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  • Creating Worshipers
    *Listen to the Show notes and podcast transcript with this multi-language player.
    Summary:
    Do we stop our worship just because we go to “work”?
    To fulfill the greatest commandment, we must Love the Lord our God (or worship Him) with our whole being and in everything that we do.
    Show Notes:
    • Put God first in all that we do
    • Even in our work, it is to be an expression of worship to Him
    References:
    Deuteronomy 6:5 
    You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
    Colossians 3:23 
    Whatever your task, put yourselves into in, as done for the Lord and not for your masters.
    Proverbs 22:6 
    Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
    Quotes:
    • one of the things that people separate is their life at church and their life at work
    • He gives gifts to men so that we can express our worship using the gifts that He gives to us.
    • you’re opening a door for children or young adults to learn or to try different things and to find out what they like
    Take Away:
    Whether at work, play, church, in all you do, do it as unto the Lord.
    6 min
  • Ears To Hear Are Created
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    Summary:
    As we hear the Word of the Lord, then we can speak that Word
    Paul was Pharisee of the Pharisees, yet it took Jesus meeting him on the road to Damascus for him to honestly hear the Word.
    Show Notes:
    • If there is no hearing, then there will be no Word of God spoken
    • We voice that there are ears to hear the word of the Lord
    • Scriptures are not about head knowledge, but a living entity
    References:
    Ephesians 4:15 
    But speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ,
    Acts 2:14-16 
    Then Peter stood up with the Eleven, raised his voice and addressed the crown: “Fellow Jews and all of you who live in Jerusalem, let me explain this to you; listen carefully to what I say.
    These people are not drunk, as you suppose. It’s only nine in the morning!
    No, this is want was spoken by the prophet Joel:
    Joel 2:28-32 
    The promise of the Holy Spirit
    Acts 2:41 
    So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls.
    Romans 8:29 
    For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first born among many brethren.
    Ezekiel 37:4 
    Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and you shall say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of Yahweh!
    Amos 8:11 
    “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God, “when I will send a famine on the land-not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.
    John 12:50 
    And I know that His commandment is eternal life. Therefore what I speak, as the Father has said to Me, so I speak,”
    1 Kings 17:1 
    Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”
    Revelation 3:6 
    He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
    Quotes:
    • The early church did not expound scriptures
    • An Apostolic word brings alive the scriptures for today
    • The Father is looking for people to hear the Word
    Take Away:
    Christ was the pattern Son, He heard and spoke only what the Father said, we should follow His example
    7 min
  • Which Piece Of God’s Puzzle Are You?

    Summary:

    How, or where, does your piece of the puzzle fit in?

    We are perfectly how God made us, yet still not perfected alone.

    As we come together as the body of Christ with Jesus as the head, then we are perfected.

    Show Notes:

    • There is no comparison with any other person as we are not a homogenized entity, but individual parts of one another.

    • Each of us have different gifts that truly function when used with others.

    References:

    Genesis 1:27 NIV

    So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

    Luke 15:11-27 The Story of the Prodigal Son

    1 Corinthians 12:12-31

    The many members of the body of Christ

    Quotes:

    • I think that the perfection is the relationship

    • It’s that coming together of individuals that make one body

    • You cannot be perfect without others, all together we make a perfect body

    • If a piece is missing, it ruins the whole picture

    Take Away:

    Father, help us to find where our puzzle piece fits in according to your will.

    7 min
  • Free To Love
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    Summary:
    How does one become “Free to Love”?
    There are guidelines in God ’s love to follow
    “ Love the Lord your God with all of your heart.....”
    Show Notes:
    • Without guidelines, life will be destructive
    • Eliminate our negative responses to differences
    • God put something of Himself in us
    References:
    The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
    Stephen R. Covey 1989 page 98
    Proverbs 22:6 
    Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
    Proverb 29:18 
    Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
    Matthew 7:16 
    By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
    Matthew 5:45 
    So that you will become the children of your Father who is in Heaven, for his sun rises on the good and upon the evil and his rain descends on the just and on the unjust.
    Mark 12:30, 31 
    Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
    The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
    Luke 23:34 
    But Jesus was saying, “ Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves.
    Quotes:
    • God’s love is not human love
    • We are seeing chaos, destruction, and a mess in the world
    • We want to lift the limitations of appearances
    • There is a lot to learn from people not sitting in pews
    Take Away:
    Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them.”
    John 14:21 NLT
    8 min
  • Let’s Talk About Forgiveness
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    Summary:
    There are many aspects of forgiveness, and we address only a few here
    There is no heart change when forgiving on a natural level.
    We cannot forgive with an arrogance
    Show Notes:
    • True love and forgiveness is in God
    • We should be quick to forgive, so that we are not harboring unforgiveness
    • The only solution for today is to forgive
    References:
    The Amish church school incident took place in 2004
    Matthew 25:40 
    “And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’
    1 John 4:7 
    Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
    Quotes:
    • “We forgive that man that did this”
    • When someone asks for forgiveness, are they honestly looking for forgiveness?
    • There is a feeling with forgiveness, usually you can sense where they are coming from.
    • My forgiveness opens the door for them
    Take Away:
    True forgiveness comes from God our Father, when He forgives you then you can forgive another.
    10 min
  • Who Loves Who First?
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    Summary:
    Where does love come from?
    God so loved us that He did something about that love
    He wants to be loved because He first loved us.
    Show Notes:
    • Love requires an action
    • God loved us first
    • Love and kindness must be shown, or an action showing that love or kindness.
    References:
    John 3:16 
    “ For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
    1 John 4:7 
    Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
    Galatians 5:16-26
    The deeds of the flesh and the fruit of the Spirit.
    Ephesians 1:4 
    Even before He made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in His eyes.
    Quotes:
    • Who loved who first?
    • Love is something that makes me feel good
    • God so loved us that He did something about it
    Take Away:
    Babies and children need to be shown love, “Brethren, we ought to love one another as He first loved us.”
    9 min
  • You Must Become As A Little Child
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    Summary:
    How many young people did God use in the bible?
    Young children simply love, nothing added, and nothing taken away.
    Show Notes:
    • There is a simplicity and an openness in children
    • Many times our own children reveal how easy it is to love
    • Samuel was 4 years old when God spoke to him
    References:
    Psalms 139:13, 14 
    For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother ’s womb.
    I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    Mark 9:36, 37 
    He took a little child whom He placed among them. Taking the child in His arms, He said to them,
    Whoever welcomes one of these little children in My name welcomes Me; and whoever welcomes Me does not welcome Me but the one who sent Me.
    Matthew 18:3 
    Then He said, “I tell all of you with certainty, unless you change and become like little children, you will never get into the kingdom from Heaven.
    Romans 8:38, 39 
    For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
    nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
    Matthew 7:1 
    “ Do not judge others, and you will not be judged.
    Deuteronomy 6:5 
    You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
    Quotes:
    • There is something of an openness that some people have, and some people don’t have
    • People listen from where they are at
    • God, make us all like little children
    • It is a simplicity and the openness that you can find the Lord in
    Take Away:
    It is the young people that remind us how to love with a purity, with nothing to complicate it. Father restore to us a pure heart towards you
    8 min
  • Finding God’s Love Through His Discipline
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    Summary:
    Everything that God does is based in His love, though we may not understand it at first
    His discipline is because He loves us and wants a close relationship with each of us.
    Show Notes:
    • The Lord does not condemn anyone while going through discipline
    • We know what it is to live without love, we are learning what love really is
    • The Prodigal son learned honestly how his father loved him.
    References:
    Romans 8:1 
    Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
    Proverbs 24:16 
    For though the righteous fall seven times, they rese again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.
    Psalms 145:14 
    The Lord upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
    Luke 15:11-32
    Story of the Prodigal son
    1 John 4:8, 11 
    Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
    Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
    Hebrews 12:7 
    What you endure disciplines you: God is treating you as sons. Is there a son whom his father does not discipline?
    John 13:35 KJV
    By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another
    1 John 4:19 
    We love each other because He loved us first.
    Quotes:
    • He will give you another opportunity to have the victory
    • You fail, the Lord is not condemning you
    • The Prodigal son got to know his father much better than his brother did.
    Take Away:
    There is no love if one is not disciplined and one who loves has had discipline .
    6 min
  • You Can Choose To Be God’s Friend
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    Summary:
    Is there a process to becoming God ’s friend?
    God places before us relationships to use in order to bring about His will in us.
    As we give in or submit to His will for us, this is choosing to be His friend.
    Show Notes:
    • A relationship is like sand paper or rocks in a tumbler, taking off the ‘rough edges’
    • “My command is that you love each other as I have loved you.”
    • Everything is a choice, where will we place ours?
    • “What you do to the least of these My brethren”
    • It is our choice as He will not cross our will to force us
    References:
    John 15:12-15 
    This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
    Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.
    You are My friends if you do what I command you.
    No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.
    Mark 3:35 
    “ For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother.”
    Matthew 25:40 
    “ The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these my brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
    Deuteronomy 11:26-28
    The choice of a blessing or a curse
    Quotes:
    • He comes to a point where He can say we are His friends
    • I want to be a friend of Jesus Christ
    • It’s a daily choice, a daily initiative
    • Every step in God is a personal choice
    Take Away:
    Each individual can choose to be God ’s friend, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
    7 min
  • Family And Friends Talking
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    Summary:
    How is it we can share what we do?
    This is a conversation that discusses what we do with each other.
    Never feel as if anyone is lesser nor greater than another, we are all a part of God’s family.
    Show Notes:
    • We are a family that comes together to speak what God has put on our hearts
    • There is a love, respect, and trust we have for one another recognizing Christ in “our brother (sister)”
    • A friendship that transcends a general relationship
    • We are being created into gold and silver vessels for the Lord’s use
    References:
    Jeremiah 31:34 
    No longer will a person teach his neighbor or his relative: ‘Know the Lord.’ Instead, they’ll all know me, from the least to the greatest of them,” declares the Lord. “Indeed, I’ll forgive their iniquity, and I’ll remember their sin no more.”
    Hebrews 8:11 
    Never again will everyone teach his neighbor or his brother by saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because all of them will know me, from the least important to the most important.
    Colossians 1:27 
    To whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
    John 17:21 
    That all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me, and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me
    Ephesians 4:13-15 
    Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
    That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
    But speaking the truth in love, may row up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ;
    Romans 12: 10 
    Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other.
    Matthew 6:10 
    Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
    Hebrews 10:30,31 
    For we know the one who said, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will pay them back,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”
    It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God!
    Hebrews 12:28, 29 
    Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe;
    for our God is a consuming fire.
    Zechariah 13:6 
    If someone asks, ‘What are these wounds on your body?’ they will answer, ‘The wounds I was given at the house of my friends.’
    John 15:12, 13 
    This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.
    Greater love has no one that this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
    John 14:2
    NASB: “In My Father’s house are many dwelling places;”
    Quotes:
    • We are just sharing the love of the Lord that we have with one another
    • All about men and women that come together, and they just speak what is on their heart
    • My experience is going to be different than your experience with Christ
    • When we relate, we are glorifying Christ
    • There are different levels of walking with God
    • You choose where you want to dwell
    Take Away:
    We, as a family, are exposing our hearts to all that hear our podcasts, We’ve become very close and our trust in each other is beyond a natural trust. We believe that others will come to know the love and trust we are expressing here.
    14 min

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