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Weekly Encouragement from Pastor Vince Holmes and the Zion Temple Community Church Family, South Central Los Angeles, California
No matter what kind of relationship you have with your mom chances are she taught you something directly or indirectly. What are those lessons?
God not only heals broken people but he uses them as well. If you feel broken by your the past know that God was with you then and he is with you now.
A prayer for civility during the recent protests happening on college campuses throughout the United States. A prayer for peace and protection for those in war zones and a prayer against the rampant spirit of violence in our cities.
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The heath and wellness industry makes billions of dollars selling supplements. A pill for this, a powder for that. A supplement is something in addition to the original source. Are you reliant on your job, your significant other, your favorite influencer? Is Jesus your supplement or your source?
Interview with Bradlee Johnson and Executive Pastor Shannon Munford about the recent college protests over the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and how should the Church respond. A discussion of the differences in the way Boomers, Gen X and Millennials walk out advocacy and LA Sunday Brunch vs Church.
After the resurrection the followers of Jesus wondered, "What now?" Many were in grief, others confused or frustrated until Jesus returns to share with them next steps and the direction they should go. Jesus is speaking to us as well in the time of transition if we listen.
What is it about the Easter story that every Christian needs to understand and every non-believer needs to hear.
Encouragement from the events of Jesus triumphant entrance into Jerusalem and common myths exposed from the account.
This Generation of Christians refuse to only preach and sing to themselves. We are moving outside the walls of the church.
Sharing your faith doesn't have to be difficult. Learn 2 easy steps that take the fear out of evangelism.
God doesn't want us to be a better version of our old selves, He wants us to be a new creation.
Knowing you need to make a shift in your life is the first step. Knowing how is Step 2. Pastor V identifies 3 things you need to do to jump start your shift.
How long is too long? Are you ready for some things to shift in your life? It is time to shift from frustration to celebration and from depression to exaltation.
No matter where you are in life right now, God is ready for you to shift into a higher gear.
Jesus came to set the captives free. Freedom includes being released from the bonds of unforgiveness.
We can't hide what is inside for us, our heart speaks volumes when people see our actions
Pastor Vince Holmes sits down with Grief Specialist Lequita Hodge who shares lived experience in how to cope with grief and loss during the holidays.
The end of the year is approaching and this is not the time to give up. Listen and discover how to finish strong leading into your next chapter of your faith journey.
Praise and Worship 6:09
Prayer 15:45
Offering: 20:20
Message 40:00
God has given you the green light to run your race. Your qualification or disqualification is determined by your commitment.
We assume God does not hear our prayers because he does not answer in the way we expect but he not only hears us He is moved by compassion to intervene.
The epicenter of your courage is rooted in Christ. The evidence of your courage is action.
Don't let the enemy dilute the truth that Jesus is enough. Religion, Spirituality, Psychology will never substitute.
Every Lie the devil has ever told you needs to be thrown in the trash. Christ's cross has reconciled you back to himself.
The cross and the unselfish sacrifice of Jesus has paved the way to a number of benefits, including a rich inheritance ready for acceptance.
If you are never in the need of prayer it is possible you are not walking in your purpose. In the book of Colossians Paul speaks of four prayers every Christian should covet.
To acknowledge our problems gives opportunity to acknowledge the great power of God Jehovah.
Debt is not a sin but it is not God's best. Listen and learn what it takes to get out of debt and live a a Fully Funded Life.
Jesus set the standard for enduring to the end. Completing your call, finishing your dream and seeing your vision come to fruition will take enduring faith.
God intends for your life, your vision and your mission to be fully funded. Listen to learn how.
Sometimes things just don't make sense. When google, the doctors, the lawyers and the bankers can't give you an answer you're reminded that trusting God should always be your first choice.
Your present problems brought about by past behavior can be overcome if we stay focused on building our relationship with God, ourselves and the people we love.
Take a moment to slow down and set aside a few moments to really think about what God has done for you.
What do you do when you can't find a Hallmark Card that fits your Mother's Day experience?
God gives us the keys to break connections and alliances that keep us bound, keys only found in quietness and stillness of His presence.
Welcome to Zion's Mini Podcasts (MINI-sty POD). A brief but powerful word to encourage and challenge you.
Following Jesus has its rewards, most of all abundant life in eternity.
Although salvation is free being a true follower of Christ will cost you something.
The most effective way to improve your relationships is to make improvements in yourself.
Have you ever felt out of place or like you were in over your head? You may have a case of impostor syndrome.
Why haven't I manifested my vision? Why haven't you? The need of more skills is not the reason, gathering more resources isn't either. You are afraid aren't you? Me too"
The church is in the Service Business, we are Servants when walk into the sanctuary and especially when we walk out
When we find out that all the love, all the peace and all the contentment can't be found in another person, another item, another event... it's all found in Him.
The act of fasting has entered the popular culture, from dietary intermittent fasting to fasting for clarity and a business edge, but there is a fast that God has chosen.
Only when we come into the revelation of who Christ really is do we begin to understand the power that resides within us
John "Jes" Stevens shares a candid an moving testimony of a life transformed by God's acceptance.
Interviews with curious minded Christians about the exploration of their Spiritual Gifts.
Paul was determined to hold on to Christ as Christ held on to him because he knew his destination was dependent on being connected to Jesus.
Pastor Vince Holmes and First Lady Roseland Holmes talk candidly about the high and lows of 2022 and how they trusted God through a personal challenge. Pastor V shares what God is speaking to him about Zion Temple Community Church's direction in 2023.
This may be the worst Christmas or the best Christmas you've ever had. Either way you can have assurance that Emanuel is with you now and in the New Year to come.
The greatest of these gifts is love. Listen to find practical wisdom on how to love the body of Christ as Jesus did.
It's through the name of Jesus we are saved and justified. In his name we find comfort, peace, hope and healing.
Surrender is the first key to experiencing more of God. Surrendering your ideas, your ties to this world and your pride.
Someone else is depending on you to operate in your God given gift, just like you are depending on them to do the same.
Our only limit is the failure to recognize God has given us the power to overcome every obstacle and achieve our God given dreams.
Prayer is an opportunity to connect with God, seek direction and make requests on our behalf and the behalf of others.
Like a Palm Tree, Christians posses a remarkable resilience, not because of who we are but because of who lives inside us.
The only wise and true God has been revealed to the nations have you received him in his fullness?
Do people see Jesus when they see you? You may be the only Jesus people see, hear and feel. Are we using our platforms, our words and our lives to present Jesus to the world?
Your God given gifts benefit you but they are ultimately given to grow and perfect the church of Christ.
No matter what battle you are going through, hold on to God word and his hand and he will see you to the other side.
You are a valuable member of the body of Christ and your church. The body can not operate in it’s full potential without you.
God assigns every believer value. You are a child of God, God's spirit in dwells in you, You are gifted by God
God guides Joseph through the process of managing his grief and his anger. He will do the same for you.
As Joseph reunites with his brothers he must make a decision to listen to the voice of God or pay back his brothers for their deceit and betrayal.
Jesus amplifies the story of Martha and Mary to illustrate his desire for us to just Be before him rather than Do for Him.
When we do for God vs being with God we miss out on how he is trying to transform us from the inside out.
God is not looking for strong or perfect people. He is looking for people who can stand in His power and experience the healing that comes from revealing.
Our spiritual health has a direct connection to our emotional health. Church tradition teaches us to hide our emotions behind a mask of spiritual elitism but God has called us to work through our past in honesty and in community.
Pastor Vince Holmes speaks to challenges and joys of fatherhood especially for those living as minorities in America.
We have a cloud of heroes/witnesses as described in Hebrews who have given us a proven pattern on how to survive in these difficult time.
Pastor Holmes concludes the series "The Authentic Christian" as he explores James 5 and the power and privilege of prayer available to all believers.
The poor, the middle class, and the rich all must abide by God's principles regarding money, how we use it and how it influences us.
We do not know what tomorrow will bring but we can plan with expectancy and anticipation as we listen for the voice of God.
The woman spoke of in Proverbs 31 is a hard act to follow. What if you don't feel you have it all together? Is there grace for the imperfect mother?
Everyday we make decisions to follow God's instruction or to go it on our own. Each one of those decisions have a consequence. Choose wisely.
God's power is on display during the resurrection but we can not forget that the same power that rose Christ from the dead is alive in us.
The wisdom of the world may make natural sense but it is often in direct opposition to the wisdom of God.
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Pastor Vince Holmes explores the book of James Chapter 2 as it describes familiar themes of racism and classism found in churches and the hearts of many Christians, of all nationalities today.
Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and after looking at himself, goes away immediately forgets what he looks like. James 1:23-24.
Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. Easy to say, hard to do, without God's help.
Contrary to popular belief the Christian Life is not without its trial and temptations. Knowing your inner triggers and the devils strategies will allow you to remain an over comer.
The Authentic Christian understands trials will come but trusts God will walk with them through it all.
God will work in you to will and do your purpose but completing the purpose of God does not come without it challenges.
Facing our disappointments, our pain, our past can be scary but Emanuel, God with us will walk along aside us until journey’s end.
We all have a tendency to focus on ourselves, its human nature but as a Christian God has given us treasures in earthly vessels that he expects us to share with the world.
When we are weak his strength is made strong in us. God can use our imperfections to accomplish his vision and mission
Moses was a reluctant leader and expressed a variety of reservations and excuses to God but when God has called you to lead a movement he removes every obstacle and excuse from your path.
Your past does not disqualify you from what God has created you to do in this life. He is with you.
The thief comes to steal, kill and destroy and if he can keep you "still", stuck in fear and doubt he has already won.
The Lord God causes me to be strong. He makes my feet run safely over the rocks and the hills. Habakkuk 3:19
God had a plan in placing us in our particular families and cultures and he uses the lessons we learn prepare us for our divine purpose.
Recovery from the loss of someone you love, a job, your health or sobriety can cause you to feel you are all alone. Not only is God with you through your time of loss but there are others who have traveled the road of recovery as well. You are not alone.
Sustained emotional and spiritual stability empowers the Christian to finish his or her race strong but a double minded man is unstable in all his ways. Guest Pastor Gregory Sanders teaches us the steps to maintain or regain sustained stability.
No outfit is complete without it accessories. Being dressed for the battle includes the shield of faith, the helmet of salvation and the sword of the spirit. Put on the whole armor of God.
They say clothes make the man and the designer that makes the clothes can either make or break a look. So who are you wearing?
"But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh."
"Put on the armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wall of the Devil."
No weapon can be effective if we don't know who we are fighting. Too often we waste our resources fighting the wrong battle. We must know and understand our enemy.
For the weapons we use are not carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of stronghold. Chose your weapon.
In today’s message Pastor V expounds on acculturation, leadership fleecing the sheep and anything “Church People do to block access to God.
God is preeminent, he is the creator of all and he preserves us. When we are influenced by the truth of God's word we tap into the supernatural.
In life most of us are either in a storm, coming out of a storm or entering a storm but God uses storms to perfect us and is with us all the way through.
Pastor Vince Holmes continues his message to those experiencing anxiety, confusion and fear. Our safety can be summed up in acknowledging we are Secure in Christ, Assured of His Presence and Power, Confident in His Faithfulness and Aware of the Eternal nature of God.
No matter what you may be going through rest in the knowledge that you are safe in the presence of God's love and power.
There is no greater time than now for you to reimagine, reassess, realign. Conditions are ripe for do a new start. Bishop Maurice Johnson shares with us practical steps to for a re-launch of your relationships, your ministry and your life.
God's message never changes but his methods do. Pastor Vince Holmes unveils a part of the vision for Zion Temple Community Church and encourages anyone who may be facing change in there life that, You Got What It Takes."
Pastor Vince Holmes teaches on the origins of Juneteenth and its comparison to the Gospel of Christ.
Abundance brings up thoughts of big money, fast cars and luxurious living, but what if your life doesn't match that picture? In this episode Pastor Vince Holmes asks the question, "Can you be an Abundant Life Christian and still experience depression or even mental illness?"
When you look around and it seems everyone is moving faster and farther than you. When your world seems to be falling apart around you don't slip. Silence yourself to hear God's voice and he will reveal a new perspective, his presence and his power in your life.
The Day of Pentecost was the fulfillment of a promise Jesus made prior to his death. This promise was not only fulfilled to his disciples or to those who experienced a visitation on the holy spirit in the upper room but the promise and his power is to you and I as well.
Happy Mother's Day! In todays episode Pastor Vince Holmes shares another benefit of living in the abundant life through the life of one mother and the provision she received from God during her most desperate moment.
One of the biggest barriers to living an Abundant Life is not knowing who you are. Many Christians are trying there best to be better people not realizing through Christ we don't have to be better because He has made us new.
Does the Abundant Life through Christ Jesus work for everyone? What do you do when it seems as if your life is everything but abundant?
The Abundant Life comes with a variety of benefits. One benefit is the living in freedom and victory from sin, but accessing that freedom takes on learning a whole new way of thinking.
In the Abundant Life there is no guilt, you are free. Walk therefore now in your freedom. There is no room for shame as your shame has been nailed to the cross.
Happy Resurrection Sunday. From betrayal to denial to desertion, the journey of abundant life extends to cross to travels to grave. Our Journey concludes at the tomb of our resurrected Savior.
For those who feel they are on this Journey alone. For those who feel deserted don't give up abundant life is around the corner.
One of the most humbling things we can experience is when we realize we are not as strong as we think we are. In this message we identify through Peter's experience that the Journey to Abundant Life goes through the baron place of denial; when we acknowledge we can't truly love God without his help.
The greatest betrayal recorded is that of Judas betraying the savior of the world, Jesus The Christ but was his betrayal a curse or a blessing? Has betrayal crushed you or has it been a stepping stone to greater blessings?
Are your dreams fading? Do you need to rethink some goals? Join us for this message before taking your next step.
The Journey from Expectation to Manifestation can lead to many obstacles along the way, but if we "Stay Close" to our guide Jesus Christ the final God ordained destination is inevitable.
We can Walk In Confidence that God will fight our battles because our victories do not only belong to us. Our victories are a testimony to the power and faithfulness of our God. In this message Pastor Vince Holmes teaches how to Walk in Confidence knowing we have everything we need to overcome life's challenges.
In this message Pastor V illustrates "The Goal of Courage" through studying the life on Caleb in the book of Numbers Chapter 13: 27-31
God has a mission for you, if you choose to accept it. God guarantees you victory. If God is for us who can be against us?
A foundational building block of strong relationships is Service but it takes courage to serve those who may not be worthy of our service. Jesus is our perfect example on how to Serve, Love and Forgive.
Welcome to the inaugural podcast from Pastor Vince Holmes and the Zion Temple Community Church. In this teaser episode Pastor Holmes takes you behind the scenes with an invitation to Creatives, Content Creators, Videographers, Light Specialists, abroad to partner with Zion Temple in the service of inner city ministry in the South Los Angeles area.