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Trumix.com listings available of Living Sounds - ALM CyberChurch Podcasts Build your own playlists with this podcast. Angels, Demons, and the Name of Jesus The Bible tells us there are angels, and it tells us God brings healings and miracles, confirming his Word. Recently, there has been a lot of healing and talk of angels in Florida. This is either a mighty move of God or a dangerous work of demons. Today, we compare some elements of the ministry in Florida with the Word of God, and see clearly from the words of Scripture what the source of this healing power really is. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 21st Century City of Babel Near the beginning of time, the people of the earth spoke one language and had one dialect. They were unified as one, and set out to build a great city whose tower reached into the heavens, making a name for themselves so they would not be scattered. But God had another idea, and by confusing their language, he scattered them across the face of the earth. Today we consider ways in which today's nations and today's Church are similar to the people and the time of Babel, and ponder what our r ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Freedom and the Seeker-Friendly Church Friday, July 4th, we in American celebrated our Independence Day, the day we declared our freedom. This type of freedom is precious and is a gift from God. We celebrate and honor those who have given their lives to secure this freedom and to make sure we stay free. And yet, there is a freedom that is far greater still. Today we explore the issue of spiritual freedom, its only source, and arch enemies of freedom which masquerade as agents of liberty. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jesus is Coming! (Are You Ready?) Jesus is Coming! (Are You Ready?) We have this promise: For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Today we take a look at what the Bible tells us about the promised return of Jesus, and examine what our response to this ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Battle, the War The Bible tells us that we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Today we discuss what this means in practical terms, and discover the battle plan, given to us by God himself, which will guarantee we stand through whatever the enemy brings our way. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What is Love? Is love determined by the heart? Can we accurately define love by what we feel is right and wrong, and what our heart tells us is love? Today we explore this issue, and expose some of the falacies of the human perception of love, showing that what our world thinks is love, in some ways is really hate, and the train on which its passengers sleep is heading for eternity in hell. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Spoken Over You Are there people who are gifted and people who are not? Does everyone have a specific calling on their life, or only a select few? Is there any reason for our dreams and desires, or are they only distractions? How can we know what God really wants us to do with our life? Today we explore the Word of God on the issue of gifts, callings, and dreams, and ponder the intense interest God has in the special things he has placed within you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Time to Get Busy! Last week we talked about the troubled times in which we live, and read the words of Jesus telling us, "Do not let your heart be troubled." This week we go a little bit further, and ponder the consequences for being only hearers of the Word and not doers, for we must work while it is day; the night is coming in which no one can work. It's not time to feel sorry for ourselves and worry; rather, it's time to get busy! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website These Troubled Times We live in troubled times. Banks are failing. Home foreclosures are at an all-time high. Gas prices are high and unstable. Situations in the middle east are escalating. Persecution of Christians is on the rise. Natural disasters have never been so fierce and so frequent. There is no stability anywhere in the world today. Is there any relief for our souls? Today we discuss the fear and dread we naturally have in such a world as this, and hear the call of the Master as he says to us, "Do not ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Using the Phone How can we hear from God? How can we receive guidance for our life, wisdom for our difficult situations, and revelation for the things we just don't understand? Pick up the phone, put it to your ear, dial the number, and wait for an answer. Today we liken talking with God to using the phone, and see, if in an unusual way, how we can talk with God every single day. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The End Of Your Rope Have you ever felt trapped by a sin or addiction? Have you ever wondered if you would ever be able to break free? We all tend to get into a "powerless zone" in which we are controlled by our vices and the way things have always been. King David found himself in such a state while his army was fighting a battle one day, and found himself an adulterer and a murderer with another man's wife and a lifetime of consequences. Today we talk about what finally woke him up, and how we too can arise f ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Written in Heaven Psalm 139:16 says that even as we were being formed in our mother's womb, before our first day, all the days fashioned for us were written in God's book. And Revelation 13 and 17 talk about our names being written in the Lamb's Book of Life from the foundation of the world. Is this talking about predestination? Are all our days and our eternal destiny already determined for us, or do we have a choice in what we do and who we serve? Today we tackle these questions and answer them in light of ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kissing for Revival Psalm 85:10 says, "Mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed." Even though Israel had once again strayed away from God and received judgment, God restored and revived them when they turned back to him and sought him with all their heart. Today we explore Psalm 85, penned by the "Sons of Korah," and explore the seriousness of willful sin and the call to righteousness. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website True Revival Most of us have grown up hearing about revival meetings -- healing revivals, evangelistic revivals, miracle revivals; but what is the true meaning of revival? We've been told to pray for revival, seek for revival, or give for revival. But how does revival really come? Today we examine the Word of God, and take away with us a new appreciation for what true revival really is and what we must do to see it in our own life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Doubting Thomas and Suffering Many have said that we should live with our doubts. After all, Christ could have come back the moment Thomas issued the challenge to Christ's resurrection, but He didn't. And when he did come, he told Thomas, and us, to stop doubting and believe! Today brother Garron turns to the Word of God which shows us how we can turn our doubts into belief, and ties this in to the reason there is pain and suffering in the world. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Through One Man "Therefore, as through one man's offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life." (Romans 5:18) Today we draw a comparison between the first Adam and the second, or last Adam, Jesus Christ, and see how Jesus reversed the eternal destruction brought on by sin, for whoseoever will. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Judas and Me Out of all the people in the Bible with whom we might identify, Judas generally isn't one of them. After all not only was he a thief who stole out of the offering plate, but he denied the Son of God with a kiss. Today we take a look at how, in ways, all of us have been like Judas, and then reflect upon the fact that even though we often fail miserably like Peter, God uses our mistakes to humble us, build character, and transform us into his image. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Millstones and Stumbling Blocks Jesus made it clear that children hold a special place in his heart. He said that the kingdom of heaven is of such as these. He also said that whoever causes one of these little ones to stumble, it would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and be drowned in the depth of the sea. Today we take a look at some facts that might shock you, seeing how far we have fallen and how our children are being exposed to things that, just a few years ago, most adults would never see ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Jesus Lifted High When we hear the Scripture in which Jesus says, "If I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all peoples to myself," we generally think that means if we lift Jesus up, he will draw people to himself. Today we explore what this passage is really saying, which is something quite different from what we may have previously thought, and consider how this applies to our lives. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Land of Lepers eprosy has always been seen as a curse, something that alienates and makes one unclean and an outcast. While we don't see many traditional lepers today, our nations are filled with them. Just as with physical leprosy, spiritual leprosy numbs you to vital forms of pain and discomfort, resulting in spiritual infection, rot, and destruction, and it is destroying the peoples of the earth. Join us for our discussion of this deadly epidemic, and we ponder how it affects each of us and how we can ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Fear of The Lord Is the fear of the Lord simply reverence for God? Or is it something more? And is it really that important, or does it not really make a difference whether we fear God so long as we think we love him? Today we explore the Bible for truth concerning what the fear of the Lord is and how it impacts our life and our nation, pointing out seven results of the fear of the Lord. Then we talk about how we can learn to have this holy fear of God. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dialog with God Can we dialog with God, or do we only have prayer as a monolog and the Bible as God's only method of speaking to us today? Since our relationship with God is more important than any other relationship or any other thing in our life, our perception of the nature of that relationship will affect everything else in our life. So today we discuss this issue, exploring the nature of God and the role he wishes to play in our lives today. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Experiencing God In today's climate of spiritual deception, it is a valid question to ask what part spiritual experiences should play in the life of the believer. Should we embrace and follow them, or toss them aside altogether? Today we explore this topic, turning to the Bible to see where experiences fit into the Christian walk, discussing whether God wishes to give us spiritual experiences, what those might be, and whether they are important for fulfilling the plans and purposes of God. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hope Which Will Not Disappoint Hope is something we all need if we are to have the will to live in the abundance Jesus came to give us (John 10:10). But hope, in and of itself, is not necessarily a good thing. In fact, hope can destroy us. You see, hope in something or someone which cannot or will not deliver, according to Proverbs 13:12, makes the heart sick. It can take away your feeling of purpose, and even your will to live. So today we talk about the kind of hope that brings life, a hope which will not disappoint. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website For Whose Glory? Today we take a brief look at the lives of celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, and ponder their emptiness and desperation. They had everything, and yet they were empty and without hope. They had something we all have, only much more of it, and that one thing is "glory." More specifically, they had "misdirected" glory. Today we take a look at how we all should handle the glory we're given if it is to produce life instead of death. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Peace, Peace! We hear the cry for peace all around us, from anti-war protests to meetings of the leaders of different world religions to talk about peace and unity. Our first reaction might be to remember the words of Jesus, "Blessed are the peace makers, for they will be called children of God." But let's take a closer look. The Bible warns of a time of false "peace and safety," and today we explore the Word of God on this issue of peace, putting present-day efforts for peace into their proper perspecti ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Holy Spirit Today Some would say that the gifts of the Spirit passed away with the first apostles. Some would say that the gifts of the Spirit are active today, but not in the way they were in the early church. Some would say that the gifts of the Spirit are active today as in the early church, but there are certain clear and orderly restrictions on his activity. To determine where we stand and to stand with truth, we must go to the final authority on truth -- the Word of God as found in the Holy Scriptures. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Our Passionate God It's easy to swallow the idea of Jesus as an ascended master, a guru, an always-peaceful figure with light radiating from his head. We tend to forget about the times he turned over the tables and chased merchants out of the temple, or the many other times he demonstrated great passion and emotion. Today we take a look at some of the all-too-often overlooked characteristics of God and ponder how these Scriptural truths can affect our appreciation of God's amazing grace. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Raised Together with Christ There's one thing that separates Christianity from all the religions of the world, and it is that, while the founders of all other religions are still in their graves, the tomb of Jesus is empty. No disciples would desecrate their master's tomb, but Jesus robbed his own grave, defeating death for all those who call upon his name. Jesus didn't rise from the dead just so we would have another holiday to celebrate. Rather, Jesus rose from the dead so that, just as our sins were nailed to the c ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Making Disciples In Luke 16:1-13, Jesus tells a parable about a steward who is about to lose his job because he had been wasting his master's goods. When the steward learns that he is going to be fired, he marks down the bills of people who owe his master. He is commended for acting shrewdly, and Jesus says the children of light should learn something from this story about interacting with others in the world. Today we take a look at the issue of true discipleship from the point of view of business wisdom, ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sola Scriptura Today we see many church movements, some good and some not so good. How do we judge what is right? Do we go by what appeals to our personality? Do we go by what sounds right? Do we go by what makes us feel the most at home? Scripture describes the heart of mankind as being deceitful. If we follow our hearts, we will eventually go the wrong way. But God did not leave us in this state without hope. In the Psalms we read, "Your Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." We have bee ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How Precious Are Your Thoughts The Psalmist writes, "You have searched me and known me." He goes on to list some of the ways in which God knows him, everything about him, all his ways, and even the meditations of his heart. There is never a time or a place where God is far away. He is always there, and is always thinking about us. And his thoughts are thoughts of good, to give us a future and a hope. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Final Example There are many examples in the Bible of times during which a nation turned against God and surrendered to sin. And there are different ways in which God handled the situation. Today we look at four such scenarios. Three of them took place in the Old Testament times. In one of those, the people repented and were spared. In two of those, they did not and were destroyed. The fourth example is the focus of today's message, and it involves you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The First, The Last We've all heard the quotes from Scripture, "The first shall be last and the last shall be first," and, "Many are called, but few are chosen." But what do these statements mean? Today we take a look at these important Bible truths in a new light that will challenge and encourage your lucid walk with the Master. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hope in Sorrow Today California Condor presents us with Hope in the midst of sorrow, giving us a fresh message blown accross the pages of Scripture by the wind of the Holy Spirit. We can take comfort in the message of life, knowing that no matter what it is through which we're going, there is Hope in the midst of our sorrow. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Heaven Class When we think about class, we generally think in terms of a person's financial position. The upper class has always been the wealthy and the lower class has always been the poor. But this is in terms of the worldly system, and we live under a heavenly King. So before you allow yourself to be defined by the world, consult the King's Book and see where you stand not in this temporal, earthly system, but in the eternal Kingdom of God. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Treasures and Pearls Jesus said the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure found in a field that the finder sells all he owns and buys, and the Kingdom of Heaven is like a pearl of great value for which a merchant searches far and wide. It's all too easy to lose the joy of our Salvation, or to simply forget or fail to realize how priceless is the Kingdom of God which has come to live and grow inside us. It's also all too easy to allow the enemy to trick us out of that treasure, whether it's through fear, incorrec ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Is Jesus a Myth from Egypt? If you don't spend much time on the Internet, chances are not as great, but you still may have heard the so-called documentation that several Egyptian myths dating thousands of years before Jesus' birth contain countless striking similarities to the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus, thereby asserting that Jesus is only a myth copied from Egypt. These so-called facts are becoming increasingly popular, and it's important we know the truth so we're not lead astray by the upcomi ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Finding Faith Can we find faith by convincing ourselves that something is true? Will trials and temptations alone produce faith in us? What are the nuts and bolds of finding faith, in terms we can apply to our every day lives? Scripture outlines three vital ingredients to faith, and today we explore these and identify how we can do our part to truly find faith. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Where Are You Going? We all have dreams and desires, and the world tells us that to make our dreams come true, we must follow after them. Today our guest speaker, Jase Clamp, shares what Scripture has to tell us about the true path to fulfilling our desires in ways that will bring us the most satisfaction and will help, not hurt, us and those around us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tests and Trials When tragedies happen, when financial ruin overtakes us, or when death takes someone close to us, we often wonder why. We have the choice during every trying time to either allow our circumstances to destroy us and make us bitter, or to cry out to the Lord for help and throw our despair into complete trust in God. It's through tests and trials mixed with seeking after and heeding the voice of God that miracle-working faith can be born. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Freedom "If the Son has set you free, you are free indeed." This Scripture gives us hope and consolation. It tells us that no matter what things might seem to have us bound, when Jesus sets us free we are really, truly, and totally free. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Revelation of Jesus Scripture tells us that when we see Jesus face to face, we will be transformed and will become like him. And the more we see Jesus through the eyes of our spirit, the more we are transformed into his image. How can we see Jesus? We can imagine him with our minds, or draw him with a speculative brush. But to really see Jesus for who he is, we must have a personal revelation of Jesus. And this revelation comes only by his Holy Spirit. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Life of Praise The Psalmist wrote, "I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth." Time after time, Scripture tells us to praise God at all times, to give thanks in everything, and to bring a sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. But how important is it for YOU to live a life of praise? That depends on whether you want to live in victory or defeat, whether you want to live in freedom from sin or be held in bondage, whether you want to be close to God and receiv ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website From the Very First Day In Daniel chapter ten, we read about a time during which Daniel fasted, humbled and purified himself, and sought God. Three weeks later, an angel visited him and told him that God heard him from the very first day. Have you been earnestly seeking after God? He hears you, and the answer is on its way. Like Daniel, if you stay in that place of humility and seeking, then you too will be in the right place to receive God's answer when it comes. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Love of God Scripture tells us that not only does God love us, but God IS love. Yes, God displays anger and wrath, jealousy, judgement and vengeance. But even these are demonstrations of his love in ways we usually cannot see the connection. So if you've not been living right and are afraid God is mad at you and won't give you another chance, his word to you today is that he loves you, and whether you need healing from sin, from guilt, from heartache, from rejection, from abuse, or just from life, his ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Religion vs. Relationship Knowing Jesus and knowing ABOUT Jesus are not the same thing. You can go to church your whole life and know everything about Jesus and his teachings, and still not know him. God did not send his only begotten Son to the cross to die so that we could have book knowledge about him and so we could join some religion. Rather, Jesus died for you and for me so that we could have a deep, intimate, personal love relationship with him. It is THIS kind of "knowing" that God desires to share with us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sharing the Greatness of God Have you grasped the greatness of God? Can you begin to comprehend his power, his majesty, his awesome beauty, or his endless love? If life seems empty and dull, if you don't seem to have that spark that ignites a fire within you to spend time with God and to tell others about Jesus, then you could use a fresh revelation of the greatness of God. Today we take a look at the Psalms for words we can use to stir up our souls to sense and praise God's greatness, and we see the effect this person ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Water to Wine - God's Best vs. Man's Best Today we take a look at the first miracle Jesus performed. It was not raising someone from the dead, or giving sight to blind eyes, or opening deaf ears. It was not casting out a legion of demons, or rising from the dead, or ascending into heaven. Jesus' first miracle seemed trivial and of no consequence, and yet when he turned the water into wine, he summed up the Gospel, our desperate need for him, the difference between the Old and New Covenants, and the redemption of all mankind. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Who Are You Listening To? Today our women's pastor shares a word the Lord has placed upon her heart. There are many voices that call to us, but there are only two choices we can make. As today's speaker points out, we can listen to the voice of God, or we can go our own way. Join in with us today as we look at examples throughout Scripture of those who listened to and obeyed the voice of God, and of those who went their own way. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Just Emotions? If you've been in the Christian world very long, you've most likely heard the words, "That's just emotion" referring to "excessive" praise or various moves of the Holy Spirit. Perhaps you've used that phrase yourself, "Just emotions." We tend to fall into the trap of believing that emotions are somehow either less or more spiritual than the actions of the intellect. But today we explore this issue in light of the truths of the Bible, and with the help of the Holy Spirit, we just might begin ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What Has God Done? (Your Testimony!) Sometimes it's beyond a blessing to hear what God has done in the lives of others. It strengthens our faith and reminds us that God is alive and well, working in lives all around the globe. Today we celebrate the new year by sharing what God has done in, through, for, and around us in 2007. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Faith Working By Love We know that we are saved by grace through faith, and not of ourselves, it is the gift of God; not of works lest any one should boast. But what about the Scriptures that seem to say we must do this or that to receive salvation, such as baptism? Today California Condor brings us a Scripture-packed message explaining the relationship between faith and works, and shows us clearly how Faith Works by Love. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Christmas 2007 While December 25th isn't the actual birth date of Jesus, it is the time we celebrate the coming of the Messiah into the world. Join in with us today as we remember Jesus' birth with Christmas hymns and a reading of the Christmas story from the Gospel according to Luke, ending with an invitation in the form of a song. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website To Will And To Do During this time of year, we celebrate the coming of the Messiah into the earth. But before Jesus came onto the scene, the way had to be prepared for him. This was the calling placed upon the life of John the Baptist. The angel told John's father that he would be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb. Today we go back in time and witness this event through the pages of Scripture, and then ponder how this relates to us and the promises and callings God has placed within you ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Dissipation Busters Most of us have heard the verse, "Do not be drunk with wine, but be filled with the Spirit." We generally think this is a verse speaking against drinking alcohol, but today we explore some of the other sources of dissipation, what dissipation means, and how we can become "dissipation busters" and instead be filled with the Holy Spirit. Even if you don't drink at all, most of us live lives of daily dissipation and intoxication which keeps us from being filled with the measure of the Spirit G ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website It's All About Him Sometimes God likes to surprise us by leading us in a direction other than our "regularly-scheduled program." Sometimes he just wants us to turn aside from everything else and just seek after him. This is exactly what happened in today's service. We hope that you are challenged to press on to a new level in your relationship with God, and that you allow the Holy Spirit to blow a fresh wind in your life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Answers to Prayer Sometimes it can seem as though our prayers go unanswered. We may pray for healing, but our loved one dies instead. Or we may pray for a promotion or raise and get fired instead. It's during times like this that we may begin to question whether God is hearing our prayers or if he's just not answering them. It's been said there are three answers to prayer, but today we talk about four answers. God does answer our every prayer with "Yes," "No," "Not Now," or "Maybe." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Prayer Part 8: "Thine Is The Kingdom, Glory, Power" In today's conclusion of this 10-week series on prayer, we talk about the eternal nature of God, and the fact that he is the same yesterday, today, and forever; he does not change. In the midst of a world that is in increasing turmoil, we have a rock, a refuge, and solid foundation. And this is the One to whom we go at the beginning of every day proclaiming that his is the kingdom, the glory, and the power forever and ever. Amen! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Prayer Part 7: "Deliver Us From Evil" All too often we forget that Scripture instructs us to flee from temptation and the sin that so easily trips us up. Modern society presents temptation as something that should be enjoyed, and we all to often buy into that disasterous mindset. Today we talk about walking in the paths of righteousness and Godly opportunity instead of paths that would lead us into temptation. We also talk about taking charge over the evil from which, by the Spirit of God, we will be delivered. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Prayer Part 6: "Forgive Us Our Debts" Today's prayer point is "Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors." Jesus expounded upon this part of prayer in the parable about the servant who owed his master millions of dollars. He could not pay, and his wife and children and his own life would be the payment for that debt. But his master had compassion on him and completely wiped his debt off the records. This same man went out and found someone who owed him a small amount and demanded he pay. Instead of having compassion on him ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Prayer Part 5: "Our Daily Bread" Jesus didn't instruct us to pray once a week at church for everything we would need in the week to come. Rather, he taught us to ask "this day" for our "daily" bread. God wants us to go to him every day, and this fifth part of our eight-part series on prayer talks about that very issue. When God fed the Israelites with manna from heaven, they had to gather it in the morning. When the sun grew hot, the manna melted away. Let's make sure we're seeking God at the beginning of our day, so we ca ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ministry Vision Scripture tells us to write down the vision and make it plain, so the one who sees it can run with it. So we've prepared this special audio for you so you can catch a more clear view of the strong vision we have for reaching the world with the life-changing Word of God. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Prayer Part 4: "Thy Will Be Done" It's so easy to pray, "Thy will be done," and to feel quite holy and spiritual for having said it. But do we really understand what this means? And if we did, would we still utter those words from our heart? Today we explore what it means to seek for and surrender to the will of God, no matter what that will might be. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Prayer Part 3: "Thy Kingdom Come" The Kingdom of God is called the "Kingdom" of God because of its likeness in certain respects to an earthly kingdom. There are many things we can learn from earthly symbols of heavenly things, and the Kingdom of God is no exception. Today we use examples of various elements of earthly kingdoms to get a better understanding of the Heavenly Kingdom, and discover how this can impact our relationship with God. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Prayer Part 2: "Hallowed Be Thy Name, continued" Someone has forgotten to instruct God in the ways of political correctness. Or perhaps he just chose to not listen. The name Qanna means "Jealous," and this name of God was revealed when he was instructing his people to destroy the altars of false gods. From reading his directions, it probably wouldn't have been a good time to ask how he feels about being called Allah, or by the name of any other false god. Today we talk about the remaining eight names of God in this study, and discover a l ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Prayer Part 2: "Hallowed Be Thy Name" Scripture tells us that "the name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe." Is this just referring to the word "God?" or is there more to this majestic and powerful name of God? Today we talk about the significance of a name, and discover that a name is not just a label, but in the case of God's name, it is his nature, character, and a solid foundation upon which we can stand. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Prayer Part 1: "Our Father" Scripture tells us that God's Spirit causes our spirits to call God "Abba Father." Those who have been born again, we are sons and daughters of our "daddy God." How often do we ponder what that means to be able to call God our father? A good and loving father will listen to us when we need someone to just hear our hearts. He will defend us when the enemy rises up against us. He will deliver us when we are bound, even if that bondage is completely our fault. He will make sure we have what we ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What is Prayer? Some view prayer as a religious ritual that involves counting beads or reciting words. Others see prayer as purely a lifestyle and not as an event. But what does Scipture say about prayer? Today we lay the foundation for the next few weeks during which, Lord willing, we will take each part of the model prayer Jesus gave us, and take a deeper look at the richness of each one. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Believer's Prayer We call the prayer found in Matthew chapter six "The Lord's Prayer." And yet this was not a prayer someone overheard Jesus praying. How then do you suppose it got its name? Not only was Jesus instructing his disciples how to pray, he also did not say, "Recite these words" or "repeat after me," but, "Pray after this manner." Jesus was giving us an outline to follow, one written by God himself. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Knowledge of Good and Evil The fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is usually portrayed as an apple. But the Bible doesn't say what kind of fruit it really was. What kind of fruit do you suppose could impart such knowledge and bring death upon the whole human race? For that matter, what is the knowledge of good and evil? Is it a relief from ignorance, or something much more disturbing? Today we take a look at Scripture and explore the issue of the tree, its fruit, and the true nature of the knowledge ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Kingdom of God When Jesus' disciples asked him how to pray, the words "thy kingdom come" are very near the top of his response. What is the Kingdom of God? Where is the Kingdom of God? And how do we enter this Kingdom, or how does it enter us? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What Impresses You? After Elijah's time of great victory in which all the prophets of Baal were slain and the whole kingdom turned to God, and after God answered his prayer and sent rain to a land dry and parched with drought, Jezebel threatened his life, and he tucked his tail and ran. To get Elijah's attention, God sent a wind, an earthquake, and a fire; but God was not in them. Then he spoke to Elijah in a still small voice. Perhaps God was using this object lesson to ask Elijah, "You recognize when I am no ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website You Shall Be Free Indeed Scripture tells us that if Jesus has set you free, you are truly free. But sometimes, even as born-again Christians, we seem to be quite bound. Why is this? Today we take a look at how we find freedom, and what true freedom means. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website When the Presence of God is Removed Does God restrain evil? Does he have an active power in the earth to hold back the tide of darkness that would engulf the whole earth? And will that restraining power always be around? Scripture tells us that the power of God that currently holds back evil and the rise of the antichrist will some day be removed, and satan will thus be allowed to take over the whole earth. We talk about this today, seeing how a well-known and ancient Biblical example shines a light on where we are today. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Excellence It seems as though we continue to lower our standards. Just a few years ago, it would have been unthinkable for a teacher to mark a spelling word correct because only one or two letters were missed. But instead of pressing toward excellence, we are slipping into mediocrity. But God is calling us to a higher standard than the world. He is calling us to reach for excellence in everything we do. And as we begin to make his standards our own, we will begin to see God glorified more and more thr ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Resurrection Today we celebrate the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ, his triumph over death and the grave, and the path he opened up for us to die to our flesh with him, and then be raised into newness of life and unbroken fellowship with God. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Blood Without the blood, we have no hope. Without the blood, we have no cleansing from sin. Without the blood, we have no power over the enemy. Without the blood, we would spend eternity in hell. There is nothing more precious to the born-again spirit, nor more offensive to the carnal mind and the forces of darkness than the blood of Jesus. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Tomb A few days before Jesus was laid in the tomb, he told his disciples that "unless a seed falls into the earth and dies, it remains a single seed. But if it falls into the earth and dies, it produces many more like it." Jesus was speaking of his death and the importance of the grave. Today we talk about not only the tomb in which Jesus was temporarily laid, but also the tombs in our lives, and how God uses them to bring forth the potential life he has placed within each and every one of us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Milk and Meat In Hebrews, the writer tells the church they have been Christians long enough that they should be teachers, and yet they still had not matured enough for the "meat" of the Word, but still needed the "milk." In a world filled with compromise and at best watered-down doctrine, with the entertainment we choose indoctrinating us with the worldly, carnal mindset, what is our true spiritual condition? Are we really ready for meat in a world full of near-truth teachings, or do we need to make some ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website To Will And To Do "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure." What does this mean? This verse begins by telling us to work out our own salvation, then tells us it's God who works in us to desire and perform his will. How do we break free from those things with which we've been struggling? Does God leave it all up to us to find salvation from sin, or does this verse suggest something else? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Psalm 147-148 The book of Psalms was not only the song book of Israel, but is also the Word of God. As the Word of God, it shows us the kind of praise and worship that pleases God. Today we look at a couple of Psalms and see how the Word of God can be used as inspiration for praise and worship. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Godly Violence The words "Godly" and "violence" just don't seem to go together. But is there a type of violence that is Godly, and even necessary? Today we answer this question with Scripture, and take a look at a type of violence that not only is Godly, but which is vital and will change our lives and the world around us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On Whom Do You Depend? I will lift my eyes unto the hills, from where does my help come? My help does not come from the mountains, or anything else of this earth. Rather, my help comes from the Lord. Today we take a close look at our hearts, exploring both open and hidden reliance on things that cannot save and will pass away. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Co-Creators with Christ Are we victims of fate whose entire life is scripted and trapped in destiny, or does God have a determined path we have the choice to follow? Today we take a look at Scripture which plainly tells us we play a part in the move of God's hand. Our choices will indeed change our life and the lives of those around us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Power of Life and Death Scripture tells us that both life and death are in the power of the tongue. What does this mean? Does it mean we can have whatever we say? Or is there another meaning? Join us as we separate truly Godly speech from positive affirmations, and discover the type of words which can truly change our lives and the lives of those around us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website So Is He We've all heard the quote, "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." Is this actually a Scripture verse? And is this a Biblical principle? While this Scripture actually reads "As he thinks in his heart, so is he," and it is usually taken out of context, today we explore the Biblical principle of matters of the heart, and ask the question, "Does what goes on in my heart really define what kind of person I am?" Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Cry of Wisdom Looking around us, it may be easy to ask, "Where is wisdom today?" It truly seems as though wisdom is in short supply. We see wisdom all around us, and the very foundations of the heavens and earth were built by wisdom. How then do we grab hold of God's wisdom so we can see it change our lives and the lives of those around us? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Central Theme Central to every writing, every teaching, every belief, and every gathering, is something or someone. This center radiates out into everything around it, bringing either life or death. Today we talk about the Central Theme, ending with a challenge that could change your life forever. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hidden Snakes Are there hidden snakes in your grass? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website New Year 2006/2007 As we leave behind 2006 and welcome the New Year, is there anything in our lives that we should leave behind so we can welcome the new things God has in store for us? Today we talk about this and also strengthen our ministry focus for 2007. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Christmas 2006 Today we celebrate together the birthday of Jesus, and discover that the Star of Bethlehem is shining on our hearts today, announcing the birth of Jesus in those who will open the door of their heart to him. Join us in this celebration of the Lord of Christmas! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Prepare The Way Before Jesus came to earth, the way had to be prepared. The same hold true for us today. Do we want to see Jesus manifest in and through us, bringing deliverance, healing, and drawing "all men" unto him? Join us for worship and a time in the Word, as we explore what it means for the Holy Spirit to work in us, preparing the way for the Lord, making his path straight. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Many Faces of Jesus In this inspirational message, Patrick Mead Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Our True Battle Are we in a battle today? If so, who is our enemy? Are there any of us who don't need to be careful put on the armor of God every day? And if not, what are the consequences for not wearing the armor of God? Finally, what IS this armor? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Choosing Love The message from all around us seems to be that love chooses us, and it comes and goes with the wind. Today we explore what God says about love, and see what God's plan for love is for you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website True Contentment Are you dissatisfied with your circumstances? Your gifts and callings? Your position in life? What you do or don't have? Today we explore truth from Scripture which, if you make it a part of you, can set you free and help you find true contentment. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Persecution and Prayer Today, November 12, is the International Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians. Today we take a look at some of the things Christians are facing today all around the world, and what role we play. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website For the Joy Set Before Him What is the joy set before him? Is it our love? And how do we love God? This week Palemoon Twilight shares some life-changing truths from God's Word about what it really means to love God. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website God of the Living During this time of the year, near the end of October, the issue of celebrations is argued from every point of view. Today we take a different approach to this issue, focusing on the nature of God. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Through Christ Have you struggled with issues and wondered how you can really "do all things through Christ who strengthens you"? Today we explore what it means to be "in" Jesus and live "through" him. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Building a Throne We know God is enthroned upon the praises of his people. Is a throne built by music that praises other things? What is the purpose for music, and how can we use it to enthrone God and God alone in our lives? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In The Beginning What does the book of Genesis, the chronicles of the beginning, say to us today about God and our interaction with him? Join us in this week's podcast for worship and to see the beginning in a new way. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hurting Alone Scripture tells us to "Bear one another's burdens..." Does this mean we are to help others but suffer with our own burdens alone? Or does it mean it's just as important to open up and share our struggles, heartaches, sorrows, addictions, and burdens with someone else? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Law of Reciprocity Is there more to the law of giving and receiving, sowing and reaping, than just giving to get? And does that attitude yeild the right results? Today we tackle this issue and explore what Jesus really meant when he told us if we give, we will receive.