There is a parallel between the Spirit of God and the power of God that where you find one, you find the other. And I've made that observation repeatedly because almost every one of us has some circumstance in our life or some relationship in our [...]

So, I'd like to begin our study with the simplest of ideas on welcoming the Holy Spirit into our lives. And I'll just give you two or three verses to help underscore the notion. In Judges 14, in verse 6, it's a comment about Samson, one of the [...]

Let's step back a couple chapters. Again, the challenge here is spiritual things. You know, I could tell you we should believe in them more readily and more abundantly and more quickly, but the truth is it's a struggle in every generation. Because [...]

It's good to be with you today. Our topic is "The Spiritual Life". I wanna ask you a question. If you were asked to describe your spiritual life, how would you do that? Would you do it in the terms of history, when you were born again, [...]

It's an honor to be with you today. We're considering spiritual things, particularly in the book of Revelation. What we're really trying to do is become better stewards of a spiritual life, and the book of Revelation is a wonderful place to learn [...]

I want to continue a theme we began, actually, last Saturday night concerning spiritual things. We wanna talk about some spiritual things for a few sessions, I gave you a starter list of some things that we're gonna explore, spiritual gifts and the [...]

So we very seldom come to desperate points. We come to desperate points sometimes when there's a breach in a family system, or a breach in our health and the scientific community can't help us, or the healthcare community can't help us but we avoid [...]

I was invited to a small group, not uncommon for me, I don't get to do as much as I once did, but this was some months back. Wasn't a long time ago, but it's been a few months. I was invited to a group, and I didn't know it when they gave me the [...]

Oh, I would submit to you that we have to learn to be God's people; and that's more than just learning to be saved, that's more than just learning what it is to be converted. I believe that's important. With all my heart, I've given tremendous [...]

It's an honor to be with you today. We're doing a study on "Determined Faith," and in this session we're gonna look at strength and courage. When God recruited Joshua, he told him he would need strength and courage. Joshua had spent 40 [...]

So I want to take the balance of our time, and we have a bit, and talk a bit about the why, why does Spirit baptism matter. Because if you understand that, I think it will perhaps give you a willingness to consider it for yourself far beyond my [...]

Well, we have been doing a study on spiritual things. And I want to continue that, God willing, we'll have this session and two more. And then we'll change topics at least for a season. I don't think we have exhausted this but there's some other [...]

You should know that the Jews and the Samaritans hated one another. Racial hatred is not new. We treat it as if it's a 21st century malady, that it's something unique to our nation, or us as a people. Folks, hatred amongst people is as old as [...]

We've been walking through a series, looking at spiritual things. Our primary text has been 1 Corinthians 12 and verse 1 where Paul wrote to a church, a very spiritually active church, a group of born again, Spirit-filled, Spirit-baptized people, [...]

It's an honor to be with you again. Our study is about 'Determined Faith.' I wanna complete the session on the supernatural life. And I think far too often we imagine that the spiritual journey is almost entirely encapsulated in being born again. [...]

It's an honor to be with you again. We're doing a study on "Determined Faith," and in this session I want to talk to you about a supernatural life. I think so often we think if God does a miracle in our lives that it means we can step back [...]

Hey, it's an honor to be with you again. Our topic today is "America, Stop Grumbling". It's important. Folks, we are the most blessed people on planet Earth. I had a meeting this week with a man from Congo, and he's given his life to [...]

Hey, it's an honor to be with you today, especially on Thanksgiving Day together with God's people. Even if we're doing it digitally, it's a great honor for me. Sometimes holidays are challenging. We imagine that they should be perfect, and the [...]

What an honor to be with you on Christmas Day. God loves you. You know, Christmas is such an important thing. We have an annual celebration not because we forget but because we need the reminder. You know, the pressures of life they're real, [...]

It's good to be with you today. We're gonna continue our study on "Life in the Spirit". You know, the reality of our existence is that our spirit is the most enduring part of our person. So as much attention as we give to maintaining our [...]

We're gonna continue the theme that we've been working on the past couple of weeks, talking about "Unleashing the Power of the Holy Spirit". And the premise is very simple. I've repeated it each week. In Scripture, from the beginning [...]

We want to understand how to unleash the power of the Holy Spirit, and this weekend our topic is "Being Clothed with Power". I've borrowed a phrase from Luke's Gospel. In fact, in Luke's Gospel, it's the last words that Jesus shares with [...]

Now, I want to take the balance of our time, we got a few minutes, and see if we can glean from this, some ideas around our own courageous faith. You know, I think I gave you a couple of definitions. Courage is the ability to do something that [...]

The prayers of God's people precede so often the activity of God. In fact, I have a pretty good window into your future if I could understand how you pray. Or at least your spiritual future. Because the seeds of what's in front of you really come [...]

It's a privilege to be with you today. Our topic is "Courageous Faith". It doesn't just take courage to face the darkness and hold up the truth, it takes courage to face success and say, "God has enabled me to stand in this [...]

Hey, it is a privilege to be with you today. Our topic is "Courageous Faith". There's a lot happening in our world. There are expressions of darkness and evil that seem almost unimaginable. In fact, there seems like there's a new [...]

It's an honor to be with you again. We're gonna complete our study on 'Leading With Faith,' bold faith. You know, boldness doesn't mean we're reckless, it doesn't mean we're careless, it doesn't mean that we are disruptive. It simply means that we [...]

It's an honor to have this time with you today. Our session today is about leading with our faith with a bold faith. Folks, the influence of our lives makes a difference, and we want to be an influence first and foremost for the kingdom of God. And [...]

I wanna go to Acts chapter 8, and I wanna look at an event. We looked at it a few minutes in an earlier session, but Acts chapter 1, Jesus goes back to heaven. Acts chapter 2 is Pentecost. The balance of the book of Acts is this unfolding story of [...]

I want to continue the study we've been doing on spiritual things. We're trying to open our hearts and our minds a bit to what the Scripture teaches us about the reality of spiritual forces and their impact in our lives, in our world and our future. [...]

This weekend we're gonna talk about the desert places. I've spent a bit of time in the desert, predominantly in Israel, and initially it was not a comfortable place for me. It was hot and I have the spiritual gift of perspiration. I sweat like a [...]

It's an honor to be with you today. We're gonna continue our study on the choices that are necessary to change a generation. You know, we have lived for too long with the imagination that you make a profession of faith in Jesus and you're baptized [...]

I wanna start a new series with you under this theme of "A Determined Faith," because I spent some time thinking about that and that really was the best capsule of what is in my heart as I'm looking at our world and looking at the people [...]

Now there's no greater power available to a human being than spiritual power. And I believe in economic power, or military might, they're legitimate, but they don't compare with the power of Almighty God. And I think so often as Christ followers, [...]

I've told you before I love this nation. It's where God planted me. I understand that God is not an American. I know that when we get to heaven they won't be playing the "Star-Spangled Banner" in the elevators. I have no lack of clarity. [...]