This is a collection of bible study lessons, taught by various leaders of the Read Pray Share family.
Shawn Pierce continues on his journey through the book of Colossians. Seeing what Paul has to say in the next couple of verses in chapter 2 and what we can take and learn today. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Shawn Pierce continues his journey through the book of Colossians looking at the next three verses in chapter two. seeing what Paul is saying to his original readers and what we can take and learn from it today. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Continuing in chapter 2 of the book of Colossians, Shawn Pierce takes a look at verses six and seven as he exegetes these two verses. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Shawn Pierce is delivering another message where he is continuing his book study in the book of Colossians. Shawn is now in chapter 2 of this book exegeted the first five verses. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Shawn Pierce picks up and finishes off his teaching in the Book of Colossians where he finishes taking us through chapter one looking at the last six verses. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
In this message we are hearing from Elaine Jones, RPS head od prayer ministry. In this message, Elaine is taking a look at John 15 verses 1-8 and seeing what Jesus's last words to His disciples before His departure from them and to the cross. Jesus exhorts His disciples to remain in and He lets them know repeatedly who He is, who the Father is, and who they are and the need for the branch to remain in the true vine to produce the rich fruit that's consistent and can only come from the true vine (Jesus) they are connected to. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
In this message, Shawn Pierce is back in the book of Colossians looking at the next set of scriptures in Colossians 1 where Paul is exalting the preeminence of Christ and the importance of seeing Christ in His supremacy because of the state that we were all once in when we were alienated from Him. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
In this message, Shawn Pierce takes a look at the book of Colossians the first chapter where he is dissecting the prayer of Paul to the believers in Colossae. A prayer that we can all pray and heed to even in our modern-day and time. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Shawn Pierce delivers a powerful message as he journeys through the writer of Psalms 42 words while having us reflect on who our true source is. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Shawn Pierce continues in this Bible Study message in Galatians 5 where he is navigating the remainder of the chapter as he is talking about the freedom we have in Christ and how we stay free in Christ! We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Shawn Pierce continues yet another week with a powerful foundational message surrounding the RPS theme and vision for this year 2025. Shawn dives back into the Book of Galatians, this time navigating through chapter 5 breaking the text down for us to once again understand what Paul is conveying even for our contemporary time. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Shawn Pierce delivers yet another powerful heart permeating message in week 4 of this 2025 year. Coming from Galatians 3, Shawn looks at Paul's words to the believers in Galatia and navigates the text to see what we can extract and learn from this text for our contemporary walks and journey with Christ. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
In week 3 of this 2025 year, Shawn Pierce delivers yet another powerful message. In this message he is diving into a text in Matthew 19. A powerful message that will challenge how we see Jesus and so much more that can be pulled from this message for our personal journeys. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
In week 2 of this 2025 year, Shawn Pierce delivers a powerful message from the Book of Romans, specifically chapter 3. However, Shawn first dives into the first 2 chapters of Romans before getting into the text in chapter 3 to bring his message full circle and to show how we are all guilty. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
This is the very first message in the 2025 year by RPS ministries being delivered by Shawn Pierce. He shares with the ministry the 2025 theme for this year while also taking a dive into Psalm 1 and breaking down the text to tie into the 2025 theme.
In week 2 of this 2025 year, Shawn Pierce delivers a powerful message from the Book of Romans, specifically chapter 3. However, Shawn first dives into the first 2 chapters of Romans before getting into the text in chapter 3 to bring his message full circle and to show how we are all guilty. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Concluding our 2024 RPS Bible Study year, Elaine Jones, head of our Prayer Ministry ends us out with a message on Spiritual Maturity. Taking a look at Paul's words in Philippians 3, Elaine dives into the text to help us see what Paul has to say about spiritual maturity, actively pressing on, Christlikeness and how we can practically heed his words today. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
In this beautifully delivered message, Khia Cross shares with us a message coming from the book of Luke where she is looking at two stories in Luke 1 where some biblical figures are getting a sure word/promise from the Lord and the different responses to these promises we see from these individuals. Khia navigates the text to help us leave standing firm on What God has said. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
In the month of December, RPS will have three different ministers coming with a Word from the Lord. This first message being delivered by Destini Wlison, was a beautiful start! Destini delivers a powerful message from Matthew 6 that leaves us reminded, challenged, and encouraged to seek God first understanding that is the key to a worry-free life. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
In this message, Shawn Pierce delivers another powerful and sobering message as he navigates Revelation 2:1-7 which is where we can find one of the seven letters to the Churches and this message Shawn navigate scripture by scripture the letter to the Church in Ephesus. A humbling message that will have us all doing a heart check. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
In this message, Shawn Pierce takes delivering us another powerful message. He is back in Hebrews where he is talking about discipline from God's perspective and how it is an act of love by our Father. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Shawn Pierce delivers a beautiful convicting message as he navigates through the first three verses of Hebrews 12. Three scriptures that will have a grand impact all while re-shifting and challenging our focus and where we may find ourselves in our particular journeys if our focus is off the King. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Angie Pierce delivers yet another beautiful heart piercing message! Angie navigates this message by looking at Psalm 51 where we get the famous scripture of David desiring for God to create in him a clean and pure heart. There is a lot that is unpacked in this message that we can we learn for our personal journeys. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
In this beautiful message being delivered by Angie Pierce, she takes a look at a familiar story in Luke's Gospel about Martha and Mary. She looks at this story from a different perspective than many of us may have heard it while also thoroughly breaking down what it means to really be at the feet of Jesus. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Angie Pierce delivers a beautiful, solid, transparent message as she took us on a journey through David's words in Psalm 139. A Psalm that shows the Omniscience and Omnipresence of our God and how He knows us and is intimately acquainted with us. Can we be willing to do as David did and allow and be open to God searching us thoroughly? We pray this message, and series blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Pastor Kevin McKenzie, from Rise Up Church out of Savannah, Georgia has blessed RPS with another beautiful message. Pastor Kevin delivers a beautiful convicting message talking to us about the Sabbath. He journeys through three Old Testament passage that talks about the sabbath day while explaining what those three text mean and help us understand the importance of honoring something that God honors and day that He has blessed. We pray this message, and series blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Ending out the wonderful and convicting series on the Fear of The Lord, Shawn Pierce ends out talking about the biblical blessings that we see that are attached to fearing God. They may not look like what the world calls and deems as a blessing but in Gods eyes these things can be looked at prosperous blessings that material things can't compare to. We pray this message, and series blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Continuing in our fear of the Lord series, Shawn delivers another message that will help you gain more and more insight and understanding of this topic that we should all be cognizant of as followers of Christ. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
This message being delivered by Shawn Pierce is the beginning of a series where he will be journeying through something so vital in the Christian Faith, the fear of the Lord. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
A message by Shawn Pierce where he starts by putting our focus back on our theme that we harped on at the beginning of the year, Wholly Holy. This message he exhorts us to consider God is all that we do to experience the optimal life and outcomes that God desire for us to have. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Angie Pierce delivers a beautiful message as she talks about the God who stands with us. She dives deeper into this thought about the presence of God and what that looks like for us as His children. Angie exhorts and encourages through her message that we truly do have a Father that stands with us. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
In this message being delivered by Jorrion Wilson, he takes us on a journey through a popular Psalm, Psalms 23, but Jorrion delivers this message and give us points from the text from a new and fresh perspective. A message that will be one to help no matter where you are on your journey with Jesus. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
In this message being delivered by Angie Pierce, she teaches on the topic of identity but looks at it from a different perspective and lens. A message that will allow you to see such an important topic in a new light. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
In this message being delivered by Shawn Pierce, he gives us the last message withing the three-part series on the topic of Suffering. Knowing suffering is inevitable, Shawn opens up the book of Job and gave us six truths to consider. These six truths all are going to be key in the times of Suffering. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
In this message being delivered by Shawn Pierce, he gave us a part two on the topic of Suffering. Knowing this is inevitable, Shawn gave us three points to consider from Psalms 22. David shows us these three truths that could help us to thrive in the times of Suffering. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
In this message being delivered by Shawn Pierce, he deals with a topic that is inevitable for all but is avoided typically. That topic is Suffering. Knowing this is inevitable, Shawn gave us four truths from the word of God found in 2nd Corinthians 1:3-10 that will help us all in Suffering. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
In this message, Shawn Pierce leads us to ponder a question surrounding the thought of casting our cares while giving truth from the word of God found in 1st Peter 5 to help us answer the question. The truth on this topic is critical to each believer in Jesus Christ. Go ahead and jump into this message, and we pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Ending out our fun month series for the month of July, Elaine Jones, RPS head of prayer ministry, who has taught during past fun month series, is delivering yet another word from the Lord. A message that will encourage you, exhort you, and most importantly challenge you in the area of your mind and thoughts. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Continuing in our Fun Month Series, Angie Pierce, one of our lead pastors who has taught many messages before to the RPS family, Angie has brought one of her most vulnerable, beautiful, heartfelt messages during her sermon in this fun month series. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Continuing in our Fun Month Series, RPS invited Elder Kayla to deliver a word to the RPS ministry. Kayla is also not unfamiliar to the RPS fam as she was invited to be a worship leader with RPS in Odessa, Tx. This message Kayla delivered about the importance of us getting back to our roots is a message that will leave you convicted, edified, and most importantly challenged! We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Every year for the month of July RPS has a series called "Fun Month" where the ministry invites different guest speakers to come and give us a word surrounding our theme for the year or whatever God put on their hearts to share. This first message of the series is being delivered by Pastor Kevin from Rise Up Church out of Savannah, Georgia. Pastor Kevin is not unfamiliar to the RPS fam as he has shared wonderful messages with us before. Another powerful and convicting message was indeed given by Pastor Kevin! We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
In this message being delivered by Shawn Pierce, he takes us on a brief journey through the book of Esther and gives a wonderful message on the sovereignty of God in this book and inevitably in our lives and how seasons may look like this only book in the Bible that does not mention God but has Gods fingerprint all throughout the book of Esther. He breaks this down and how we can see God even when we don't necessarily see Him directly and plain like that in the book of Esther. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Shawn Pierce delivers a beautiful convicting message surrounding the subject matter of restoration. Shawn challenges us in his message to first check our own hearts when it comes to restoration and exhorting us to have the same heart and mind like that of Christ when it comes to restoration with fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Concluding our series on money, Jorrion Wilson ends us out of this amazing and practical money series. He talks about debt, generosity, and stewardship and what the Bible has to say about each and how we can make these things practical in our day to day life. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Continuing in our money series, part two sermon is being delivered by Shawn Pierce who explains greatly to us how tithing is so much more than money but rather a heart posture. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Jorrion Wilson kicks us off in our very first message in our mini-series over money/finances. Something that is just as important as everything else we talk about in our Christian faith walk and something God has a lot to say about in His word. As you journey with us through this money series you will learn more about money from a biblical standpoint, how to be wise stewards of it, and overall God's viewpoint of it. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
In week 4 of our Faith series, we are hearing from Jorrion Wilson who gracefully delivers a beautiful convicting message. Jorrion takes a look at Daniel's life of Faith that led him to have tremendous lion's den Faith. A message we truly all can practically take something from. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Continuing in our Faith Series, Shawn Pierce delivers yet another powerful message in this series. He takes a look at the life of Noah and what his life and Faith can teach us today. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
Continuing in our series on Faith, Shawn Pierce delivers yet another powerful message. Shawn takes a look at the life of Abraham, the father of Faith, and shows us biblically and practically from Abraham's life what Faith not only looks like but also talks like. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
For the month of May RPS will be in a new series where we will be talking about "Faith". Shawn Pierce starts this series out with a foundational message on Faith and what it is from a biblical perspective. We pray that you all can stick with us as we journey through this series and talk about what makes up the whole Christian Walk, Faith. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!
In this message we are hearing from Jorrion Wilson who delivers a wonderful message where he is extracting from the book of Acts a message about the beautiful and powerful gift of the Holy Spirit. We pray this message blesses you as it did for us! Join the RPS family by following us on IG @readprayshare for weekly events to fellowship with us. Be encouraged!