Heart Zone Radio Program: Recent Episodes
Curwensville Christian Church
A list of messages that have been presented during the "Heart Zone" radio program as heard on WCPA AM 900, Clearfield, Pennsylvania.
The fourth area that we need to examine with regards to the subtle shifts in our spirituality is the struggle we have in forgiving those who have hurt us from Genesis 41-45.
The third area that we need to examine with regards to the subtle shifts in our spirituality is the suffering in our lives that we have endured from 2 Corinthians 12:1-10.
The second area that we need to examine with regards to the subtle shifts in our spirituality is the self-sufficiency that is rooted in our pride from Revelation 3:14-22.
The first area that we need to examine with regards to the subtle shifts in our spirituality is the condition of our hearts from Revelation 2:1-7.
It easy to miss the changes that occur in our spiritual live until we compare ourselves with a Biblical picture of life and spirituality from Acts 2:41-47.
As we are grasping what it means to walk in the light, every believer must recognize that that God is watching over them in this world of darkness from 1 John 5:18-21.
As we are grasping what it means to walk in the light, every believer must recognize that they can have a confidence in prayer because of the relationship with Jesus Christ from 1 John 5:14-17.
As we are grasping what it means to walk in the light, every believer must recognize that their faith and life is resting upon the reality of Jesus Christ from 1 John 5:5-13.
As we are grasping what it means to walk in the light, every believer as they grow in their intimate relationship with God experiences the impact of that love from 1 John 4:17-5:5.
As we are grasping what it means to walk in the light, the source of love that is needed to carry out the command to love one another resides in every believer from 1 John 4:12-16.
As we are grasping what it means to walk in the light, there has to be a coming to grips with every believer that we are commanded to love one another from 1 John 4:7-11.
As we are grasping what it means to walk in the light, there has to be an understanding that believers have to test the spirits that seeks to influence their lives from 1 John 4:1-6.
As we are grasping what it means to walk in the light, there has to be an understanding that believers can have assurance concerning their faith in Jesus Christ from 1 John 3:19-24.
As we are grasping what it means to walk in the light, there has to be an understanding that believers must be marked by a loves that is exhibited toward each other from 1 John 3:11-18.
As we are grasping what it means to walk in the light, there has to be an understanding that believers are the children of God and that reality is evident through their actions from 1 John 3:1-10.
As we are grasping what it means to walk in the light, there has to be a recognition that when you are different because you responded to the message of Jesus and were anointed from 1 John 2:24-29.
As we are grasping what it means to walk in the light, there has to be a recognition that we must be vigilant in being aware that false leaders exist from 1 John 2:18-23.
As we are grasping what it means to walk in the light, there has to be a choice to hold on loosely to this world and the things of this world from 1 John 2:15-17.
While Easter and the reality of the resurrection of Jesus provide us with hope, it can also be the source of doubting from John 20:24-31.
Jesus expressed that when the Son of Man came, would he find faith. Sadly, when he came triumphantly into Jerusalem, he did not from Luke 11:12-25.
As we are grasping what it means to walk in the light, there are times that a believer needs to be reassured of his relationship the Christ from 1 John 2:12-14.
As we are grasping what it means to walk in the light, there has to be an understanding that when it comes to the issue of our obedience, nothing has changed from 1 John 2:7-11.
As we are grasping what it means to walk in the light, there has to be an understanding that our faith is evident through our obedience from 1 John 2:3-6.
As we are grasping what it means to walk in the light, there has to be an understanding that the Lord wants us to deal with the sin in our lives and he will help us from 1 John 2:1-2.
As we are grasping what it means to walk in the light, there has to be an understanding of who God is and who we are from 1 John 1:5-10.
It is evident that we are living in times where darkness seems so real to us. Yet for believers, it is possible to still have joy in all of its fullness in our lives from 1 John 1:1-4.
The relationship that you can have with the Lord is one of personal interaction. Listening to the Lord is more than just hearing him speak to you. You have to act on what he is saying to you from selected scripture.
The relationship that you can have with the Lord is one of personal interaction. The second important component of your communication with God is listening to him from Hebrews 1:1-2.
The relationship that you can have with the Lord is one of personal interaction through prayer. The next part of understanding how to pray involves understanding the effect that sin has on our prayers from selected scriptures.
The relationship that you can have with the Lord is one of personal interaction through prayer. The next part of understanding how to pray involves knowing that you can talk with God about your needs, forgiveness and his protection from Matthew 6:11-13 and Luke 11:3-4.
The relationship that you can have with the Lord is one of personal interaction. That interaction is centered on prayer. The first part of understanding how to pray involves knowing with whom you are talking from Luke 11:1-2.
The relationship that you can have with the Lord is one of personal interaction. That interaction is centered on prayer. To understand prayer, you have to begin with what it is not proper from Matthew 6:5-7.
Once you understand the relationship that the Lord has provided for you, you need to recognize your past spiritual failures cannot hold you back from the relationship from Galatians 2:17-21.
There is a bigger story to Christmas that most people miss. God sent his Son to among humanity to reach out to his own from John 1:1-5, 9-18.
Once you understand the relationship that the Lord has provided for you, you need to take the first step and deal with the one thing that might hinder your relationship with him from Psalm 51.
In order to consider the relationship that we can have with the Lord now, we have to understand what happened to the relationship that once exist between man and God from selected scripture.
In a time where people no longer see the value in church, there needs to be a reminder that church is more than a worship service from Acts 2:37-47.
When we understand the times in which we are living in, it is very important that we listen and follow the instructions of those who have lived through it from 2 Timothy 4:1-8.
When we understand the times in which we are living in, It is very important that we understand certain truths that we help us to live from 2 Timothy 3:10-17.
As we are living in the Last Days, understanding the nature of the times in which we live in is very important from 2 Timothy 3:1-9.
As we are living in the Last Days, understanding certain truths of our faith should encourage us to live for the Lord from 2 Timothy 2:19-26.
As we are living in the Last Days, we have to keep a single focus on the truths of gospel and avoid needless arguments and false teaching from 2 Timothy 2:14-18.
As we are living in the Last Days, we must recognize that even as we face difficult things, we understand the basis for our faith from 2 Timothy 2:8-13.
As we are living in the Last Days, there has to be an effort on our part to act upon the investment that has been made in our lives from 2 Timothy 2:1-7.
When we face the reality that we are living in the Last Days, there has to be an effort on our part to safeguard the spiritual investments that have been made on our behalf from 2 Timothy 1:11-18.
When we face the reality that we are living in the Last Days, there needs to be an effort on our part to cherish the spiritual investments that have been made on our behalf from 2 Timothy 1:3-10.
We try to live as if we have everything under control. Yet, life has a way of bringing us back to the reality that we are completely helpless without the Lord from 1 Samuel 30:1-9.
There are times when you throw in the towel. You have tried to live according to faith, but that has proven itself to be futile. Yet, our attempts to live a double life have proven themselves to be meaningless from 1 Samuel 27:1-28:2.
Too often, we allow the personal offense to dictate our actions. Sometimes pausing for the moment allows faith to lead us to a better response by from 1 Samuel 25.
The urge to strike back at those who hurt us is strong. It takes a level of faith to let the opportunity for vengeance pass by from 1 Samuel 24.
Faith is ultimately tied to your relationship to the Lord. That is why reacting to circumstances without faith can lead to serious consequences from 1 Samuel 21 and 22.
With every crisis, the believer has to choose how to respond to it from 1 Samuel 17:1-54.
There are many dimensions to our faith as we live for Jesus Christ. One facet is the calling that he extended to each of us from 1 Samuel 16:1-13.
We often try to fulfill God's expectations on our own terms. It never enters into our minds, that partial obedience might exactly be disobedience from 1 Samuel 15:1-34.
You have been trying to respond to life according to the Lord's way. However, the pressure to go it alone is only increasing from 1 Samuel 13:1-15.
It can be very defeating to live life without the presence of God in your midst. There are things that believers can do to return to the Lord from 1 Samuel 7:1-17.
It is amazing how wrong assumptions about God and his actions toward believers can lead someone to abandon the faith. This shows that the difficulties we face are only amplified by our ignorance of the Lord and his ways from 1 Samuel 4:1-11.
In a world where there seems to be silence and a lack of direction from the Lord, there is a very real emptiness in our spiritual lives. We have to be willing to listen to God as he reveals himself to us through his word from 1 Samuel 3:1-21.
The very nature of church allows for the reality that people can be religious and not really know the Lord. However, God sees through our religious actions and hold everyone accountable from 1 Samuel 2:12-36.
Often our failures in some areas of our lives become the stigmas that we find so difficult to carry. Hannah illustrates the importance of praying through the stigma from 1 Samuel 1:1-20.
Many Christians want to hear from God. We need to distinguish God's voice from the competing voices around us from 1 Samuel 3:7, 19-21.
Many Christians struggle as they face a wall of silence when they try to interact with God. Often the reason for the silence is our own sin from 1 John 1:1-2:2.
The key to any relationship is communication. We need to move beyond the ritual in our prayers to God and make it personal from Matthew 6:5-8.
We have to be honest with ourselves concerning the nature of our relationship with Jesus Christ and examine ourselves if we own our faith from 1 Samuel 3:1-21.
Trying to regain our love for Jesus Christ is impossible when we are focused on our heart idols as well from Hebrews 12:1-4.
Recognizing that the relationship with Jesus Christ brings the fulfillment for something more, we struggle with revitalizing that relationship from Revelation 2:2-5.
Having recognized that we all have a longing for something more that will satisfy our souls, we need to look at what we were originally created for from selected scripture.
We are tired of empty spirituality and long for something more that can only be found in Jesus from Matthew 13:44-46.
It is easy to lose hope in our God when circumstances and events don’t turn out the way we thought they should from Luke 24:13-35.
When you are faced with a difficult situation, sometimes the reality presents itself in which the possibility exists the God can do something from Luke 18:35-43.
Doubting the goodness of God can be crippling, yet there is still something within us that clings to hope from Habakkuk 3:17-19 and Psalm 37:1-8.
Our new identity allows us to break with the old life and live a new life that God wants us to live from Ephesians 4:20-32.
With our identity comes a new purpose for our lives as we are called to be a spokesman for the new relationship with God from 2 Corinthians 5:16-20.
When we truly understand who we are as Christians, we need to recognize the responsibility that flows out of our identity from 1 Peter 2:9-12.
We must come to the place of understanding that we are God's finest work from Ephesians 2:10.
At the very core of who we are as believers is the salvation provided for us through Jesus' sacrifice from Ephesians 2:4-9.
If we are going to have a proper understanding of our identity, we need to understand how God saw us before salvation from Ephesians 2:1-4.
We find in the scripture many promises that God will answer our prayers. Yet our personal experience shows a disconnect between the promises and the reality that most believers have experienced. Understanding the connection between our heart’s desires and the Lord will help us to understand the validity of his promises to us from Psalm 37:4.
While there is legitimate concern about the coming storm, there also needs to be an awareness of the calm after the storm that lasts for eternity from Revelation 21:1-22:5.
The Second Coming of Jesus Christ results a time of peace that mankind rejects and the final judgment from Revelation 20:1-15.
The Second Coming of Jesus Christ is a culmination of God’s Chosen People crying out in desperation and defeat for deliverance from Zechariah 14:1-3 and Revelation 19:11-21.
In order to understand the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, we need to understand what happens with believers before the End comes from Revelation 3:10.
In order to understand the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, we need to understand that there are certain people who must emerge and certain things that must take place from Revelation 13:11-18.
In order to understand the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, we need to understand what the scripture teaches about the coming leader who sets himself up as a god from 1 John 2 and 2 Thessalonians 2.
In order to understand the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, we need to understand exactly what sets the time of Tribulation apart from what is currently happening in our world from Revelation 6.
It is easy to lose focus during the Christmas season. The positive and negative experiences of season can cause believers to lose sight of what is really important from Isaiah 9:1-7.
In order to understand the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, we need to understand where does the End begin and who initiates it from Revelation 4 and 5.
Because we live in bewildering times, God’s people are stunned and confused by the events that are taking place around us. However, Jesus told us that these things should not catch us by surprise from Matthew 24:3-14.
Because we live in bewildering times, God’s people are stunned and confused by mixed messages concerning the Coming of Jesus Christ. However, believers have been given everything they need to know about the end from 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11.
Jesus illustrates that the level of gratitude to God is directly tied to the response to forgiveness from Luke 7:36-50.
Having been transformed by the grace of Jesus Christ, believers are to deal with each other by putting the spiritual needs of others before their own freedom from Romans 14:13-23.
Having been transformed by the grace of Jesus Christ, believers are to deal with each other by recognizing that each man is accountable to the Lord from Romans 14:1-12.
Having been transformed by the grace of Jesus Christ, believers are again called to express that faith in through love toward others in these last days from Romans 13:8-14.
Having been transformed by the grace of Jesus Christ, believers are called to express that faith in their actions toward their government from Romans 13:1-7.
Having been transformed by the grace of Jesus Christ, believers are called to express that faith in their actions toward everyone including their enemies from Romans 12:14-21.
Having been transformed by the grace of Jesus Christ, believers are called to express that faith in their actions toward each other from Romans 12:9-13.
There is a tendency to only think of our faith in individual terms. However, Faith is always seen in terms of community from Romans 12:3-8.
When you have made the decision to give yourself to God, there has to be concrete steps taken to express that commitment from Romans 12:2.
When you begin to grasp the reality of grace that the Lord has shown to believers, there has to be a decision from Romans 12:1.
Only God can take the rejection of one group of people and use it for the salvation of the rest of the world from Romans 11:11-24.
It is easy to be guided by wrong assumptions concerning the Lord and your standing with him and miss the reality of his grace from Romans 11:1-10.
The message of salvation to all requires that there are people who are willing to share it from Romans 10:13-21.
There is a major difference between gaining acceptance with God with your works and gaining it through faith in Jesus Christ from Romans 10:5-12.
It seems unfair that those who try to pursue God’s acceptance on their own terms must face the reality that it only come through faith in Jesus Christ from Romans 9:30-10:4.
While we wrestle with the reality of the Lord’s sovereignty over the affairs of humanity, it is easy to get it wrong about God from Romans 9:19-29.
With the realities of our current struggle and suffering, we need to rest in the hope that our new relationship with God is secure from Romans 8:28-39.
With the realities of our current struggle and suffering, we need to rest in the hope that something better is waiting for us from Romans 8:18-27.
Having been set free by the Spirit, we do not have to live fear and defeat since we have been adopted as the children of God from Romans 8:12-17.
Having been set free by the Spirit, we can now choose to live according to Spirit rather than live according to the sinful desires of our flesh from Romans 8:1-11.
While we have been freed from the bondage to sin, believers still find themselves engaged with an internal struggle against sin from Romans 7:13-25.
While we have been freed from the bondage to sin, believers must recognize that sin still has power to influence them from Romans 7:1-12.
Having been freed from the bondage to sin, believers must choose between continuing to live in freedom or returning to the slavery of sin from Romans 6:15-23.
The reality of grace in salvation and the freedom that it brings to every believer should stir us to live for Christ from Romans 6:12-14.
The reality of grace in salvation should cause us to change our thinking with regards to living in the new life versus living the old life from Romans 6:5-11.
The reality of grace in salvation causes some to develop wrong thinking concerning the issue of sin in our lives from Romans 6:1-4.
In order to understand our acceptance with God, we need to understand the free gift that Jesus gave us in order to remove the offense we carry from Romans 5:12-21.
On our own, we had not chance to gain acceptance with God. However, Jesus loved us and died for us from Romans 5:6-11.
God’s acceptance of us means more than just our identification as his children. His acceptance of us results in an immediate change in how that relationship with Christ is expressed from Romans 5:1-5.
In a world where we are used to rules that guide every aspect of our lives, it is hard to grasp that our ability to abide by the rules has no bearing on God’s acceptance of us from Romans 4:13-25.
Humanity operates with ingrained thinking that our efforts affect our acceptance with God. However, those efforts have no bearing on God’s acceptance of us from Romans 4:1-12.
Faced with the reality of plight that humanity faces, we are provided the opportunity for acceptance with God. The reality is that all human beings do not want God and act accordingly from Romans 3:21-31.
In order to understand why the righteous shall live by faith, you need to understand the dilemma that all humanity faces. The reality is that all human beings do not want God and act accordingly from Romans 3:9-20.
In order to understand why the “righteous shall live by faith, you need to understand the dilemma that all humanity faces. The third group facing peril are those who place their confidence in their religious actions from Romans 2:17-3:8.
It is easy to lose track of the reality that Jesus Christ rose from the dead. Yet his resurrection insures our present condition and our future hope from 1 Corinthians 15:20-28.
Even though the Lord is working in our midst, we can completely miss what he is doing. Tragically, Jesus also warns that there are severe consequences for those who totally miss him from Luke 19:35-44.
In order to understand why the “righteous shall live by faith, you need to understand the dilemma that all humanity faces. The second group facing peril are those who condemn others for their sins while they engage in the same sins from Romans 2:1-16.
In order to understand why the righteous shall live by faith, you need to understand the dilemma that all humanity faces. The first group facing peril are those who want to go it alone without God from Romans 1:18-32.
We are living in an interesting time where we are bombarded from all sides with views concerning what our faith is about. This often leads to our losing track of what our faith is really about from Romans 1:8-17.
It is easy to be crippled by failure. Even when we totally love Jesus. It is just as easy for Jesus to express grace from John 21:1-25.
In the midst of fear and doubt, the reality of Jesus calls his followers to faith from John 20:19-31.
In the midst of the emotion and pain of the dark moment, there is joy in the reality that Jesus is alive from John 20:1-18.
Jesus suffered an extreme death for you and I, yet he was still in control from John 19:17-42.
Each person faces the reality of Jesus in their own way and most people end up rejecting him from John 19:1-16.
It is easy to give into the pressure and respond in ways that we never thought we would from John 18:12-27.
It is easy to forget that Jesus was in complete control as he begins his journey to the cross from John 18:1-11.
As he is facing the cross, Jesus prays for all believers who would come to faith in him from John 17:20-26.
Jesus speaks plainly to his disciples concerning their proclamation of faith and expresses that he understands even their future failures from John 16:25-33.
While uncertainty and the feeling of not being in control brings the despair, there is the reality of the Light that comes from Jesus from Isaiah 9:1-7; John 1:1-5, 9-13.
Jesus reveals his ultimate purpose for believers as he prays his great high priestly prayer from John 17:1-5.
Jesus speaks plainly to his disciples concerning their proclamation of faith and expresses that he understands even their future failures from John 16:25-33.
Jesus explains his departure so that his followers have clarity in the midst of their confusion from John 16:16-24.
Jesus explains that his departure from us is necessary so that we can see the work of Holy Spirit in our world from John 16:1-15.
Jesus illustrates the importance of gratitude and our natural tendency to forget God from Luke 17:11-19.
After telling them the hardships that they will face, Jesus reassures his followers that they will not be alone from John 15:26-27.
Jesus warns his followers to expect difficulty in these troubling times from John 15:18-25.
Jesus tells his followers how to love by showing them the depth of love that he has for them from John 15:12-17.
Jesus expresses that even though he is going away, he wants to bring comfort to his followers by giving them some words of encouragement from John 14:25-31.
Jesus expresses that even though he is going away, he gives his followers assurances for while he is away from John 14:19-24.
Jesus expresses that even though he is going away, he followers will continue his work from John 14:12-18.
Jesus reassures his followers concerning their destiny if they trust in him from John 14:1-11.
Jesus gives his followers a new commandment that should mark their lives as we live in this world from John 13:31-38.
Jesus sets the example of how we are to treat those who would betray us from John 13:18-30.
Jesus expresses that each person is ultimately responsible for how they respond to him and his teaching from John 12:37-50.
Jesus made a determined decision to go to the cross for our salvation from John 12:27-36.
When it comes to Jesus, people operate from their own perspective of who he really is from John 12:12-26.
When it comes to Jesus, people operate from their own perspective of who he really is from John 12:1-11.
The decision to reject Jesus has less to do with who he is and more to do with the personal choice of the person from John 11:38-57.
There are times when we are in the midst of the crisis we need to be able to express our thoughts to the Lord from John 11:17-37.
While we tend to allow a crisis to dictate our actions, Jesus operates from a different perspective from John 11:1-16.
When it comes to our lives and who we will follow, only the true shepherd knows us intimately and will die for us from John 10:11-18.
While there are many who seek to exploit people for their own purposes, Jesus proclaims that he is the only means to salvation from John 10:1-10.
Jesus pursues the one who has been rejected by those who stand guard with their theological boxes from John 9:35-41.
Sometimes the boxes we create concerning who God is and how he works keep us from seeing him from John 9:13-34.
While we like to place God in a box of our making, Jesus responds in a purposeful manner that reflects who he is from John 9:6-12.
While the world looks for a reason for the difficulties we endure, Jesus sees things from a different perspective from John 9:1-5.
While Jesus points people to the reality of who he is and who sent him, it is responsibility of the one listening to decide what to do with him from John 8:48-59.
Jesus explains that spiritual claims of belief mean nothing if one’s actions reveal something else from John 8:37-47.
Jesus explains the nature of belief as he speaks of the cross and what it means to follow him from John 8:28-36.
Jesus identifies himself as the Light of the World who brings people out of darkness. Sadly, there are many who choose to be blind to that light from John 8:12-27.
There is often a perception that Jesus is rigid in how he deals with people, yet the reality of his heart is completely different from John 7:53-8:11.
Jesus and his teaching causes men and women to have many reactions toward him from John 7:40-52.
The fact remains that there is limit to the window of opportunity concerning Jesus’ offer from John 7:32-39.
While we understand the reality Of Easter, we still need to embrace it from John 21:1-19.
We sometimes develop ideas about what God’s plan is for us, but Palm Sunday shows us that Jesus has something else in mind from Luke 19:35-44.
The reactions toward Jesus reveal the perplexity of people concerning the reality of he is from John 7:20-31.
Jesus taught in such a way that reflected his authority and his relationship with the one who sent him from John 7:10-19.
Jesus brings his listeners to a point where they have to make decision concerning what he has said and who he truly is from John 7:1-9.
Jesus brings his listeners to a point where they have to make decision concerning what he has said and who he truly is from John 6:60-71.
Jesus tells his listeners that when it comes to the commitment that he is calling us to, there is no other option from John 6:52-59.
Jesus tells his listeners that there is an internal pull toward him that will result in life from John 6:43-51.
In order to truly find true satisfaction in this life, you must turn to Jesus to find it from John 6:31-42.
Sometimes it is easy to overlook the obvious, especially when it comes to Jesus from John 6:16-31.
When faced with a difficulty that is beyond our abilities and resources, Jesus knows how he will handle it from John 6:1-15.
Jesus points out that there are many witnesses concerning who he is. But you still have to choose to believe from John 5:31-47.
In the face of opposition, Jesus points to the reality of his authority as the eternal Judge from John 5:25-30.
In the face of opposition, Jesus points to the relationship that he has with the Father from John 5:16-24.
Jesus challenges the system of religious rules that diminish the reality of God from John 5:1-15.
While uncertainty and the feeling of not being in control brings the despair, there is the reality of the Light that comes from Jesus from Isaiah 9:1-7; John 1:1-5, 9-13.
When circumstances seem to drown out the promises of God, the Lord is still in control of the details from Luke 2:1-5.
Jesus points out that many ask him to do something great, but few have the faith to believe that he can do it from John 4:43-54.
When you understand who Jesus is, there is a compulsion to share that with others from John 4:27-42.
Often our approach to worship based on ignorance. Yet the Lord completely knows us so that we can truly worship him from John 4:16-26.
The importance of gratitude and downward spiral that takes place when we cease to be thankful from Romans 1:20-25.
In a world where everyone is trying to find true satisfaction, Jesus is offering water to quench our thirst from John 4:1-15.
In a world where everything is about you, the reality of Jesus confronts you with a choice from John 3:22-36.
Jesus explains the reason for the new birth and the source and means of eternal life from John 3:9-21.
Jesus challenges our assumptions concerning our standing in the kingdom from John 3:1-8.
Everything can appear to be okay on the surface, but Jesus has a way of confronting the reality of our acceptable spirituality from John 2:13-25.
Sometimes we can develop a mindset that see Jesus as being too busy to care about our problems from John 2:1-12.
When you personally interact with Jesus, you quickly realize who he is and are impacted by the interaction from John 1:35-51.
When Jesus makes his first public appearance, one quickly realizes that he came for redemptive purposes from John 1:29-34.
Sometimes the preconceived ideas that we have about God can keep us from truly seeing what he is doing from John 1:19-28.
It is truly amazing to realize that the Son of God became human so that he could show us the reality of God the Father from John 1:14-18.
The Lord showed his grace to a world in darkness by sending a guide to point us to the true light from John 1:5-13.
It is easy today to see Christianity as having lost its way. But the solution is simply getting to know who Jesus really is from John 1:1-5.
By being given a new life, believers have become a part of a spiritual family from Colossians 4:7-18.
By being given a new life, believers are called to have both an upward focus and on outward focus from Colossians 4:2-6.
By being given a new life, believers are called to allow their salvation to impact their relationships with others from Colossians 3:17-25 4:1.
Being given a new life calls the believers to new attitudes and actions that are sustained by the Lord from Colossians 3:12-17.
When you consider who you are as a believer and your future reality, you have to recognize that you must begin to live in that reality now from Colossians 3:8-11.
When you understand the reality of who you are now as a believer, you have to stop living like your old self from Colossians 3:5-7.
Salvation opens a new reality to believers. The relationship with Christ calls the believer to live in that reality from Colossians 3:1-4.
Sooner or later you have to make a decision about the reality of Salvation in your life and the pressure to perform for God’s acceptance from Colossians 2:20-23.
As a follower of Jesus Christ, you have to make every effort to ensure that no one deceives you concerning your relationship with Jesus from Colossians 2:16-19.
In order for the relationship with Christ to take place, there needs to be a major change in those who take part from Colossians 2:11-15.
Having a relationship with Jesus Christ is just the starting point. Believers need to reflect that relationship in their lives from Colossians 2:6-10.
Spiritual growth requires a concerted effort to guard ourselves from deception as we understand the riches of God’s grace from Colossians 2:1-5.
The Lord wants believers to understand a beautiful mystery that carries a responsibility from Colossians 1:24-29.
Spiritual growth emerges from the reality that Jesus Christ has reconciled believers to God through his death from Colossians 1:19-23.
Spiritual growth results from understanding who Jesus really is and that he is more than just your friend from Colossians 1:15-18.
Spiritual growth seems to be confusing to most followers of Jesus. This is in part due to the fact that they don’t understand their salvation from Colossians 1:12-14.
Out of a life that is marked by faith and love, we must focus on growth areas as we live for Christ from Colossians 1:9-12.
In a world where we are being bombarded with falsehoods about the Christian life, we need to refresh ourselves with the basic truths of our relationship with Christ from Colossians 1:3-8.
Easter helps us to understand the impact of the resurrection of Jesus Christ on his followers who often define themselves by their failures from selected scriptures.
The events of Easter from Palm Sunday to Good Friday reveal the different responses that people have concerning Jesus. Jesus pointed out that there will be several responses from Luke 8:5-15.
As believers we struggle with the reality of being alone, but Jesus made it clear that his absence was for our benefit from John 16:1-15.
Believers often feel isolated in the world as they live their lives for Jesus. But Jesus tells us that we are not alone in our witness from John 15:20-27.
Feelings of loneliness can emerge when we don’t understand the relationship with have with the Lord. Jesus details the intimacy of the relationship that all believers have with him from John 15:1-8.
Our preconceived ideas about Jesus often leads us into a crisis. Yet Jesus promised we would have a guide through this troubled world from John 14:22-27.
It is easy to still feel isolated in community because Jesus is not with us. The Lord understood this and gave us a promise from John 14:15-18.
It is easy to develop the mindset that you must face life alone. But Jesus made some arrangements for us while he was away from John 13:33-35.
Facing the storm with the Lord requires that you have support from other believers. It is so important that you have discernment in who you associate with from 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15.
As we eagerly wait for the return of Christ, we can live in the present chaos with confidence rooted in the Lord from 2 Thessalonians 3:1-5.
When you understand that everything is moving toward the return of Jesus, it is easy to be consumed with fear in the growing chaos. However, believers are called to stand strong in their faith from 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17.
In a world filled with turmoil, it is easy to lose focus. For the follower of Jesus Christ, everything to moving to a certain point from 2 Thessalonians 2:6-12.
It is bad enough that we have to navigate the chaos that has become a part of our world. We must also deal with the reality of mixed messages about the return of Jesus that adding to our confusion from 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5.
It is sad to say that many believers have a small view of Life. The relationship with Jesus has a tremendous impact of your way of life from 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12.
Struggling with the thought that justice cannot be found to make right the wrongs that have been imposed on us, we need to look to the coming of the Lord from 2 Thessalonians 1:6-10.
It is easy to be confused about what it truly means to be follower of Jesus. True spirituality is not measured by the world’s standard from 2 Thessalonians 1:3-5.
If you want to thrive in your relationship with Jesus Christ, your life needs to reflect that pleasing God is priority to you from 1 Thessalonians 5:12-28.
While uncertainty and the feeling of not being in control brings the despair, there is the reality of the Light that comes from Jesus from Isaiah 9:1-7; John 1:1-5, 9-13.
If you live your life in such a way that it pleases God, your life needs to reflect that you are waiting and watching for his coming from 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11.
If you live your life in such a way that it pleases God, your life has to look beyond the despair here to the hope of Jesus coming for you from 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18.
If you live your life in such a way that it pleases God, your life has to overflow with God’s love toward others from 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12.
If you live your life in such a way that it pleases God, you are going to have to choose how to live in a sexualized world from 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8.
Remaining steady as you are battered by life’s storms requires you live your life in such a way that it pleases God from 1 Thessalonians 4:1-2.
If you are going to remain steady as you are battered by life’s storms, you have to become a person of prayer from 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13.
If you are going to remain steady as you are battered by life’s storms, you have to rely on someone to help guide you spiritually through these troubled times from 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5.
If you are going to remain steady as you are battered by life’s storms, you have to recognize that following Jesus means enduring suffering as well from 1 Thessalonians 2:13-20.
If you are going to remain steady as you are battered by life’s storms, you have to choose to how to treat others from 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12.
If you are going to remain steady as you are battered by life’s storms, you have to be sure about what you have faith in from 1 Thessalonians 2:1-6.
It is easy to be overwhelmed by the daily onslaught of news. Fear and uncertainty begin to dominate your thoughts and life. But as a believer, you can have peace from 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10.
Sometimes you need to look beyond those who are pressuring you to be effort-driven in your spiritual life from Galatians 6:11-18.
True spirituality looks beyond self-indulgence to the needs of others and responds with generosity from Galatians 6:6-10.
True spirituality can be measured by how we treat others. Your approach to people will be determined by whether you are spirit-filled or effort driven from Galatians 6:1-5.
You were saved for something more than a life of bondage to rules that we cannot keep. Your new life has been empowered by the Holy Spirit from Galatians 5:16-26.
Even though we start out with faith, we can quickly be distracted by an emphasis on doing things for God. There is a way to start living by faith again from Galatians 5:7-15.
Experiencing grace day by day requires that we consciously reject the things that place us in spiritual bondage from Galatians 5:1-6.
Living in spiritual bondage is a choice. Believers often choose slavery because they don’t truly understand who they are from Galatians 4:21-31.
It is easy to forget the impact of grace on our lives when we first came to Christ by faith. The problem is that we can find quickly find ourselves enslaved again from Galatians 4:8-20.
Every believer has to choose to live up to their true standing as a child of God since they are no longer slaves from Galatians 4:1-7.
The Law has ensnared believers in an endless cycle of spiritual defeat until the reality of faith has set us free from Galatians 3:23-29.
As we are caught in a cycle of spiritual defeat, there needs to be a realization that something exposes the reality we need someone to help us break free from the bondage from Galatians 3:19-22.
We often find ourselves in a cycle of spiritual defeat. Our natural tendency to seek a greater relationship with the Lord by our efforts from Galatians 3:15-18.
It is virtually impossible to please God and gain his acceptance by our religious and moral actions. In fact, any effort to be religiously and morally righteous only proves that we need a Savior from Galatians 3:10-14.
It is easy to get off tract in the Christian life by focusing on our efforts to gain acceptance with God. Yet, the blessings of the new life only come through a life marked by faith from Galatians 3:1-9.
To many people, the Christian life is simply a matter of learning to cope with our sins. They truly don't understand what was accomplished for them in salvation from Galatians 2:20.
As a follower of Jesus Christ, you have to be aware that grace does not enable you to sin freely. Rather grace is the basis for a new life from Galatians 2:17-21.
As a follower of Jesus Christ, you have to be aware that there is a battle to impose additional requirements on your life for salvation from Galatians 2:1-16.
As a follower of Jesus Christ, Salvation from God does not come through the efforts of men. It is a result of God’s grace that results in personal transformation from Galatians 1:11-24.
It is easy to be confused about the nature of God's grace in salvation when you live in a church culture filled with expectations from Galatians 1:6-10.
Living for the future reality of Jesus' Second Coming in grounded in a belief that one day we will all have to stand before his throne of judgment from Matthew 25:31-46.
It is easy to operate with the mistaken assumption that how we live our lives now has no bearing on our future with the Lord from Matthew 25:14-30.
It is one thing to know that Jesus Christ will be returning. It is a completely different thing to be found ready for his coming from Matthew 25:1-13.
Knowledge requires accountability. Having an understanding of what will happen in the future requires one to act on that information from Matthew 24:45-51.
When you hear about the things that will take place before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, it is only natural to wonder if this can be true. But Jesus confirms his teaching concerning the end of all things from Matthew 24:32-44.
As followers of Jesus Christ, we are overwhelmed by the horrors we are experiencing now. But Jesus tells us that there is something coming that is beyond anything the world has ever seen from Matthew 24:15-31.
The question concerning the reality of the resurrection of Jesus Christ comes down to a choice to believe or not from John 20:24-31.
Part 2 - As followers of Jesus Christ, we want to live at peace with all men. But in spite of our efforts to be accepted, we find continual rejection from Matthew 24:9-14.
Part 1 - It is easy to think that we are living in the end-times with all of the terrible things happening in the world. Surprisingly, Jesus warned his followers that these things are just the beginning from Matthew 24:1-8.
Part 11 - It is easy to lose track of what will ultimately happen to this world when Jesus Christ returns. This leads us to being unprepared for the future from 2 Peter 3:10-18.
Part 10 - In a world that mocks the hope of every believer that Jesus will return for his own, you can be sure that the Lord will fulfill his promise from 2 Peter 3:1-9.
Part 9 - To guard your faith against threat of false teachers, you must actively vet the teachers in your life from 2 Peter 2:10-22.
Part 8 - In a world where evil and false teaching seems to flourish, there is a greater reality of a God who will set all things right from 2 Peter 2:4-9.
Part 7 - Your faith is threatened by some who would distort your understanding of the gospel. Surprisingly, that threat comes from within the church from 2 Peter 2:1-3.
Part 6 - It is easy for your faith to be simply a set of abstract beliefs. But the faith is really so much more from 2 Peter 1:16-21.
Part 5 - Drifting is often the result of taking things for granted. Once truth is taken for granted, it is slowly forgotten from 2 Peter 1:12-15.
Part 4 - Drifting in your spiritual life is usually a sign that you lack the proper motivation to continue on. The lack of motivation is often the direct result of not understanding what awaits every believer who has overcome from 2 Peter 1:10-11.
Part 3 - It is easy to drift in your Christian Life. Before you know, you can find yourself losing your focus. A loss of focus often leads a person to turn their attention to the meaningless from 2 Peter 1:5-9.
Part 2 - Too often, we feel helpless about the condition of our hearts as we try to live for Jesus Christ. Yet, many are surprised to find out that God has empowered us to live the spiritual life that he calls us to from 2 Peter 1:2-4.
Part 1 - The followers of Christ live in interesting times. We tend to think that the threats to our faith come from the hostile world around us. Yet, the greatest threats to faith are from within the church itself from 2 Peter 1:1-2.
It is easy to lose focus during the Christmas season. The positive and negative experiences of season can cause believers to lose sight of what is really important from Isaiah 9:1-7.
Part 14 - There are times when you throw in the towel. You have tried to live according to faith, but that has proven itself to be futile. Yet, our attempts to live a double life have proven themselves to be meaningless from 1 Samuel 27:1-28:2.
Part 13 - There are times when you throw in the towel. You have tried to live according to faith, but that has proven itself to be futile. Yet, our attempts to live a double life have proven themselves to be meaningless from 1 Samuel 27:1-28:2.
Part 12 - Too often, we allow the personal offense to dictate our actions. Sometimes pausing for the moment allows faith to lead us to a better response by from 1 Samuel 25.
Part 11 - The urge to strike back at those who hurt us is strong. It takes a level of faith to let the opportunity for vengeance pass by from 1 Samuel 24.
Part 10 - Faith is ultimately tied to your relationship to the Lord. That is why reacting to circumstances without faith can lead to serious consequences from 1 Samuel 21 & 22.
Part 9 - With every crisis, the believer has to choose how to respond to it from 1 Samuel 17:1-54.
Part 8 - There are many dimensions to our faith as we live for Jesus Christ. One facet is the calling that he extended to each of us from 1 Samuel 16:1-13.
Part 7 - We often try to fulfill God's expectations on our own terms. It never enters into our minds, that partial obedience might exactly be disobedience from 1 Samuel 15:1-34.
Part 6 - You have been trying to respond to life according to the Lord's way. However, the pressure to go it alone is only increasing from 1 Samuel 13:1-15.
Part 5 - It can be very defeating to live life without the presence of God in your midst. There are things that believers can do to return to the Lord from 1 Samuel 7:1-17.
Part 4 - It is amazing how wrong assumptions about God and his actions toward believers can lead someone to abandon the faith. This shows that the difficulties we face are only amplified by our ignorance of the Lord and his ways from 1 Samuel 4:1-11.
Part 3 - In a world where there seems to be silence and a lack of direction from the Lord, there is a very real emptiness in our spiritual lives. We have to be willing to listen to God as he reveals himself to us through his word from 1 Samuel 3:1-21.
Part 2 - The very nature of church allows for the reality that people can be religious and not really know the Lord. However, God sees through our religious actions and hold everyone accountable from 1 Samuel 2:12-36.
Part 1 - Often our failures in some areas of our lives become the stigmas that we find so difficult to carry. Hannah illustrates the importance of praying through the stigma from 1 Samuel 1:1-20.
Doubting the goodness of God can be crippling, yet there is still something within us that clings to hope from Habakkuk 3:17-19 and Psalm 37:1-8.
Part 4 - It is easy to be angry at God when we feel that He has done us wrong from Jonah 4:1-11.
Part 3 - We have to decide what to do because the fact remains that God's judgment is coming from Jonah 3:1-10.
Part 2 - We have a choice of how we will response to the disciplining hand of God from Jonah 2:1-10.
Part 1 - What happens when we choose to disobey God and do our own thing from Jonah 1:1-17.
Part 8 - Many Christians want to hear from God. We need to distinguish God's voice from the competing voices around us from 1 Samuel 3:7, 19-21.
Part 7 - Many Christians struggle as they face a wall of silence when they try to interact with God. Often the reason for the silence is our own sin from 1 John 1:1-2:2.
Part 6 - The key to any relationship is communication. We need to move beyond the ritual in our prayers to God and make it personal from Matthew 6:5-8.
Part 5 - We have to be honest with ourselves concerning the nature of our relationship with Jesus Christ and examine ourselves if we own our faith from 1 Samuel 3:1-21.
Part 4 - Trying to regain our love for Jesus Christ is impossible when we are focused on our heart idols as well from Hebrews 12:1-4.
Part 3 - Recognizing that the relationship with Jesus Christ brings the fulfillment for something more, we struggle with revitalizing that relationship from Revelation 2:2-5.
Part 2 - Having recognized that we all have a longing for something more that will satisfy our souls, we need to look at what we were originally created for from selected scripture.
Part 1 - We are tired of empty spirituality and long for something more that can only be found in Jesus from Matthew 13:44-46.
Part 6 - Our new identity allows us to break with the old life and live a new life that God wants us to live from Ephesians 4:20-32.
Part 5 - With our identity comes a new purpose for our lives as we are called to be a spokesman for the new relationship with God from 2 Corinthians 5:16-20.
Part 4 - When we truly understand who we are as Christians, we need to recognize the responsibility that flows out of our identity from 1 Peter 2:9-12.
Part 3 - We must come to the place of understanding that we are God's finest work from Ephesians 2:10.
Part 2 - At the very core of who we are as believers is the salvation provided for us through Jesus' sacrifice from Ephesians 2:4-9.
Part 1 - If we are going to have a proper understanding of our identity, we need to understand how God saw us before salvation from Ephesians 2:1-4.
Part 2 - What should be the church's focus and how does this manifest itself from Matthew 22:35-39 and Matthew 28:18-20.
Part 1 - Church is more than just attending a service. It is a journey to becoming instruments in the hand of God from Hebrews 10:23-25.
If we are not careful, Easter can become just another holiday for you to celebrate. The Blessing of Easter has a significance in the life of every believer from 1 Corinthians 15:20-28.
Jesus calls his disciples to get serious about him and to come to him for ultimate rest from Matthew 11:20-30.
As a time of darkness approaches us, even the faithful have to face extreme trials. You have to decide how you will respond from 2 Chronicles 20:1-15.
Jesus states that we must not be offended when he does not do everything we want him to from Matthew 11:1-6.
Jesus tells his disciples the bottom line concerning being his follower from Matthew 10:32-42.
Jesus tells his disciples that not fear serving him because they are important to him from Matthew 10:24-31.
Jesus tells his disciples that the world will not accept their message concerning the Kingdom of God from Matthew 10:16-23.
Jesus give his disciples instructions for the assignment of proclaiming that the Kingdom of God is at hand from Matthew 10:5-15.
Jesus chose twelve ordinary common men to start a spiritual revolution in this world from Matthew 10:1-4.
It is not possible to become the Church that Lord wants us to be without faith from Hebrews 11:6.
As believers, we need to have a commitment to help others with our generosity from 2 Corinthians 8:1-8, 9:6-11.
As believers, we need to have a commitment to make prayer an important part of our lives from Acts 12:12-17, Colossians 4:2 & 1 Timothy 2:1-4.
As believers, we need to have a commitment to worship God the Father from our hearts from John 4:19-24.
As believers, we need to have a commitment to understanding and helping each other in the church from Hebrews 10:22-25.
As believers, we need to have a commitment to making God's word a part of our lives from 2 Peter 1:12-21.
Christmas calls everyone to faith in the midst of a world marked by chaos from Isaiah 7:1-17.
Many believers hold wrong concepts concerning the nature of the church from Acts 2:42-47.
As a church it is possible to get so comfortable that we become complacent, self-sufficient, and blind from Revelation 3:14-22.
Sometimes a follower of Jesus needs to be encouraged to hang in there as they endure the journey of faith from 1 Peter 5:6-11.
As a follower of Jesus Christ, you were never meant to live the Christian life alone from 1 Peter 5:1-5.
As a follower of Jesus Christ, you have to come to a conclusion concerning the reality of suffering in your life from 1 Peter 4:12-19.
As a follower of Jesus Christ, you have to recognize the times that you are living in and respond with extraordinary actions from 1 Peter 4:7-11.
There is within every person a longing that we try to fill that which only God can from Psalm 42.
As followers of Jesus Christ, we have been empowered by the Lord to live differently in this world from 1 Peter 4:1-6.
As followers of Jesus Christ, the key to our spiritual lives is sanctifying our hearts from 1 Peter 3:15.
As followers of Jesus Christ, we must embrace him in their everyday sufferings from 1 Peter 3:18-22.
As followers of Jesus Christ, we have to come to a conclusion concerning the suffering we endure from 1 Peter 3:13-17.
As we seek to live the lives that God calls us to, we have a responsibility as followers of Jesus Christ to live out of our new identity in our everyday relationships from 1 Peter 3:8-12.
As we seek to live the lives that God calls us to, we have a responsibility as followers of Jesus Christ to live out of our new identity in our marriages from 1 Peter 3:1-7.
As we seek to live the lives that God calls us to, we have a responsibility as followers of Jesus Christ to live out of our new identity in this world that is increasingly unjust from 1 Peter 2:18-25.
As we seek to live the lives that God calls us to, we have a responsibility as followers of Jesus Christ to live out of our new identity in Society from 1 Peter 2:13-17.
As we seek to live the lives that God calls us to, we have a responsibility as followers of Jesus Christ to live out of our new identity from 1 Peter 2:11-12.
As we seek to live the lives that God calls us to, we have to move beyond our self-defeating concepts of who we are and recognize that we are truly special to God from 1 Peter 2:9-10.
As we seek to live the lives that God calls us to, we have to recognize that God is building us up to be his special servants from 1 Peter 2:4-8.
As we seek to live the lives that God calls us to, we have to recognize that how we treat other people reflects the level of our spiritual maturity from 1 Peter 2:1-3.
As we seek to live the lives that God calls us to, there is a reason for our obedience from 1 Peter 1:22-25.
Because of the sacrifice that Jesus Christ made for believers, we have a responsibility concerning how we live our lives in this world from 1 Peter 1:17-21.
We have to live out the new life that we have through salvation and strive for personal holiness from 1 Peter 1:13-16.
We have to deal with daily messages that cast doubt on our faith and rest in the reality of our salvation that comes through Jesus Christ from 1 Peter 1:10-12.
We have to know how to face the difficulties of life and recognize that how suffering in this world is only temporary from 1 Peter 1:6-9.
We have to grasp that God has given us a second chance as he has expressed tremendous grace to you from 1 Peter 1:3-5.
We need to understand that it is easy to neglect the task of maintaining the walls in our lives from Nehemiah 13:1-31.
We need to understand the importance of coming clean about our sin for maintaining the walls in our lives from Nehemiah 9:1-38.
How we view the importance of God's word had implications for maintaining the walls in our lives from Nehemiah 8:1-18.
The rebuilt walls in our lives need ongoing attention to maintain them from Nehemiah 7:1-3.
You need to be determined in your effort to rebuild the walls of our lives from Nehemiah 6:1-16.
The biggest obstacle to rebuilding your broken walls is your personal sin from Nehemiah 5:1-19.
You must be proactive about prayer as you face the obstacles to doing something about your broken walls from Nehemiah 4:1-14.
You must rest in God's faithfulness and do something about your broken walls from Nehemiah 2:11-20.
In the midst of fear and hopelessness, the resurrected Jesus emerges to change our lives from John 20:19-29.
You need to have an expectancy that God will respond to your burden about the broken walls from Nehemiah 2:1-10.
You have to take a hard look at your situation and allow it to move you to reach out to God from Nehemiah 1:1-11.
The scripture encourages believers not lose confidence because of the hope we have in Jesus Christ from Hebrews 10:32-39.
The greatest disappointment to most believers is the struggle within from Romans 7:14-25.
One on the greatest blows to our faith is the deafening silence we hear when we pray from Luke 11:5-8.
Sadly the church is often a place to display the selfishness and rejection of Christians instead of the love and forgiveness of Christ from Hebrews 10:24-25.
It is time to address the silent reality of pain and anger in our churches that we cannot bring ourselves to discuss from Psalm 77.
How do we strengthen our lives so that we can stand against the temptations we face in life from Romans 12:1-2.
Satan's confrontation of Jesus reveals to us the areas of temptation that we all face and how we can face them from Matthew 4:1-11.
The greatest enemy that we face in temptation is ourselves from 1 Corinthians 10:12-13.
Temptation offers us satisfaction. But the Lord calls us to find true satisfaction in him from Isaiah 55:1-9.
Understanding how Satan operates in your life is a key to understanding temptation in your life from Ephesians 6:10-18.
Rather than blaming others for the temptations we give in to, we need to recognize where the source of temptation really is from James 1:13-16.
The struggle emerges within us as we try to cope with the suffering in our lives from James 1:2-8.
The struggle emerges within us as we try to cope with the suffering in our lives from 2 Corinthians 12:7-10.
Christmas is about the one who brings hope in the midst of our darkness from Isaiah 8:19-9:7.
The struggle emerges as we struggle as to whether or not this is normal from 1 Peter 4:12-19.
Our tendency is to blame God for the pain in our lives. But does God deserve the blame.
It easy to take offense for others. Without knowing it, we can find ourselves sharing a prison cell with someone else from 2 Corinthians 2:3-11.
Unforgiveness is not an option when you understand the mandate that Jesus has given us from Matthew 18:21-25.
Forgiving others starts with an understanding of how God has forgiven you from Psalm 51.
In this message, you will discover who holds the key to release you from the prison of unforgiveness from Genesis 41-45.
Jesus offers us rest so that we can have relief from the burdens and difficulties of life that weigh us down from Matthew 11:28-30.
You can learn to find contentment in every situation through our relationship with Jesus Christ from Philippians 4:10-20.
You have to actively seek to guard your mind and feed it with that which is virtuous and praiseworthy from Philippians 4:8-9.
Instead of being crippled by fear, we must express our needs to the Lord and experience his peace from Philippians 4:6-7.
Every area of our lives will be affected when we start to live deeper from Philippians 4:1-5.
We need to be careful about who influences us as we make the choice to have a deeper relationship with Jesus from Philippians 3:17-21.
What is really motivating us in our Christian life and where does our true desire need to be from Philippians 3:10-11.
We often will place our spiritual confidence in things that are ultimately meaningless from Philippians 3:4-9.
We need to find our true delight in Jesus Christ and guard against those who would rob us of it from Philippians 3:1-3.
It is possible to go to another level in your relationship with Jesus Christ from Philippians 2:19-30.
Living beneath the surface requires us to live differently from the rest of the world from Philippians 2:14-18.
God places the desire to live beneath the surface in our hearts and helps us to act on it from Philippians 2:12-13.
We can do what God is calling us to if we change our thinking and follow the example of Jesus Christ from Philippians 2:5-11.
God has given you everything that is needed to live beneath the surface. You just have to take the first step from Philippians 2:1-4.
Living beneath the surface calls believers to change the way that we are living from Philippians 1:27-30.
We need repurpose our lives by shifting our focus from selfishness to focusing our life's purpose on Jesus from Philippians 1:19-26.
We need a new perspective on suffering because we live on the surface with our spiritual lives from Philippians 1:12-18.
Believers were created to make an impact that flows from a deeper relationship with Jesus from Philippians 1:3-11.
The Cross of Jesus Christ requires that everyone has to make a decision that they will one day be accountable for from Acts 17:29-31.
In order to truly understand the need for the cross of Jesus Christ, you must understand that there had to be a substitute to pay the penalty for your sin from Isaiah 53:1-12.
In order to truly understand the need for the cross of Jesus Christ, you must understand the penalty that your sin requires to be paid from Revelation 20:11-15.
In order to understand the need for the cross of Jesus Christ, you must understand the nature of your sin from Romans 3:10-20.
The message of the cross is utter foolishness to an unbelieving world from 1 Corinthians 1:18-25.
The final lesson that we need to learn if we are going to be effective in prayer is we have work through the despair we face from 1 King 19:1-18.
The fourth lesson that we need to learn if we are going to be effective in prayer is we must have an expectancy that God will answer us from 1 King 18:41-46.
The third lesson that we need to learn if we are going to be effective in prayer is we must decide to give our total allegiance to God from 1 King 18:17-40.
The second lesson that we need to learn if we are going to be effective in prayer is expressing our faith in God with obedience from Luke 4:16-27 & 1 King 17:8-16.
The first lesson that we need to learn if we are going to be effective in prayer is dependence from 1 King 17:1-8.
Often our frustrations with prayer come from our misunderstanding of prayer from James 5:15-18.
Because of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we have redemption from our sins and the renewal of our promises from John 21:1-19.
Jesus points out that we can suffer from spiritual blindness and encourages us to seek help from him from Revelation 3:14-22.
Jesus points out that he has placed before us an open door and that we need to continue to be faithful from Revelation 3:7-13.
Jesus points out that you can appear to be alive spiritually but in reality be dead from Revelation 3:1-6.
Jesus points out that believers can put themselves in danger when they tolerate the wrong things from Revelation 2:18-29.
Jesus points out that believers can't have it both ways. Believers can't have what the world offers and have Jesus too from Revelation 2:12-17.
Jesus points out that he is aware of our struggles and that we don't need to be afraid from Revelation 2:8-11.
Jesus points out that you can be doing all the right things and still be wrong from Revelation 2:1-7.
Jesus points out that those who have an understanding of the Kingdom of Heaven must be ready to share what they know from Matthew 13:47-58.
Jesus describes the nature of the Kingdom of Heaven as having significance, impact and value for our lives from Matthew 13:31-33,44-46.
Jesus describes the nature of our world and what the outcome will be for humanity in the end from Matthew 13:24-30,36-43.
Jesus points out that there are some who respond to Jesus and it has an impact on their lives from Matthew 13:1-9, 23.
Jesus points out that there are some people who allow the dreams and cares of this world to distract them from him from Matthew 13:1-9, 22.
Jesus points out that people will get excited about him. But when problems happen, they walk away from him from Matthew 13:1-9, 20-21.
Jesus points out that people will have different responses to him. He also points out why people reject him from Matthew 13:1-19.
Jesus stresses that focusing on the outward appearance without an inward change brings condemnation from Matthew 12:38-50.
Jesus addresses the ignorance that many have concerning spiritual realities and calls his listeners follow him from Matthew 12:22-30.
Jesus points out that we can lose sight of true spirituality when we place our religious systems over the real needs of people from Matthew 12:9-21.
Jesus points out that we can have a wrong perception of God and what he wants when we are bound by rigid regulations from Matthew 12:1-8.
Being a part of the greater whole means that you recognize your involvement in the church requires determination in order to benefit others from Hebrews 10:22-25.
In order to be a part of the greater whole you need to be motivated by something more than your selfish desires from 1 Corinthians 12:28-13:8.
Being a part of the greater whole means recognizing that you are important to the church from 1 Corinthians 12:12-27.
The scriptures clearly teach that every believer has been gifted and empowered by the Holy Spirit to benefit the church from 1 Corinthians 12:4-11.
Being a part of the greater whole means recognizing that each and every member of the church has been gifted by grace and is therefore important from Romans 12:3-8.
In order to understand how we fit in the greater whole of the church, we need to understand our identity as followers of Jesus Christ from 1 Peter 2:9-10.
Many Christians want to hear from God. We need to distinguish God's voice from the competing voices around us from 1 Samuel 3:7, 19-21.
Many Christians struggle as they face a wall of silence when they try to interact with God. Often the reason for the silence is our own sin from 1 John 1:1-2:2.
The key to any relationship is communication. We need to move beyond the ritual in our prayers to God and make it personal from Matthew 6:5-8.
We have to be honest with ourselves concerning the nature of our relationship with Jesus Christ and examine ourselves if we own our faith from 1 Samuel 3:1-21.
Trying to regain our love for Jesus Christ is impossible when we are focused on our heart idols as well from Hebrews 12:1-4.
Recognizing that the relationship with Jesus Christ brings the fulfillment for something more, we struggle with revitalizing that relationship from Revelation 2:2-5.
Having recognized that we all have a longing for something more that will satisfy our souls, we need to look at what we were originally created for from selected scripture.
We are tired of empty spirituality and long for something more that can only be found in Jesus from Matthew 13:44-46.
Our new identity allows us to break with the old life and live a new life that God wants us to live from Ephesians 4:20-32.
With our identity comes a new purpose for our lives as we are called to be a spokesman for the new relationship with God from 2 Corinthians 5:16-20.
When we truly understand who we are as Christians, we need to recognize the responsibility that flows out of our identity from 1 Peter 2:9-12.
We must come to the place of understanding that we are God's finest work from Ephesians 2:10.
At the very core of who we are as believers is the salvation provided for us through Jesus' sacrifice from Ephesians 2:4-9.
If we are going to have a proper understanding of our identity, we need to understand how God saw us before salvation from Ephesians 2:1-4.
How do we we strengthen our lives so that we can stand against the temptations we face in life from Romans 12:1-2.
Satan's confrontation of Jesus reveals to us the areas of temptation that we all face and how we can face them from Matthew 4:1-11.
The greatest enemy that we face in temptation is ourselves from 1 Corinthians 10:12-13.
Temptation offers us satisfaction. But the Lord calls us to find true satisfaction in him from Isaiah 55:1-9.
Understanding how Satan operates in your life is a key to understanding temptation in your life from Ephesians 6:10-18.
Rather than blaming others for the temptations we give in to, we need to recognize where the source of temptation really is from James 1:13-16.
What should be the church's focus and how does this manifest itself from Matthew 22:35-39 and Matthew 28:18-20.
Church is more than just attending a service. It is a journey to becoming instruments in the hand of God from Hebrews 10:23-25.
The struggle emerges within us as we try to cope with the suffering in our lives from James 1:2-8.
The struggle emerges within us as we try to cope with the suffering in our lives from 2 Corinthians 12:7-10.
The struggle emerges as we struggle as to whether or not this is normal from 1 Peter 4:12-19.
Our tendency is to blame God for the pain in our lives. But does God deserve the blame.
It easy to take offense for others. Without knowing it, we can find ourselves sharing a prison cell with someone else from 2 Corinthians 2:3-11.
Unforgiveness is not an option when you understand the mandate that Jesus has given us from Matthew 18:21-25.
Forgiving others starts with an understanding of how God has forgiven you from Psalm 51.
In this message, you will discover who holds the key to release you from the prison of unforgiveness from Genesis 41-45.
Jesus calls his disciples to get serious about him and to come to him for ultimate rest from Matthew 11:20-30.
Jesus states that we must no be offended when he does not do everything we want him to from Matthew 11:1-6.
Jesus tells his disciples the bottom line concerning being his follower from Matthew 10:32-42.
Jesus tells his disciples that not fear serving him because they are important to him from Matthew 10:24-31.
Jesus tells his disciples that the world will not accept their message concerning the Kingdom of God from Matthew 10:16-23.
As hostility arises against the boy Jesus, God still shows that he is in control from Matthew 2:7-18.
It is interesting to looks at the two responses to the birth of Jesus from Matthew 2:1-6.
How would you respond when God acts out of the box in what appears to be scandalous from Matthew 1:18-25.
Jesus give his disciples instructions for the assignment of proclaiming that the Kingdom of God is at hand from Matthew 10:5-15.
Jesus chose twelve ordinary common men to start a spiritual revolution in this world from Matthew 10:1-4.
Jesus Christ calls believers to recognize the opportunity that is around us from Matthew 9:35-38.
Jesus Christ causes three types of responses from the people around him from Matthew 9:27-34.
Jesus tells us that he offers us something new that is so different from religious ritual from Matthew 9:14-17.
Jesus extends a simple call to follow him that has implications for the one who responds from Matthew 9:9-13.
Jesus looks beyond the immediate need to the greater need for forgiveness from Matthew 9:1-8.
Jesus has supreme power over spiritual forces of darkness and they submit to him from Matthew 8:28-34.
Jesus is willing to personally touch a person life; but he does tell him what to do from Matthew 8:1-4.
Jesus tells his listeners that not everyone who calls his name will enter the kingdom from Matthew 7:21-29.
Jesus tells his listeners there is only one way to enter the kingdom from Matthew 7:13-20.
Jesus tells his listeners that they need to pursue God who loves them greatly from Matthew 7:7-12.
Jesus tells his listeners that they need to be careful about condemning others from Matthew 7:1-6.
Jesus continues tells his listeners not to worry and that they need to place their trust in God from Matthew 6:28-32.
Jesus tells his listeners not to worry because God cares for them from Matthew 6:25-27.
Jesus tells his listeners that what they see feeds something in their lives from Matthew 6:22-24.
Jesus tells his listeners that the things that consumed them reveal where their loyalties lie from Matthew 6:19-21.
Jesus tells his listeners that they need to avoid drawing attention to themselves and embrace true spirituality from Matthew 6:16-18.
Jesus tells his listeners that they need to forgive those who have hurt them from Matthew 6:14-15.
Jesus tells his listeners the model for praying to the heavenly father from Matthew 6:9-13.
Jesus tells his listeners that there is a heavenly reward for our quiet service for the Lord from Matthew 6:1-4.
Jesus calls his listeners to respond to those who hurt them with grace from Matthew 5:38-42.
Jesus tells his listeners that character speaks louder than your words from Matthew 5:33-37.
Jesus tells his listeners that there are consequences for divorce from Matthew 5:31-32.
Jesus tells his listeners that unrestrained lust is just as bad as adultery and what we need to do about it from Matthew 5:27-30.
Jesus tells his listeners that unrestrained anger is just as bad as murder and what we need to do about it from Matthew 5:21-26.
Jesus tells his listeners that the requirements of God's word still apply to his disciples from Matthew 5:17-20.
Jesus presents two illustrations from everyday life to show the power of grace in a believer's life from Matthew 5:13-16.
Jesus came according to God's plan to bring light in the midst of our darkness from Matthew 4:12-25.
The temptation of Jesus by Satan has a special meaning for believers from Matthew 4:1-11.
Because of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we have redemption from our sins and the renewal of our promises from John 21:1-19.
The baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist has a special meaning for believers from Matthew 3:13-17.
When faced with the reality of the coming of the kingdom, there are two types of seekers from Matthew 3:1-12.
It is not possible to become the Church that Lord wants us to be without faith from Hebrews 11:6.
As believers, we need to have a commitment to help others with our generosity from 2 Corinthians 8:1-8, 9:6-11.
As believers, we need to have a commitment to make prayer an important part of our lives from Acts 12:12-17, Colossians 4:2 & 1 Timothy 2:1-4.
As believers, we need to have a commitment to worship God the Father from our hearts from John 4:19-24.
As believers, we need to have a commitment to understanding and helping each other in the church from Hebrews 10:22-25.
As believers, we need to have a commitment to making God's word a part of our lives from 2 Peter 1:12-21.
Many believers hold wrong concepts concerning the nature of the church from Acts 2:42-47.
As a church it is possible to get so comfortable that we become complacent, self-sufficient, and blind from Revelation 3:14-22.
Confession is not just saying that you have sinned, rather it is coming clean with God about the sin in your life from Psalm 51:1-9.
In the midst of or darkness, a great light was given from Isaiah 9:2,6-7 and John 1:1-5.
God does not allow us to just cover up our sin. He takes the initiative to confront us from 2 Samuel 12:1-15.
We have a choice to make when it comes to dealing with our sin. Our natural tendency is to try an cover it up from 2 Samuel 11:6-27.
One does not wake up to sin. It is a result of a downward progression from 2 Samuel 11:1-5.
It is easy to be angry at God when we feel that He has done us wrong from Jonah 4:1-11.
We have to decide what to do because the fact remains that God's judgment is coming from Jonah 3:1-10.
We have a choice of how we will response to the disciplining hand of God from Jonah 2:1-10.
All believers have been gifted by the Holy Spirit for the benefit of the church as a whole from 1 Corinthians 12:4-11.
Believers need to be aware that sins affect the relationship with the Holy Spirit from Ephesians 4:30 & 1 Thessalonians 5:19.
Being led by the Spirit brings certain privileges for the believers from Romans 8:12-17,26-28.
The believer must allow the Spirit to lead his life rather than be lead by the flesh from Romans 8:1-11.
Jesus told us that the Holy Spirit will guide and teach believers. How do we distinguish his voices from the others voices in our lives from 1 John 4:1-6.
Jesus promised that he would send another helper to teach us and remind us all things from God's word from John 14:22-26.
Jesus promised that he would send another helper to come along side of his disciples from John 14:15-18.
We have mistakenly assumed that we can live this life on our own. Yet reality dictates that we cannot from Exodus 33:12-23.
The scripture encourage believers not lose confidence because of the hope we have in Jesus Christ from Hebrews 10:32-39.
The greatest disappointment to most believers is the struggle within from Romans 7:14-25.
One on the greatest blows to our faith is the deafening silence we hear when we pray from Luke 11:5-8.
Sadly the church is often a place to display the selfishness and rejection of Christians instead of the love and forgiveness of Christ from Hebrews 10:24-25.
It is time to address the silent reality of pain and anger in our churches that we cannot bring ourselves to discuss from Psalm 77.
Believers are not alone in these uncertain times, but they must make sure that they don't restrain their helper from 1 Thessalonians 5:19-24.
Paul gives believers some final instructions concerning being a part of a group known as a church from 1 Thessalonians 5:12-18.
In light of the reality of Christ's return for believers, we are to live for him in the meantime from 1 Thessalonians 5:6-11.
Believers do not need to be afraid of the future since they are aware of how Jesus will return from 1 Thessalonians 5:1-5.
Believers are to guard against ignorance by having a solid foundation of faith concerning the return of Jesus Christ for the church from 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18.
Believers are to function from a love for each other and a perspective that seeks to express their faith in their lives from 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12.
Avoiding sexual sin requires believers to take note of how they interact with others because God's command is not an option from 1 Thessalonians 4:6-8.
In order to have the abundant life that God wants for us, we must avoid sexual sin from 1 Thessalonians 4:1-5.
From Paul's concern for the Thessalonians, we can see what is most important for our Christian lives from 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13.
As we express concern for each other, we need to make an active effort to help others in three areas from 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5.
The relationships that we have in the church and our view of them is very important from 1 Thessalonians 2:17-20.
Responding to the gospel has an impact that is both personal and social from 1 Thessalonians 2:13-16.
There has to be a determination on the part of believers to share their faith in uncertain times from 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12.
We need to consider the reality of our salvation and it impact on our lives from 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10.
Paul commends the Philippians for their willingness to help him in this time of need from Philippians 4:14-20.
It is possible to learn to be content in every circumstances when we have Jesus Christ from Philippians 4:10-13.
As believers we need to recognize that importance of what we feed our minds with and the need to act upon what we have heard from Philippians 4:8-9.
As believers we need to go to God with our needs rather than be consumed with the troubles of this life from Philippians 4:6-7.
As believers we need to strive to exhibit unity and certain attitudes as we press forward with Jesus Christ from Philippians 4:1-7.
As believers we need to press forward in seeking our relationship with Jesus Christ from Philippians 3:15-21.
The issue is not what a believer achieves but where is he heading in his relationship with Jesus Christ from Philippians 3:12-14.
We are not have confidence in ourselves rather we are to find our confidence in Jesus Christ from Philippians 3:4-11.
We are to watch out for those who would rob us of our joy in Christ Jesus from Philippians 3:1-3.
We are called to live out our faith consistently as God empowers us from Philippians 2:12-18.
We need to develop a mindset that allows us to be aware of the needs of others from Philippians 2:3-11.
Paul points out certain realities that result from our relationship with Jesus Christ and the expectations that they require from Philippians 2:1-2.
When we make Jesus Christ the focus of our lives, it will be reflected in our conduct and perseverance from Philippians 1:27-30.
We can learn how to view this world from Paul's perspective of his life from Philippians 1:19-26.
Paul's life shows us that joy come from having one's life purpose directed toward God from Philippians 1:12-18.
It is easy to be confused concerning how we should live the Christian life. Paul prays that believers grow in four areas from Philippians 1:9-11.
We can see from Paul's prayer for the Philippians five truths that lay a groundwork for our Christian life from Philippians 1:1-8.
Our new identity allows us to break with the old life and live a new life that God wants us to live from Ephesians 4:20-32.
With our identity comes a new purpose for our lives as we are called to a spokesman for new relationship with God from 2 Corinthians 5:16-20.
When we truly understand who we are as Christians, we need to recognize the responsibility that flows out of our identity from 1 Peter 2:9-12.
We must come to the place of understanding that we are God's finest work from Ephesians 2:10.
At the very core of who we are as believers is the salvation provided for us through Jesus' sacrifice from Ephesians 2:4-9.
If we are going to have a proper understanding of our identity, we need to understand how God saw us before salvation from Ephesians 2:1-4.
How do we we strengthen our lives so that we can stand against the temptations we face in life from Romans 12:1-2.
Satan's confrontation of Jesus reveals to us the areas of temptation that we all face and how we can face them from Matthew 4:1-11.
The greatest enemy that we face in temptation is ourselves from 1 Corinthians 10:12-13.
Temptation offers us satisfaction. But the Lord calls us to find true satisfaction in him from Isaiah 55:1-9.
Understanding how Satan operates in your life is a key to understanding temptation in your life from Ephesians 6:10-18.
Rather than blaming others for the temptations we give in to, we need to recognize where the source of temptation really is from James 1:13-16.
There is no need to live in a spiritual vacuum when God speaks to us through his word from 1 Samuel 3:1-21.
Jesus appears to his disciples and gives them an explanation for his death and resurrection from Luke 24:36-53.
Two disappointed disciples leave Jerusalem and meet a stranger on the road from Luke 24:13-35.
The women go to Jesus' tomb only to discover that it was not a normal morning in Jerusalem from Luke 24:1-12.
The events of the cross demand a response from those who witness them from Luke 23:44-56.
In spite of the humiliation that Jesus faced as he was executed, he extended grace to those who asked and those who mocked him from Luke 23:32-43.
The road to the cross is not a solo affair for Jesus. Others are drawn in for various reasons from Luke 23:26-31.
Jesus is examined a final time by Pilate and is sentenced to death because of the rejection of the people from Luke 23:13-25.
Jesus goes through a system of trials where truth is not important and no one wants to make a decision from Luke 23:1-12.
Jesus understands the unbelief of his oppressors and the reality that it does not change his purpose from Luke 22:63-71.
Good intentions can quickly become a devastating defeat when face with unforeseen circumstances from Luke 22:54-62.
Jesus wrestles in prayer as he prepares himself for the storm that is coming from Luke 22:39-46.
Jesus makes Peter face the reality of who he is when he foretells the denial from Luke 22:31-38.
Jesus tells his disciples about true greatness in the kingdom of God from Luke 22:21-30.
Jesus institutes a dinner to remember the sacrifice that he would make for us from Luke 22:7-20.
The opposition to Jesus is being solidified as the stage is being set for his betrayal from Luke 22:1-6.
Jesus tells his listeners to be aware of the times so that they will not be caught unprepared from Luke 21:29-38.
Jesus tells his listeners that events leading up to his second coming from Luke 21:20-28.
It is easy to be on edge about the things that are happening in our world today. But Jesus tells us it is normal from Luke 21:10-19.
Jesus challenges his listeners to maintain a proper perspective concerning the the future from Luke 21:5-9.
Jesus challenges his listeners to truly consider who he is and to be careful of self-righteous from Luke 20:41-47.
Jesus shows the wise that they are in fact ignorant when it come to the things of God from Luke 20:27-40.
Jesus gives a somewhat political statement concerning our obligation to government from Luke 20:20-26.
Jesus challenges his listeners that they will be accountable for what they do with him from Luke 20:9-19.
Jesus is challenged concerning his authority to teach and do the things that he is doing from Luke 20:1-8.
Jesus expressed real emotions concerning Jerusalem over its rejection of him from Luke 19:41-48.
Jesus enters into Jerusalem triumphantly as the stage is being set for his rejection and death on the cross from Luke 19:28-40.
Part 5 of The God Questions. So what does happen to me when I die? Aren't we all going to heaven?
Part 4 of The God Questions. If God is real and in control, we does He allow humanity to suffer so much?
Part 3 of The God Questions. Isn't Christianity just one faith among the many. Don't they really all say the same thing. Don't they all lead to heaven?
Part 2 of The God Questions. If we say that the Bible reveals the existence of God, how do we know that the Bible is true?
Part 1 of The God Questions. The first question that we tend to struggle with concerns the existence of God.
In a world marked by uncertainty and fear, promise was given of a child. The question remains as whether or not we believe from Isaiah 7:1-16.
Covering our sin is is futile because there will come a time will everything will be exposed from Romans 2:1-16.
Sin is not a personal matter. It affects the people of God as a whole from Joshua 7:1-26.
We must recognize that our sin hinders us from doing the will of God from Exodus 4:24-26.
The tendency to cover up our sin has its origins in a garden long ago from Genesis 3:1-19.
Confession is not just saying that you have sinned, rather it is coming clean with God about the sin in your life from Psalm 51:1-9.
God does not allow us to just cover up our sin. He takes the initiative to confront us from 2 Samuel 12:1-15.
We have a choice to make when it comes to dealing with our sin. Our natural tendency is to try an cover it up from 2 Samuel 11:6-27.
One does not wake up to sin. It is a result of a downward progression from 2 Samuel 11:1-5.
It is easy to be angry at God when we feel that He has done us wrong from Jonah 4:1-11.
We have to decide what to do because the fact remains that God's judgment is coming from Jonah 3:1-10.
We have a choice of how we will response to the disciplining hand of God from Jonah 2:1-10.
All believers have been gifted by the Holy Spirit for the benefit of the church as a whole from 1 Corinthians 12:4-11.
Believers need to be aware that sins affect the relationship with the Holy Spirit from Ephesians 4:30 & 1 Thessalonians 5:19.
Being led by the Spirit brings certain privileges for the believers from Romans 8:12-17,26-28.
The believer must allow the Spirit to lead his life rather than be lead by the flesh from Romans 8:1-11.
Jesus told us that the Holy Spirit will guide and teach believers. How do we distinguish his voices from the others voices in our lives from 1 John 4:1-6.
Jesus promised that he would send another helper to teach us and remind us all things from God's word from John 14:22-26.
Jesus promised that he would send another helper to come along side of his disciples from John 14:15-18.
We have mistakenly assumed that we can live this life on our own. Yet reality dictates that we cannot from Exodus 33:12-23.
How do we escape the fear that has been created by those who predict the end of the World? What does Jesus have to say about the end from Mark 13:1-10, 32-37.
As followers of Jesus Christ, we need to get serious about becoming the people of God from 2 Timothy 2:14-15.
The scripture encourage believers not lose confidence because of the hope we have in Jesus Christ from Hebrews 10:32-39.
The greatest disappointment to most believers is the struggle within from Romans 7:14-25.
One on the greatest blows to our faith is the deafening silence we hear when we pray from Luke 11:5-8.
Sadly the church is often a place to display the selfishness and rejection of Christians instead of the love and forgiveness of Christ from Hebrews 10:24-25.
It is time to address the silent reality of pain and anger in our churches that we cannot bring ourselves to discuss from Psalm 77.
Jesus helps his disciples to see that they have responsibilities to fulfill while he is away from Luke 19:11-27.
Jesus interacts with the rich young ruler and shares what it means to be a true disciple from Luke 18:18-30.
Easter is more than just a holiday. It has a tremendous impact on a believer's life from Hebrews 12:1-4.
Jesus discusses the issue of approaching God from three perspectives from Luke 18:9-17.
Jesus addresses the mindset that we must have at the coming kingdom from Luke 17:26-37.
Jesus reacts with astonishment concerning the lack of gratitude among those who have been healed from Luke 17:11-19.
Jesus explains the obligations that his disciples have toward each other and God from Luke 17:1-10.
Jesus explains the rude awakening that many will face when they realize that they are in hell from Luke 16:19-31.
Jesus points out that God sees through the manipulation of God's word for our own benefit from Luke 16:14-18.
Jesus challenges his listeners to make a choice concerning whom they are serving with their lives from Luke 16:1-13.
Jesus shows us heart of the father and the hardness of the older brother in the story of the Prodigal Son from Luke 15:20-32.
Jesus shows us the tragic pattern of wanting our own way in the story of the Prodigal Son from Luke 15:11-20.
Jesus shows us the very nature of his ministry in that he does all to seek the lost from Luke 15:1-10.
Part 14 of Earth Walk: The Teaching of Jesus Christ. Jesus points out the reality that the Master invites the outcasts from Luke 14:12-24.
Part 13 of Earth Walk: The Teaching of Jesus Christ. Jesus points out the depravity of pride and the means to deal with it from Luke 14:1-11.
Part 12 of Earth Walk: The Teaching of Jesus Christ. Jesus points out his determined purpose that you man can deter him from Luke 13:31-35.
Part 11 of Earth Walk: The Teaching of Jesus Christ. Jesus presents the reality that only a few will enter the Kingdom of Heaven from Luke 13:22-30.
Part 10 of Earth Walk: The Teaching of Jesus Christ. Jesus presents two pictures concerning the nature of the his kingdom from Luke 13:18-21.
Part 9 of Earth Walk: The Teaching of Jesus Christ. Jesus addresses the hypocrisy of self-righteous religion from Luke 13:10-17.
Part 8 of Earth Walk: The Teaching of Jesus Christ. Jesus responds to the issue of others suffering with a call to repentance from Luke 13:1-9.
Part 7 of Earth Walk: The Teaching of Jesus Christ. Jesus tells his disciples that there is a cost to following him from Luke 12:49-59.
Part 6 of Earth Walk: The Teaching of Jesus Christ. Jesus warns his disciples that master will return and deal with his servants based on their faithfulness from Luke 12:41-48.
Part 5 of Earth Walk: The Teaching of Jesus Christ. Jesus tells his disciples to live ready for the return of their master from Luke 12:35-40.
Part 4 of Earth Walk: The Teaching of Jesus Christ. Jesus encourages his followers not to be concerned about their needs from Luke 12:22-34.
Part 3 of Earth Walk: The Teaching of Jesus Christ. Jesus looks beyond the question of fairness to a deeper issue from Luke 12:13-21.
Part 2 of Earth Walk: The Teaching of Jesus Christ. Jesus warns his followers not to be afraid of men but rather they should fear God who cares for them from Luke 12:4-12.
Part 1 of Earth Walk: The Teaching of Jesus Christ. Jesus warns his followers concerning the trap of religious hypocrisy from Luke 12:1-3.
Part 5 of The God Questions. So what does happen to me when I die? Aren't we all going to heaven?
Part 4 of The God Questions. If God is real and in control, we does He allow humanity to suffer so much?
Part 3 of The God Questions. Isn't Christianity just one faith among the many. Don't they really all say the same thing. Don't they all lead to heaven?
Part 2 of The God Questions. If we say that the Bible reveals the existence of God, how do we know that the Bible is true?
Part 1 of The God Questions. The first question that we tend to struggle with concerns the existence of God.
Part 6 of Sweeping It Under the Carpet. Covering our is is futile because there will come a time will everything will be exposed from Romans 2:1-16.
Part 5 of Sweeping It Under the Carpet. Our past action will limit our present service from 1 Chronicles 17:1-4; 22:1-16..
Part 4 of Sweeping It Under the Carpet. Sin will wreck havoc in your life even when no one else knows but you from Psalm 32.
Part 3 of Sweeping It Under the Carpet. Sin is not a personal matter. It affects the people of God as a whole from Joshua 7:1-26.
Part 2 of Sweeping It Under the Carpet. We must recognize that our sin hinders us from doing the will of God from Exodus 4:24-26.
Part 1 of Sweeping It Under the Carpet. The tendency to cover up our sin has its origins in a garden long ago from Genesis 3:1-19.
Part 5 of Lust, Lies & Liberation. With confession comes a request for God to give us another chance from Psalm 51:10-19.
Part 4 of Lust, Lies & Liberation. Confession is not just saying that you have sinned, rather it is coming clean with God about the sin in your life from Psalm 51:1-9.
Part 3 of Lust, Lies & Liberation. God does not allow us to just cover up our sin. He takes the initiative to confront us from 2 Samuel 12:1-15.
Part 2 of Lust, Lies & Liberation. We have a choice to make when it comes to dealing with our sin. Our natural tendency is to try an cover it up from 2 Samuel 11:6-27.
Part 1 of Lust, Lies & Liberation. One does not wake up to sin. It is a result of a downward progression from 2 Samuel 11:1-5.
Part 4 of Fugitive: Running From God. It is easy to be angry at God when we feel that He has done us wrong from Jonah 4:1-11.
Part 3 of Fugitive: Running From God. We have to decide what to do because the fact remains that God's judgment is coming from Jonah 3:1-10.
Part 2 of Fugitive: Running From God. We have a choice of how we will response to the disciplining hand of God from Jonah 2:1-10.
Part 1 of Fugitive: Running From God. What happens when we choose to disobey God and do our own thing from Jonah 1:1-17.
What should be the church's focus and how does this manifest itself from Matthew 22:35-39 and Matthew 28:18-20.
Church is more than just attending a service. It is a journey to becoming instruments in the hand of God from Hebrews 10:23-25.
Jesus deals with the skepticism of a disciple concerning his resurrection from John 20:24-29.
The struggle emerges within us as we try to cope with the suffering in our lives from James 1:2-8.
The struggle emerges within us as we try to cope with the suffering in our lives from 2 Corinthians 12:7-10.
The struggle emerges as we struggle as to whether or not this is normal from 1 Peter 4:12-19.
Our tendency is to blame God for the pain in our lives. But does God deserve the blame.
It easy to take offense for others. Without knowing it, we can find ourselves sharing a prison cell with someone else from 2 Corinthians 2:3-11.
Unforgiveness is not an option when you understand the mandate that Jesus has given us from Matthew 18:21-25.
Forgiving others starts with an understanding of how God has forgiven you from Psalm 51.
In this message, you will discover who holds the key to release you from the prison of unforgiveness from Genesis 41-45.
Jesus pronounces a three-fold condemnation on the impact of legalism from Luke 11:45-54.
Jesus points out that there is more to acceptance with God than just doing the right things from Luke 11:37-41.
Jesus responds to his critics be addressing the issue of one's receptiveness to the light from Luke 11:33-36.
Jesus responds to his critics about their neutrality concerning him from Luke 11:24-28.
Jesus teaches his disciples to keep on praying because of the nature of God from Luke 11:9-13.
Jesus reveals the condition of a lawyer's heart through the story of the good Samaritan from Luke 10:25-37.
Jesus helps His disciples have a proper perspective in the midst of their triumphs from Luke 10:17-24.
Jesus tells his disciples that some of them will see the Kingdom of Heaven from Luke 9:27-36.
Jesus shows the disciples that through Him they will do great things from Luke 9:10-17.
Jesus shows that He has power and authority over sickness and disease from Luke 8:40-48.
Jesus shows that He has power and authority over Spiritual forces of evil from Luke 8:26-39..
Jesus challenges our faith and trust in Him in spite of difficult circumstances from Luke 8:22-25.
Jesus points out that there are four different responses to the Word of God from Luke 8:4-15.
The followers of Jesus were diverse in their backgrounds and unified concerning the grace of Jesus from Luke 8:1-3.
In a world of failed predictions, Jesus offers a perspective on the end of world from Acts 1:6-11.
There are times when our expectations of Jesus lead us to disappointment from Luke 7:18-23.
Part 16 of Earth Walk. Jesus interaction with the centurion reveals what really impresses God from Luke 7:1-10.
Part 15 of Earth Walk. Jesus confronts us with the reality of our faith as he exposes the difference between our profession and actions from Luke 6:46-49.
Part 14 of Earth Walk. Jesus tells that our lives reveal the reality of who we really are in our character and actions from Luke 6:43-45.
Part 13 of Earth Walk. Jesus calls us to consider what our lives are reflecting and the reality that we must wake up to our sin from Luke 6:39-42.
Part 12 of Earth Walk. Jesus calls us to show mercy to others as mercy has been shown to us from Luke 6:36-38.
Part 11 of Earth Walk. Jesus calls to go beyond the cultural norm and love those who do us wrong from Luke 6:27-35.
Part 10 of Earth Walk. Jesus presents himself as our satisfaction and warns us concerning seeking from the world from Luke 6:17-26.
Part 9 of Earth Walk. Jesus' choice of his disciples was a deliberate choice reflecting the will of God from Luke 6:12-16.
Part 8 of Earth Walk. Jesus shows us that there is something more important than our empty religious rituals from Luke 6:1-11.
Part 4 of Earth Walk. The outcast finds a willingness on Jesus' part to heal from Luke 5:12-16.
Part 3 of Earth Walk. The presence of Jesus Christ brings a reaction and we see this in how Peter interacted with Him from Luke 5:1-11.
Part 2 of Earth Walk. Jesus Christ was more than just a great teacher. He had a compassion and an authority that requires us to make a decision about him from Luke 4:31-44.
Part 1 of Earth Walk. With many concepts concerning who Jesus Christ is, there needs to be a journey to understanding from Luke 1:1-4.
Part 4 of Lust, Lies & Liberation. Confession is not just saying that you have sinned, rather it is coming clean with God about the sin in your life from Psalm 51:1-9.
Part 3 of Lust, Lies & Liberation. God does not allow us to just cover up our sin. He takes the initiative to confront us from 2 Samuel 12:1-15.
Part 2 of Lust, Lies & Liberation. We have a choice to make when it comes to dealing with our sin. Our natural tendency is to try an cover it up from 2 Samuel 11:6-27.
Part 1 of Lust, Lies & Liberation. One does not wake up to sin. It is a result of a downward progression from 2 Samuel 11:1-5.
Part 4 of Fugitive: Running From God. It is easy to be angry at God when we feel that He has done us wrong from Jonah 4:1-11.
Part 3 of Fugitive: Running From God. We have to decide what to do because the fact remains that God's judgment is coming from Jonah 3:1-10.
Part 2 of Fugitive: Running From God. We have a choice of how we will response to the disciplining hand of God from Jonah 2:1-10.
Part 1 of Fugitive: Running From God. What happens when we choose to disobey God and do our own thing from Jonah 1:1-17.
Part 14 of Basic Training. We have a responsibility to share with the world about Jesus Christ from 2 Corinthians 2:14-17.
Part 13 of Basic Training. We were saved for a purpose: to strengthen and encourage each other within the church from Hebrews 10:19-25.
Part 12 of Basic Training. Because we are different, we must allow God's word to transform our thinking and our actions from Ephesians 4:20-32.
Part 11 of Basic Training. God reveals Himself to us through His word from 2 Peter 1:12-21.
Part 10 of Basic Training. A key component with our walk with God is prayer from Matthew 6:5-15.
Part 9 of Basic Training. We are called to live a life that is different from the world from 1 Peter 1:13-21.
Part 8 of Basic Training. God the Father has sent a Helper to assist us in living the Christian life from John 14, 15 & 16.
Part 7 of Basic Training. Because of salvation, believers have a new standing before God from Ephesians 2:10 and 1 Peter 2:9-10.
Part 6 of Basic Training. God is his great mercy has given us a gift through Jesus Christ from Ephesians 2:4-9.
Part 5 of Basic Training. In the midst of our hopeless situation, one took our place from Romans 5:6-11.
Part 4 of Basic Training. The just destiny of all mankind is eternity in hell from Luke 16:19-31 and Revelation 20:11-15.
Part 3 of Basic Training. The fall of man resulted in a corrupted nature for mankind from Ephesians 2:1-3 & Psalm 1.
Part 2 of Basic Training. We need to have an understanding concerning the condition of mankind and how we found ourselves in our predicament from Genesis 3:1-19 & Romans 5:12-15.
Part 1 of Basic Training. Jesus gave the church gifted individuals to help believers become mature in their personal walk with Christ from Ephesians 4:11-16.
Part 5 of The God Questions. So what does happen to me when I die? Aren't we all going to heaven?
Part 4 of The God Questions. If God is real and in control, we does He allow humanity to suffer so much?
Part 3 of The God Questions. Isn't Christianity just one faith among the many. Don't they really all say the same thing. Don't they all lead to heaven?
Part 2 of The God Questions. If we say that the Bible reveals the existence of God, how do we know that the Bible is true?
Part 1 of The God Questions. The first question that we tend to struggle with concerns the existence of God.
Part 6 of Sweeping It Under the Carpet. Covering our is is futile because there will come a time will everything will be exposed from Romans 2:1-16.
Part 5 of Sweeping It Under the Carpet. Our past action will limit our present service from 1 Chronicles 17:1-4; 22:1-16..
Part 4 of Sweeping It Under the Carpet. Sin will wreck havoc in your life even when no one else knows but you from Psalm 32.
Part 3 of Sweeping It Under the Carpet. Sin is not a personal matter. It affects the people of God as a whole from Joshua 7:1-26.
Part 2 of Sweeping It Under the Carpet. We must recognize that our sin hinders us from doing the will of God from Exodus 4:24-26.
Part 1 of Sweeping It Under the Carpet. The tendency to cover up our sin has its origins in a garden long ago from Genesis 3:1-19.
Part 8 of Impacting the World. The final mark of an empowered church is the fact that their lives impacted their community from Acts 2:46-47.
Part 7 of Impacting the World. The sixth mark of an empowered church is willingness to sacrifice for others from Acts 2:44-45.
Part 6 of Impacting the World. The fifth mark of an empowered church is a determined commitment to be in prayer from Acts 2:42 & 1 Timothy 2:1-8.
Part 5 of Impacting the World. The fourth mark of an empowered church is a determined commitment to be in prayer from Acts 2:42 & 1 Timothy 2:1-8.
Part 4 of Impacting the World. The third mark of an empowered church is a determined commitment to worship that is centered on the cross of Jesus Christ from Acts 2:42 & 1 Corinthians 11:17-26.
Part 3 of Impacting the World. The second mark of an empowered church is a determined commitment to an intimate community centered on Jesus Christ from Acts 2:42 & Hebrews 10:24-25.
Part 2 of Impacting the World. The first mark of an empowered church is a determined commitment to the Word of God from Acts 2:42 & 2 Timothy 3:13-17.
Part 1 of Impacting the World. The empowered church had a determined focus in several areas from Acts 2:42-47.
Part 6 of The Wilderness. The temptation of Jesus reveals the reality that He understands the struggles that we have in this life from Luke 4:1-13 and Hebrews 4:14-16..
Part 5 of The Wilderness. The temptation of Jesus reveals how we can face temptation from Luke 4:1-13 and 1 Corinthians 10:12-13.
Part 4 of The Wilderness. The temptation of Jesus reveals the nature of temptation and what empowers it in our lives from Luke 4:1-13 and 1 John 2:15-17.
Part 3 of The Wilderness. Jesus identifies with us in the area of temptation from Luke 4:1-13.
Part 2 of The Wilderness. Our greatest fear in centered on a feeling that God does not understand, yet Jesus identifies Himself with us from Luke 3:21-38.
Part 1 of The Wilderness. From the midst of desolation is cry for repentance and turning back to God from Luke 3:1-20.
Part 6 of More Than a Coincidence. Jesus' coming is more than just a coincidence from Luke 2:40-52.
Part 5 of More Than a Coincidence. Faith is lived out in the lives of Mary & Joseph, Simeon and Anna as they come in contact with the child, Jesus from Luke 2:21-39.
Part 4 of More Than a Coincidence. God entered into our world on just another night from Luke 2:1-20.
Part 3 of More Than a Coincidence. God blesses when his servants are obedient in spite of obstacles from Luke 1:57-80.
Part 2 of More Than a Coincidence. God uses an insignificant girl to carry the Savior of the world from Luke 1:26-56.
Part 1 of More Than a Coincidence. In the midst of the silence, God breaks through from Luke 1:5-25.
Part 8 of Lighting a Fire. Out of brokenness comes a cry of desperation for God from Acts 2:36-41.
Part 7 of Lighting a Fire. The One who empowers us with the Holy Spirit is both Lord and Messiah from Acts 2:22-36.
Part 6 of Lighting a Fire. The presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives and church is a fulfillment of God's promise from Acts 2:14-21.
Part 5 of Lighting a Fire. The presence of the Holy Spirit empowers a believer for service from Acts 2:1-13.
Part 4 of Lighting a Fire. Two men followed Jesus from the beginning with two different motivations from Acts 1:15-26.
Part 3 of Lighting a Fire. Jesus tells the church that they are to be a witness of His resurrection from Acts 1:1-14 and various scriptures.
Part 2 of Lighting a Fire. Jesus tells the church that they will be empowered by the Holy Spirit from Acts 1:1-14 and various scriptures.
Part 1 of Lighting a Fire. Jesus tells the church what its focus should be while He is away from Acts 1:1-14.
Part 9 of The Transformed Life. A transformed life is is reflected in our focus concerning our spiritual enemies, our life and our God.
Part 8 of The Transformed Life. A transformed life is is reflected in our sense of purpose in this world.
Part 7 of The Transformed Life. A transformed life is is reflected in convictions that places the needs of others before our own.
Part 6 of The Transformed Life. A transformed life is is reflected in commitment to Christ that is reflected in our sensitivity to sin, the coming judgment and how we live our lives.
Part 5 of The Transformed Life. A transformed life is is reflected in changed attitudes toward other believers because of the coming judgment.
Part 4 of The Transformed Life. A transformed life is is reflected in submission to civil authority and relationship to our neighbors.
Part 3 of The Transformed Life. A transformed life is is reflected in our relationship to other believers, the world and our enemies.
Part 2 of The Transformed Life. A transformed life is reflected in one's service to the family of God.
Part 2 of The Character of God. A look at the faithfulness of God in spite of the rebellion of Israel.
Part 1 of The Character of God. A look at the mercy of God as he expresses His patience with fallen mankind.
Part 7 of The New Reality. A look at how the Holy Spirit sustains us as we long for the future.
Part 6 of The New Reality. A look at the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives in spite of the inner struggle.
Part 5 of The New Reality. A look at the war that takes place in each and every believer.
Part 4 of The New Reality. There is a very real power that works within the life of every believer.
Part 1 of The New Reality. There is more to the Christian life then just being saved from hell.
Part 4 of Justified!! There is more to our acceptance with God than simply going to heaven when we die.
Part 1 of Justified!! In the midst of our hopeless situation, God's righteousness was revealed.
Part 4 of Who Needs Jesus? Our religious heritage and rituals are not enough to gain our acceptance with God.
Part 3 of Who Needs Jesus? The standards we use to judge others by will be used to judge us.
Part 2 of Who Needs Jesus? Recognize the slippery slope of deciding to live without God.
Part 1 of Who Needs Jesus?. If we going to understand the need for Jesus, we need to know why.
Part 5 of The Judgment of God's Imperfect People. What will take place when we stand before Jesus in the future.
Part 4 of The Judgment of God's Imperfect People. What will take place when we stand before Jesus in the future.
Part 3 of The Judgment of God's Imperfect People. An aspect of God's present judgment is the fact that we are to judge ourselves.
Part 2 of The Judgment of God's Imperfect People. Because of His love for us, God disciplines us concerning the sin in our lives.
Part 1 of The Judgment of God's Imperfect People. Many of us lived our lives based on incorrect thinking concerning the issue of sin.
Part 4 of The Suffering of God's Imperfect People. James gives perspective to the importance of community from James 5:13-18.
Part 3 of The Suffering of God's Imperfect People. Paul shares the reality that God gives grace in the midst of our suffering from 2 Corinthians 12:7-10.
Part 2 of The Suffering of God's Imperfect People. James tells us that God will give us wisdom in the midst of our suffering from James 1:2-8.
Part 1 of The Suffering of God's Imperfect People. Peter tells us that we should not be shocked by the reality of suffering in our lives from 1 Peter 4:12-19.
Part 5 of The Condition of the Heart. Jesus tells us that there are people who apply His words and bear spiritual fruits in their lives from John 15:1-8.
Part 4 of The Condition of the Heart. There are people who find Jesus' call for total commitment disheartening from Matthew 19:16-26.
A look at the prophecy concerning the birth of Jesus and it implications for each of us today.
Part 3 of The Condition of the Heart. There are people who embrace Jesus for the moment until the difficulties arise from Matthew 7:24-27.
Part 2 of The Condition of the Heart. There is people who reject Jesus their hearts are darkened from 2 Corinthians 4:1-6.
Part 1 of The Condition of the Heart. It is very frustrating to watch people reject the truth of the gospel from Matthew 13:3-23.
Part 6 of Telling Yourself the Truth. Divisions and dissension are a result of spiritual immaturity from 1 Corinthians 3:1-4.
Part 5 of Telling Yourself the Truth. Telling ourselves the truth begins with an honest assessment of our hearts from Matthew 15:1-20.
Part 4 of Telling Yourself the Truth. While we have never physically killed someone, Jesus tells us that our attitudes are no different than the action itself from Matthew 5:21-26.
Part 3 of Telling Yourself the Truth. The short term effect of lying fails to see the long term consequence from 1 Samuel 21:1-9, 22:6-23.
Part 2 of Telling Yourself the Truth. When we begin to tell ourselves the truth we must recognize and deal with our pride from Isaiah 10:12-19.
Part 1 of Telling Yourself the Truth. Our tendency is to look at the sins of others, when we really need to look at the sins in our own lives from Proverbs 6:16-19.
Part 5 of Being Ready. You need to be ready because when Jesus come back he will reward you based on whether you have walked your talk from Matthew 25:31-46.
Part 4 of Being Ready. Being ready for the return of the master is manifested in service from Matthew 25:14-30.
Part 3 of Being Ready. Instead of taking it easy, we need to be prepared for His coming from Matthew 25:1-13.
Part 2 of Being Ready. We need to be ready because there will be a day when the master comes back from Matthew 24:45-51.
Part 1 of Being Ready. The warning signs are there. It is now a question of whether or not you are ready from Matthew 24:32-44.
Part 5 of Lust, Lies & Liberation. With confession comes a request for God to give us another chance from Psalm 51:10-19.
Part 4 of Lust, Lies & Liberation. Confession is not just saying that you have sinned, rather it is coming clean with God about the sin in your life from Psalm 51:1-9.
Part 3 of Lust, Lies & Liberation. God does not allow us to just cover up our sin. He takes the initiative to confront us from 2 Samuel 12:1-15.
Part 2 of Lust, Lies & Liberation. We have a choice to make when it comes to dealing with our sin. Our natural tendency is to try an cover it up from 2 Samuel 11:6-27.
Part 1 of Lust, Lies & Liberation. One does not wake up to sin. It is a result of a downward progression from 2 Samuel 11:1-5.
Part 4 of Fugitive: Running From God. It is easy to be angry at God when we feel that He has done us wrong from Jonah 4:1-11.
Part 3 of Fugitive: Running From God. We have to decide what to do because the fact remains that God's judgment is coming from Jonah 3:1-10.
Part 2 of Fugitive: Running From God. We have a choice of how we will response to the disciplining hand of God from Jonah 2:1-10.
Part 1 of Fugitive: Running From God. What happens when we choose to disobey God and do our own thing from Jonah 1:1-17.
Part 2 of The Meaning of Loving God. Expressing Love for God is reflected in our prayers, our confidence and our devotion.
Part 1 of The Meaning of Loving God. Just saying that you love God is not enough. It has to be expressed toward others.
Part 5 of The Marks of a Genuine Christian. Once again Love reveals the nature of our faith and the presence of God in our lives.
Part 4 of The Marks of a Genuine Christian. The presence of God's spirit communicates the nature of one's true faith.
Part 3 of The Marks of a Genuine Christian. What role does our heart play in telling us about our faith.
Part 2 of The Marks of a Genuine Christian. Jesus said that the world would know we are His disciples by our love for one another. A look at the next mark of genuine faith: Love.
Part 1 of The Marks of a Genuine Christian. How do we know if our faith is genuine? A look at the first test of what it means to be a genuine Christian.
Part 2 of Navigating Through a World of Deception. With an understanding of the the world we live in, how do we live the Christian life in it.
Part 1 of Navigating Through a World of Deception. You have to know where you are and what you have if you are going to journey through this world.
Part 4 of Friendship with God. Every meaningful relationship carries with it a responsibility. The relationship with God carries a responsibility concerning our sins.
Part 3 of Friendship with God. Every meaningful relationship is marked by honesty and acceptance. With the relationship with God, it is marked by honesty about our sin and God's acceptance through forgiveness.
Part 2 of Friendship with God. Have you notice that some people change when they meet that special person. Meeting God changes you.
Part 1 of Friendship with God. Every relationship begins with an introduction. The relationship with God begins with an introduction to Jesus.
A look at how God used the foolishness of the cross to confound the wisdom of this world from 1 Corinthians 1:18-25.