Oct 21, 2018
At War with Satan
Series: The Abundant Life
In Revelation 12, we see the Dragon (Satan) and his angels at war with Michael the Archangel and his angels. Satan lost that war and was cast out of Heaven. His full-time job now is trying to keep us out of Heaven and trying to destroy Christians, so they cannot spread God’s Word to others. He has declared war on God, the Church, and you and me personally. He attacks us on several fronts trying to destroy love, our prayer life, and our faith. So how do we battle Satan? Revelation 12: 7-8, Jude 1:0, Romans 10:17 (NKJV)
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- Oct 21, 2018At War with Satan
Oct 21, 2018At War with SatanSeries: The Abundant LifeIn Revelation 12, we see the Dragon (Satan) and his angels at war with Michael the Archangel and his angels. Satan lost that war and was cast out of Heaven. His full-time job now is trying to keep us out of Heaven and trying to destroy Christians, so they cannot spread God’s Word to others. He has declared war on God, the Church, and you and me personally. He attacks us on several fronts trying to destroy love, our prayer life, and our faith. So how do we battle Satan? Revelation 12: 7-8, Jude 1:0, Romans 10:17 (NKJV)
- Oct 7, 2018Are You Listening?
Oct 7, 2018Are You Listening?Series: The Abundant LifeThe parable of the sower is about hearing the Word of God. It discusses those whose hearts are hardened against God’s Word, those who are weak and stumble under the weight of tribulations and persecutions, those who are unfruitful because they let the cares of this world become more important, and those who bear fruit. Matthew 13: 1-23 (NKJV)
- Sep 30, 2018High and Lifted Up
Sep 30, 2018High and Lifted UpSeries: The Abundant LifeAs we face problems in our life, God is still on His throne. He hasn’t left us. Isaiah turned to God in the midst of all his troubles, knowing that God was in control. Isaiah 6: 1-8 (NKJV)
- Sep 16, 2018Learning to Use Your Left Hand In the Ministry
Sep 16, 2018Learning to Use Your Left Hand In the MinistrySeries: The Abundant LifeMost people who are right-handed seldom use their left hand, other than to support the right hand, because it is uncomfortable. In a similar fashion, people often hang on to certain traditions in the church because they’ve always done it that way and it is comfortable. However, we run into trouble if the traditions become more important than God’s Word or they replace the Gospel as with the Pharisees in the Gospel of Mark. Mark 7: 1-13 (NKJV)
- Sep 9, 2018Liabilities in the Abundant Life
Sep 9, 2018Liabilities in the Abundant LifeSeries: The Abundant LifeWhat does the Abundant Life look like? If we think of the Fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5: 22-23), we see Love, Joy, and Peace. This sounds great and we definitely want those things in our lives. But as we continue to read in Galatians, the next fruit is Longsuffering. Longsuffering can mean several things, including trials and tribulations which Pastor Mike refers to as liabilities. God allows these liabilities in our lives to allow His purpose to be fulfilled. 2 Corinthians 11: 23-28; James 1: 2-4; Romans 5: 3-4; Psalm 40: 1-3; 2 Corinthians 4: 15-17; Ruth 1: 1-22; Ruth 4: 21-22 (NKJV)
- Aug 26, 2018The Tongue
Aug 26, 2018The TongueSeries: The Abundant LifeRomans says to present ourselves to God as being alive from the dead, and our members as instruments of righteousness to God. The tongue is a little member of our body, but the Bible tells us it is an unruly evil, full of poison. The tongue is the organ by which the heart expresses itself and nowhere is faith more visible than by our speech. Romans 6:13; James 3:5-12 (NKJV)
- Aug 19, 2018Slave vs Servant & Ownership
Aug 19, 2018Slave vs Servant & OwnershipSeries: The Abundant LifeIn Philippians, Paul refers to himself as a bond-servant (slave). The difference between being a slave of Christ and a servant of Christ is control. Servants can choose how they wish to serve, but a slave cannot for he/she is owned by God. The word slave denotes that there is a Master. Psalm 24 tells us that everything and everyone belongs to God. Brother Mike expounds on this idea of slave vs. servant and God’s ownership of all things. Philippians 1:1; Psalm 24:1 (NKJV)
- Aug 5, 2018Being Positive
Aug 5, 2018Being PositiveSeries: The Abundant LifeBeing positive is not always easy. We are not commanded to direct our feelings because these cannot be controlled directly, only indirectly by controlling our will and our minds. If we are going to effective for God, we have to be positive. To have a positive outlook, we must trust God and be in God’s will. (Mark 4: 35-40 (NKJV)
- Jul 29, 2018Must Be Right To Do Right
Jul 29, 2018Must Be Right To Do RightSeries: The Abundant LifeAs we have discussed, the Abundant Life involves Justification, Substitution, and Consecration. These three areas create friction in our lives so we can walk with God. They enable us to “be right” with God and lead to Reconciliation, which enables us to “do right”. These four areas give our lives purpose. Today we learn how reconciliation helps us to “do right”. Galatians 6:; John 21 1-25; John 13: 37-38; Matthew 26: 31-35 (NKJV)
- Jul 22, 2018Freedom in the Abundant Life
Jul 22, 2018Freedom in the Abundant LifeSeries: The Abundant LifeThe Abundant Life is full of joy and freedom from the power of sin if we live by faith. Philippians 3:10 talks about Paul’s desire to know Christ and the power of His resurrection. We obtain the abundant life through justification (Romans 5: 1-9), substitution (Galatians 2:20 and 5:24), and consecration (Romans 12:1). Then we must walk in the Spirit (Romans 5:16-17) and give up works of the flesh (Romans 5: 19-21).
- Jul 15, 2018Look to the Lord
Jul 15, 2018Look to the LordSeries: The Abundant LifeContinuing the Abundant Life series, Bro. Mike discusses 3 things that are important in obtaining the abundant life promised in John 10:10. These include understanding: the value of the blood, consecration (death to sin and death to the law of Moses), and substitution. It is important to understand and apply these principles in our lives to live more abundantly. Exodus 14:1-13; Galatians 2:20, 5:24, 6:14, John 10:10; Romans 6:13, 7:6, 7:24-25, 10:4; Ephesians 6: 2, 6:10 (NKJV)
- Jun 24, 2018Adding Spice to Your Life
Jun 24, 2018Adding Spice to Your LifeSeries: The Abundant LifeThe abundant life adds spice to your life through the gifts of the Holy Spirit. One such gift might be a calm spirit in the midst of a storm. You can be a believer and not experience the abundant life. We have to deal with sin until the day we die, but God gives us power over sin. Unfortunately, we don’t always exercise that power. We need to get to the point where we have a calm spirit in the midst of the storms of life. John 10: 10; Luke 13: 10-16 (NKJV)
- Jun 10, 2018We Must Be Found in the Blood
Jun 10, 2018We Must Be Found in the BloodSeries: The Abundant LifeJust because God loves you doesn’t mean you are going to Heaven. 2 Peter 3:9 tells us He does not want us to perish but to come to repentance. It is our choice. He sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sin and to be our Advocate. However, we must respond to God’s love by repenting of our sin and asking Jesus to be our Savior. John 3:16, 10:10; 2 Peter 3:9; Luke 18: 9-13; 1 John 2:1-2 (NKJV)
- Jun 3, 2018The Abundant Life
Jun 3, 2018The Abundant LifeSeries: The Abundant LifeBrother Mike introduces this new series on how to live the abundant life. John 10:10 (NKJV) is the theme for this new series. To have the experience of the abundant life, we must align ourselves with scriptures. In order to do this we must read, study and meditate on scripture. Leviticus 16: 2-8, 20-22; Isaiah 53; Romans 1:18, 2:5, 5:9, 5:17; 1 Corinthians 5:7; Hebrews 10: 24-25 (NKJV)