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Send us a textGod is in the midst of those who love Him.  If we desire to be close to Him, we need to understand He requires of us to love and trust Him.  When we do this we can experience that sweet fellowship and have confidence that we are truly a child of the King. 

Send us a textChapter 12 is the final chapter in the book of Daniel and explains what will happen at the end of the age.  3 1/2 years (1,260 days) after the abomination of desolation Jesus returns.  1,290 days Jesus' government is established on the earth.  1,335 days He judges the nations on earth and those found in the book of life are allowed to enter into His kingdom while those who are not will be destroyed and await the final judgement of Revelation 20.  

Send us a textGod commanded Joshua to meditate upon His word before Joshua set out to conquer the promised land.  Joshua's task was impossible and required him to completely trust in God and God's Law given to Moses.  The result of trusting in God and meditating on His word was victory in the impossible.  Same principle applies to believers today.  Trust Him and meditate upon His word.  

Send us a textIn our relationship with Jesus, our willingness to obey Him and follow wherever He leads us is critical if we want to see God's work being done in our life.  Those who have religion without a willing heart toward God, simply miss out on the glory of God being present in their lives.  Those who have a willing heart are those who please Him. 

Send us a textDaniel chapter 11 deals with the Grecian Empire and the history of it related to Israel and the end of the chapter appears to refer to the coming world leader (Antichrist) and his exploits.  

Send us a textI have discovered that a willing heart does a person a whole lot more good than a brain filled with theology.  Being willing to serve God with a heart that is grateful for Him and His grace and mercy allows us to experience more of Him and His goodness.  

Send us a text En el episodio cuento mi historia de cómo pude superar la dificultad que tenía al compartir mi fe en Jesús con los demás. 

Send us a textAs we begin season 5 at the Junkyard Outreach, I want to say thanks to all those listening and pray that God is impacting your life more each day.  Thank you for listening!  Todd

Send us a textWe as believers are living a life where God is using us to demonstrate His love, grace forgiveness, etc.  And our role in this life is to obey Him and demonstrate to this world what the life of the believer looks like.  The things we do are referred to, in Scripture, as "fruit."  As a tree naturally bears fruit, because it's designed to, so too we also produce things in our lives consistent with godliness if we are truly abiding in Jesus.  

Send us a textReading the Scriptures brings us to places where we see God's commands for His people.  In the Old Testament Law of Moses, we find many "you shall" commands.  And this may come across as oppressive to someone who is not familiar with the love of God but upon closer examination we, as believers, can find something special in the "you shalls" in Scripture.  

Send us a textMany promises in Scripture may seem to lofty to grasp but when we are still before God and obedient to His calling, these promises will begin to creep in.  We need to put in the work by being obedient to His calling and the prompting of the Holy Spirit, then we can see these promises more clearly. 

Send us a textIn the Bible the name Korah is synonymous with rebellion.  Korah was a cousin to Moses and Aaron and tried to overthrow them and assume the leadership of Moses and the newly created priesthood established by God for Aaron and his descendants only.  It's a tragic story that reflects many of our own rebellious desires against God and a careful study of the story reveals how human ambition and pride can easily destroy a family, community, church etc.  On the other hand, when we realize we are in God's will and things aren't going well with our leaders, we can trust that God is teaching us how to submit to Him by submitting to the leaders in a way that is pleasing to God.  

Send us a textDaniel receives another vision 2 years after the vision in Ch.9.  The introduction to this vision is contained in Ch.10 and the vision itself is in Ch.11.  

Send us a text"Be still and know that I am God" is a verse in Psalm 46.  In this psalm we see a picture of the believer's life and the things that can distract us from our relationship with Him and His command to us to simply be still reminds us that we are cared from by a great God.  

Send us a textDaniel Ch.9 is an important chapter in the Scriptures due to it's prophetic declarations.  While not all agree on one "end times" scenario, this chapter lays out important details worth studying in the area of prophecy.   

Send us a textAaron was made to be the first priest in the nation Israel.  He had four sons who were also commissioned by God to be priests as was the linage of Aaron forever.  But Aaron and his sons had to learn some lessons about being a spokesperson for God and some of those lessons were very difficult and many of the same lessons can be difficult for us.  However, staying faithful to our King gives us the assurance He is with us in the midst of these hard lessons. 

Send us a text La ley natural del pecado en nuestras mentes es algo que podemos abordar con el poder del Espíritu Santo. Somos criaturas caídas y necesitamos la santidad para compensar nuestra propia oscuridad interior. Esa santidad viene del Espíritu Santo que habita en nosotros. 

Send us a textIn Psalm 31 David boasts of his security in the Lord and how God has always watched his back.  It's starts with the fear of the Lord, then learning to trust Him.

Send us a textDaniel sees, in a vision, the second and third world empire battling it out.  He also sees a historical villain named Antiochus IV, who persecuted the Jews and defiled their temple.  This person is a forerunner to the coming world leader who will, in many ways, mimic him with persecution and hate for the Chosen People.  

Send us a textJesus speaks often about "the Kingdom."  Here we take a closer look at this kingdom from the point where it is physically established on Earth. 

Send us a textDaniel receives a vision of the four world empires , paralleling King Nebuchadnezzar's dream in chapter 2.  Daniel gets more insight on how the final empire transitions to the Messianic Kingdom or the Kingdom of Christ. 

Send us a textRejoicing in moments when things are good is pretty simple.  But can we rejoice when things are not simple?  Yes we can because the hope we have can overcome the sorrow of this world. 

Send us a text La palabra "fruto" en el Nuevo Testamento a menudo se aplica a las acciones de una persona. Así como un árbol produce naturalmente frutos, así también una persona produce naturalmente cosas en su propia vida. Al observar la obra del Espíritu Santo en nuestras vidas, las cosas producidas por la presencia de Dios en nosotros deben ser evidentes para todos los que nos rodean. A esto se le conoce como el "fruto del Espíritu". 

Send us a textDaniel is put to the test and passes at the risk of a violent death in a den of lions.  God is with him and rewards Daniel for his faithfulness.  

Send us a textJesus warned all believers to stay awake and pay attention to the kind of lives we live ensuring that we are ready at any moment to meet the Lord.  He also shares information about His return when He will set up His kingdom.  This is a topic that every believer needs to really focus on because what we do now has great influence upon our eternity. 

Send us a textPerversion is turning away from what is right.  And when we examine our own hearts we can often see our own tendency to turn away from what's right.  But remaining in Christ and under the conviction of the Holy Spirit can steer us back to truth and victory in Jesus. 

Send us a textBabylon is conquered only after God sends the presiding king, Belshazzar, a haunting message which requires Daniel to interpret.  

Send us a textKing Nebuchadnezzar tells his story of surrendering to God Most High.  

Send us a textIn the Scriptures we see the heart mentioned many times and keeping our heart in a place that pleases the Lord requires faith, power from the Holy Spirit and instruction from the Word.  

Send us a text En las Escrituras vemos dos tipos de tristeza. Tristeza piadosa y tristeza mundana. Cada uno es diferente y tiene un efecto diferente en nuestro arrepentimiento. 

Send us a textBelievers can sometimes find themselves overwhelmed in their relationship with Jesus when things get complicated and the walls feel like they are closing in.  It can feel so complicated that we question if it's even worth it.  But the simplicity in Jesus is not overwhelming, nor is it a heavy burden.  What makes it overwhelming is our natural tendency to pile on a lot of stuff thinking it's what God wants but in reality it's not from God at all.  Getting back to the simplicity of Christ means we can dump a lot of junk and free up a cluttered spiritiual life.  

Send us a textDaniel's three companions have their faith tested and win big.  

Send us a textDaniel interprets a dream of the King of Babylon when none of the wise men could.  

Send us a textIn 1973, in Stockholm Sweden, bank robbers took several hostages in their failed robbery.  What emerged from that incident was an understanding that people can become sympathetic to those doing evil and actually support them in their evil.  This is referred to as Stockholm Syndrome.  In the spiritual world, this is nothing new as the Devil has convinced many to play ball in his court and go along with his rebellion resulting in many deceived people paying a horrible price for their ignorance.  But in Christ we are made aware of the Devil's schemes and given the Holy Spirit to combat the Devil's deception.  Sadly however, many victims of the Devil's deception sit in pews week after week living as spiritual hostages and don't even realize it.  In Christ we are liberated from the Devil's chains and set free from sin.  It no longer has power over us but if we are not careful is can still influence us as it sits crouching at our door continually.  

Send us a textThe book of Daniel is an interesting book in the Scriptures.  It's argued over, rejected, accepted and can easily become a difficult book to really grasp.  I am in the camp where I take the book of Daniel serious and consider it to be divine scripture as compared to others who believe the book is not divinely inspired.  Jesus has no issue with the book and quotes from it.  Also the nature of the book is apocalyptic meaning it speaks of things that pertain to the end times and compliments the New Testament book of Revelation so there is imagery, symbolism and strange things spoken of that have their camps of interpreters battling over whose interpretation is correct.  But the book can be a source of encouragement for the student of Scripture if the Holy Spirit is allowed to lead.  

Send us a textIn the Scriptures we clearly see two realities.  The physical and the spiritual.  The physical world and all the things we can observe compared to the spiritual world which is invisible.  In our natural mind we process what we know based on what we have experienced in our learning from birth until the present.  It's how we survive.  But the spirit, or the spiritual mind, is one that is governed by the Holy Spirit and is not dependent upon our own understanding rather our faith - trusting Jesus regardless of whether or not we can fully grasp the reason(s) why.  When our natural mind submits to the Spirit then we can know we are in our right mind. 

Send us a text En muchos episodios, he animado a los oyentes a ser llenos del Espíritu Santo continuamente. Esto significa que debemos creer y recibir a Jesús. Una vez que esto sucede, el Espíritu Santo está listo para guiarnos y usarnos para el Reino y para glorificar a Dios. La morada del Espíritu Santo es clave para nuestro trabajo para Jesús y nuestras recompensas eternas.

Send us a textIn this episode I share my own experience this Christmas and how it translated into a deep moment of worshiping the king.  

Send us a textWhen we study the Christmas story we find there are many very interesting things about the story that many have never considered.  In this episode I summarize the story in chronological order and encourage listeners to tell the story this holiday season to whoever the opportunity presents itself. 

Send us a textA blessed home is something I always wanted but couldn't seem to really achieve.  But then when Jesus revolutionized my life, we obtained it not by acting nice rather by obeying Him and His Word.  

Send us a text Jesús dijo que Él vino a darnos vida en abundancia. Pero cuando miramos la palabra vida cuidadosamente, no significa necesariamente una vida materialista, sino una vida espiritual. Y cuando Él es nuestro Rey, y nosotros le obedecemos, podemos comenzar a vivir una vida que es verdaderamente abundante ahora y en la eternidad. 

Send us a textMany women cringe when they read God's word and discover they need to submit to their husbands.  But a look into the topic reveals a few things.  First a women who wants to please God will obey Him regardless of their feelings.  Second, when God commands us to to something it's for the best in His eyes and this should be enough to convince us it's the best for us.  But when we, as believers draw closer to Jesus, we realize something very critical in our relationship with Him.  We ALL have to submit to God first.  And when we do this the rest falls into place a lot easier.  

Send us a textPaul ends his letter to the Roman believers with his final greetings.  

Send us a textOne of our responsibilities in our relationship with Jesus is that we are always striving to live with a renewed mind that happens when we are truly born from above or born again in Jesus.  Peter reminds us of this and if we really want to win this race of life we would do well to heed the Scriptures and push forward into a closer relationship with Jesus and pursue holiness.  

Send us a text Jesús dijo que Él vino a darnos vida en abundancia. Pero cuando miramos la palabra vida cuidadosamente, no significa necesariamente una vida materialista, sino una vida espiritual. Y cuando Él es nuestro Rey, y nosotros le obedecemos, podemos comenzar a vivir una vida que es verdaderamente abundante ahora y en la eternidad.

Send us a textWhen Peter understood that he was going be executed for Jesus, he wrote his second letter imploring the believers to take their relationship with Jesus serious and grow strong in Him.  He instructs believers to pursue Jesus, adding things to their faith that would draw them closer to the Lord.   

Send us a textPaul is wrapping up his letter to the Romans with a promise to see them at some point as he knew he was going to Rome, by revelation, to testify to the Emperor. 

Send us a textJacob starts out his adult life coercing his brother, Esau, out of his birthright.  He then, with the help of his mom, lies to his blind father and receives the blessing of the firstborn.  His parents send him away to get a wife from his relatives and not from the corrupt people among them in the land of Canaan.  In his journey God presents Himself to Jacob and tells him that He will be with Jacob and bring him back to the land of his father.  This is the beginning of Jacob's spiritual journey which will culminate with him lying on his deathbed in Egypt surrounded by his 12 sons whose descendants would become the nation Israel.  There are a lot of lessons he will learn that we would do well to learn by his example and not the hard way.   

Send us a textEvery believer should become familiar with Romans 14.  It's here that we are taught to be respectful toward other believers who don't share some of our convictions.  We focus on Jesus and His love for us and stay in fellowship with those believers who are focusing on Jesus and His love as well and let all the little things go.  

Send us a textSubmitting to the governing authorities as commanded by God is a very good witness.  Those who refuse to submit to authority and claim to be Christians are behaving contrary to God's commands and character.  

Send us a textFor the believer, victory is something we can achieve in many areas of our lives through the power of the Holy Spirit.  But to get to the victory dance, we need to yield to God and obey Him.  This can be difficult for many people for a number of reasons but when we come into that place of obedience, we can then find the victories God has for us.