Fellowship Church Poplar Bluff
746 episodes - English - Latest episode: 28 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWeekly messages delivered at Fellowship General Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
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Sermon: New
December 02, 2010 16:33 - 27 minutes - 25 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks about how God can make all things new again. New in a spiritual sense not in a timeline sense. Taking the words of 2 Corinthians 4:16, Byron delivers a message about not losing heart and allowing God to give us His power to conquer this life for Him.
Sermon: EZEKIEL - Lessons From Exile
November 23, 2010 16:14 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck continues his coverage of the book of Ezekiel. There are many interpretations of what Ezekiel meant in his encounters. Bright, awesome, grand and weird only begin to describe what Ezekiel experienced and then wrote about in the beginning of his writings. Exiled and hopeless describe the people of God at this time. One lesson we can take from the writings is that God is everywhere and still exists. He will be with us even if we don't deserve His love. He will be...
Sermon: EZEKIEL - Conventional Wisdom
November 22, 2010 15:37 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks about the blaming of others for your plight in life. God wants us to take responsibility for our own lives. It's often too easy for us to avoid dealing with reality in life. We love to blame other people or factors for our predicaments. The words found in Ezekiel resonate with us even today.
Sermon: SERVE - Communion & Community
November 16, 2010 16:06 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks to wrapup the series of SERVING and notes the remarkable experience the Fellowship family had on the previous Salt and Light Sunday where many acts of service were carried out in the community of Poplar Bluff. Communion is an acknowledgment of the ultimate sacrifice that Jesus carried out and should be the example for us all seeking to be like Him.
Sermon: SERVE - Jesus' Style
November 03, 2010 14:04 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBThe final installment of the SERVE series. Senior Pastor Byron Beck concludes the series with a rallying message for our day of service "We Are Fellowship" blitz in the community of Poplar Bluff. We are always called to be imitators of Jesus. He would love unconditionally, He would serve sacrificially, He would give fully. And, we do this NOT for brownie points or blessings, but because we love the Lord and want to do what His will is - to be the salt and light of this world.
Sermon: SERVE - Significant
October 29, 2010 03:49 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks once again on the subject of Serving. A hero is someone who does something significant in life. By the world's standards, a hero isn't born everyday. But, Christ has given us His blueprints for being a hero by giving and loving in little ways everyday. Any follower can be a hero by impacting a life through simple acts of love and kindness. To be significant for the cause of Christ is being a hero.
Sermon: SERVE - Saved to Serve
October 22, 2010 15:11 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks once again on the theme of Serving. We are really saved by Christ to do what He would do - serve, love and sacrifice. We will want to serve if we truly love the Lord. We are SAVED to SERVE.
Sermon: SERVE - Good Samaritan
October 14, 2010 15:18 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBAre we open to God using us when we're not in the mood or haven't the time? Are we too busy to help someone in a small way? Serving God is serving people when we truly love our neighbor as ourself.
Sermon: Strengthening Families - Handling Conflict
October 07, 2010 14:35 - 23 minutes - 42.7 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks on the basics of conflict resolution in relationships. For commitment to mean something and last, you've got to know how to appropriately handle conflicts. A great message on ways to strengthen the home front.
Sermon: FEAR - Antithesis
September 22, 2010 19:35 - 26 minutes - 49.2 MBAssociate Pastor Michael Chambers speaks about the antithesis of fear. If we can be made perfect in His love, then fear no longer grips us. A great message about freeing ourselves from the controlling, hindering and defeating effects of fear. The contrast to fear is love.
Sermon: FEAR
September 15, 2010 14:26 - 27 minutes - 50.6 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks on the subject of fear. We all have fears or phobias in life. What fears are you able to really overcome? God did not give us the spirit of fear or timidity. We must learn to trust in Him fully to accomplish what He wants for us. Byron recites a story of an American soldier in Afghanistan on the brink of death who has to trust an unknown person to live. A useful message for understanding how to overcome fear and rely on the Lord.
Sermon: Baptism - The Betrothal Ceremony
September 14, 2010 20:35Senior Pastor Byron Beck speaks on the subject of Baptism. When you look at this act of obedience and faith under the surface, it really models a kind of betrothal ceremony. How much do you really love the Lord? A great message on the act of baptism.
Sermon: JONAH #5 - Troubling Love
September 14, 2010 20:12 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks once more on Jonah. Jonah really had a troubled view of the people he was called to minister - the Ninevites. Jealousy and negativity were two strong components to the emotions Jonah displayed regarding the grace of God.
Sermon: JONAH #4 - Passive - Aggressive Religion
August 25, 2010 13:47 - 31 minutes - 57.6 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks about and underlying theme in the book of Jonah. Jonah used passive-aggressive behavior in his dealings with God. The human element of Jonah is displayed as he really evokes his selfish control over the situation. Lack of motivation, refusal for obedience are some of the dynamics as he really sets forth "intentional ineffectiveness". The story about Jonah is rich with lessons on obedience and selflessness.
Sermon: JONAH #3 - Storms and Fish
August 19, 2010 15:22 - 26 minutes - 47.7 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck continues his series on Jonah. We can identify with what Jonah experienced so many years ago. What type of whale has swallowed you up lately? What kind of storm have you been experiencing in life? We find that Jonah prayed an unusual prayer while in the fish - a prayer of thanksgiving. Lots to learn in this valuable message for life.
Sermon: JONAH #2 - Hazards of Running from God
August 11, 2010 20:02 - 23 minutes - 43.2 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck continues the series on Jonah. We must be aware that there are many hazards inherent in running from God. There is collateral damage, risk of being too prideful and selfish and, most important, the destruction that disobedience to God causes. We must answer the call to follow Him wherever He leads and live our lives in humility.
Sermon: Message From the Pit
August 04, 2010 21:35 - 26 minutes - 47.8 MBAssociate Pastor Nathan Coleman speaks on dealing with life's trials and losses along the way. Eventually we will find ourselves in the pit. What's our solution? Where do we turn? The Psalmist David writes about his pit experience and helps us see that God is interested in helping us when we truly need Him. We too can have a "new song" experience as we are raised out of the pit.
Sermon: JONAH #1 - Running From God
August 04, 2010 21:17 - 17 minutes - 31.9 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks on the first installment of the series JONAH with Running From God. We can learn so much from Jonah. When God told Jonah to go to Ninevah, Jonah refused Him and became very angry. How many times have we turned from God and refused to do what He expected of us? A sermon about truth and following after God fully.
Sermon: God's Masterpiece 5 - In Focus
July 13, 2010 19:40 - 30 minutes - 28 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks on sermon five of the series "God's Masterpiece" dealing with our focus. What is your focus in life? Today, there are so many distractions. From media to sports, we hardly allow any time for God to be our focus. How can we flourish in life if we are so overloaded with consuming outlets? He needs our attention to work in, on and through us.
Sermon: God's Masterpiece 4 - The Mind
July 05, 2010 20:08 - 26 minutes - 48.6 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks once again on the series "God's Masterpiece". This time we take a look at how the mind is so powerfully influential in our daily lives. If we could 'take captive our thoughts', as Paul states we could control so much of what becomes our actions. How we live out our days is reflective of this inner process and is either in correlation or conflict with how God designed us.
Sermon: God's Masterpiece 3 - Want To
June 28, 2010 22:11 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck continues the life-changing series "God's Masterpiece" with a look at our desire in life. Do we serve with the gifts we are given because we want to or have to? There's a huge difference in these motives. If we truly love the Lord and want to glorify His name, we will want to bring Him honor in our serving. We will desire to do His work. A pulse check for us all.
Sermon: God's Masterpiece 2 - Spiritual Growth
June 28, 2010 14:41 - 28 minutes - 51.6 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks on spiritual growth in the series "God's Masterpiece". In order to be effective for Christ, we must find what fits and go with it. What is natural for you and me is a good indicator of what God has designed us to be. This message encourages us to find our learning pathway and seek to flourish for our Creator.
Sermon: God's Masterpiece 1 - Flourishing or Languishing?
June 17, 2010 15:22 - 27 minutes - 37.4 MBAssociate Pastor Keith Woodruff begins a series God's Masterpiece with the first message all about what it means to really flourish or languish in life. God has designed each of us in a special and unique way to do certain things in certain ways. If we deviate from that plan, we languish. However, if we follow the plan God designed in us, we can flourish. What kind of life do you lead?
Sermon: JUDGMENT Series 1 - It's God's Job / Not Mine
May 18, 2010 15:59 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBPastor Beck speaks on the first of two in a series called Judgment. So much of this topic has to do with trust. Do we trust God enough to allow him to rule over everything and everyone? Scripture tells us explicitly that judging others for their wrongdoings is not our job, it is God's. We need to pray that God gives us mercy in our dealings with others.
Sermon: CLAY #5 - "Spiritual Saboteurs"
May 05, 2010 20:53 - 22 minutes - 30.3 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks about how we can be saboteurs of others in their spiritual walk. We must love people where they are at in life. Many times we are quick to judge someone based on what we perceive, but God wants us to love them no matter what. We can stifle progress for those seeking God on their level.
Sermon: CLAY #4 - Dynamite Comes in Small Packages
April 27, 2010 21:41 - 18 minutes - 26 MBPastor Byron Beck delivers the fourth message in the series CLAY. He challenges us all to never allow Satan to make you think you're useless for God. God used Moses to do great things for His people despite the doubts and problems with self-worth he had at the time. One of the greatest obstacles can be ourselves. Self-esteem can be a great barrier keeping us from doing what God wants. Another great sermon on the theme of allowing God to shape our lives. Download all of this series today!
Sermon: CLAY #3 - Failure & Spiritual Growth
April 20, 2010 16:29 - 29 minutes - 40.8 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks again on the series CLAY with an installment about understanding that our moments of failure are grand opportunities to grow spiritually. God can reshape us to be more effective when we learn from failure and continue forward in our journey. We must also never quit because of our failings.
Sermon: CLAY #2 - Our Failures Do Not Define Us
April 16, 2010 20:17 - 24 minutes - 33.8 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks once again in the series CLAY about trying to avoid allowing our failures to define us. God can take any mess we've made and make something beautiful out of it. The message continues along the path of allowing the Lord (the Potter) to sculpt us and mold us into His work of worthiness.
Sermon: CLAY #1 - A Blessed Mess
April 07, 2010 01:14 - 24 minutes - 33.6 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks on the first installment of the series - Clay. This Easter Sunday sermon audio begins the journey as we look at how God can use our messiness. He has a plan for everyone that is willing to submit to Him. The Clay series deals with content largely based on Mike Yaconelli's Messy Spirituality book.
Sermon: Atonement: Sacrifice
March 30, 2010 18:34 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck concludes the series on Atonement with a message dealing with sacrifice. To really advance the kingdom of Christ one has to sacrifice. Giving is great, but giving when it hurts is kingdom advancing. To truly become one with Christ (Atonement) is to be like Him as we sacrifice all that we can.
Sermon: Atonement: Grace
March 18, 2010 18:48 - 26 minutes - 35.9 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks about most important element of our lives - grace. If it weren't for grace, we would all be facing our end. Grace is so vital to our walk with the Lord. Listen and learn about grace extended to you and how grace needs to be extended to others. The 2nd installment to the series "Atonement".
Sermon: Atonement: Terminating the Terminators
March 09, 2010 14:57 - 23 minutes - 32.4 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck begins a series leading to Easter on atonement. Largely based on part of the story line of the Terminator movies, a parallel is made to Jesus' saving power. He comes to terminate the terminators in our lives. We must seek to become one with him (atonement) to overcome the sin that grips our lives.
Sermon: LHC 8 - The Sharing Choice
March 03, 2010 18:59 - 30 minutes - 42.6 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck preaches his final message on the series Life's Healing Choices. This particular sermon is all about sharing what God has helped you heal in your life. God can powerfully use those that have gone through trials in life to help others in a similar path. Ministry starts when one is willing to be real and allow God to use them. Includes a testimony from Nate Larkin from the I AM SECOND ministry online.
Sermon: LHC 7 - The Growth Choice
February 25, 2010 18:58 - 18 minutes - 25.4 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks on the need to regularly maintain your relationship with Christ. We are healed by Him and continue to be helped when we pray regularly and read the Word of God. We must commit to grow in our likeness of Christ. Week 7 in the Life's Healing Choices series.
Sermon: LHC 6 - Relationships / Forgiveness
February 17, 2010 03:21 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MBAssociate Pastor Michael Chambers continues the series Life's Healing Choices with a look at how to heal relationships through forgiveness. Forgiveness is a powerful and freeing process that we can experience ourselves and extend to others in need of redemption. The ultimate model of forgiveness is Jesus. And, we learn so much about this powerful grace when we fully experience Christ redeeming us.
Sermon: LHC 5 - House Cleaning / Transformation
February 10, 2010 19:53 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck continues the life-changing series of Life's Healing Choices as he hits on a pivotal stage in the process - house cleaning. As we truly come clean about our issues, we can begin transformation in Christ. What is it that you need to give over to God today? Have you been honest about yourself? Allow God to deal with your problems that you've been carrying for so long and begin to transform your life.
Sermon: LHC 4 - Secrets of the Heart
February 03, 2010 03:28 - 22 minutes - 30.3 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks on dealing with those deep-seated issues of the heart. Coming clean and dealing with the junk buried inside is critical if we want to have a transformed life. So many of us are wearing the mask of "I'm just fine", but the reality deep down is "I'm deeply troubled". Where are you, really? God is big enough to deal with what we carry deep inside. It's up to us to clean the house.
Sermon: LHC 3 - The Surrender Choice
January 27, 2010 05:54 - 27 minutes - 38.2 MBSenior Pastor, Byron Beck speaks on the Life's Healing Choices series regarding the subject of surrendering or committing fully to Jesus. It's one thing to say you need Jesus or even believe Jesus...it's an entirely different thing to truly surrender everything to Him - to really commit. Part of the process of healing and overcoming the hang ups and habits that grip us is giving up and giving over control to Christ.
Sermon: LHC 2 - Trust
January 21, 2010 22:53 - 30 minutes - 41.8 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck digs into the subject of TRUST. When life is tough and things seem grim, who can we trust? Only one can be counted on at all times - Jesus. Part of getting healed of our past or our problems / hang-ups is letting God take control of the process. He is faithful to forgive and then transform our lives.
Sermon: LHC 1 - The Reality Choice: Admitting the Need
January 13, 2010 15:22 - 22 minutes - 31.4 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck begins the series on Life's Healing Choices with a message that gets to the heart of our problem as humans - admission. If we admit our problem and submit it to God for repair and re-direction, He is faithful to help us. The critical pre-cursor for getting on the road to healing is our admission of a problem.
Sermon: TOGETHER - Life's Healing Choices INTRO
January 06, 2010 15:17 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck introduces the need to rely on help when journeying through this life. We must understand that we are not "lone rangers" when it comes to our spiritual life. This message introduces some of the concepts of a new series - Life's Healing Choices. Together we are stronger, together we are able.
Sermon: Advent Season - LOVE
December 21, 2009 18:00 - 19 minutes - 26.9 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck continues the Advent season series by addressing love. Christ calls us to love, but defines the most effective yet challenging act of love - loving your enemies. We must go beyond merely loving the easy to love. We must love the hard to love - our enemies. A call to a higher devotion to Christ and His commands as we are His light in this world.
Sermon: Advent Season - PEACE
December 08, 2009 19:36 - 25 minutes - 34.4 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck continues the series of Advent with week two's message about PEACE. There is really two kinds of peace one can have - the peace of God and peace with God. Really, peace is more than just the absence of chaos of conflict. REAL peace through our God is the ultimate fulfillment.
Sermon: Advent Season - HOPE
December 01, 2009 19:17 - 22 minutes - 30.7 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks on HOPE, the first in a series during the Advent season before Christmas. Hope is powerful and can change the state of any situation. Do you have hope?
Sermon: Trials and Temptations
November 18, 2009 06:28 - 32 minutes - 44.3 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck delivers a powerful message about making life-changing choices in response to temptations. In response to either great trials or prosperity, we can decide to allow an event to grip our souls in a negative or positive way.
Sermon: Why Do You Come?
November 10, 2009 23:20 - 19 minutes - 27.1 MBAssociate Pastor Keith Woodruff asks a poignant question - why do you come?. What is the purpose in coming to church for you? A basic question that demands an answer that cuts to the quick on our reason for being a Christian and doing the things that we do. We all need to stop and ponder our purpose in doing what we do.
Sermon: The Subject of Baptism
November 03, 2009 22:14 - 22 minutes - 30.4 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks on a simple subject - Baptism. What does it mean? Why do we enact this sacrament? What did Jesus do regarding this? A message about burying the old self and raising up the new fully committed follower of Christ.
Sermon: Unfulfilled Expectations
October 27, 2009 04:33 - 28 minutes - 39.6 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck explores the issue of how we can create expectations of others that are doomed to fail. This selfish path of how we expect to be treated and how we want life to turn out is a world of mythology. We need a new way of viewing others, our relationships and Christ. We should be more consumed by the expectations our Savior has on us right now.
Sermon: Priorities and Planning
October 21, 2009 15:49 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck speaks on the issue of finances - a gripping subject for most of us. We've accumulated debt, squandered our resources and lost our grip on the blessings that God pours out. We must take a look at what is important and organize our resources accordingly. A practical message on finances and planning.
Sermon: More Blessed to Give Than to Receive
October 13, 2009 23:32 - 21 minutes - 30 MBSenior Pastor Byron Beck delivers a sermon about living a life of giving. Are you a giver or a taker? Jesus is explicit about living a life of sacrifice. What are we doing to fulfill this calling to be just like Jesus? Based largely on Acts 20, this message sites a story about Fellowship giving to Living Water International to build a fresh water well for a village in Peru. For, it is more blessed to give than to receive.