Pastor Roy Rhodes shares a message each week at Abundant Life Community Church in Alton, IL.
Abundant Life Alton weekly message
Pastor Roy talks about the the Abundant Life aligning values that will carry us forward into 2021 and the future in the first of this message series: "MOVEMENT."
When you don't have your moral compass pointing towards God, things can go off track.
Pastor Roy starts the Vintage Series: Cool People Living Old Truths, by talking about what a vintage person of faith looks like and how we need to be more like Christ to reach the world around us.
We need to make a plan for our money or it will make a plan of its own. Today we look at practical things from God's word about how to put God first and live below our means.
Peter writes in 2 Peter 3, that he wanted to freshen the memory and to create wholesome thinking. We need to be reminded that Jesus is coming and time causes us to forget!
Pastor Roy talks about how we can't serve both God and the spirit of money or mammon.
As parents and people of influence, we are to live a life of consistency and encourage the faith of our family. Discipline and love are key in teaching our children God's truth.
Teens are so important to the work of God's kingdom. The world tries to tell us lies about what the important thing in life are. God has great wisdom for us all to learn from His Word that can help guide us through the confusing times of teen...
Pastor Roy looks at Job and what we can learn through his trials.
Pastor Roy talks through the Proverbs 31 godly woman and how all women have the God given potential to be successful and influence their world.
We look at discipline today and how the Bible gives us direction in parenting. We can also learn from the mistakes of fathers in the Bible who didn't give discipline and correction to their sons.
Pastor talks about how the book of Acts is believed to be written by Luke and works through chapters 1 & 2 this evening.
God loved us so much even when we were sinners that He sent His Son, Jesus to die for us. He loves us equally and calls us to repentance.
The family is key to the health and well being of our society. We have to minister to our own family stop the attack of the enemy on the hearts and minds of our children.
Pastor Roy finishes the book of Philemon this evening.
Jesus is in the middle of the longest single teaching that we have recorded in the scriptures and he suddenly pauses and says, “I have said all these things to keep you from falling away.”
Pastor Roy starts tonight with a study in the book of Philemon.
Fasting centers us on the spiritual things and pulls us away from our fleshly desires.
Pastor Roy finishes the book of Colossians this evening.
Fasting is intended to result in transformation. If we continue to oppress and fight with one another, we aren't pleasing God with our fasting.
Pastor Roy talks through the last chapter of Colossians this evening.
There are four measurements of spiritual maturity that are listed in Ephesians 4. They are: 1. Doctrinal stability, 2. Relational Authenticity/We speak the truth in love 3. Full Participation in the Body of Christ, 4. Growing capacity for love.
Fasting is the self-imposed denial of physical desires in the pursuit of God. When we fast we replace the pursuit of physical things with the pursuit of spiritual things.
Pastor Roy talks through Colossians 3:18-4:1 during this evening's Bible Study.
Pastor Roy talks about Peter's vision and how he couldn't see what God had planned in the moment, but was holding on to his past. We have to make room for God to speak to us and not get trapped in our past.
Pastor Roy starts this evening's class with Colossians 3:12-17.
Pastor Roy talks about his 400 mile bike ride across the state of Kansas and how we can "train" for this life with the Holy Spirit's help.
There is always more to God's plan than what you can see. Just like Esther didn't know how God was going to use her to save an entire nation of people, we don't always see how God's plan to bless us is unfolding.
Pastor Roy walks through Colossians 3:1-11 during his Wednesday evening class.
Today is the day of salvation. We need to act while we are still given the time to share our faith and live our lives to honor Jesus.
We need to know God's word and then live it out by serving others. Pastor Roy challenges us to volunteer in our community.
Pastor Roy talks about kintsugi, the Japanese tradition of repairing broken pottery with gold dust and lacquer. Jesus does the same thing with us. After we have faced a heartache, he makes us something more beautiful than we were before.
Pastor Roy talks through Colossians 1:24-2:5 this evening.
We read the words of Paul and he calls God, Father, Father of mercies, and God of all. God brings comfort to us so that we can then go and comfort others and share His love with them.
If we are to have a faith that is unshakable, we need to put on the full armor of God that protects our mind and heart.
We go through trying times and we can learn something from the resiliency of one of God's smallest creatures.
Pastor Roy talks through the history of Colossus.
The battle is in your mind! When our fleshly desires give into the sin, whatever it may be, we take our mind off of the good things of God. We can control the bait that tempts us into sin.
When we look over world history and American history, we see that circumstances shook people to their core. We are no different. If we don't have a firm foundation of Christ in our lives, we are going to struggle to stand again the devil.
Pastor Roy thinks back to the carefree days of his childhood with lots of bike rides to play baseball and swim with friends. There are some thing that we can do in this summer of a pandemic that can bring a sense of contentment and encouragement.
Pastor Roy has started a new Bible Study on Colossians. This is the first of the series and covers verses Colossians 1:1-14.
Pastor Roy talks about how God gives us both domain and free will. We are able to look at Joseph's life in Egypt and how he used several unfortunate situations to produce something great.
There are things that Pastor Roy wants us to remember. God is bigger than we are and He never leave us.
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