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https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-tnvp8-13508d9 We come before God with filthy rags, poor and dirty.  He gives everything so that we can gain everything, and then He rewards us for the work He himself has done through us.  He does it all, then He gives us eternal reward in return.  How rich we are! 

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9i7sr-134830f Today we celebrate the birth of our Savior, but this was not the beginning of his work. That birth does not mark the beginning of our salvation story. The victory already was secure before the foundations of the earth were laid. The eternal Christ has been ready and able to save since the beginning.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-8h6f7-133fb07 We do not need to reap a great harvest before shouting and dancing for joy at the Lord’s provision. In many ways, He gives us a daily harvest. Whether spiritually, financially or physically, He provides all. Let us choose to respond with praise rooted in joy.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ykf8h-1336a29 God has allowed us to be stewards of some valuable resources.  It is not just money but time, energy and many other things.  It is our choice how we use those temporary treasures to store up eternal treasure.  It might look like we do not have much at times, but God honors even the…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cjenh-132e2a4 Esther, Mordecai and the Jews of their time certainly had their flaws.  Yet, God used them in a mighty way, and we are still talking about it today.  For them, the question was simple.  Would they be willing to face death individually and corporately in order to save their people from annihilation?  They would…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-85ys6-1324a37 To pursue God and his kingdom is about more than what we can gain.  Blessings, treasures, gifts, mercy and eternal life are great.  Who would not want them? However, pursuing God is about pursing holiness in us as well, a transformation only He can bring.  If we are not pursuing the development of godliness…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-cd6hu-131c32a The story of the tortoise and the hare teaches us that slow and steady wins the race.  Spiritually, there is a similar call to slowness, to deliberation in how we comport ourselves.  Let us learn how to take the time to act and speak in a way that shows temperance and honors God.

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-v29ed-131269c Church unity means a lot of things. If the Church is really united, we can walk into any number of buildings on a Sunday morning and be among God’s people worshiping him together in Spirit and in truth.  It should be like family even if we never have met them.  I pray that we…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-uztjv-1307ebd We have covered this general idea recently, but there is a specific delusion among us resulting from people’s desire to identify with anything other than God.  As the Church, I believe our job is to pray against the deception and wickedness which leads to God releasing this delusion.  He ultimately gives them what they…

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ntifc-12fe773 It should have been that the arrival of Messiah would save Israel and bring the nations to jealousy and a desire to know Israel’s God.  Instead, Jesus was rejected by those He came to save, and the Gentiles were grafted in as a way of provoking Zion herself to jealousy.  Let us pray that…