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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Do we really understand that everything we have comes from God? And that we should seek His guidance about how to use the resources in our lives? Pastor Ford will ask these important questions today, as we look back and learn from the mistakes that the Children of Israel made in the Old Testament.
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As we begin a new message encouraging men who are considering marriage, Pastor Ford will emphasize the importance of having pre-marital counseling. It’s a crucial tool that will help you find out who a person truly is before you marry them.
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On today’s Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford continues to encourage single women to really look deeply at a person before leaping into marriage with them. As we conclude this part of our study for those considering marriage from Genesis 2, Pastor Ford will share 5 principles that can be used to evaluate a man before marrying him.
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Before we say, “I do” in marriage, we should really seek to evaluate the person we are considering as a spouse. Pastor Ford encourages us to find out if the person we want to marry is truly following Christ. We should seek a person who is the whole package. Beware of those who may look good on the outside, but may be a spiritual mess on the inside.
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As we continue this series of messages about what to do before you get married, Pastor Ford will explain that it’s easy to fall in love. The problem always is managing to love Jesus more than our prospective spouse. He’ll ask us all this pertinent question—do we really love Jesus or do we just have a crush on Him? Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Pastor Ford warns single people who are considering marriage to not make a permanent decision based on the superficial evaluation that may come as a result of “falling in love.” To really ensure that you know who it is that you are marrying, you really have to look deep before you leap!
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As we begin a study in 1 Corinthians 10, we’ll see that the Apostle Paul wrote this passage for people of faith. And, Pastor Ford will explain that Paul wanted believers to look back at Israel and see them as an illustration of what those who follow Christ don’t want to do in the Christian walk.Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Pastor Ford explains today that the primary problem that causes divorce is not something that happens after marriage. It’s caused by what didn’t happen before marriage. In other words, too many singles are making a permanent decision based on a superficial evaluation.
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We should never blame God when we fall into temptation. As a matter of fact, according to Pastor Ford, we shouldn’t blame the Devil or even blame the world. Because our greatest enemy is not our external enemy, the world, and it’s not our infernal enemy, the Devil. The greatest enemy is our internal enemy, the flesh.
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What happens when our priorities are not God’s priorities? Among other things, we break fellowship with God and we focus on satisfying our own selfish desires. But God always gives us the opportunity to repent when we realize that our ways are not His ways.
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In the book of Haggai, the prophet relays a message from the Lord of Hosts to the people of Israel. He says, “Consider your ways!” because their ways were not the Lord’s ways. Today, we can glean from this passage that the key to getting what we need in our lives is to focus on what God wants for our lives. God’s priorities must become our priorities.
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Following Jesus’ example of intercessory prayer for us, when we’re praying for God to care for others, we also ought to be praying about their comprehension of God. While we are interceding for their preservation and provision, we also need to be interceding and praying for the truth about God to be revealed to them.
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Why do we walk by faith and not by sight? Because we see in the present what God has done for us in the past, and that assures us of the blessings in our future. To find out more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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Intercessory prayer is prayer that’s concerned about the individuals with whom or for whom you are praying. For example, in His intercessory prayer for His followers found in John 17, Jesus has their best interests at heart. He’s not praying to impress, He’s praying to express His concerns. He’s praying for their needs. And He’s still doing the same thing for us today.
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What motivates you in life? When you make a move forward and all the related choices, what are your moves and choices based on? The formation of all of our choices ought come from the Word of God. If it’s a choice that’s not connected to the foundation of God’s Word, then we’re going to regret it.
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If we don’t obey God’s Word faithfully, we shouldn’t claim to appreciate it. Pastor Ford will explain today that we shouldn’t talk about our dedication to the Word of God if our “do-ology” doesn’t match our theology. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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In Psalm 119, the Psalmist rejoices in the eternal Word of God. And he clearly states his appreciation for it. But the tragedy is, unlike the Psalmist, some of us do not delight in God’s Word. We don’t appreciate it. So, how do we maximize the Word of God in our lives? Pastor Ford explains that we need to learn how to appreciate it.
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Sometimes we just need someone who will tell us like it is. We need someone who will just get up in our face and tell us stuff, especially the hard stuff that we don’t want to hear or even talk about. We need them to disciple us. On today’s Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will tell us about the man who did this for him and discipled him when he first became a follower of Christ.
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Faith lets us live in the “right now”—the present, while at the same time, we can believe in the “not yet”—the future that God has prepared for us. And according to Pastor Ford, that’s because we understand faith moves us from insufficiency to sufficiency, based on Christ’s all-sufficiency.Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Today, Pastor Ford asks us to consider these questions—What are people learning from our example at our church? Are new believers who are getting saved and coming to our church learning from us and the other members of our congregation? We’ll hear more about the process of discipleship and just how important it is in the life of the churchon today’s Treasured Truth.
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When we consider the importance of discipleship, it’s not at the expense of salvation. Salvation shouldn’t be minimized or relegated as something that is not important. But it’s just the beginning, not the end. And so, we need to understand that discipleship is like taking a step further beyond salvation.
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As we continue to look at discipleship, we’ll consider the fact that when people met Jesus’ disciples, they knew that those men had been in the presence of Jesus Christ because of the lifestyle that they were living and because of the message that they were giving. And that’s because Jesus had discipled them. He accomplished what He wanted to in the lives of those men through discipleship. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we continue to look at discipleship, we’ll consider the fact that when people met Jesus’ disciples, they knew that those men had been in the presence of Jesus Christ because of the lifestyle that they were living and because of the message that they were giving. And that’s because Jesus had discipled them. He accomplished what He wanted to in the lives of those men through discipleship. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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There are people in the church who are not mature believers. But if you are mature, then what’s your job as a believer? Today we’ll see in 1 Corinthians 4 that it says you ought to be discipling those who are less mature and making sure they are firmly rooted in the truth of God’s Word so that they’re not shaken by every wind of doctrine that comes along.
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There are people in the church who are not mature believers. But if you are mature, then what’s your job as a believer? Today we’ll see in 1 Corinthians 4 that it says you ought to be discipling those who are less mature and making sure they are firmly rooted in the truth of God’s Word so that they’re not shaken by every wind of doctrine that comes along.
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As Christians, we are all called to make disciples. But how do we know that we’re being effective in our discipleship? Pastor Ford will explain that we know we’re effective when we have a fourth-generation disciple, who we are helping to grow in the Lord. Find out more about what it means to disciple generationally on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As Christians, we are all called to make disciples. But how do we know that we’re being effective in our discipleship? Pastor Ford will explain that we know we’re effective when we have a fourth-generation disciple, who we are helping to grow in the Lord. Find out more about what it means to disciple generationally on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Pastor Ford will remind us today that God won’t make us do anything, but He can put us in situations that will make us do what is best for us. For instance, God has a better opportunity for you, but you won’t leave your job because of security. So, He lets you get fired, in order for you to eventually get hired into a better situation. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Pastor Ford will remind us today that God won’t make us do anything, but He can put us in situations that will make us do what is best for us. For instance, God has a better opportunity for you, but you won’t leave your job because of security. So, He lets you get fired, in order for you to eventually get hired into a better situation. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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The false teachers we are learning about in our study in Galatians 6 apparently wanted the admiration of people. And false teachers today aren’t much different. Often they teach what they teach so that people will like them. They want to be popular and well accepted so they change the truth of scripture to make it more palatable and less convicting.
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The false teachers we are learning about in our study in Galatians 6 apparently wanted the admiration of people. And false teachers today aren’t much different. Often they teach what they teach so that people will like them. They want to be popular and well accepted so they change the truth of scripture to make it more palatable and less convicting.
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Pastor Ford will explain today that generally speaking, reconciliation takes time. That's because God has to heal the person who's been offended. And it often takes a lot of time for that to happen. So, if you've asked for forgiveness and are waiting for reconciliation to take place, then realize that it may be a while before the offended person can respond in a forgiving way.
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Pastor Ford will explain today that generally speaking, reconciliation takes time. That's because God has to heal the person who's been offended. And it often takes a lot of time for that to happen. So, if you've asked for forgiveness and are waiting for reconciliation to take place, then realize that it may be a while before the offended person can respond in a forgiving way.
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On today’s Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will ask us to consider this question—Why is it that when someone does something against us, we look at their actions, but when we do something against them, we look at our intentions? And we say we didn’t intend to do it. Yet, we did it. So, whether we intended to or not, we hurt them and we have to deal with that, seek their forgiveness, and try to reconcile things with them.
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On today’s Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will ask us to consider this question—Why is it that when someone does something against us, we look at their actions, but when we do something against them, we look at our intentions? And we say we didn’t intend to do it. Yet, we did it. So, whether we intended to or not, we hurt them and we have to deal with that, seek their forgiveness, and try to reconcile things with them.
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As believers, sometimes God places us in a storm, to show us that He’s still in control. So, even when we’re obeying God, we can suffer and we can encounter opposition. That’s because God has some ultimate purposes, which are to teach us to trust Him and to show Himself as sovereign over the circumstances in our lives.
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As believers, sometimes God places us in a storm, to show us that He’s still in control. So, even when we’re obeying God, we can suffer and we can encounter opposition. That’s because God has some ultimate purposes, which are to teach us to trust Him and to show Himself as sovereign over the circumstances in our lives.
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The level of intimacy we experience in our relationship with God is in direct proportion to the level of forgiveness we show to others. Pastor Ford will explain that God doesn’t want us to come to worship, thinking that we’re communicating with and worshipping Him, when we have something in our heart against the person sitting next to us.
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The level of intimacy we experience in our relationship with God is in direct proportion to the level of forgiveness we show to others. Pastor Ford will explain that God doesn’t want us to come to worship, thinking that we’re communicating with and worshipping Him, when we have something in our heart against the person sitting next to us.
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Pastor Ford will remind us today that we should not let ourselves be impeded in our healing from past hurts because we want to know why someone would hurt us in the way they did. We often ask why did they do it? We have to realize that we may never find out why they did what they did. And often people who do things to us don’t even know why they did them. So, we shouldn’t let that question hold us back from getting past the hurt.
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Pastor Ford will remind us today that we should not let ourselves be impeded in our healing from past hurts because we want to know why someone would hurt us in the way they did. We often ask why did they do it? We have to realize that we may never find out why they did what they did. And often people who do things to us don’t even know why they did them. So, we shouldn’t let that question hold us back from getting past the hurt.
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When we’ve been hurt and we realize that what our offenders meant for evil, God actually meant for good, then we understand the purpose of our pain. We can see that those who do evil towards us don’t control our lives by anything that they can do to us. Instead, God controls the outcome and intends for us to go through certain things so we can become more like He wants us to be.
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When we’ve been hurt and we realize that what our offenders meant for evil, God actually meant for good, then we understand the purpose of our pain. We can see that those who do evil towards us don’t control our lives by anything that they can do to us. Instead, God controls the outcome and intends for us to go through certain things so we can become more like He wants us to be.
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As we continue to look at forgiveness and how the story of Joseph unfolds in the Old Testament, we’ll see how he reminded his offenders of God’s sovereignty in his life. He said, “You meant it for evil, but God meant it for good.” So, Pastor Ford will explain that Joseph was essentially saying—what you meant as a stumbling block, God meant as a stepping stone.
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As we continue to look at forgiveness and how the story of Joseph unfolds in the Old Testament, we’ll see how he reminded his offenders of God’s sovereignty in his life. He said, “You meant it for evil, but God meant it for good.” So, Pastor Ford will explain that Joseph was essentially saying—what you meant as a stumbling block, God meant as a stepping stone.
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What happened to you may have been completely devastating and the day it happened might have seemed like the darkest day you’ve lived through. But no matter how difficult it was, Pastor Ford wants to remind you that God is still alive and He is going to work in whatever your situation is. God wants you to bring something out of what you’ve been through that you didn’t have before—something you never would have had if you had not gone through it.
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What happened to you may have been completely devastating and the day it happened might have seemed like the darkest day you’ve lived through. But no matter how difficult it was, Pastor Ford wants to remind you that God is still alive and He is going to work in whatever your situation is. God wants you to bring something out of what you’ve been through that you didn’t have before—something you never would have had if you had not gone through it.
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Pastor Ford will remind us today that when things get out of control, Jesus is still in control. That in this passage we will study today, Jesus will show His deity through His sovereignty, and His exercise of power over all of creation.
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Pastor Ford will remind us today that when things get out of control, Jesus is still in control. That in this passage we will study today, Jesus will show His deity through His sovereignty, and His exercise of power over all of creation.
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Today we will look at one of the greatest examples of a believer giving forgiveness. He’s someone who emulates our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and who deals with something that was extremely devastating to him. Join us to find out which person from the Old Testament Pastor Ford describes as such a great forgiver.
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Today we will look at one of the greatest examples of a believer giving forgiveness. He’s someone who emulates our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and who deals with something that was extremely devastating to him. Join us to find out which person from the Old Testament Pastor Ford describes as such a great forgiver.
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Pastor Ford will explain today that practicing forgiveness is like we’re saying, “I will not let that wrong perpetrated against me define my life.” Forgiveness is releasing the person who has wronged us and in doing so, freeing ourselves from the bondage of unforgiveness.
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Pastor Ford will explain today that practicing forgiveness is like we’re saying, “I will not let that wrong perpetrated against me define my life.” Forgiveness is releasing the person who has wronged us and in doing so, freeing ourselves from the bondage of unforgiveness.
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Forgiving can be so hard, especially when the wrong done to us seems unforgivable. But when we look at Jesus at Calvary, whatever was done to us was not as bad as what was done to Him on the cross. And He said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do!” If Jesus sought forgiveness for His offenders, so can we.
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Forgiving can be so hard, especially when the wrong done to us seems unforgivable. But when we look at Jesus at Calvary, whatever was done to us was not as bad as what was done to Him on the cross. And He said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do!” If Jesus sought forgiveness for His offenders, so can we.
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As we begin to take an in depth look at the process of forgiveness, Pastor Ford will describe how, in one concise verse found in Luke 23, Jesus tells us we can forgive the unforgivable. If we utilize the model Jesus lived for us to follow, we can forgive those individuals who have wronged us.
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As we begin to take an in depth look at the process of forgiveness, Pastor Ford will describe how, in one concise verse found in Luke 23, Jesus tells us we can forgive the unforgivable. If we utilize the model Jesus lived for us to follow, we can forgive those individuals who have wronged us.
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We’ll continue to explore how Jesus compared believers to salt and discover that in those days, when salt had lost its savor—or lost its potential property to bring flavor—they would take it and throw it out in the road for people to walk on it. And today Pastor Ford will explain what Jesus meant when He compared certain believers to savorless salt. To hear more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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We’ll continue to explore how Jesus compared believers to salt and discover that in those days, when salt had lost its savor—or lost its potential property to bring flavor—they would take it and throw it out in the road for people to walk on it. And today Pastor Ford will explain what Jesus meant when He compared certain believers to savorless salt. To hear more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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Pastor Ford will encourage us today to put ourselves, and everything we have into the hands of God. Because He takes it in His hands and He multiplies everything that we give Him. Maybe you don’t have what you need because it’s still in your hands and you haven’t put it in His hands.
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Pastor Ford will encourage us today to put ourselves, and everything we have into the hands of God. Because He takes it in His hands and He multiplies everything that we give Him. Maybe you don’t have what you need because it’s still in your hands and you haven’t put it in His hands.
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Today, Pastor Ford will explain what Jesus meant when He said that believers are the salt of the earth. They add zest and flavor to an otherwise bland world. Others see their joy, love, and commitment and are drawn to Christ. But why aren’t people drawn to some believers? Because they’re not salty enough and they don’t display to the world the attractiveness of Christ.
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Today, Pastor Ford will explain what Jesus meant when He said that believers are the salt of the earth. They add zest and flavor to an otherwise bland world. Others see their joy, love, and commitment and are drawn to Christ. But why aren’t people drawn to some believers? Because they’re not salty enough and they don’t display to the world the attractiveness of Christ.
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As we begin this short series on Matthew 5, verse 13, Pastor Ford will help us analyze our own effectiveness in light of God’s Kingdom. This verse tells us that, as believers, we are the salt of the earth. But if the salt has lost is saltiness, then what good is it? Listen today to find out how you can keep your saltiness and maintain your effectiveness as a believer in Christ.
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As we begin this short series on Matthew 5, verse 13, Pastor Ford will help us analyze our own effectiveness in light of God’s Kingdom. This verse tells us that, as believers, we are the salt of the earth. But if the salt has lost is saltiness, then what good is it? Listen today to find out how you can keep your saltiness and maintain your effectiveness as a believer in Christ.
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When you look at the storm you’re going through, then it’s easy to feel like giving up. But when you look through the storm, you have resolve to go on. And that’s what we need to do! We need that resolve to look through the storm, keep going, keep on pushing through, and keep on doing what God has called us to do. Hear more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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When you look at the storm you’re going through, then it’s easy to feel like giving up. But when you look through the storm, you have resolve to go on. And that’s what we need to do! We need that resolve to look through the storm, keep going, keep on pushing through, and keep on doing what God has called us to do. Hear more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Jesus said, “Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age…” So, with that statement, He was reassuring us that we can be confident God is always working on our behalf. When God is silent, He’s working behind the scenes and doing things that we don’t even realize, in order to get us to the place where He wants us to be.
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Jesus said, “Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age…” So, with that statement, He was reassuring us that we can be confident God is always working on our behalf. When God is silent, He’s working behind the scenes and doing things that we don’t even realize, in order to get us to the place where He wants us to be.
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When they were wandering in the wilderness, the children of Israel took their eyes off the promise that God had given them and put their eyes on the problems they had. And what happened to them as a result? All of that generation died in the wilderness. Pastor Ford asks us today—how many of us are dying in the wilderness because we always focus on the problem and not on the promise? To hear more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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When God allows challenging circumstances to enter our lives He’s probing our faith. Those challenges are designed to bring out something in us, that we don’t even know we have, until that circumstance we face activates it. We’ll see how this happened for the disciples through the challenge they faced in John 6, on today’s Treasured Truth.
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What’s the definition of compassion? Pastor Ford defines it this way—your pain in my heart. So that means, in order to be compassionate, we have to feel other people’s pain in our own heart and strive to see their situation from their perspective.
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In our study today, we’ll discover that the Apostle Paul encourages us to react to people who have needs and who can’t bear those burdens by themselves. But he doesn’t want us to relinquish them of the responsibility that they can handle. We need to strive to achieve a balance when we seek to help people.
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There are several things that Pastor Ford wants to encourage us not to forget. He says don’t forget about the goodness of God, the glory of God, or the grace of God. Because if we do forget these things, then our forgetfulness leads us directly to our sinful tendencies. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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According to Pastor Ford, the importance that someone places on worship is also an indicator of how they deal with sin in their life. Christians who have the right response to worship will be the same ones whose sinfulness has dealt with itself.
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We should never blame God when we fall into temptation. As a matter of fact, according to Pastor Ford, we shouldn’t blame the Devil or even blame the world. Because our greatest enemy is not our external enemy, the world, and it’s not our infernal enemy, the Devil. The greatest enemy is our internal enemy, the flesh.
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Little becomes much in the Master’s hands. If you take the little that you have in your hand and put that in His hand, He’s able to multiply it. God always likes taking our natural and adding His super to it and doing something supernatural. Learn more on today's Treasured Truth.
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Often people will say that they just have to make a way for themselves to accomplish or overcome something. But Pastor Ford wants to remind us that Jesus has a plan for each of us, and He’s going to make sure we fail when we try to make our own way. We’re going to fail going it on our own every time, because He’s got a prescribed course that He wants us to follow.
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What is the solution to the natural inclinations that are a part of our sin nature? What can we do to fight our tendencies toward sin? How in the world do we fight what we like? These are just a few of the questions that Pastor Ford will help us answer today.
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In John 8:12, Jesus is called the Light of the World. And because of that, we can deal with our sin appropriately with one broad stroke. We can come out of the darkness of our sin, simply by coming into fellowship with the Jesus, Who is the Light.
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Pastor Ford will explain that our struggle is greater with God than it is with the Devil. Why? Because it’s a lot easier to give into temptation than to resist it. But our biggest problem is not with the Devil and it’s not with God. Our biggest problem is with ourselves. Hear more about the “inner-me enemy” ontoday’s Treasured Truth.
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Sometimes we don’t listen to God and what His Word tells us to do and we get ourselves into trouble. But the good news is that He loves us so much that He gets us out of the trouble we’ve caused ourselves, even though we didn’t listen to what He told us to do. To learn more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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Who do you look to when you have a situation or when you have a problem? Do you look to your intellect? Do you look to your pastor or your church? Do you look to your bank account? Do you look to your friends or your family? Or do you look to Jesus? Pastor Ford will share with us why there’s no reason for us to look to anyone or anything else but Jesus.
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What’s the first benefit of daily reading of the Bible? We learn to fear God. We learn about Him, and Who He is. We become enlightened by the person of God, inspired by the presence of God, and energized by the power of God when we’re feasting on His Word daily.
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Have you ever been in a time when you felt like, you weren’t living right, and so you didn’t want to pray? You thought to yourself, “I don’t want to talk to God, because I know I’m not living up to His standard..” But Psalm 103:13 says, “Like a father pities His children, so the Lord pities them that fear Him.” So, really, whether or not you’re living right isn’t the question. The question is, do you fear Him?
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There’s no “new and improved” when it comes to the Word of God. Isaiah 40:8 says, “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the Word of our God endures forever.” God has already established all the ground rules for us in His Word. So, we shouldn’t come along trying to make up new ground rules for our lives, because He’s already done it for us!
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Pastor Ford will explain today that the best ministry comes out of our pain, comes out of our lack, and comes out of our brokenness. Sometimes we have to be bruised in order to be used. Ministry is not easy, but it’s worth it! Because when we go through what we have to in order to minister, we end up bringing more glory to God through our pain, lack and brokenness.
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Luke 2:52 says, “And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man.” Pastor Ford points out that this means Jesus’ growth was prioritized. In other words, His mental growth took precedent over the physical and His spiritual growth took precedent over the social. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we consider the scripture passage in Luke 2, which gives a brief description of Jesus’ growing up years, we’ll see that He grew in 4 specific areas: mentally, physically, spiritually, and socially. And we’ll continue to learn how this is not only a description of His growth, but also a prescription for how we can grow.
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When we look at Luke 2:52, we should realize that it is not just a declaration about Jesus, it’s about the reputation of Jesus. Pastor Ford says we need to understand that the fourteen words contained in that verse are not just a description of Jesus’ life, but they’re a prescription for our lives.
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Pastor Ford describes the three choices we have—Jesus is either Lord, liar or lunatic. We have to make a choice, because just as He asked Peter, Jesus also asks us, “Who do you say that I am?”
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Today, Pastor Ford reminds us that Jesus is not a deity by default. Instead, He’s God’s sovereign choice to be the Lord of the Church. Find out more when you join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we begin to look at the miracle of the loaves and the fishes, we’ll see how Jesus is going to teach His disciples how to minister by providing them an example of what they should do. Every time Jesus gave a message, He always gave the model. In other words, Pastor Ford says, He would talk it, then He would always walk it.
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Pastor Ford explains that even though pastors are responsible for tending and feeding the “sheep” of a congregation, so are their fellow Christian brothers and sisters. An indicator that you’re following Jesus is how you treat other people in the body of Christ. Hear more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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What starts with “we” always ends in nothing. But what starts with “Jesus” will always end in success. God wants us to understand that it’s His presence that makes all the difference in every aspect of our lives.
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Have you ever gone through a difficult time and the first thought you had was, “God, You said that You loved me. If You love me, why am I going through this?” And God says, “You’re questioning My love for you because I let this trial come into your life. But what you don’t understand is that I let it come into your life because I do love you.” Find out more when you join us for today's Treasured Truth.
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God wants us to know that whatever is bigger than we are, He’s bigger than it. Aren’t you glad that we have a God Who is bigger than anything or anyone we could ever encounter? Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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When you understand that there’s significance in your suffering, that understanding will turn fear into faith. It will turn sighing into singing. It will turn doubting into dancing. It will turn worrying into worship, and it will turn trying into trusting. You will know what God is doing for you through your suffering.
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Pastor Ford reminds us today that if Jesus conquered death, then what is our sickness to Him? He can handle our employer. He can handle our haters. If He can conquer death, then He can handle all of our difficulties and our insufficiencies. That’s because our insufficiency, becomes sufficiency, through Christ’s all-sufficiency. Jesus can handle all the issues that we have. We just need to trust Him!
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We focus on what’s happening now, but God focuses on what happened before. Why? God wants us to look back to see history so we can comprehend our destiny. Because when He told believers back then about what His plan for the future was, He was making promises in history about our destiny. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Life can be full of trouble and we, as believers, are not exempt from it. But even though we may lose everything—home in foreclosure, relationships strained, health failing—we can still look to God and hear Him say, “Have no fear, I’m here!”
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Pastor Ford explains that we each need to be circumspect and make sure that we know our own answer to this question—Are we not witnessing because we’re ashamed of Jesus? Because if we are ashamed of Him, Jesus said that He would be ashamed of us before His Father in heaven. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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One of the most compelling reasons we have for witnessing to others is the debt we owe to Jesus for our own salvation. How do you pay the debt that you owe to Jesus? Tell someone about Him and what He’s done for you.
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In the process of winning lost people for Christ, there are believers who sow and there are those who reap. In other words, there are those who plant the seed of faith and others who pray with that person and who are there when he or she actually comes to Christ. Sowers and reapers are equally important in the process, so they will receive the same reward in heaven. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Just as so many people were waiting to be healed at the Pool of Bathesda, too many of us are hanging out at the pools of life where there are no answers! We’re hanging out at the pool of materialism, the pool of our careers and our jobs, the pool of our family. We’re hanging out looking for answers in something that will never satisfy, instead of looking to Jesus for our answers and healing.
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Today on Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford reminds us that despite our failings, we can end up better than we started out. We can never go too low to escape God’s grace. The most important thing is for us to seek to know God and Him alone. He will help us do what He’s designed for us to do.
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Pastor Ford explains that divine sovereignty is linked to human responsibility. Without God we can’t, and without us God won’t. To find out more about this interesting concept, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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Pastor Ford wants you to realize that where you are now in life is the place God has you to prepare you for your future destiny. In other words, God is using your current circumstances to make you ready to fulfill His future plans for your life.
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Pastor Ford describes how everything that happens to you is not a stumbling block, but it’s a steppingstone. God is working in you, to take something out of you or put something into you so that you will be prepared to accomplish whatever plans He wants you to fulfill. Learn more about this on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Today on Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain how God has provided everything we need to take away any excuses that keep us from stepping into and fulfilling the destiny He has designed for us.
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Pastor Ford will remind us that a temptation is an opportunity to do a good thing in a bad way. The devil’s tactic is to pervert good things. He always wants us to step outside the boundaries and disregard what God has commanded us to do. To hear more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we continue to look at how to overcome temptation, Pastor Ford will explain that when we take the devil’s bait and succumb to sin, it’s an indication of one thing—that we’ve forgotten the goodness of God and all that He has done for us.
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Pastor Ford will call our attention to the fact that we overcome temptation by trusting God Himself, not by trying to overcome temptation ourselves. We will overcome because of what God does for us, not because of what we do for ourselves.
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On today’s Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford describes how one critical person can stop the progress of an entire church congregation. He’ll also explain more about how to determine the truth within a criticism and how to avoid unnecessary ministry hindrances.
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As we continue to look at what it means to launch out into the deep, we’ll see that Peter didn’t understand the capacity of the blessings that Jesus wanted to bestow on Him. That’s because he was too small in his thinking. And because of that, he missed out on some of the blessings. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Today on Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford points out that when we are being criticized, we need to not retaliate. Instead, we should just ride it out. Because if the criticism is untrue, then our lifestyle will prove to other people that it’s not true.
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Pastor Ford will ask how can someone hatefully criticize someone else who’s taking their time, their gifts and the money God has given to them to minister to others? As we continue the series called “Combating Criticism,” Pastor Ford will address this and other probing questions. To hear more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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While addressing criticism that occurs within the church, Pastor Ford compels us to consider doing this: if we find things in ministry that rub us the wrong way, then we should determine what part we can play in making them better. We should help find solutions, instead of sitting back and criticizing others.
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Pastor Ford calls attention to the fact that there are a lot of people who will criticize you because they figure if they couldn’t do it, then you can’t do it either. Or if they couldn’t do it, then you shouldn’t do it either. He’ll also share today how to determine what the real source of this type of criticism is.
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As he shares how to overcome a critical spirit, Pastor Ford points out that for some reason, it’s easier for us to jump to negative conclusions about people, than to assume the best about them. We naturally seek to lift our reputation by lowering theirs and promoting ourselves by demoting them. Hear how to combat this natural tendency on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Pastor Ford says that faith is believing it is so, even when it’s not so, until it becomes so, because God said so. And when we launch out into the deep, what are we doing? We’re stepping out in faith, believing what God has said and trusting He will go with us into the unknown.
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Today on Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford points out that there are some individuals who don’t want anything to do with Jesus because of what somebody who knows Jesus did. He’ll share with us how we should respond to this type of criticism from unbelievers.
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As we begin a new series called “Combating Criticism”, Pastor Ford will encourage those of us who are being criticized to just let God handle it. Don’t retaliate. We should learn to evaluate the criticism, but let God deal with our critics, because eventually He will.
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When trying to get out of debt, will we do as the widow in the book of 2 Kings did? As Blind Bartimaeus and as Abraham did? What is it they did? They believed God to bring life to a dead situation. They didn’t try to figure out how God was going to do it. They just acted on what God said and held on despite all the negative circumstances in their lives. Learn more on today's Treasured Truth.
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As we continue to look at how to get out of debt, we’ll learn that when we borrow, it entwines us and unites us together with someone other than God who’s going to direct our lives because of what we owe them. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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When we allow God to use our stuff for His purposes, He takes our stuff and multiplies it to meet our needs. Learn more about how God honors us when we honor Him with our finances on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Pastor Ford says that faith is believing it is so, even when it’s not so, until it becomes so, because God said so. And when we launch out into the deep, what are we doing? We’re stepping out in faith, believing what God has said and trusting He will go with us into the unknown. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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If God loved us enough to set us free and to pay our sin debt, then He loves us enough to guide us, guard us, govern us, and to grace us, then to provide and protect us as we give generously to others and begin to honor Him with our money. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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How can we know that we’re serious about getting out of debt? When we commit to giving God what is due to Him first. That’s how we know we’re serious and we can trust that God will honor us when we honor Him with our finances.
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How do we begin to get out of debt? A good place to start is by crying out to God for His help. Yet, the problem is some of us cry out to Him, but we’re not serious. We’re waiting on God to do something to get us out of debt and God is waiting on us to do something to show Him that we are serious and are desperate for His help. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Does being in debt distort our goals? Yes, because when we’re in debt, we can’t seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. Why? Because we’ve gone into debt adding all of these things to ourselves, instead of letting the Lord add them to us in His time and through His provision. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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When we don’t obey God, He doesn’t lose—we do! So, when we consider all the things that He’s told us to do and we’ve decided we’re not going to do them, we’re the ones that have always ended up in a mess. And that’s especially true when it comes to our finances. Learn more about how to get out of debt on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we continue to look at the miracles of Jesus, we see that there were crowds of people in and around Galilee, who witnessed these miracles take place. They were impressed by what Jesus was doing, but they still weren’t placing their faith in the right place. They were believing in His power, but they weren’t yet believing in His person. See what kind of difference that makes on today’s Treasured Truth.
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After he came to Jesus intentionally, Jairus immediately invited Jesus to his house. He wanted Jesus to come heal his daughter, but he also was focused on introducing Jesus to his entire household. According to Pastor Ford, a wise father is the one who invites Jesus into his house and introduces Him to everyone there.
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In preparation for Father’s Day, we’re looking at the story of Jairus, who came to Jesus with the one intention of getting his daughter healed. And Pastor Ford wants dads to see that the first step in the process of a father seeing his children healed and seeing them raised, is for the father to come to Jesus intentionally.
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Pastor and author James Ford, Jr. says we all need to understand that Jesus gives us His person to live with, His purpose to live for, His priorities to live by, His provision to live on and His power to live through. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Do you feel that you need a little more Jesus in your life? If we really love Jesus, then we’ll draw near to Him. We’ll also want to get to know Him better. How do we do this? Pastor Ford says we should seek communion with Jesus. Join us for today’s Treasured Truth as we start a new message from Hebrews 10.
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There is a certain progression to faith that each of us undergoes in order for our faith to grow. Often, we will see that God places us in situations that cultivate that progression and cause our faith to grow unexpectedly, because we have to rely on Him to help us through the situation in which we find He has placed us. That’s on today’s Treasured Truth.
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On today’s Treasured Truth, we'll learn that believers can have confidence that the tragedy of death has been overcome. And in His resurrection, Christ is the “first fruits” of those who will be raised from the dead. Pastor Ford explains that although death can seem tragic, for the believer, it’s really just transportation from this life to the next.
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As we continue this message from Matthew 27, Pastor Ford wants us to realize that God provides for us even through the tragedies in our lives. It’s easy to not see how that can be true sometimes, but God can really turn tragedies into triumphs. How can we know that’s true? Because the Bible tells us that all things work together for those who love God and are called according to His purpose.
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Today, Pastor Ford brings an encouraging message about how tragedies—like the deaths of our loved ones—can be turned into victories. As we look at Matthew 27, he shares that the theme of this chapter indicates death can be transformed into triumph because of the death of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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When dealing with rumors, Pastor Ford compels us to hold the person spreading the rumors accountable. It’s one of the best ways to stop the mess that rumors create. He says we should squelch the rumors before they cause problems in the body of Christ.
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Rumors are dangerous because they change our focus. Pastor Ford reminds us today that instead of our focus being on idle rumors, our focus should always be on the goodness of God and the glorious victory that He has given us through His Son, Jesus Christ.
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Today we’ll see how faith can grow. And that wherever you are in your faith walk right now, you don’t want to stay there. Because, according to Pastor Ford, you’re either going forward or you’re going backwards, but you’re never standing still when it comes to your faith journey.
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On today’s Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford explains that a rumor is just second hand gossip. It’s hearsay. It’s reporting something to someone without consulting the original source to validate or substantiate. It’s giving all the details without having all the facts. And it’s definitely something we should all avoid spreading.
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On today’s Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford explains that a rumor is just second hand gossip. It’s hearsay. It’s reporting something to someone without consulting the original source to validate or substantiate. It’s giving all the details without having all the facts. And it’s definitely something we should all avoid spreading.
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How do you handle it, when people hurl accusations at you? What do you do when they question your motivations and when they try to intimidate you? Pastor Ford will explain how we must learn to deal with “haters” in our lives and how God deals with them on our behalf.
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Pastor Ford will share some practical advice about how to handle the valleys we all inevitably encounter in life. He’ll explain that in order to get through the valleys, we must have the right attitude, awareness and assurance. To find out more join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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We need to acknowledge that valleys are a part of the Christian walk. We’re going to encounter them because they’re inevitable. Valleys are also impartial, because they don’t care who we are and they don’t consult our schedules. So, Pastor Ford reminds us today that we better learn to just be prepared for them.
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As we continue to study the passage that tells us about how Jesus turned water into wine, Pastor Ford wants us to consider this—What are we doing that sets us up for the miracle that we’ve been asking for? Are we walking in the direction of the miracle that we’ve been seeking?
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If you want to get to a greener pasture, sometimes you must go through the valley to get there. There’s no escaping the path through the valley. It’s the best way, and often it’s the only way you can go. Pastor Ford will explain to us why on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Just like a shepherd goes before his sheep to lead them, God goes before His children and leads them in the paths He has for them. So today, Pastor Ford will share about how this simple phrase from Psalm 23—“He goes before”—holds so much meaning for believers.
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We don’t have to love what God is doing, but we do have to trust what He’s doing. As God leads us, He sometimes makes us lie down (metaphorically), just like a shepherd would make his sheep lie down. Why? Because He’s able to give us things when we’re lying down that we won’t be able to receive when we’re standing up. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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What does it mean when the Psalmist says, “He maketh me to lie down”? God has a special plan for each of us and sometimes that involves making us to stop, lie down, and rest in green pastures. Find out more about what this means on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Today we’ll see how the gospel message is so clear, even as it’s seen within the nuances found in Psalm 23. And Pastor Ford will remind us that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us, to redeem us from our sin.Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As the scriptures portray in John 2, the people at the wedding in Cana obeyed Jesus when He instructed them to fill the water pots with water. Pastor Ford will explain that their obedience was cooperative, meaning, they played a part in the miracle! In other words, they did what they could do so that Jesus could do what they couldn’t do. And that’s because God is never going to do for us what we should be doing for ourselves. That’s on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Do you run to anybody other than the Lord? Because He’s the only One Who can help us. And when life seems to present us with “what” problems—what’s going on in my life? This is going on, that’s going on in my life—we need to realize that instead we should have a ‘Who’ perspective. And then we can say, “No matter what’s going on in my life, I know Who can deal with it.”
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On today’s Treasured Truth, we’ll see how the Lord leads his children, just like a shepherd leads his sheep. And if the Lord truly is our shepherd, and we have committed to follow Him, then we can be confident that He will give us everything that we need.
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As we continue to work our way through the beginning of Psalm 23 with Pastor Ford, he will explain the significance of the names that the Psalm’s author, King David, used to refer to God and what that significance means for us, even today.
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As we begin to take a fresh look at Psalm 23, Pastor Ford will explain how despite the fact that it may be the most well-known Psalm from the Bible, it may also be the least understood. We’ll begin to explore the metaphors and the word pictures in this beloved passage of scripture and learn more about the Lord, Who is Our Shepherd.
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As we wrap up our study in Hebrews 4 today, Pastor Ford will continue to explain Who it is that we serve. Hebrews identifies Jesus as the Great High Priest and we’ll hear some practical application related to what this means for each of us as believers. That’s on today’s Treasured Truth.
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When we consider Jesus’ all sufficient power and how He might choose to work in our lives, we know that He can work things out for us, but we don’t really understand how. Pastor Ford explains that lack of understanding can cause us to have a lack of faith sometimes. But we need to trust that Jesus is going to turn our obstacle into an opportunity. And, we need to obey Him, even though what He’s doing doesn’t make sense to us. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we continue our study in Hebrews 4, we’ll look further at Who Jesus is as our Great High Priest. And Pastor Ford will encourage us to consider Who it is we have on our side—He’s the Son of God, which makes Him the perfect person and the perfect sacrifice for our sins.
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We can be the success that Christ wants us to be if we realize that He’s the reason for our success. And we need to understand that we serve The Great High Priest, Who is personal to us. He’ll be for us whatever we need Him to be. Learn more on today's Treasured Truth.
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Who do we serve? Christ is described in scripture as “The Great High Priest” Who is present in our lives. He proved through Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego that He’s a very present help in the time of trouble. But here’s the problem—we don’t really understand Who He is and many of us don’t recognize Him when He comes to help us in our trouble.
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In order to fully appreciate our salvation and the sacrifice that Jesus made for us, we need to understand Who it is we serve. We need to understand Who we have in Christ and then confidently cling to Him.Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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One of the most important questions you can ask yourself in life is who you’re going to serve. That’s because the answer to that question determines the answers to any and every other question you will ever have in life. And as we begin this study in Hebrews chapter 4, Pastor Ford will remind those of us who have decided to serve Christ, exactly Who it is that we are serving. That’s on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Is Jesus your first response or is He your last resort? Do you run to Him? Why do we need to run to Him? Because as the Bible explains, He is able to do exceedingly and abundantly above all that we could ask or think according to His might working power in us!
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On today’s Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us of the story of Moses’ mother and how she saved her child despite the orders of Pharaoh. And as we look forward to Mother’s Day this weekend, her story serves as a reminder to us of the important role of mothers and how when we seek to honor God with our choices, He will honor us.
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How can you tell that a woman (or a man) is being designed by God? Those individuals are committed to the principles of Jesus Christ. He’s forming them so He can fill them and use them for His glory. Pastor Ford wants each of us to ask ourselves—are we being designed by God?
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As we conclude this message from Jeremiah 18, Pastor Ford encourages us to quit looking at other people, thinking we need to be where they are. Instead, we should realize that we need to be right where we God has placed us and then we need to let God take us where He wants us to be. And in the process, we need to strive to just be ourselves.
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On today’s Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will encourage us to remember that God has a specific purpose for everything that happens to us. God always intends for His ultimate plan to be executed in our lives. It’s a great reminder as we continue to look at God as the Potter and us as His clay in this message from Jeremiah 18.
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Pastor Ford compels us to come to Christ no matter what our circumstances. We shouldn’t try to clean ourselves up. Rather we should just bring our stinky selves to Christ and He will clean us and cover us. We’ll end up smelling like His sweet aroma, instead of the pigsty we’ve just come from. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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It doesn’t matter what you’re going through when Jesus has the power to overcome anything. If you’ve been left out, put out, or burnt out, Jesus can work it out for you. Remember, if He can turn water into wine, then He can choose to work a miracle in your life too.
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If we’ve been untruthful, and we’ve told someone a lie, then we need to be forgiven of the lie so effective communication can be restored. As long as the lie is between us and the person we are trying to communicate with, we can go back and forth with them all we want to, but we still have to deal with the lie. Once it’s dealt with, then we can begin to achieve effective communication again with that person.
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In our relationships, if something is really bothering us and we don’t address it, but instead we pretend that nothing is wrong, then we’re not really being honest. When someone asks us, “What’s wrong?” And we say, “Nothing.”—that’s a lie. Pastor Ford will ask us today—How can we actually discover truth in our conversations with others, when we choose to ignore it ourselves?
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The biggest communication problem is that we do not listen to understand. Instead, we listen to reply. We’re waiting so that we can say, “Oh no, that was not what you said, or that didn’t go down like that.” So, we’re actually preparing our reply rather than trying to understand what the other person is really trying to communicate. That’s on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Pastor Ford encourages each of us to ask ourselves, “Is there something or someone that’s in the way, causing my communication to fail?” Because a lot of times we really have to be careful about who we’re allowing to give us input into our relationships.
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To communicate is to share information with someone, that is either verbal or non-verbal, in a manner in which the person understands. But Pastor Ford will explain, if there isn’t any understanding, then there hasn’t actually been any real communication. To hear more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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At the wedding in Cana, Jesus performed his first recorded miracle and turned water into wine. We have some instances in our lives where we want Jesus to work on our behalf and turn our water into wine. How does that happen? How can we get Jesus to turn our water into wine? Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Honest communication is so important in any relationship. When we lie and when we get angry, we give the devil an opportunity to get into our relationships. And that’s exactly what he wants. And so, when we do those things, we’re actually playing into the devil’s hands.
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In our relationships, we want to be able to get along, to understand each other, to be able to communicate something to someone and to be able to understand exactly what they’re saying and where they’re coming from. Find out some tips about how to do all of that on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Sometimes we need to try and connect to how a person is feeling. If they’re feeling a certain way, they feel that way, simply because they feel that way. So, sometimes we need to connect to that and understand there are some things that may be going on that we just can’t solve.
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Pastor Ford will urge us to understand that we ought not deprecate how another person feels. We should let them express their feelings. And then when we communicate, we must own our feelings. We shouldn’t say, “You did this to me.” Instead, we should ay, “What you did made me feel this way.”
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Pastor Ford will remind us that the condemnation of Good Friday was leading to the coronation of Resurrection Sunday. If there were no Good Friday, then there could not be Resurrection Sunday. And he points out that many of us want the power of the resurrection, but we don’t want the pain of the cross.
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The elements of communication include tone, body language and words. And Pastor Ford will explain today that if your attitude is bad, then you can assume that your body language, your tone and your words, may not be fit for good communication. To hear more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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On today’s Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford encourages us today to remember that Christ took the sting of death so that we wouldn’t have to. Oh grave, where is your victory? Oh death, where is your sting? Christ has achieved the victory over death and is alive! And because He’s alive, we are alive too!
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When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, He celebrated. And in His resurrection celebration, Jesus had prayer and praise. So, Pastor Ford will ask us today—if we’ve followed Jesus’ example, has resurrection power caused us to pray more? Has it caused us to praise more? Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we begin to look at the resurrection of Lazarus, we realize that God wanted everyone to understand that if Jesus didn’t do it, it wouldn’t get done. That is exactly why Jesus delayed His departure to return and help Lazarus. And so, we must realize that sometimes the reason Jesus hasn’t come to help us with our problems is because our problems may not be bad enough yet.
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God has allowed everything we go through, and He has a higher purpose for all of it. Now we may not be able to see or sense what that purpose is. And we really may not like it. But Pastor Ford will remind us that God is sovereign and He’s going to make sure that His purpose is done.
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To understand the blessings in a beatdown, we must realize that it’s better to walk with God in the darkness than to walk alone in the light. That’s what Jesus wanted us to know. Through the example of His life, we can see that He always put God first, especially in His suffering. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Have you ever been anxious to tell someone about a juicy piece of gossip? We’ve probably all been tempted to do that at some point. But today, Pastor Ford explains that we should be even more ready to tell people about the gospel than we are to tell them about the latest gossip. We should be anxious to spread the good news! Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As the time came near for Jesus to sacrifice His life for us, how could He have joy, when He knew all of the things that He would have to endure? Pastor Ford will explain Jesus could have that joy because He truly understood the blessings in a beat down.
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When the Father turned away from Him as He hung on the cross, Jesus realized that even though He felt abandoned by God, He was still His God. Jesus knew that His relationship with the Father could never be broken by His circumstances. As believers, we too can learn from Jesus’ example and be certain that this truth applies to our own lives as well.
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Following Christ’s example of what to do when you feel abandoned by God, Pastor Ford will encourage us to do this when we feel abandoned—go to the Word of God and commit ourselves to the revelation of all of God’s promises that we find in His Word.
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Christ was forsaken on the cross so that we could be forgiven and He left us an example of what we ought to do when we too feel like we’ve been abandoned by God. We’ll look at how Christ responded on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we begin to prepare ourselves and look forward to celebrating Christ’s resurrection this Easter, Pastor Ford will remind us of just how rich our redemption actually is. Jesus Christ paid the price for us to be redeemed and then He blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places (Ephesians 1:3).
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Intimate trust and fellowship with Jesus provides the enablement for making the impossible possible. But we need to make sure that whatever we’re doing is connected to our vital and intimate fellowship with Jesus Christ. And that it’s something which will be in fulfillment of His purpose, His plan, and that will glorify Him first and foremost.
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As we consider the richness of the redemption we have in Christ, we need to understand the futility of what we think can give us authority over our sin, other than Jesus Christ and Him crucified. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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When dealing with betrayal, we must understand how it can affect us emotionally and then avoid the tendency to isolate ourselves from others. Also, we need to remember that we can take our broken heartedness to Jesus, and He understands our grief, since He Himself was betrayed in the worst of ways by a friend.
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As we consider David’s lament in Psalm 55, detailing a betrayal he experienced, Pastor Ford explains that David is not referring to some casual acquaintance. He is talking about a betrayal by an intimate friend. Today, we will begin to see how David dealt with the betrayal and learn from his response. To hear more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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When they were surrounded by enemies and their back was up against the wall, all that King Jehoshaphat and the army of Judah did was trust God. And God fought the battle for them. Today, Pastor Ford will remind us that it’s just like the good news of Jesus Christ. We have strong enemies that stand against us—the world, the flesh and the Devil—but we don’t have to fight them on our own because Jesus already did.
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Pastor Ford reminds us today we must believe that where God leads, God feeds. And where God guides, He provides. We have to believe that when God directs, He always protects. Hear more about these important reminders on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we begin a new study in the book of Philippians, we’ll see that the Apostle Paul encourages us to realize that as believers, we can do all things through Christ who gives us strength. In this, Paul is writing God’s truth to us. And when God says we can, then guess what—we can! But what we have to do is believe what God has said and we have to act on it. We can trust Him to follow through on His promises to us. Hear more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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When we feel like our back is up against the wall, we ought to be expecting the fruitful provision from God, even though it doesn’t look like it’s possible for Him to provide in the midst of our problems,. Even though we don’t understand what’s going on and we don’t like it, we ought to be expecting God to provide for us.
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In 2 Chronicles 20, the children of Israel praised God in the midst of the battle and they praised God after the battle was over. And this is what we can learn from them—that in the midst of whatever is going on, we ought to be those who can say, “I don’t care what’s going on in my life, it’s not going to stop me from praising the Lord!”
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Today, we’ll continue to study 2 Chronicles 20 and see how King Jehopshaphat led the army of Judah into battle praising the Lord. And we’ll discover how that action on their part completely changed the outcome of the battle. Because sometimes we can think that our problems are too big, when the real issue is, our praise is actually too small.
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In 2 Chronicles 20, King Jehoshaphat and the army of Judah were in a predicament. They were besieged, and in addition to being severely outnumbered, they didn’t have enough weapons. They didn’t have the right resources and they didn’t even really have the guts to stand up to their enemies. But they realized that God was going to be there, because they knew that battle is the Lord’s. So they chose to praise the Lord, instead of fearing their circumstances.
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When confronted with enemies on every side, King Jehoshaphat and the army of Judah received a promise and instructions from God. And even though their back was up against a wall, and it seemed like their situation was hopeless, they chose to act in faith and believe that God was telling them the truth and that their circumstances were telling them a lie.
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As we conclude this series from Joshua 1, Pastor Ford will encourage us to not let the little things in our lives keep us from discovering everything that God has for us. And he explains that one thing God wants us to do in order to be in line with His will is to readily obey His precepts.
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As we continue to study in the book of 2 Chronicles, we’ll see how God gives King Jehoshaphat and the army of Judah a promise. Pastor Ford explains that God did that because they needed to understand what He was going to do in the midst of their current circumstance. He wanted to change their outlook, by telling them their outcome.
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Do you only see the trials and the tragedies around you, or do you also see the Lord? Do you see the providential hand of God working in your life? If not, then you’ll want to listen as Pastor Ford reminds us today of how we can trust God when we feel like our back is up against the wall.
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When we face trails and we feel like we have nowhere to turn, God wants us to know that He is bigger than what we are facing and what feels like it’s bigger than we are. And when we attach ourselves to God and trust His plan, we don’t have to worry about what we’re going through.
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When our back is up against the wall, we have to seek the face of the Father. We have to know that Christ is there with us because He has promised to never leave us, nor forsake us. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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When your back is against the wall, do you realize that God is there with you? We may not feel like He’s there, but Pastor Ford will remind us today that the Bible tells us that He really is there, waiting to assist us in our time of need.
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God’s word never has an expiration date. It’s as relevant today as it was back in the beginning. But we see in His word that God’s timing is not like ours. Pastor Ford wants to remind us that if God took 700 years to fulfill a promise about His Son, then He may also take more than just a few years to fulfill the promises that apply to our lives. To learn more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we look further at the account of the relationship between Isaac and Rebekah in the book of Genesis, Pastor Ford will show us that the story of how God brought them together in the Old Testament is a beautiful picture of the salvation that was to come in the New Testament.
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As we continue to look at the criteria we need to consider when dating someone, Pastor Ford will remind us that God always wants us to be equally yoked in marriage. So one of the first things to consider about a person who is potentially a mate is whether or not they are a believer. God does not want us to practice missionary dating—when we date someone with the intention of helping them become a believer.
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We need a list of criteria for dating and mating. We have to be more concerned about a person’s character than we are about their clothes. But while we’re worried about what they’re wearing, we ought to be worried about what’s wearing them. Because, as Pastor Ford will point out today, they could have expensive clothes and a raggedy character.
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As we finish up our series on church discipline and restoration, Pastor Ford will highlight an important truth for us today. According to him, here’s the bottom line—if we are spiritually healthy then we will love our brothers and our sisters. And if we love our brothers and our sisters, we will not allow them to stay in the far country, back-slidden and away from God.
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We’re looking further today at church discipline and considering those sins that can capture someone quickly. They didn’t expect to do it. They didn’t want to do it, necessarily. But the temptation caught them by surprise and it overwhelmed them. The Apostle Paul tells us it’s those who are spiritual within the church, who should come alongside the ones who have fallen into this kind of sin like and seek to help restore them.
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In His word, God has given us the revelation about the promises that He has for us. But He’s given us that revelation without giving us the manifestation of those promises yet. That’s because there must be a demonstration of application on our part in order for us to receive that manifestation. Pastor Ford will dive more deeply into these concepts on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we consider how easily sin can ensnare all of us, we realize that we never know when we’re going to need somebody to pick us up. So since we don’t need to be picked up right now, what we need to do is to get into a habit of trying to pick up other people and lift others up who need us to do so now. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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There’s an example of a person who was caught in sin, that we can read about in 1 Corinthians 5. Because the church delivered him to Satan (according to the scriptures) for “the destruction of the flesh,” he repented. But guess what—then they wouldn’t forgive him and let him back into the fellowship of the church! So, today we’ll see how Paul rebuked that church for their unforgiveness.
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Continuing our look at sins that should be dealt with by the church, Pastor Ford defines for us what a “busybody” is. According to him, that’s a person who is “always up in somebody else’s video, trying to find out what flavor their Kool-Aid is.” He says that person is in the category of seven things that God hates. What does God hate? The person who sows discord among the brethren—or in other words, they cause division among the people of the church.
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As we begin a new study in Galatians 6, we’ll look at the subject of church discipline. And today we’ll consider how matters of private sin or offense, go public way too often. So, when we have something against a brother or sister, that’s where it ought to stay. We ought not be divisive in the church, taking our complaints to others who have nothing to do with whatever it is that we have a problem with.
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Today, Pastor Ford shares a story about how God wanted to remove fear from his own life. And God knew the way to do it was to put him in a situation where he had no help but the Lord Himself. And, because Pastor Ford has been able to look back on that situation, he’ll explain how, from that day forward, he’s never been scared.
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As we continue these messages from Joshua chapter 1, Pastor Ford will describe how faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, does the impossible, complies with the incomprehensible, and accepts the intangible.
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In Psalm 23 we read, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I’ll fear no evil.” How could David say this, when his enemies wanted to kill him? Because he knew that God was with always with him. And just like David, we can overcome our fears knowing that God is always with us, so we don’t ever have to be scared. Find out more on today’s TreasuredTruth.
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When you really know Who God is and you don’t just “talk” about Him, but you also “walk” in the realization of Who He is, you’re then in a good position to overcome any fears you may face. That’s because when you’re rightly focused on Him, you never lose sight of Who God is and what God is able to do in, through and around you.
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Ministry can be very hard some times. And the very people to whom we are trying to minister, are often the people who hurt us the most! But Pastor Ford explains today that we need to decide that there’s no opposition—even from those who cause us the most pain—that will make us stop doing what God has called us to do.
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When we serve God through ministry—whether vocationally or voluntarily—there are many challenges we can face. But when we realize that serving God is a privilege, then that realization brings everything together and helps us face those challenges effectively. Considering how God chooses to use people like us to grow His kingdom, despite our shortcomings, is a humbling insight and makes us understand even more so what an awesome God He is!
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As we continue this study from Luke 16, Pastor Ford will identify some of the characteristics of hell. He’ll explain that souls will still have consciousness there. And he believes that every opportunity a person has had to receive the good news of Jesus Christ, is going to be playing over and over again in the computer of their minds for all of eternity. Can you imagine what kind of agony that will be? Hear more about this topic on Treasured Truth.
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Pastor Ford wants us to understand that we often let the little things keep us from the everything that God has for us. Because where God’s will is concerned, we need to understand two things—we’re either in the way or on the way. Hear more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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There are some who would say that they’re going through hell right here on earth, because things are pretty bad for them. But, as Pastor Ford will remind us, what those people don’t understand is that hell is a real place. And no matter how bad things are for them now, it’s not as bad as it’s going to be in eternity, if they don’t have a saving relationship with Jesus Christ. Because if someone is on their way to hell, they need to realize that this is as good as it is ever going to get for them. To find out more, join us on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Our praise should not be to impress God or others, but to express our love for God alone. As we continue to look at Psalm 34, we’ll see that the degree of our gratitude should equal the degree of the glory that we give to God. It’s not about us, it’s all about Him!To find out more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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If you’re a follower of Jesus, have you come to the place where everybody knows that you are not ashamed to praise Him? To lift Him up, anywhere, anytime, and for any reason at all, in front of anyone? In other words, Pastor Ford will ask today, have you gone public with your praise?
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Isn’t it amazing how people who generally don’t get along, can find a way to do it when it comes to not getting along with you? Isn’t it amazing that people who don’t like each other, can find a common ground when it’s time to come against you? These are just a few of the observations that Pastor Ford makes today as we continue our study about criticism from the book of Nehemiah.
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When we encounter criticism, we can use it to help evaluate whether our focus is on God or on ourselves. If God called us to accomplish something, but we get offended when we encounter criticism about the task at hand, then we should ask ourselves—why are we offended that somebody is criticizing what God has told us to do? To find out more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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Pastor Ford explains that God has already given us the revelation—His promise. But we don’t get the product—the manifestation of the promise—until we meet the qualifications for what God has said we can have. Learn more as we continue this series called Takers, from Joshua 1.
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As we begin a new study in Nehemiah, we’ll learn that we should expect to encounter critics and haters along the way, as we seek to do what God has called us to do. Pastor Ford will explain that any time there is an opportunity, there will always be opposition. Whenever we step out in faith, we better believe something will come along to make us fear. And we need to understand that victory will almost always be followed by a valley.
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Pastor Ford has some encouraging news to share with us today—even if we’re just “cop outs”, Christ will give us all a bail out, so we can break out and carry out the purpose He has for our lives, to use us for His glory. And that’s why scripture tells us that Jesus will supply all of our needs according to His riches in glory!
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Today Pastor Ford asks a poignant question—do we believe God for our future? If we do, then we should proclaim it! We shouldn’t care what kind of opposition comes our way, we know where we’re going. We know where we’re headed and no one and nothing can stop us from getting there. How can we know for certain? Because God has already told us where we’re going and we know we can trust Him. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. And so what does faith do for us? Pastor Ford says that it gives us insight into foresight like it’s hindsight. In other words, as believers in Christ, God lets us know what our future is going to be, so that we can have faith in Him and in our future.
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Pastor Ford points out that when we consider all that God is—His sovereignty, dignity, authority, mystery, superiority, pre-immanency, piety and majesty—but then we still think that we’re “all that and a bag of chips,” then there’s something wrong with our worship!
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Pastor Ford reminds us today that everything we need is in Christ. We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. There are no limitations. There are no barriers. We need to take the lid off, break out of the box and do the things He has called us to do!
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Do we really understand that worship is not a spectator sport, but rather it’s a participator sport? Pastor Ford will remind us today that all of us need to be engaged in worship.
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As we continue to consider the privilege of worship, Pastor Ford asks, “Where are those with the same mentality that David had when he wrote, ‘I would rather be a door keeper in the house of the Lord?’ Where are those who come into the Lord’s presence with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise? Where are those who are glad to be in worship?”
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All of our praise belongs to God. It’s custom-made for God. It was designed for Him. And He is the only One Who’s worthy of our praise. So, Pastor Ford will remind us today that just the fact that we can come into God’s presence and give Him praise is truly a privilege for us.
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Praise is fitted for God. He’s the only One that deserves our praise. He’s the only One that desires our praise. He’s the only One that demands our praise. And He’s the only One that delights in our praise. So, as we begin this study in Psalm 65, we’ll discover that God indicates we owe Him praise and that ultimately, it’s a privilege for us to be able to give Him that praise.
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When we become involved in ministry at our local church, we need to remember Who it is we’re working for. It’s God Who has called us to the work we are doing and ultimately, we’ll be accountable to Him. Today, we’ll learn how God has gifted each of us in special ways and has given us the things that He wants us to do.
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As believers, we must respond to God’s plan and rest in His promises. Pastor Ford describes how the more we depend upon God, the more dependable we find Him to be. No matter what comes our way, when we follow God’s plan, we can rest assured He’s going to execute it and bring it to pass.
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How can followers of Christ be encouraged to serve in their local congregations? When they begin to understand that God has led them to the place where they worship, not just to get food from His Word. God led them there to work. And as Pastor Ford will remind us today, that’s all because we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, to do good work!
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Today on Treasured Truth, we’ll see how easy it was for Jephthah to assign the blame of his own mistake to his daughter and how that negatively affected a situation that was already terrible. And Pastor Ford will help us understand how our actions and reactions to situations in our lives can have severe affects on our own relationships.
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As we continue to look at the story of Jephthah’s vow, we’ll discover how other choices he made in his life had adverse effects on his daughter. And Pastor Ford will help us take a look at how we, as parents today, can begin to turn things around if we’ve made decisions that have negatively affected our children.
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In the Old Testament book of Judges, chapter 11, we read about Jephthah’s foolish vow. And today Pastor Ford will begin to explain how Jephthah came to make such a rash and drastic statement and then to what extent it affected his daughter and his own life and ministry.
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As we continue to look at how God commanded Joshua to take the land that was promised to the children of Israel, Pastor Ford explains that sometimes the problem with us as believers is that we take the things that we shouldn’t be taking and we don’t take the things that we should be taking. But we do have to be careful to determine what it is that God really wants us to take. To learn more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we continue to look at 2 Corinthians and understand what made the mindset of the Macedonian believers such an example for us, Pastor Ford will explain that the basis of their sacrificial spirit was a result of them understanding God’s ultimate sacrifice. God gave the best gift of heaven (Jesus) for the worst of earth (us).
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There are some people, no matter what you do to them, no matter what they go through, they will never deny Jesus and they’ll never backslide. They can go without food, without a job, without lots of things, and they still have the joy of the Lord. They still tell people that Jesus Christ is the center of their joy. And Pastor Ford points out how we can do just that and what having this kind of mindset actually requires.
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Today, Pastor Ford will explain that in 2 Corinthians 8, he thinks Paul is saying, “The reason, the Macedonians have become your example is because your thinking about giving is wrong. You don’t have the right motivation for giving. They do. And so, you need to follow their example and have the Macedonian Mindset.” Find out what that mindset is and how it applies to our lives on today’s Treasured Truth.
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We often wonder why there are shadows in our lives. Pastor Ford will explain today that it’s sometimes because we’ve let something in our lives come in between us and God, replacing the priority that He alone should have. So, Pastor Ford will ask us this pertinent question—What or whom has God given us in our lives, that we’ve allowed it to replace Him?
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In today’s world, we buy more, but we enjoy it less. We have bigger houses, but smaller hearts. We have more conveniences, but less time. We have multiplied our possessions, but we have reduced our values. And we have learned how to make a living, but we haven’t learned how to make a life. On today’s Treasured Truth, we’ll continue to look at stewardship and Pastor Ford will encourage us to not follow the world’s example of how to handle our money and view our possessions.
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Jesus is a taker. The most spectacular robbery in history didn’t happen in a movie. It happened on a hill called Calvary where Jesus died and took our sins on Himself. He is a taker, who came to take away what we don’t need (our sins) and give us what we do need (our salvation).
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As we begin to look at the theology of stewardship, Pastor Ford will ask how many of us have made God the Lord of the leftovers? Because if we’re honest with ourselves, He usually gets our leftover time, our leftover talents, and our leftover treasures. We often think to ourselves—if we have anything left, then we can give to God.
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When we look at the difference between joy and happiness, we learn that joy is produced by the Holy Spirit; happiness is produced by the human spirit. And so, if it’s independent of circumstances, joy is not impacted by what’s happening around us or to us. Joy is what’s happening through us.
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When we seek to understand joy, we’ll discover that joy changes our attitude and our affections. It also helps us with the way we react and respond to the circumstances in our lives.
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Part of understanding joy is considering its source. Our joy is based on our relationship with God and it is born in us by the Holy Spirit. Joy elevates us in the presence of God. It controls our worship of Him, even when we’re going through difficult times and situations.
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We’ve been learning that grace has many benefits. Today Pastor Ford will share how grace transforms our tears into triumph, our gloom into glory, our weakness into strength, our barrenness into fruitfulness, our worries into worship and our heartaches into hallelujahs!
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As we continue this series called Takers, Pastor Ford reminds us about how God elevated Joshua to a place of leadership so he could lead the children of Israel into the Promised Land. He’ll also share some important leadership principles that will help us as we find ourselves in the place to lead others.
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One benefit of grace is justification. With justifying grace, Jesus clothed us in His righteousness. So now when God looks at us, He no longer sees our sin, He sees His Son, because we’re covered in the blood of Jesus Christ.
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As we look further at the benefits of grace, we’ll see that grace sets us up and provides everything we need for where God is taking us.Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Even though it often seems that the benefits we are expecting are delayed, grace is always working on our behalf to give us what we do not deserve. And God is either getting us ready for what He has for us or He’s getting ready for us the things He has in store for us. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Looking at the benefits of grace from Jeremiah 52, Pastor Ford reminds us that grace gives us God’s best even when we are at our worst. We need to understand that we wouldn’t have God’s best if He hadn’t given it to us by His grace. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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We continue to look at the law today and understand how it exposes our sin, exalts God’s promises and enhances the gospel. And Pastor Ford will remind us that if we’re crucified with Christ, then Christ lives in us, and His love covers us. So, we must realize that we’re under love, not under the law!
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Today, Pastor Ford will help us understand that the law of the Old Testament was given to us to show that God had a standard that we couldn’t reach. Therefore, it demonstrated our need for God’s grace, through the promise that He gave, which would be fulfilled in Jesus Christ.
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Luke 2:52 says, “And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man.” Pastor Ford points out that this means Jesus’ growth was prioritized. In other words, His mental growth took precedent over the physical and His spiritual growth took precedent over the social. [Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we consider the scripture passage in Luke 2, which gives a brief description of Jesus’ growing up years, we’ll see that He grew in 4 specific areas: mentally, physically, spiritually, and socially. And we’ll continue to learn how this is not only a description of His growth, but also a prescription for how we can grow.
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When we look at Luke 2:52, we should realize that it is not just a declaration about Jesus, it’s about the reputation of Jesus. Pastor Ford says we need to understand that the fourteen words contained in that verse are not just a description of Jesus’ life, but they’re a prescription for our lives.
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At the time of Jesus’ birth, the Jews were expecting a king to be born, who was promised to them in the Old Testament. But they missed their King because He was not born in the pomp and circumstance they were expecting, but in poverty. He was not born to a princess, but to a peasant. He was not born in a palace. He was born in a humble barn instead.
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This Christmas, Pastor Ford wants to remind us that we can believe the promises of God, because the baby in the manger is “Deity in a diaper.” God came in the flesh, fulfilled the promises in the Old Testament, and He kept His word! Learn more on today on Treasured Truth.
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Sixteen times in the book of Matthew, he uses the phrase, ‘This was to fulfill what the Lord had said by the mouth of the prophet.’ And we find that the genealogy of Jesus which Matthew provides validates the prophecy and is proof that we can trust the Word of God.
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Since the beginning of time, God has had a plan for our salvation. And when we look at the timeline related to the incarnation of Christ, everything that God said would happen did happen. And so that means we can trust that everything God wants for each of our lives, will happen too.
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Christmas is our time to celebrate Jesus, our Emmanuel—God with us. But it really doesn’t matter what the day is. The fact of the matter is, God came and dwelt among us and we beheld His glory. And so Pastor Ford will remind us that we should celebrate that truth and the hope of Christmas every day of the year!
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God’s resources are reserved for those who fulfill the responsibilities He gives to them. So, our provision is linked to His purpose. And the problem is that many of us want the provision, but we don’t want His purpose. Learn more about this important concept on today’s Treasured Truth.
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There are times when we will lose out on the blessings of God, because we don’t have enough faith to put all our trust in the plan that He has for us. But then there are times when we place only part of our faith in His plan, and God still chooses to bless us fully. How God chooses to bless us, when He chooses to bless us, and how much He chooses to bless us with, is really all up to Him.
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We’ll be reminded today that we have a God Who cannot love us more than He already does and will never love us any less. And even though we sometimes ignore the plan He has for us and we walk away from Him, He will never walk away from us. No matter how far we stray, we never cease to be His children.
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When dealing with temptation, if you ask yourself, “Is it sin?” about anything, then it’s a good indication that whatever you’re considering is a sin to you. The Bible says, “Whatever is not of faith is sin.” So, if you can’t do whatever you’re doing in faith, then you shouldn’t do it, because it becomes sin for you.
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No one is exempt from temptation. The Bible clearly says, “…let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.” Your Bible knowledge is not going to exempt you. Your service, or your singing in the choir, or your giving is not going to exempt you from temptation. So, this is a warning to the super saints—the people who say, “It won’t happen to me.” None of us should ever say that, since we can’t know in advance what we will or will not do.
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As we begin this week of Christmas, we’ll discover how Jesus is the fulfillment of all that God had to say to His people prior to that wonderful night in Bethlehem, when Christ humbled Himself, put on flesh, and was laid in a manger to fulfill the prophecies about His birth. That’s on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Whenever we overcome temptation, the process of overcoming purifies us. It makes us stronger and better; it builds us up. Our roots grow deeper into our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and we become more like Him. That’s on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Sometimes we can be criticized unfairly by others who don’t really have our best interests at heart. But Pastor Ford reminds us that we shouldn’t let that stop us from doing what we know is good and right. Just keep doing what God has placed before us. Because the Bible says, “Don’t be weary in well doing for you shall reap if you faint not.” In other words, don’t give up!
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If you’re going to thrive when you’re criticized, you have to have meaningful evaluation of the criticism, then you have to have the absence of retaliation. Because often, the first thing we want to do when we are attacked is to do what? Attack the other person back! If we can learn to resist the urge to retaliate, then we’ll be able to move beyond the criticism more easily. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Do you sometimes feel held back by criticism? Does it really bother you when someone criticizes you? Pastor Ford reminds us that there are too many of us who are stuck on a lower level of success in life because we can’t stand to have somebody be critical of us. In order for us to thrive when we are criticized, we must accept the criticism then discover if there is any truth behind it.
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Preaching the gospel and making disciples should be the main priorities of the church. We shouldn’t allow ourselves to be distracted by people with winsome personalities, who may try to persuade us to focus on other things. Because any time we get away from the priorities that God prescribes, we’re going to have issues and problems, because we have veered from God’s agenda for the church. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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Have you noticed that people will often put expectations on you for things that they’re not even capable of or willing to do themselves? And often those expectations are just too high and don’t make any sense? You have to understand that you’re simply not going to be able to be everything that everyone expects you to be and you can’t make everyone happy. Today, Pastor Ford will remind us to consider these things when we are being criticized.
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If you want to thrive when you’re being criticized, the first thing you have to do to is comprehend the criticism you are facing. You have to analyze it and scrutinize it. You have try and get behind what the motivation is for the accusation against you. Doing this will help you determine if it’s true or not and how you need to respond.
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As we conclude this study on teamwork, Pastor Ford explains what the priority of our commitments should be. Our first commitment is to our Sovereign. Our second is to the saints—or fellow believers. And the third is to the service of our Lord, in that order. If the service is messing up the saints, then it’s messing up our commitment to the Sovereign and whatever the service is, it should be stopped in order to preserve the other commitments, which are the higher priority.
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It’s very easy to form your own agenda when you’re in ministry. And Pastor Ford explains that you can know when you’re doing something for yourself and not for the Lord when something doesn’t go your way and you get mad about it. That’s a clear indication that you’re not seeking God’s glory, but instead you’re seeking your own.
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As we begin a new study in 1 Corinthians 3, Pastor Ford reminds us that we, as Christians, are all on the same team and we must work together to accomplish ministry. And Christians who realize that all unity in ministry is based on the finished work of Christ, will be able to glorify Him by uniting themselves.
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Cliques are groups of people who exclude others and often follow a leader who has a charismatic personality. We often encounter them at school, work, and maybe even sometimes at church. But Christians really shouldn’t live the like that. When we look at the verses we’ll study today, we’ll understand that Christians must have unity centered on the person of Christ, and not on personalities.
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Pastor Ford will explain today that God wants to do something in us, even if He doesn’t do something for us. He wants us to be His children who have an attitude of gratitude for all that He has done and what He is able to do, whether or not He is doing what we want Him to do.
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While we’re going through, whatever it is we’re going through, God’s Word tells us that we ought to have an attitude of gratitude. There must always be this perspective in us that acknowledges the fact that God does all things well, no matter what our opinion is (good or bad) of what He is doing in our lives.
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Today we take a break from our normal programming line up so Pastor Ford can answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life. The topics he’ll be explaining include how to deal biblically with situations that require church discipline and if it’s ever okay for a believer to date a non-believer.
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As we conclude our message series on moving forward, Pastor Ford points out that many of us are not making any meaningful progress in life because we haven’t given over to the Lord what we ought to have given Him. He asks the question, “How can God ever make a powerful impact with your life if you’ve never given it to Him?”
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Pastor Ford wants us to realize that our current condition is not our conclusion. That’s because our problems are not problems, but rather platforms. And our misery is not misery, but ministry. Our trials are for the purpose of learning how to trust.
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Sometimes, when we’re taking care of God’s business and serving in ministry, we are hesitant to acknowledge the gifts of other people in our midst. We see them as an intrusion against our own ministry, instead of an infusion of help from God. And instead of seeing them as a threat, Pastor Ford will encourage us to begin to discover the gifts of others, help them develop their gifts and deploy them into service for God’s glory.
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Many times, what God is telling us to do doesn’t make sense to us. Or, it seems like it’s the wrong direction to go. But on today’s Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford reminds us that heavenly solutions hardly ever make earthly sense.
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As we start a new message series about moving forward, Pastor Ford will explain that we often are just standing and waiting for God to do something for us. But God is there, waiting for us to move. He’s saying, “I’ll open the door, as soon as you move toward the door.” To hear more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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God’s delays are not denials, but they’re always for our development. God is consistent and always doing something on our behalf. Whatever He’s doing is either for our development, our deliverance, or setting up the details of our destiny—to get it ready for us or to get us ready for it.
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As we begin to look at Joshua 14, we’ll see that Caleb knew that when you have a promise from God and a word from Him, what you need to do is just move forward on the word that God has given to you. So, knowing that, Caleb claimed his promise, despite the plans others had for him.
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When we consider what the Lord Jesus did for us, we see the magnitude of it—He paid for the sins of the world. We see the magnificence of it—we were enemies and while we were yet sinners, He died for us. The majesty of it—the Creator died for the creature. And the mystery of it—why would someone so holy die for a world of messed up sinners like us? Learn more on today's Treasured Truth.
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Today, Pastor Ford will help us identify some very practical ways we can tell if God has called us to a certain ministry, before we dive in head first to what we think we’ve been called to do. We’ll learn how to discover our passions and priorities, and identify our desire to glorify God and follow His guidance.Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.
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As we continue to look at why God deserves all of our praise, we’ll learn that we can’t just join God’s family. We have to be born into it. So, what did Jesus do for us? He traded places with you and with me, which allows us to be born again and become part of God’s family.
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The precipitation for our praise is based on Who God is. Because He has intrinsic glory. That is, there’s nothing that’s added to Him that makes Him glorious. We praise Him because He’s God all by Himself—He’s omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient. He’s worthy of our praise!
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The Psalmist says that he sought God with all his heart and God had every part of Him as a result. So, Pastor Ford will explain today that the heart of the matter is a matter of the heart. Does God have your heart?
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Pastor Ford will explain today that praise should be done volitionally, as an act of our will. It doesn’t matter how we feel, we should give God some praise! We could feel like ten miles of bad highway, but we shouldn’t walk out of a worship service without saying something to God in a corporate setting and letting Him know that we appreciate Him, we’re grateful for Him, and we love Him!
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God not only deserves, but He requires our praise. And Pastor Ford will explain today that the word “Hallelujah” conveys to Him our highest praise. God wanted a word that every Christian could use, no matter what our culture or color, no matter what our creed, and no matter what our language, and the word that He gave us is “Hallelujah!”
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God calls those who have believed in Jesus to do the work of His ministry in the church and around the world. They’re called by Him and God chose them because of their passion for certain ministries. But Pastor Ford will explain today that there are those who went, but weren’t actually sent. In other words, they were appointed to a certain ministry by man, but not anointed for it by God. So, as we seek to take care of God’s business, we need to be sure we are called by Him to do what we’re doing.
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If we encounter problems in our marriage, we will often blame God for allowing us to marry the wrong person. But Pastor Ford will counter that today by reminding us that we came up with the idea of marrying that person. It was our choice to proceed in the relationship. But now we say, “Why did God allow it?” God didn’t do anything! We did it. We made the decision and the choice. So, why are we blaming God?
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According to Pastor Ford, you have to get a divorce from yourself, before you get into a relationship with a potential spouse. There has to be two funerals before there’s one marriage. Each spouse has to die to self! Because marriage is not a 50/50 venture. It requires 100 percent from each person. To learn more, join us for today’s Treasured Truth.
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Pastor Ford has this question for us today—what makes us want to get out of so quickly the marriage that we wanted to get into so desperately? As we continue to discuss issues that may arise in a marriage, we’ll explore why so many people easily seek a divorce in today’s society, after desperately wanting to be married to their spouse in the beginning of their relationship.
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Pastor Ford will remind us today that Jesus died for our salvation and to give us the ability to be able to have a better marriage. He did all that for all of us and for the sins of the world. Pastor Ford will also ask us—since Jesus died for us, then why is it that in our marriages, we can’t seem live for Him and forgive our spouses?
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If you married in search of happiness, then you didn’t really understand what marriage is all about. The goal of marriage is oneness. The Bible says, “Therefore, a man will leave his father and mother, cleave to his wife and the two of them will become one flesh.” Oneness is the goal of marriage. Happiness is a by-product. Join us today as we look further at the what happens when a marriage has a case of the “toos."
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Grace saves us, shapes us, and then gives us the power to serve God. He gives us power to be able to do what we cannot do, so that He can use us to impact the lives of people and show them His grace. And because of His grace, we need to make sure He gets the glory out of our lives.
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When a marriage has a case of the “Toos,” one thing that happens is there are too many unmet expectations. And often married people will focus on the “what ifs” of life instead of on the “what is.” And when the “what ifs” takes precedent over the “what is,” then it often leads to disappointment and disillusionment. We’ll begin to look at how to deal with expectations in your marriage on today’s Treasured Truth.
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The widow in Luke 7 was mourning her son’s death. But when she encountered Jesus, He told her to stop crying. But, He had a reason to urge her to cease her mourning, because He knew His plan. He was about to bring her son back to life. To find out more about how Jesus miraculously worked in the life of this woman, join us for today’s Treasured Truth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
As we continue our study in Luke 7, we’ll see how Jesus responded to the faith of the widow in this passage and brought her son back to life. Jesus had a purpose in this encounter, and that was to demonstrate God’s great power. And in doing so, He honored the faith of this seemingly insignificant woman. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
There is no such thing as coincidence with God—only providence. Nothing is accidental. Everything is providential when it comes to the things that God allows to happen to His people. So, Pastor Ford will remind us today that it’s never too late to call on God to work through His providence on our behalf.
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We have to remember that our attitude is crucial when we are seeking forgiveness from another person. People generally judge the seriousness of our asking forgiveness based on the way our words come from our mouths. If we don’t approach the conversation with humility, then it will definitely complicate the whole process. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We’ll see today how the Christian life from start to finish is lived by grace. Grace converts us and transforms us and that’s just a few of the reasons why it’s so amazing!
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As we continue to look at seeking forgiveness from others, Pastor Ford will explain how we often will make excuses for ourselves. But he will remind us that Jesus died for our sins, not for our excuses. And we need to remember what we’re talking about when we seek forgiveness—it’s not what we feel about what we did to the other person. Rather, it’s about how they felt about what we did to them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Pastor Ford will explain that forgiveness is a dialogue and saying you’re sorry is a monologue. In other words, when we say, “I’m sorry,” there’s nothing else to say about what’s happened. But, when we say, “Forgive me,” now we’ve included the other person and we’ve opened the door for a dialogue to take place so we can deal with what the issue is. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Abuse damages a person’s self-esteem, because our mentality shapes our personality, which determines our reality. If we think something—because someone’s told us that we’re worthless and no good—and then we believe that about ourselves, then that’s how we’re going to act. On today’s Treasured Truth, we’ll hear more from Pastor Ford about this important topic and how to deal with the problem of domestic violence, especially in the church.
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People are sometimes in unhealthy relationships for so long that the sub-normality of their relationship seems to them to be normal instead of abnormal. They’re so used to dysfunction, if anything normal comes their way, they don’t know how to respond to it. We’ll hear more today about how to deal with dysfunctions like this and to recognize the problem of domestic violence. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Today, we’ll begin a new study and deal with an elephant in the room—domestic violence. October is domestic violence awareness month and Pastor Ford will help us look at this important topic and become more aware of how to deal with it. He’ll urge us to quit turning a blind eye to those who need help, and to expose sin and seek recovery for those involved in these tragic situations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Grace is amazing and should be extremely important in our lives. Pastor Ford will explain that if what we’re doing isn’t being done by the grace of God, then it doesn’t really count with God. If who we are isn’t because of His grace, then God is not pleased with us, because we’re not living by His grace.
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When we are well in our spirit, we are holy. When we are well in our soul, we are happy. And when we are well in our body, we are healthy. Our bodies are the temple of the Holy Spirit. God wants us to keep our bodies holy, happy and healthy, as we strive to honor Him in every part of our lives, and overcoming the sin of gluttony helps us do that.
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