18.Jun.2008 Spirit Nature vs. Sinful Nature
Galatians 5: 16 – 16 So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. 17 The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of [...]
05.Oct.2007 The Power of Experiencing God
It is great to get around bigness and be challenged. The way of the Kingdom is that you possess things every step of the way by faith. If you are going to get something bigger, you are going to have to get bigger yourself. You have to be able to contain and receive that which [...]
20.Sep.2007 Reaching the Lost Part II – Carrying the Heart of the Father
At the time of Jesus, people were jaded as they are today. The Pharisees were at the height of their power, imposing the Law on believers. The church had access to knowledge and Scripture, but were living under the pressure of judgement and rules. Jesus came into this situation to liberate people from the law [...]
18.Sep.2007 Reaching the Lost Part I – We are called to be a light
The area of reaching the lost and connecting with people who are separated from God trumps all other areas for us as a church. By just living the life God gave you, you can be a light to the world. All the light has to do to work is to be on. It doesn’t have [...]
30.Aug.2007 Spirit Powered Churches
Psalm 144:12-14:
May our sons flourish in their youth like well-nurtured plants.
May our daughters be like graceful pillars, carved to beautify a palace.
May our barns be filled with crops of every kind.
May the flocks in our fields multiply by the thousands, even tens of [...]
13.Jun.2007 Jesus Reveals Himself at the Feast of Tabernacles and the Pool of Siloam
There were three main feasts in the Jewish tradition, and they were all connected to times of harvest. The feast of Passover celebrated Israel’s deliverance from slavery in Egypt. The feast of Pentecost, which came fifty days after Passover, celebrated the handing down of the Law of Moses. The feast of Tabernacles, also called the [...]
08.Jun.2007 Receiving Vision from God through the Holy Spirit
God is placing a new burden on some of us. It is a burden of the Holy Spirit to go to a new place. It’s the burden of the vision – to not just be an integral part of this church, but to take on God’s calling and to take on the vision of the [...]
05.Jun.2007 Exercising our Spiritual Authority and the Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Hey guys – Amazing message by Pastor Steve Deal on exercising spiritual authority…
Romans 8: 18-23 – In this scripture, Paul tells us that what we suffer now is nothing in comparison with the glory God will give to us – the full rights we have as children of God. We have been given the authority [...]
30.May.2007 Church Mission Begins with a Holy Spirit Relationship
1 Peter 1:1-2 – While we are here on planet earth we are stewards. We own nothing. Everything comes from God and we are here to multiply what He has given us. The parable of the talents shows that God expects us to multiply what He gives us—our abilities, giftings—whatever it is that was given [...]
Plant in life by God’s river – The church mission to build God’s river
In Joel 2:28, God is beginning to pour out his latter rain: “Then after I have poured out my rains again…”
Water is a consistent theme in the Bible. Rain is caught in basins and forms rivers. Water equals life, and God’s rain and rivers equal divine blessing and abundant life.
When God rains down on [...]
