Believer to Follower (Episode 4) - The Pendulum of Prejudice

We are trained and led to believe things such as supernatural signs and human wisdom are ideal to have in life.  Human wisdom has its place in life but what happens when it holds a superior position in how we value godly things? The Apostle Paul tackles this topic in 1 Corinthians 1 as we see how human wisdom and the desire for supernatural signs (i.e. physical evidence of spiritual intervention) can diminish the power of what God used to reconcile us to Him.  You ready for this Word? You ready to be changed and change from the inside to the outside?  Let's go fishing...

I use to have a lot of difficulty reconciling why good and evil had to exist at the same time.  Why do good and bad things happen to people or to me? As I grow in the Lord, I am coming to understand the why to all of these questions I pondered most of my life. Let's talk about it...

I adapted this title after listening to a political discussion. The reality of this title is how often do we examine our personal lives to weigh this question - "Are we Christians in name only?" Let's talk about it in this episode...

It would be wonderful if walking by faith were easier right?  Unfortunately if it were that easy we would not experience the victories that God intended for us to have. But then how do we know we have faith?  By the testing of our faith. What may be difficult for us to accept is the more we grow the more difficult the testing as we shall see in Genesis 22.  How do we respond when what God asks of us seems contradictory to what He promised us? Let's talk about it and see Abraham's response.

The older we get the more we learn to treasure seasons of peace.  Our father of faith Abram/Abraham was no different.  Like him, sometimes when we grow materially, and prosper externally, we are unaware of the drama that may come with it.  More money, more problems right?  But thank God, He gives us His peace that passes our understanding.  In this episode, we will spend time discussing our next stage of spiritual growth - peace.  

The Word says faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.  What I'm learning is growing in faith is achieved over time with small consistent steps.  One of the biggest steps we are required to take is having a consistent lifestyle saturated in prayer.  It's one thing when God calls us.  This is a divine and surreal part of our faith walk.  However, God waits for us to grow and get to that place where we start calling on Him.   Let's talk about this next altar of Abram/Abraham - the altar of prayer.

Abram/Abraham was the father of faith.  He remains our model of how to walk in faith and obedience to the God we declare to love.  He wasn't perfect but that didn't bother God because God knew him.  God knows you and I too.  The decision before us daily is whether we walk by faith or if we walk by sight.  As we will see in this episode, Abram had the same challenges we do, but he also gives us a roadmap of how to walk by faith even when flawed.  What is beautiful about his walk is with every encounter he had with God, he commemorated it by building an altar.  In this series, we are going to discuss those altars and what they represented both in Abram's life and what they represent in our lives.  You ready for this?  Let's go get it...

Happy Father's Day to all the men out there.  In this episode, I am imparting "pearls of wisdom" I've learned from being the father to 3 biological children and many spiritual children.  We believe this message will bless you or the men in your life.  Let's go fishing...

Matthew 11:12 tells us from the days of John the Baptist until now the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force.  That scripture use to always cause me confusion because I never imagined Heaven as being a violent place.  As I grew in my walk I've come to understand what this means and in this episode we will discuss how, if you pray as God commanded, your prayers will create an atmosphere that stirs the heavens and even at times generates violent confrontation between the kingdom of darkness and the kingdom of God.  You ready to learn why your prayers are one of the most common areas of struggle for believers?  You ready to understand why Satan goes out of his way to disrupt your prayer life?  Get ready, we going in...

What does it mean to know God?  I've heard so many people in church declare they know God but I would always asked "How can you tell?"  Is it based on outward performances or is it much more than that?  Let's begin the journey to understand what it means to know Jesus.  Buckle up beloved.  We about to go there.