Bedford Church of the Nazarene Podcast

Ephesians 2:8-9

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith, and this not from yourselves it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast."

Grace is available.  We don't deserve the grace God give us because we are good, but because we are His.

God's Riches At Christ Expense = Grace!

Acts 22:16

"Baptism is the inital step of a faithful heart."  Max Lucado

Why is it important?

1.  Jesus was baptized

2.  He commanded his disciples to baptize every believer

3.  Be baptized and celebrate that Jesus took away our sins.

II Corinthians 5:14

Jesus transforms us into his image.  We are new internally, new externally, & new eternally.

The stuff the church is made of.  Relationships that last a lifetime.  There are two types of relationships that Jesus shares in Matthew 16:13.

Transactional & transformational.  Jesus didn't leave people the same way He found them.  He transformed them.  He wants us to be transformed.  We are the body of Christ.

Listen as Pastor Mike shares from his heart what Jesus wants from our church.

Show yourself a man!   I Kings 2: 1-3 & I Corinthians 13:11

Things David understood.

1.   His own mortality

2.  Today is really about tomorrow

3.  He was a flawed man

What David learned:

1.  Love God with a passion. - David was a man after God's own heart.

2.  Make the hard choices

3.  Confess your wrongs

What Joseph learned:

1.)  Our problems are temporary.

2.)  Our pain can be beneficial.

3.)  God's presence is undenible.

4.) God's promises are reliable.

5.) God's purpose is unstoppable.

Acts 1:8

God wants every believer to have power through the Holy Spirit.   If America is going to change it's got to start with us!

S - Sacrifice

E- Effort

R - Real Love

V - Visable Joy

E- Empy of Selfish Motives

Listen as Pastor Mike talks about not only remembering those who have gone one before us, those who died for our freedom, but remembering Jesus and what He did for us on the Cross.