Podcasts about Maranatha

Pastor Ray Bentley on Jesus warnings to the lukewarm church. It lay out a sin. Here's what Jesus is saying. Just to say you're okay doesn't mean that in reality you are okay. It's possible to be religious and think you are the greatest thing since sliced bread. We're awesome. Look at all the things that we do. And yet the reality is that you are miserable inside.

Today, pastor Ray Bentley explains why the church at lay on Laodicea was lukewarm. If we believe that Jesus is God manifest in the flesh, and he's in us and in our hearts and lives as a community, there should be evidence of something supernatural, which ultimately means changed lives. What it means is that earlier this year was a church that kept meeting, but nobody.

Today. Pastor Ray Bentley on Jesus words to the church at Laodicea. I wish that you were either hot, passionate, on fire, in love with me, or I wish that you were like Colossae, where the mountain waters are so fresh and they're cold. I want my church to either be cold and refreshing or hot and healing. But you are neither.

Ugandan gospel artist Minister Rachel K sits down with Bonny Kibuuka on The Ugandan Boy Talk Show for her most open and revealing interview yet. From her early career in Los Angeles and MTV Base rotation, to performing on the Pepsi 2010 World Cup anthem “Oh Africa” with Akon and Keri Hilson, Rachel K shares the real story behind her journey.In this episode, she talks about:

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Wann wird alles neu werden? (Alles neu 02)Nur etwas für die Fachleute?„SIEHE, ICH MACHE ALLES NEU“, LEBEN IN ERWARTUNG - MONATSTHEMA DEZEMBER 2025Ich muss gestehen, es gab Momente im vergangenen Jahr, in denen ich nach einem Blick auf die Schlagzeilen gebetet habe: „Maranatha, komme bald, Herr Jesus! Wie lange noch?“ Gerade wenn man denkt, es kann mit der Gottlosigkeit, Grausamkeit, eiskalter Ungerechtigkeit dieser Welt nicht schlimmer werden, wird es noch schlimmer …Wir wollen diesen Monat, Eigenschaften der neuen Stadt anschauen … Sobald das neue Jahr losgeht, werden wir einen Bibelvers auf vielen Kalendern sehen, als Thema vieler Andachten und Predigten hören, auf Postkarten und Spruchkärtchen lesen, vor allem wenn wir uns in landeskirchlichen Kreisen und Gemeinschaften aufhalten. Es ist nämlich die Jahreslosung für das Jahr 2026. Eine fantastische Wahl für die Zeit, in der wir leben! Und weil diese Losung auch perfekt zu Advent und Weihnachten passt, schauen wir sie uns als Monatsthema Dezember an, hinführend zu Weihnachten. „Alles neu? Wann endlich?“, fragen die Kranken und Leidenden. „Muss irgendetwas neu sein?“, fragen die, die sich auf der Sonnenseite des Lebens aufhalten. Für beide Kategorien hat die Bibel mutmachende, herausfordernde Antworten! Jetzt abonnieren und keine Neuigkeit verpassen: Newsletter

Pastor Ray Bentley says we shouldn't wait too long to make our hearts right with the Lord. There's too much at stake. Jesus often gave this promise I am coming, and when I come, it'll happen like that. It'll happen in a moment. It'll happen like a thief in the night. You don't have time to adjust. There are many people that say, well, I'm going to wait until this happens, and then I'm going to get right with God and I'll be ready for the end.

For the text to this week's passage, please click Hebrews 3:1-3; For more information about Maranatha, please visit www.mbccolumbus.org

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In this stirring and deeply encouraging Advent message, Pastor Karl launches the new series The King Has Come with a powerful exploration of the first great gift Jesus brings: hope.Turning to Luke 2 and the quiet, largely forgotten figures of Simeon and Anna, Pastor Karl paints a vivid picture of two elderly saints who spent decades waiting in faithful obscurity—praying unanswered prayers, worshiping through silence, and serving without recognition. Yet the moment a 40-day-old baby was carried into the temple, their Spirit-illuminated eyes saw what the crowds missed: the long-promised Messiah, the Consolation of Israel, the Redemption of Jerusalem.Through their story, Pastor Karl reveals that biblical hope is not wishful thinking; it is the confident, unshakable expectation of future good rooted in the unchanging character and faithfulness of God. Hope grows in the hidden soil of daily faithfulness, thrives when God chooses to work in silence, and celebrates the tiny seed because it already trusts the coming harvest. Simeon and Anna never saw Jesus preach, heal, or rise from the dead—yet they held the infant King and departed in peace, because they knew who He was long before they saw what He would do.A tender yet convicting word for everyone who has waited a long time and is still waiting, prayed a long time and is still praying, and hoped a long time and is still hoping. In a season that can feel rushed and noisy, this message calls us to slow down, stay faithful, and train our eyes to recognize the presence of the King—even when He shows up wrapped in the ordinary, the small, and the seemingly insignificant.Because the King has come, hope is not dead. It is alive, resilient, and bubbling up in every heart that keeps showing up and keeps looking for Jesus. Essential listening for anyone who needs fresh hope this Christmas.Watch all our sermons on our youtube channel "Flipside Christian Church"Join us in person 9:00am & 10:30am every Sunday morning.37193 Ave 12 #3h, Madera, CA 93636For more visit us at flipside.churchFor more podcasts visit flipsidepodcasts.transistor.fm

„Alles neu?“ (Alles neu 01)Aber warum kann es nicht so bleiben, wie es ist?„SIEHE, ICH MACHE ALLES NEU“, LEBEN IN ERWARTUNG - MONATSTHEMA DEZEMBER 2025Ich muss gestehen, es gab Momente im vergangenen Jahr, in denen ich nach einem Blick auf die Schlagzeilen gebetet habe: „Maranatha, komme bald, Herr Jesus! Wie lange noch?“ Gerade wenn man denkt, es kann mit der Gottlosigkeit, Grausamkeit, eiskalter Ungerechtigkeit dieser Welt nicht schlimmer werden, wird es noch schlimmer …Wir wollen diesen Monat, Eigenschaften der neuen Stadt anschauen … Sobald das neue Jahr losgeht, werden wir einen Bibelvers auf vielen Kalendern sehen, als Thema vieler Andachten und Predigten hören, auf Postkarten und Spruchkärtchen lesen, vor allem wenn wir uns in landeskirchlichen Kreisen und Gemeinschaften aufhalten. Es ist nämlich die Jahreslosung für das Jahr 2026. Eine fantastische Wahl für die Zeit, in der wir leben! Und weil diese Losung auch perfekt zu Advent und Weihnachten passt, schauen wir sie uns als Monatsthema Dezember an, hinführend zu Weihnachten. „Alles neu? Wann endlich?“, fragen die Kranken und Leidenden. „Muss irgendetwas neu sein?“, fragen die, die sich auf der Sonnenseite des Lebens aufhalten. Für beide Kategorien hat die Bibel mutmachende, herausfordernde Antworten! Jetzt abonnieren und keine Neuigkeit verpassen: Newsletter

In this powerful message, "The Nearness of the Lord," Pastor Peter asserts that we are in a unique cultural moment and a season being shaped by God drawing near to His church. He anchors this truth in Psalm 73:28, declaring, "But as for me, the nearness of God is my good". Drawing on the resurrection account where Jesus entered a locked room to minister to His disciples (John 20:19-22) and appeared to them for forty days before His ascension (Acts 1:1-3), Peter explains that the Lord is drawing near today to prepare His church and bring it out of prayerlessness and into oneness. This shift redefines our understanding of ecclesiology—the nature of the church—by emphasizing that it is not about debates or governance, but about Lordship, esteeming the Lord's presence, and remembering the cautionary tale of treating God's presence casually. Thanks to Jesus, who is the faithful High Priest, the church is being restored to its identity as a kingdom of priests to God the Father (Revelation 1:6), called to draw near to Him. Listen as Pastor Peter urges believers to awaken from slumber and slothfulness, embrace a volunteer spirit, and mobilize the priesthood of all believers, preparing the church to cry out, "Maranatha, come Lord Jesus".

As we reach the final words of Scripture, we're confronted with a profound question: what does it truly mean to long for Jesus' return? The epilogue of Revelation isn't just a gentle wrap-up—it's a spiritual mirror reflecting the deepest desires of our hearts. Three times in these closing verses, Jesus declares, 'Behold, I am coming soon,' and each repetition carries urgent weight. We're called to fix our gaze not on the distractions of this world, but on the One who is restoring all things. The ancient cry 'Maranatha'—come, Lord Jesus—becomes the identifying mark of those who truly belong to Him. But here's the uncomfortable truth we must wrestle with: do we genuinely want Jesus more than the gifts He brings? Would paradise still be paradise for us if Jesus wasn't there? This passage challenges us to examine where the world still has a pull on our hearts, where we're still saying 'not yet' instead of 'come.' As we enter the Advent season, remembering when the world longed for Jesus' first coming, we're invited to cultivate that same desperate longing for His return. The question isn't whether we believe He's coming—it's whether we're living with a forward lean into His kingdom, surrendering our own agendas and crying out with genuine anticipation for Him to come and make all things new.

Homélie du P. Bernard Bastian pour le 1er Dimanche de l'Avent (semaine I du Psautier) — Année A. Le temps d'Avent est un temps pour marcher vers la lumière, pourLire la suite "Avoir un style d'Avent c'est avoir en soi un Maranatha permanent"

Pastor Ray Bentley on Jesus message to one of the churches of revelation. I believe that Jesus not only spoke to the local church of Philadelphia, 2000 years ago, but he was also looking far into the future before the Second coming of Christ. That there would be a Church of Philadelphia with an open door of opportunity and and literally being able to bring the whole gospel to the whole world and fulfill the Great Commission.

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This First Sunday of Advent reminds us of the final coming of Christ, when He will come to judge the living and the dead. The Lord Jesus calls us to vigilance, which is being in a state of readiness by living in truth and virtue and by faith.Maranatha! Come, Lord Jesus.The image used is Ercole Ramazzani, “The Last Judgment,” 1597 (public domain)Music by TheNonVisibles from Pixabay If you would like to contact me to provide feedback, suggestions or to ask questions you can do this via email:frpchandler@armidale.catholic.org.auAlso if you would like to support me in this work, please send me an email and I will provide details for how you can make a donation. Music by TheNonVisibles from Pixabay

Pastor Ray Bentley points out, Jesus had some words of observation about the Church of Philadelphia. Jesus also praised this church for being faithful to his Word. They were discipling in the word. They were evangelizing the word. They were sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. This church not only knew the word and the truth, but they were seeking to live it to the best of their ability.

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Pastor Ray Bentley reminds us where to love our brothers and sisters in Christ. But there is another thing that distinguishes us from every other group Jesus said, you also must love your white enemies. How can we use all of our time, energy, money, resources, emotion, heart, passion, creativity to love those who are our enemies and love one another?

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Pastor Ray Bentley. Every day is a gift from God. A day that we can rejoice. And may I add your setting. The patterns of your own life and nature character that will flow right into your first day in the Kingdom of God. No man knows the day that eternity will invade his or her life. Saint Augustine said the last day is a secret and that every day must then be washed.

The Bible tells us, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” And this year's Vision Sunday was a powerful reminder of just how true that is. Pastor Mac unveiled a dynamic three-fold vision that sets the course for where we're headed as a church family. He said, “It is imperative that I communicate the vision so that we can run with it.”With that in mind, Pastor shared several organizational updates designed to propel all three areas of our ministry forward, Living Word Church, Maranatha, and Global Church Planting. This vision includes a renewed focus on tithing, outreach, and bringing new families into committed membership throughout the year.Pastor Mac emphasized that this vision isn't carried by a few, but by all of us together. He reminded us, “Every prayer, every gift, every act of faith, it all matters. We are building His kingdom one life, one family, one city at a time. The best is yet to come, and it starts right now together. We can bring the Word to the world.”Our Links–• Join The Prayer Movement!: https://theprayermovement.com• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingwordmn• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/livingwordmn• Stay up to date with all things LWCC at https://www.LWCC.org• Join our Online Church community here: https://www.lwcc.org/onlinechurch• Give online: https://www.lwcc.org/give/• If you recently committed your life to God, we'd like to give you a free eBook to help you in your spiritual journey. Click here to download: https://www.lwcc.org/nextsteps/#LivingWord #ChurchSermon #Worship

For the text to this week's passage, please click Colossians 4:7-18; For more information about Maranatha, please visit www.mbccolumbus.org

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The Bible tells us, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” And this year's Vision Sunday was a powerful reminder of just how true that is. Pastor Mac unveiled a dynamic three-fold vision that sets the course for where we're headed as a church family. He said, “It is imperative that I communicate the vision so that we can run with it.”With that in mind, Pastor shared several organizational updates designed to propel all three areas of our ministry forward, Living Word Church, Maranatha, and Global Church Planting. This vision includes a renewed focus on tithing, outreach, and bringing new families into committed membership throughout the year.Pastor Mac emphasized that this vision isn't carried by a few, but by all of us together. He reminded us, “Every prayer, every gift, every act of faith, it all matters. We are building His kingdom one life, one family, one city at a time. The best is yet to come, and it starts right now together. We can bring the Word to the world.”Our Links–• Join The Prayer Movement!: https://theprayermovement.com• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingwordmn• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/livingwordmn• Stay up to date with all things LWCC at https://www.LWCC.org• Join our Online Church community here: https://www.lwcc.org/onlinechurch• Give online: https://www.lwcc.org/give/• If you recently committed your life to God, we'd like to give you a free eBook to help you in your spiritual journey. Click here to download: https://www.lwcc.org/nextsteps/#LivingWord #ChurchSermon #Worship

Pastor Ray Bentley with insight on repentance. Is there a place, or are there situations or circumstances or even old relationships that need to be severed in order that you might be totally, completely given to the Lord Jesus Christ? Have you destroyed the Old Kingdom? You're totally sold out to him. That's what repentance really means. Does it mean to turn around and go in the opposite direction?

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Sunday, November 23, 2025

Today, pastor Ray Bentley highlights Jesus message to the church of Sardis, a warning that could well apply to some of today's churches. This church was not attacked from the outside. There was no persecution. Why? She wasn't a threat to the enemy. She was so lifeless she wasn't even worth attacking. The church was more interested in appearances than they were interested in faithfulness to the Word of God, more interested in what people thought than what God thought spread disease.

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Today, pastor Ray Bentley points out how the Lord reserved some strong words of critique for the church of Sardis as recorded in revelation. Jesus wants the church of Sardis, and he wants every church to know that he desires to lead and guide his church by making the Word of God come alive and fitting into our lives and into our church life and community, to be led by the Holy Spirit.

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From our study and revelation, pastor Ray Bentley helps us move forward along the path to holiness. Holiness is not a quality of our outward performance. Instead, it is the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit inside of our lives. And because he is holy, I am holy in him. He imparts his holiness to me as I abide in him.

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The devil wants to isolate you. Everyone is in it for themselves. Pastor Ray Bentley warns us of the loneliness of letting Satan inflow into our lives. So what? The devil's plan for you is to isolate you and to get you away and alone. The gospel, on the other hand, the good news restores us and unites us. It connects us to others.

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Just like our forefathers, we are tempted toward idol worship today, pastor Ray Bentley explains as we dig into the Book of Revelation. It's a heart problem, and the heart problem is that we need to be reconciled. Our real father, who is in heaven, the only true God and His Son, the son the way, the truth, and the life.

For the text to this week's passage, please click Colossians 4:2-6; For more information about Maranatha, please visit www.mbccolumbus.org

Another rough passage of scripture that describes God's wrath as he judges His people for their actions. Chad digs into this and the similarities to the language from Exodus. Chad encourages to meditate on verse 2: "in wrath, remember mercy". And God has remembered, sending His beloved Son to earth to live and die in our place, rise again and break the cold chains of bondage that bind us all. Rebekah Caggegi sings "Maranatha!" and we look forward to the great day of the Lord when He, the great Judge makes everything forever right.  Show Notes: Support 1517 Podcast Network 1517 Podcasts 1517 on Youtube 1517 Podcast Network on Apple Podcasts 1517 Events Schedule 1517 Academy - Free Theological Education What's New from 1517: Coming Home for Christmas: 1517 Advent Devotional Face to Face: A Novel of the Reformation by Amy Mantravadi Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of Psalms by Chad Bird Remembering Your Baptism: A 40-Day Devotional by Kathryn Morales Sinner Saint by Luke Kjolhaug More from the hosts: Chad Bird Lyrics for Maranatha! Verse: The mountains saw you and trembled A torrent of waters swept by The voice I heard from  the deepest ocean Lifted its praises on high   And over  the ancient pathways Eternal hills were sinking low The tallest mountains were all shattered When arrows flashed from your bow   Chorus Maranatha! Maranatha! You will return With rays flashing from your hand Sending terror across the land Maranatha! Maranatha! You will return And in Your wrath remember  Mercy,  the breath of life Mercy upon the earth   Let there be mercy Let there be mercy   Verse 3: The sun and moon stood in their place  at the flash of your glittering spear. You marched through the earth with a fury You shook the nations with fear   Was your anger against the rivers, Indignation against the seas, Still Your ways are everlasting And I fear for Your decrees   Your ways are perfect But I am not Without Your mercy I am lost   Chorus Maranatha! Maranatha! You will return With rays flashing from your hand Sending terror across the land Maranatha! Maranatha! You will return And in Your wrath remember  Mercy,  the breath of life Mercy upon the earth

The Lord created us to worship him. The Lord wants to be number one in our lives. Pastor Ray Bentley says, if something comes before the Lord, that's an idol and that's a problem. An idol is not a piece of wood or stone. An idol is anything that becomes the major preoccupation of your thoughts, your energy, or your heart.

From revelation, pastor Ray Bentley lays out the choice before us. As last days, believers engaged in the spiritual warfare going on around us. Either we overcome the world, the flesh, and the devil, or the world flesh and the devil will overcome us. That concept of overcoming is found by the Lord Jesus and all seven letters to the church.

Pastor Ray Bentley describes what's so good about the good news. Have you ever had a time in your life where you wanted maybe a new identity? And sometimes you go, look, I am who I am, and I like certain parts, but if I could just get rid of certain elements of my life, if that could just somehow be erased and I could be a brand new person, how awesome that would be.

Pastor Ray Bentley helps us examine Jesus message to one of the churches, a revelation, one that didn't keep herself sanctified. Pergamum has therefore represents the mixed marriage of the world and the church. Satan loves his throne in the midst of the worldly and in the midst of the wealthy, and the midst of the powerful. He likes to blend in, watered down, and really to bring compromise.

Peter Wright's interview in this episode runs the gamut from youth pastor to communications director to recruitment specialist and more. He explains to host Dr. Matt Davis that God has “wired” him to enjoy encouraging people, whether through playing the piano, driving a bus, flying airplanes, or mowing a lawn. Their conversation glides through Peter's call to youth ministry despite music training and flows on to his call to Maranatha as communications director (overseeing things he disliked) and how the Lord gave him what he pined for—ministry in music. Then their dialogue settles on recruitment. Peter answers such paramount questions as why he advocates Christian education, why students should attend college even if pursuing a trade, and why Maranatha is a prime choice. They talk percentages—70-80% of Christians attending secular schools denouncing their faith, senior test scores placing MBU in the top 4% nationally with music students in the top 1%, and our CPA-track students making us number one in Wisconsin. Dr. Davis sites studies which show discipline trumps IQ, and Peter concludes the compelling analysis by enumerating college benefits beyond academics.

For the text to this week's passage, please click Colossians 3:18-4:1; For more information about Maranatha, please visit www.mbccolumbus.org

Coming up today, pastor Ray Bentley highlights one of Jesus messages to the seven churches of revelation. Pergamum was called the greatest city in Asia minor. Pergamum represents a period in church history when the church and the state became one and the devil, instead of going for outright victory, decided, well, if I can't conquer them, then maybe my strategy should be to get the church to compromise.

Pastor Ray Bentley says persecution doesn't dampen the growth of the church. Smyrna and the persecution it experienced set the stage for the next 200 years. The church was oppressed and persecuted by the Roman Empire. Ironically, today they say there are somewhere in the neighborhood of 2.5 billion. Whether it be followers of this man, Jesus. Smyrna had the fragrance of Christ

The Bible talks of returning to our first love. Today, pastor Ray Bentley explains what that is. First, love is the love of God. His love is burning. His love is consuming. His love is overflowing. His love is penetrating. His love is dynamic. His love is alive. His love cannot leave whatever it touches. The same as it was. That's the love of God.