Shaun and The Word

Pastor Shaun expounds on the fruit of Joy. It can only be gotten from God.

Pastor Shaun challenges what we esteem as success. It should be the pursuit of obedience to God in reaching others for the Lord Jesus Christ.

Pastor Shaun preaches about how the word of the Lord came to Nehemiah and nothing would stop him from building. What is the word of the Lord for you. 

Pastor Shaun pierces to the heart of the matter by stating, "Only the dead man heard Christ voice and obeyed."

Pastor Shaun teaches strong truths about Christians being bought with a high price, the death of Christ on a cross, and how we must willingly forfeit our desires to serve Him.

Pastor Shaun preaches a soul stirring word about God revealing himself to Moses.

Pastor Shaun preaches an anointed message on Being Found Faithful.

Pastor Shaun gives a relevant word from the story of the prodigal son about having a relationship with a loving Father,

John 8:32 "You shall know the truth..."

Pastor Shaun preaches a powerful word about the nature of God as our Father. He goes deep into detail about how society has been impacted by our current pandemic of absentee Fatherhood.

Pastor Shaun Miles preaches at Westview Baptist Church in Sanford Florida. His powerful word encourages to answer God, through he Blood of Jesus, "Here I am Lord."

Pastor Shaun preaches from Acts 8 on the Power of The Gospel.

Pastor Shaun preaches from Ephesian 6:10-18 about being ready to take a stand against the schemes of the enemy.

Pastor Shaun teaches from 1 Peter 1:15-16 about the Holiness of God and how having a relationship with God makes us Holy as He is Holy.

A word of encouragement from John Chapter 20. Listen to how Jesus turned a Fallen Eden into a Majestic Garden.

Abraham points the way to Jesus by sacrificing his promised son. He trusted that God would provide a sacrifice. In your life, God will provide, you just need to keep pointing others to Jesus.

This message is from September 3rd 2023. We were at one of our partner Churches in Central Florida to share about our ministry to Vietnam. The Lord spoke this message into my heart from Matthew 12:12 and I know it will bless you as it has me. You are valuable to King Jesus. 

This message was preached from the book of Luke 11 on learning how to pray. It was preached at the Springs Church in Jacksonville Fl. In January 2022. I pray it stirs your heart and encourages you. 

This episode is going to talk about the importance of God leading His people. King David wrote in Psalm 37:23 “The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and he delights in His ways.” I will share about David's life and how he was dependent upon the Lord for guidance and direction. I will also share a testimony how in April 2009 the Lord led me to Vietnam to be a blessing but from that time it totally blessed my life. He leads us!! 

This is a powerful word from Matthew 6:32-33. I know the Lord will use it to encourage and bless you in a special way. 

We serve a God who deals on a different economical system. He deals in abundance when we struggle with lack. This episode is one of my favorite testimonies about God's abundance. He truly opened Heaven's flood gates in this season of my life. 

The Lord has a special way of revealing to His people that He is still at work even in the midst of dark days. The Psalmist says, "Even the darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You." Psalm 139:12. God is at work and He is accomplish HIs great will for our lives even in the midst and especially in the midst of tough time and dark days.  This episode I will share how the Lights at the Church were shut off and how from one of the lowest points of my ministry the Lord sent His calvary to come and partner with us. HE is so good! 

Jesus declared if we were going to follow Him we needed to deny ourselves and take up our cross and follow after Him daily. For us Americans that speaks against the embedded hopes of the American dream deep within us. This episode speaks about the journey to learn how to dream other dreams. 

This is the message the Lord gave to me in 2007 when I won the preaching award at the Baptist College of Florida. It focuses on the Godness of Jesus Christ on the cross and it brings a depth to the sacrifice that I seldom think about. Enjoy!

Wow! Just wow! I found this sermon from 2012 that the Lord has given me from the book of Colossians and it blessed me tremendously. I know it will do the same for you! Jesus is still enough!!! 

This message is from 2007. It reflects the need to not just know about the Lord but to know Him. This should be the greatest priority of our life. To know HIM! I pray this message stirs your heart for more of Jesus. God bless you real good. 

This episode is going to take about how DAVID understood the hand of God at work in his life even in the midst of the darkest times. I will share a testimony about how the Lord called my friend Jud Hatfield to come and serve with me in Deland and how the Lord provided manna (Pancakes) that would spring open a homeless ministry that lasted for years following. 

My dear brother in the Lord preached a powerful message at the Christmas Eve service for his church and I thought it would be encouraging to have you hear it. May the Lord ignite a flame in your heart from this word. 

The Lord truly has graced us with His Goodness by inviting us to be a part of His work in this generation. This episode speaks about how my first trip to Vietnam stirred my heart to fully surrender to full-time ministry. 

This episode is such a special one to me. It speaks about the power of God to orchestrate our lives to the place where we are meant to be for His glory. I will share about the way the Lord brought me to Vietnam and it would change my entire life. 

This episode speaks about how David kept a eternal perspective on all that hall had been entrusted to him. The Lord allows us to be a part of His plan and we must keep the mindset that we are going at it alone. I share a testimony of how for me to graduate my final semester it seemed like a impossible task but God. Listen and be encouraged to finish STRONG

The Lord has the ability to take the worse situation snd turn it around for something beautiful. In this episode I will share with you about how the Lord took a difficult time in my life and turned it around for His glory. He is so able!! 

A Message Preached at the Baptist College of Florida in 2016. I graduated from the Baptist College of Florida in 2008 and was invited to preach in the chapel service 8 years later. It was a special moment for me because not to many preachers get an opportunity to preach in the very place where they graduated from. This message was given to me while in Ho Chí Minh City and I had to carry it for what felt like ever to deliver it the campus. You can literally hear the shaking in my voice while I share what the Lord gave me. 

This episode will explain how the Lord has molded me and shaped me to serve Him. I will share how the Lord opened the door in 2007 to go to inland China to preach at a school. I will share the message I preached that day from Ephesians 2. God's great Grace

In this episode I share about my experiences going to Israel and visiting different sites. It is a reminder that the Lord truly wants to give you and I life, and give it ABUNDANTLY. 

This is a message from Sunday October 25, 2020 at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in Deland.  The readings from the day comes from Leviticus 19, Psalm 1, Matthew 22, and 1 Thessalonians 2. The scriptures are read prior to the preaching portion of the service so it is not done during the time of preaching even though I reread the portions I reference. I sure pray the Lord uses this to encourage and stir your heart for more of Him. 

Many times in the life of the believer we face intense pressure and tight situations that can bring anxiety, fear or panic into our life. In this episode I will share with you one of the on going battles I have had with anxiety and panic of Over the years and how the Lord has helped. 

This episode is about a time in my life that the Lord taught me to be reliant upon Him for my righteousness and not in my own strength. It is not a moment I am most proud of but very thankful for. 

This is a testimony about how the Lord gave me the gift of prayer language that has helped me in my journey with Him. 

The Lord is so faithful to His promises. In this episode we will look briefly at the life and faith of Abraham and then I will share a testimony of how the Lord fulfilled his promise to me some 3 years after the fact. 

This episode will discuss the importance of Jesus' word choice in the great commission. I will also share while in Jerusalem in 2006 how the Holy Spirit allowed me to be a part of a real life miracle. 

This episode will speak about the call of God to bring the gospel to the nations. I will share my first experience at missions and how on that first trip God set me up with some pretty amazing relationships that would impact my life for years to come. 

In this episode we are going to look at the importance of discerning between good and God. We will look at the testimony of Joseph during the birth of Jesus and also hear about a divine set up testimony in my own life. 

This is part 3 that in the dealing with loss series and in this episode We will discuss Father as protector. 

FATHER AS A PROVIDER: HIS comfort John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.   I would like to share about the passing of my mother. One thing I love about the Lord is that we can know Him as Father. Father is such a surreal name for it entails more then relationship, but includes attributes. For a Father title comes with Fatherly characteristics A Father is a preparer. The term for head of house (Father) literally means to be out front. Which means to lead or prepare the way Jesus reflects His fatherly attributes by saying He is going to prepare a place for us and one day soon He will come and reveal that place to us for all of eternity Another attribute of a Father is a Provider. Father provides Another Attribute of a Father is Protector. Father PROTECTS These are three attributes that really speak the loudest when understanding God as Father. Father is a preparer (Gets things ready for the family) Father is a provider (Makes sure family has all they need) Father is a protector (Makes sure family is safe from the schemes of the enemy) In a practical sense I would like to reflect how my Father moved on my family's behalf during the lost of my mom.   Father as a PREPARER: His timing FATHER AS A PROVIDER: HIS comfort FATHER AS A PROTECTOR: HIS promises   John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.   Jesus said He would give us HIS peace Let that sink in for a moment HIS PEACE Jesus has perfect, SHALOM! HIS SHALOM IS the very standard There is no higher mark, nor anything to compare it to, for it is PERFECT Jesus promised to provide and give us HIS PEACE   John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. The heart of Jesus to come and give LIFE and to give it abundantly is a beautiful promise. This word abundance is special It is used in another New Testament passage Ephesians 3:20 (KJV 1900): Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us     Abundance- very great, excessive, extremely, emphatic, surpassing, all the more, much greater   Jesus proclaimed that one of the attributes of belonging to the Shepherd is an abundant life.   The Apostle Paul uses this same term when describing what the Shepherd is capable of accomplishing in and for us. Exceedingly abundantly above all...   During this season of loss I have experienced an abundance.   The Lord's abundance of presence. He has been so near and has truly proven His nearness in tangible ways through the entire process.   The Lords peace has been given in abundance as well. I have never in my life experienced such a peace in the middle of such pain. Unreal!   The Lord's comfort through His Church has been so abundant that others have witnessed it themselves.   There has been an abundance of food and fried chicken. So much so that I am literally sick of fried chicken.   At the funeral service there were an abundance of flowers which showed the love and heart of so many.   There was an abundance of pastors who in their own way ministered the gospel to us.   There was an abundance of family members and friends that even in the midst of all of this pandemic they still showed up.   Only Jesus could turn a hour of loss, into a season of abundance   The potential of getting all the Lord has for you during times like this is only available when He is your Shepherd. Jesus said   John 10:9 (KJV 1900): I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.     Jesus said that He is the door that one must entered in order to enter in to the place where He can become your Shepherd. When we come to the one who stands not only as the door keeper but as the very way in to salvation we have access to all He has. The word Saved literally means “to have what God has for you”. When we are in need and Jesus is our Shepherd we have the opportunity to get all He has for us. In most cases, it is abundantly more then what we ever thought it could have been.

Psalm 19:1-2 The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. Day to day pours forth speech, And night to night reveals knowledge.   I would like to share about the passing of my mother. One thing I love about the Lord is that we can know Him as Father. Father is such a surreal name for it entails more then relationship, but includes attributes. For a Father title comes with Fatherly characteristics A Father is a preparer. The term for head of house (Father) literally means to be out front. Which means to lead or prepare the way Jesus reflects His fatherly attributes by saying He is going to prepare a place for us and one day soon He will come and reveal that place to us for all of eternity Another attribute of a Father is a Provider. Father provides Another Attribute of a Father is Protector. Father PROTECTS These are three attributes that really speak the loudest when understanding God as Father. Father is a preparer (Gets things ready for the family) Father is a provider (Makes sure family has all they need) Father is a protector (Makes sure family is safe from the schemes of the enemy) In a practical sense I would like to reflect how my Father moved on my family's behalf during the lost of my mom.   Father as a PREPARER: His timing FATHER AS A PROVIDER: HIS comfort FATHER AS A PROTECTOR: HIS promises   Father as a PREPARER: His timing   Matthew 24:21-22 “For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. “Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.   I have written in my Bible from years ago, “The ELECT IMPACTS HISTORY AND TIME!” You see the Lord is in control of TIME and SEASONS and from this passage and so many like it, it appears as though He uses His ability and power to direct the course of time to a desired goal. What is that desired goal, the good of His people, and the glory of His name.   Colossians 1:17 He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. The Apostle Paul declares that Jesus is out in front, and the out in front means leading the way, preparing the way Then it says, “HE is holding all things together.” He is out in front preparing the way and making sure that WAY is secure in HIM When we are in the States we stay with my mom She has always been gracious enough to allow us to be with her and help her in areas of need. Last year we bought a one way ticket for the first time, not knowing when we would return, but in November the Lord told me to return in December for He had something for me. We did and was able to have Christmas for the first time in the States in 4-5 years. Pretty special time with my family and loved ones, especially my mom Then at the start of the year we began to meet and prepare for our return to Vietnam and like every other time before the Lord gave me a general idea of when we are to go and so I purchased our tickets for the middle of March THEN CORONA SHUT DOWN, I mean COMPLETE LOCKDOWN VIETNAM closed, TICKETS CANCELED and nation on lockdown Because of my mom's health condition we really had to be wise, respectful and careful, so we did not go any where Every day, we were home, in her little house hanging out with her and enjoying her Everyday we ate, laughed, drank coffee, argued, bothered, and spent time together Since December of 2019 until mid July 2020 we were with my mom almost every day, all day long. This Pandemic has been awful, and horrific, but it has also been used by God     Psalm 139:12 Even the darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You.   The night that my mom passed I had been teaching our pastors online and went to go to sleep about 2 am I heard some movment but it was normal movement, but I drifted off to sleep I woke up 45-1 hour later and went to go to the bathroom and poked my head into her room to check on her and saw her laying across the bed I went over and was trying to wake her up and was praying I just felt like it was not right, so I started CPR while I was on the phone with 911 The ambulance came and took over CPR and was able to get a pulse, and vital signs They took her to the hospital and my family made their way here We were confronted with the reality that she is ready to go be with the Lord and in the midst of Corona Virus they were not letting people in to see their family members in that section, but God gave us great victory

This episode speaks about how we long to see God's promises but hardship and difficulties can sometimes cause us to give up or want to quit. However the word of God and the Spirit of God says, “Don't you quit!!” Hebrews 10:35-36

God is Faithful! You can trust His that He will do what He says He will do. 

Divine Set Up 4: Your job is to obey, leave the rest to the Lord  

Divine Set up 3: If you don't sow, you can't reap Genesis 8:22 “While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, And cold and heat, And summer and winter, And day and night Shall not cease.” We are talking about Divine set ups and what that means is the providence of God in putting us in situations, or with people in order for us to get, grow or learn from so that we will be prepared for where He is bringing us. When the Lord had put me divinely back with brother Henry in 2003 until August of 2004 it was a time of preparation. A time of learning and growing and a time of getting some key principals deep down in to my spirit so that I would learn to walk by them One of the greatest lessons brother Henry taught me and in fact he just sent me a text yesterday about it is “Sow a seed, reap a Harvest.” He would always say, “You can never expect a harvest if you have not put a seed in the ground.” I can hear his voice right now saying, “If you get it in the ground you can expect a Harvest because God is so faithful to His word.” The Holy Spirit used him to teach me about tithing and the importance of tithing but also the importance of sowing. Not to just hold on to extra money but to pray about where to put that in the ground and sow it for the Kingdom of God The truth is this is a law, more then a principle For this law of sowing and reaping goes beyond ones faith in God or trust in the Lord. Every year all over the globe farmers go out and prepare their land for a seed they will put in the ground and then that seed will germinate and grow and then the farmer will go out and harvest their crop Over the years I have met so many non-believers who are strong advocates about the sowing and reaping, giving and it shall be giving back unto you law They have learned to conduct their business and guide their wealth through such a law that goes beyond dirt and water We may word it differently like investment (sowing), paying it forward (sowing), but the reality of the law is present.   Galatians 6:7-9 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.   Paul makes it clear here that this sowing and reaping law/principle goes beyond the ground and the seed He says whatever you sow, you will reap. If you sow hate, it is hate you will reap, if you sow to the flesh you will reap corruption, but if you sow to the Spirit you will reap the fruit from the Spirit that leads to eternal life. This sowing mentality is one that is proven and has stood the test of time. Sowing into your marriage, sowing into your business, sowing into your kids, sowing into your own life is done naturally, but the one thing we have to learn to control is what are we sowing We must look to make heavenly investments in to the hearts and life of those around us, especially our family members who are nearest to us I am going to use this time to specifically focus on sowing money where the Lord would lead you. We live in a day where life is about dollars and cents and every penny counts. Especially after the bottom dropped out of the market, jobs were lost, hours were cut, savings were lost, 401 k's were ruined. It has been a very uncertain time financially SO this principle of sowing and reaping is one that has to be a go to resource during times like this. Our natural instinct would be to withdraw from tithing, withdraw from giving, or sowing and start storing, or holding on to. Believe me, I get it and have been guilty of it on many occasions. I have two little kids now and a wife and even though I have founded my life and lived my life on this principle I still am tempted to scrounge up what I got and hold on to it, but to watch it rot is way worse. Paul says this “Yes you are going to get burned out and weary at times sowing, but don't stop, don't give up for your harvest is sure and it is coming.” Did you hear that, “YES you are going to want to stop, and hold on to what you got, but don't you do it, for if you keep sowing, you will keep reaping and will reap a good Harvest.” As I said a couple of episodes ago, Brother Henry would always talk about sow, and reap, seed time and harvest, but he would always add in that Matthew 13 parable where Jesus says, “30, 60, 100 fold harvest.” What Henry would tell me was when you sow in faith, something the non-believers don't have access to for they only depend on the natural return of the sowing and reaping, but the believer relies on the supernatural return of the sowing and reaping because we do it by faith. I have many stories to tell about this principle but I will share this particular one at this time. In 2005 I went on a mission trip to Mexico with Pastor Rick Hagans which I will share with you later about how amazing the Lord set that up, but I met a guy that would become one of my best friends this life has known. Joel. Now Joel loves the word of God and I remember being a young pastor in Bible college sitting next to this guy from New York City who worked as a flight attendant and who sat next to me on our bus rides in and out of Mexico every day. He held a small NT bible and just kept showing me scripture and pouring into me and showing me this and that from the word of God and I remember sitting there thinking, this dude knows more about the word of God then I did at that point. So I made it a point to get me a little NT bible and get in and become a man of the WORD. Well on that trip Joel had mentioned that Times Square Church was doing a trip to Israel and he invited me to go with him. This was December 2005. I was like, yeah man, I will go. At that time you didn't need a passport to go across the border in Mexico and I had never flown on a airplane before but I was like, yeah I will go. Well, we had talked a couple of times via phone after that. I was the pastor in Two Egg and the Spring semester of 2006 had started and ended. I came back to Deland during the week to visit my mom and family and it was getting close to the end of May. It was a Wednesday night and I was in a church service at Calvary Christian Center where Pastor Jim Raley was preaching and in the middle of the sermon he said, “There is someone in here that had something that they thought was dead, but God has brought it back to life even tonight. I knew that was for me, I just knew it. I thought it was a relationship but was I wrong. I went out after the service and saw where I missed a call from Joel around that same time. I called him back and the first words out of his mouth, “You ready to go to Israel the first week of June?” This was the second to the last week of May. I said, yes, I know the Lord has put this together let me try to get my Passport. Remember I was a college student, serving as a pastor in Two Egg, which meant I had no money once so ever. I did however have enough to go to the clerk of court and pay for my passport to be expedited in 24 hours. That Sunday I told the Church in Two Egg that I felt like I had a once in a life time opportunity to go to Israel for a David Wilkerson pastors conference and a tour of the Holy Land. They were overwhelmed and said they would pay for my flight. I remember sitting there in that pew like, WOW, just WOW! I am really going to go to Israel. The next day I called Joel and told him. I ordered my passport and the Church has given me the money to pay for my flight. Hallelujah!!!! We were scheduled to fly out in one week. I rushed around that week as I prepared and I felt like I was on cloud 9 man. Blown away at this opportunity. As I traveled back up the Church on Friday to visit folks and preach I realized I only had $210 to my name and that should be my tithe. I knew I was flying out on Monday and I needed money to pay for rooms, food, gas, etc. but I could work that out with Joel and pay him back. I thought to myself, yeah, but you should keep that $210 so you can have money for getting something. For what felt like the entire 5 hour trip up to Two Egg I wrestled with the thought to keep the tithe or to sow it. Some people only tithe on what they earn, but over the years I made my mind up to calculate gifts toward the tithe or give an offering based on the gift. That week the Church gifted me a Flight to Israel and I was going to give an offering to the Lord on it and when it was all calculated it was about $180 and then my heart was to simply give Him all I had $210 because the $30 left over was not going to do me any good. So, I had settled it in my heart and prayed about it to the Lord. When Sunday came and the time for offering I was in tears as I said, “Lord here is my heart and my gift, thank You. I don't care if I go two weeks in Israel without eating, I am going and I am so thankful.” Well that was a sincere prayer, and a sincere seed. I preached and then gave the invitation. During the invitation people started walking up to offer me a gift from the Lord. I mean, check after check. It was so overwhelming. I just was in tears. It totaled over $1500 and for a young man who grew up in Deland and who only ever could dream about maybe one day going to New York City, the Lord used His principles in which He instilled inside of me, and His Church where He placed me, to show me “30, 60, 100 fold harvest is available for those who sow in faith and leave the results to Him.” Israel was breath taking, the pastors conference was powerful. When we came back I stopped in New York City to stay at my Friend Joel's house, and visit my friend Joey who was working at Times Square Church. I had always wanted to go to New York, but it was nothing compared to Israel. The Lord can do exceedingly, abundantly, more then you can think, ask or imagine. Sometimes He puts us in Divine set ups to test our faith to see if we will trust Him with all of our tomorrows. If you don't sow, you can't reap. Don't stop SOWING, FOR HE IS FAITHFUL!