Amen, amen, amen. All right, well, good morning! Good to see you; glad you showed up. Merry Christmas! How many of you, uh, like to get your shopping done by October? I’ve met a few of you; you amaze me, and you scare me a little bit, but you amaze [...]

Thanks, good morning, good morning! Gotta make sure you’re alive and awake. Double yolker! Excuse me, double yoker. Yoga! I want to go home and crack open some eggs. Anyone else going to do that? I think we just need to go home and see. I heard that [...]

In Matthew chapter 15, there’s a story of a mother that’s distraught. On behalf of her daughter, she comes to Jesus. She’s a Canaanite woman. That’s important. She’s not Jewish. She doesn’t keep the rules. She doesn’t keep the holidays, she doesn’t [...]

It’s Mother’s Day weekend. The title for this session is «God at Work Through our Families,» and just a bit of a disclaimer on the front end, this is my first Mother’s Day since my mom stepped out of time, so it feels like a special day to me. And [...]

So, now then, back over to the book of Hebrews. Oh, there’s so many things here. Hebrews 9:12, 14 and 23. We read those, now 10:1, For the law, having a shadow of good things to come and not the very image of the things can never with these [...]

This is an excerpt from: Timing Your Testimony Let me give you another word: yet. «I don’t have it yet. I haven’t found a way to get set free from this yet. I don’t see how it’s going to work out yet». Timing your testimony. Don’t tell it too [...]

I wanna talk to you for just a few minutes on, «A Simple Secret That Can Restore You». A simple secret that can restore you. Restoration is a biblical promise. And it just simply means to take you back, to circle back, to go back to how something [...]

Number four, trauma can have negative effects on our lives if we don't deal with it. I remember my dad telling this story that when gran-gran lost her husband, she was, she was in a lot of pain. And that was his dad. And she was all alone, all [...]

How many of y'all in this room have ever been hurt by someone? Anyone ever just been, your feelings were hurt by someone? All right, 100% participation right there. I didn't even have to beg for that. There's certain questions you ask [...]

This is an excerpt from: Israel and the Church: Parallel Restoration Now I want to move on to the picture of restoration which is found in Joel 2. I’ll only read from verse 21 «Fear not, O land, be glad and rejoice, for the Lord has done marvelous [...]

This is an excerpt from: Israel and the Church: Parallel Restoration Now we’re going back to Psalm 102:14 «For your servants take pleasure in her stones and show favor to her dust». That’s a mark of the servants of the Lord. They take pleasure in [...]

We’re beginning once again with a proclamation from the Word of God. This one is taken from Daniel 2:20–22, and Daniel 4:34–35. What’s significant about the second part of the proclamation is it was made by King Nebuchadnezzar, a Gentile king who’d [...]

Have you ever had an epic fail in life? You know, most of us have. Those epic failures make us think that we are despicable and disqualified and discarded. But those thoughts are fake news. Peter denied Christ three times and he thought God was done [...]

Guilt and shame. They’re Siamese twins of the devil that can devastate our Christian lives, if we let them. Now, these terrible feelings can easily become a giant sticking point to our spiritual growth. So join me today as we open God’s Word and [...]

1 Samuel chapter 30 and verse 1. «Now it happened». We will all have it happened moments in our lives, moments that are so unthinkable, so painful, so difficult we don’t even wanna dignify that day with a word. But what I find is God wants us to [...]

Kerry Shock : Merry Christmas, Woodlands Church. How are you doing? You can be seated. We are so glad that you are here. The weather outside may be frightful this Christmas Eve, but it is warm and delightful in here, isn't it? Chris Shock : [...]

At the end of Acts 1, Jesus had told his disciples, stay in Jerusalem, stay in Jerusalem, stay in the place where you've experienced your biggest heartache, your biggest disappointment. Jerusalem represented a place where these disciples wanted [...]

This is an excerpt from: Not Dead Yet The Enemy will weasel his way into your marriage. He'll weasel his way into your business, get you to start cutting corners and stuff like that. I know he works. I'm a weasel expert. The weasel will [...]

The moments in this life that are just so beautiful and glorious like a sunrise over the Grand Canyon, or the feeling of falling head over heels in love, or the first cry of a newborn baby, those moments, they shout with certainty we have a God who [...]

This message was inspired in a way by watching an interview, I saw recently of a middle schooler, who was talking about his experience through the pandemic. He was sitting next to his mom who had divorced her husband. So, he had divorce in his home, [...]

Take some time to smile at the one beside you on the right and the left because in the year of time and space you might be liable to sit here for the next 5 hours. You don't even know it, okay? But it will be an accelerated time. Praise God. [...]

Peace be with you. Friends, we come now to the holy season of Lent, our preparation for Easter. Lent, I've often said, is a time to get back to basics. It's like when you're starting the football season and you get back to [...]

You know, I love the promise that Joel made. In Joel, 2:25, when it says that God says, I will restore the years. What the enemy has come to devour, He said, I will restore the years that the locusts has eaten. I will restore to you the years I will [...]

Well, I'm so happy that you joined me today and that we have this time to really dig deeper into the love of God, the tenderness of Jesus. The healing rest is what I'm going to really get into today. But I want to pray for you: Father, I [...]

This is an excerpt from: Found Fishing God sent me to speak to somebody this Easter. You're waiting for God to reveal to you what he has next for you. You don't really know what that is. You know he has risen, and you know he's real. [...]

Well, today is a day of healing, and I dedicate this day to your healing. And I really believe that something supernatural is going to happen in your life as we process through how to heal our trauma and how to break through into our destiny. [...]

Heavenly Father, I thank you for your presence. I thank you for your purpose. I thank you for your power and your provision in each of our lives. I thank you, Father, that your provision will start showing up supernaturally in each person's [...]

I want to talk to you today about Finding The Lost You. Life has a way of changing us. At one time we were outgoing, excited about our dreams, grateful for our family. We saw the best in people, and excelled at work, positive, hopeful. Then life [...]

But what if you already fell? I know there are double digit people in this room right now that say, "I can't go back, pastor. I wish someone would have told me ten years ago, 'Don't.' Period. I wish someone would have given [...]

I knew that I needed to talk about adultery with you when adultery kept happening among us. Not that long ago, here in our church tragically, there was a couple who is really active in our membership who fell into the sin of infidelity. And then, [...]

We have been delighting ourselves for some time now in the past several messages of watching how the grace of God works in the life of Jacob and learning, in the process, how the grace of God works in our lives. Here we come to this point after God [...]

Look with me in 1 Samuel 30 for just a few moments this morning. I do believe that what I'm gonna share is for people under the sound of my voice like never before. Like never before. God, I believe has a word for people today. 1 Samuel 30 [...]

Well, I want to follow this through, because I'm thinking if Jesus has pronounced judgment on the land that the future is bleak, that there are storm clouds on the horizon, you can see the lightning, there's a storm warning on [...]

It's good to be with you today. Our topic is "Israel Lessons And Restoration And Judgment". They go together. God's a God who restores, he redeems, he renews. But typically the reason there's a need for that is we've [...]

As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. This man was not losing his sight, he did not lose his sight, he never had it in the first place. He was born blind. This circumstance facilitates the environment for Christ to [...]

I'm very grateful to be an American, but I'm sure you share with me that there can be little doubt to any thoughtful person that we're about to celebrate the birth of this greatest nation on the face of the earth in the midst of [...]

Lorna Dueck : Dr. Youssef, you challenge us in your study on Nehemiah that rebuilding our broken world is very close to God's heart. Dr. Michael Youssef : Absolutely. Lorna Dueck : Does this work for my family? If I've got a broken [...]

Whenever you are doing the will of God, whenever you are obeying God's vision for your life, whenever you know that you are following God's vision, not your own, nothing, listen carefully, nothing. Can you say, "Nothing"? Nothing [...]

An authentic faith brings an authentic change of heart, and that is a far cry from what we hear from some pulpits today of presuming on God's grace, of taking God's grace for granted, of using God's grace as a license to continue in [...]

I read not long ago about a diagnostician who identified a new disease that inflicts many professing Christians. Now, the technical name for this disease, for those who understand Latin, is Morbus Sundayitis. Now, in layman's language, [...]

In this post-Christian era, God is not looking for sunshine Christians. God is not looking for those who want to be entertained. God is not looking for compromises. In this day and age, God is looking for faithful, courageous, uncompromising men and [...]

The fact remains that the Bible never said that money is the root of all evil. The Bible is very clear that it is the very love of money that is the root of all evil. No wonder Jesus spoke more about the use of material possessions and money than he [...]

I trust that the Lord is using these series of messages to encourage you and also to challenge you at the same time. You know, what I'm gonna be talking about is the importance of being good stewards. And we can be good stewards of our [...]

In days gone by great leaders like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln called the nation for a day of prayer and humiliation, that is, repentance, and you know what? That's why God blessed this country. Sadly, today, nobody is calling the [...]

I trust that the Lord is using these series of messages to encourage you and also to challenge you at the same time. You know, what I'm gonna be talking about is the importance of being good stewards. And we can be good stewards of our [...]

You know, all the statistics say that in the average church, 80% of people just do nothing and 20% do all the work. Now, that is a sad statistic. If we are gonna change our culture for Christ, if we gonna turn the world upside down for Christ, [...]

Somebody has well said that parenting is probably the hardest job that you'll ever love. And I want to just say a word to parents today, and I really want to sympathize with you and I mean it, parenting is hard. It's a hard job. I've [...]

And I don't know about you, but I'm tired of letting the devil steal my time, steal my health, steal my family, steal my money, steal my my peace, steal my joy. I'm ready to take my stuff back. How about you? So what we're going [...]

Well, I want to welcome you to "The Power to Change Today". And what a show we have for you because I got a word from God for you I know is going to change your life. In fact, the next few weeks, I'm bringing a series of teachings [...]

Well, I'm teaching you today from the Mount of Olives in the City of Jerusalem, the city of Miracles, the city of God's restoration for your life, and recently the Lord put on my heart to talk to you about how he wants to restore your life [...]