Gillette Abundant Life Podcast

When things seem impossible, remember we serve a God who can do ALL things. He is looking for believers who have faith of any amount, He will provide the means for it to grow.

We have a choice everyday to choose Jesus and live according to His teachings. God allows us to wake each day with a clear conscience, let us be used by Him.

Paul was addressing the Church in Corinth to pay attention to the Israelites. Pay attention to their mannerisms. In the latter chapter he addressed not to eat things that are offered to idols. Let's draw closer to Christ and let Him lead us.

In this lesson we cannot serve two masters, God and mammon. If we try to serve God and our flesh we will fall because our flesh will mostly take over.

Is your situation seem grim? Are you on a mountain in your life or are you in a valley? Whatever it is you are going through, it doesn't matter. God has it under control. He's the God of the valleys and the God of the mountains. Trust God with it.

Prayer is not just a one way conversation between you and God. It is a connection to God. Prayer is our life line. God can change things in you through prayer if you allow Him. But if you are praying only for people can see you, than that is not sincere. Fasting also can go with prayer and help change you.

Trust God in all things large and small equally. Respect the Lord as well as your brothers. Do not create or become stumbling blocks.God will give everyone a job to do for His kingdom. He will reward each greatly. Give God your whole effort.

We are most precious to God. He loves us so much he died on the cross for our sins and took all those stripes for us and shed his blood for us.

Acts of righteousness, specifically giving to the needy, must be done with sincere motives to honor God rather than for human applause.

This chapter talks about marriage. Marriage is a Godly thing and you will be blessed. Being single is also a Godly thing and you can be blessed just the same.

The seed represents Gods word and the soil represents the human hearts receptivity. Only the seed on good soil thrives representing those who hear, understand, and produce fruit.

Gods sermon is to teach the world to be Born again.

For the church body to be totally unified we must practice forgiveness, settle disputes with brethren in a Godly manner. Stay close to God in all ways. Treat your physical body as Christs temple, because it is such!

We all have a spot of us that we all are ashamed of. Let's not hide it anymore. Let's give it to God. He wants your bad side that way, He can heal it. You can trust Him to take care of it.

In this series, Jesus talks about our speech and our thoughts. It's not just an action that can be bad. It goes as deep as our words and thoughts. Jesus says we are in danger if those go astray. Lord help us keep our thoughts and words pure.

The church must discipline flagrant sin among its members. Such sin, left unchecked, can polarize and paralyze a church.

God allows us to go through trials to refine us, continue to push through trusting that God will provided and give us rest when we need it. He is faithful to His word.

So much that we can learn from Jesus in the opening statements, from the sermon on the mount. Allowing him to dwell within us will make the Beattitudes shine in our lives.

I Corinthians 4 begins with being a faithful steward. But then Paul gets into being a minister. The people of the Corinth wanted to be seen more than wanted to work without being noticed. God's Kingdom is not about fame.

Jubilee of the Lord will bring Joy and Peace to your life like you have never have had before. David danced because he had a jubilee from the Lord.

Because of His love, we can be saved. We are to always remember the ultimate sacrifice that was Jesus.

When you say No, it disrupts the concentration or the thought process of the person or thing that is tempting you in some way. Too many times we give into the desires of the flesh when we need to say sometimes shout no. With this new year rounding the corner, Let's start saying no to things we know we need to say no to.

No matter how we feel, God is with us through all seasons.

As King David did, we should also consider all things through God. Good, bad, joy, and despair, God uses all things to refine us and further His Kingdom.

What kind of soil is your heart. Does it have stones, weeds, thorns. Or does your heart have good soil? Hopefully your heart has the last option. We need to be rooted in Christ especially in this day and age. What does rooted mean, well listen in on this podcast and find out.

The birth of Christ was prophesied many years prior. Keep the Christmas story really about Christ.

God wants to break any and every chain that has you bound. It doesn't matter if it's been 2 weeks, 2 months, 2 years or however long it has had you bound. God can deliver you from anything, if you are willing to give it to Him.

David and Saul were both anointed of God to be king. What was the difference between the 2. Saul was full of himself and wanted to please himself and people. David was man after God's heart and wanted to please God. David repented when he messed up. Saul did not.

Part of the thing of the Corinthian church was they were too carnal. We cannot walk in the Spirit of God and please the flesh at the same time. We are going to choose one of the other. Let us choose God.

Jesus has a plan for each of us to overcome the things of this world. Becoming holy through His ways will help us to draw others near to Him.

When we have a grateful heart. God can do wonders in our lives.

King David fully put his trust and faith in God. We should learn from King David as an example of putting trust and faith in the Lord.

Paul reminds the church of Corinth to keep Christ in the center, also calls for unity among them.

Have you messed up lately? Have you really messed something up? That voice will say "It's too late now. You are worthless. Now God doesn't care for you anymore." That is a lie from hell. God loves you so much He died for you. God's love is deeper than your mess ups.

Having a heart for or after God. What does that mean? That means doing whatever pleases God, no matter what others think. It is more refreshing then trying to please this world.

We need to let God transform us so he can use us for his Kingdom. Look at the story of the apostle Paul.

Don't ever think of yourself as useless or of no value to God. Submit to Him and get ready to be used!

No man can serve 2 masters no matter how much you think you can. Jesus said and if He said it then you can take that to the bank that it is true. So who are you going to serve, God or wealth. You can put any label on it. Maybe it's time that God becomes your master.

Judas betrayed Jesus. The devil used Judas to betray Jesus. we need to learn from Judas and not listen to satan.

We can learn a lot from the seven churches. Church of Laodicea is covered here.

The disciples that were mentioned today were part of the outer circle. They were not as close to Jesus like some of the other disciples were. That does not make them less important then the others. Jesus still used them and counted them as the 12. That doesn't make us less important in God's kingdom. God can still use you no matter how insignificant you feel.

The church of Philadelphia was a faithful church. They teach us how to be faithful in this day in age. We need to be faithful to God with prayer and fasting and reading and studying his word. We also need to be faithful to the church in our attendance and tithes and offering.

God will communicate several ways to get our attention. We have a duty to here him and respond.

Every voice has a distinction about it, whether it's high or low, loud or quiet. If you listen to a voice long enough you can recognize that voice without even seeing who walked into a room. God doesn't us a booming voice, but a still small voice. He wants to invite us in, not scare us. We need to start recognizing the distinction of God's voice.

The church or Sardis was a dead church because the didn't live for the Lord like they should have lived. They are a prime example of how we should not be. We need to be a live and living church, not a dead one.

God is with us everywhere, even when we cannot feel Him through the valleys of life. Have faith for He is with us.

Lesson 5. Thomas and Matthew. God has a specific plan for each of us, maybe not something we're good at or comfortable doing. His plan will be something that we can only do through Him, and His strength.

The churches in the Bible will teach us how we should live in this time frame. Like how how we should dress and be modest for the Lord and not be like the world. the Bible says come out from them and be ye seperate.

The Good life.... what does that mean. Big house, nice cars, lots of money, fame....the list could go on for a minute. But in the end those things won't matter. Jesus is the answer to that question. Enoch found that out in Gen 5. He walked with God 365 years of his life then God took him home. He didn't experience death. God needs to become our everything, our good life.

Phillip and Nathaniel were the next 2 in the group that was mentioned today. Nathaniel didn't think nothing could come from Nazareth. But on the contrary, God is always good. God doesn't call you because you are perfect or have it all together. He calls you because He can help you in your brokenness. He uses the broken and imperfect people to further His kingdom.

Endurance through hardships. Be who God says you are, not who others say you are. Don't listen to the lies of the enemy. Stay steadfast in prayer, stay in Gods will for your life. We will endure hardships that may be designed to grow us. Stay strong, joy comes in the morning!