Podcasts about Peoples Church

Plug into our Peoples Church service that is specially packaged for the entire family. We are a church located in Polokwane with a burning passion to spread the Gospel. We pray this message brings you hope. Connect with us: If you would like to be part of our church or need any prayer request or maybe you are new please see the links below and follow the relevant one by simply clicking and leaving your details, a member of Peoples Church will be in touch with you soon. I'M NEW HERE If you follow this link you will be able to fill in our virtual welcome card. https://www.peopleschurchplk.org/guest/welcome_card.html GET INVOLVED If you would like to start serving at Peoples Church, kindly click the link below and fill out the form. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90752 INVITATION RESOURCES Use these resources to invite your friends and family members to church. https://1drv.ms/u/s!AvuJFny_UTLKgtFC_WI_uyDvGUSdTA?e=5LATsG SALVATION Gave your life to Christ? Congratulations! Let us know about it. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/91127 NEED PRAYER If you would like us to pray for a request that you have, please let us know. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90748 HAVE A TESTIMONY? We love stories of answered prayer. If you would like to encourage someone by sharing your testimony, fill in the form below. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90749

Plug into our Peoples Church service that is specially packaged for the entire family. We are a church located in Polokwane with a burning passion to spread the Gospel. We pray this message brings you hope. Connect with us: If you would like to be part of our church or need any prayer request or maybe you are new please see the links below and follow the relevant one by simply clicking and leaving your details, a member of Peoples Church will be in touch with you soon. I'M NEW HERE If you follow this link you will be able to fill in our virtual welcome card. https://www.peopleschurchplk.org/guest/welcome_card.html GET INVOLVED If you would like to start serving at Peoples Church, kindly click the link below and fill out the form. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90752 INVITATION RESOURCES Use these resources to invite your friends and family members to church. https://1drv.ms/u/s!AvuJFny_UTLKgtFC_WI_uyDvGUSdTA?e=5LATsG SALVATION Gave your life to Christ? Congratulations! Let us know about it. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/91127 NEED PRAYER If you would like us to pray for a request that you have, please let us know. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90748 HAVE A TESTIMONY? We love stories of answered prayer. If you would like to encourage someone by sharing your testimony, fill in the form below. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90749

John 3:19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. (NIV) John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (NIV) 1. Light invades darkness John 8:10-11 Jesus straightened up and asked her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?" 11 "No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," (NIV) John 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (NIV) 2. Light pushes back the darkness John 8:11-12 "No one, sir," she said. "Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin." 12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (NIV) 3. Light brings life John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (NIV) John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. (NIV) 1 John 5:12 He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. (NIV)

Plug into our Peoples Church service that is specially packaged for the entire family. We are a church located in Polokwane with a burning passion to spread the Gospel. We pray this message brings you hope. Connect with us: If you would like to be part of our church or need any prayer request or maybe you are new please see the links below and follow the relevant one by simply clicking and leaving your details, a member of Peoples Church will be in touch with you soon. I'M NEW HERE If you follow this link you will be able to fill in our virtual welcome card. https://www.peopleschurchplk.org/guest/welcome_card.html GET INVOLVED If you would like to start serving at Peoples Church, kindly click the link below and fill out the form. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90752 INVITATION RESOURCES Use these resources to invite your friends and family members to church. https://1drv.ms/u/s!AvuJFny_UTLKgtFC_WI_uyDvGUSdTA?e=5LATsG SALVATION Gave your life to Christ? Congratulations! Let us know about it. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/91127 NEED PRAYER If you would like us to pray for a request that you have, please let us know. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90748 HAVE A TESTIMONY? We love stories of answered prayer. If you would like to encourage someone by sharing your testimony, fill in the form below. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90749

Plug into our Peoples Church service that is specially packaged for the entire family. We are a church located in Polokwane with a burning passion to spread the Gospel. We pray this message brings you hope. Connect with us: If you would like to be part of our church or need any prayer request or maybe you are new please see the links below and follow the relevant one by simply clicking and leaving your details, a member of Peoples Church will be in touch with you soon. I'M NEW HERE If you follow this link you will be able to fill in our virtual welcome card. https://www.peopleschurchplk.org/guest/welcome_card.html GET INVOLVED If you would like to start serving at Peoples Church, kindly click the link below and fill out the form. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90752 INVITATION RESOURCES Use these resources to invite your friends and family members to church. https://1drv.ms/u/s!AvuJFny_UTLKgtFC_WI_uyDvGUSdTA?e=5LATsG SALVATION Gave your life to Christ? Congratulations! Let us know about it. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/91127 NEED PRAYER If you would like us to pray for a request that you have, please let us know. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90748 HAVE A TESTIMONY? We love stories of answered prayer. If you would like to encourage someone by sharing your testimony, fill in the form below. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90749

Plug into our Peoples Church service that is specially packaged for the entire family. We are a church located in Polokwane with a burning passion to spread the Gospel. We pray this message brings you hope. Connect with us: If you would like to be part of our church or need any prayer request or maybe you are new please see the links below and follow the relevant one by simply clicking and leaving your details, a member of Peoples Church will be in touch with you soon. I'M NEW HERE If you follow this link you will be able to fill in our virtual welcome card. https://www.peopleschurchplk.org/guest/welcome_card.html GET INVOLVED If you would like to start serving at Peoples Church, kindly click the link below and fill out the form. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90752 INVITATION RESOURCES Use these resources to invite your friends and family members to church. https://1drv.ms/u/s!AvuJFny_UTLKgtFC_WI_uyDvGUSdTA?e=5LATsG SALVATION Gave your life to Christ? Congratulations! Let us know about it. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/91127 NEED PRAYER If you would like us to pray for a request that you have, please let us know. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90748 HAVE A TESTIMONY? We love stories of answered prayer. If you would like to encourage someone by sharing your testimony, fill in the form below. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90749

Plug into our Peoples Church service that is specially packaged for the entire family. We are a church located in Polokwane with a burning passion to spread the Gospel. We pray this message brings you hope. Connect with us: If you would like to be part of our church or need any prayer request or maybe you are new please see the links below and follow the relevant one by simply clicking and leaving your details, a member of Peoples Church will be in touch with you soon. I'M NEW HERE If you follow this link you will be able to fill in our virtual welcome card. https://www.peopleschurchplk.org/guest/welcome_card.html GET INVOLVED If you would like to start serving at Peoples Church, kindly click the link below and fill out the form. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90752 INVITATION RESOURCES Use these resources to invite your friends and family members to church. https://1drv.ms/u/s!AvuJFny_UTLKgtFC_WI_uyDvGUSdTA?e=5LATsG SALVATION Gave your life to Christ? Congratulations! Let us know about it. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/91127 NEED PRAYER If you would like us to pray for a request that you have, please let us know. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90748 HAVE A TESTIMONY? We love stories of answered prayer. If you would like to encourage someone by sharing your testimony, fill in the form below. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90749

Plug into our Peoples Church service that is specially packaged for the entire family. We are a church located in Polokwane with a burning passion to spread the Gospel. We pray this message brings you hope. Connect with us: If you would like to be part of our church or need any prayer request or maybe you are new please see the links below and follow the relevant one by simply clicking and leaving your details, a member of Peoples Church will be in touch with you soon. I'M NEW HERE If you follow this link you will be able to fill in our virtual welcome card. https://www.peopleschurchplk.org/guest/welcome_card.html GET INVOLVED If you would like to start serving at Peoples Church, kindly click the link below and fill out the form. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90752 INVITATION RESOURCES Use these resources to invite your friends and family members to church. https://1drv.ms/u/s!AvuJFny_UTLKgtFC_WI_uyDvGUSdTA?e=5LATsG SALVATION Gave your life to Christ? Congratulations! Let us know about it. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/91127 NEED PRAYER If you would like us to pray for a request that you have, please let us know. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90748 HAVE A TESTIMONY? We love stories of answered prayer. If you would like to encourage someone by sharing your testimony, fill in the form below. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90749

1. The principle of the heart 2 Corinthians 8:1–3 And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 3 For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, (NIV) Luke 12:15–21 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” 16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ 18 Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain. 19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.” “20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ ”21 This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.” (NIV) 2. The principle of eternity Philippians 3:18–19 For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. 19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. (NIV) Mark 10:21–22 Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” 22 At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth. (NIV) Luke 12:33 “Sell your possessions and give to those in need. This will store up treasure for you in heaven! And the purses of heaven never get old or develop holes. Your treasure will be safe; no thief can steal it and no moth can destroy it. (NLT) 3. The principle of life change Matthew 6:19–20 “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. (NLT) Edmond testimony video: 4. The principle of tithe and offering Malachi 3:8–10 8 “Will a mere mortal rob God? Yet you rob me. “But you ask, ‘How are we robbing you?’ “In tithes and offerings. 9You are under a curse—your whole nation—because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it. (NIV) 5. The principle of the seed 1. You reap what you sow 2. You reap after you sow 3. You reap more than you sow 4. You reap in proportion to what you sow 2 Corinthians 9:6 Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. (NIV) 2 Corinthians 9:7 Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. (NIV) 2 Corinthians 9:10 Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. (NIV) 2 Corinthians 9:11 You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. (NIV)

Plug into our Peoples Church service that is specially packaged for the entire family. We are a church located in Polokwane with a burning passion to spread the Gospel. We pray this message brings you hope. Connect with us: If you would like to be part of our church or need any prayer request or maybe you are new please see the links below and follow the relevant one by simply clicking and leaving your details, a member of Peoples Church will be in touch with you soon. I'M NEW HERE If you follow this link you will be able to fill in our virtual welcome card. https://www.peopleschurchplk.org/guest/welcome_card.html GET INVOLVED If you would like to start serving at Peoples Church, kindly click the link below and fill out the form. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90752 INVITATION RESOURCES Use these resources to invite your friends and family members to church. https://1drv.ms/u/s!AvuJFny_UTLKgtFC_WI_uyDvGUSdTA?e=5LATsG SALVATION Gave your life to Christ? Congratulations! Let us know about it. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/91127 NEED PRAYER If you would like us to pray for a request that you have, please let us know. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90748 HAVE A TESTIMONY? We love stories of answered prayer. If you would like to encourage someone by sharing your testimony, fill in the form below. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90749

Plug into our Peoples Church service that is specially packaged for the entire family. We are a church located in Polokwane with a burning passion to spread the Gospel. We pray this message brings you hope. Connect with us: If you would like to be part of our church or need any prayer request or maybe you are new please see the links below and follow the relevant one by simply clicking and leaving your details, a member of Peoples Church will be in touch with you soon. I'M NEW HERE If you follow this link you will be able to fill in our virtual welcome card. https://www.peopleschurchplk.org/guest/welcome_card.html GET INVOLVED If you would like to start serving at Peoples Church, kindly click the link below and fill out the form. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90752 INVITATION RESOURCES Use these resources to invite your friends and family members to church. https://1drv.ms/u/s!AvuJFny_UTLKgtFC_WI_uyDvGUSdTA?e=5LATsG SALVATION Gave your life to Christ? Congratulations! Let us know about it. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/91127 NEED PRAYER If you would like us to pray for a request that you have, please let us know. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90748 HAVE A TESTIMONY? We love stories of answered prayer. If you would like to encourage someone by sharing your testimony, fill in the form below. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90749

Plug into our Peoples Church service that is specially packaged for the entire family. We are a church located in Polokwane with a burning passion to spread the Gospel. We pray this message brings you hope. Connect with us: If you would like to be part of our church or need any prayer request or maybe you are new please see the links below and follow the relevant one by simply clicking and leaving your details, a member of Peoples Church will be in touch with you soon. I'M NEW HERE If you follow this link you will be able to fill in our virtual welcome card. https://www.peopleschurchplk.org/guest/welcome_card.html GET INVOLVED If you would like to start serving at Peoples Church, kindly click the link below and fill out the form. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90752 INVITATION RESOURCES Use these resources to invite your friends and family members to church. https://1drv.ms/u/s!AvuJFny_UTLKgtFC_WI_uyDvGUSdTA?e=5LATsG SALVATION Gave your life to Christ? Congratulations! Let us know about it. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/91127 NEED PRAYER If you would like us to pray for a request that you have, please let us know. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90748 HAVE A TESTIMONY? We love stories of answered prayer. If you would like to encourage someone by sharing your testimony, fill in the form below. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90749

Plug into our Peoples Church service that is specially packaged for the entire family. We are a church located in Polokwane with a burning passion to spread the Gospel. We pray this message brings you hope. Connect with us: If you would like to be part of our church or need any prayer request or maybe you are new please see the links below and follow the relevant one by simply clicking and leaving your details, a member of Peoples Church will be in touch with you soon. I'M NEW HERE If you follow this link you will be able to fill in our virtual welcome card. https://www.peopleschurchplk.org/guest/welcome_card.html GET INVOLVED If you would like to start serving at Peoples Church, kindly click the link below and fill out the form. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90752 INVITATION RESOURCES Use these resources to invite your friends and family members to church. https://1drv.ms/u/s!AvuJFny_UTLKgtFC_WI_uyDvGUSdTA?e=5LATsG SALVATION Gave your life to Christ? Congratulations! Let us know about it. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/91127 NEED PRAYER If you would like us to pray for a request that you have, please let us know. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90748 HAVE A TESTIMONY? We love stories of answered prayer. If you would like to encourage someone by sharing your testimony, fill in the form below. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90749

1. Worship is a COMMAND 2 Chronicles 20:18 Then King Jehoshaphat bowed low with his face to the ground. And all the people of Judah and Jerusalem did the same, worshiping the LORD. (NLT) Psalms 95:6 Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; (NIV) Psalms 99:9 Exalt the LORD our God and worship at his holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy. (NIV) Psalms 100:2 Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. (NIV) 2 Chronicles 20:21 After consulting the people, the king appointed singers to walk ahead of the army, singing to the LORD and praising him for his holy splendor. This is what they sang: “Give thanks to the LORD; his faithful love endures forever!” (NLT)  2. Worship CREATES an atmosphere for the miraculous 2A. Worship creates an atmosphere where God shows up  2 Chronicles 20:22 At the very moment they began to sing and give praise, the LORD caused the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir to start fighting among themselves... (NLT) 2B. Worship creates an atmosphere where God shows off 2 Chronicles 20:22 At the very moment they began to sing and give praise, the LORD caused the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir to start fighting among themselves. (NLT) 2C. Worship creates an atmosphere where the enemy is shut down   2 Chronicles 20:23-24 The armies of Moab and Ammon turned against their allies from Mount Seir and killed every one of them. After they had destroyed the army of Seir, they began attacking each other. 24 So when the army of Judah arrived at the lookout point in the wilderness, all they saw were dead bodies lying on the ground as far as they could see. Not a single one of the enemy had escaped. (NLT) Psalm 8:2 Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. (NIV) 2D. Worship creates an atmosphere for freedom 2 Corinthians 3:17 For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. (NLT) 2E. Worship creates an atmosphere for provision 2 Chronicles 20:25-26 King Jehoshaphat and his men went out to gather the plunder. They found vast amounts of equipment, clothing, and other valuables—more than they could carry. There was so much plunder that it took them three days just to collect it all! 16 On the fourth day they gathered in the Valley of Blessing, which got its name that day because the people praised and thanked the LORD there. It is still called the Valley of Blessing today. (NLT) 3. Worship Must Be Continuous 2 Chronicles 20:27-28 Then all the men returned to Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat leading them, overjoyed that the LORD had given them victory over their enemies. 28 They marched into Jerusalem to the music of harps, lyres, and trumpets, and they proceeded to the Temple of the LORD. (NLT)   Hebrews 13:15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. (NIV) Psalms 34:1 I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. (NKJV) Psalms 71:8 My mouth is filled with your praise, declaring your splendor all day long. (NIV) 3a. Don’t let the battle steal your worship 3b. Don’t let people steal your worship 3c.  Don’t let pride steal your worship 3d. Don’t let feelings steal your worship 3e.  Don’t let success steal your worship

Plug into our Peoples Church service that is specially packaged for the entire family. We are a church located in Polokwane with a burning passion to spread the Gospel. We pray this message brings you hope. Connect with us: If you would like to be part of our church or need any prayer request or maybe you are new please see the links below and follow the relevant one by simply clicking and leaving your details, a member of Peoples Church will be in touch with you soon. I'M NEW HERE If you follow this link you will be able to fill in our virtual welcome card. https://www.peopleschurchplk.org/guest/welcome_card.html GET INVOLVED If you would like to start serving at Peoples Church, kindly click the link below and fill out the form. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90752 INVITATION RESOURCES Use these resources to invite your friends and family members to church. https://1drv.ms/u/s!AvuJFny_UTLKgtFC_WI_uyDvGUSdTA?e=5LATsG SALVATION Gave your life to Christ? Congratulations! Let us know about it. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/91127 NEED PRAYER If you would like us to pray for a request that you have, please let us know. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90748 HAVE A TESTIMONY? We love stories of answered prayer. If you would like to encourage someone by sharing your testimony, fill in the form below. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90749

2 Corinthians 12:8 - 8 Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. (NLT) 2 Corinthians 12:9 - 9 Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.”  (NLT) 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 - So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. 10 That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (NLT) 1. Trust Him Prov. 3:5-6 - Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. (NIV) 2 Corinthians 5:6-8 - 6 So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, 7 for we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. (ESV) Romans 10:17 - Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. (NIV) 2. Don’t miss all of the little miracles while waiting on your big one. 3. Keep praying and praising while He’s working. Romans 8:28 - 28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[i] have been called according to his purpose. (NIV)

Plug into our Peoples Church service that is specially packaged for the entire family. We are a church located in Polokwane with a burning passion to spread the Gospel. We pray this message brings you hope. Connect with us: If you would like to be part of our church or need any prayer request or maybe you are new please see the links below and follow the relevant one by simply clicking and leaving your details, a member of Peoples Church will be in touch with you soon. I'M NEW HERE If you follow this link you will be able to fill in our virtual welcome card. https://www.peopleschurchplk.org/guest/welcome_card.html GET INVOLVED If you would like to start serving at Peoples Church, kindly click the link below and fill out the form. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90752 INVITATION RESOURCES Use these resources to invite your friends and family members to church. https://1drv.ms/u/s!AvuJFny_UTLKgtFC_WI_uyDvGUSdTA?e=5LATsG SALVATION Gave your life to Christ? Congratulations! Let us know about it. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/91127 NEED PRAYER If you would like us to pray for a request that you have, please let us know. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90748 HAVE A TESTIMONY? We love stories of answered prayer. If you would like to encourage someone by sharing your testimony, fill in the form below. https://peopleschurchplk.churchcenter.com/people/forms/90749

MIRACLE IN MOTION MARK 2:1-6 When Jesus returned to Capernaum several days later, the news spread quickly that he was back home. 2 Soon the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no more room, even outside the door. While he was preaching God’s word to them, 3 four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. 4 They couldn’t bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. Then they lowered the man on his mat, right down in front of Jesus. 5 Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “My child, your sins are forgiven.” (NLT) MARK 2:10 Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said, 11 “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!” (NLT) MIRACLES CREATE KINGDOM MOMENTUM THAT CANNOT BE CONTAINED MARK 2:1-2 When Jesus returned to Capernaum several days later, the news spread quickly that he was back home. 2 Soon the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no more room, even outside the door. (NLT) MATTHEW 4:24-25 From there He went all over Galilee. He used synagogues for meeting places and taught people the truth of God. God’s kingdom was His theme – that beginning right now they were under God’s government, a good government. He also healed people of their diseases and of the bad effects of their bad lives. Word got out around the entire province of Syria. People brought anybody with a sickness, whether mental, emotional, or physical. Jesus healed them one and all, More and more people cam, the momentum gathering. (MSG) MIRACLES HAPPEN WHEN THE HEALER FINDS A HELPER MARK 2:3 …four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. (NLT) JOHN 14:12-14“I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father. 13 You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father. 14 Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it! MIRACLES WILL REQUIRE YOU TO RAISE THE ROOF MARK 2:4 And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying. (NKJV) MIRACLES ARE PROOF THAT GOD CAN TURN PAIN INTO PURPOSE MARK 2:5 Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “My child, your sins are forgiven.” (NLT) MARK 2:10 Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said, 11 “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!” (NLT) GENESIS 50:20 You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people. (NLT)

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1. Pray for healing 1A. Pray to the Father in Jesus name John 16:23 In that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. (NIV) (There is power and authority in the name of Jesus) John 14:12-14 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. (NIV) 1B. Pray specifically Matthew 20:32-34 Jesus stopped and called them. “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked. 33 “Lord,” they answered, “we want our sight.”34 Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him. (NIV) 1C. Pray with faith  Mark 11:22-24 “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23 “Truly  I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. (NIV)  1D. Pray with other Christ Followers Matthew 18:19-20 “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” (NIV) 2. The gift of healing 1 Corinthians 12:9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, (NIV) 3. Command Healing  Luke 18:42-43 Jesus said to him, “Receive your sight; your faith has healed you.” 43 Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God. (NIV) Acts 9:33-34 There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years. 34 “Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and roll up your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up. (NIV) 4. Instruct with an act of faith Matthew 12:13 Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other. (NIV) Luke 17:12-14 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance 13 and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” 14 When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed. (NIV) John 9:6-7 After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. 7 “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing. (NIV) 5. Rebuke any demons causing sickness 5A. Sin and sickness entered our world because of the fall of Adam and Eve 5B. Some sickness is because of sin John 9:2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” (NIV) 5C. Some sickness is so the glory of God can be revealed John 9:3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. (NIV) 5D. Some sickness is because of demonic influence Luke 11:14 Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. When the demon left, the man who had been mute spoke, and the crowd was amazed. (NIV)  Matthew 17:14–15 When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. 15 “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. (NIV) Matthew 17:18 Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed at that moment. (NIV) 6. Laying hands on the sick Deuteronomy 34:9 Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. So the Israelites listened to him and did what the LORD had commanded Moses. (NIV) Matthew 8:3 Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. (NIV) Mark 1:41-42 Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.” 42 Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed. (NASB1995) Mark 7:33 After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue. (NIV) Luke 22:51 But Jesus answered and said, “Stop! No more of this.” And He touched his ear and healed him. (NASB) Luke 4:40 When the sun was setting, the people brought to Jesus all who had various kinds of sickness, and laying his hands on each one, he healed them. (NIV 1984) Acts 28:8 His father was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and, after prayer, placed his hands on him and healed him. (NIV) 7. Anoint with oil James 5:14-15 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. (NIV) 8. Pray again Mark 8:23-25 He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?” 24 He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.” 25 Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. (NIV)

Matthew 9:22 Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed at that moment. (NIV). Matthew 9:29 Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”; (NIV) (the blind received their sight miracle!)  Matthew 15:28 Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment. (NIV). Mark 10:52 “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road. (NIV) Acts 14:9 He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed (NIV) Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for and assurance about what we do not see. (NIV) James 2:19 “You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.” (NIV) 1. You have faith in God when it’s accompanied with action James 2:17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. (NIV) 2. You are saved through faith  Ephesians 2:8-9  For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—9 not by works, so that no one can boast. (NIV) 3. You cannot please God without faith  Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. (NIV) 4. You have been given a measure of faith A. Every Christ follower has been given a measure of faith at salvation. Romans 12:3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. (NKJV) 5. You can develop your faith by hearing God’s word Romans 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. (NKJV)  James 1:22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. (NKJV) 6. You can develop your faith by withstanding tests  James 1:2-3 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance (NIV) 7. You fight by faith 1 Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. (NIV) 8. You are protected by faith Ephesians 6:16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. (NIV) 9. You are called to live by faith  Romans 1:17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.” (NKJV) 2 Corinthians 5:7 For we live by faith, not by sight. (NIV) 10. You can miss out on miracles by having a lack of faith  Mathew 13:58- And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith. (NIV) 11. You can move mountains with small faith  Matthew 17:20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” (NIV)

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James 4:2 You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God. (NIV) 6 Reasons We Don’t Ask God 1. Because God already knows my needs Matthew 6:8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. (NIV)  John 16:24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete. (NIV) 1a. You don’t believe God will help you Mark 6:5–6 And because of their unbelief, he couldn’t do any miracles among them except to place his hands on a few sick people and heal them. 6 And he was amazed at their unbelief. (NLT) 1b. Pride 2 Chronicles 16:12 In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was afflicted with a disease in his feet. Though his disease was severe, even in his illness he did not seek help from the LORD, but only from the physicians. (NIV) 1c. Unworthy feelings  Hebrews 4:15–16 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. 16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most. (NLT) 1d. Disappointment Luke 18:1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. (NIV) 2. Asking is Biblical Mark 11:24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. (NIV) Matthew 21:22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” (NIV) Matthew 7:11- If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! (NIV) Matthew 9:38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field. (NIV) Matthew 18:19 Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. (NIV) Matthew 7:7-8 Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. (NIV) 3. Ask with the right motives  James 4:3-4 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. 4 You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. (NIV) 3A. Motived by selfishness and worldliness 3B. Motivated by your will 1 John 5:14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. (NIV) 4. Ask with Faith Hebrews 11:5 By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. (NIV)  Hebrews 11:11 And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise. (NIV) Hebrews 11:29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned. (NIV) Matthew 9:2 Some men brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.” (NIV) Matthew 9:22 Jesus turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was healed at that moment. (NIV) Matthew 9:29 Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith let it be done to you”; (NIV) Matthew 15:28 Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment. (NIV). Mark 10:52 “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road. (NIV) Acts 14:9 He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed (NIV) REVIEW: 1. You don’t receive a miracle because you don’t ask God 1a. God already knows my needs 1b. You don’t believe God will help you 1c. Pride 1d. Unworthy feelings 1e. Disappointment 2. Asking is biblical 3. Ask with the right motives  4. Ask with faith

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The One Ingredient You Need For A Miracle 1. Humanity needed a home Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. (NIV) 2. Abraham and Sarah needed a son Genesis 21:1-2 Now the LORD was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what he had promised. 2 Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. (NIV) 3. Moses needed God’s clarity on his calling   Exodus 3:2- There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. (NIV) 4. The Israelites needed deliverance 5. The Israelites needed divine direction 6. The Israelites needed food and water 7. The Israelites needed victory over their enemy 8. Jonah needed radical repentance Jonah 2:10 And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land. (NIV)  9. A widow needed her resources multiplied 10. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abendego needed protection Daniel 3:25 He said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.” (NIV) NEW TESTAMENT 1. People needed physical healing 1a. The deaf needed to hear and the mute to speak 1b. The blind needed to see 1c. A man had a withered hand 1d. A woman had a blood issue 1e. Lazarus needed to be raised from the dead 2. The disciples needed a miracle at their job 3. People were demon possessed 4. The disciples were in a storm

How to Recognize God’s Voice Galatians 5:16-17 (NLT)  16 So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your good intentions. 3 Dangerous Voices: 1. Voice of the flesh Galatians 5:17 – The sinful nature wants to do evil. – NLT Proverbs 14:12 - You may think you are on the right road and still end up dead. CEV 2. Voice of the world 1 John 2:16 - For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. NIV 3. Voice of the devil John 8:44 - He has always hated the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies. NLT Romans 8:14 - For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God. NLT Luke 4:1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, NIV John 16:13 - 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. ESV 2 Ways the Holy Spirit speaks: 1. He speaks through God’s Word. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 - All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. NIV Psalm 119:105 - Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. NIV 2. He speaks directly to your heart. a. Whisper b. Peace c. Check in your spirit d. Prophetically

The #1 Reason You’re Not Growing 1 Peter 1:23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. (NIV) 1 John 3:9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. (NIV) Galatians 5:16–23 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. (NIV) 9 Characteristics Of The Fruit Of The Spirit 1. Love: 2. Joy: 3. Peace: 4. Patience: 5. Kindness: 6. Goodness: Luke 6:27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, (NIV) Titus 2:14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. (NIV) Romans 12:21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. (NIV) Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (NIV) 7. Faithfulness 1 Corinthians 4:2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. (ESV) Revelation 2:10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown. (NIV) Matthew 25:21 The master was full of praise. ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together”. (NLT) 8. Gentleness  Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. (NIV) Ephesians 4:2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. (NIV) 2 Corinthians 10:1 By the humility and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am “timid” when face to face with you, but “bold” toward you when away! (NIV) Philippians 4:5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. (NIV) Titus 3:2 to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle toward everyone (NIV) 9. Self-Control 2 Timothy 1:7 for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. (ESV) Titus 2:11–12 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, (NIV) 1 Peter 4:7 The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. (ESV) John 15:1-10 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. 5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If you do not remain in me, you are like a branch that is thrown away and withers; such branches are picked up, thrown into the fire and burned. 7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. 9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. (NIV) 1 Peter 1:14 So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then. (NLT) 9 Ways To Remain So Your Fruit Grows 1. Remain in the word John 15:7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. (NIV) 2. Remain in prayer Colossians 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. (NIV) 3. Remain in church Hebrews 10:25 And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near. (NLT) 4. Remain in small groups 5. Remain in serving 1 Peter 4:10 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. (NIV) 6. Remain in generosity 1 Corinthians 16:2 On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made. (NIV) 7. Remain in the love of God John 15:9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. (NIV) 8. Remain in the pruning process John 15:1-2 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. (NIV) 9. Remain in obedience John 15:10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. (NIV)

Pastor Dale Oquist from Peoples Church joins us this baptism Sunday for a great word.

All of us have experiences, tough moments, hopefully some great memories, through the evolution from childhood to adolescence, and on into young adulthood. It can be tough growing up! But children being raised in today's culture are facing challenges that previous generations may have never encountered, especially at the ages that our children are being required to address them. In today's conversation, guest Casey Gibbons of Mothergood.us will bring us fresh insights and timely reminders as we launch into a new school year as parents, pastors, coaches, and mentors.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Casey Gibbons loves leading people to Jesus in the local church and strengthening others in marriage and family life! She has six creative children in the elementary, junior high, high school, and college ages and serves alongside her husband Scotty as Lead Pastors at Peoples Church in the OKC Metro area.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Connect with today's guest, Casey Gibbons:Personal Instagram: @CaseyGibbonsPersonal Facebook: @Casey.Gibbons7Mothergood IG: @mothergood.us Mothergood Facebook: @mothergood.us-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Featured:Next up>>Jelly Valimont's new book, Tapestry: A Story of Adoption, Acceptance, and DestinyLet's Connect August'23 eventsSanctuary Book Club InfoLTS Episodes featuring Casey Gibbons or Parenting:  Ep 4, 12, 21, 28, 31, 50, 53, 59Many thanks to our host, Bridgette Tomlin, and engineer Lindsey Culp of LC Creative. Learn how you can capitalize on all Lindsey can do for your small business, church, or ministry through her creative solutions of media, video, graphics, and more!

What Is Speaking In Tongues? Revelation 3:15–16 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. (NIV) Revelation 3:20 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. (NIV) Hebrews 6:11–12 11 Our great desire is that you will keep on loving others as long as life lasts, in order to make certain that what you hope for will come true. 12 Then you will not become spiritually dull and indifferent. Instead, you will follow the example of those who are going to inherit God’s promises because of their faith and endurance. (NLT) 1. Step of salvation 2. Step of baptism in water 3. Step of baptism of the Holy Spirit 4. Step of being continually filled with the Holy Spirit 5. Step of growing in the fruit of the Spirit 6. Step of the gifts of the Holy Spirit 7. Step of daily prayer and bible reading 8. Step of obeying God’s word 9. Step of growing in sanctification 10. Step of stepping out in faith 11. Step of serving others 12. Step of tithing and giving 13. Step of attending a small group Acts 1:4–5 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. 5 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.” (NIV) Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (NIV) John 20:21–22 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” 22 And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. (NIV) Acts 2:1–4 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. (NIV) Romans 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. (NKJV) Ephesians 2:8–9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—9 not by works, so that no one can boast. (NIV) 1 Corinthians 14:4–5 Anyone who speaks in a tongue edifies themselves, but the one who prophesies edifies the church. 5 I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified. (NIV) 1 Corinthians 14:12–19 So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit, try to excel in those that build up the church. 13 For this reason the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say. 14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. 15 So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding. 16 Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer, say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since they do not know what you are saying? 17 You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified. 18 I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. 19 But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue. (NIV) Acts 19:1–5 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples 2 and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” 3 So Paul asked, “Then what baptism did you receive?” “John’s baptism,” they replied. 4 Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.” 5 On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. (NIV) Ephesians 1:13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, (NIV) Acts 19:6–7 When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied. 7 There were about twelve men in all. (NIV) Acts 8:13-18 Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles he saw. 14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to Samaria. 15 When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit, 16 because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. 18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money (NIV) Acts 10:44-46 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message. 45 The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on Gentiles. 46 For they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. (NIV) How To Receive The Baptism Of The Holy Spirit 1. Ask God to baptize you in the Holy Spirit Luke 11:13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” (NIV) 2. Worship and magnify God 3. By faith receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit 4. Ask God to continually fill you with the Holy Spirit Ephesians 5:18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit, (NIV)

Reintroducing The Holy Spirit: Is The Holy Spirit A Ghost, Dove, Water, Tongue, Or An It? Acts 19:2 “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed? They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” (NIV)  1 Corinthians 2:9–12 However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him—10 these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit. The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. (NIV) Romans 11:33 O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways! (HCSB)  5 Questions About The Holy Spirit 1. What Is the Holy Spirit?       1A. The Holy Spirit is God Acts 5:3-4 Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? 4 Didn’t it belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, wasn’t the money at your disposal? What made you think of doing such a thing? You have not lied just to human beings but to God.” (NIV)  Acts 10:38 “how 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. (NIV)  Matthew 3:16-17 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” (NIV)  John 10:30 “I and the Father are one.” (NIV)  John 17:11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. (NIV)  John 5:19  Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. (NIV)  John 14:10–11 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves. (NIV)  John 16:13–15 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 14 He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you. 15 All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.” (NIV)    1B. The Holy Spirit is a person  1 Corinthians 12:11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines. (NIV)  Hebrews 3:7 So, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear his voice, (NIV)    2. What makes the Holy Spirit a person?    2A. He is alive  Romans 8:2 And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death. (NLT)   2B. He has a mind Romans 8:27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God. (NIV)    2C. He has a will  1 Corinthians 12:11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills. (ESV)     2D. He has emotions Romans 15:30 I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. (NIV)   Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness. (NIV)   Ephesians 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. (NIV)  Acts 5:3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has so filled your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit and have kept for yourself some of the money you received for the land? (NIV)    2E. He has a personality 3. Where did the Holy Spirit come from?    3A. The Holy Spirit has no beginning  Isaiah 40:28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. (NIV) Revelation 1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty. (NIV).   Hebrews 9:14 Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences from sinful deeds so that we can worship the living God. For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins. (NLT)  Genesis 1:2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. (NIV)    3B. The Holy Spirit is everywhere       Psalm 139:7 I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence! (NLT) Psalms 139:7 “Where can I go from your Spirit?” (NIV)  4. What Does The Holy Spirit Do? The Three Distinct Roles Of The Godhead In Salvation:   4A. The Father created the plan of salvation  John 6:37-38 All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. (NIV)   4B. The son, Jesus, executed the plan of salvation  Galatians 4:4 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law (NIV)  Luke 22:42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” (NIV)  Hebrews 7:27 Unlike those other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices every day. They did this for their own sins first and then for the sins of the people. But Jesus did this once for all when he offered himself as the sacrifice for the people’s sins. (NLT)    4C. The Holy Spirit is carrying out the plan of salvation  John 16:7–9 But in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don’t, the Advocate won’t come. If I do go away, then I will send him to you. 8 And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment. 9 The world’s sin is that it refuses to believe in me. (NLT)   5. What does the Holy Spirit do in the life of the Christ follower? 

Youth Takeover Psalm 78:1-7 - 1 O my people, listen to my instructions. Open your ears to what I am saying, 2 for I will speak to you in a parable. I will teach you hidden lessons from our past— 3 stories we have heard and known, stories our ancestors handed down to us. 4 We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and his mighty wonders. 5 For he issued his laws to Jacob; he gave his instructions to Israel. He commanded our ancestors to teach them to their children, 6 so the next generation might know them— even the children not yet born— and they in turn will teach their own children. 7 So each generation should set its hope anew on God, not forgetting his glorious miracles and obeying his commands. NLT Psalm 78:7 - Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands. NIV Psalm 78:2-4 - I will teach you hidden lessons from our past— 3 stories we have heard and known, stories our ancestors handed down to us. 4 We will not hide these truths from our children; we will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the Lord, about his power and his mighty wonders. NLT Psalm 78:5-6 - 5 For he issued his laws to Jacob; he gave his instructions to Israel. He commanded our ancestors to teach them to their children, 6 so the next generation might know them— even the children not yet born— and they in turn will teach their own children. NLT Deuteronomy 6:5-7 - 5 And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.  6 And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today.  7 Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. NLT Psalm 78:7 - THEN they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands. NIV 3 John 1:4 - I could have no greater joy than to hear that my children are following the truth. NLT Four ways to make a difference in this generation: 1. Pray. 2. Get your students to Epic and your children to PC Kids. 3. Encourage them to use their gifts to serve God’s house. 4. Join a Next Gen Dream Team.

Join in our great conversation about The Partying God and The 5 D's of Growing in Jesus. This is going to be FUN!

Between leaders, curriculum, planning and relationships with kids, kids ministry is a lot of moving parts. Discover some core ways to operate your church's kids ministry with excellence. JBQ & BGMC will also be discussed during this session.   Derek Sanborn Children's Pastor, Peoples Church

Trevor Seath began leading as the C2C Ontario Regional Director in August 2015 after serving as C2C Regional Mobilizer and as Pastor of Church Networking at Peoples Church in Toronto. Trevor was working for Royal Trust in 1997 when God called him and his wife Julie into pastoral ministry. After completing an MDiv at Tyndale, Trevor served as Lead Pastor of Bridletowne Park Church (Toronto), and ministered there for 12 years. Trevor is passionate about serving pastors and church planters as a pastor, coach, trainer, and church planting catalyst. He and Julie have four children: three terrific daughters, and one fantastic son.Episode Talking Points Trevor's growing up years in a devoted Christian household People-pleasing The unexpected death of Trevor's brother Pastoral ministry in Toronto Prayer-walking basics Written prayers The power of habits Depression and prayer walking Resources Trevor's Email Trevor's Website Trevor on LinkedIn --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-monday-christian/support

Episode 71: Pastor Herbert Cooper, lead pastor and one of the speakers at River Valley Conference 2023, joins in on this special episode that we filmed live at our Conference lobby just several days ago! Check it out now!

Why Communication Is Not Working James 3:5–6 Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. 6 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. (NIV) Psalm 34:12–13 Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, 13 keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies. (NIV) 1 Peter 3:10 For the Scriptures say, “If you want to enjoy life and see many happy days, keep your tongue from speaking evil and your lips from telling lies. (NLT) 4 Barriers That Lead To Bad Communication 1. Beginning with the wrong approach  Proverbs 18:21 The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. (NIV) Proverbs 15:1 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. (NIV) Proverbs 29:22 An angry person starts fights; a hot-tempered person commits all kinds of sin. (NLT) Proverbs 15:18 A hot-tempered person stirs up conflict, but the one who is patient calms a quarrel. (NIV) Proverbs 25:15 Patience can persuade a prince, and soft speech can break bones. (NLT) 2. Being quick to talk Proverbs 18:13 To answer before listening—that is folly and shame. (NIV) Proverbs 17:27–28 A truly wise person uses few words; a person with understanding is even-tempered. 28 Even fools are thought wise when they keep silent; with their mouths shut, they seem intelligent. (NLT) Proverbs 10:19 Too much talk leads to sin. Be sensible and keep your mouth shut. (NLT) 3. Bringing the attack to the person instead of the problem Proverbs 26:21 A quarrelsome person starts fights as easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood. (NLT) 4.  Backing away from tough conversations  Ephesians 4:15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. (NIV) 
6 Ways To Build A Bridge Of Communication B- Begin with me Matthew 7:5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. (NIV). R- Relationship is my win I- Initiate asking for forgiveness Ephesians 4:31-32 Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. (ESV) D- Discover where people are Proverbs 18:2 Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. (NIV) G- Grow in my communication Psalm 19:14 May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. (NIV).  James 1:26 If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless. (NLT) E- Ensure my communication aligns with the Bible 1. Go to the person first 2. Don’t gossip and slander Proverbs 26:20 Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down. (NIV) 3. Build people up with your communication Ephesians 4:29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen (NIV) 4. Be a person of peace Romans 12:18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. (NIV)

Dysfunctional: Why Marriage Is Not Working 1 Peter 5:8 Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. (NLT) Mark 10:7–9 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, 8 and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” (NIV) 1. Unresolved Conflict separates marriages and healthy Communication joins marriages Ephesians 4:26–27  “In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 and do not give the devil a foothold. (NIV) Proverbs 12:18 The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. (NIV) Healthy Communication Joins Your Marriage Together 1. Be honest Ephesians 4:15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. (NIV) Ephesians 4:25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body. (NIV) 2. Be honoring 2A. Be loving Ephesians 4:15 Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. (NIV) 2B. Bite your tongue Ephesians 4:29 Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen (NIV) 2C. Be a builder Ephesians 4:29  Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen (NIV) 2D. Be kind Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. (NIV) 2E. Be unifier and peacemaker Ephesians 4:3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. (NIV) 2. Selfishness separates marriages and Serving joins marriages 1 Corinthians 10:24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others. (NIV) Marriages aren’t working when selfishness creates a consumer relationship Marriages aren’t working when selfishness creates a “You’re the problem” mentality.  Matthew 7:3-5 3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. (NIV) 1. Shift from a fleshly perspective to a biblical perspective Philippians 2:3–4 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. (NIV) 1 Corinthians 10:24 No one should seek their own good, but the good of others. (NIV) 2. Shift from trying to change your spouse to changing yourself 3. Shift from you need to understand me to I need to understand you 4. Shift from what makes me happy to what makes you happy 5. Shift from how you should serve me to how can I serve you 3. Indifference separates marriages and Investment joins marriages Begin investing in your marriage even when you feel indifferent Revelation 2:4–5 Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. 5 Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. (NIV) Mark 10:7–9 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, 8 and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” (NIV)

Dysfunctional: Why Dating Is Not Working Romans 12:2 “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.” (NLT) There’s the world ways and there’s the words way 4 Ways Of The World 1. If you’re not dating something is wrong with you 1 Corinthians 7:38 So then, he who marries the virgin does right, but he who does not marry her does better. (NIV) 2. Dating someone is going to make me whole 3. Dating is purely for fun  3A. You date people who are not Christ followers 2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? (NIV) 3B. You engage in sex 1 Corinthians 6:19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; (NIV) 1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. (NIV) 4. You overlook the warning signs  4 Ways Of The Word 1. Have a dating plan  Psalms 20:4 May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed. (NIV) 1A. Plan for when you will start dating 1B. Plan for who you will date 1C. Plan for how you will date 1D. Plan for the physical  Song Of Solomon 2:7 Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and wild deer, not to awaken love until the time is right. (NLT) 2. Go slow and get to know  
Matthew 7:16-20 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them. (NIV) 2A. Get to know the person  2B. Get to know their friends Proverbs 13:20 Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm. (NIV) 2C. Get to know their family
 2D. Get to know their money management 3. Focus on becoming the right person not finding the right person  Romans 12:2 “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.” (NLT) 4. Surround yourself with wise people Proverbs 15:22 Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. (NIV)

Dysfunctional: Seven Relationship Side Effects 7 Relationship Side Effects 1. We blame each other  Genesis 3:12-13 The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done? ” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” (NIV) 2. We deal with out of control angry Genesis 4:5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast. (NIV) Genesis 4:8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. (NIV) 3. We deceive and lie to one another 4. We hold people’s past against them Luke 15:28-30 “The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. 29 But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’ (NIV) 5. We are jealous of one another 
6. We betray and hate one another 2 Timothy 3:3–4 They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. 4 They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. (NLT) 7. We are not faithful to one another 7A. People are not faithful in marriage 7B. People are not faithful to their families Malachi 4:6 He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.” (NIV) Matthew 10:21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death. (NIV) 7C. People are not faithful in friendship Proverbs 18:24 One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. (NIV) 7D. People are not faithful to build God’s Kingdom together 2 Timothy 4:9–10 Do your best to come to me quickly, 10 for Demas, because he loved this world, has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. (NIV)

The Best Day Ever 1. It was my best day ever because my sins were forgiven Romans 8:1 So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. (NLT) Acts 2:41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. (NIV) Acts 8:12 But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. (NIV) Acts 8:38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. (NIV) Acts 9:18 Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized, (NIV) Acts 16:33 At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized. (NIV) Acts 22:16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.’ (NIV) 2. It was my best day ever because I now had the power to overcome sin Romans 8:2–4 And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death. 3 The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins. 4 He did this so that the just requirement of the law would be fully satisfied for us, who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead follow the Spirit. (NLT) 3. It was my best day ever because of all the blessings that followed salvation Romans 8:23 And we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children, including the new bodies he has promised us. (NLT)

1. The trap of busyness  John 4:4 Now he had to go through Samaria. (NIV) Mark 16:15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. (NIV) 2. The trap of rejection John 4:7–9 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” 8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.) 9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.) (NIV)  3. The trap of not knowing enough  John 4:11-12 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?” (NIV) John 4:20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.” (NIV) 5 Life Giving Ways To Share Your Faith 1. Don’t judge people love people  Romans 2:4 Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can’t you see that his kindness is intended to turn you from your sin? (NLT) 2. Initiate a conversation not an argument   3. Talk about something you have in common  4. Find an attractive way to talk about Jesus John 4:10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” (NIV) John 4:13–15 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” 15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.” (NIV) 5. Remember that one changed life leads to more changed lives  John 4:39–42 Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. 41 And because of his words many more became believers. 42 They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.” (NIV)

1. He relied on his own strength Matthew 26:31 Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: “ ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’  (NIV) Matthew 26:33  Peter replied, “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.” (NIV)  Matthew 26:35 But Peter declared, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” And all the other disciples said the same. (NIV) 2. He reacted without thinking Matthew 26:69–70  Now Peter was sitting out in the courtyard, and a servant girl came to him. “You also were with Jesus of Galilee,” she said. 70 But he denied it before them all. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said. (NIV) 3. He caved to the crowd 4. He went backwards instead of forwards John 21:3  “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. (NIV) 4 Catalysts To A Comeback 1. Choose to reflect over regret A part of reflecting is grieving Matthew 26:75 Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly. (NIV) Reflecting is also how you learn from it 2. Choose community over isolation John 20:2–3  So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” 3 So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. (NIV) 3. Choose the voice of Jesus over the voice of the enemy 3A. I am not shocked by your setback 3B. I am praying for you Luke 22:31–32  “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” (NIV) 3C. I still believe in you and your comeback Luke 22:32  But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” (NIV) Proverbs 24:16 for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes. (NIV)

ROMANS 12:17-18 Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. 18 If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. (NKJV) I WISH I WOULD’VE KNOWN HOW DEAL WITH DYSFUNCTIONAL PEOPLE I WISH I WOULD’VE KNOWN HOW DEAL WITH DISTANT PEOPLE I WISH I WOULD’VE KNOWN HOW DEAL WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE I WISH I WOULD’VE KNOWN HOW DEAL WITH DISCONNECTED PEOPLE I WISH I WOULD’VE KNOWN HOW DEAL WITH DELUSIONAL PEOPLE PROVERBS 12:25 Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression (NKJV) COLOSSIANS 3:15 And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful. (NLT) #1 I WISH I WOULD’VE PRAYED FOR THE PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT ME PAIN MATTHEW 5:44-45 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. (NIV) PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. (NLT) I WISH I WOULD’VE UNDERSTOOD THAT PEACE IS NOT THE ABSENCE OF PROBLEMS IT’S THE PRESENCE AND PERSON OF JESUS #2 I WISHI I WOULD’VE EXAMINED MY HEART EVEN WHEN I WAS HURT PSALMS 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. 24 Point out anything in me that offends you and lead me along the path of everlasting life. (NLT) HEBREWS 12:14 Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord. (NLT) THE PERSON IS THE PERSON IN FRONT OF YOU AND THE PERSON BEHIND YOU #3 I WISH I WOULD’VE ACCEPTED THAT GOD USES FRACTURES FOR A GREATER FUTURE MATTHEW 5:9 God blesses those who work for peace, for they will be called the children of God. (NLT) #4 I WISH I WOULD’VE COMMITTED TO A ROUTE OF RECONCILIATION ROMANS 12:18 If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. (NKJV) MATTHEW 6:14-15 If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins. (NLT) PROVERBS 16:7 When a man’s ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies are at peace with him. (NKJV) #5 I WISH I WOULD’VE EMBRACED THE GIFT OF GRACE SOONER 2 PETER 1:2 May God give you more and more grace and peace as you grow in your knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord. (NLT)

Practical Steps to Spiritual Victories 
Exodus 17:8-13 - 8 The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. 9 Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.” 10 So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. 11 As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning.  12 When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset. 13 So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword. (NIV) 1. You will win when you DO God’s Word. James 1:22-25 - 22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do. (NIV) 2. You will win when you trust God’s ways. Isaiah 55:8-9 - “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. 9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. (NIV) Hebrews 11:6 - And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. (NIV) 3. You will win when you refuse to quit. Galatians 6:9 - 9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest IF we do not give up. (NIV) 1 Corinthians 15:58 - “Throw yourselves into the work of the Master, confident that nothing you do for him is a waste of time or effort.” (MSG)

I Wish I Would’ve Had Less Financial Stress 1. I wish I would’ve avoided stuffiitis 1 Timothy 6:6–10 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. 8 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. 9 Those who want to get rich They fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. (NIV) 1 Timothy 6:11 But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. (NIV) 1 Timothy 6:11 But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. (NIV) 6 Right Pursuits To Fewer Financial Regrets 1. Pursue tracking your spending Proverbs 21:5 Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty. (NLT) 2. Pursue planning your spending A. Good planning doesn’t just involve tracking your spending, it also involves planning your spending. Proverbs 27:23 Riches can disappear fast. And the king's crown doesn't stay in his family forever-so watch your business interests closely. Know the state of your flocks and your herds; (TLB) 3. Pursue attacking your debt Proverbs 21:5 Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty. (NLT) 4. Pursue saving your money Proverbs 21:20 The wise have wealth and luxury, but fools spend whatever they get. (NLT) 5. Pursue a generous life Psalm 37:21 The wicked borrow and never repay, but the godly are generous givers. (NLT) 6. Pursue getting started now

I Wish I’d Prayed More and Worried Less Matthew 6:9-10 (NKJV): Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done. On earth as it is in heaven. 1. Prayer Positions You for Provision Matthew 6:11 (NKJV): Give us this day our daily bread. Myth 1: Prayer is for professionals. Myth 2: Prayer needs to be significant. Myth 3: Prayer doesn’t produce. 2. Prayer Positions You for Power Matthew 6:13 (NKJV) And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. 3. Prayer Positions You for Freedom Matthew 6:12, 14-15 (NKJV): And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. Matthew 6:14-15 (NKJV):For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Matt. 6:13 (NKJV): For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

Acts 15:10–11   Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear? 11  No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.” (NIV) Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. (NIV)  John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. (NIV) Romans 6:1-2 1 Well then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of his wonderful grace? 2 Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we continue to live in it? (NLT) 1 John 5:18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them. (NIV)   1 John 2:29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him. (NIV)  2 Timothy 2:19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.” (NIV) 1 John 3:6 No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him. (NIV) 1 John 3:9   No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. (NIV) PIC OF PASTOR HERBERT AND TIFFANY 1 Samuel 15:35 Until the day Samuel died, he did not go to see Saul again, though Samuel mourned for him. And the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel. (NIV) Acts 13:22 After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’ (NIV) Acts 13:36   “Now when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his ancestors and his body decayed. (NIV) 1. Saul had a prideful heart, but David had a humble heart 1 Samuel 15:17   Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel. (NIV) 1 Samuel 13:9 So he said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings.” And Saul offered up the burnt offering. (NIV) 1 Samuel 15:12 12  Early in the morning Samuel got up and went to meet Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel. There he has set up a monument in his own honor and has turned and gone on down to Gilgal.” (NIV) 1 Kings 8:17   “My father David had it in his heart to build a temple for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel. (NIV) 2 Samuel 7:18   Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said: “Who am I, Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you have brought me this far? (NIV) 2 Samuel 7:22   “How great you are, Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears. (NIV) 2. Saul feared man, but David feared God 1 Samuel 15:24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned. I violated the Lord’s command and your instructions. I was afraid of the men and so I gave in to them. (NIV) Proverbs 29:25 Fearing people is a dangerous trap, but trusting the LORD means safety. (NLT) Psalm 34:9 Fear the LORD, you his holy people, for those who fear him lack nothing. (NIV) Psalm 34:11 Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD. (NIV) Psalm 34:13-14   keep your tongue from evil and your lips from telling lies. 14  Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. (NIV) 3. Saul justified his sins, but David repented from his sins 1 Sam 15:15 Saul answered, “The soldiers brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best of the sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord your God, but we totally destroyed the rest.” (NIV) 1 Samuel 15:19–20 Why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you pounce on the plunder and do evil in the eyes of the LORD?” 20  “But I did obey the LORD,” Saul said. “I went on the mission the LORD assigned me. I completely destroyed the Amalekites and brought back Agag their king. (NIV) 2 Sam 12:13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord. ”Nathan replied, “The Lord has taken away your sin. You are not going to die. (NIV) Psalm 51:2–4 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. 3  For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. 4  Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge. (NIV) Psalm 51:10-11 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. 11  Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. (NIV)

A recording from 2020: Virginia talks about Rev Dr. Preston Bradley and the Preston Bradley Center which was the building for and owned by Peoples Church. As life moves along the building has now been sold and Virginia has completed her life. Connection to Rev Dr Preston Bradley grows fainter as we remember a founding father of Uptown. Another bit of recording is available here: https://youtu.be/miUVZIjrLDg