Apostle Jim Raley

Out of the same mouth comes both blessing and cursing. We have mastered the second and neglected the first. This message uncovers one of the most overlooked practices in all of Scripture: the literal, spoken blessing declared out loud over another person, on purpose.

Life is not a straight line. At some point, living it fully will require you to walk by faith, and faith does not wait for perfect conditions. Faith moves on a maybe.

In 1 Samuel 14, Israel is pressed down in a low place: a trembling king, six hundred frightened men, and only two swords in the whole nation. But one young man got tired of living in bondage. Jonathan had no burning bush, no prophecy, no open vision. He had one revelation: nothing restrains the Lord from saving by many or by few. And that was enough to move on.

You will either live your life based on your situation or your revelation. Your situation says stay put. Your revelation says move.

Scriptures: 1 Samuel 14:1-16, 1 Samuel 14:2, 1 Samuel 14:4, 1 Samuel 14:6, 1 Samuel 14:7, 1 Samuel 14:11-12, 1 Samuel 14:15-16, 1 Samuel 17, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Matthew 14:22-33

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Hours before the cross, Jesus told Peter that Satan had asked to sift the disciples as wheat. Peter swore he would never stumble, yet before the rooster crowed he denied Jesus three times and went out and wept bitterly.

This message walks through foresight, insight, and hindsight to show that God saw it before it happened, He saw what you couldn't see in the middle, and He used it to prepare you for where you are going. Just because you are being sifted doesn't mean you are not seen. He wants to turn your sifting place into your shifting place.

Peter went back to fishing, stuck in regret and shame, until Jesus met him back at the fire. The same fire that once represented pain became a place of provision and purpose. Jesus never brought up the failure. He simply asked, "Do you love me?" and said, "Follow Me." God is changing perspectives, because when you look back you won't see where you missed it, you'll see His grace in the sifting place.

You can learn from yesterday, but don't live in yesterday. Hindsight living will keep you on your backside. Vision living keeps you moving forward.

Scriptures: Luke 22:31-34, Luke 22:54-62, John 21, Genesis 16:13, John 16:33, Deuteronomy 31:8

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The battle was never yours to fight. In this message we return to the moment Jehoshaphat stood before an enemy too big for him and discovered the name of the God who commands the armies of heaven. Moab, Ammon, and Mount Seir had already crossed deep into Judah's own territory, and all Jehoshaphat had was an altar, a song, and a name to call on. He went to the altar, and then he sang. When the singers lifted their voice, the Lord set ambushes against the enemy, and Judah never had to swing a single blow.

Yahweh Sabaoth is the LORD of Hosts, the LORD who commands the armies of heaven. He did not retire after the Old Testament. He put on flesh. Jesus is Yahweh Sabaoth in a body, the same Commander John saw riding on a white horse with the armies of heaven behind Him. He has never lost a battle. Not at the Red Sea. Not at Jericho. Not at Calvary. Not in Ziz. And not in your situation either.

He fights. You sing. That is the whole strategy. That is the whole revelation. That is the whole victory.

Three points from this message:

No matter how great your problem is, your God is greater. (2 Chronicles 20:15)

Some things have to be believed to be seen. (2 Chronicles 20:20)

Praise brings God to the battlefield, and God has never lost a battle.

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 20:13-23, 2 Chronicles 20:15, 2 Chronicles 20:20, 2 Chronicles 20:25-26

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In this message, "Authority That Takes Territory: In The Name Of Jesus," Pastor John Galloway opens Mark 1:21-28 to show us what happened when Jesus walked into the synagogue at Capernaum and taught with an authority the people had never heard before. When an unclean spirit cried out, Jesus spoke one command and the enemy had to bow. That same authority has been given to you.

Pastor John reminds us that our most valuable possession is our knowledge of God, and that spiritual warfare is over what you believe and what you know about your God. Taking territory begins in your mind, and when we truly know Him, we begin to take territory and the enemy loses ground. Darkness only has leverage in your life when it remains hidden, but the God you serve binds what binds you, torments what torments you, and destroys what has destroyed you. Through the power of the name of Jesus, you have been given the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy. What Jesus did in His house, you have the right to do in yours.

Scripture: Mark 1:21-28, Luke 10:19, Romans 12:1, 2 Corinthians 10:4-5, Hosea 4:6

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David was not writing poetry from a palace. He was running for his life, barefoot on a mountain, his own son hunting him, his throne gone, his closest counselor defected. And right there in the valley he made the most audacious declaration a broken man could make: The Lord is my shepherd. Present tense. Right now. No matter what the mess looked like.

In this message from Psalm 23, Apostle Jim Raley walks through the shepherd's care in the middle of the through. God did not design a detour, He designed a through, and the through is not a punishment or abandonment, it is the corridor to your destiny. He restores your soul for His name's sake, He prepares a table in the presence of your enemies, and He anoints your head with oil for the fight. Whatever the valley cost you, it did not cost you your oil. You are still walking, which means the valley has not finished you, and goodness and mercy have been hunting you your whole life. They are not stopping in this valley.

Walk through, because the Shepherd is ahead of you.

What if the proof you need for your next miracle is already in the boat?

In Mark 6, after Jesus fed five thousand people with five loaves and two fish, He told the disciples to gather every fragment left over. Twelve disciples. Twelve baskets. One each. They didn't go into the next storm empty. They went loaded with evidence of what God had just done.

But when the wind turned against them, they panicked. The scraps were right there in the boat and they missed it.

This message is for anyone in a season where you're doing everything right and things are still going wrong. You may not be able to see Jesus in your storm right now, but do you have any scraps? A marriage still standing. A child still serving God. A situation He already brought you through. Those are not leftovers. Those are proofs.

Every fragment says the same thing: He did it before. He can do it again.

Scripture: Mark 6:31-52 | Jeremiah 8:22 | John 6:12 | Matthew 14:27

Every father is carrying something. The weight of provision. The pressure of protection. The battles nobody sees and the ones nobody talks about on Father's Day.

In this powerful illustrated message, Apostle Raley takes us through the life of David, a man who was not perfect, but never stopped getting back up. Through four defining seasons of David's life, we discover what it really means to be a man after God's own heart and how every father can fight from a place of strength, endurance, and unshakeable praise.

This message is for every father, every son, and every man still in the fight.

Key Scriptures:

Ephesians 6:12 | 1 Samuel 16:11 | Psalm 57:7-8 | 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 | 2 Samuel 6:14

In this passionate sermon titled 'Shipwrecked and Shaken, but I Still Built a Fire,' the speaker draws inspiration from the Apostle Paul's journey through storms and shipwrecks, urging listeners to persevere through life's trials. With fervent encouragement, the sermon emphasizes the power of faith in adversity, encouraging believers to 'build a fire' of worship and resilience even when faced with challenges like betrayal, brokenness, and the 'snakes' that emerge during times of spiritual revival. The message encourages the congregation to shake off negativity, embrace their anointing, and trust in God's unwavering purpose for their lives, reminding them that their journey, despite being fraught with difficulties, leads to divine victory and purpose.

In "This Is My Door," Apostle Jim Raley continues the Aftershocks series with a powerful word from Acts 9:32-43. Acts 2 was the epicenter, and everything that follows is the aftershock still rumbling along the fault lines of Pentecost.

This message takes us to two people most preachers treat as separate stories. A paralyzed man named Aeneas in Lydda and a beloved disciple named Dorcas in Joppa. One frozen. One dead. Two cities, two miracles, and one fault line running through both. Through their stories, Apostle Raley reminds us that frozen is not finished, that the same Pentecostal power still breaks every destructive cycle, and that God wants to raise what we have stopped fighting for.

Joppa means "the door." The Holy Spirit has been searching you out, and this is your door. Stop washing what God wants to raise, get a "yet" praise in your mouth, and walk through into your new beginning.

Acts 9:32-43 | Psalm 42:11 | Ezekiel 37:3

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