Episodes
Saturday Feb 01, 2014
Empowerment: Holy Spirit's Occupation
Saturday Feb 01, 2014
Saturday Feb 01, 2014
Text: Acts 1:1-11; Acts 4:33; John 16:5-11
Grace is power: Something many people do not recognize who are born again! Grace and power go together – God’s unmerited favor, His gift of salvation, redemption and baptism come together and is infused (bathed, imparted, permeated) with the power of the Holy Spirit!
Grace is bountiful and unmerited but God finds it in His justice and mercy to gift us with such! To redeem us from a world of fear, pain and anguish that is filled with hopelessness and despair.
To promise us hope that does not fail! We are washed by the Blood of the Lamb of God and set free to worship Him. We have been given the liberty of praise and a life of service unto Him!
God has given us Grace!
Saturday Jan 25, 2014
Baptism: Obedience Revealed
Saturday Jan 25, 2014
Saturday Jan 25, 2014
Text: Mark 3:13-17; Romans 6:3-5
Revealed through an outward act that reveals inward change. The statement of action reveals the source of our salvation through Christ Jesus. One that is baptized is stating: 'I am dying to self inside that I may make a statement of life on the outside.'
What this signifies is that you believe in your salvation so deeply and truly that you realize the act of baptism is testifying of your death and now resurrection to life through Christ! Grace has been applied to your life so you may live that life assured of your salvation and your future hope in Christ Jesus. Your obedience is revealed in such a way that you identify with the glory of Jesus and His Resurrection and the gift that you have: Eternal Salvation!
Monday Jan 13, 2014
Salvation: Redemptions Result
Monday Jan 13, 2014
Monday Jan 13, 2014
Text: Ephesians 1:7; Mathew 20:28
Redemption: Saving, freeing from sin, absolution (forgiveness, pardon, Freedom).
Grace: Unmerited favor; Love = Grace; Grace = Love
As Christians, believers in His saving Grace and His redeeming power, we should never forget these words! When the storms blend into life like the colors of a sunset we need to hang on to the promise of God! Not to give in to sin and temptation but too give Him praise!
Remaining in Him daily through His Grace we can join with Paul and say we trust that His Grace is sufficient! We will rejoice in that!
Tuesday Jan 07, 2014
Sin: The Great Disconnect
Tuesday Jan 07, 2014
Tuesday Jan 07, 2014
Text: Genesis 2:15-17; Genesis 3
Sin brings a disconnection with God through disobedience to His commands.
➢ Grace: God’s mercy shown when it is not deserved.
➢ Grace: Favor of the Lord given when there should be judgment bestowed.
➢ Grace: Gives us the unmerited favor we need to have a relationship, friendship, and reconciliation with God.
Grace enables us to receive from God the unmerited favor and gives us a connection again to Him for eternity.
➢ We must though, reconnect through Him who first loved us!
➢ We must abandon this world and its lusts and lies!
➢ We must do the will of the Father!
Wednesday Jan 01, 2014
Faith Brings Results
Wednesday Jan 01, 2014
Wednesday Jan 01, 2014
Text: 2 Timothy 1:1-12; Jeremiah 31:17
Faith is a remarkable gift and it brings results to our lives and hope to our souls. Without faith it is impossible to please God! Faith surrounds, underscores and leads us in our walk with Jesus!
Do not worry, but be confident when it comes to your walk with God and His faithfulness toward you! He has promised you great promises that only He can promise and only you can receive through your faith in Him!
Saturday Dec 28, 2013
Bringing Someone To Jesus
Saturday Dec 28, 2013
Saturday Dec 28, 2013
Text: Mark 2:1-12
➢ Point: He had only 4 disciples: Simon, Andrew, James and John.
➢ Point: Immediately crowds were gathering, whole cities came to see Him.
➢ Point: He now returns to His headquarters – Capernaum.
Tuesday Sep 03, 2013
Three Stages of Identity
Tuesday Sep 03, 2013
Tuesday Sep 03, 2013
Text: 2 Samuel 7:18; 1 Corinthians 15:10; Leviticus 18:3; 20:22
As we look at these “Three Stages of Identity” it is very clear that as a Christian, a believer, these stages are part of our relationship with God and this physical world we live in now.
Being structurally sound in your identity states that you have built your house (your being) on the “Rock” not on the sand. (Matthew 7:24-28) So many have built on the sands of this world and their identity is in crisis! An identity that can be repaired and a character restored if one would call out to God and recognize just who they are, what they are, and where they are!
Wednesday Aug 21, 2013
Knowing Jesus In Your Heart
Wednesday Aug 21, 2013
Wednesday Aug 21, 2013
Text: Hebrews 1:1-3; John 8:31-33
Often in our world that we live we witness the testimony of a “Jesus” who has an historical report in the minds of so many. Yes, it is Jesus who they are discussing or testifying of but there is an appropriate sense of relationship that is missing. It is as though there is a statement within the statement, which declares…”I know this Jesus but I really do not know Him but I know of Him.”
You meet a lot of people in your life, well most do, and they become just an acquaintance(s) to you. You may them in the same office, in the same town, even across the country or the oceans afar. You really never get to know them and who they really are. You just meet them at their best or their worst and an opinion is formed in your mind on which you think they are. There never is a relationship built that can support a friendship or romance.
The mass of people who even attend churches across this world, just sit and have a small “talk” or a short conversation through prayer or even worship but never really know the Jesus that the Lord our God has placed in our lives. The One True Savior of the world. God’s only begotten Son! The heir of all that the Father has created and who He created all things through!
Saturday Jul 27, 2013
Divine Connection
Saturday Jul 27, 2013
Saturday Jul 27, 2013
Text: John 17:1-5; John 17:20-24
We could discuss the matter of being one for hours upon hours. Debating what Jesus meant in His prayer of being one with the Father as He is one with Him. We could compare different religions and their doctrine and dogma as it relates to this ultimate prayer of Jesus Christ, God’s Only Begotten Son, who is God.
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
However, debating the Word and dissecting (analyzing) it will not bring the truth that Jesus was praying here in this prayer! Yes, it would bring some consolation but not the depth of meaning that the Church needs to know!
There is a depth of spiritual truth here that is attained only by faith in God and trust in His forbearing love for His creation and the people that have been called by His name! Humanity in it own is lost and without God but with Jesus… We are connected again!
Tuesday Jul 09, 2013
The Seed And The Sower
Tuesday Jul 09, 2013
Tuesday Jul 09, 2013
Text: Luke 8:4-8; Luke 8:11-15
In every detail of Kingdom work there is a warfare that involves those that are fully committed to the task of extending and advancing the Kingdom of God and the enemy who desires to stop the work of the Kingdom.
Victory comes when the sower chooses the (right) seed to sow into the right place and has patience to wait for the harvest.
As sowers of the seed (Word of God) we must place the seed as often as we can. Whether it lands on good soil or not will not be the concern of the sower but the concern of the receiver of the seed (soil). That is why a farmer prepares the soil so it will receive the seed and produce a harvest when nurtured and watered. Waiting for it to receive the early and latter rain.