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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2025 48:16

Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe James 3:13-18 James 3:13–18 | Wisdom Made Visible from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo. 2025-10-19 | ProPresenter TITLE: WISDOM MADE VISIBLE SCRIPTURE: James 3:13-18 WHO IS WISE AND UNDERSTANDING? WISDOM MADE VISIBLE WISDOM FROM BELOW WISDOM FROM ABOVE 1 Corinthians 8:1–3 (ESV) we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, he is known by God. James 2:18 (ESV) But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. Numbers 12:3 (ESV) Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth. Deuteronomy 32:2 (ESV) May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like gentle rain upon the tender grass, and like showers upon the herb. Proverbs 9:9 (ESV) Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning. Thomas Manton There are two sins which were Christ's sorest enemies, covetousness and envy. Covetousness sold Christ, and envy delivered him. These two sins are still enemies to Christian profession. Covetousness maketh us to sell religion, and envy to persecute it. Mark 8:36–37 (ESV) For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? For what can a man give in return for his soul? James 1:14–15 (ESV) But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. Romans 11:36 (ESV) For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.

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Jonah: In the Storm - October 12, 2025 First Service

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 124:30

SALVATION COMES FROM THE LORD Jonah 2.1-10 Jonah 2.1-10 (NLT) Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside the fish. He said, “I cried out to the Lord in my great trouble, and he answered me. I called to you from the land of the dead, and Lord, you heard me! You threw me into the ocean depths, and I sank down to the heart of the sea. The mighty waters engulfed me; I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves. Then I said, ‘O Lord, you have driven me from your presence. Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.' I sank beneath the waves, and the waters closed over me. Seaweed wrapped itself around my head. I sank down to the very roots of the mountains. I was imprisoned in the earth, whose gates lock shut forever. But you, O Lord my God, snatched me from the jaws of death! As my life was slipping away, I remembered the Lord. And my earnest prayer went out to you in your holy Temple. Those who worship false gods turn their backs on all God's mercies. But I will offer sacrifices to you with songs of praise, and I will fulfill all my vows. For my salvation comes from the Lord alone.” Then the Lord ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach. Jonah's story is our story. We've all run from God. Romans 3.23 (ESV)For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. James 3.2 (ESV)For we all stumble in many ways. We head toward something we think will fulfill us… • More money (the wealth-ship) • A relationship (the relation-ship) • Escapism: substances, entertainment, social media, or the next thrill (the cruise-ship of distraction) There are a lot of things God does — but He does not give up on us. And He does not pretend that our sin doesn't matter. He confronts, He disciplines, and he does it all with redemption in mind. Jonah realizes his only option is God. He can't swim out. He can't bargain his way out. He prays: “Salvation belongs to the Lord.” (v. 9) KEY TRUTHS: 1. Reject the self-salvation project. “Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.” V.8 2. Trust that God can save. “Salvation comes from the Lord.” V.9 3. Trust that God has already made provision. “You brought my life up from the pit, O Lord my God.” V.6 Acts 4.11-12 (NLT) Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, ‘"The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone." There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved. Acts 4.12 (NLT)There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved. Maybe you feel overwhelmed today. The storm in your life is just too much. That's the Gospel. Storms are real. But Christ is stronger. Jonah's prayer didn't get him out of the fish instantly. But it aligned his heart with God. Sometimes God changes our circumstances. Sometimes He changes us in the middle of our circumstances. Either way… He saves.Subscribe to PRESTONCREST - with Gordon Dabbs on Soundwise

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Jonah: In the Storm - October 12, 2025 Second Service

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2025 71:31

SALVATION COMES FROM THE LORD Jonah 2.1-10 Jonah 2.1-10 (NLT) Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside the fish. He said, “I cried out to the Lord in my great trouble, and he answered me. I called to you from the land of the dead, and Lord, you heard me! You threw me into the ocean depths, and I sank down to the heart of the sea. The mighty waters engulfed me; I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves. Then I said, ‘O Lord, you have driven me from your presence. Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.' I sank beneath the waves, and the waters closed over me. Seaweed wrapped itself around my head. I sank down to the very roots of the mountains. I was imprisoned in the earth, whose gates lock shut forever. But you, O Lord my God, snatched me from the jaws of death! As my life was slipping away, I remembered the Lord. And my earnest prayer went out to you in your holy Temple. Those who worship false gods turn their backs on all God's mercies. But I will offer sacrifices to you with songs of praise, and I will fulfill all my vows. For my salvation comes from the Lord alone.” Then the Lord ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach. Jonah's story is our story. We've all run from God. Romans 3.23 (ESV)For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. James 3.2 (ESV)For we all stumble in many ways. We head toward something we think will fulfill us… • More money (the wealth-ship) • A relationship (the relation-ship) • Escapism: substances, entertainment, social media, or the next thrill (the cruise-ship of distraction) There are a lot of things God does — but He does not give up on us. And He does not pretend that our sin doesn't matter. He confronts, He disciplines, and he does it all with redemption in mind. Jonah realizes his only option is God. He can't swim out. He can't bargain his way out. He prays: “Salvation belongs to the Lord.” (v. 9) KEY TRUTHS: 1. Reject the self-salvation project. “Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.” V.8 2. Trust that God can save. “Salvation comes from the Lord.” V.9 3. Trust that God has already made provision. “You brought my life up from the pit, O Lord my God.” V.6 Acts 4.11-12 (NLT) Jesus is the one referred to in the Scriptures, where it says, ‘"The stone that you builders rejected has now become the cornerstone." There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved. Acts 4.12 (NLT)There is salvation in no one else! God has given no other name under heaven by which we must be saved. Maybe you feel overwhelmed today. The storm in your life is just too much. That's the Gospel. Storms are real. But Christ is stronger. Jonah's prayer didn't get him out of the fish instantly. But it aligned his heart with God. Sometimes God changes our circumstances. Sometimes He changes us in the middle of our circumstances. Either way… He saves.Subscribe to PRESTONCREST - with Gordon Dabbs on Soundwise

James 2:14-26 | Faith Made Visible

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2025 48:13

Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe James 2:14-26 James 2:14-26 | Faith Made Visible from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo. CAN THAT FAITH SAVE HIM? SHOW ME YOUR FAITH FAITH APART FROM WORKS IS DEAD Deuteronomy 6:4–5 (ESV) “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.” Genesis 22:18 (ESV) … blessed, because you have obeyed my voice. Genesis 15:6 (ESV) And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness. Charles Simeon His faith existed before: but now it operated; and “was made perfect by the works which it produced;” just as a tree is then only in a state of complete perfection, when it is laden with its proper fruits. Romans 3:28 (ESV) For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law. Charles Simeon St. Paul exalts Christ, as giving a title to heaven; St. James, as giving a meetness for heaven. St. Paul bends the whole force of his mind to establish the one leading doctrine of the Gospel; St. James, to have that doctrine adorned James 1:14–15 (ESV) But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

CONVINCED: What In The World Is Happening Right Now? (Pt. 2)

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2025

Luke‬ ‭9‬:‭43‬-‭45‬ (‭ESV) ‬‬“And all were astonished at the majesty of God. But while they were all marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.” But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, so that they might not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.”Who would want to kill Jesus?Why would they want to kill Jesus?Luke 13:31–35 (ESV) At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” And he said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course. Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.' O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! Behold, your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!' ”In our lifetime, there have been assassinations.Charlie Kirk is the first spectacle/murderRecorded live/high def while streamingCan be replayed infinitelyThe arguments about his message are typicalUnlike other assassinations, we can go back and review his message unlike any other. Something different:He was political, but was doing more than arguing politics He was smart, but more than arguing factsHe regularly declared TRUTH - preacher/prophetic/apostolicHe had influence in the highest spheres: culture, finance, politics and church.Shockingly, no scandals (though people are doing everything to create them.His funeral was a first ever in my lifetimeLargest funeral in our timeWho's who of finance and politicsPowerful worship, for hoursHours of the Gospel being preached - JESUSA gospel that doesn't reach all spheres of society, including our leaders in government, is an ineffective gospel.Our message isn't for these four walls - it's for this zip code, for this region, for our nation, for the world.“The church should stay out of politics!” I agree to the point that we have to be careful about trying to get specific candidates elected under the banner of “God's Man.” Politics is attempting to influence morality and Christians are attempting to influence morality, Christians have to speak into politics. Moses appealed not only to the Israelites, but also to Pharaoh Prophets spoke directly to Kings - Elijah/Ahab/Jezebel1 Kings 18:1 (ESV) After many days the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth.”Jesus was before Pontus PilatePaul/Silas preached to their jailerPaul preached to Publius and eventually appealed to Rome Acts 19:21 (ESV) Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”A version of this is playing out in American right now.?A nation/states founded on biblical principles We have the highest population of non-Christian's trying to throw off our Christian-based frameworkThis will be more defined than ever in your lifetime.People will be involved. The spiritual realm will be very active THERE IS ASSAULT ON TRUTHThis is not an attack on facts, but TRUTH2 Corinthians 11:3 (ESV) But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning…TRUTH is under attackGenesis 1:1 (ESV) In the beginning, Godcreated the heavens and the earth.Genesis 1:26 (ESV) Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion…Genesis 1:27 (ESV) male and female he created them.Genesis 1:28 (ESV) And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”Genesis 2:15 (ESV) The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.Genesis 2:16–17 (ESV) And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”Genesis 3:4–5 (ESV) But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”THERE IS AN ASSAULT ON TRUTH TELLERSGod is the ultimate truth teller - his WORDS created lifeTRUTH tellers declare, deposit and reinforce LIFEYou are not a threat based on what you believeYou become a threat by what you declare with your life and especially with your WORDSAdam/Eve were the original TRUTH tellers - the moment that they sinned, they were deceived and their role changedCain killed AbleGenesis 4:3–8 (ESV) In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground, and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and his offering, but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell. The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.” Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.1 John 3:12 (ESV) We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.Saul tried to kill DavidSaul killed priests - 1 Samuel 22:17 (ESV) And the king said to the guard who stood about him, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because their hand also is with David, and they knew that he fled and did not disclose it to me.” Jezebel killed the ProphetsHerodias killed John the Baptist Mark 6:17–20 (ESV) For it was Herod who had sent and seized John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because he had married her. For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.” And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death. But she could not, for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he heard him gladly.Mark 6:23–25 (ESV) And he vowed to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.” And she went out and said to her mother, “For what should I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.” And she came in immediately with haste to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”Pharisees killed Stephen - Acts 7:54–59 (ESV) Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him. But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together at him. Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”JesusEvery apostle but John There is going to be an attack on Christianity on a new level. Not just individuals, but Christianity will be the new racismTHERE IS AN ASSAULT TO BE SILENT ABOUT, TOLERATE, AFFIRM & ULTIMATELY CELEBRATE ANTI-TRUTHPeople become deceived - believe the lies2 Thessalonians 2:7–12 (ESV) For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming. The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.War on Words:Gender Affirming CarePlanned ParenthoodSocial Pressures - Go along to get alongRedefining of LOVE - Love without truth is not LOVEJohn 14:6–7 (ESV) Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”John 8:31–32 (ESV) So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

CONVINCED: What In The World Is Happening Right Now?

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2025

Luke‬ ‭9‬:‭43‬-‭45‬ (‭ESV) ‬‬“And all were astonished at the majesty of God. But while they were all marveling at everything he was doing, Jesus said to his disciples, “Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.” But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, so that they might not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.”Who would want to kill Jesus?Why would they want to kill Jesus?Luke 13:31–35 (ESV) At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” And he said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course. Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.' O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! Behold, your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!' ”In our lifetime, there have been assassinations.Charlie Kirk is the first spectacle/murderRecorded live/high def while streamingCan be replayed infinitelyThe arguments about his message are typicalUnlike other assassinations, we can go back and review his message unlike any other. Something different:He was political, but was doing more than arguing politics He was smart, but more than arguing factsHe regularly declared TRUTH - preacher/prophetic/apostolicHe had influence in the highest spheres: culture, finance, politics and church.Shockingly, no scandals (though people are doing everything to create them.His funeral was a first ever in my lifetimeLargest funeral in our timeWho's who of finance and politicsPowerful worship, for hoursHours of the Gospel being preached - JESUSA gospel that doesn't reach all spheres of society, including our leaders in government, is an ineffective gospel.Our message isn't for these four walls - it's for this zip code, for this region, for our nation, for the world.“The church should stay out of politics!” I agree to the point that we have to be careful about trying to get specific candidates elected under the banner of “God's Man.” Politics is attempting to influence morality and Christians are attempting to influence morality, Christians have to speak into politics. Moses appealed not only to the Israelites, but also to Pharaoh Prophets spoke directly to Kings - Elijah/Ahab/Jezebel1 Kings 18:1 (ESV) After many days the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth.”Jesus was before Pontus PilatePaul/Silas preached to their jailerPaul preached to Publius and eventually appealed to Rome Acts 19:21 (ESV) Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”A version of this is playing out in American right now.?A nation/states founded on biblical principles We have the highest population of non-Christian's trying to throw off our Christian-based frameworkThis will be more defined than ever in your lifetime.People will be involved. The spiritual realm will be very active THERE IS ASSAULT ON TRUTHThis is not an attack on facts, but TRUTH2 Corinthians 11:3 (ESV) But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning…TRUTH is under attackGenesis 1:1 (ESV) In the beginning, Godcreated the heavens and the earth.Genesis 1:26 (ESV) Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion…Genesis 1:27 (ESV) male and female he created them.Genesis 1:28 (ESV) And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”Genesis 2:15 (ESV) The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.Genesis 2:16–17 (ESV) And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”Genesis 3:4–5 (ESV) But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”THERE IS AN ASSAULT ON TRUTH TELLERSGod is the ultimate truth teller - his WORDS created lifeTRUTH tellers declare, deposit and reinforce LIFEYou are not a threat based on what you believeYou become a threat by what you declare with your life and especially with your WORDSAdam/Eve were the original TRUTH tellers - the moment that they sinned, they were deceived and their role changedCain killed AbleGenesis 4:3–8 (ESV) In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground, and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and his offering, but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell. The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must rule over it.” Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.1 John 3:12 (ESV) We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.Saul tried to kill DavidSaul killed priests - 1 Samuel 22:17 (ESV) And the king said to the guard who stood about him, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because their hand also is with David, and they knew that he fled and did not disclose it to me.” Jezebel killed the ProphetsHerodias killed John the Baptist Mark 6:17–20 (ESV) For it was Herod who had sent and seized John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because he had married her. For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.” And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death. But she could not, for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he heard him gladly.Mark 6:23–25 (ESV) And he vowed to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.” And she went out and said to her mother, “For what should I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.” And she came in immediately with haste to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”Pharisees killed Stephen - Acts 7:54–59 (ESV) Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him. But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together at him. Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”JesusEvery apostle but John There is going to be an attack on Christianity on a new level. Not just individuals, but Christianity will be the new racismTHERE IS AN ASSAULT TO BE SILENT ABOUT, TOLERATE, AFFIRM & ULTIMATELY CELEBRATE ANTI-TRUTHPeople become deceived - believe the lies2 Thessalonians 2:7–12 (ESV) For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming. The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.War on Words:Gender Affirming CarePlanned ParenthoodSocial Pressures - Go along to get alongRedefining of LOVE - Love without truth is not LOVEJohn 14:6–7 (ESV) Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”John 8:31–32 (ESV) So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Spiritual gifts in greater measure | Power Sessions

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2025 150:19

2 Timothy 1:6 (ESV)“For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.” SPIRITUAL GIFTS IN GREATER MEASUREExplore the gifts God has placed within you and learn to stir them up for greater impact.

01 Wise Up! - Be a Wise Guy

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2025 30:37

Wise Up! Part One: Be A Wise Guy By Louie Marsh, 10-5-2025 1) Biblical wisdom is PRACTICAL not THEORETICAL. 20Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future. 21Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.” (Proverbs 19:20–21, ESV) “5Whoever keeps a command will know no evil thing, and the wise heart will know the proper time and the just way. 6For there is a time and a way for everything, although man's trouble lies heavy on him.” (Ecclesiastes 8:5–6, ESV) “10If the iron is blunt, and one does not sharpen the edge, he must use more strength, but wisdom helps one to succeed.” (Ecclesiastes 10:10, ESV) The word translated “wisdom” is hakam. The essential idea of wisdom represents a manner of thinking and attitude concerning life's experiences; including matters of general interest and basic morality. The wisdom of the OT however, is quite distinct from other ancient world views...Reflected in OT wisdom is the teaching of a personal God who is holy and just and who expects those who know him to exhibit his character in the many practical affairs of life.... The emphasis of OT wisdom was that the human will, in the realm of practical matters, was to subject to divine causes. Therefore, Hebrew wisdom was not theoretical and speculative. It was practical, based on revealed principles of right and wrong to lived out in daily life. In the NT the Greek for Wisdom is Sophia. Sophia originally indicated unusual ability and knowledge in the practical sphere...but later concentrated on theoretical knowledge. 2) Biblical Wisdom is DOING Not just knowing. “5See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. 6Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.'” (Deuteronomy 4:5–6, ESV) “43Whoever is wise, let him attend to these things; let them consider the steadfast love of the Lord.” (Psalm 107:43, ESV) 3) Biblical wisdom engages the WILL, not just the intellect. “17Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge, 18for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.” (Proverbs 22:17–18, ESV) “22Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.” (Romans 1:22–23, ESV) “The ethical dynamic of Greek philosophy lay in the intellect...Knowledge was virtue” Two extremes to avoid: · Biblical KNOWLEDGE is wisdom. The Usual Evangelical One - thinking of spiritual growth and wisdom is equated with how much you know about God and the Bible. Wrong - there are many knowledgeable yet carnal Christians!! · Knowledge isn't important – it's about OBEDIENCE. The Usual Fundamentalist One - thinking that knowledge isn't important and developing an anti-intellectual attitude. The Real Truth – I can't obey God if I don't KNOW His Word. But knowledge without obedience is worthless - and foolish! 4) Biblical wisdom comes from GOD. “10The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!” (Psalm 111:10, ESV) “7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.” (Proverbs 1:7, ESV) “Wisdom is accordingly connected with the fear of Yahweh...Here also is developed the distinctive aspect of the understanding of wisdom in Israel: wisdom is rooted in adherence to God...'This idea is among the most characteristic of Israelite religion. Non-Israelite wisdom is unaware of this kind of almost programmatic rooting of wisdom in the fear of God.' (Gerhard von Rad)” “1The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good.” (Psalm 14:1, ESV) 5) Biblical wisdom is CHRIST. “24but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.” (1 Corinthians 1:24, ESV) For the Christian who is searching for Wisdom - you need look no further than Christ. What He said, how he lived, what he did - these are wisdom incarnate!! 6) Biblical wisdom is LOOKING for me! “20Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice; 21at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:” (Proverbs 1:20–21, ESV) “1Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice? 2On the heights beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand; 3beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud: 4“To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the children of man.” (Proverbs 8:1–4, ESV) “1Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars. 2She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table. 3She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town,” (Proverbs 9:1–3, ESV) Unlike what most people think - wisdom isn't all that hard to find. God wants you to be wise - and will do all He can to help you be that way!

DIVIDED WE FALL | America's next stand, can't be against one another.

The Dangerous Man Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2025 30:44

Text us your questions or comments!We refuse to let another tragedy be hijacked by political games and Psy-ops. We refuse to waste our fire on left vs. right tribal wars. The real war is truth vs. lies, light vs. darkness, freedom vs. control. If America is to survive, Men and Women must rise above the old battle lines and stand shoulder-to-shoulder as brothers and sisters … one nation, under God, indivisible… with liberty and justice for all!PROMOS“Before we dive in, hit subscribe, leave us a review, and maybe win a free T-shirt. and share this episode with a brother who needs to hear it.”“Weak men drink weak coffee. If you're going to rise early, crack your Bible, and attack your day, you need fuel that hits hard. That's why we back Confined Space Coffee—real coffee for real men. Get 10% off your first order with code DANGEROUSBREW10.”This episode isn't about politics, it's about survival. If we don't break the cycle of division, America dies from the inside. The elite class wants us busy hating each other. Because as long as we're fighting left vs. right, we never see the real enemy the ones cashing in while we are bleeding out.SOTD: Ephesians 6:12 (ESV) - “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” Tactical Application:Refuse Division Bait: Ask yourself before you share, who benefits if I hate my neighbor?Grieve Together: Don't mock the tragedy, stand shoulder-to-shoulder.Rebuild Local Bonds: Start with your neighborhood, your church, your workspace, your local bar.Redirect Anger Upward: Target corruption, elite greed, and lies, not your neighbor's bumper sticker.Defend Free Speech: Even speech you hate. Because if they can silence one, they can silence all.Choose Brotherhood Over Party: Anchor in faith, family, and freedom, not red vs. blue jerseys.“Unity is the weapon. Division is the trap.” - Rory LawrenceSupport the show TDMP SITE: https://dangerousmanpodcast.com/ Grab some DANGEROUS GEAR in our shop https://dangerousmanpodcast.com/shop/ Support the show for as little as $3 a month https://www.buzzsprout.com/2080275/supporters/new Follow us on X for more shenanigans https://twitter.com/TDMPodcast603 Follow us on Instagram for extra shenanigans https://www.instagram.com/thedangerousmanpodcast/ Connect with Matt Fortin & Rory Lawrence Email us at: thedangerousmanpodcast@gmail.com Remember men... Stop trying & start training! Top Men's Podcast for 2024... https://podcasts.feedspot.com/mens_podcasts/

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Built On The Rock

Bay Chapel

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 40:06

Built Different Pt. 1 | September 14, 2025Pastor Bria BradshawMatthew 7:24-27 (ESV) “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. 26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”A life built on the rock is a life built on what God says.√ Hear what God Said√ Hear what God is Saying “If we are Bible believing people, the most natural activity that we should all lean towards is learning to listen to, discern, and hear God's voice on a regular basis.” - Bob Hamp, Think DifferentlyBUILT ON THE ROCKI. LISTEN FOR GOD'S WORDSHebrews 4:12-13 (ESV) For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.II. PUT IT INTO PRACTICE.Luke 11:27-28 (ESV) As he said these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!” 28 But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” To learn more about Bay Chapel or to visit us in person, visit baychapel.comGroup Discussion Questions + Practice1. Looking back at Matthew 7:24–27, what stands out to you most about Jesus' comparison of the wise and foolish builders? Why do you think He used such a vivid image?Follow-up prompts: What do the storms represent in real life? Why do you think He talks about the foundation instead of the house itself?2. Statistics show that Bible engagement in America is at devastating lows, even among Christians. Why do you think so many people struggle to consistently read and hear from God through His Word?Follow-up prompts: What does hearing God speak through the Bible look like in your own life? What's the difference between reading words on a page vs. encountering the living God?3. Building on the rock makes us unshakable in storms. Where in your life right now do you sense God calling you to trust His Word and put it into practice, even when it's hard?Follow-up prompts: What “storm” are you facing (or preparing for) that requires faith? What step of obedience could you take to stand firm this week?4. If hearing God's Word leads to a life that's "built different", what is one intentional way you could posture yourself to listen more attentively to Him this week?Follow-up prompts: What practice helps you quiet distractions so you can hear? What would it look like to treat God's voice as the “foundation” under your week?Spiritual Practice for the Week:Daily Listening Prayer: Set aside 5–10 minutes each day to read a short passage of Scripture (maybe from the Sermon on the Mount), sit in silence, and ask: “Lord, what are You saying to me today?” Write down what comes to mind and look back at the end of the week to notice patterns.

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James 1:1 | James, a Servant

Hope United's Weekly Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2025 47:23

James 1:1 | James, a Servant from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo. Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe James 1:1 WHO IS JAMES? TO WHOM IS JAMES WRITTEN? WHAT IS FAITH IN JAMES? JAMES, THE SERVANT JESUS IN JAMES Deuteronomy 32:4 (ESV) The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he. Mark 6:2–3 (ESV) And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works done by his hands? Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him. 1 Corinthians 15:7 (ESV) Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Thomas Manton how to bear afflictions, to hear the word, to mortify vile affections, to bridle the tongue, to conceive rightly of the nature of God, to adorn our profession with a good conversation, with meekness, and peace, and charity; finally, how to behave ourselves in the time of approaching misery James 2:14 (ESV) What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? James 2:23 (ESV) and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God. Romans 3:28 (ESV) one is justified by faith apart from works of the law. Romans 2:9–10 (ESV) There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. Matthew 12:48–49 (ESV) But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! Matthew 28:20 (ESV) … teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. Trials and Perseverance Mark 13:13 (ESV) And you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. Hearing and Doing Matthew 7:24 (ESV) Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. Partiality and Judgement Luke 14:12–14 (ESV) He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.” Faith that is Alive Matthew 7:16–17 (ESV) You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit. John 14:15 (ESV) If you love me, you will keep my commandments. Speech and Integrity Matthew 12:34–35 (ESV) How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. Pure Wisdom Matthew 11:19 (ESV) The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.” Humility and Dependance Matthew 6:33–34 (ESV) But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Riches and Poverty Matthew 6:19–24 ESV “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Prayer & Restoration Luke 11:9–10 (ESV) And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. John 14:6 (ESV) I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 10:9 (ESV) I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. Listen to the Apostles Acts 4:12 (ESV) And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Ephesians 2:18 (ESV) For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. Romans 5:1–2 (ESV) Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Why Christianity? - Elder Fraser Dodds

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2025 35:38

Sunday Evening Service - Why Christianity? - Elder Fraser DoddsLegacy Standard VersionJohn 14:6Ephesians 2:8-9Hebrews 11:1 (NKJV)Psalm 22:15-182 Corinthians 5:21John 16:8Romans 1:16John 3:16 (ESV)For more from Reformation Church please visit: www.reformationchurch.co.uk

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PUSHING CLOSER

Bay Chapel

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 35:54

Closer Pt. 3 | August 24, 2025Pastor Bria BradshawResistance is essential to our spiritual formation. Faith turns moments of resistance into stories of resilience.Mark 5:25-28 (ESV) And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, 26 and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse. 27 She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. 28 For she said, “If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.”√ PEOPLE√ STRUGGLES√ TIME PASSED Lies We Believe√ I have to get through this myself. - We become self-reliant.√ My mess is too much for God or people. - We become isolated.√ It's too late for me now. - We become hopeless. Mark 5:29-34 (ESV) And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. 30 And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said, “Who touched my garments?” 31 And his disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, ‘Who touched me?'” 32 And he looked around to see who had done it. 33 But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. 34 And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”PUSHING CLOSERI. GOD WANTS TO CARRY THIS FOR ME.Scripture Meditation - Psalm 55Psalm 55:22 (ESV) Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved. II. THERE'S A PLACE FOR ME IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE.Scripture Meditation - Luke 15Luke 15:20 (ESV) And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.III. WITH GOD, ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.Scripture Meditation - Luke 1Luke 1:37 (ESV) For nothing will be impossible with God.

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Kingdom Stories: WHEN GRACE DOESN'T ADD UP - August 24, 2025 Second Service

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 71:35

WHEN GRACE DOESN'T ADD UP Matthew 20.1-16 Outlook is such a powerful thing. The lens through which we see our world leads us toward gratefulness and wonder… or grumbling and worry. Through parables, Jesus keeps pressing us: Are you seeing with your eyes, or are you seeing with kingdom eyes? Mark 8.18 (NLT) "You have eyes — can't you see? You have ears — can't you hear?" Jesus tells a story in Matthew 20 about workers in a vineyard. Some worked all day, some for an hour, but at the end… everyone got the same wage. Matthew 20.13-16 (ESV) But he replied to one of them, "Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?" So the last will be first, and the first last. Grace is not “paycheck theology.” Grace is a gift. Literally, that's what the Greek word “Charis” means... free gift. You want God to operate based on the paycheck theology? Consider this: Romans 6.23 (ESV) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Grace says, “You're not saved because of how long you've been here, or how much you've done. You're saved because of what Jesus did on the cross.” Ephesians 2.8-9 (ESV) For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. The biggest trust fund in the world is a piggy bank compared to what we have in Jesus. But, too much grace will make believers lazy, right? That's NOT how it works. "Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.” ~ Dallas Williard 1 Corinthians 15.10 (ESV) By the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. 4 TAKEAWAYS: 1. Grace is not a paycheck. It's a gift. 2. Comparison is a thief of joy. Count your blessings... not your grievances. 3. Grace levels the playing field. All stand shoulder to shoulder at the foot of the Cross. 4. God's “unfairness” is our hope. If He gave us what we deserved, we'd be sunk.Subscribe to PRESTONCREST - with Gordon Dabbs on Soundwise

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Kingdom Stories: WHEN GRACE DOESN'T ADD UP - August 24, 2025 First Service

Central Christian Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2025 67:02

WHEN GRACE DOESN'T ADD UP Matthew 20.1-16 Outlook is such a powerful thing. The lens through which we see our world leads us toward gratefulness and wonder… or grumbling and worry. Through parables, Jesus keeps pressing us: Are you seeing with your eyes, or are you seeing with kingdom eyes? Mark 8.18 (NLT) "You have eyes — can't you see? You have ears — can't you hear?" Jesus tells a story in Matthew 20 about workers in a vineyard. Some worked all day, some for an hour, but at the end… everyone got the same wage. Matthew 20.13-16 (ESV) But he replied to one of them, "Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?" So the last will be first, and the first last. Grace is not “paycheck theology.” Grace is a gift. Literally, that's what the Greek word “Charis” means... free gift. You want God to operate based on the paycheck theology? Consider this: Romans 6.23 (ESV) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Grace says, “You're not saved because of how long you've been here, or how much you've done. You're saved because of what Jesus did on the cross.” Ephesians 2.8-9 (ESV) For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. The biggest trust fund in the world is a piggy bank compared to what we have in Jesus. But, too much grace will make believers lazy, right? That's NOT how it works. "Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.” ~ Dallas Williard 1 Corinthians 15.10 (ESV) By the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. 4 TAKEAWAYS: 1. Grace is not a paycheck. It's a gift. 2. Comparison is a thief of joy. Count your blessings... not your grievances. 3. Grace levels the playing field. All stand shoulder to shoulder at the foot of the Cross. 4. God's “unfairness” is our hope. If He gave us what we deserved, we'd be sunk.Subscribe to PRESTONCREST - with Gordon Dabbs on Soundwise

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Matthew Week 106

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2025 47:16

Matthew Week 10 Matthew 18:10 ESV 10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. Hebrews 10:14 ESV For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified. Luke 19:10 ESV 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. Proverbs 30:6 ESV Do not add to his words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar. Deuteronomy 4:2 ESV 2 You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you. Deuteronomy 12:32 ESV “Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. You shall not add to it or take from it. Revelation 22:18-19 ESV 18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book, 19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book. Matthew 18:12-14 ESV 12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? 13 And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. 14 So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish. Ephesians 4:12 ESV 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, Matthew 10:29-30 ESV 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 30 But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Ezekiel 3:18-19 ESV 18 If I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. 19 But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, but you will have delivered your soul.

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CONVINCED: Unlocking Supernatural Provision

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2025

CONVINCED: The Book Of LukeLuke 9:10–17 (ESV) On their return the apostles told him all that they had done. And he took them and withdrew apart to a town called Bethsaida. When the crowds learned it, they followed him, and he welcomed them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God and cured those who had need of healing. Now the day began to wear away, and the twelve came and said to him, “Send the crowd away to go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find lodging and get provisions, for we are here in a desolate place.” But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish—unless we are to go and buy food for all these people.” For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.” And they did so, and had them all sit down. And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing over them. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd. And they all ate and were satisfied. And whatwas left over was picked up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.Unlock Natural ProvisionLearn These Principless To Unlock Throughout Your Lifetime Unlock Supernatural ProvisionGlorifies GodWill Far Exceed The Natural ProvisionProvides A Powerful TestimonyDraws Others To HimPowerful Gift To The Next GenerationLuke 9:11 (ESV) When the crowds learned it, they followed him, and he welcomed them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God and cured those who had need of healing.Kingdom & Kingdom PrinciplesHe's about to demonstrate one of themThis story has a part two, smaller crowd, more leftoversGod rarely does the same thing twice That would to trusting a formula, not Kingdom principles - FAITHVISION FOR A GOOD THING - Luke 9:12 (ESV) Now the day began to wear away, and the twelve came and said to him, “Send the crowd away to go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find lodging and get provisions, for we are here in a desolate place.”A GOOD THING BECOMES A GOD THINGLuke 9:13 (ESV) But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.”Not all good things are God thingsThe Kingdom currency faith, but it can't be faith unless God speaksYou can't walk on water unless he invites or you or you function at a gift of faith leveSometimes we act on:EmotionsPersonal commitmentsPeer pressureWe were convinced to buy somethingWrong: evangelist asking for your last dollar to unlock your miracleRight: god asking for your last meal to unlock your abundant provisionGod is not obligated to act on a good thingLearn to hear God speak about a good thing and turn it into a God thingESTABLISH THE NATURAL GAPLuke 9:13 (ESV) They said, “We have no more than five loaves and two fish—unless we are to go and buy food for all these people.”Make no efforts to solve the issue in the fleshENGAGE OBEDIENCE & SACRIFICELuke 9:14–16 (ESV) For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, “Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.” And they did so, and had them all sit down. And taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven and said a blessing over them. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.Sit down in groupsHe took what they hadHe blessed themHe broke the loavesWhen you have a GOD need, and you're believing for aSUPERNATURAL OUTCOME, sacrificial giving to GOD unlocksHis FLOW of provision2 Corinthians 9:6–8 (ESV) The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.ENJOY SUPERNATURAL PROVISIONLuke 9:17 (ESV) And they all ate and were satisfied. And what was left over was picked up, twelve baskets of broken pieces.

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Summer of Freedom - Spiritual Warfare (Week 8)

The Crossing Church

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2025 40:21

Acts 10:38 NIV God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how He went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with Him.Ephesians 6:12 ESV For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

How to Handle the Word | Pastor Zach Fontaine

Springs Church

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2025 44:07

Non-Negotiables - Part 4 : How to Handle the Word How to Handle the Word: How to Read, Understand, and Apply the Bible 1 - Know What You're Holding The Bible is one book... but it's made up of 66 smaller books. It's not laid out like a novel - it's a library. Old Testament (before Jesus came - points to Him) New Testament (after Jesus came - shows how to live in the New Covenant) What does fulfill the law mean? 1. The Law Set the Standard Romans 3:20 - Through the law we become conscious of our sin. 2. Jesus Met the Standard Matthew 5:17- Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 3. Now We Live in His Righteousness Romans 10:4 - Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (ESV) All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. 2 - Some is to you but all is for you Romans 15:4 (ESV) For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. Filter 1 - What does this reveal about God's character? Filter 2 - What principle or pattern is here that still applies? Filter 3 - How does this point me to Jesus? Jesus Himself Said It Luke 24:27 - "Beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself." John 5:39 - You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me." Examples of the Old Testament Pointing to Jesus Passover lamb (Exodus 12): Blood over the door saved Israel from death - Jesus is the Lamb of God whose blood saves us. The sacrificial system (Leviticus): Constant sacrifices showed sin required death - Jesus is the once-for-all sacrifice. Jonah in the fish (Jonah 1-2): Three days inside + Jesus rose after three days in the tomb (Matthew 12:40). The Exodus (Exodus 14): God delivered Israel from slavery to Egypt * Jesus delivers us from slavery to sin. 3 - Learn to Apply What You Read James 1:22 says, "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says." 4 - Let Scripture Interpret Scripture Psalm 119:105 - Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

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Transformed By Love // “Love Is” // Mark Davies // August 03, 2025

Faith Bible Chapel

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2025 46:29

Transformed By Love // “Love Is” How can we, as a church and as individuals, live in our community in a way that reflects the grace and kindness of Jesus? But What Is the Love of God? Ephesians 3:14-19 (ESV)“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” Agape - noun used 18x = benevolence, goodwill, flowing from God's charter. Agapáo - verb used 28x = The proof of love. Love Is + Love Does God is Love What is the Love of God Like? His Love Appears First 1 John 4:19 (ESV)“We love because he first loved us.” His Love Cannot be Earned 1 John 4:9-10 (NLT)“God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.” Romans 8:38-39 (ESV)“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” “The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope.” - Timothy Keller His Love is Proven by the Cross Romans 5:6,8 (ESV)“For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly… but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” John 3:16-17 (NIV)“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.” His love is revealed by the Holy Spirit Galatians 1:11-12 (ESV)“For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached is not man's gospel. For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.” Ephesians 3:14-19 (ESV)“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” “Holy Spirit, Give Me a Revelation of Your Love, I Need It!”

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Stop Appeasing Everyone: Walking in Faith is a Lonely Road

Mike Force

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2025 14:48

1. Galatians 1:10 (ESV)“For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God?Or am I trying to please man?If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.”2. Matthew 7:13–14 (ESV)“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.”3. John 15:18–19 (ESV)“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world… therefore the world hates you.”4. 2 Timothy 3:12 (ESV)“Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.”Join my SUBSTACKhttps://mikeglover.substack.comJoin my Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/c/mikeglover

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Deuteronomy 32:19-29 | The Lord Saw

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2025 50:20

Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe Deuteronomy 32:19-29 2025-07-27 | ProPresenter TITLE: The Lord Saw SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 32:19-29 THE LORD SAW THE LORD WITHDRAWS HIS PRESENCE POETIC JUSTICE PERFECT JUSTICE JUSTICE RESTRAINED Hosea 11:1–2 (ESV) When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols. Psalm 139:23–24 (ESV) Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! Romans 1:24 (ESV) Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, Jeremiah 2:11–12 (ESV) Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit. Be appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked, be utterly desolate, declares the Lord, 1 Corinthians 1:27–29 (ESV) But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. Hebrews 10:30–31 (ESV) For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.” It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Psalm 51:1 (ESV) Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Psalm 51:3–4 (ESV) For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.

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Deuteronomy 32:7-14 | Remember the Days of Old

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2025 54:44

Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe Deuteronomy 32:7-14_ Deuteronomy 32:7-14 | Remember the Days of Old from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo. REMEMBER THE DAYS OF OLD THE SOVEREIGN PROVIDER THE LORD FINDS, FORMS AND FILLS HIS PEOPLE Genesis 10:1 (ESV) These are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood. Isaiah 2:2 (ESV) It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it, Hebrews 13:14 (ESV) For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. Matthew 5:14–16 (ESV) You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. Deuteronomy 6:4–5 (ESV) Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Habakkuk 3:19 (ESV) God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer's; he makes me tread on my high places. 1 Corinthians 10:4 (ESV) and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.

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Deuteronomy 32:4-6 | The Rock

Central Christian Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2025 47:05

Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe Deuteronomy 32:4-6 Deuteronomy 32:4-6 | The Rock from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo. 2025-07-06 | ProPresenter TITLE: The Rock SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 32:4-6 THREE CYCLES First Cycle = v1-14 - The Lord Blesses Israel Second Cycle = v15-29 - Israel Provokes the Lord Third Cycle = v30-43 - The Lord's Justice and Salvation THE ROCK The Perfection of the Rock The Justice of the Rock The Rock in the Wilderness God's Faithfulness ss Core to the Identity of Israel The Rock was Christ THE CORRUPT Not Mere Moral Corruption Patterns of Israelite Corruption Warnings From Israelite Corruption Crooked and Twisted Generation THE FOOLISHNESS OF CORRUPTION Forgetting Who We Are The Same Pattern in Creation Gospel Faithfulness Psalm 18:30 (ESV) This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him. Exodus 17:6 (ESV) Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink.” And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel. 2 Timothy 2:11–13 (ESV) The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; if we are faithless, he remains faithful— for he cannot deny himself. 1 Corinthians 10:1–4 (ESV) For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. 1 Corinthians 10:6–12 (ESV) Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did. Do not be idolaters as some of them were; … We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents, nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer. Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come. Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. Hebrews 3:7–19 (ESV) Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, … Therefore I was provoked with that generation, and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart; they have not known my ways.' … Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. … As it is said, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” For who were those who heard and yet rebelled? Was it not all those who left Egypt led by Moses? … So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief. Luke 9:41 (ESV) Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you and bear with you?” Acts 2:40 (ESV) And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.” Romans 1:21 (ESV) For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 1 Thessalonians 5:23–24 (ESV) Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. Hebrews 10:23 (ESV) Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.

Matthew Week 99

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2025 51:51

Matthew Week 99 Leviticus 23:1-2 ESV The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, These are the appointed feasts of the Lord that you shall proclaim as holy convocations; they are my appointed feasts. 1 Corinthians 15:20 ESV 20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. Romans 8:11 ESV 11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. Leviticus 23:33-34, 42-43 ESV 33 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 34 “Speak to the people of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month and for seven days is the Feast of Booths to the Lord. 42 You shall dwell in booths for seven days. All native Israelites shall dwell in booths, 43 that your generations may know that I made the people of Israel dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.” Isaiah 12:2-3 ESV 2 “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.” 3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. “He who has not seen the rejoicing at the place of the water-drawing has never seen rejoicing in his life…there was not a courtyard in Jerusalem that was not illumined by the light of the place of the water-drawing. Men of piety and good deeds used to dance before them with lighted torches in their hands, and sing songs and praises. And Levites without number with harps, lyres, cymbals and trumpets and other musical instruments were there…(Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Sukkah 51a and 51b) John 1:14a ESV 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, John 7:37-38 ESV 37 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'” 2 Corinthians 5:1-2, 5 ESV For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, 5 He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

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Luke 8:4–8 | Take Care How You Hear

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2025 47:35

Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe Luke 8:4–8 SOWER: The Preacher is Always Sowing the Word SEED: The Word is the Same SOIL: Take Care How You Hear 2 Timothy 4:3 (ESV) For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, 1 Peter 1:23 (ESV) since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; Westminster Confession, Q160 Q: What is required of those that hear the word preached? A: It is required of those that hear the word preached, that they attend upon it with diligence, preparation, and prayer; examine what they hear by the scriptures; receive the truth with faith, love, meekness, and readiness of mind, as the word of God; meditate, and confer of it; hide it in their hearts, and bring forth the fruit of it in their lives. 1 Thessalonians 2:13 (ESV) And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers. Proverbs 8:33–34 (ESV) Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it. Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors. Charles Spurgeon We are told men ought not to preach without preparation. Granted. But we add, men ought not to hear without preparation. Which do you think, needs the most preparation, the sower or the ground? I would have the sower come with clean hands, but I would have the ground well-plowed and harrowed, well turned over, and the clods broken before the seed comes in. It seems to me that there is more preparation needed by the ground than by the sower, more by the hearer than the preacher. Psalm 119:18 (ESV) Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. James 1:22–25 (ESV) … he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. Hebrews 4:2 (ESV) For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. Psalm 119:11 (ESV) I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. James 1:22 (ESV) But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Building Boundaries

The Right Intention

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 29:00

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A Meditation on Feeling God's Forgiveness from Psalm 25

A Bigger Life Prayer and Bible Devotionals with Pastor Dave Cover

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 11:13

This is Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life – a time for you to relax your body and refocus your mind to experience the reality of God's presence. I'm Dave Cover. I want to help you with Christian meditation where you can break through all the distractions and experience God's presence through biblically guided imagination. Acts 17:25 NIV “…He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.” Acts 17:28 NIV “For in him we live and move and have our being.” Psalm 25:6-7 ESV 6 Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. 7 Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O LORD! Psalm 25:11 ESV “For your name's sake, O LORD, pardon my guilt, for it is great.” Psalm 25:18 ESV “Consider my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins.” Who can you share this podcast with? If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it on social media or texting it to a friend you think might benefit from it. Follow Dave Cover on X (Twitter) @davecover Follow A Bigger Life on X @ABiggerLifePod Our audio engineer is Matthew Matlack. This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.

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A Meditation on Feeling God's Forgiveness from Psalm 25

Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life with Pastor Dave Cover

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 11:13

This is Christian Meditation for A Bigger Life – a time for you to relax your body and refocus your mind to experience the reality of God's presence. I'm Dave Cover. I want to help you with Christian meditation where you can break through all the distractions and experience God's presence through biblically guided imagination. Acts 17:25 NIV “…He himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.” Acts 17:28 NIV “For in him we live and move and have our being.” Psalm 25:6-7 ESV 6 Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old. 7 Remember not the sins of my youth or my transgressions; according to your steadfast love remember me, for the sake of your goodness, O LORD! Psalm 25:11 ESV “For your name's sake, O LORD, pardon my guilt, for it is great.” Psalm 25:18 ESV “Consider my affliction and my trouble, and forgive all my sins.” Who can you share this podcast with? If you found this episode helpful, consider sharing it on social media or texting it to a friend you think might benefit from it. Follow Dave Cover on X (Twitter) @davecover Follow A Bigger Life on X @ABiggerLifePod Our audio engineer is Matthew Matlack. This podcast is a ministry of The Crossing, a church in Columbia, Missouri, a college town where the flagship campus of the University of Missouri is located.

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Resisting Evil Authorities

Shady Oaks Church Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 51:48

This seems clear: all authority is established by God and should be given absolute obedience. Those who do not are in rebellion against God God first said to man, “It is not good that man should be alone” (Gen 2:18), and His remedy was the family. Families have also been targeted for destruction by the enemy or our souls, as the attacks on them in our times are unprecedented. How can we allow attacks on such ultimate issues to prevail? This is happening on our watch. Like Esther in the Bible, we have not been called to idly stand by and watch this happen. Esther 4:14 (ESV) For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

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2 Timothy 4:2 | What is Preaching?

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Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 48:55

Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe 2 Timothy 4:2 2 Timothy 4:2 | What is Preaching? from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo. WHAT IS PREACHING? PREACH THE WORD REPROVE REBUKE EXHORT WITH COMPLETE PATIENCE AND TEACHING Mark 9:7 (ESV) And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son; listen to him.” Paraphrase of Julian Freeman Preachers should be like good cooks; always snacking on the food we prepare for others. Colossians 2:8 (ESV) See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:4–5 (ESV) For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, John Calvin If we were as teachable as we should be, Christ's ministers could guide us merely by pointing out the right way. But as things are, sane advice and mere moderate exhortations are not enough to shake us out of our lethargy. Thus there is need for stronger reproofs and exhortations. Richard Baxter I preached … as a dying man to dying men. 1 Timothy 5:1 (ESV) Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers 1 Peter 5:1–2 (ESV) So I exhort the elders among you …: shepherd the flock of God that is among you 1 Thessalonians 2:12 (ESV) we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory. 2 Timothy 2:1 (ESV) You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, Steve Timmis I think success [in ministry] is … seeing the Word of God taken by the Spirit of God in the lives of the people of God and just changing them, making them more like Christ, and [non-believers] being attracted by the kind of corporate life [of the church] and seeing the Gospel as the only explanation for what is going on and them responding in repentance and faith. Romans 5:10 (ESV) For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

DANGEROUS DISCIPLINE | What do you do when your discipline fails?

The Dangerous Man Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 17:45

Text your questions or comments to us.You missed a day. You broke the streak. You fell off the plan. Now what? what to do when your discipline fails. Because it will. And when it does, most men fold. But not the dangerous ones. We are giving you 4 clear moves to reset fast, re-engage your focus, and make sure your discipline doesn't die where you dropped it.What do you do when your discipline fails or gets derailed?What do you do when your plan didn't pan out?What do you do when you don't get the job done?QOTD: “Discipline isn't about being perfect. It's about being relentless when you're not.”ACTION STEPS:1.IT HAPPENS, ACCEPT AND MOVE ON.Every man hits walls. You're not broken—you're human.Own the failure, don't excuse it.2. RESET FASTER, NOT SOFTERDon't wait until Monday. Don't wait for feelings.Recommit immediately—with one small win today.3. ADAPT STRATEGY, NOT STANDARDSIf the plan failed, pivot. Don't drop the bar.4. DOUBLE DOWN ON ACCOUNTABILITYTell someone. Get accountable. Isolation fuels inconsistency.SOTD: Proverbs 24:16 (ESV) - “For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.”Final Charge “Discipline isn't about never falling. It's about refusing to stay down. Reset. Reload. Execute.”Support the show TDMP SITE: https://dangerousmanpodcast.com/ Grab some DANGEROUS GEAR in our shop https://dangerousmanpodcast.com/shop/ Support the show for as little as $3 a month https://www.buzzsprout.com/2080275/supporters/new Follow us on X for more shenanigans https://twitter.com/TDMPodcast603 Follow us on Instagram for extra shenanigans https://www.instagram.com/thedangerousmanpodcast/ Connect with Matt Fortin & Rory Lawrence Email us at: thedangerousmanpodcast@gmail.com Remember men... Stop trying & start training! Top Men's Podcast for 2024... https://podcasts.feedspot.com/mens_podcasts/

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Romans 5:12-17 | The Reign of Death

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 50:21

Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe Romans 5:12-17 Romans 5:12-17 | The Reign of Death from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo. DEATH REIGNED THE HEADSHIP OF ADAM SIN AND DEATH ENTERED BY ONE TRESPASS SIN AND DEATH ARE UNIVERSAL SIN AND DEATH ARE TOTAL 1 Corinthians 15:22 (ESV) For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. Genesis 2:16–17 (ESV) And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” Genesis 3:19 (ESV) By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Romans 2:1 (ESV) Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. Romans 2:12 (ESV) For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. Augustine Nothing is better known than original sin for preaching; for understanding, nothing is more mysterious. Pascal It is astonishing, however, that the mystery furthest from our understanding is the transmission of sin, the one thing without which we can have no understanding of ourselves! Because there can be no doubt that nothing shocks our reason more than to say that the sin of the first man made guilty those who, so far from that source, seem incapable of having taken part in it.… Nevertheless without this most incomprehensible of all mysteries we are incomprehensible to ourselves. Within this gnarled chasm lie the twists and turns of our condition. So, humanity is more inconceivable without this mystery than this mystery is conceivable to humanity. 1689 London Baptist Confession 6:2 — By this sin our first parents fell from their original righteousness and communion with God. We fell in them, and through this, death came upon all. All became dead in sin and completely defiled in all the capabilities and parts of soul and body. 6:3 — By God's appointment, they were the root and the representatives of the whole human race. Because of this, the guilt of their sin was accounted, and their corrupt nature passed on, to all their offspring who descended from them by ordinary procreation. Their descendants are now conceived in sin and are by nature children of wrath, the servants of sin, and partakers of death9 and all other miseries—spiritual, temporal, and eternal—unless the Lord Jesus sets them free. 1689 London Baptist Confession 6:1 — God created humanity upright and perfect. He gave them a righteous law that would have led to life if they had kept it but threatened death if they broke it. Yet they did not remain for long in this position of honor. James 4:1–2 (ESV) What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. Luke 1:35 (ESV) And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.”

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THE BEST IS NOW TO COME: Pt. 1

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025

Numbers 13:2 (ESV) “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel. From each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a chief among them.”Moses/12 SpiesMoses killed menMoses FledBurning BushMoses ReturnsPlaguesNight of Death - FleePursuit to the SeaMiraculous Deliverance2 Years of Desert PreppingSeemingly SurvivingSee The Shift From Now To NextEcclesiastes 3:1–8 (ESV) For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.None of these seasons is a forever seasonRealizing it is not forever is criticalSensing the shift is critical* Shifting seasons* A Change In Circumstances* Defined By A Finish* Change In Fruitfulness* Sometimes Planned* Often Unexpected - Unexpected has a tendency to land us in survival mode. That's OK for a short time, but it can turn into a posture, which is absolutely unacceptable.1 Corinthians 2:14 (ESV) The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.Ephesians 5:10 (ESV) and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.Win The Now Numbers 13:2 (ESV) “Send men to spy out the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel. From each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a chief among them.”Numbers 13:17–20 (ESV) Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan and said to them, “Go up into the Negeb and go up into the hill country, and see what the land is, and whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many, and whether the land that they dwell in is good or bad, and whether the cities that they dwell in are camps or strongholds, and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether there are trees in it or not. Be of good courage and bring some of the fruit of the land.” Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.Galatians 6:7 (ESV) Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.The NOW determines the NEXTYou are not just serving the seasons, you are planting for the next.The Now Is Not Always PrettyThe grind of a thingThe disappointment of a thing - outcomes vs. faithfulnessThe the failing of a thingThe victory of a thingThe end of a you thing What you do now matters.NOW Sets The Tone For NEXT

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Romans 5:3-5 | Rejoice in Sufferings

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 50:51

Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe Romans 4:18-20 Romans 5:3-5 | Rejoice in Sufferings from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo. SUFFERING IS A COMMON REALITY ENDURANCE CHARACTER HOPE LOVE Romans 1:18 (ESV) For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. Romans 2:2 (ESV) We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things. Romans 8:1 (ESV) There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. James 1:2–4 (ESV) Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. Romans 8:25 (ESV) But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience. Galatians 6:9 (ESV) And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. 1 Peter 1:6–7 (ESV) In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 12:9–10 (ESV) But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 Corinthians 3:18 (ESV) … are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

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Romans 5:1-2 | Rejoice in Hope

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 49:24

Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe Romans 4:18-20 Romans 5:1-2 | Rejoice in Hope from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo. 1. WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD 2. WE HAVE ACCESS INTO A NEW STANDING 3. WE REJOICE Romans 5:21 (ESV) so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 1:16 (ESV) For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Titus 2:11–13 (ESV) For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

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Immeasurably More // Framed // Tim Lovell // March 09, 2025

Faith Bible Chapel

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 36:45

Immeasurably More // FramedEphesians 3:14-20 (ESV)“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family[a] in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us.”Here is Paul's Prayer• I pray that from His unlimited resources, He will empower you with inner strength - with deep fortitude - by his spirit.• As we trust in Him, Christ will take up residence in us (not just drop by every now and then).• Then our roots will grow down into the depth of God's love and will keep us strong.• And when it comes to understanding that love - may we know the scope of it and experience it. In this letter, Paul has continuously pointed us and all people to the generosity of God in Christ. • Ephesians 1:3 - Blessed with every Spiritual Blessing in Christ• Ephesians 1:7-8 - Riches of Grace - lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding • Ephesians 1:18 - Riches of His Glorious Inheritance • Ephesians 2:5 - God is Rich in Mercy• Ephesians 2:7 - Incomparable Riches of His Grace• Ephesians 3:8 - Unsearchable Riches of ChristThis is Paul's prayer and mine for us today…That we may know, and in turn experience, and then lean in to and ultimately live out of this vast love of God. This love is expressed in John 3:16-17 (ESV)“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.”This love is defined in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (ESV) “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.”This love is given dimension here in Ephesians 3• Infinitely long and high and wide and deep - more so than we can ever understand fully…• And Paul says the love of God is “too great for us to understand fully.”• There is nowhere we can go that we are out of the scope of his presence and therefore nowhere we can go where we are out of the scope of his love, for “God is love” (1 John 4:8 and 16) and as the psalmist says in Psalm 139 “where can I go from your presence.”• Are we willing to allow this love of God to encapsulate us - to frame us - to define us? If not why not? Guilt, shame, doubt, etc.Are we willing to allow this love to transform us?When we take a look at people around us, we don't have an excuse to look at people outside of this frame. Are we willing to love even as we have been loved (John 13:34)? The love of God for humanity is infinitely long and high and wide and deep.So… here's a searching question for each of us…Who do we need to reframe? Where do we need to start?May our love and the way we live be the testament to the love of Christ and may his love lived out through us be the agent of transformation in our world. Our part really is to be awake to these truths, willing to live in and practice these truths and expectant of God to do the immeasurably more than we can even begin to imagine!

CONVINCED: Authority & Power

Sex Chat for Christian Wives

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025

Luke 4:31–37 (ESV) And he went down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. And he was teaching them on the Sabbath, and they were astonished at his teaching, for his word possessed authority. And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, “Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.” But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm. And they were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!” And reports about him went out into every place in the surrounding region.Where are all the demons today? Why don't we see them being cast out as in Biblical times?They Are Common And All Around Us.We Identify Them In Scientific, Medical And Sociological Terms.Mark 9:17–18 (ESV) “Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a spirit that makes him mute. Luke 13:11 (ESV) And behold, there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself.Mark 9:17–18 (ESV) “And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid.Matthew 17:15 (ESV) For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water.Mark 5:4–5 (ESV) for he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he wrenched the chains apart, and he broke the shackles in pieces. No one had the strength to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones.Luke 8:27 (ESV) For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he had not lived in a house but among the tombs.Supernatural Activity (voices) - Acts 16:16–17 (ESV) As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling. She followed Paul and us, crying out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to you the way of salvation.”Addicts, Crazy, Homeless, Suicidal, Out Of Control, EvilInstead Of Evicting Them, We Treat Their Host. Counseling. Drugs. Incarceration.We Don't Recognize Our Authority And Lack Power.Luke 4:36 (ESV) And they were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”AUTHORITY: the legal right to give ordersEx: wedding officiant, property title, law enforcementFailure to take authority allows presencePOWER: the strength to enforce obedienceSome things are simple to enforce, others harderA persona can gain in power or call in reinforcementsJob 1:9–10 (ESV) Then Satan answered the LORD and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason? Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.Job 1:1–5 (ESV) Jobwas blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. His sons and daughters used to “feast and drink”Job would consecrate them, rise early and offer burnt offerings. For Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.Mark 3:14–15 (ESV) And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach and have authority to cast out demons.

Developing a Theology of Sex, with Phylicia Masonheimer

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 34:46

Phylicia Masonheimer joins us to discuss what a theology of sex is, why we struggle with it, and how to develop a better theology. Sponsor We LOVE Share the Soap! Check out their fabulous skin-care products made with from goat milk, essential oils, and other wholesome ingredients. From the Bible But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Galatians 5:22–23 (NLT) The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body but yields it to her husband. In the same way, the husband does not have authority over his own body but yields it to his wife. Do not deprive each other except perhaps by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. 1 Corinthians 7:3–5 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 1 Corinthians 13:4–7 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 1 John 4:16 (ESV) For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Hebrews 4:15–16 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.' “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don't fear God or care what people think, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually come and attack me!'” And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? Luke 18:1–7 So Moses brought their case before the Lord, and the Lord said to him, “What Zelophehad's daughters are saying is right. You must certainly give them property as an inheritance among their father's relatives and give their father's inheritance to them. Numbers 27:5–7 “If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to anyone and has sex with her, he must pay the customary bride price and marry her. But if her father refuses to let him marry her, the man must still pay him an amount equal to the bride price of a virgin. Exodus 22:16-17 (NLT) Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church— for we are members of his body. “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. (Ephesians 5:25-33 Resources Every Woman a Theologian - Phylicia Masonheimer The Sex Talk You Never Had by Phylicia Masonheimer Episode 154: Why We're Against Porn and Erotica Common Myths of Romance Novels - Hot, Holy & Humorous Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence by Lisa Cron Why You Feel Worse Than He Does about the Premarital Sex - Hot, Holy & Humorous 5 Reasons Satan Targets Marriage • Bonny's Oysterbed7 Francie Winslow (mentioned by Phylicia, but

Matthew Week 84

Central Christian Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 49:07

Matthew week 84 Isaiah 55:9-11 ESV For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, 11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it. Matthew 13:24-30 ESV 24 He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, 25 but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. 26 So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. 27 And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?' 28 He said to them, ‘An enemy has done this.' So the servants said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?' 29 But he said, ‘No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, “Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.”'” Galatians 1:6-9 ESV 6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— 7 not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. 9 As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed. Matthew 13:31-32 ESV 31 He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. 32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.” Matthew 13:33 ESV 33 He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.” Matthew 13:34-35 ESV 34 All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.” Matthew 13:36-43 ESV 36 Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field.”37 He answered, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. 38 The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, 39 and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. 40 Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the end of the age. 41 The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers, 42 and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

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James | Sticks and Stones…

Bethany Lutheran Church

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 30:28

"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me.” We often underestimate the weight our words carry in our digitalized and depersonalized culture. James reminds us that with our words comes great harm or great blessing. James 3:1-12 (ESV)Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things.How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.Luke 6:43-45 (ESV)“For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

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1 Thessalonians 5:12-14 | Will You Let Me Be Your Pastor?