Blessed Life Fellowship

In one of the longer and more impassioned sermons by Pastor Andy, this message is encouraging in the sense that it highlights how God wants to send times of refreshing to His people, but challenging in the sense of what God requires for those times of refreshing to come.  It also deals with breaking strongholds, fasting, and why obedience brings breakthrough.  

Will 2020 be a year of breakthrough for you, or more of the same?  Many prophetic voices in the Body of Christ have been saying that 2020 will be a year of great change in our government and for many people throughout the Church.  And while the possibility is certainly there for breakthrough in a variety of ways, it's also true that many people will fail to experience any great change in this next year.  This teaching by Pastor Andy, which includes a prophetic word by Pastor Donna, is devoted to how we can position ourselves to be in the flow of what God is doing now and throughout the New Year.  

Why is the birth of Jesus Christ one of the two most significant events in history? Why is it so important, in fact, that the timeline of human history is separated according the time before His birth (BC) and the time after His birth (AD)? And how is it that prophecies regarding the coming Messiah to the earth given 1,000 years before Jesus was born describe many events in His life in uncanny and precise detail, such as His birth in Bethlehem? Those questions and more will be discussed in this Christmas message.

The Bible associates fasting with humbling ourselves before God in a kind of "mourning," the results of which can lead to a time of dancing and rejoicing.  While fasting is largely abandoned by Western Christians, it still remains one of the most basic expectations of the followers of Christ, especially those who want to accelerate their growth in God and experience revival and breakthrough in one or more areas.  Learn in this teaching how fasting can take you to a new level in 2020.  

The book of Ecclesiastes says there is a time for everything, including a time for dancing and a time for mourning.  This is an especially important perspective for American Christians who are often guilty of being so influenced by the culture that we are always seeking fun and pleasure but never set aside any times in our lives for more intensely seeking God with what the Bible calls "mourning."  Find out in this teaching what that is and the various benefits it brings.  

A common objection to the Christian faith is that the Bible is merely an invention of men and is full or errors.  This teaching reveals historical and scientific validation of the Bible as truly inspired of God and inerrant, and contains some fun facts about evidence for a young earth and of dinosaurs and man living at the same time.

A common objection to the Christian faith is that a supposed loving God would never send anyone to hell.  Learn in this teaching how to overcome this common objection by demonstrating that BECAUSE God is a good God, His righteous nature will result in punishment for the wicked.  Other elements covered in this teaching is the 4 main reasons today's Christians don't share their faith, and a review of the Old Testament Law in demonstrating our need for a Savior.  These are MUST-KNOWS for people wanting to reach more people for Christ. 

More answers to more objections to the Christian faith.  In this episode, "What about those who have never seen a Bible or heard about Jesus," “People just need to find the path that seems right to them because being sincere about what you believe is what really matters," and the ever-popular, "Being a good person is what really matters."  

In conversations sharing your faith with others, you may have run across these objections: "If God is good why is there evil in the world?", "Jesus is a crutch for weak people," and, "It’s narrow-minded to think that Jesus is the only way to God."  Ready answers to all of these common objections are addressed in this teaching in helping you to "always be ready to give a reason for the hope that you have."

Jesus commanded Christ followers to go into all the world to share the gospel.  But in this day of increased skepticism, we need to know how to address legitimate doubts and objections that people have about God and the Bible.  This teaching delivers up answers to three commons objections to Christianity and equips you to "always give an answer for the hope that you have."