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Honduras Missionary Interview - Dr. Jonathan Clark
July 25, 2023 11:00 - 9 minutes - 8.75 MBCheck out this awesome interview with Dr. Jonathan Clark about our amazing mission trip to Honduras!
Honduras Missionary Interview - Natalie Pollard
July 24, 2023 11:00 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MBCheck out this awesome interview with Natalie Pollard about our amazing mission trip to Honduras!
How can the church share Jesus?: Go on a short-term mission trip
July 21, 2023 11:00 - 8 minutes - 7.63 MB“Let all the world look to me for salvation! For I am God; there is no other. I have sworn by my own name; I have spoken the truth, and I will never go back on my word: Every knee will bend to me, and every tongue will declare allegiance to me.” - Isaiah 45:22-23 NLT
How identifying with Jesus brings more purpose and relevance in your life: Part III
July 20, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.35 MB“Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” - Philippians 2:9-11 NLT
How identifying with Jesus brings more purpose and relevance in your life: Part II
July 19, 2023 11:00 - 9 minutes - 9.17 MB“Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.” - Philippians 2:6-8 NLT
How identifying with Jesus brings more purpose and relevance in your life: Part I
July 18, 2023 11:00 - 8 minutes - 8.01 MB“You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.” - Philippians 2:5 NLT
[Money Monday]: 5 rewards of touching God’s heart by giving to people in need
July 17, 2023 11:00 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MBGuidance: “And the Lord will guide you continually… Satisfaction in hard times: …and satisfy your desire in scorched places… Health and Strength: …and make your bones strong; Excess to give to others: …and you shall be like a watered garden, Unending supply of God’s Holy Spirit: …like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.” - Isaiah 58:11 ESV
How can the church share Jesus?: Build community as we worship together
July 14, 2023 11:00 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MB“These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival.” - Psalm 42:4 ESV
Three ways to build lasting joy and happiness by reaching out to God: Part III
July 13, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.86 MB“Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation” - Psalm 42:5 ESV
Three ways to build lasting joy and happiness by reaching out to God: Part II
July 12, 2023 11:40 - 10 minutes - 9.58 MB“My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?” - Psalm 42:2 ESV
Three ways to build lasting joy and happiness by reaching out to God: Part I
July 11, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBALC Recommends: William Augusto - Instrumental Worship Music for prayer “As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.” - Psalm 42:1 ESV “I long to drink of you, O God, to drink deeply from the streams of pleasure flowing from your presence. My longings overwhelm me for more of you!” - Psalms 42:1 TPT
[Money Monday]: How does tithing help you build a happier family?
July 10, 2023 11:00 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MB“These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival.” - Psalm 42:4 ESV
How can the church share Jesus: Offer love & hope before law
July 07, 2023 11:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MB“For the Scriptures tell us, “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith." - Romans 4:3 NLT “But people are counted as righteous, not because of their work, but because of their faith in God who forgives sinners.” - Romans 4:5 NLT
How does God use tithing to bring hope and change your perspective on life? (Part III)
July 06, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.59 MB“After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.” - Genesis 15:1 ESV
How does God use tithing to bring hope and change your perspective on life? (Part II)
July 05, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 11 MB“The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give back my people who were captured. But you may keep for yourself all the goods you have recovered.” Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I solemnly swear to the Lord, God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth (learned that from Meli, through the tithe), that I will not take so much as a single thread or sandal thong from what belongs to you. Otherwise you might say, ‘I am the one who made Abram rich.’ I will accept only what my young warriors have alre...
How does God use tithing to bring hope and change your perspective on life? (Part I)
July 04, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MB“After Abram returned from his victory over Kedorlaomer and all his allies, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley). And Melchizedek, the king of Salem and a priest of God Most High, brought Abram some bread and wine. Melchizedek blessed Abram with this blessing: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. And blessed be God Most High, who has defeated your enemies for you.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all th...
[Money Monday]: How does giving money open your heart to God’s vision?
July 03, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.3 MB"Then the Lord took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up into the sky and count the stars if you can. That’s how many descendants you will have!” And Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord counted him as righteous because of his faith.” - Genesis 15:5-6 NLT
How can the church share Jesus?: Imitate a mentor for better results
June 30, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.9 MB“What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.” - Philippians 4:9 ESV
Live to Give: How does a life of giving bring you more peace? (Part III)
June 29, 2023 11:00 - 9 minutes - 9.19 MB“do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” - Philippians 4:6-7 ESV
Live to Give: How does a life of giving bring you more peace? (Part II)
June 28, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.83 MB“Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand;” - Philippians 4:5 ESV “Let all men know and perceive and recognize your unselfishness (your considerateness, your forbearing spirit). The Lord is near [He is coming soon].” -Philippians 4:5 AMPC
Live to Give: How does a life of giving bring you more peace?
June 27, 2023 11:00 - 9 minutes - 8.93 MB“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.” - Philippians 4:4 ESV
[Money Monday]: How to increase your giving for greater blessings
June 26, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MB“Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit.” - Philippians 4:17 ESV
How can the church share Jesus?: Help people proclaim Jesus as Lord
June 23, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 11 MB"…so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." - Philippians 2:10-11 ESV
Live with Purpose: How to imitate Jesus for a more abundant life (Part III)
June 22, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB“And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” - Philippians 2:8-11 ESV
Live with Purpose: How to imitate Jesus for a more abundant life (Part II)
June 21, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MB“...who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men." - Philippians 2:6-7 ESV
Live with Purpose: How to imitate Jesus for a more abundant life
June 20, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MB“Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus…" - Philippians 2:5 ESV
[Money Monday]: How can you keep unity in Jesus first instead of money?
June 19, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MB"So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” - Philippians 2:1-4 ESV
How can the church share Jesus?: Give and go to partner with him
June 16, 2023 11:00 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MB“How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” - Romans 10:14-15 ESV
Live like a Partner: How can focusing on Jesus’ success bring you success?
June 15, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 10.1 MB“The former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice,” - Philippians 1:17-18 ESV
Live like a Partner: How can focusing on Jesus’ success bring you success? - Part II
June 14, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.28 MB“Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. The latter do it out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.” - Philippians 1:15-16 ESV
Live like a Partner: How can focusing on Jesus’ success bring you success? - Part I
June 13, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.7 MB“I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.” - Philippians 1:12-14 ESV
[Money Monday]: Strategies for partnering with Jesus’ vision for people
June 12, 2023 11:00 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MB“And so I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man’s foundation,” - Romans 15:20 NKJV
How can the church share Jesus?: Offer to pray for people in need
June 09, 2023 11:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MB“do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” - Philippians 4:6-7 ESV
Bible wisdom: 6 things God hates and rescues us from III
June 08, 2023 11:00 - 16 minutes - 15 MB“There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him:” - Proverbs 6:16 ESV "a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.” - Proverbs 6:19 ESV
Bible wisdom: 6 things God hates and rescues us from II
June 07, 2023 11:00 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MB“There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him:” - Proverbs 6:16 ESV “a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil,” - Proverbs 6:18 ESV
Bible wisdom: 6 things God hates and rescues us from
June 06, 2023 11:00 - 18 minutes - 17.6 MB"There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him...” - Proverbs 6:16 ESV “...haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood..." - Proverbs 6:17 ESV
[Money Monday]: How do tithing and giving help you get more needs met?
June 05, 2023 11:00 - 12 minutes - 11.8 MB“…Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. But you say, ‘How shall we return?’ Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions (offerings). You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing me…. Bring the full tithe into the storehouse….And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need. I wi...
How can the church share Jesus? Encourage marriage God’s way
June 02, 2023 11:00 - 13 minutes - 12.5 MB“My son, obey your father’s commands, and don’t neglect your mother’s instruction. Keep their words always in your heart. Tie them around your neck. When you walk, their counsel will lead you. When you sleep, they will protect you. When you wake up, they will advise you. For their command is a lamp and their instruction a light; their corrective discipline is the way to life. It will keep you from the immoral woman, from the smooth tongue of a promiscuous woman. Don’t lust for her beauty. Do...
Bible wisdom: 3 ways to help your relationships grow - DILIGENCE
June 01, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MB"He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame.” - Proverbs 10:5 ESV
Bible wisdom: 3 ways to help your relationships grow - DISCIPLINE
May 31, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MB"...and you say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof! I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors. I am at the brink of utter ruin in the assembled congregation.” - Proverbs 5:12-14 ESV
Bible wisdom: 3 ways to help your relationships grow - FAITHFULNESS
May 30, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MB"Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well. Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth...” - Proverbs 5:15, 18
[Money Monday]: How to keep money from ruining a great friendship?
May 29, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 10.8 MB“My child, if you have put up security for a friend’s debt or agreed to guarantee the debt of a stranger— if you have trapped yourself by your agreement and are caught by what you said— follow my advice and save yourself, for you have placed yourself at your friend’s mercy. Now swallow your pride; go and beg to have your name erased. Don’t put it off; do it now! Don’t rest until you do. Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter, like a bird fleeing from a net.” - Proverbs 6...
How can the church share Jesus?: Help people with anxiety
May 26, 2023 11:00 - 10 minutes - 9.65 MB“Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.” - Proverbs 12:25 ESV
Bible wisdom: Apply these 3 principles for more security and peace - Part III
May 25, 2023 11:00 - 9 minutes - 8.46 MB“but whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.” - Proverbs 1:33 “For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;” - Proverbs 1:32 ESV
Bible wisdom: Apply these 3 principles for more security and peace - Part II
May 24, 2023 11:00 - 9 minutes - 9.16 MB“but whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.” - Proverbs 1:33 “If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.” - Proverbs 1:23 ESV
Bible wisdom: Apply these 3 principles for more security and peace - Part I
May 23, 2023 11:00 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MB“but whoever listens to me will dwell secure and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.” - Proverbs 1:33 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction." - Proverbs 1:7
[Money Monday]: How does faith in God bring more peace than money?
May 22, 2023 11:00 - 9 minutes - 9.04 MB“The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth, but a poor man hears no threat.” - Proverbs 13:8 ESV
What would Jesus say?: How does singing praise bring hope and joy?
May 19, 2023 11:00 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MB“At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.” - Matthew 11:25-26 ESV
Three practical ways to expect God to bring better days: Part III
May 18, 2023 11:00 - 12 minutes - 11.4 MB“I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.” - Psalm 40:1 ESV “I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation; behold, I have not restrained my lips, as you know, O Lord. I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation.” - Psalm 40:9-10 ESV
Three practical ways to expect God to bring better days: Part II
May 17, 2023 11:00 - 12 minutes - 11.7 MB“I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.” - Psalm 40:1 ESV “In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required. Then I said, “Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me: I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.” - Psalm 40:6-8 ESV