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Listen weekly to the relevant Biblical teaching from FOLKS LISTEN, a ministry of the E-Free Church located in Gaylord, Michigan. Visit Folks Listen online at www.miefree.org for additional messages.

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    Love that is Undeserving

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2025 39:33


    God's love is not based on our lovability but on His nature of being love.

    Sickness and Sinning

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 39:47


    Prayer should be our first response, not our last resort, in every life circumstance. James 5:13-18 identifies three specific situations calling for prayer: when suffering misfortune, experiencing joy, and facing serious illness. For serious illness, we should call church elders to pray and anoint with oil, examine our lives for unconfessed sin, and trust God's sovereignty. While God doesn't always heal physically, He always responds according to His perfect will—sometimes with physical healing, sometimes with grace to endure, and sometimes with the ultimate healing of heaven.

    What to do when you've been wronged

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 44:34


    James provides practical guidance for handling mistreatment with grace and patience. The key is maintaining a long fuse - having the power to retaliate but choosing not to. This patience should extend until Christ's return, focusing on controlling our responses while leaving justice to God. The prophets serve as examples of enduring persecution while maintaining faithfulness, demonstrating that those who remain patient through trials will receive heavenly rewards. The challenge is to maintain integrity and guard against internal resentment, even when facing injustice.

    Some Blessing May be a Curse

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 39:43


    Money and our attitude towards it profoundly impacts our spiritual journey. While wealth itself isn't wrong, the biblical definition of being rich is simply having more than we need. The real danger lies not in the amount we possess, but in our heart's posture towards material wealth. Three harmful attitudes often emerge: selfishness in hoarding resources, self-indulgence in spending, and feelings of superiority over others. The solution lies in cultivating generosity, goodness, and graciousness instead of these negative patterns.

    The Truth about Tomorrow

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 38:47


    Life's unpredictability reminds us of our need to align with God's will rather than making plans independently. While planning isn't inherently wrong, doing so without consulting God overlooks our limitations as humans who can't fully know what tomorrow holds. Our lives are brief, like a vapor, emphasizing our dependence on God for everything. The path to true fulfillment comes through seeking to know God's will and living within it, recognizing that His blessings flow most abundantly when we surrender our plans to His purpose.

    The Need to Submit

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 40:46


    Learning to play well with others in God's kingdom requires genuine humility and submission to His authority. Through practical steps like drawing near to God, resisting evil, and taking sin seriously, believers can grow in Christ-like character. This growth involves cleansing both external actions and internal motives while developing proper judgment toward others. The key to success lies in maintaining an intimate relationship with God through prayer, Scripture, and personal worship.

    Know His Resurrection

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 41:44


    The resurrection of Jesus Christ provides four transformative benefits for believers. Through Christ's resurrection power, we receive complete forgiveness of sins and freedom from our old nature. This power also gives believers a greater purpose focused on sharing God's message with others. Most importantly, it guarantees eternal life with God, where physical death becomes merely a transition to our heavenly home. This power, demonstrated in miracles like raising Jairus's daughter, continues to transform lives today through faith in Jesus.

    Know His Sufferings

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 49:49


    In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus faced His most intense moment of suffering, not just anticipating physical pain, but the spiritual anguish of bearing the world's sin. He demonstrated profound intimacy with God by addressing Him as Abba Father while honestly expressing His desires. Despite His distress, Jesus ultimately chose submission to God's will over His own desires. This pivotal moment teaches us about authentic faith, the power of surrender, and the true cost of following God's plan.

    KNOW HIM

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 42:41


    Discover the transformative power of making Christ your ultimate passion through Paul's profound insights in Philippians 3:10. Explore the three dimensions of knowing Christ: personal relationship, resurrection power, and shared suffering. Learn how Jesus' inner circle experienced these dimensions through the Transfiguration, raising of Jairus' daughter, and Garden of Gethsemane. Practical steps for spiritual growth include daily Bible reading, church attendance, and Scripture memorization. 

    Making an Impact

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 45:05


    Making a real impact in people's lives requires three essential principles: removing selfishness, prioritizing eternal values over temporary gains, and embracing collaborative effort while relying on God's grace. When we put others' needs before our own comfort and focus on eternal priorities rather than material gains, our impact grows exponentially. This approach involves opening our doors to those in need, providing practical help with excellence, and working alongside others in the community. True impact emerges when we combine physical assistance with spiritual care, all while trusting in God's provision.

    Better Wise Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 50:07


    What is the difference between earthly wisdom and wisdom that comes from God?

    Sticks and Stones are Better

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 41:28


    Our words possess incredible power to shape lives and reflect our hearts' true nature. Like a small rudder steering a massive ship, our words direct life's course and impact others profoundly. While humans can tame wild animals, the tongue proves uniquely challenging to control, as it flows directly from our hearts. The solution isn't merely trying harder to control our speech, but walking closer to Jesus and allowing Him to transform our hearts. When our hearts are pure, our words naturally become pure.

    Obedience School for the Tongue

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 43:34


    Discover the transformative power of words and their impact on faith and daily life. Learn practical strategies for mastering speech control across all communication channels - from verbal conversations to social media posts. Explore powerful biblical metaphors about speech control and understand why words matter so much in our spiritual journey. This essential teaching reveals how controlling our words leads to mastering other life aspects. Topics include digital communication responsibility, speech accountability, relationship improvement through better communication, and practical steps for controlling words. Perfect for anyone seeking to improve their communication skills, strengthen their faith, and build better relationships.

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    Two Portraits of Faith

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 45:11


    The relationship between faith and works in Christianity reveals that while salvation comes through faith alone, genuine faith naturally produces good works. Like wind that cannot be seen but whose effects are visible, true faith manifests through observable changes in behavior and character. Biblical examples like Abraham and Rahab demonstrate how authentic faith leads to transformative actions. This dynamic relationship shows that while works don't save us, they serve as evidence of genuine salvation.

    Faith that gets Dirty

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 42:43


    Understanding true saving faith and its relationship to works. Discover the three essential elements of genuine faith: confident assurance, biblical foundation, and visible transformation. Learn why faith alone saves while still producing good works as evidence. Explore the difference between mere intellectual belief and life-changing trust in Jesus Christ.

    Showing Favoritism

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 42:19


    Discover the hidden impact of favoritism in Christian communities and learn practical steps to overcome this subtle yet significant challenge. Explore biblical teachings on God's impartial nature and how it should shape our interactions with others. This message delves into real-world examples of favoritism in modern churches, from preferential treatment of wealthy donors to social biases based on appearance. Learn how to identify signs of favoritism in your own life and practical steps to create a more welcoming, inclusive Christian community.

    Just Do It

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 41:34


    Discover the powerful difference between hearing and doing God's Word in your spiritual journey. Learn how to move from being a passive listener to an active participant in your faith walk. Understand the three key areas of transformation: conversations, concern for others, and personal conduct. This message explores the mirror analogy from James, spiritual growth, biblical application, Christian living, faith in action, spiritual transformation, practical Christianity, discipleship, biblical obedience, and spiritual maturity. Perfect for those seeking to deepen their faith journey and looking for practical ways to apply Scripture in daily life. Gain insights into overcoming spiritual stagnation and experiencing true biblical transformation.

    Caution: Slow Down

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 44:07


    Understanding how to properly approach God's Word is essential for daily Christian living. Four key principles guide this approach: being quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger, and ready to receive. These principles involve maintaining eagerness for Scripture, avoiding personal interpretation bias, accepting correction gracefully, and preparing our hearts with humility. By implementing these approaches, along with dedicated Bible study time and prayer, believers can better navigate life's daily challenges through God's Word.

    The Devil Made Me Do It

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 40:17


    Understanding temptation from a biblical perspective with insights from the Book of James. Discover the true nature of temptation, its origins in our own desires, and practical strategies for overcoming it. Learn about the deceptive patterns of blame-shifting, the serious consequences of yielding to temptation, and how to find victory through God's provision. Topics include spiritual warfare, biblical wisdom, Christian living, overcoming sin, spiritual growth, faith development, biblical teaching, Christian discipleship, spiritual maturity, and practical Christianity. Gain valuable insights into the difference between trials and temptations, understanding spiritual death, maintaining strong faith, and finding freedom from destructive patterns. Perfect for believers seeking to deepen their faith and develop stronger spiritual disciplines.

    Wealth and Wisdom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 41:50


    James continues to tell us about the importance of thinking forward when trials come. No matter if you are rich or poor, trials will come.

    Calling Down Wisdom

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 44:15


    Today we look at James 1:5-8.

    A Joy that Hurts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 41:50


    Today we look at James 1:2-4...Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. What does this even mean?

    When Faith and Life Collide

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 42:47


    Today we tackle the first verse of James 1, the greeting. We learn so much about who James is in this short introduction.

    Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 42:05


    We look at Psalm 98 which is the inspiration for the Christmas song, Joy to the World.

    Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 36:01


    Today we look at the song Joy to the World and we learn that this is not your typical Christmas song.

    Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 43:14


    Today we look at three of the feasts more in depth and notice three attributes about each one: Gratitude, Generosity, and Gathering. What does it mean for us today?

    Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 43:02


    We look at the 6 feasts from the Old Testament. Each one has a historical, messianic, and personal significance.

    Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 40:08


    In the Bible, all Jewish men were required to gather three times a year to celebrate certain feasts. In this series we will learn what these feasts were all about, why they were important and what we can learn from them as we celebrate our Holiday Season today.

    The Flock

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 39:18


    The Bible refers to the church as the Flock. So what does that really mean?

    The Body

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 43:43


    In 1 Corinthians 12-27, God uses the word body 18 times to describe His church.

    Family

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 40:17


    In the church we are all family, we are all Christians.

    The Temple

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 43:25


    Jesus talks about the church and relates it to a temple. That he is the cornerstone and we are all living stones.

    Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 47:37


    Our current message series is called WE ARE THE CHURCH as we look at the many different usages of imagery used in the New Testament to describe the church - a bride, a temple, a body, a family and a flock. Through these pictures we see the beauty and significance of the church and why it is that the local church is the hope of the world.

    1 Timothy 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 45:12


    Paul is dealing with false teachers acknowledging that they use godliness as a means to attaining financial gain. When all we need is to honor God with what he has given to us.

    Philippians 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 38:17


    What is the secret to contentment. We find out in Philippians 4 with one of the most quoted verses: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (4:13).

    Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 44:28


    What does a wedding and the return of Jesus have in common?

    Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 49:51


    Today we look at 3 more aspects of worship from Revelation 5. We see that worship is prayerful, musical, and emotional.

    Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 39:49


    We see 4 more characteristics of what worship will be like in Heaven. It's physical, sacrificial, vocal and intellectual.

    Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 38:17


    Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty. We was and is and is to come. It's time to worship like it's heaven.

    You are not in Charge

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 45:14


    God talks to Job and we quickly find out that we are not in charge

    You are not Promised Answers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 38:32


    God finally responds to Job...but it's not what you think

    There are Benefits to Suffering

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 40:32


    God uses our suffering to help us and even benefit us.

    Friends will Fail You

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024 52:50


    Though Job is struggling and his friends fail him, he continues to keep his faith in the Lord.

    You are not Guaranteed Fairness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 46:31


    As we look at Job we see that life is not always fair.

    Concerns

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 42:16


    Why do you worry? Why do you weep? These are the questions we look at today.

    Commitment

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 35:46


    Jesus says Do not judge. But asks the question, why do you call Me, Lord, and not obey me? We look at what this means.

    Conversion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 46:06


    Jesus asks us three questions... Who do people say I am? Who do you say I am? and finally Do you believe this? We must ask ourselves the same questions.

    Part 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 48:29


    Following Jesus faithfully means being ALL IN!

    Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 44:44


    We need to publicly speak the name of Jesus.

    Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2024 47:47


    What does it mean to live for Jesus.

    Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 44:19


    Today we see how to move from being a student to someone who goes out to do ministry.

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