Why is it that some people get healed while others don't? When a person does not receive healing, the most commonly taught idea is that God, in His sovereignty and infinite knowledge, chose not to heal them. God obviously didn't want to, or He would have. But that idea does not hold up under an examination of Scripture. While there are some aspects to healing we may not have the answers to until we get to heaven, God's word tells us that there are some very clear things that hinder people from being healed. 

Tune into the next episode for part two, which speaks specifically to unforgiveness as one hindrance. Episode 31 is pulled from sermon one in the Forgiveness and Healing five-part MP3 series. A full transcript and show notes are available at www.empoweringgrace.org/podcast31

This episode is part two of the last episode, How to Be Clothed in Power and Love.

Who, beyond the disciples, operated in the gifts of the Holy Spirit? It’s a myth that was just a few people. The early church was a supernaturally-empowered Church and we can walk in that same power and love. In faith, we must insist on receiving God’s fullness. We’ve been taught to receive the Holy Spirit – it’s an act of surrender, a yielding.

The devil’s full-time job is to get us focused on our circumstances and inadequacies. He will try to rob our joy to keep us from operating in and enjoying God’s fullness. 

This episode is pulled from a newly-available sermon series, Clothed in Power. Show notes and a full transcript are available at www.empoweringgrace.org/podcast30.

We can learn to move powerfully in the Spirit and affect change in the lives of those around us. The first step is expanding our idea of what’s normal. Then, we must get out of the way – meaning, yield to the work God is already doing inside of us through the Holy Spirit. His power works most effectively in us when a river of compassion is flowing. Our model, based on the example set by Jesus, is to make people feel so loved that they’re drawn to us, and operate out of that love. Listen in to discover how to possess this dynamic power/love combo and bring freedom wherever you go and whatever you do! 

This episode is pulled from a newly-available sermon series, Clothed in Power. Show notes and a full transcript are available at www.empoweringgrace.org/podcast29. Tune in to the next episode, airing 1/23, for part 2 of this sermon!

Listen to part one of this episode.

Pastor Joe McIntyre continues the introductory sermon to his 8-part study of the Book of Romans.

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This episode is pulled from a brand new online store offering, Romans Study - an 8-part MP3 series. Full transcript and show notes available at empoweringgrace.org/podcast28. 

We can’t all be Greek or Hebrew scholars but there are some simple techniques that can help us gain a richer picture of God’s word. In this introductory sermon to his 8-part study of the Book of Romans, Pastor Joe McIntyre shares:

·  How you can read the Bible like a Hebrew

·  The literal and contextual interpretations of key terms in the book of Romans: Righteousness, Life, and Faith (it’s not what you think!)

Don’t let weaknesses in our modern-day translations prevent you from laying hold of all God has for you in the book of Romans and beyond. The full series has just been added to our online store. Full transcript and show notes available at empoweringgrace.org/podcast27.

Listen to Part One. 

Man was created to have a relationship with God that’s in the spirit realm while living and walking in the natural realm. And the way he was going to have dominion on earth was through that spirit-realm relationship with God.

God’s original intention was for the spirit realm to dominate soul and body, but for some of us, our earthly experience does not reflect that intention.

Discover:

This episode is pulled from the Two Realms of Creation MP3 series. A full transcript and show notes can be found at www.empoweringgrace.org/podcast26.

Welcome to Season 2 of the Empowering Grace Podcast!

Man was created to have a relationship with God that’s in the spirit realm while living and walking in the natural realm. And the way he was going to have dominion on earth was through that spirit-realm relationship with God.

God’s original intention was for the spirit realm to dominate soul and body, but for some of us, our earthly experience does not reflect that intention.

Discover:

This episode is pulled from the Two Realms of Creation MP3 series. A full transcript and show notes can be found at www.empoweringgrace.org/podcast25.

You are in God’s family. And under the New Covenant, God says that your sins and lawless deeds, He will remember no more. But there are three groups who have another message for you - one that reminds you of every shortcoming, weakness and failure -- 1) Your own religious mind, 2) The Church, and 3) The devil. You have this chorus of voices telling you that you’re not what God wants, that you're unacceptable to Him. And then we have the word of God that says that you're completely and totally accepted, and welcome in His presence.

People have a tendency to react one of two ways –

Pastor Joe concludes with a three-step process of humility that helps us properly frame our minds.

If you missed them, tune into part 1 and part 2. This episode is pulled from the Pleasing God MP3 series. A full transcript and show notes can be found at www.empoweringgrace.org/podcast24. 

In episode 23, Pastor Joe continues his message on faith as the means to pleasing God. Whenever there’s a move of God, somebody or some people have gotten desperate enough to believe God when he says that the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead is in every born-again believer. They’ve learned to cooperate with him and be willing to step out in obedience beyond what they've known before.

Ephesians 1:3 says that we are already blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ. We already have the ultimate power source. Much of our praying can be misguided because the Bible says we already have what we are often asking for. But we can ask the Lord to teach us how to walk in what he’s already given us.

You’ll learn how to:

1) Better activate the gifts God’s already given you (whether you feel them or not)

2) Believe that your sin is dealt with by God as soon as you repent

3) Keep your feelings in proper alignment – good servants, lousy leaders

4) Walk in works that proceed from God’s blessing, not works that try to earn God’s blessing.

This sermon is pulled from the Pleasing God full MP3 series. A full transcript from this episode and show notes can be found at www.empoweringgrace.org/podcast23. 

In this podcast episode, Pastor Joe cracks the not-so-secret code to pleasing God -- it's our faith. But not a burdensome faith filled with striving and self-condemnation. In Hebrews 10, it says that we are to draw near to God in the full assurance of faith, and that faith is the way that we approach God when we know our sins are forgiven, and we know we're welcome in his presence. In Hebrews 11, it says that without faith, it is impossible to please God.

Now, think about this: if it pleases God when you come to him that way - aware that your sins are forgiven, and that you're welcome in the presence of God, exactly as you are - then he must want you to come that way. It's the traditions of man and our own insecurity that make a simple formula more complicated.

Under the old covenant, the command was "Do, and you shall live." Under the new covenant, now we "live, and you shall do." But religion tells us we need to do something to please God; that God’s reluctant to bless anyone unless they jump through all the right hoops. But Jesus jumped through all the hoops and opened the way to bring you through with him. Hallelujah!

Tune in to this episode 22 for answers. This episode is pulled from the Pleasing God MP3 series. The full transcript and show notes are at www.empoweringgrace.org/podcast22.