Archive for the "Kingdom of God" Category

10.Jan.2010 Letting God Take the Lead

John 3: 1-5 (NLT): There was a man named Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader who was a Pharisee. After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus. “Rabbi,” he said, “we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you.”
Jesus replied, “I tell [...]

27.Mar.2008 Catching the Spirit of Faith

II Timothy 1:5 – Timothy was one of Paul’s most beloved disciples. This passage is about as emotional as we see him get. He is writing to one of his sons in the faith. “I know that you sincerely trust the Lord, for you have the faith of your mother and your grandmother.”
Towards the end [...]

14.Feb.2008 Is God’s Kingdom First in your Life?

Why are we so passionate about church? Why are we so focused on living out and expressing our faith by our passion for what is important to God? Oftentimes we can become trapped in the mundaneness of life and miss the big picture. God is building His kingdom. And he is going to prevail because [...]

05.Dec.2007 Bringing God’s Kingdom to Earth

Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.
God wants to bring heaven to Earth, and He wants the church to reflect what heaven is. The church has traditionally been more focused on going to heaven than on bringing the kingdom of heaven to Earth. Oftentimes, when Christians don’t like their lives, they [...]

23.Nov.2007 The Kingdom of God – Part III – Judge Not

Matthew 7 – A lot of people think that God is angry, judgmental and tired of humanity. But Jesus did not come to the Earth with a big stick. He brought grace, love, and compassion.
Obedience on the outside is RELIGION. Real obedience is about the heart. We cannot judge people by what [...]

13.Nov.2007 The Kingdom Principles on Money

Matthew 5, 6 & 7 – The Kingdom of God is not a place we go – it is a way we live.
Money:
Matthew 6:19-24 – “Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasure sin heaven, where moths and [...]

31.Oct.2007 The Kingdom of God – Part II

We are seeds in the Kingdom. We are called to grow, bear fruit and multiply. We do this not for our own ministry or purposes, but for God’s.
Jesus said, “My kingdom is like a seed.” He also likened the Kingdom of Heaven to a treasure buried in a field. The man that found it sold [...]

The Kingdom of God

Matthew 5, 6 and 7 provide the manifesto of God’s Kingdom. Otherwise known as the “Sermon on the Mount,” in this famous passage Jesus lays out for us the true nature and purpose of God’s Kingdom and it’s reality to us in the here and now.
When you come to Christ, you have a lot of [...]