Podcasts about hebrews 12:1-2

Join us this week as Pastor Ken explores what it means to have a faith that truly perseveres through life's challenges. In the first message of our “Faith for Real Life” series, we dive into the Book of James to discover how our faith can remain steadfast, not just in theory but in the everyday realities we face.

Stayed the Course

We love what the Lord is doing in our midst, and we are excited about the things to come! Pastors Nik and Wade walked us through a beautiful gem in the scriptures through the lives of Moses, Joshua, and Jesus. We learned three foundational elements that a believer must have in order to enter into God's war front. This sermon is packed full of revelation and practical application that you will want to take hold of. Listen now to “Entering God’s War Front”!

Hey, do you feel like you are more of a workhorse or more of a racehorse in your daily life? Wait, let's be more specific: do you often feel like an unappreciated or at least underappreciated workhorse, perhaps just a cog in an uncaring machine? Or do you feel like a racehorse winning meaningful, important races? Join Kevin as we delve into just how each and every Christian can become the elite racehorse God intends them to be! // Download this episode's Application & Action questions and PDF transcript at whitestone.org.

Are you truly consistently joyful, day in and day out? Or is joy elusive or, at best, a “come and go” type of thing? Have you given up on expecting a consistently joyful life? Are your analytical mind and your achieving will robbing you of joy, often manifesting in troubling late nights wrangling with issues? Join Kevin as we look at what seems to be God's recipe for consistent joy, even for analyticals and acheivers! // Download this episode's Application & Action questions and PDF transcript at whitestone.org.

The essence of the Christian life is our love relationship with God rather than following a list of rules. A disciple is a follower of the Person of Jesus, who wants to be as close as possible to Him. This does involve discipline. There are important disciplines that are part of being a disciple, like Bible reading and having a devotional time with God every day, with praise, prayer and confession, being faithful in Church, and finding ways to serve God and people. But we do not do them for their own sake but as expressions of our love for the Lord, in order to be close to Jesus and glorify Him. We are precious to the Lord. Above all, He wants our heart. He wants us to give Him our heart, which starts by opening (the ears of) our heart to Him, to receive His words of love and His grace to us, for our ears are the receivers of our heart (Isaiah 55:1-3). Then as He fills us with Himself (His life and love), He takes possession of our hearts by his Spirit (Presence), and our hearts become fully His, so that we then love Him with all our heart.

The essence of the Christian life is our love relationship with God rather than following a list of rules. A disciple is a follower of the Person of Jesus, who wants to be as close as possible to Him. This does involve discipline. There are important disciplines that are part of being a disciple, like Bible reading and having a devotional time with God every day, with praise, prayer and confession, being faithful in Church, and finding ways to serve God and people. But we do not do them for their own sake but as expressions of our love for the Lord, in order to be close to Jesus and glorify Him. We are precious to the Lord. Above all, He wants our heart. He wants us to give Him our heart, which starts by opening (the ears of) our heart to Him, to receive His words of love and His grace to us, for our ears are the receivers of our heart (Isaiah 55:1-3). Then as He fills us with Himself (His life and love), He takes possession of our hearts by his Spirit (Presence), and our hearts become fully His, so that we then love Him with all our heart.

The essence of the Christian life is our love relationship with God rather than following a list of rules. A disciple is a follower of the Person of Jesus, who wants to be as close as possible to Him. This does involve discipline. There are important disciplines that are part of being a disciple, like Bible reading and having a devotional time with God every day, with praise, prayer and confession, being faithful in Church, and finding ways to serve God and people. But we do not do them for their own sake but as expressions of our love for the Lord, in order to be close to Jesus and glorify Him. We are precious to the Lord. Above all, He wants our heart. He wants us to give Him our heart, which starts by opening (the ears of) our heart to Him, to receive His words of love and His grace to us, for our ears are the receivers of our heart (Isaiah 55:1-3). Then as He fills us with Himself (His life and love), He takes possession of our hearts by his Spirit (Presence), and our hearts become fully His, so that we then love Him with all our heart.

John Hayward

Week 5 – Jeff Maness – July 5, 2020 Theme Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:7 7 We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves. Big Idea: The start of...

Week 5 – Jeff Maness – July 5, 2020 Theme Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:7 7 We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves. Big Idea: The start of...

Comparing ourselves to others is something most of us struggle with in one way or another! What if we just focused on being ourselves and being the very best self we could possibly be? Dive in with Erin as she encourages us to do just that in this weeks podcast!

Through the Eyes

Sermon on Hebrews 12:1-2, "Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."

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1 Thes 5:16-17, Psalm 6, Psalm 89:15, Hebrews 12:1-2

In this first episode in a series of messages in the lead up to the Rio Olympics, Ps John Iuliano unpacks Hebrews 12:1-2, encouraging us to keep our eyes on the prize - Jesus.

Minister Adam Morse