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Seek First | Put In Everything
Reality Boston - January 25, 2021 01:21 - 24 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsTrue worship is costly and happens only when we recognize the worth of the one who is worthy of our worship. From Mark 12:41-44, we see a widow willing to give all she has to God, and Jesus stands in awe of her faith. For sermon slides, visit realityboston.com/teachings.
Seek First | Seeking a Solitary Place
Reality Boston - January 17, 2021 15:30 - 23 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsWhat gift might be wrapped in this season of isolation? Most of us aren't leaping to answer such a question though it's probably an important one. From Mark 1:35-39, we'll take a look at how Jesus intentionally withdraws to be with God, regardless of what's happening around him. For sermon slid...
Seek First | Desperation
Reality Boston - January 10, 2021 15:30 - 30 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsWhen reflecting on your deepest longing, what would you ask the Lord to do for you? In Mark 10:46-52, we see a blind man named Bartimaeus desperately cry out to Jesus as he is passing by. Jesus hears him, stops, and in his mercy, asks Bartimaeus what he'd like him to do. From this passage, we ex...
Christmas Tide | Healing + Hope
Reality Boston - January 04, 2021 01:15 - 24 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsAs we embrace the blessing of a new year, we want to fix our hearts on the kind of faith Jesus wants us to have, his healing power, and compassion towards us. Join us as we re-discover the famous stories of Jesus' healing from Luke 8:40-60, taught by Amanda Hug. For sermon slides, visit reality...
Christmas Tide | Attention
Reality Boston - December 27, 2020 15:30 - 25 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsThe arrival of the Magi to worship the newborn Jesus is a familiar story to the Christmas season. From Matthew 2:1-12, we see what it looks like to pay attention to God's revelation and respond to Him accordingly. For sermon slides, visit realityboston.com/teachings.
Advent Together | A Son is Given
Reality Boston - December 20, 2020 15:30 - 26 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsOn the last Sunday of Advent, we're going to take time to reflect on a popular passage of Scripture— John 3:16. If you grew up in church you know it well, and perhaps it's lost its meaning to you. But as we actively await the Messiah's second coming, we must do so by remembering his great love, ...
Advent Together | Fear Not
Reality Boston - December 13, 2020 15:30 - 29 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsMany of us know the story of Jesus' birth well, and we know that his conception was nothing short of miraculous. When the angel of the Lord appears to Mary, he tells her not to be afraid, but comforts her with a reason not to fear— great joy is coming! From Luke 2:1-12, Sarah Cowan Johnson remind...
Advent Together | Vulnerability
Reality Boston - December 06, 2020 15:30 - 27 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsAs we continue our sermon series in the season of Advent in Luke 1, we see God choose to come to us in a vulnerable state— that of an infant. Not only that, but through an unlikely woman, carefully set aside to care for and raise him. We see God's faithfulness to go to great lengths to bring sal...
Advent Together | God Illuminated
Reality Boston - November 29, 2020 15:30 - 24 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsEach year we immerse ourselves in the story of Jesus' birth, the arrival of God-With-Us. We anticipate the arrival of what John 1 calls the "True Light", who shines into the darkness, illuminating with unsurpassed clarity who God is and what He thinks of us. For sermon slides, visit realitybos...
The Life of Joshua | Joshua's Parting Words
Reality Boston - November 22, 2020 15:30 - 26 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsJoshua recounts the history of God’s goodness to Israel, back to the call of Abraham until the present. He leaves them with a final decision to make: who will you serve? The people choose YHWH and Joshua renews the covenant with them and sets up a memorial stone as a witness to remind the people...
The Life of Joshua | God's Faithfulness
Reality Boston - November 17, 2020 14:06 - 22 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsAfter allotting each tribe their land inheritance, Joshua reflects on all that God has done in his lifetime. Not one single word had failed of all the good things God promised Israel. This reminder of God’s faithfulness is also a charge to the people to remain faithful to God. For sermon slides...
The Life of Joshua | Promise Keeper
Reality Boston - November 08, 2020 15:30 - 25 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsIf God is victorious and keeps his promises, why should we fear loosing the battle? When we recall the many miracles of God, our faith rises, and this should be what fuels our obedience to trust his command not to fear. For sermon slides, visit realityboston.com/teachings.
The Life of Joshua | Hidden Sin
Reality Boston - November 01, 2020 15:30 - 22 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsThe sin of one man in Israel has greater consequences both for himself and for the whole community than he could have imagined. God exposes this breach of covenant faithfulness and Joshua acts to uphold the justice and holiness of God. For sermon slides, visit realityboston.com/teachings.
The Life of Joshua | Jericho
Reality Boston - October 26, 2020 14:30 - 25 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsJoshua trusts God’s unusual means and follows His instructions to capture Jericho. Without battle the city and everything in it is given to Israel. Rahab and her family are spared as promised. For sermon slides, visit realityboston.com/teachings.
The Life of Joshua | Promises
Reality Boston - October 18, 2020 14:30 - 25 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsRahab and the spies. Israel crossing the Jordan River. 12 Memorial stones. This is a story about a God who accomplishes His purposes and keeps His promises. And a people who bear witness and participate in this work, for their own sake and for the sake of the world. For sermon slides, visit re...
The Life of Joshua | A Unfamiliar Place
Reality Boston - October 13, 2020 19:28 - 29 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsJoshua and the people of God find themselves in a very unfamiliar place. Moses, their leader is gone, and now they have to trust God through the leadership of Joshua to lead them to a place they have never been before. In unprecedented circumstances God calls on his people not to shrink back, bu...
The Life of Joshua | Joshua Commissioned
Reality Boston - October 04, 2020 14:30 - 24 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsMoses asks God to appoint his successor to shepherd the people. God tells Moses to commission Joshua, a man who possesses the Spirit, to lead His people. For sermon slides, visit realityboston.com/teachings.
The Life of Joshua | The Spies + The Report
Reality Boston - September 28, 2020 14:30 - 25 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsPastor Rashad Clemons continues our sermon series on the life of Joshua picking up in the book of Numbers. For sermon slides, visit realityboston.com/teachings.
The Life of Joshua | Joshua, the Apprentice of Moses
Reality Boston - September 13, 2020 14:30 - 23 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsWhere we're headed in life is almost always tied to how we steward our present moments. The earliest recorded stories of Joshua, before he became the leader of the people of God, was of a young man who was faithful and obedient to Moses and the call of God. From Exodus 17, we explore how God cal...
Prayers of the People | Pray Until
Reality Boston - September 06, 2020 14:30 - 22 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsIn life we're always looking for solutions to the challenges we face. If we are fortunate, we may find something that works, but more often than not, we have to move on to find something new. If we're not careful this can creep into our posture toward prayer, though effective prayer is one of p...
Prayers of the People | Prayer for Boldness
Reality Boston - August 30, 2020 14:30 - 25 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsArrest. Trial. Threats. This is the reality of Peter, John and the early Church for healing and proclaiming the Good News. Upon their release, they return to the community of believers and pray -- not for safety but for boldness. As followers of Jesus, we will be called to heal and to speak truth...
Prayers of the People | Pharisee and Tax Collector: Prayer of the Destitute
Reality Boston - August 24, 2020 14:30 - 25 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsIn life it's so easy to fall into the trap of showing the best version of ourselves. This can also be true of our approach to God in prayer. In Luke 18 Jesus contrasts two different people and their posture to prayer, and in this parable, he points out that the calling of prayer is about brutal ...
Prayers of the People | Simeon and Anna: Waiting Faithfully
Reality Boston - August 16, 2020 14:30 - 26 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsThere are few things we despise more in life than being asked to wait. Proverbs 13 says that hope deferred makes the heart sick. Throughout the scriptures and in our own experience we find ourselves and others waiting on God. Waiting is such a common part of life, but how, as followers of Jesus,...
Prayers of the People | Prayer of Repentance + Restoration
Reality Boston - August 09, 2020 14:30 - 25 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsWhen it comes to asking God for forgiveness, many doubt that God is willing to forgive them. Not only that, we likely mistake worldly sorrow with Godly sorrow and true repentance. From Psalm 51, a prayer of repentance from King David, Ruthie Kim shares about how passionate God is about forgivene...
Prayers of the People | Prayer of Nehemiah: Restoration
Reality Boston - August 03, 2020 14:30 - 25 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsWhat do you do when things in life seem to have taken a turn for the worse? God oftentimes strategically places us in a particular time and place to stand up in prayer and to petition the things that counter His kingdom. Nehemiah here in chapter 1 was in a time and place where he had the opportu...
Prayers of the People | Prayer of Hannah: God Lifts the Lowly
Reality Boston - July 26, 2020 14:30 - 24 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsWhen we hear the words, "the last shall be first," it sounds like a promise that won't come to pass in our lifetime, or a platitude. In the Old Testament, the story of Hannah shows us something different-- God hears, and answers the prayers of the lowly, and it seems that he is very much so inte...
Prayers of the People | Prayer for Presence
Reality Boston - July 19, 2020 14:30 - 26 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsWe cannot talk about prayer without looking at the lives and prayers of those who came before us. In Exodus 33 we find Moses praying to God on behalf of the people of Israel, not for things, but for God's presence. Pastor Rashad explores this prayer and how God longs for us to desire Him. The sh...
Prayers of the People | Growing in Prayer
Reality Boston - July 12, 2020 14:30 - 22 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsThroughout scripture, God's word commands us to pray. When we consider how our relationship with the Father directly influences our prayer life, we see that the beginning stages look very different from the latter years as maturity comes. Our desires begin taking on the shape of the Kingdom, and...
Prayers of the People | Intercession: Our Calling and Hope
Reality Boston - July 05, 2020 14:00 - 21 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsIntercession is the action of intervening on behalf of another before God in prayer. How do we stand in the gap for a world ravaged by sickness, injustice, oppression and death? Hebrews 11:22-28 describes our perfect intercessor, Jesus Christ. We need him to show us how to pray and how to stand ...
Prayers of the People | Power in Weakness
Reality Boston - June 28, 2020 14:30 - 19 minutes - Audio/MP3 ★★★★★ - 40 ratingsThroughout the Bible, God uses weak people for great works. In 1 Corinthians 1 we see that God uses the weak and foolish things of the world to bring to nothing the wise and powerful. In this message Austin Baten explores how the seemingly upside-down ways of God should lead us deeper into praye...
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