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Do you want a practical guide to unlocking abundance? We all start in ignorance. We are all ignorant in some area, actually, in many areas. Ignorance is not knowing and we move out of ignorance by knowing, by gaining knowledge. Knowledge is a good start but it is only the beginning. With knowledge we must gain understanding, which happens when we begin to comprehend how the information we have works together. Yet, understanding is never the end plan. The end […]
Get ready to be challenged by a message that inspires us to not just study Pentecost and to not just hope for the experience of Pentecost, but rather for us to be the temples of the Holy Spirit that bring experiences to others.
This is from a video series that my friend Jim Sim and I have been doing on Fear: Another Kind of Faith. It is less of a teaching and more of an exploration, through our conversation and friendship, on how there are indicators that show up the deep fear we have within. Extreme conclusions may be one of those indicator lights. Jim and I each share 3 of our Extreme Conclusion Indicator Lights. You can watch the whole thing on […]
I Samuel 17 YOU ARE… YOU CANNOT… YOU WILL… The 3 are tightly connected! I AM… I CAN… I WILL… Listen in and find the sentences you can speak that agree with the sentences God is using to describe you!
“Who may ascend the hill of the LORD? Who may stand in His holy place? 4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to falsehood, who does not swear deceitfully. 5He shall receive blessing from the LORD, and vindication from the God of his salvation.…” (Psalm 24:4 NIV) First, notice the wide gap between your Hands and your Heart. Not the distance between them but rather the huge gap between what they […]
We are going to be Acts chapter two this morning and starting a series called The Cross Changes Everything. I want to start with a little illustration: One day, a teacher was teaching her young class the story of Jesus visiting Mary and Martha. She carefully explained how Mary and Martha had hurried to clean the house and cook a special meal. Then she paused and asked, “What would you do if Jesus was going to visit your house today?” […]
Have you ever done something that hurt someone? Something you were ashamed of? Said or did something that was just a big piece of stupid?Of course you have! And so have I. One benefit of being a Child of God is that when we receive Our Good Father’s love, it includes His forgiveness, which means we can choose to forgive ourselves. In fact, we have no right to even hold our sins against us.
Loving yourself means feeling and acting confident. When you have experienced God’s agape love and it is transforming you it is producing a confidence that you have not experienced before. David speaks like he is not just a Shepherd Boy EVEN THOUGH at this moment that is all he is. He has never been in battle and possibly never wielded a sword. But self-confidence does not come from what you have done but it comes From WITHIN. Self-Confidence born from […]
“Our thoughts about God and how God sees us and loves us Determines the level of love we receive from God–not the amount of Love God has for us” (Pastor Les) It does not matter how powerful God is, how much love He wants to pour into your heart, if your Belief Thermostat is set on 62-degrees then it will never get warmer in your life. You may even go around talking about God and how He heats up a […]
YOU ARE ANOINTED! Imagine a shadow of a preacher falling on someone and them being healed; a Handkerchief bringing healing over someone; a word going forth and the preacher never laying hands on or even seeing a person; Or someone in town, complete crazy, naked, and breaking off chains when he was put in them, being sent as a minister to his old town—to declare what God has done!! You and I are anointed. Period. End of discussion. Everything else […]
“Now to Him that is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us…” (Ephesians 3:20 NIV) It must be the power of Holy Spirit. It is definitely not our own power. It is not the power of Humanity that is working in us. Each one of us believes that there is power working within us, correct? But to what level do we believe there is power working within […]
The main reason we do not see more miracles and more abundance in and through our lives is because we say we believe, yet we do not. How can we start believing that which we do not yet believe? #1 COMMIT Make a decision that God is good That scripture is truer than your experience To Scripture! #2 IMAGINE the new belief–Visualize it Ask God for imagery Visualize what you imagine In words, art, poetry, visuals of any kind Create […]
Everything that you could not do, up until the point you did it, was impossible. Talking. Walking. Riding a bike. Reading. Almost everything that you will enjoy today, until it was done for the first time, was impossible. Radio. Movies. Telephones. Cars. Electricity. Computer. Yet, all the components were always there. All you needed to walk, talk, read and ride a bike were already embedded within you. It just had to be “discovered”. When you dream about doing something impossible, […]
Impartation: A revelation of what is already there. Numbers 11: Last time I was here I spoke about when God took the Spirit and put it on 70-elders; which represents a generation; Moses represents 1–He was representing not his one but The ONE. It wasn’t Moses imparting himself but God imparting Himself thru Moses Genesis: “The Lord God formed man from the ground…”. God put His hands on Humanity. God’s hand is UPON ME! “…and He breathed…”. God was kindling […]
Keys to Kingdom PEACE Prayers Colossians 3:15-__ Things of The Kingdom may be a process We are not to live in this world’s system but progressively move into heaven’s system of being here on earth John 17–Father make them one as WE are One. As we grow and pray the right kinds of prayers to enter into the kingdom then God begins to release new things to us Exhortation I Timothy 2:1-__ Talks of 4-different types of prayers in this […]
Spiritual GIFTS God’s Invitation to His Friends that He Trusts with the Supernatural If we keep the pursuit of spiritual gifts as an act of friendship and as a partnership with God’s presence then I think we will enjoy the journey much, much more. The passionate pursuit of Spiritual Gifts is a relationship journey, not a lonely dreary walk. Read I Corinthians 12:7-11 NIV “Now to each one…the manifestation…of the Spirit…is given…for the common good.” Organize your mind around this […]
What opposes God? Not the Devil but our thoughts and imagination! Who Demolishes that which opposes God? We do! How do we Demolish It (that which opposes God?) By Organizing our Minds according to the Rhythm of Heaven–the strong, regular, repeated pattern of sound that is coming from the throne room of heaven. You Organize Your Mind. God does not organize your mind. God gives you complete control, complete power over your mind and your body. You Choose Your Thoughts, […]
The concept is super simple: Your brain needs to be spoken to by something ELSE OTHER than you mind, than your thoughts. Your mind stores all the experiences you have ever had, puts judgement on them as to what they do or do not mean about life, about others, about God and about you–and then, when something similar happens your MIND does what? Where do your thoughts go? Your thoughts speak from past experience instead of visionary, forward thinking. Your […]
“The more we glorify God and speak into The Body of Christ, the less and less we will see or need the person in the pulpit” (Jim Becton)
“Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? “(Psalm 42:5) I love the imagery here in this Psalm. It is saying, “Why are you making such loud moaning noises and drowning me out with your moans like a roaring ocean?” Your “Soul” is you, your being, your mind and your emotions. It is not your Spiritual Man and it is not your Flesh. Pinch yourself—that is not your Soul. Speak in tongues—that is not your Soul. That which […]
Paul says we are no longer slaves to sin, then why do so many of us fall into such great sin? Or, rather why do we have so many small sin things that constantly draw on us and wear us out? Because we are working on Acting right instead of believing in the work of The Cross! John 6:29 Jesus says our job is to believe, not to act right. The WORK of God is Belief—it is thinking and […]
Buffering is defined in the dictionary as “shielding yourself against something or someone”. I would also like to add the idea of buffering against our emotions. That we shield ourselves against our emotions and passionate intimacy with God. How many of you have ever done something to shield yourself against painful emotions? Drugs and alcohol are used to buffer, to shield us from our emotions. Pornography is used to keep us from experiencing loneliness and the painful emotions of […]
Rhythm: a strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound. Jump into this message with every ounce of passion you have as we explore how important expressing our worst emotions to our Father. “We cannot, we will not, be able to live the abundant life of the gospel of Jesus Christ without a strong, regular, repeated pattern of emotional and intellectual affection towards God.” It may be that every struggle that we have can be overcome by living in Rhythm […]
Stevie Alaniz and Mike Espinoza open up their hearts and share a deep message of inner healing and what is available with the grace of God.
Stevie Alaniz and Mike Espinoza share the teaching this Sunday and next on the Supernatural Love of God.
We must come to a place where we believe God is actively doing something that we cannot understand. If we do not do this, we will never experience who we were created to be. Join us as Pastor Stevie explores how the supernatural is birthed from and operates in love.
What comes to mind when you hear the phrase: “I don’t want to compromise my Faith?” Most of us think: SIN! All of us hate to think that we would compromise our Faith. And, mostly when we think of that phrase—“Compromise Your Faith” we think about it at the level of… “I don’t swear because it would compromise my faith” “I don’t drink because it would compromise my faith” “I don’t ___________ because it would compromise my faith” Listen in […]
Did you know that we don’t see what is in front of us but we see what we are looking for? If you are looking in the mirror and looking for a powerless person, than you will find one! If you read scripture, look at God and then look in the mirror for a powerful person, you will find one! In fact, IF you feel powerless and IF you find yourself constantly saying things and doing things that prove […]
Jesus takes the broken pieces of you life and properly places them into a beautiful mosaic that re-tells your beautiful story. And if you have been crushed and the broken pieces have been turned to dust, that is not any more difficult of a job for Jesus to bring beauty to those ashes. When emotions and thoughts are jumbled up and causing chaos, Jesus is the Master Electrician that comes in and restores order. Listen in as Pastor Les encourages […]
I was blown away by Stevie’s insight into The Secret Place last Sunday. I loved how he stated that in the secret place we enter in and within it there are seeds. And, when we enter into that place we are to tend to those seeds. I believe that it is those seeds that will eventually, when watered with patience and faith and action, that will produce the life you really want to live. What do you do in the […]
I want to start with the wrong religious belief that may be keeping you from being able to love yourself. Religious teaching from the pulpit often demands that we love others as an obligation instead of an outpouring. This teaching goes something like YOU MUST love others more than you love yourself! YOU MUST give sacrificially. YOU MUST love unconditionally. YOU MUST… (here is where you can fill in your YOU MUST statement). When church teaches us that Love is […]
Our friend Jim Becton brings a word about the journey from transition into transformation.
What You Think Determines Who You Are, What You Do and What You Have. I have 5 scriptures that I want to share about the importance of what you think—or, how you think about what you are thinking about. BTW, are you thinking about what you are thinking about or are you simply assuming that your thoughts are your thoughts and that you are powerless in changing them? “I have the mind of Christ” I have access to a […]
There is a process working within me that is constantly pushing against Old Me in order to make room for New Me. We engage with that process when we pray, fast, meditate or participate in any practical activity that seeks to engage the power and presence of God. When we do not believe in the process of The Cross, we despise the small beginning of the salvation seed within us. What do we do with things we despise? We push […]
In Luke chapter 2 how does Simeon know that Jesus is The Promised Messiah? We know that Simeon was righteous and devout and the Holy Spirit was upon hi (Before Holy Spirit was sent by Jesus). Scripture also informs us that Simeon had been promised by Holy Spirit that he wouldn’t die until he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. Verse 27 says that Simeon was “move by the Holy Spirit” to go into the temple courts where Mary and Joseph, […]
Jesus said that if “we believe, then we will see”, making a case for this idea that IF we will do something ‘invisible’ within us then our eyesight will change. The Presence of God, which isn’t of earthly substance, hovered over Mary, planted a supernatural seed within her and, over time produced a baby. The Baby Jesus, Who grew up to be our Lord and Savior. Something not of this world interacted with the biology of this world and changed […]
Our working definition for Gratitude is: A tangible expression of thanksgiving that flows from our confident belief that God is Good. We begin with this startling idea that not being thankful is living life against the will of God and that your lack of gratitude is a great indicator of a wounded place in your heart. Boom! All thanksgiving is not created equal! The 3 levels of thanksgiving are… Being thankful for what you have Being thankful IN what you […]
“We are not called to become Better Caterpillars!! We are to become whole new creations!” (Pastor Les) A God Encounter is “Any kind of significant, powerful and personal experience with God” It is a moment of time spiritually, emotionally, mentally or physically where you can point to and say, “I experienced God there” Encounter Declarations: “I am designed for God encounters” “I have a right to regularly encounter God” “I am a New Creation which means new God Encounters” The […]
“It is unloving to release someone from their current financial pain, while putting them into a lifetime of poverty” (Pastor Les) Work is extremely important in the Kingdom of God. In this message Pastor Les stresses the difference between the Right Good Works that flow FROM God’s love and the Wrong Good Works that we do FOR God’s love. The difference is stunning…a difference between beauty and filthy rags. We also cover… Jesus came to earth to fulfill work Everyone […]
“The Kingdom of God brings forth the church, not the church The Kingdom” (Jim Becton) Our friend and apostolic leader of Father’s Heart Ministries takes us on a deep and insightful journey of what the Kingdom of God is and how it is to work in the church. There is an Apostolic Process that God wants to utilize in order to advance the Kingdom of God and, in part, it looks like… Identifying gifts and callings of the body of […]
“If your Christianity is focused on DO NOT DO THIS then you have already missed the essence of Christianity” (Pastor Les) Pastor Les passionately speaks about regaining power and blows up the idea that we somehow are not good enough for God. Speaking from the life of Samson he shares that… We do not have to give up our power because we’ve done something stupid God is not afraid of our sin and will use our weakness for His glory, […]
“With the Kingdom of Heaven in our hearts and minds, Church becomes a training ground instead of a baby sitting club. Church becomes a place where we seek to feed the world with our 5 loaves and 2 fishes, instead of a place of potlucks and pizza parties.” (Pastor Les) This morning we are going to take a look at an Old Testament scripture about God’s presence, about Heaven Coming to Earth to visit with Moses, and my desire […]
“There is a difference between being born again and seeing the kingdom of God” (Pastor Les) The Kingdom of heaven is for today. The Kingdom of God is not an addition to the Church but the reason that the church even exists. Without the Kingdom of God advancing the church is dying. Without the Kingdom of God being made manifest in and thru us, people are engaging in a form of Godliness without any power for being transformed and living […]
We are in a series about the Kingdom of Heaven here in Tomball. We explored the Kingdom as a Seed, as Words and then that the Kingdom of Heaven wants to expand to overtake everything (also process of Kingdom). The title of today’s message is The Kingdom of Heaven is Like a Fungi. You need one teaspoon of yeast for a pound of dough in order to make a pizza crust that will rise properly. Imagine how your little bit […]
“He (Jesus) also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground.” (Mark 4:26 NIV) The Rule of God is like seed—when it is planted, it multiplies. The Government of God is like seed—when it is planted, it expands and changes things. The Ways of God in Heaven, when brought to earth, takes Dead things and brings them alive. Think about seed and how much it produces, how much it changes the […]
Our friend Jim Becton from Father’s Heart Ministries in Houston shares with us in this special message.
“Don’t let anyone TEACH you out of your healing!” (Pastor Les) So much teaching in church teaches against it being God’s will to Heal. Don’t let anyone teach you out of your healing! This wrong belief is one of the biggest Belief Barriers that we have and it works against us being healed or seeing people healed. This morning I want us to take a look at another Big Belief Barrier and that is this idea that I NEED MORE […]
This is a message you won’t want to miss. Jump in ready to be challenged, to get inspired and to laugh. Remember when the Father brings his sick son to the disciples and they cannot heal or deliver the boy? Jesus shows up on the scene and the boy’s Dad asks, “IF YOU CAN, please heal my son” and Jesus responds with an “IF?! IF?! Of course I CAN!” Then Jesus says something quite amazing that contradicts a lot of […]
“God gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak” (Isaiah 40:29) You know the funny story about how men cannot find anything? And, the wife shows up and immediately points it out? They even have a word for it—Male Patterned Blindness. “Kresha! I cannot find my shoes!” As I stand in front of my closet, where my shoes are lined up, Kresha or Victoria walks in and immediately spots my shoes. Something we don’t talk […]
Jesus asked the boy’s father, “How long has he been like this?” “From childhood,” he answered. “It has often thrown him into fire or water to kill him. But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.” (Mark 9:21-22) We jump right into some tough questions that you can ask yourself from what we are discovering from the 9th chapter of Mark. What are you arguing about instead of acting out? What reality are you denying and thinking that […]
Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” (John 6:29) I want to share this morning about Faith Gaps and why we should create some gaps in our lives that can only be filled by the activation of our own faith. A Gap is a break between two objects. A Faith Gap is the distance between what you are currently experiencing and what you see in your future. The GAP is only narrowed or […]
“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be (sozo) saved.” (Acts 4:12) The Greek word SOZO means “To be Saved” or “rescued”. But the imagery gets even clearer when we realize that it is an action word, a verb’ that shows how we are rescued from the enemy of our soul, removed out from under Satan’s power AND restored into the Family of God, placed […]
“If your salvation isn’t based upon your actions or your ability to be and do good then why do you think your sainthood is based on your ability to be and do good?” (Pastor Les) Here is a statement I hear a lot: “I am a sinner saved by grace” And, I want to declare, from the beginning of this message, that I believe this is a false statement and in fact, a statement that keeps us bound up […]
“How do we destroy an argument? With our words, chosen to counteract the argument of the enemy. And, we choose the words of The One who has already won the argument.” (Steve Backlund) This is the last in our Renewal series about the power and place of declarations. Les shares a powerful message that is sure to get you to shut your mouth and open it up again but this time filled with words from God. Les makes a statement […]
“If you’re not declaring God’s truth then you just may be lying” (Stevie Alaniz) Stevie paints a powerful picture of how our silence keeps the lies alive and keeps the power of God’s word enslaved. “The truth of God sets us free to experience His presence here on earth” “The lies of the Enemy keep us in bondage and we experience hell on earth” “The Enemy wants us to think God’s truth is the lie” We are half thru a […]
Denny Dillon leads Hope for the Hollow in Magnolia, Texas and you can find out more HERE
“…because you have no ROOM for My word” (John 8:37) Kresha and I want out to Peli Peli (an amazing South African restaurant) for Valentine’s Day. We had an appetizer, I had a cucumber martini, then we each had a meal and shared a dessert. We were full and if anyone had offered us anything, no matter how amazing, we would have said no. The food we ate killed off our desire or ability to have anymore food. So often […]
Building Faith for a Healing Revival A short summary of what I believe God is saying to me about healing and my part in it. I will get better at describing what God is doing within me and what I believe He wants to do in Tomball and the Four Corners area. I am not interested in an emotional rush towards revival but building a culture where we begin to believe that all things are possible and we, you and […]
“You are God’s vision for Himself.” (Pastor Les) Process is extremely important for knowing God and for spiritual maturity. We know that to be true of practical things but it may be even more true when it comes to our spiritual lives. Process is ‘a series of actions to achieve results’ and we can assume that you are working the wrong process , taking wrong action, if you are not moving towards your Vision. Ecclesiastes says that there is a […]
“If you view God as random then you won’t trust that He is doing something in the midst of everything” (Pastor Les) If God is random then we cannot trust Him or know Him in the same way we cannot trust a friend who is not a principled person. God is principled and works through processes. We can know Him and we can also know the processes through which He prefers to work. . Romans 8:29-30 gives us a 5 […]
Very few of us would purposefully believe a lie and even fewer of us would tell a lie. Yet, in our rush to make ourselves ‘safe’ and looking like we are not ‘failures’ we often believe and then repeat lies about ourselves and our future. Have you heard yourself say, or have you thought… “I don’t have goals for 2018” “I don’t have a vision for my life” “I don’t do new year’s resolutions because they don’t work” Well, those […]
“The most powerful act you can do to break the poverty mentality is to learn how to receive from God AND to receive things from God thru people. ” (Pastor Les) Sunday, December 31, 2017, the last Sunday of 2017, was the Sunday we handed out 15 $100 bills For about 4 weeks God had been telling me, “I want to break Poverty Thinking off of people.” I know the rut of poverty thinking well and I have experienced the annoyance of a very […]