In His Grip

Does God change His mind when we pray? What is the purpose of prayer? If you get more people to pray, will that influence the outcome of your situation? Dr. Betters takes us into the prayer life of Jesus to answer these questions.

Do you expect to change God’s mind when you pray? If not, what’s the point of praying? What did Jesus teach about the purpose of prayer when He walked this earth? Why is prayer such a critical need in our lives and how does it change us? What expectation do you have when you tell...

In this message Dr. Betters reviews the legal actions of God in the spiritual birth line of a believer: eternal decree; regeneration, effectual call, conversation, repentance, justification, adoption, sealing of the Holy Spirit, sanctification. What’s next? What is glorification in the believer’s life?

What happens when we are legally adopted? We gain a new identity in Jesus, as a child of God. Like the first century Christian, we can have confidence in who we are and our purpose as we grow in our understanding of the character of God the authority of His written Word.

What is sin? What are the acts of sin? In this message Dr. Betters unpacks many of Paul’s writings where he groups together “deeds of the flesh” in a way that helps us see more deeply into the specific impact of sin in practical life. So much talk about sin could pound us down into...

In 2009, Debbie Kahler was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer, a disease that strikes fear in the hearts of anyone familiar with its deadly prognosis. Over the next few years, Debbie battled this virulent disease while watching her mother and her mother-in-law lose their battles against the same disease. Debbie now says she has added “cancer...

In this series we are learning about our spiritual birth line, the application of salvation by the Holy Spirit. Throughout this entire process, we experience grace:regeneration by grace; justification by grace. We are saved according to a plan and a purpose known to God before the creation of the world. Understanding how God created man...

What happens when a person is sealed or baptized with the Holy Spirit? Such a legal act begins the process of sanctification, transforming our lives from the inside out. Once we understand salvation, we long to demonstrate how Jesus loves us by the way we love others. We begin to understand that we are no...

In this message, we learn the results of sonship, of being legally adopted by our Heavenly Father. What does it mean to be “sealed” by the Holy Spirit? Once more, we see that adoption is a legal act that brings security and assurance to the child of God. Dr. Betters traces the origins of the...

In this life-changing series, Dr. Betters explains the legal transactions that take place in a person’s life as the Holy Spirit leads him or her into redemption. Why is it important to understand that Conversion includes justification and adoption? How does the legality of conversion cultivate hope in the child of God? How can you...