We consider the memorable saints of old: Noah, Abram/Abraham, Sarai/Sarah, Samson, Moses, David, Elijah, Peter, Paul and consider the grave wickedness they committed, we might come to a moment of sobriety and consider asking ourselves, "Does anyone DESERVE a second chance?" It should be sobering to all of us when we see that, from the best of the fathers in the faith to the worst, God extended His great mercy to His people. They have accepted the responsibility of their actions, their sins, and ...
Dec 08, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 45
In this episode, we trace examples of the remnant from 1 Kings and the generation that existed during the reign of King Ahab and Elijah the prophet. Then we move forward about 200 years to the generation that existed when Isaiah the prophet lived and we start to observe the attributes that make one a candidate to be the remnant of a generation that remains faithful to the Lord their God. We move forward approximately another 200 years to the days of Zechariah to see the remnant of the day and th...
Dec 01, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 44
Today’s episode will be a very different episode from any previously released episodes. It’s actually a time of ministry that ended in song. In the hopes that you will have a greater appreciation and understanding of this message, I must share that it was a period of time in my life in which I was going through a great deal of turmoil. My wife and I were spiritually devastated at the events that were transpiring in our home with one of our children. My heart was utterly broken, and I was serious...
Nov 24, 2021•23 min•Ep. 43
In this episode, we conclude how we walked out our Father's heart for family and kingdom ministry during our marriage. We address the importance of men/fathers and women/mothers fulfilling the responsibilities they have in the family, the effect homeschooling had on our children's socialization and maturity when our children started schooling in public school, trusting one another in fulfilling our individual responsibilities in the marriage, God's faithfulness in the negative experiences they a...
Nov 17, 2021•27 min•Ep. 42
In this episode, we continue to share how we walked out our Father's heart for family and kingdom ministry during our marriage. We address the struggles of homeschooling at the same time being pressured to put them in school, sheltering vs. exposing our children to different things of the world, socializing challenges, balancing those different concerns, the peace of knowing we did what the Lord led us to do in raising them, the impact of the Word of God and the book Shepherding a Child's Heart ...
Nov 10, 2021•30 min•Ep. 41
In this episode, we continue to share how we walked out our Father's heart for family and kingdom ministry during our marriage. We address the differences between our own children, the testimonies regarding our experiences raising them, our learning experiences with them, how moving to GA changed our emphasis as we home-schooled, the influence of Ted Tripp's book Shepherding a Child's Heart, and some of the rich experiences we had through homeschooling. https://www.ourfathersheart.org/video-teac...
Nov 03, 2021•29 min•Ep. 40
In this episode, we share how we walked out our Father's heart for family and kingdom ministry which was the teaching in the previous episode. We address the emasculation of men, the role reversal between men and women in the home from 20th to the 21st century, our early years as a family and the challenges that came with having children so soon after getting married, our advocacy for homeschooling (when willing and able) and how God provided for us in those early years in spite of those challen...
Oct 27, 2021•34 min•Ep. 39
While Men/Husbands/Fathers are being emasculated today... While Women/Wives/Mothers are replacing men in the home... While the norm is now that both mother and father are working full-time, making more money together and separately than ever before... and yet divorce seems to still be on the rise, multiple marriages are more becoming the norm, and societal norms are seemingly changing daily... Who is actually raising the next generation of God's children? What is our Father's heart for family an...
Oct 20, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 38
The hidden foundation of any structure is the most important part of any structure. Like that of a home, the foundation must be thick, strong, stable, and secure in order for it to properly and adequately hold up what will be built upon it. If not, no matter how elaborate, exquisite, fanciful, or grand the structure is, it will inevitably fall and the destruction of it will long outlive the memory of it. The same is true with any disciple of Jesus. In this episode, we focus on the foundation of ...
Oct 06, 2021•59 min•Ep. 37
Who is the witness? Who do we seek our approval from? This podcast address both of these questions about Jesus Christ and the children of God. Meditate on the following scriptures after listening to the teaching: 2 Cor 5:9, Col 1:9, 10, 1 Thess 2:4, Heb 13: 20, 21, 1 Jn 3:22 ...and be blessed as you seek to do what He requires of you. Please visit Our Father's Heart for more information and if you would like to support our efforts you can do so through Paypal (Paypal.me/jbenjesus) , Cash App ($j...
Sep 29, 2021•50 min•Ep. 36
How is it that the Lord takes imperfect men to do a perfect work? How is it that he is capable of taking the weak and beggarly elements of this world to negate the powers of the prince of darkness? The primary purpose for the struggles in our life is to develop our testimony of Him. He puts us through difficult experiences so that we may testify of His goodness and faithfulness toward us who believe in Him and fear Him. The victory is not always attained by winning every battle (game). Victory i...
Sep 15, 2021•56 min•Ep. 35
We conclude our testimony with this third part of Our Father's Heart and how it came to fruition. We hope this will help all of you listeners have a better insight and appreciation for what we are doing in sharing these podcasts. We hope and pray they are a blessing to you personally, as you are uplifted and encouraged through the testimonies that are released. We also hope and pray that through the teachings you will better understand His Word, His Will, His Ways, and His Works in the hopes tha...
Sep 08, 2021•44 min•Ep. 34
We continue this special month of testimonies with the second part of the testimony of Our Father's Heart and how it came to fruition. This series introduces my wife and me so that you have can have an appreciation of who you are listening to, who we are, where we come from, and how the Lord dealt with us separately and intertwined two separate lives into one. The idea behind sharing the testimony of Jesus in our lives is to release the spirit of prophecy into the lives of others. We hope that s...
Sep 01, 2021•48 min•Ep. 33
This month we decided to share the testimony of Our Father's Heart and how it came to fruition. Really, it's the introduction to us, my wife and I, so that you can have an appreciation of who you are listening to, who we are, where we come from, and how the Lord dealt with us separately, preparing us, so that we would be ripe and ready when we met each other. The idea behind sharing the testimony of Jesus in our lives is to release the spirit of prophecy into the lives of others. We hope that so...
Aug 25, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 32
In this episode, you get to hear a spirit of prophecy as I share the testimony of Jesus in my life. From hearing Jesus early on as He was bringing me into His heart, to my family background and relatives, to attending "Christian" schools and many other experiences that I have had with my Lord Jesus, the Spirit of the Lord will hopefully speak to you through my experiences, just as He speaks to us through the experiences of our fathers and mothers in the faith as we read and study His word. Then,...
Aug 11, 2021•50 min•Ep. 31
We conclude our series in the principles of the doctrine of Christ with eternal judgment. We begin our conclusion with arguably the #1 sin that keeps many from finishing the race to enter into the kingdom of God eternal, unforgiveness. We also address the question, "Can a Christian fall away"? We consider the popular doctrine, "Once Saved, Always Saved" from a strictly biblical perspective and contrast the biblical validity of eternal security vs eternal judgment. Lastly, we look at the signific...
Jul 28, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 30
The common thread that connects all the principles of the doctrine of Christ is that they are focused on the salvation of an individual, from the moment he or she is born again to eternity. The last two principles are the only possible outcomes of mankind, whether they were born again or not, the resurrection of the dead or eternal judgment . The final principle of the doctrine of Christ is eternal judgment. As alluded to in the previous study, the Resurrection of the Dead and Eternal Judgment c...
Jul 21, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 29
This additional part to the resurrection of the dead shows how Jesus set the example to live a life resurrected now. The kingdom of God in us is a revelation that is going to grow until it completely manifests for all people to see, and taste for themselves of the fruit. We are not just people that say we believe in Christ or a resurrected Christ. The world needs to see a living Christ in us and taste and see for themselves that Jesus is alive. This is something that if we allow God to do it in ...
Jul 14, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 28
We begin by summarizing how we ended our last teaching, in order to connect it with this concluding segment on the resurrection of the dead. A seed dies first to bring forth life to grow. That is why resurrection can be seen in nature in the seeds planted because through the death of the seed, it brings forth the life of the tree and later brings forth the fruit. God sowed in them (in us) the seed, which was Christ, and because they (we) obeyed the gospel. Christ died in their (our) place and th...
Jul 07, 2021•49 min•Ep. 27
We continue delving more deeply into the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead looking at what did the Apostles preach concerning the resurrection. Then we consider how the Kingdom of God is in us growing more and more day by day as we learn to yield to the Holy Spirit for Him to grow and completely manifest Himself through us. https://www.ourfathersheart.org/resurrection-of-the-dead Please visit Our Father's Heart for more information and if you would like to support our efforts you can do s...
Jun 30, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 26
We continue delving more deeply into the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead. If we judge that He died for us, then we consider ourselves dead in and with Him in His death. Since this is true, and He rose again, then we have also risen with and in Him and have obtained the resurrection of eternal life by the grace of God. https://www.ourfathersheart.org/resurrection-of-the-dead Please visit Our Father's Heart for more information and if you would like to support our efforts you can do so th...
Jun 23, 2021•44 min•Ep. 25
In this study, we will be focusing on the resurrection of the dead, which is in two parts. This doctrine is one of the foundations of the doctrine of Christ that need to be taught and preached to all believers. There is a powerful, wonderful, liberating hope in the resurrection that needs to be understood, and by the end of this study, I hope you will see its application for today. https://www.ourfathersheart.org/resurrection-of-the-dead Please visit Our Father's Heart for more information and i...
Jun 16, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 24
This addendum to the Laying on of Hands continues our study in the principles of the doctrine of Christ. This latter addition explains the association of the left hand being a curse (or something less than a full blessing) and the right hand being the blessing or full blessing in the Jewish culture and how it leads us into the next principle of the doctrine of Christ, the Resurrection of the Dead. https://www.ourfathersheart.org/laying-on-of-hands-addendum Please visit Our Father's Heart for m...
Jun 09, 2021•48 min•Ep. 23
We continue our study in the principles of the doctrine of Christ with the focus now on the Laying on of Hands, a means of impartation. In this study, we will look at this topic from the New Covenant and the purposes and reasons for "laying on of hands". We hope to conclude, recognizing and acknowledging the scriptural validity of its use today, as well as understand its spiritual significance in our Father’s eyes. https://www.ourfathersheart.org/laying-on-of-hands Please visit Our Father's He...
Jun 02, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 22
We continue our study in the principles of the doctrine of Christ with the focus now on the Laying on of Hands, a means of impartation. In this study, we will look at this topic from the Old Covenant first. Later episodes will focus on the New Covenant scriptures. We hope to conclude, recognizing and acknowledging the scriptural validity of its use today, as well as understand its spiritual significance in our Father’s eyes. https://www.ourfathersheart.org/laying-on-of-hands Please visit Our F...
May 26, 2021•40 min•Ep. 21
We continue our study in the principles of the doctrine of Christ and conclude the doctrine of baptisms. Why baptism in water and in Spirit? Death and burial are necessary to be resurrected. We cannot be resurrected into a new life in Christ Jesus without dying first. So both baptism in water and in the Spirit are necessary and are essential to becoming born again (John 3:3-5). https://www.ourfathersheart.org/baptisms-conclusion Please visit Our Father's Heart for more information and if you wou...
May 19, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 20
We continue our study in the principles of the doctrine of Christ getting deeper into the doctrine of baptisms. The focus in this segment is on the baptism in the Spirit and the precedents for it from Acts chapters 1, 2, 8, 10, 18 and 19. The testimonies are overwhelmingly in favor of the inseparableness of water baptism in Jesus’ name and the baptism in the Spirit. https://www.ourfathersheart.org/baptisms Please visit Our Father's Heart for more information and if you would like to support our ...
May 12, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 19
We continue our study in the principles of the doctrine of Christ getting deeper into the doctrine of baptisms. We focus on the meaning of baptism or baptize itself and the precedents for baptisms in water and why Jesus was baptized. Jesus set the example for us to follow, not only by partaking in water baptism (which for Him was personally unnecessary), but also in that He baptized others. https://www.ourfathersheart.org/baptisms Please visit Our Father's Heart for more information and if you w...
May 05, 2021•49 min•Ep. 18
We continue our study in the principles of the doctrine of Christ here with baptisms. We have to consider the gospel of the kingdom or of Jesus Christ because baptism was intertwined with the preaching of the gospel and we conclude with a very important question, "The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men?" https://www.ourfathersheart.org/baptisms Please visit Our Father's Heart for more information and if you would like to support our efforts you can do so through Paypal (Paypa...
Apr 28, 2021•41 min•Ep. 17
We continue to look at the Man Jesus Christ through the eyes of the apostles, but our focus shifts from Paul to Peter, Thomas, and John. As we continue to bring multiple witnesses testifying of the true identity of this Man, we are reminded of the scriptures that state, "by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established." When we consider all of the evidence from the many witnesses who walked and talked with Jesus, we come to the conclusion and render a verdict as to the ident...
Apr 21, 2021•43 min•Ep. 16
