"A critical spirit is a ravenous beast that devours many an honest effort, loving gesture, or kind deed with nary a backward glance. Threatening to steal the joy from everything that isn’t perfect and everyone who falls short of its expectations. It poisons every relationship it touches, because the pressure of an impossible standard is too heavy to bear. Those in relationship with one who possesses a critical spirit are always trying and always falling short. Eventually they stop trying altoget...
Aug 13, 2023•1 hr 4 min
An invitation to live a flourishing life.
Aug 06, 2023•39 min
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Jul 30, 2023•47 min
The Bible tells us to love our enemies and to pray for those who persecute us. Prayer may or may not change the other person, but it always changes you. Pray this prayer with us: Heavenly Father, we thank you for your unconditional love. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Teach us to take love seriously. Give us your heart for the people around us, especially those we find difficult to love. Holy Spirit, lead me to pursue reconciliation and forgiveness toward my enemies. I pray tha...
Jul 23, 2023•50 min
Jesus summed up the law he came to fulfill in two sentences - Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and Love your neighbor as yourself. Prayer Prompt: Teach me to Love like you did, like you do - with ALL my heart, ALL my soul, And ALL my mind! Give me eyes to see others this week through Your eyes of love! Amen!
Jul 09, 2023•35 min
Kingdom reality happens when the brilliance of heaven meets the brokenness of earth. Do you live a life that releases the Kingdom or restrains it? Prayer Prompt: "There is no part of life you do not touch, O God. Help us to bring light into all the darkness of life, spreading hope for a better world, a world where justice is made real by your children living together in harmony. Help us to bring salt into the blandness of life, encouraging vitality and joy in living in a world that dares to hope...
Jul 02, 2023•58 min
Jesus' vision is for the reality of heaven to become our earthly experience.
Jun 25, 2023•47 min
God's faithfulness goes from generation to generation. Scripture tells us that we should pass down what the Lord has done in our lives throughout the generations. He has called us to contend for the faith of our families.
Jun 11, 2023•42 min
Baptism and communion are sacred experiences that represent both the individual, inward commitment to a personal relationship with Jesus and the corporate, outward sign of being connected to a local community of Christ followers—the local church.
Jun 04, 2023•1 hr
Injustice: Unfair treatment, a situation in which the rights of a person or a group of people are ignored.
May 28, 2023•56 min
May 21, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Since sin’s inception, the world has been living under the tyranny of evil. Since Jesus’ inception, the tyranny of evil is now living under the threat of the Messiah
May 14, 2023•58 min
Africa New Life is locally led, dedicated to integrity, investing in families, and transforming lives in Rwanda! They recognize that, with educational sponsorship at the core of their work, children need other key factors to succeed: growing faith, community development, and a healthy body.
May 07, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Apr 30, 2023•42 min
Don't bring your assumptions and preconceived notions into your understanding or conclusions. Don’t form conclusions based on partial facts or insufficient information or the opinions and speculations of others. Don’t allow your personal opinions or convictions to guide your study, regardless of how strong they may be. Scripture must be your standard and guide.
Apr 23, 2023•46 min
Jesus calls us to breathe in the Word of God and then to step out in obedience. As we do this, our foundation is solid as we are standing on the Word of God. Scripture then is what informs our values and teaches us how to live.
Apr 16, 2023•54 min
Some of us have walked out of the grave but still identify as a corpse. You will never walk in full resurrection life if you still hold onto past life garments.
Apr 09, 2023•49 min
Apr 02, 2023•54 min
Leveraging all that we have for God’s greater purpose is about realizing that all we have has been entrusted to us by God so we can play a part in his redemptive story for this world and my life.
Mar 26, 2023•54 min
God is always speaking! Take some time to ask the Holy Spirit what He wants to say to you today.
Mar 19, 2023•51 min
Mar 12, 2023•49 min
Mar 05, 2023•1 hr
The manifestation of the Spirit is when the abilities and attributes of Jesus are supernaturally revealed and released through believers for the good of others. Being filled with the Spirit is a moment-by-moment surrender to the prompting, presence, power, and persuasion of the Spirit, which leads to deep pleasure, peace, perspective, and possibilities in the Spirit.
Feb 26, 2023•59 min
God's Spirit which is His personal presence is what created the world. The world was created for one thing. For God to be with us. God's Spirit which is His personal presence is what empowered His people to create the tabernacle. The tabernacle was created for one thing. For God to be with His people. God's Spirit which is His personal presence now dwells in us and moves us to obey Him. Believers in Jesus is where God now dwells. God's personal presence is with us....
Feb 19, 2023•40 min
“Fruit is always the miraculous, the created; it is never the result of willing, but always a growth. The fruit of the Spirit is a gift of God, and only He can produce it. They who bear it know as little about it as the tree knows of its fruit. They know only the power of Him on whom their life depends.” ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
Feb 12, 2023•58 min
A dangerous church is a disciple-making church.
Feb 05, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Before we introduce Jesus to the world, we need to re-introduce Jesus to the church.
Jan 29, 2023•54 min
Living is activated when our “Believed Realm” is greater than our “Perceived Reality”. Don’t let what you perceive outweigh what you believe!
Jan 22, 2023•1 hr 1 min
The desire in humility is to become like Jesus in his willingness to choose the hidden way of love rather than the way of power. What is the way of love? How is that different than the way of power?
Jan 15, 2023•50 min
Alignment, soul-searching, forgiveness, repentance, as well as a joyful day of celebration, looking forward to God's goodness and mercy in the New Year.
Jan 08, 2023•55 min
