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Preaching part 1

06/30/2020 20:11

I've been a preacher for a while. And I don't really do it as much anymore, at this point I'm doing the online thing. But when I first got started in ministry that was my main job: preaching. Standing up in front of people and telling them what I hear God saying to me. Receiving and releasing what...

Grow Up! part 5

06/29/2020 19:42

The thing I like about Matthew 5:48 is that when it says, "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect," is that--as always--the emphasis is on GOD and not on us. Jesus wasn't saying, "God is perfect so you better be perfect too, or else." He was saying, "God is...

Grow Up! part 4

06/28/2020 19:41

A shift took place. 2000 some odd years ago. On an old rugged cross. In a place called Golgotha--which means skull. Because, really, while it was a heart shift... that manifests in a head shift. Repentance is being able to think again about something because of something else. Seeing a change and...

Grow Up! part 3

06/27/2020 20:51

Once upon a time there was a preacher who made the analogy of planting a seed. No, his name wasn't Jesus. But the thing this preacher said about it really stuck with me, even to this day. He said, "You don't plant a seed and then immediately dig it up expecting it to blossom and bear fruit...

Grow Up! part 2

06/26/2020 18:54

I could have called this Rant series, "Growing Pains." Because a lot of the time that's what we have. It's easy to get complacent. To get comfortable. Even in an uncomfortable situation. It's amazing to me what human beings are willing to accept. And we just shrug our shoulders and say, "It be like...

Grow Up! part 1

06/25/2020 19:59

I try to keep my words soft an sweet, in case I ever have to eat them. Now... having said that, I know there are some people out there who will think, "That guy is hard and sharp, what's he talking about?!!" Well, first of all, I said I TRY. And second of all, different people and different...

In His Name part 5

06/24/2020 19:46

Whatsoever we ask for in His name... His Father (OUR heavenly Father) will give us. Because whatsoever we ask for in His name--in His nature, and authority, and character--He has already given us. This isn't about rubbing the bottle and hoping the genie pops out in order to give us whatever we...

In His Name part 4

06/23/2020 20:19

In all honesty, the verse I'm going to share tonight was always a little bit confusing to me. Especially with the whole "WWJD, What Would Jesus Do?" movement. And I'm not trying to say anything bad about WWJD. I think that anything that helps us focus on our true identity (Jesus, God in the flesh,...

In His Name part 3

06/22/2020 19:42

Whatsoever we ask for in His (Jesus's) name, our heavenly Father will give us. That's what Jesus said. But the thing I keep thinking about is that He has already given it to us. Jesus spoke of asking in His name BEFORE the cross. And ON the cross, THROUGH the cross, BECAUSE OF the cross... we have...

In His Name part 2

06/21/2020 20:48

When we ask for something in Jesus's name, that doesn't mean asking God for any old thing that we want and then slapping "In Jesus's name we pray, amen" onto the end of it. God isn't a genie where we rub the bottle and get three wishes. Asking for things in His name means asking for things with His...

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