New Covenant Christian Fellowship

James 5:7-12 “Meanwhile, brothers and sisters, we must be patient and filled with expectation as we wait for the appearing of the Lord. Think about the farmer who has to patiently wait for the earth's harvest as it ripens because of the early and latter rains. So you also, keep your hopes high and be patient, for the presence of the Lord is drawing closer.  Since each of you are part of God's family never complain or grumble about each other so that judgment will not come on you, for the true Judge is near and very ready to appear!  My brothers and sisters, take the prophets as your mentors. They have prophesied in the name of the Lord and it brought them great sufferings, yet they patiently endured. We honor them as our heroes  because they remained faithful even while enduring great sufferings. And you have heard of all that Job went through and we can now see that the Lord ultimately treated him with wonderful kindness, revealing how tenderhearted he really is! Above all we must be those who never need to verify our speech as truthful by swearing by the heavens or the earth or any other oath.  But instead, we must be so full of integrity that our “Yes” or “No” is convincing enough and we do not stumble into hypocrisy.”   In this episode, Chris Austin talks about walking with integrity, the strengthening of your heart, and the coming of the lord in the present moment as well as in the future.     Presented on January 22, 2023 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

James 5: 1-6 “Listen all you who are rich, for it's time to weep and howl over the misery that will overtake you! Your riches lie rotting, your fine clothing eaten by moths, and your gold and silver are corroded as a witness against you. You have hoarded up treasure for the last days but it will become a fire to burn your flesh. Listen! Can't you hear the cries of the laborers over the wages you fraudulently held back from those who worked for you?  The cries for justice of those you've cheated have reached the ears of the Lord of armies! You have indulged yourselves with every luxury and pleasure this world offers, but you're only stuffing your heart full for a day of slaughter. You have condemned and murdered good and innocent people who had no power to defend themselves.“   In this episode, Chris encourages us to see our finances as a way to find surrender and adventure with the Holy Spirit, as we embrace what a Kingdom Economy looks like.    Presented on January 15, 2023 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

James 4: 13-17 “Listen, those of you who are boasting, “Today or tomorrow we'll go to another city and spend some time and go into business and make heaps of profit!” But you don't have a clue what tomorrow may bring. For your fleeting life is but a warm breath of air that is visible in the cold only for a moment and then vanishes! Instead you should say, “Our tomorrows are in the Lord's hands and if he is willing we will live life to its fullest and do this or that.” But here you are, boasting in your ignorance, for to be presumptuous about what you'll do tomorrow is evil! So if you know of an opportunity to do the right thing today, yet you refrain from doing it, you're guilty of sin”   In this episode, we learn from James about how to dream for our future and be intentional about living our lives to the fullest without being presumptuous about God's plans.    Presented on December 11, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

James 4: 8- 11 “Move your heart closer and closer to God, and he will come even closer to you.  But make sure you cleanse your life, you sinners, and keep your heart pure and stop doubting.  Feel the pain of your sin, be sorrowful and weep! Let your joking around be turned into mourning and your joy into deep humiliation. Be willing to be made low before the Lord and he will exalt you! Dear friends, as part of God's family, never speak against another family member, for when you slander a brother or sister you violate  God's law of love. And your duty is not to make yourself a judge of the law of love  by saying that it doesn't apply to you, but your duty is to obey it!”   In this episode, Chris dives into some deep waters from the book of James, in which we are called to form an emotional connection with our need for transformation.   Presented on November 27, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

James 4: 5-8 “Does the Scripture mean nothing to you that says, “The Spirit that God breathed into our hearts is a jealous Lover who intensely desires to have more and more of us”? But he continues to pour out more and more grace upon us. For it says, “God resists you when you are proud but continually pours out grace when you are humble.”  So then, surrender to God. Stand up to the devil and resist him and he will flee in agony. Move your heart closer and closer to God, and he will come even closer to you.”   In this episode, Chris brings a personal story that taught him how intimacy with God and intimate relationship with others is our greatest form of spiritual protection and warfare.    Presented on November 13, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

James 4: 4-6 “You have become spiritual adulterers who are having an affair, an unholy relationship with the world. Don't you know that flirting with the world's values places you at odds with God? Whoever chooses to be the world's friend makes himself God's enemy! Does the Scripture mean nothing to you that says, “The Spirit that God breathed into our hearts is a jealous Lover who intensely desires to have more and more of us”? But he continues to pour out more and more grace upon us. For it says, ‘God resists you when you are proud but continually pours out grace when you are humble.'”   Chris encourages us to examine our relationship with the world and blesses each of our journeys as we search for deeper intimacy with Jesus.   Presented on October 30, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

James 4:1-3 “What is the cause of your conflicts and quarrels with each other? Doesn't the battle begin inside of you as you fight to have your own way and fulfill your own desires? You jealously want what others have so you begin to see yourself as better than others. You scheme with envy and harm  others to selfishly obtain what you crave—that's why you quarrel and fight. And all the time you don't obtain what you want because you won't ask God for it! And if you ask, you won't receive it for you're asking with corrupt motives, seeking only to fulfill your own selfish desires.”   In this episode, Chris talks about desire and the real role it plays in our lives. We are encouraged that we can be freed from our own personal hell through introspection and our relationship with God.    Presented on October 16, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

James 4:1 “What is the cause of your conflicts and quarrels with each other? Doesn't the battle begin inside of you as you fight to have your own way and fulfill your own desires?”   In this episode, we talk about bringing all parts of your heart to Jesus and letting God inform your self-talk.    Presented on October 2, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

James 3:17-18 “...wisdom from above is always pure, filled with peace, considerate and teachable. It is filled with love and never displays prejudice or hypocrisy in any form and it always bears the beautiful harvest of righteousness! Good seeds of wisdom's fruit will be planted with peaceful acts by those who cherish making peace.”   In this episode, we discuss the manifestation of peace that comes through wisdom. May you have a revelation of what peace really means for you as you pursue wisdom from above.   Presented on September 25, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

James 3:12-18 “Is it possible that fresh and bitter water can flow out of the same spring? So neither can a bitter spring produce fresh water. If you consider yourself to be wise and one who understands the ways of God, advertise it with a beautiful, fruitful life guided by wisdom's gentleness. Never brag or boast about what you've done and you'll prove that you're truly wise. But if there is bitter jealousy or competition hiding in your heart, then don't deny it and try to compensate for it by boasting and being phony. For that has nothing to do with God's heavenly wisdom but can best be described as the wisdom of this world, both selfish and devilish.  So wherever jealousy and selfishness are uncovered, you will also find many troubles and every kind of meanness. But the wisdom from above is always pure,  filled with peace, considerate and teachable.  It is filled with love and never displays prejudice or hypocrisy in any form and it always bears the beautiful harvest of righteousness! Good seeds of wisdom's fruit will be planted with peaceful acts by those who cherish making peace.”   In this episode, we are encouraged that there is wisdom from above and it is contrasted with the wisdom of the world. One brings life and one does not. That being what it is, we can walk in step with the spirit of wisdom and understanding, and let gentleness rule our hearts.    Presented on September 11, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website. 

“We all fail in many areas, but especially with our words. Yet if we're able to bridle the words we say we are powerful enough to control ourselves in every way, and that means our character is mature and fully developed. Horses have bits and bridles in their mouths so that we can control and guide their large body. And the same with mighty ships, though they are massive and driven by fierce winds, yet they are steered by a tiny rudder at the direction of the person at the helm. And so the tongue is a small part of the body yet it carries great power!  Just think of how a small flame can set a huge forest ablaze. And the tongue is a fire! It can be compared to the sum total of wickedness and is the most dangerous part of our human body. It corrupts the entire body and is a hellish flame!  It releases a fire that can burn throughout the course of human existence. For every wild animal on earth including birds, creeping reptiles, and creatures of the sea and land have all been overpowered and tamed by humans, but the tongue is not able to be tamed. It's a fickle, unrestrained evil that spews out words full of toxic poison! We use our tongue to praise God our Father and then turn around and curse a person who was made in his very image! Out of the same mouth, we pour out words of praise one minute and curses the next. My brothers and sisters, this should never be! Would you look for olives hanging on a fig tree or go to pick figs from a grapevine? Is it possible that fresh and bitter water can flow out of the same spring? So neither can a bitter spring produce fresh water.” James 3:2-12   In this episode, we are empowered to see our potential for good as well as evil. And we are encouraged to create congruency between our internal heart and what we speak to the world around us.   Presented on August 14, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

“You can believe all you want that there is one true God, that's wonderful! But even the demons know this and tremble with fear before him, yet they're unchanged—they remain demons. O feeble sons of Adam, do you need further evidence that faith divorced from good works is phony?” James 2:19-20   In this episode, we talk about what it means to be a bondservant and how we can rely on God the Father as our primary giver.   Presented on July 31, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

“My dear brothers and sisters, what good is it if someone claims to have faith but demonstrates no good works to prove it? How could this kind of faith save anyone?” James 2:14 (TPT)    In this episode, we talk about backing up our ideas and conversations about faith with actions of love. Not that we must prove our salvation through good works, but that we GET to show our faith through the way we love our community in practical ways.   Presented on July 24, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

"Your calling is to fulfill the royal law of love  as given to us in this Scripture: “You must love and value your neighbor as you love and value yourself!” For keeping this law is the noble way to live. But when you show prejudice you commit sin and you violate this royal law of love! For the one who attempts to keep all of the law of Moses but fails in just one point has become guilty of breaking the law in every respect! For the same One who tells us, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.”  Now if you don't commit adultery but do commit murder, you are still guilty as a law-breaker. So we must both speak and act in every respect like those who are destined to be tried by the perfect law of liberty," James 2:8-12 (TPT)   In this episode, we reflect on the perfect law of liberty. Presented on July 7, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.  

"Your calling is to fulfill the royal law of love as given to us in this Scripture: “You must love and value your neighbor as you love and value yourself!” For keeping this law is the noble way to live. But when you show prejudice you commit sin and you violate this royal law of love!" James 2:8-9   In this episode, we are challenged to identify the ways we use wrong standards of judgement against those who we would deem as "sinners" or "the others". And we are encouraged by James' teachings to show the priceless way of Jesus, which is to love and value others as we love and value ourselves.    Presented on June 26, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.  

“If someone believes they have a relationship with God but fails to guard his words then his heart is drifting away and his religion is shallow and empty. True spirituality that is pure in the eyes of our Father God is to make a difference in the lives of the orphans, and widows in their troubles, and to refuse to be corrupted by the world's values.” James 1:26-27 (TPT)    In this episode, we are encouraged to bask in the glory of God, remembering our identity and authority as children of God and to allow that to inform how we bring practical help to the lives of the people in our Community.    Presented on June 12, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

“Don't just listen to the Word of Truth and not respond to it, for that is the essence of self-deception. So always let his Word become like poetry written and fulfilled by your life! If you listen to the Word and don't live out the message you hear, you become like the person who looks in the mirror of the Word to discover the reflection of his face in the beginning. You perceive how God sees you in the mirror of the Word,  but then you go out and forget your divine origin. But those who set their gaze deeply into the perfecting law of liberty are fascinated by and respond to the truth they hear and are strengthened by it—they experience God's blessing in all that they do!” James 1:22-25 (TPT)    In this episode, we are encouraged to LIVE out the promises of God, as brothers and sisters together!   Presented on May 29, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

"Of his own will, he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God." James 1:18-20   Going deeper into what the New Covenant promises us, we look at verse 1:18 along with James 1:19-20 and are encouraged to remember God's heart for all and how we can relate to others around us with that promise in mind.   Presented May 15, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

"Of his own will, he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures."- James 1:18   In this episode, we are encouraged by the daily renewal God offers us as a gift through the word of truth - Jesus Christ.   Presented on May 1, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

"Every gift God freely gives us is good and perfect, streaming down from the Father of lights, who shines from the heavens with no hidden shadow or darkness and is never subject to change." James 1:17 In this episode, we explore the immutable nature of God, as seen in the gift of Jesus Christ. Happy Easter from our Community!  Presented on April 17, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

"...Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him." - James 1:12 In this episode, we are reminded that our relationship with God is a love relationship, rather than one of transaction. We are encouraged to hear God's intent that He has promised us a crown of life - this is His blessing to us.  Presented on April 12, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

".. If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking. But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do." James 1:5-8 In this episode, we are encouraged that God is our one and only abundant source of wisdom.  Presented on March 13, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

"...when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind." - James 1:6 In this episode, Chris explores the relationship between the desires of your heart and the goodness of God. Presented on March 6, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

"And if anyone longs to be wise, ask God for wisdom and he will give it! He won't see your lack of wisdom as an opportunity to scold you over your failures but he will overwhelm your failures with his generous grace." - James 1:5 (tpt) Chris helps us explore how wisdom from above is often is often considered foolishness in our eyes. Yet the fruit of God's wisdom is transformation and life! Presented on February 27, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

"Greetings! My name is Jacob (James), and I'm a "bond-servant", a love-slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. I'm writing to all the twelve tribes of Israel who have been sown as seeds among the nations." James 1:1 In this introduction to our series on the Book of James, Chris helps us focus on what it means to be a "bond-servant" to Jesus Christ. Presented on February 13, 2022 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Chris Austin shares about God's invitation in to the wide open places and how to engage in blessing even to our own hearts Presented on November 28, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Chris Austin shares about prayer and interacting with God with our attention and growing in our attunement Presented on November 11, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Brian Fenimore shares about continuing in prayer. Presented on November 7, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Chris Austin shares about walking with Jesus and His wisdom. Presented on October 24, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Chris Austin shares about the way God's glory is transmitted through us.  Presented on October 10, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Chris Austin share about the mystery of God's glory in us.  Presented on October 17, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Brian Fenimore shares seeking more of the Glory of God in our lives Presented on October 3, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Chris Austin riffs on themes of God's kindness and how it works into our lives and hearts. Presented on September 26, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Chris Austin shares about becoming the representation of God's kindess Presented on September 19, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Chris Austin shares about the way God's Goodness shows in our story not just in the results. Presented on September 12, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Brian Fenimore shares about how God's glory changes our lives Presented on September 5, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Chris Austin shares about the mystery of walking with Jesus and of moving beyond only asking as praying. Presented on August 29, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Chris Austin shares about ways we can practice abiding in Jesus Presented on August 22, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Chris Austin shares about Praying With God Presented on August 15, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Brian Fenimore share his heart for the People of God to step into the power of prayer. Presented on August 8, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Chris Austin shares about the Lamb that is worthy Presented on July 18, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Chris Austin shares about slowing down to the speed of relationship with God Presented on June 27, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Chris Haggerty shares about how God weans off of our earthly fathers. Presented on June 20, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Chris Austin shares from Micah 6:8 about walking with God Presented on June 13, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Brian Fenimore shares about the goodness of God and His ministry to us Presented on June 6, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Chris Austin shares about how the power of God's kindness to bring restoration Presented on May 30, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Chris Austin shares about moving into the further baptism of experiencing God through Holy Spirit Presented on May 23, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Chris Austin shares about how believers are often the only way that people connect with God. Presented on May 16, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Brian Fenimore shares from Romans 8 about the goodness of God in all circumstances. Presented on May 9, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Chris Austin shares about the fellowship around communion Presented on April 25, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.

Jeaninne presents how God is working peace in the middle of trying times. Presented on April 19, 2021 For more information please visit the Emmaus Fellowship website.