Dave Jones

One of the truths that God wants us to renew our minds with is the Presence and Reality of God. God said to Jeremiah, "Do not I fill heaven and earth?". God is omnipresent and able to be everywhere at once. As a believer, you are always in His presence. This message is about how to cultivate that reality in our lives. 

God wants to be the influencing force of our thoughts. God's thoughts and ways are found in His Word (Isaiah 55:8-11). The more God's Word fills our mind, the more the Leaven of the Kingdom is affecting our thoughts and thought processes. 

Jesus spoke about 3 different influences on the mind (the leaven of Herod, the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of the kingdom). One is an atheistic influence, one is a religious influence and the other one is a kingdom influence. Just as leaven permeates the whole loaf, so these influences permeate our thinking. This is a message on understanding these influences so that one can cultivate a kingdom mentality.  

Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (scripture, observation, application, prayer) from their personal devotions. 

This message is about the Presence of God and how important His Presence is in our lives. Moses valued the Presence of God so much that he was unwilling to take Israel into the promised land unless God's Presence went with them. 

Worship is so much more than singing songs to God. It comes from a surrendered heat that has a desire to OBEY God. However, the power of SONG is something the Bible says a lot about. We are encouraged to come before His Presence with singing. This message explores 3 kinds of songs the Bible talks about (Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs). 

One of the greatest things that we can do is worship the Living God. But worship is more than singing songs. Obedience is a form of worship to God. Jesus said that we must worship the Father in SPIRIT and in TRUTH. 

Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (scripture, observation, application, prayer) from their personal devotions. 

The Holy Spirit is the person of the Godhead that lives inside of us. Why do we ignore Him? He has to come us to be our Helper. He is the One who will guide us into all truth. We have been given the opportunity to cultivate a relationship with Him. We are invited into the communion of the Holy Spirit. 2 Cor 13:14.

In Mark 4 Jesus shares several parables that are designed to open up our understanding to the Kingdom. In one of the parables, Jesus admonishes us to listen and understand. To the one who is hungry and wants to understand, more revelation will be given. It is a powerful invitation to receive insight and understanding about the kingdom of God.