Chris Kyle

What do Oreo Smoothies, Glass Roosters, Nunu-Spinning Babies, and Luke 17:5-10 all have in common?  We were somehow able to discuss all of these critical topics in under one hour!

In Luke 17:5-10, Jesus tells a parable about a servant who comes in from the field after a long day of working in the field or tending the sheep.  The master of the house is then "very rude" to this poor pitiful servant!  How can the master of this servant be so rude as to not even thank the servant?!  Simple, because the servant only did what was expected of him.

You can't gain spiritual profit by doing the bare minimum.  God lays certain ground rules which He expects everyone to adhere to because it is RIGHT to do so.  However, He also gives us access to greater spiritual gifts and blessings.

How do you acquire such gifts and blessings?  There are those who assert that we "already possess these gifts."  

If this is true, then how do you explain the amount of labor that great saints throughout the ages have put forth in prayer, fasting, and good works who tends to have miraculous occurrences following them everywhere.  

Also, how do you explain the majority of Christians who do NOT see powerful miraculous works surrounding their lives?  

I believe that we have the right to ACQUIRE these gifts, but if we sow sparingly, we reap sparingly.  Join us for the only time you've ever heard anyone teach on this parable Luke 17:5-10 in a way that actually makes sense.

This episode was by far our BEST YET!  Jesus encouraged you to do certain works "in secret" in order to increase your spiritual net worth.  As a part of God's Economy, your spiritual net worth is valuable to His Kingdom.  Get busy!  Get Spiritually Wealthy!

Jesus said that we should "store up treasure in heaven."

Chew on this; Jesus just told you to, "make spiritual bank!"  Is that selfish or self-centered?  No.  It is obedience.  "Why do you say you love Me if you do not do what I say?"

So if Jesus told you to work on a fat heavenly bank account, how exactly do you do that?

In this episode, we establish a few foundational concepts of the "God's Economy" model.
1) What's the difference between "Wickedness," "Righteousness," and "Goodness?"
2) How did humanity end up owing God a debt that we cannot repay?
3) Why was Jesus' Blood so valuable that it paid this debt?

Jesus promises "rewards" for performing these faith works.  As we learn more about God's Economy, becoming "doers of His Word," we will start heaping up fat stacks of spiritual rewards.

Jesus said, "Pray in secret and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you openly."

Have you ever wondered, "What kind of reward?"

Come to think of it, Jesus mentions several things that God rewards us for if we do them according to Jesus' teachings.

The Art of Praying in Secret is the first episode in a series focusing on these two questions;
"What kind of reward?"
"How important is this reward?"