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March 15, 2025Today's Reading: Introit for Lent 2 - Psalm 74:1-3; antiphon: Psalm 69:9Daily Lectionary: Genesis 15:1-21; Mark 5:21-43For zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me. (Psalm 69:9)In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. The Lord our God is a zealous God. He often reminds us of that in the sacred Scripture. Being zealous can be sinful when it is disoriented by selfish ambition and disregard for others, but it can also be pious and just. Such zeal is the desire to guard and protect what is yours from all danger and harm. God is zealous because He does not want to lose His creation to the devil's corruption.Zeal can also consume God's people. David wrote the 69th Psalm during a time of persecution and trouble. Open rebellion was upon the great king, but he did not want to lose that which God had won. “For zeal for your house has consumed me.” His lament and imprecatory prayer for God's judgment was not from a selfish desire to get even with his enemies but that what God had won would not be lost to wicked people. His zeal was for the wood and metal and stone that housed the things of God, yes, but also for the household of God–the people of God. This same Psalm applies to Jesus. In fact, it is, first and foremost, a song of Jesus and only secondarily a song of David. One Passover Jesus went to Jerusalem and found money changers in the temple. In fact, it was probably something He found every time He went to the temple; trading in sacrifices could be a lucrative business. On this occasion, though, Jesus does something uncharacteristic. “And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables” (John 2:15). Perhaps the disciples were surprised by the normally demure Jesus' outburst. But then they remembered the Psalm that gives us tomorrow's antiphon. “His disciples remembered that it was written, ‘Zeal for your house will consume me'” (John 2:17). Jesus' zeal was for the wood and the metal and the stone, yes, but it was also for that which the wood, metal, and stone housed–the Gifts of God for the people of God. The traders had turned the Gift into a work.It was His zeal that ultimately got Jesus killed. Like David before Him, His own people rose up in rebellion and put Him to death. As in Psalm 74, when the wicked took hatchet and hammer and fire to the sanctuary of God (Ps. 74:6-7), the enemies of Jesus tore down the temple of His body. But there is a sign that God remembers His congregation, His people. “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up” (John 2:19).  In the Name + of Jesus. Amen.Holy this temple where our Lord is dwelling; This is none other than the gate of heaven. Ever Your children, year by year rejoicing, Chant in Your temple. (LSB 916:2)-Rev. Jacob Ehrhard, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church and School in Chicago, IL.Audio Reflections Speaker: Pastor Jonathan Lackey is the pastor at Grace Lutheran Church, Vine Grove, KY.Visit the timeless rhythms of the Christian life with award-winning author Harold L. Senkbeil. As he addresses the concerns and pressures of the world today, you'll discover that even while the world is dying, Christ's death brings about life. True life. One that He offers to you. Order Now!

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Children of God - Ps Jordan Keehan 09/03/2025

From The Archive: Message to The Movement 2024 Series Once a quarter Ps Phil & Chris Pringle provide a message to the C3 movement around the world. These messages have been prayfully prepared for all C3 Churches to play in either a Sunday service or team event. In this message released in 2024, Ps Chris shares a heartfelt, personal life-message entitled ‘The House of God,' Be inspired in your love for the house of God and refreshed in your passion for building the local church. ---------------------------------------------------------- The Outpouring Highlights | https://www.youtube.com/@C3ChurchGlobal Global Training Initiatives | https://youtu.be/NqhiVRIn1fE?si=HdNK4hN8Kb6Pt4OD C3 Church Global Culture | https://youtu.be/Oz1I6ne-Hio?si=hyp_RQIChh0draiF ---------------------------------------------------------- Follow Ps Phil Pringle @Philpringle https://www.philpringle.com/ Ps Chris Pringle @chrisapringle ---------------------------------------------------------- For more information on C3 Church Global: www.c3churchglobal.com | @c3churchglobal Find you closest C3 Church: https://c3churchglobal.com/find-a-church

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A FIGTREE LIVES AGAIN God's people Israel are mentioned many times in the Old and new Testament as his fig tree, and it reflects the spiritual and physical health of Israel, and we read in John Ch 1 where Jesus says to Nathanael, a young man who was sitting under a Figtree you are an Israelite indeed, without guile. And today's parable is of Jesus cursing a fig tree because there was no fruit on it, only leaves, and this made a distinct impression on his disciples. We read the first part of this story in Matthew Ch 21  Matthew 21:18 Now in the morning, as Jesus returned to the city, He was hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it but leaves, and said to it, “Let no fruit grow on you ever again.” Immediately the fig tree withered away. and then the story is followed up the next morning as we see in Matthew Ch 22. Matthew 22:20-22 Now in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. And Peter, remembering, said to Him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree which You cursed has withered away.” When Jesus said Let no fruit grow on you ever again' Jesus was prophesying here that in that age in which they were living the time was soon coming for the nation of Israel to cease to exist and to be scattered, and to exist only as communities and Orthodox religious Jews among the nations of the world. The prophesy of Jesus about the fig tree withering did happen in that age, and Israel were scattered and remained scattered and persecuted through the age that followed. But in 1948 after the most desolate of tribulations that came upon the Jewish people in World War 2 when Israel was able miraculously to return to their land. The nation of Israel was reborn and remains to this day against all odds. That fig tree miraculously began to live again. That miraculous coming back to life for the nation of Israel was also prophesied by Jesus in the same gospel of Matthew in Ch 24 where Jesus links the time of that fig tree living again to the to the signs of his coming at the end of the age.  Matthew 24:3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?” And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,' and will deceive many. And you will hear of wars and rumours of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you (he is speaking to Israel here), and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake (happening now). And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another (happening now). Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many (happening now). And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold (happening now). But he who endures to the end shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations (happening now), and then the end will come. He was speaking to the nation of Israel then, but these apocalyptic events would come upon all nations. Jesus then says in verse 22 Matthew 24:22 Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. So you also, when you see all these things (all of those global trials and events happening now), know that it is near—at the doors! Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place Today Israel lives again as a nation, but there is another extraordinary facet to this prophesy. It states that there will be a generation alive in and after that time. If we take the year 1948 to be the time of Israel being re-established as a nation it leaves open the possibilities of those things happening in these days. Many people have lived and died since 1948 and there will be many more that are yet to live and die before those major significant global events are over. The time frame of the finality of these things is left wide open because the final phrase that Jesus says is ‘and then will the end come' the words ‘and then' mean ‘and after that' and nobody know how long ‘after that' means. So I can only speculate on that aspect. All I can see is that our current global apocalyptic ‘now and not yet' events are unprecedented. The only perspective I can take about living a here and now life in these days is to be living a prepared and ready life for God in Christ, through the truth and power of his Holy Spirit. Our times are in his hands, and we are in the protective care of his loving embrace. I sent out over 120 scriptures of the goodness of God recently and here are three of them –  The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in Him.” Nahum 1:7   How great is Your goodness, which You have stored up for those who fear You, which You bestow in the sight of all, on those who take refuge in You.” (Psalm 31:19).  He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings, you will find refuge. (Psalm 91:4) And there are many, many more. If God has allowed difficult things to happen in your life it is so you can show the people in your world that your God is great and that knowing Him brings peace and joy, even when life is hard.  It is also tempting to become disillusioned with the circumstances of our lives compared to others but in the presence of God, he gives us a deeper peace and joy that transcends it all. If life was stable with no needs and problems, we would never need God's help. But since it's not, we can reach out for Him regularly and be thankful for the unknowns and that we don't have control, because it makes us run to God. David said in the psalms, I saw the prosperity of the wicked.… Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure.… When I tried to understand all this, it was oppressive to me till I entered the sanctuary of God” (Ps. 73)  David went into the face-to-face personal presence of God and found refuge and strength. We can live in that place of refuge and strength, not only for ourselves but also to give comfort and hope to others in our world. Paul O'Sullivan - pauloss@icloud.com

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In this sermon, join Ps Bruce as he teaches on how we can grow in our friendship with the Lord and how that can translate into friendship with others.God's desire for a relationship with us is not based on obligation, religious duty, or transactional exchanges. Instead, He has always pursued us with a consistent, unwavering desire for true friendship. Throughout the Bible, from Genesis to Malachi, through the stories of the patriarchs, judges, kings, and disciples, we see God persistently providing ways to engage with His people. He continually leans in, drawing near to us, inviting us into deeper communion with Him.John 15:15 reminds us of this invitation:"I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you."In Revelation 3:20, Jesus extends a personal invitation:"Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me."Even with this invitation, the choice remains ours. Will we accept His outstretched hand? More importantly, which is harder: saying yes to this friendship or truly walking in it?As Christians, followers of Christ who have accepted His invitation, we can sometimes drift into a pattern of transactional prayer. Life gets busy, and our prayers may sound like: Lord, help me today. Heal this person. Protect my kids. While these are valid petitions, they only scratch the surface of what true friendship with Christ entails.1 Thessalonians 5:17 instructs us to:"Pray without ceasing."This doesn't mean simply repeating requests endlessly, it means engaging in an ongoing, dynamic conversation with God. Prayer includes:- Praising Him- Petitioning Him like Jacob- Confessing our darkest thoughts- Offering thanksgiving- Asking: God, what do You want to say to me today? What do You need me to do? Where are You leading me?- Giving Him space to respond.Psalm 46:10 encourages us:"Be still, and know that I am God."1 Kings 19:11 illustrates how God speaks:"The Lord said, 'Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.'"A key barrier to deeper friendship with God is trust.We struggle with trust in our relationship with God too. Proverbs 3:5-6 reminds us:"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight."Even when we desire to trust, doubts creep in: What if God doesn't come through this time?Yet, Psalm 9:10 reassures us:"Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek You."Trust grows in any relationship through vulnerability that is reciprocated and protected. Just as marriage thrives when trust is built, so does our relationship with God.Jesus demonstrated the ultimate act of friendship: John 15:13:"Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends."The disciples were meant to see the cross and think: I understand now. He took my place under God's wrath because He views me as His treasured friend.Friendship with Christ is a gift beyond comprehension. There is no greater compass for life than walking in friendship with Jesus.

Thanks for joining us for the C3 Calgary podcast! We are glad you are here with us! We know you will enjoy this powerful and relevant message from Ps Steven Flight! For more information on our church, or to give, visit our website at www.myc3church.ca

Thank you for listening to the LifeHouse Church Podcast. We pray that Ps. Richard Kobakian ⁠ message 'The Art of Enjoying God ' blesses you. For more details about LifeHouse Church visit www.Lifehouse.global or download the LifeHouse Church app.

I. Unity is Good and Pleasing ~ 133:1A. Self-Awareness Check/Exercise Regarding Unity1. In What Ways Do I Promote Unity?2. In What Ways Do I Suppress Unity?B. Reasons to be a Unity-Seeker1. First and Foremost: He Reconciled with You ~ Rom. 5:8; II Cor. 5:18-202. He Re-Created You for Unity ~ Rom. 15:5-73. Jesus' Desire for His Bride ~ John 17:114. The Example of the Early Church ~ Acts 2:42-455. Seek What Is Good and Pleasing ~ Psalm 133:1II. Unity is a Lavish Gift From God ~ Ps. 133:2-3aA. The Lavishness of the BlessingB. The Path of the BlessingC. The Scope of the BlessingIII. Unity is an Absolute Command of God ~ Ps. 133:3bA. Christ Will Build His Church ~ Matt. 16:18B. God the Father Will Answer the Pleas of God the Son ~ John 17:20-23C. The Lord Will Answer the Call: Life Forevermore! ~ Ps. 133:3b

Welcome to Citipointe Church Online. We love that you're joining us for our online experience.The Knowable God | Ps Chris EnsbeyDecember 15th - Sunday 10:15am ServiceTo connect with or contact us, visit https://citipointechurch.com/connectTo GIVE online, visit https://citipointechurch.com/givingIf you have made a decision today to follow Jesus, please let us know by filling out the form found here: https://citipointechurch.com/i-have-decided/Citipointe Church exists to unmistakably influence our world for good and for God.

We are one church with many locations across Sydney, united with a heart that people would know Jesus, find community and discover purpose. You can find more resources to this message on the Youversion Bible App, follow us on Instagram @c3.syd or reach out on our website c3syd.church/contact. We pray this message blesses you today!

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In the second message of our Advent series, Peace on Earth, Anna Couston unpacks the profound truth of reconciliation with God through Jesus Christ. Romans 5:1 reminds us that we are justified by faith, granting us peace with God—a peace that is deeper than anything the world can offer.Through this peace, we find not only reconciliation but also the assurance that we can live confidently in God's love and grace. Anna explores how this peace, rooted in faith and reconciliation, transforms our relationship with God and shapes how we live in the world.Join us as we answer the question: How does reconciliation with God offer us peace? Discover how embracing this peace can change our hearts, strengthen our faith, and prepare us for the joy of Christ's coming.We pray this message encourages you as we apprentice to become more like Jesus.We'd love to hear from you!hello@church.nuwww.facebook.com/newlifegoldcoastwww.instagram.com/@newlifegoldcoast ★ Support this podcast ★

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You are listening to the messages from Pastor Scott Tewell who is the Lead Pastor at Rosedale Baptist Church in Rosedale, MD. Each week we provide these messages to help you grow in your faith and find encouragement through God's Word.

The Bible says, “repent for the Kingdom of God is at hand.” We have two options — to live in the Kingdom that we are currently in, or we can join another Kingdom. In this powerful message, Ps. Mike encourages us to turn away from our own patterns and ways, and allow God to present to us a different reality.

Can I ask you a question? Why is it that we Christians in America tend to be surprised by the supernatural? Think about what it is that we say we believe. We believe the Bible to be true and supernaturally inspired by God Himself. Because we believe the Bible to be supernaturally inspired, we believe God created all things by the act of His omnipotent will. Because we believe the Bible to be inspired by God, we believe that there was a serpent in the Garden who successfully tempted Adam and Eve to sin, that Satan does indeed exist, as does his legions of demons. One of my favorite stories about the fight between the Kingdom of Light and the kingdom of darkness is the one found in 2 Kings 19:8-37. We do not have the time to read the entire story, but I do think it is worth pointing out a few things that happened in order to teach how we can respond to the threats of our day. Judahs king, Hezekiah, received a letter from the king of Assyria that read: Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you by saying, Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria. Behold, you yourself have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be saved? Did the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed save them: Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar? (2 Kings 19:1012) What was Hezekiahs response? He stood firm against his enemy in the way his great grandfather David encouraged Gods people to do: Some praise their chariots and some their horses, but we will praise the name of the Lord, our God (Ps. 20:7). Here is Hezekiahs response: Then Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord. Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said, Lord, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. Incline Your ear, Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, Lord, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to taunt the living God. It is true, Lord; the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands, and have hurled their gods into the fire; for they were not gods, but only the work of human hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them. But now, Lord our God, please, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, Lord, are God. (2 Kings 19:1419) God didnt use Hezekiahs chariots or horses, but instead, He sent the angel of the Lord and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. So, when we read stories like that, how is it that we are surprised? When we read Ephesians 6:10-13 and are warned about the demonic realm consisting of rulers, powers, world forces of this darkness, and spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places... how is it that we do not take such warnings as seriously as we ought? Throughout the gospels we read of Jesus encountering the demonically possessed and how the demons were terrified of Him. We read of the Jewish exorcists in Ephesus who went from place-to-place attempting to mimic the kinds of miraculous things they saw Paul do in the name of Jesus. At one point, in an effort to cast out the demons the Jewish exorcists said: I order you in the name of Jesus whom Paul preaches! The evil spirit responded: I recognize Jesus, and I know of Paul, but who are you? We are then told that the demon possessed man, pounced on them and subdued all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of the house naked and wounded (see Acts 19:11-16). I wonder if Paul recalled these stories when he wrote, For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places (Eph. 6:12). As we consider Ephesians 6:12-13 this morning, there are two points that we dare not miss. The first is, Our enemy is spiritual, strategic, and satanic. The second point is, Our fight is direct, dangerous, and dogged. Our Enemy is Spiritual, Strategic, and Satanic What Paul wants us to understand is that when it comes to the world that Jesus said would hate us because it hated Him, that our struggle was NOT against flesh and blood. In other words, our enemy does not include those who reject Jesus or embrace the ideologies of this world, but instead our enemy includes, ...the rulers, the powers, the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places (v. 12). Ephesians 6:10-13 is the most explicit reference to the Christians struggle against evil forces that we have in the Bible. It cannot be any clearer than this! There is no real way to tell if Paul is describing an authority structure within the demonic realm, but it does seem that way from everything else I read in the Bible. Let me begin by sharing five things that we know about angels from the Bible: Angels are spirit beings that possess personhood, created for the glory of God (Ps. 148:2-5), and are a part of the created order (see also Job. 38:4-7; Isa. 6:2-4; Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:14; 12:22; Rev. 4:8). Angels are temporarily above man but will be subject to judgment by Jesus church at the judgment (1 Cor. 6:2-3). Meanwhile they are unusually strong, swift and intelligent, and can take the appearance of man (see Ps. 103:20; Dan. 9:21; Ezek. 28:12; 1 Pet. 1:11-12; Gen. 18:1-3; Mk. 16:5). Angels are limited in ways that man is not. Angels cannot marry, man can (Matt. 22:30; 19:4-6); angels cannot experience redemption, man can (2 Pet. 2:4; Rom. 5); angels are created as angelic beings while man is created in the image of God (Ps. 148:2-5; Gen. 1:27). Angels possess personhood: intellect, emotion, and will (emotion: 1 Pet. 1:12; intellect: 1 Pet. 1:12; will: Jude 6). Angels seem to be ranked by authority (1 Thess. 4:16; Jude 9; Rev. 12:7; Eph. 6:12; Col. 1:16; Isa. 6:2; Ezek. 28:14). Lucifer was Gods guardian cherub (Ezek. 28:12-17) who seems to have out ranked all the other angels, there is at least one archangel (1 Thess. 4:16; Jude 1:9), cherubim (Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 10:1-22), seraphim (Isa. 6:2-3), and a multitude of angels (Rev. 5:11ff). We are told that the there was a war in heaven; the timeframe of when the war happened is unclear. I believe the war happened sometime between creation and Genesis 3 when we are first introduced to Satan as the serpent. The angels who sided with Lucifer (the dragon) are now known as demons. Here is what we read in Revelation 12:7-9, And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war, and they did not prevail, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him (Rev. 12:79). The rulers, powers, world forces of darkness, and spiritual forces of wickedness are those angels who sided with Satan in his war against God. Although Satan is only one demon who cannot be in more than one place at a time, he has command over millions of demons who obey his every command. Our enemy is spiritual, our enemy is strategic, and our enemy is satanic. Our enemy is very real and although limited, they are capable of the following: Demons can provide superhuman strength to the victims they possess (Mark 5:1-20; Acts 19:16). They have the same capability that angels have in that physical barriers cannot restrict them (Mark 5:9-13; Dan. 9:21-23; 10:10-14). Demons can physically harm, oppress, and possess humans (see Matt. 9:32-33; 12:22; 17:15; John 13:21-30; Acts 16:16-18; 19:11-16). Behind every idol, false teaching, and anything that is against Christ are demons (1 Cor. 10:14-22; Gal. 4:3-9). Demons can influence nations, world leaders, and governing authorities (read the books of Daniel and Revelation as an example). It is good to have a right and biblical understanding of demons, but you must also understand that the Bible teaches us that they have no power over the Christian because of our relationship with Jesus who redeemed us! If there is any bit of anxiety in what you have just heard about the demonic, consider what Colossians 2:13-15 promises: And when you were dead in your wrongdoings and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our wrongdoings, having canceled the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him. (Col. 2:1315) Our Fight is Direct, Dangerous, and Dogged Jesus did indeed disarm the rulers and authorities through His sacrifice upon the cross and His triumph over the grave with His resurrection. However, we are warned that we are still in a fight, and that our fight is with the demonic forces that stand opposed to God. In this fight, we are to stand strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might by putting on the full armor of God. Our fight is a struggle; the Greek word that we get the word struggle (ά) from is a word used to describe the kind of fight that comes in the form of close hand-to-hand combat. The point is that we must be prepared for the enemys attacks from afar or up close, and the enemy brings his fight against us in all shapes and sizes! It comes in the form of slander, false teaching, and the temptation to sin. Our fight can come in the form doubt, depression, and deception. Our struggle can be with the temptation to sin against God and others. The battle can come in the form of persecution from friends, family, or state authorities. The evil day includes a greater evil that is coming, but it also includes any day you find yourself face to face with the enemys attacks or find yourself in his crosshairs from a distance. The evil day will be the final cataclysmic satanic attack that will come just before Jesus second coming. The evil day is your entire life as a Christian from new birth to physical death. The evil day includes those days in the Christian life when the onslaught of the enemy seems the strongest. The evil day are those days when the temptation to sin is more of a struggle than usual. So, Christian, how will you resist in the evil day? You do so by taking up the only help available to you that has been provided by God Himself: Take up the full armor of God. The three imperatives of Ephesians 6:10-13 are as follows: Be strong in the Lord and the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God. Take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist on the evil day. When you have done everything to put on the full armor of God, only then can you stand firm. Stand firm with and in all of Gods truth. His truth is the only truth that matters. Stand firm with the breastplate of Christs righteousness. All of Christs righteousness is now your righteousness. Stand firm in the peace of God as a beneficiary of His mercy. You are a child of God almighty. Stand firm with a shield of faith, saturated by the water of the word of God. God is infinitely bigger than all your problems, but you will not know that unless you receive it from His word. Stand firm with the helmet of salvation, which is the assurance that you belong to the One who chose you, redeemed you, and sealed you with His Holy Spirit. What can man do to you ultimately when the God of Life is for you? Stand firm with the ability to handle the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. You have the Word of God that is the authority of God who is able to change lives.

Can I ask you a question? Why is it that we Christians in America tend to be surprised by the supernatural? Think about what it is that we say we believe. We believe the Bible to be true and supernaturally inspired by God Himself. Because we believe the Bible to be supernaturally inspired, we believe God created all things by the act of His omnipotent will. Because we believe the Bible to be inspired by God, we believe that there was a serpent in the Garden who successfully tempted Adam and Eve to sin, that Satan does indeed exist, as does his legions of demons. One of my favorite stories about the fight between the Kingdom of Light and the kingdom of darkness is the one found in 2 Kings 19:8-37. We do not have the time to read the entire story, but I do think it is worth pointing out a few things that happened in order to teach how we can respond to the threats of our day. Judahs king, Hezekiah, received a letter from the king of Assyria that read: Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you by saying, Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria. Behold, you yourself have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be saved? Did the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed save them: Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar? (2 Kings 19:1012) What was Hezekiahs response? He stood firm against his enemy in the way his great grandfather David encouraged Gods people to do: Some praise their chariots and some their horses, but we will praise the name of the Lord, our God (Ps. 20:7). Here is Hezekiahs response: Then Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord. Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said, Lord, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. Incline Your ear, Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, Lord, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to taunt the living God. It is true, Lord; the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands, and have hurled their gods into the fire; for they were not gods, but only the work of human hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them. But now, Lord our God, please, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, Lord, are God. (2 Kings 19:1419) God didnt use Hezekiahs chariots or horses, but instead, He sent the angel of the Lord and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers. So, when we read stories like that, how is it that we are surprised? When we read Ephesians 6:10-13 and are warned about the demonic realm consisting of rulers, powers, world forces of this darkness, and spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places... how is it that we do not take such warnings as seriously as we ought? Throughout the gospels we read of Jesus encountering the demonically possessed and how the demons were terrified of Him. We read of the Jewish exorcists in Ephesus who went from place-to-place attempting to mimic the kinds of miraculous things they saw Paul do in the name of Jesus. At one point, in an effort to cast out the demons the Jewish exorcists said: I order you in the name of Jesus whom Paul preaches! The evil spirit responded: I recognize Jesus, and I know of Paul, but who are you? We are then told that the demon possessed man, pounced on them and subdued all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of the house naked and wounded (see Acts 19:11-16). I wonder if Paul recalled these stories when he wrote, For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places (Eph. 6:12). As we consider Ephesians 6:12-13 this morning, there are two points that we dare not miss. The first is, Our enemy is spiritual, strategic, and satanic. The second point is, Our fight is direct, dangerous, and dogged. Our Enemy is Spiritual, Strategic, and Satanic What Paul wants us to understand is that when it comes to the world that Jesus said would hate us because it hated Him, that our struggle was NOT against flesh and blood. In other words, our enemy does not include those who reject Jesus or embrace the ideologies of this world, but instead our enemy includes, ...the rulers, the powers, the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places (v. 12). Ephesians 6:10-13 is the most explicit reference to the Christians struggle against evil forces that we have in the Bible. It cannot be any clearer than this! There is no real way to tell if Paul is describing an authority structure within the demonic realm, but it does seem that way from everything else I read in the Bible. Let me begin by sharing five things that we know about angels from the Bible: Angels are spirit beings that possess personhood, created for the glory of God (Ps. 148:2-5), and are a part of the created order (see also Job. 38:4-7; Isa. 6:2-4; Col. 1:16; Heb. 1:14; 12:22; Rev. 4:8). Angels are temporarily above man but will be subject to judgment by Jesus church at the judgment (1 Cor. 6:2-3). Meanwhile they are unusually strong, swift and intelligent, and can take the appearance of man (see Ps. 103:20; Dan. 9:21; Ezek. 28:12; 1 Pet. 1:11-12; Gen. 18:1-3; Mk. 16:5). Angels are limited in ways that man is not. Angels cannot marry, man can (Matt. 22:30; 19:4-6); angels cannot experience redemption, man can (2 Pet. 2:4; Rom. 5); angels are created as angelic beings while man is created in the image of God (Ps. 148:2-5; Gen. 1:27). Angels possess personhood: intellect, emotion, and will (emotion: 1 Pet. 1:12; intellect: 1 Pet. 1:12; will: Jude 6). Angels seem to be ranked by authority (1 Thess. 4:16; Jude 9; Rev. 12:7; Eph. 6:12; Col. 1:16; Isa. 6:2; Ezek. 28:14). Lucifer was Gods guardian cherub (Ezek. 28:12-17) who seems to have out ranked all the other angels, there is at least one archangel (1 Thess. 4:16; Jude 1:9), cherubim (Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 10:1-22), seraphim (Isa. 6:2-3), and a multitude of angels (Rev. 5:11ff). We are told that the there was a war in heaven; the timeframe of when the war happened is unclear. I believe the war happened sometime between creation and Genesis 3 when we are first introduced to Satan as the serpent. The angels who sided with Lucifer (the dragon) are now known as demons. Here is what we read in Revelation 12:7-9, And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war, and they did not prevail, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him (Rev. 12:79). The rulers, powers, world forces of darkness, and spiritual forces of wickedness are those angels who sided with Satan in his war against God. Although Satan is only one demon who cannot be in more than one place at a time, he has command over millions of demons who obey his every command. Our enemy is spiritual, our enemy is strategic, and our enemy is satanic. Our enemy is very real and although limited, they are capable of the following: Demons can provide superhuman strength to the victims they possess (Mark 5:1-20; Acts 19:16). They have the same capability that angels have in that physical barriers cannot restrict them (Mark 5:9-13; Dan. 9:21-23; 10:10-14). Demons can physically harm, oppress, and possess humans (see Matt. 9:32-33; 12:22; 17:15; John 13:21-30; Acts 16:16-18; 19:11-16). Behind every idol, false teaching, and anything that is against Christ are demons (1 Cor. 10:14-22; Gal. 4:3-9). Demons can influence nations, world leaders, and governing authorities (read the books of Daniel and Revelation as an example). It is good to have a right and biblical understanding of demons, but you must also understand that the Bible teaches us that they have no power over the Christian because of our relationship with Jesus who redeemed us! If there is any bit of anxiety in what you have just heard about the demonic, consider what Colossians 2:13-15 promises: And when you were dead in your wrongdoings and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our wrongdoings, having canceled the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him. (Col. 2:1315) Our Fight is Direct, Dangerous, and Dogged Jesus did indeed disarm the rulers and authorities through His sacrifice upon the cross and His triumph over the grave with His resurrection. However, we are warned that we are still in a fight, and that our fight is with the demonic forces that stand opposed to God. In this fight, we are to stand strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might by putting on the full armor of God. Our fight is a struggle; the Greek word that we get the word struggle (ά) from is a word used to describe the kind of fight that comes in the form of close hand-to-hand combat. The point is that we must be prepared for the enemys attacks from afar or up close, and the enemy brings his fight against us in all shapes and sizes! It comes in the form of slander, false teaching, and the temptation to sin. Our fight can come in the form doubt, depression, and deception. Our struggle can be with the temptation to sin against God and others. The battle can come in the form of persecution from friends, family, or state authorities. The evil day includes a greater evil that is coming, but it also includes any day you find yourself face to face with the enemys attacks or find yourself in his crosshairs from a distance. The evil day will be the final cataclysmic satanic attack that will come just before Jesus second coming. The evil day is your entire life as a Christian from new birth to physical death. The evil day includes those days in the Christian life when the onslaught of the enemy seems the strongest. The evil day are those days when the temptation to sin is more of a struggle than usual. So, Christian, how will you resist in the evil day? You do so by taking up the only help available to you that has been provided by God Himself: Take up the full armor of God. The three imperatives of Ephesians 6:10-13 are as follows: Be strong in the Lord and the strength of His might. Put on the full armor of God. Take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist on the evil day. When you have done everything to put on the full armor of God, only then can you stand firm. Stand firm with and in all of Gods truth. His truth is the only truth that matters. Stand firm with the breastplate of Christs righteousness. All of Christs righteousness is now your righteousness. Stand firm in the peace of God as a beneficiary of His mercy. You are a child of God almighty. Stand firm with a shield of faith, saturated by the water of the word of God. God is infinitely bigger than all your problems, but you will not know that unless you receive it from His word. Stand firm with the helmet of salvation, which is the assurance that you belong to the One who chose you, redeemed you, and sealed you with His Holy Spirit. What can man do to you ultimately when the God of Life is for you? Stand firm with the ability to handle the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. You have the Word of God that is the authority of God who is able to change lives.

In this incredible message, Ps. Mikala shows us  how God uses everything to work together for good, and brings us from times of hardship to testimonies that glorify Him. Learn how to access His presence in all seasons, gain territory, and impact the generations ahead.

In this incredible message, Ps. Mikala shows us  how God uses everything to work together for good, and brings us from times of hardship to testimonies that glorify Him. Learn how to access His presence in all seasons, gain territory, and impact the generations ahead.

The night before He was crucified Jesus went to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray with Peter, James, and John. Jesus instructed them to watch and pray with Him: “Then He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me." He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will." Then He came to the disciples and found them asleep, and said to Peter, "What? Could you not watch with Me one hour? Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." (Matthew 26:38-41).   Remember we mentioned how Jesus was praying after His baptism (Luke 3:21) in preparation for His public ministry. If Jesus, the Son of God, needed to pray to fulfill the Father's will for His life, how much more do we need to pray! When the great temptation came to avoid the cross, Jesus prayed and accepted the Father's will and drank the cup of our sins. Jesus was ready and prepared for the suffering of the cross! Peter didn't pray but was sleeping and when he was tempted to deny Jesus he failed miserably and wept bitterly. Peter must have learned his lesson because later he wrote: “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.”  (1 Peter 5:8-9).   In this first temptation in verses 3-4, Satan suggested that there must be something wrong with the Father's love since His "beloved Son" was hungry. In years past Israel hungered in the wilderness, and God sent them bread from heaven; so surely Jesus could use His divine power to feed Himself and save His life. Satan subtly used this same approach on Eve: "God is holding out on you! Why can't you eat of every tree in the Garden? If He really loved you, He would share everything with you!"   But the test was even more subtle than that, for Satan was asking Jesus to separate the physical from the spiritual. In the Christian life, eating is a spiritual activity, and we can use even our daily food to glorify God (Rom. 14:20-21; 1 Cor. 10:31). Whenever we label different spheres of our lives "physical," "material," "financial," or "spiritual," we are bound to leave God out of areas where He rightfully belongs. Christ must be first in everything, or He is first in nothing (Matt. 6:33). It is better to be hungry in the will of God than satisfied out of the will of God.   When our Lord quoted Deuteronomy 8:3, He put the emphasis on the word man. As the eternal Son of God, He had power to do anything; but as the humble Son of man, He had authority to do only that which the Father willed. (Note carefully John 5:17, 30; 8:28; 10:17-18; 15:10, 15.) As the Servant, Jesus did not use His divine attributes for selfish purposes (Phil. 2:5-8). Because He was man, He hungered; but He trusted the Father to meet His needs in His own time and His own way.   You and I need bread for the body (Matt. 6:11), but we must not live by physical bread alone. We also need food for the inner person to satisfy our spiritual needs. This food is the Word of God (Ps. 119:103; Jer. 15:16; 1 Peter 2:2). What digestion is to the body, meditation is to the soul. As we read the Word and meditate on it, we receive spiritual health and strength for the inner person, and this enables us to obey the will of God.   My friend, it is absolutely necessary to take the time to pray and meditate on God's Word in preparation for the challenges each day brings! Jesus taught us to pray: “Give us this day our daily bread…, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one…” (Matthew 6:9-13).

Psalm 95:6-7: “Come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will HEAR His VOICE” (quoted in Heb 3:7,15, 4:7). God is speaking today! *I. God is BROADCASTING (Ps 95:7b). Clearly God is speaking. He spoke from the beginning (Gen 1:3) and He is speaking now. He has a voice and He speaks with a purpose, for He wants to be heard. Yet, not everybody is hearing what He is saying to them: “IF you will HEAR His VOICE.” Let's have confidence God is talking today. The question is: “Will we hear Him?” His voice comes to us in many different ways. That's how much He wants to be heard! He talks to us through His Creation (Rom 1:20, Ps 19:1). He also speaks directly with us through dreams, visions and angels. And He speaks through the still, small voice. He speaks with us very personally. He desires to communicate with us. Built into us is a desire to communicate with Him. God is broadcasting constantly, but are we in a position to receive what He is saying? *II. We have a RECEIVER (Ps 95:7a). God is broadcasting, and we have a built-in RECEIVER to hear from God! He made us in His image for fellowship with Himself. He made us to hear His voice. When we are born again, with our spirits made new - we are in a position to receive what God is broadcasting. Even if you are not a Christian, He is reaching out to reveal Himself to you all the time. Those signals are emanating from Him continually, reaching out to our hearts. Why do we know we can hear His voice? Ps 95:7: “He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand” – this speaks of a personal relationship! (also Ps 23:1-2: “The Lord is my Shepherd...He leads me beside the still waters.” Notice how personal this is! He is not hiding Himself from us; He hides Himself FOR us (Matt 7:7). It does not say: “Today, IF God is speaking to me.” No! it says: “Today, IF I will hear His voice.” God IS speaking to us today! The problem is not with Heaven's radio station, but with my receiver! Perhaps we are waiting for God to speak to us in some extravagant, external way, but instead He has a better way to communicate with us – quietly, within our hearts. How often do we mistake what God is saying to us for our own thoughts? Sometimes we miss God's speech, as it comes to us so simply & gently. So often, God speaks to us, but we miss what He is saying, as we are not TUNED IN to His wavelength. The enemy lies to us that God is silent, distant, unconcerned with the details of our lives. But the truth is that He is intimately concerned with every detail of our lives, which is why He is so willing to speak to us at all times and circumstances. He is speaking to us, but are we receiving His voice? Are we hearing God, or are we so tense, nervous and agitated, that we can't hear from God? There's too much static! In John 10, Jesus uses this image of the sheep and the true Shepherd, who cares for His sheep. We are His sheep (Ps 95:7), and “His sheep hear His voice” (John 10:3a). Don't doubt that. We DO hear Him. "and He calls His own sheep by name and leads them out. And when He brings out His own sheep, He goes before them; and the sheep follow Him, for they know His voice” (v3b-4). It's so personal. He is leading us by His voice. Are we tuned in to His voice? We have a receiver in us, for the Holy Spirit lives inside us. He is built in to the centre of our being! v5: “they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.” The devil likes to imitate God's voice, but the more we are in God's Word, we can be sure we know His voice, as we are familiar with it. His voice is in His Word! As we familiarize ourselves with His Word, we can build that confidence that we hear His voice. John 10:27: “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me." *III. Let's turn the DIAL (Ps 95:6). God is BROADCASTING, and I have a RECEIVER. I am His sheep and I hear His voice. So why am I not hearing it? It may just be a question of TUNING! Fine tune the dial. Find the right wavelength and exclude the wrong wavelength. After all the activity of Ps 95:1-2, we come to v6: “Oh come, let us worship and BOW DOWN; let us KNEEL before the Lord our Maker.” In this moment, our bodies and flesh are IMMOBILISED. This agrees with Rom 12:1. As we do that, we are ruling out all that static that gets in the way and interferes with us hearing from God. We can just be still and know that He is God (Ps 46:10). So, God is BROADCASTING, and we can RECEIVE and hear His voice. Let's TUNE OUT all the other voices & noises, and let's hear from Him. Let's trust Him! How do we do that? Let's just bow before Him, and be quiet before Him. He is speaking. We can hear Him. Let's not doubt that!

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To live a victorious life is to walk in the power of God. In this powerful message, Ps. Bob helps us to understand that God is good and His desire is to fill us with His grace and power. 

Welcome to Citipointe Church Online. We love that you're joining us for our online experience. Let God Be God | Ps Mark Ramsey August 18th - Sunday 10:15am Service To connect with or contact us, visit https://citipointechurch.com/connect To GIVE online, visit https://citipointechurch.com/giving If you have made a decision today to follow Jesus, please let us know by filling out the form found here: https://citipointechurch.com/i-have-decided/ Citipointe Church exists to unmistakably influence our world for good and for God.

Welcome to Citipointe Church Online. We love that you're joining us for our online experience.Let God Be God | Ps Mark RamseyAugust 18th - Sunday 10:15am ServiceTo connect with or contact us, visit https://citipointechurch.com/connectTo GIVE online, visit https://citipointechurch.com/givingIf you have made a decision today to follow Jesus, please let us know by filling out the form found here: https://citipointechurch.com/i-have-decided/Citipointe Church exists to unmistakably influence our world for good and for God.

Welcome to Citipointe Church Online. We love that you're joining us for our online experience. A Heart After God - Mark Ramsey July 21st - Sunday 10:15am Service To connect with or contact us, visit https://citipointechurch.com/connect To GIVE online, visit https://citipointechurch.com/giving If you have made a decision today to follow Jesus, please let us know by filling out the form found here: https://citipointechurch.com/i-have-decided/ Citipointe Church exists to unmistakably influence our world for good and for God.

Deliverance is a part of the Kingdom of God. Tune into this powerful message from Ps. Mike as he shows us how to get and stay free from oppression.

We should be winning in all areas of our life, but to do this we need the breath of God. In this powerful message, Ps. Colin helps us to get the results we want, and he gets us to start producing.