Pastor Bill's 2019 Video Archives: Recent Episodes
Pastor Bill Anzevino
Except for John 3:16, no verse in the bible is more crucial than Genesis 3:15. John 3:16 reveals the endless dimensions of God’s love for man: its breadth, length, depth, and height. Genesis 3:15 reveals God’s promise to provide a way for man back to Himself. A way that is impossible for man to achieve on his own.
The traditions of Christmas are heartwarming and wonderful. However, this is not what Christmas is all about. Christmas celebrates one of the three most important events ever to occur in human history: the incarnation, the crucifixion and the resurrection of the Son of God.
In 2 Chronicles 16:9, God wants us to have a full life, but we have a part to play in it. If we want Him to show Himself strong, we must maintain an upright heart. Receive an understanding in this third series of Life To The Full.
Jesus came to give us something impossible for us to have apart from Him - the fullness of life. This means He wants His power overflowing every dimension of our being - spiritually, emotionally and physically. This is Life To The Full.
Receive an understanding of what we were being alienated from the life of God, what God did for us in His love for us, and what He expects of us.
Jesus came to give us something impossible for us to have apart from Him - the fullness of life. This means He wants His power overflowing every dimension of our being - spiritually, emotionally and physically. This is Life To The Full.
Jesus succeeded in completing the work He was given to do. He revealed the Father to us, defeated Satan for us, destroyed the works of the devil, redeemed us and reconciled us to the Father. Now He needs us to cooperate with Him by obeying. Receive an understanding of Our Identity In Christ.
Why should we continually thank God? To remind us of the great things he’s done for us so we don’t get off course and follow the wrong path for our lives. Receive an understanding of Continually Thanking God.
Thankfulness is a choice. If we lack in gratitude, we must decide to change. As we recognize God’s wonderful blessings and ask Him to change our hearts, He will begin to transform our lives until we overflow with thanksgiving.
How grateful are we to God for all He has done for us in Christ? Gratitude is all about focus. It’s shifting our focus from what we don’t have to what we do have. It’s also about perspective or how we see things. Receive an understanding of Gratitude vs Ingratitude.
Three powerful forces play a big role in our spiritual lives: faith, hope and love. Without faith we can’t please God or receive from God. Love is the commandment of the New Testament. Without it, even if we give our bodies to be burned, it’s to no avail, it profits us nothing. Jeremiah 29:11 ensures us God has a future hope worth living and striving for.
If God’s thoughts and ways are higher than ours, why do we have a difficult time yielding to His thoughts and ways? Why is it easier to think our thoughts about ourselves carry more weight than His thoughts of us? Receive an understanding of God’s Thoughts and Ways.
In Acts 16:25-26, Jesus taught Paul the importance of prayer and the power of praise. In prayer, they took their problem to God. Praise brought God into the problem. Receive an understanding of how the victory is in both prayer and praise.
What is life all about? Is this all there is? Is there life after death. Is there a heaven and hell? Do we cease to exist? Is there a dependable resource that can answer life’s most probing questions? Receive an understanding of God’s Plan for Man.
God’s Word answers life’s three most important questions, saves, heals, delivers, saves the soul, created and upholds all things, enlightens, prevents sin, is the ultimate truth, helps overcome life’s storms. Receive an understanding of how it also communicates His Will.
Knowing and doing God’s Word can make the difference between overcoming life’s storms or being devastated by life’s storms. Obedience is the very foundation of the Christian life that will stand the test of time and eternity.
The Spirit can be involved in bringing healing to people’s lives in various ways. There are spiritual gifts, healing anointing, etc. but may we never forget the indwelling Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead can and will heal those who mix faith with His power.
Only God’s Word provides for us truth that can assure us that the lives we live and the way we live them are pleasing God.
The Spirit within imparts the graces that enable us to crucify the works of the flesh, and live holy, godly, righteous lives. The choice is ours. We sow to the flesh or to the spirit. We reap what we sow. Receive an understanding of The Holy Spirit.
God lives in humble, contrite hearts that tremble at His Word. The Word reveals where we came from, why we’re here, and where we are going. All creation is upheld by the Word of God’s power. The Word saves, heals, delivers, promotes growth and enlightens. Receive an understanding of The Importance of God’s Word.
The Holy Spirit is the divine agent at work in the earth today and to blaspheme Him is dangerous. Receive an understanding of the Holy Spirit.
All three members of the Godhead were involved in our redemption. The Spirit is the divine agent at work in the earth today. He convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Receive an understanding About The Holy Spirit
Ever since man’s fall, God endeavored to communicate His great plan of redemption to anyone who would listen. A plan that each member of the Godhead participated in, like a 4 X 4 race. Receive an understanding of The Importance of God’s Word.
The Father did His work and passed the baton to Jesus. Jesus did His work and passed the baton to the Spirit who invites us to take the baton and do what the Father has called us to do.
Matthew 7:24-27 tells us we can build well-built homes or sandcastles to live in. The choice is ours, and the consequences are stated. We must treat God’s Word as if our lives depend on it. Receive an understanding of The Importance of God’s Word.
Hell is a place originally prepared for Satan and his angels, not for people. It was enlarged because of humans who chose to rebel also. Heaven is a place where God and Christ live and where Christians go to when they die. It’s a place of permanent mansions and eternal dwellings. Where we spend eternity is entirely up to us.
We all will die, and we all will be judged for our works. Which judgment we attend is our choice. God has made a way for us to have a glorious future by pouring out His wrath upon Jesus. Receive an understanding of The Importance of God’s Word.
Over and over again in scripture, we read expressions like: "in my name," Mark 16:17; "through thy Name." Luke 10:17; "through faith in His Name," Acts 3:16; "there is none other Name," Acts 4:12; "do all in the Name of Jesus," Colossians 3:17. Receive an understanding of Using Jesus Name Wisely.
Using the Name of Jesus wisely can do more for society than any form of education or intellectual development. Receive an understanding of Using the Name of Jesus Wisely.
Jesus gave us the right to use His Name to petition the Father and to exercise authority over demons and disease. Our part is to walk in close fellowship with God and be a true worshiper who understands how to use the Name of Jesus properly.
How important is God’s Word? His Word was sent to us for healing and deliverance. The Spirit and Word work together to accomplish God’s will and purposes. We must put our trust in the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.
Jesus gave us the right to use His Name to petition the Father and to exercise authority over demons and disease. Our part is to walk in close fellowship with God and be a true worshiper who understands how to use the Name of Jesus properly.
Only God’s Word will stand the test of time. God exalts it above His Name. How important is it to us? Our conduct, character, and behavior should be influenced by God’s Word. Receive an understanding of the Importance of God’s Word.
Prayer is an incredible privilege and an awesome responsibility. Approaching the Throne in prayer is a privilege. Joining forces with God in prayer is our responsibility. Prayer is the means by which we accomplish God’s purposes on earth. James said prayer generates power. Receive an understanding of Effectual Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer is a model prayer teaching us prayer principles. Principle of praise, petition, provision, pardon, protection and praise. The prayer begins with praise, ends with praise and everything in between is about us. "Give us, forgive us, lead us and deliver us." Receive an understanding of The Lord’s Prayer.
Jesus taught the Alpha and Omega of prayer is praise. We praise God for His person and position and end by acknowledging His kingdom, power, and glory. No one was more passionate about giving His Father the glory for everything He said and did. Receive an understanding of Jesus on Prayer.
Don’t let anything hold you back from experiencing this wonderful work of the Spirit in your life. Don’t be robbed by false teaching, intimidation, fear, or the devil himself. The benefits are too many and too meaningful to be ignored. Receive an understanding of Speaking in Tongues
We must daily remind ourselves that we’ve been pardoned from a debt we couldn’t repay. We must pardon others of their trespasses against us and truly forgive them from the heart just as we have been freely forgiven by God.
When celebrating "The Lord’s Supper," we are instructed to remember the great sacrifice our Lord made to free us from the slavery not of Egyptian bondage, but of spiritual death. Receive an understanding of the Significance of the Lord’s Supper.
We must daily remind ourselves that we’ve been pardoned from a debt we couldn’t repay. We must pardon others of their trespasses against us and truly forgive them from the heart just as we have been freely forgiven by God.
As long as we are on this side of Heaven, it’s up to us to maintain the freedoms Jesus obtained for us by using our faith. Receive an understanding of Obtaining and Maintaining Freedom.
We must never forget those who fought for our independence and continue honoring our veterans and those who are fighting to maintain freedom today. Jesus wasn’t speaking of national freedom. He was speaking of freedom from the bondage of Satan and sin. He gave His life for us to obtain a freedom no other person can provide and to obtain this freedom, we must believe in Him.
There are many benefits to the ministry of tongues in the believer’s life, but God won’t force His will upon us. It’s up to us to receive by faith. Receive an understanding of Speaking in Tongues.
The Lord’s prayer is a model prayer that teaches prayer principles. It begins and ends with praise, and in between are petitions. Receive an understanding of Jesus on Prayer.
"Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?" If we’re saved and water baptized, we should be Spirit-baptized as well. Receive an understanding of the importance of all three baptisms.
The Lord’s prayer starts with God and ends with God, but in between, it’s about us. Before petitioning our Father for what we need, we must learn as much as we can about God’s will. Doing so enables us to pray correctly and effectively.
From Ephesians 5:21-6:9 Paul teaches the subject of submission and authority out of reverence for God. In that setting, he instructs children to obey their parents and quotes the fifth commandment. Honoring our parents is important to God.
Who better to study than Jesus on the subject of prayer? While on earth, He taught much on the subject of prayer. He also said the Father always heard and answered His prayers.
God has a wonderful plan for our lives. A plan for good, not evil, that includes peace (shalom) and an expected end (future hope). In whatever stage of life you find yourself, it’s always good to incline our ears to the Master and allow Him to reroute our hearts and our lives.
Who better to study than Jesus on the subject of prayer? While on earth, He taught much on the subject of prayer. He also said the Father always heard and answered His prayers.
We must remember that though we see God’s blessings come to fruition in or through our lives, it was the sowing and watering of others that brought us to that place. Jesus made it clear that no one does it alone. Those who drink water must remember those who dug the well.
In understanding our completeness in Christ (in his finished work) we are equipped to stand against what hinders our faith. And the way we stand is through our Great Confession. The Christian walk begins by believing in the heart and confessing with the mouth; but it doesn’t end there!
James is writing to Christian Jews who were scattered because of persecution. They were hated by Jews, and not accepted by Gentiles. James was probably their Pastor at Jerusalem when Stephen was martyred. Fearing for their lives, they left Jerusalem. James encourages them to walk out their faith and not be deceived into thinking God is behind their struggles, trials and persecution.
How can we consider temptation as a "matter of the greatest joy" without having spiritual understanding? The short answer is we can’t. We must understand our joy comes from within, not without.
The mother of Rufus was privileged to be like a mother to the most significant convert in the history of the church (Paul), and we don’t even know her name. Her boys grew up to be men who loved and followed Jesus. There is no greater reward than that of knowing your children and grandchildren will follow Jesus and be with you in glory.
Paul’s prayer shows his desire for these believers to walk out their faith. He wanted them to walk worthy of the Lord, pleasing Him because of the sacrifice He made on their behalf. He wanted them to become doers of the Word and to be certain their knowledge of God’s will resulted in practice. Our desire should be to live the Word, not just learn it.
We walk in truth by faith. Philemon 6 tells us that we are to confess every good thing we are and have in Christ and refuse to see ourselves in the flesh. Receive an understanding of Walking in Truth By Faith.
The spirit needs recreated, the soul needs renewed, the body needs crucified and only the Holy Spirit can meet the human need. He reveals Jesus to us, He builds truth into us, and He conforms us to the image of Christ as we exercise our faith. Receive Spiritual Understanding.
Our lives are not to be fashioned by things that aren’t true. We’re not to let people, places or things decide who we are. We’re to believe who God says we are - complete in Christ!
Jesus’ miraculous life, meaningful death, and magnificent resurrection did what Roman law and government, Greek culture, wisdom and art, and Hebrew religious works could never do. Receive an understanding of The Resurrection.
Israel’s Seven Feasts reveal the plan of God for man. There are four Spring Feasts: Passover, Unleavened bread, First-fruits and Pentecost. All of which were fulfilled by Jesus. The time between the Spring and Fall Feasts is harvest time. The three Fall Feasts are: Trumpets, Atonement and Tabernacles. Atonement has been fulfilled by Jesus, except for orthodox Jews who will accept His atoning Blood when He comes again at His Second Coming. Tonight, we are here to remember the crucifixion. When the true Lamb of God was slain to reconcile the world back to God.
The last week of Jesus’ life was so important that John devoted over half of his gospel to writing about it - Matthew 2/5, Mark 3/5, Luke 1/3. It all began with Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem on the week of Passover. Receive an understanding of how Nothing Compares to Jesus.
Jesus came to transform lives, put His life and love in us, so we can love others and let our lights shine. He came so HE could live in us and restore our created value and purpose. To teach us His ways so we can live for what He created us to be. Receive an understanding of the Gospel.
Water baptism is one of the two ordinances given to the church and instituted by our Lord. In short, water baptism is an outward act of an inward reality. One is not a Christian because he is water baptized, he is water baptized because he is a Christian.
When one comes to Christ things change. Old things pass away. He gets a new perspective, new motives, and attitudes. His way of thinking and living changes. Receive an understanding of Transformation.
Mountains can be viewed as insurmountable obstacles that impede our progress, or as windows of opportunity to exercise the authority we’ve been given in Christ. Jesus never said for us to take our mountain to God. He told us to speak to the mountain and remove it with our faith.
Hebrews 7:25 tells us Jesus ever lives to intercede for us. He began His work as an intercessor on earth and continues it at the throne as our great High Priest. Receive an understanding of Intercession.
Living by faith is believing and saying what God told us to believe and say. Receive an understanding of Living By Faith.
We activate the graces we’ve been given in Christ by acknowledging them from a heart of faith. Receive an understanding of Activating Grace By Faith.
Life Lesson: We can be in the land (Christ) and not experience what God has already given us if we’re lazy, or neglect to use our faith. Receive an understanding of Living By Faith.
Millions of gallons of blood have been shed since the fall of man, but only the Blood of Jesus paid the price for our redemption. This revelation should move us to serve God individually and collectively. Receive and understanding of the Servanthood in this sixth installment.
Between every promise and its fulfillment is a wilderness. How we act in the wilderness, determines whether or not we experience the promise. Under Moses, they acted in unbelief; under Joshua, they acted in faith. Receive an understanding of Possessing Our Land.
Our life’s purpose is found in God. We were created to know Him, to glorify Him, to worship Him, to serve Him, and to prove to Him what we choose to do with our free moral agency. Receive an understanding of Servanthood.
The true Sabbath is to cease from our works, efforts, labors, and activities, to experience the blessings provided for us by the efforts of Christ. Receive an understanding of Jesus, Our Promised Rest.
Jesus is coming as a thief in the night when no one will expect Him. Are we ready? Are we serving Him faithfully? Receive an understanding of Servanthood.
The Word shows us what happened when Moses defied God’s Authority as example. Receive an understanding of applying God’s promises in our lives.
God takes servanthood seriously. We all have at least one talent. God's judgment of us is based on faithfulness. We're all accountable for what we do with what we have. Our perception of God is important. If we don't use what we have, we can lose it.
What happened in the wilderness was written to warn us of things to be avoided. Moses and Aaron missed out on God’s best because of the waters of Meribah. Let’s not let our doubt, fear or frustrations keep us from God’s best. Let’s speak the Word, confess our faith and go possess our land. Receive an understanding of experiencing God’s best in our lives.
ROMANS 12:1-2 tells us it is our reasonable service to present our bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable unto God. Servanthood begins with self. We’ve all been called to serve; our motive is our love for God; we all are empowered to serve; there are many ways to serve; and we all have something to offer.
We have the fire of God’s Glory in us. How much do we desire to be transformed by it and see it manifest among us? Receive an understanding Tapping into the Glory.
Why must we honor Servanthood? Because it’s God’s will for every believer, it’s how God’s work is accomplished, it’s essential to spiritual growth, and it’s the reason for spiritual gifts and preparation for eternity. God save His people to serve Him, not Satan, sin, or self. Receive an understanding of Servanthood.
Where the fear of God is, there will be humility. Proverbs 22:4 tells us where there’s humility, there will be riches, honor, and life. Receive an understanding of being Clothed With Humility.
The Israelites were guilty of trying to serve two masters- Baal and Jehovah. Baal worship had no regard for morality. Thinking he was Jehovah’s last prophet who didn’t compromise, he set out to accomplish three objectives. What weapons could he use to defend himself?
The reason God responds to fasting is that He responds to humility. If done properly, it’s an expression of humility. God gives grace to the humble. Receive an understanding of When You Fast.
Why fear God? Because it’s what motivates us to follow biblical priorities. Servanthood is motivated by love and the fear of God. Receive an understanding of the Fear of God.
There were three disciplines Jesus taught: Giving, praying and fasting. Recieve an understanding of the reasons for fasting.
Our priorities in life should be God first, spouse second, family third, work fourth, church fifth, and our country sixth. Receive an understanding of what our priorities are and what they should represent in our life.
Fasting and prayer is a way to humble ourselves before God and show Him we need what only He can provide in order to succeed.