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“”Stand Strong In the Lord” Ephesians 6:10-18
June 15, 2020 12:00 - 32 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 We are given our marching orders in the book of Ephesians. Please note that these orders are not given until we know two things: our new identity in Christ and our new power in Christ. The first three chapters of Ephesians outline both of these realities. It is only then that we are told what we must do. We do not go out into the fray empty handed. Gods Word promises us seven armaments specially crafted by Go...
“The Resurrection Chapter” 1 Corinthians 15
June 08, 2020 12:00 - 32 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 We human beings have a lot of holidays. Why not? They can be a good thing. It also might be good to ponder the meaning of that label, holiday. It could mean Holy Day a day set aside by the hand of God as very important for all. Easter is one of those holidays a Holy Day. We may call it Easter, but God had already had this day named. It is called The Feast of Firstfruits. This title represents Gods promise o...
“Love Lessons on Mother’s Day” Matthew 22:34-40
June 01, 2020 12:00 - 23 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 Mothers Day is a day set aside to honor our mothers. Our mothers exemplify the highest in sacrificial love. All of us owe a debt of thanks and gratitude to our mothers who have nurtured and cared for us. There is no love like a mothers love. As the years go by the love exemplified in motherhood never departs from us. Our mothers still love us with their special brand of love as they step back and watch us gro...
“Blessed Are the Merciful” Matthew 5:7
May 25, 2020 12:00 - 27 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 The Sermon on the Mount begins with eight beatitudes, or, blessed sayings. These beatitudes are comprised of truths that convey the reality of the blessings that are meant to be reflected in the lives of all who belong to the King. The first four blessed sayings point to need. There is the blessed need of poverty of spirit so we can bow to the Savior. That is followed by mourning over sin which will lead to f...
“Blessed Are those that Hunger and Thirst” Matthew 5:6
May 18, 2020 12:00 - 26 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 Desire and hunger can motivate us in ways nothing else can. We all know the feeling of drudgery when we are called to a task, but have no motivation for the task. We might procrastinate. We might balk or squawk. There might be a little foot-dragging and our hands might hang limp at our sides. Jesus gave us eight beatitudes eight blessed truths open for all who will bow to him. Here is the forth beatitude: Bl...
“Blessed Are the Meek” Matthew 5:5
May 11, 2020 12:00 - 36 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 Human nature is natural. So, naturally we may feel that if we give up the rights to our lives to the Living God we might lose out on something. After all, human history has shown just how wise and successful all of humanity has been over the years. Nothing but goodness and outstanding health has been on display for thousands of years non-stop. Anyone willing to bow to the King and learn from him will have a l...
“Blessed Are Those that Mourn” Matthew 5:4
May 04, 2020 12:00 - 36 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 The King of the universe came to earth and revealed the truth regarding the Kingdom of Heaven. He came to a little hillside in Israel about 2,000 years ago. The King was very intent on teaching us HIS ways. After all, he came a great distance (out of infinity) and laid his life down for us (at the cross). Now, who will take the time to listen to the message of this King, Jesus Christ? This world often hears t...
“Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit” Matthew 5:1-3
April 27, 2020 12:00 - 29 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 The Bible tells us how things began and it tells us how things will end. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth (Genesis1:1). Human history will end one day at the feet of Jesus Christ. at the name [authority] of Jesus every knee should bow in heaven and on earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord (Philippians 2:10-11). What should people do before the end comes? The answer is...
“Drink from the Well of Living Water” John 4:1-26
April 20, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 One day Jesus had a conversation with a woman at a well. Had this conversation not been recorded in Gods Word, it would have been a conversation lost forever. But this was not to be. God had other plans. We have the miracle of this dialogue logged into Gods salvation history for all to read. This woman was face-to-face with the King of kings and did not know it. She was about to have a head-on collision with ...
“You Must Be Born Again” John 3:1-21
April 13, 2020 12:00 - 28 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 Jesus proclaimed that being born again was not an option. I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again (John 3:3). Nicodemus responded, How can this be? There is the natural idea that Christianity is just a religion. We all are simply trying to be the best we can be.This can be called liberal Christianity. Liberal Christianity is alive and well in the mainstream media and in...
“The Priesthood of the Believer” 1 Peter 2:4-10
April 06, 2020 12:00 - 31 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 The Apostle Peter stated that the Old Testament prophets searched intently and with the greatest care trying to find out what the Spirit of Christ in them was predicting concerning the future believers. He said that even angels long to look into these things. All this has been made possible, Peter tells us, because we have been redeemed by the precious blood of Christ. So sure was God's plan of salvation in h...
“A Supernatural-Sized Prayer” Ephesians 3:14-21
March 30, 2020 12:00 - 28 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 A majestic, supernatural prayer has been given to us under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. You wont find this prayer in the media. You wont hear it mentioned on the talk shows. However, this prayer is available and open for all who would be so inclined (bowing) to receive it. This prayer is found at the end of chapter three of Pauls letter to the church at Ephesus. It is a supernatural-sized prayer becaus...
“A Prayer Still Being Answered Today” Ephesians 1:15-23
March 23, 2020 12:00 - 29 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 There are all kinds of prayers offered in this world. People have used prayer beads, prayer shawls, prayer rooms and prayer amulets. What if God himself gave us a prayer? How much power and how much reality would be in a prayer given to us by God? We have Gods Word. Scripture is inspired by God with a purpose. The purpose is that we may know our identity in Christ and be able to live life filled with the powe...
“Follow Jesus” Matthew 8:18-27
March 16, 2020 12:00 - 23 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 Human beings are created to follow. We follow ideas. We follow trends. We often follow without even being aware that we are following. What if God could shine a light into our hearts so we could clearly know what who or what we are following. Jesus wants to be our light. Jesus wants to be our influence. Jesus said, Follow me. He will train and nurture us so that we will choose his ways more and more. As we le...
“Be Still and Know that I Am God” Psalm 46
March 09, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 Be still and know that I am God (Psalm 46:10).This is a supernatural invitation open to all. The very power of this invitation is that we can know God. A blessing is promised through the miracle of a humble and submitted relationship with God. To be still is to be able to surrender to God and put our trust in him. Jesus was in a boat on the Sea of Galilee with his disciples. A fierce storm arose. Jesus rebuke...
“The Gospel of God’s Salvation” Mark 2:13-17
March 02, 2020 12:00 - 25 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 There are times when it seems that this world has us surrounded by bad news. What makes the bad news even worse is how the people involved are affected. To those embroiled in this bad news, it is much more than just news. It is a reality that they must actually live with and endure. God has broken into our crazy world. Jesus, entered this world to bring salvation. The gospel (good news) is God's salvation. Th...
“The Gospel” Mark 1:14-15
February 24, 2020 12:00 - 25 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 The gospel is a miracle given directly from God. This world is in a great struggle. Everyone in this world (that means everyone) should know this struggle well. While some may be doing better than others, the struggle is universal. And that struggle is what the Bible calls Sin. Sin is the underlying source of all that troubles us. God opened his plan to bring the gospel to this world by separating out a very ...
“Blessed New Year” Psalm 32
February 17, 2020 12:00 - 30 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 Tying to cover our sins leads to disaster in the end because there is no end to it. We will only end up working overtime to cover ourselves. We will be living a lie and there will be no peace in our lives. The good news in the gospel is that we can confess our sins before God. We can afford to lose our cover because Jesus has paid the price for us. Jesus is our cover. In fact, Jesus is actually called our Ato...
“The Gift of Christmas” 1 Timothy 1:15-17
February 10, 2020 12:00 - 20 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 There is no better gift for anyone to receive at Christmas other than the very reason we have Christmas in the first place. Christmas is Gods gift of Christ to the world. We wont find this gift under a tree, but upon a cross. The cross of Christ reveals Gods Christmas gift. Paul will write about this gift to a young man named Timothy. Many other young people need to understand this Christmas gift as well. As ...
“Jesus’ Holy I.D.” Matthew 22:41-46
February 03, 2020 12:00 - 22 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 As Christmas was fast approaching there was a lot of poaching. People would steal and rob (poach) from Jesus his true identity. This is only natural. Human culture can only promote a limited truth. Real truth must come from the Word of God. We hold these truths to be NOT self-evident, but these truths must come from the Word of God. Saul of Tarsus became Paul, the Apostle. Jesus called him out to write Gods W...
“The LORD Is My Shepherd” Psalm 23
January 27, 2020 12:00 - 24 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 There are probably not five more powerful words in all of Scripture than the first five words of Psalm 23: The LORD is my shepherd. This one sentence can be uttered with severe confidence reflective of a believers rest and peace in the midst of the storms of life. This phrase also can be spoken with a stern forcefulness as we proclaim our ability to live strong even while facing obstacles that may seem insurm...
“Who We Are In Christ” Ephesians 1:1-6
January 20, 2020 12:00 - 26 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 There are times when our personal identities are very important. Perhaps an official I.D. proving who we are might be required. At those times our true identity can be the Number One topic. People unable to provide proof of their true identity at crucial times will find themselves in difficulty. A person discovered to have a false I.D. might quickly find himself in trouble. God wants us to know who we are in ...
“Our Heritage of Thanksgiving” Psalm 100
December 30, 2019 12:00 - 30 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 Thanksgiving is the heritage of all people who belong to the LORD. When something can be called a heritage it means that it makes up the central core of our lives. Therefore, giving thanks to God will be of utmost importance in all we do. Thanksgiving is the center, the core, of our being. And God himself wants us to know what that means. God wants his people to be encouraged in this discouraging world. God h...
“Learning the Language of God” Hebrews 1:1-3
December 23, 2019 12:00 - 32 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 Learning the language of God is learning about Jesus. It is learning about the character of Jesus and his true nature. Languages must be decoded. Children grow up and learn their native language in the loving confines of home and family. We too belong to a family: the family of God. God has given us a language to learn. It is all about Jesus. We are not born with the ability to speak this language. It must fi...
“Our Holy Litmus Test” 1 John 4:1-6
December 16, 2019 12:00 - 30 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 If there is a One True God, then there must be false gods. If there is One True Christ, then there must be false Christs. Everything cannot be true or nothing is true. Truth can make some people nervous. If truth exists, then it will always be possible to be on the side of falsehood. Truth naturally challenges falsehood. The Apostle John watched as Jesus was crucified based on the lies of this world that were...
"Covenant Loyalty" Psalm 119:113-120
December 09, 2019 12:00 - 32 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 Psalm 119:113-120 rejoices in the concept of Covenant Loyalty. The meaning and power behind a covenant agreement was Gods idea from the beginning of time. Adam and Eve lived under the protection of Gods covenant promise in the second chapter of Genesis. So long as they obeyed Gods covenant they would be blessed by Gods presence and his protection. In the Gospel we have a New Covenant. The difference is that G...
“Why Not Pray” Luke 18:1-8
November 25, 2019 12:00 - 27 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 If God is all-powerful why would he need people to pray? God does not need us to pray as much as we NEED to pray. God has condescended to use human beings to bridge the gap that that exists because of the fallen nature of all of humanity: You will be for me a kingdom of priests (Exodus 19:6). Therefore, prayer is an outworking of Gods plan of redemption. All believers have the awesome responsibility to live u...
“The Sabbath Rest" Hebrews 4:1-11
November 18, 2019 12:00 - 29 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 Upon the completion of creation we have God's own assessment, "it was very good" (Genesis 1:31). God blessed the 7th day and made it holy. Adam and Eve lived under the blessing of the completed work of God. This blessed state was not merely one day a week, but every day. Every day was filled with the joy of unbroken fellowship with each other and with God. That blessed rest was lost in The Fall. As they chose...
“A Demonstration of Forgiveness” Matthew 18:21-35
November 11, 2019 12:00 - 28 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 "Peter came to Jesus and asked, 'Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?" (Matthew 18:21). We can be thankful for many of Peter's interactions with Jesus. Through Peter we can see ourselves. And through Peter Jesus would give a demonstration of forgiveness that transcends human nature. The natural tendency is to hold a grudge. It sounded like Peter was count...
“The Narrow Way Matthew 7:13-14
November 04, 2019 12:00 - 27 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 Bigot is a term used to identify people who are intolerantly devoted to their own opinion. Jesus was very intolerant at times, but he was no bigot. His mission was to seek and to save the lost. No one would ever say that to give positive, protective instructions to those we love as being bigoted. Loving and responsible parents intolerantly place boundaries around their children because they want to love and p...
“The Blessing of the 11th Hour Worker” Matthew 20:1-16
October 28, 2019 12:00 - 34 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 Jesus told a parable about two workers. One had worked all day and the other just squeaked in at the last moment. However, they both received the same pay. This upset the one who had borne burden of a whole day's work. This world loves poles and surveys. Had a survey been handed to him, there would definitely be a less than positive response. However, if the survey were given to Jesus, there would be a bright...
“Jesus Prayed For Us” John 17:20-26
October 21, 2019 12:00 - 26 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 In the book of Revelation John saw a vision of Jesus that made him fall to the ground like a dead man. He saw Jesus with eyes like burning fire, feet like bronze glowing in a furnace and his face brighter than the sun. In his right hand he held seven stars and out of his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword. Now, imagine if one day you had Johns vision of Jesus! Just as you were about to melt, Jesus asked you t...
“Chosen, Sanctified and Sent” John 17:6-19
October 14, 2019 12:00 - 30 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 Last week we looked at the first part of Jesus prayer in John 17. We meditated on the glory of knowing God. This knowledge of God comes through being rightly related to him through the work of Jesus Christ. It is through Jesus that our relationship with God comes alive in us. We may cry out, Abba, Father. This week we will see how we, as believers, are taken out of the world chosen. We belong to the kingdom ...
“The Glory of Knowing God” John 17:1-5
October 07, 2019 12:00 - 27 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 The parables of Jesus were spoken by him as a means to wend his way into the hearts of all who would listen. Even those not willing to listen would find the parables sticking to their hearts like Velcro so that perhaps later they might receive the truth of the gospel. Jesus would make his way into the rebel that is in all of us to bring us to our knees. Then God will lift us up. In this parable there were two...
"The Parable of the Prodigal Sons" Luke 15:11-32
September 30, 2019 12:00 - 26 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 The powerful, poignant, penetrating parables of Jesus were spoken by him as a means to wend his way into the hearts of all who would listen. Even those not willing to listen would find the parables sticking to their hearts like Velcro so that perhaps later they might receive the truth of the gospel. Jesus would gave us a parable to bring us to our knees. We will discover that, as we bow, God will lift us up. ...
"The Light of God's Word" Psalm 119:105-112
September 23, 2019 12:00 - 31 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible. It is divided into 22 stanzas consisting of eight verses. Each stanza is headed up by one of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Every line in that stanza will begin with that assigned letter. Psalm 119 is a hymn to God's Word. There are many different terms used throughout this Psalm for God's Word. We have God's commands, precepts, promises, statutes, laws a...
"A Precious Hope" 1 Peter 1:17-21
September 16, 2019 12:00 - 30 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 There many things in this world that are precious. There are precious metals and precious stones. We can have precious moments of time. And of course, we all have precious loved ones. Certain things carry a value that make them precious due to our own assessments. What if we could somehow find something that could be more precious than anything that exists in this world? The precious blood of Christ is precio...
"A Practical Hope" 1 Peter 13-16
September 09, 2019 12:00 - 25 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 The gospel is a miracle of practical hope. It is hope because the gospel nurtures us in a reality that is not of this world. All who belong to Christ have been taken out of this world. We have been removed from Adam's heritage. We now have our heritage in Christ. God's Word can now be used as leverage to move us more and more toward the change that is the very best for us. Now we can be exhorted: "As obedient...
"A Prophetic Hope" 1 Peter 1:10-12
September 02, 2019 12:00 - 30 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 God has given this world a gift. In a world that has trouble finding its own way God has given us HIS way. God's way is a prophetic hope. Prophetic, in that it was planned before the creation of the world. Hope, in that God's plan is just what this lost world needs. This world needs salvation. The Apostle Peter was called to write to us about God's supernatural plan of salvation. "Concerning this salvation, t...
"A Living Hope" 1 Peter 1:3-9
August 26, 2019 12:00 - 28 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 God gave his own assessment of the miracle of his first creation in Genesis 1:31. God declared everything to be "very good." When we take a deep look into God's creation it can be described as nothing less than miraculous. We know that sin entered into God's very good creation and made things very bad. That same Jesus would later call Peter and make him one of his Apostles. Peter would be assigned to write a ...
"A Letter to the People of God" 1 Peter 1:1-2
August 19, 2019 12:00 - 28 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 Everyone who can claim Jesus as Savior has a mailbox. We have a supernatural mail box deep in our hearts. And we have received a very exciting letter. The closer we look the more we will see that it has indeed been addressed to us. Our anticipation grows because we have read other similar letters and our lives have been blessed beyond measure. The letter under consideration today has come from the Apostle Pet...
"The Boundaries of Freedom"
August 12, 2019 12:00 - 30 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 Freedom must have boundaries. There is no such thing as absolute freedom. God has placed his loving boundaries of freedom in our lives. These boundaries are called morality right and wrong. Romans 2:15 even states that God has placed his moral boundaries in the heart of every human being. Let us pray that our nation will turn back to our National Motto for what it really means: In God We Trust. This can be t...
"The Miracle of Marriage"
August 05, 2019 12:00 - 38 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 This world system has always had a way of trying to remove God's hand from things that mean the most. Marriage is at the center of God's creation and the pattern set by God. Jesus said, "What God has joined together, let man not separate" (Matthew 19:6). We ignore this admonition of Jesus to our great peril. God's plan for his creation has not changed. Marriage is not our institution to change. It belongs to ...
"The Challenge of the Gospel" Romans 1:16-17
July 29, 2019 12:00 - 32 minutesTo support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/616/29 The gospel is good news. How good? Consider this: If the same God who created this magnificent universe also saw fit to create good news, it must be pretty good. The good news of the gospel is the best and greatest news in the entire world. If this is true, why do we never see it reported in the world's media? The world cannot report it because the world cannot receive it. There lies the challenge. The gospel...