Bringing Relationships to Life

Sometimes you can be hurt by others so badly that you just can't forgive. Or can you?

Will America face judgement? What do you think?

Have you considered praying in the Spirit? Maybe you should.

What if you could pray with the confidence that you would receive exactly what you are praying for?

People who don't know what to do, often make bad mistakes. The Bible gives several ways we can know what we should do. Take a listen because you may be able to miss a bad mistake.

Do you have a big problem? Is your problem to big for God to handle? Do you think that maybe God doesn't love you anymore? Do you think God knows what to do about your problem? Maybe you need to listen to this message.

We need to know two things about our prayers. 1. Prayer is an act of the heart. 2. God will not answer a prayer that violates who He is. This message is about those two things.

You may have heard Jesus called the bread of life before. Did you know what it really meant?

Faith is more than wishing. Faithfulness is more than almost. Joy is found in obedience.

I am of the belief that people cannot have the joy of the Lord or the peace of the Lord without Jesus being Lord.

Christ came to give us a hope that will always be there. It is a hope for today, tomorrow and when it is no longer hope, it will be for eternity

Have we reached people when they say the prayer of salvation with us? If that is so, why are so many of them refusing to go to church and get baptized? Why are so many of them neglecting church attendance? Maybe we haven't truly reached them yet.

The Bible tells us to be thankful for everything because this is God's will for us. How do we do that?

Would people act on their purpose if they knew what their purpose was? Let's find out.

We weren't created to be lonely. We are a social creation. God said, "It is not good," the first time because man was alone. He fixed that and with the people He places around us continues to fix that. Be a friend. Make friends. It's that simple.

Read a blog recently of someone who says she was abused by her mega-church. Truthfully, I didn't see the abuse, but I wasn't there. She goes on to say that she is just dandy as a Christian without attending church. Really? The Bible just doesn't back that up.

People in love often take long walks with each other. They want to be near each other. They want to get to know each other better. They enjoy each other's company. God asks you to take a walk with Him. Why would you do that?

Salvation is confusing for a lot of people. Even believers are confused. Is sincerity enough? Is there a real hell? These are just a couple of questions answered in this message.

Have you ever come to church to hear the church condemning the people outside the church? Sometimes preachers and others condemn those inside the church, as well. That isn't what we have been called for. We have been called to bless people.

No more casual Christianity. No more Christianity-lite. Let's go all the way with our Lord. Let's live like true believers.

Husbands have a huge responsibility. They provide spiritual strength for their families. 

In the ancient world, the wife was supposed to adopt the religion of her husband. If she didn't, she was considered unfaithful. But a new faith came about: Christianity. What was the godly wife to do?

The Christian life is more than having a place to go to for eternity. It is coming home to a Savior while you are still on earth. Jesus, the Great Shepherd, calls us to Himself. It is here we find our purpose and our home with our Lord.

Grace is foreign to some people. They don't know how to give grace to others. Some people only give grace to those who give them grace. They are waiting to see what you do first. But we are to give grace to all. Now wouldn't that change the way we all drove to work?

What would it be that at the end of your life you would say that your life was meaningful? This is the message here today.

The Christian calling is one to slavery to Christ. Slavery is such a bad word. Chattel slavery is evil. But what about the voluntary slave. This is the person who has said it is better to be a slave to Christ than to be on my own.

The Bible tells us that we should submit to every human institution. Does that mean we should be compliant and allow a holocaust to happen? Does that  mean we should sit still under tyranny? No, we say, but why?

Last week we talked about Satan's attack on believers. He can't take away our salvation. He can't take away God's love for us. He can tempt us to lose our joy, lose God's manifest presence in our lives and lose the rewards we have earned in heaven. There is one more thing we can lose. This message reveals what it is.

Does it seem like the devil is after you? What could be his motivation if he knows he can't take away your salvation? Truth is, he has a lot.

Pastors and Elders have the same qualifications. Most churches never look at them.

Many Churches don't have Elders. They don't even know they need them.

There is no mandate in the New Testament for Elders. For that matter, there is no mandate for Deacons or even Pastors. Yet, Elders are mentioned twenty-two times in the New Testament as an office. Why are they absent in many churches?

This is more of a message on how to be a good father than how to recognize one. Did you have a good father? Are you becoming a good father?

There are many metaphors for the Bible. How about this one? The Bible is God's recipe book for making His people. God treats each of us different to make us into the people He desires. Yet, He also uses patterns. Let's take a look at those.

Why do we have so much trouble bringing our friends and family to Christ? Can't they see?

People should retire to do something they would rather do or because they can't do what they would rather do. Is this the reason so many people are retired from serving the Lord?

What should the church look like? That depends on your definition of what the church is.

Did you have a good mother? Are you a good mother? Care to find out?

Is church that important? The Bible certainly says so.

Do you remember when you were on fire with the Lord? You tasted that the Lord was good. People live different lives when they crave Him.

Lots of people want to live forever. They just don't know how. 

We get the cross but do we get the resurrection. What did the resurrection do for you?