RaceLine Podcast

A little bit of a noisy podcast but a must hear. This comes from the race track at Barber Motorsports Park just outside of Birmingham, AL

Sanctification: The 4th Lesson on the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of God at Salvation sets us apart as members of God's family, and then he continues to sanctify us from the inside out and beyond.

Don't forget the Holy Spirit If you are in a relationship w/ God then you have His Spirit. He does many things for us. We started off by talking about how He challenges us about our sinfulness. Now we talk about He transforms us from slavery into freedom.

Don't forget the Holy Spirit. He is powerful in our lives if we will work with Him.

Today, I share an unbelievable story that my wife and I witnessed at a restaurant. I'm sure you have heard similar stories, and who knows, you may have been part of one. I hope you will listen and be challenged to be sensitive to the Spirit of God in this situation. This story may change your life. 

Romans 12 9-21. Read it. Read it slowly and prayerfully. It for certain will change how you live.

First of all, this podcast is rough. I had a busy week. For reasons I will keep to myself, I had to change directions a little on this series about the Holy Spirit, and a ton of challenging things were happening in our ministry. I'm grateful for God's grace, love, and faithfulness, and for His patience with me. He is GOOD! But I fall short. I feel like I let you down on this one, but hopefully, by God's kindness and the Holy Spirit's intervention, there will be something you can learn from this. Hopefully, the next one will be better.

Conviction. We all love to be convinced, right? WRONG!! Haha! If we are being convicted, it means we have been doing something wrong. That is what the Holy Spirit does. He keeps us aware when we start straying from holiness. He brings us to God through conviction, and He keeps us with God with His conviction. I hope you are challenged to be like Christ and to remember the Holy Spirit's great work in your life. We don't want to be chained to sin anymore.

We think about God a lot. We think maybe even more about Jesus. But often we forget all about the Holy Spirit and His home...us.
What is He responsible for? Can we reduce His power and effectiveness? Can we ignore Him and be Christlike? Why is He needed at all? Over the next 11 weeks, we will learn so much about the Holy Spirit that we will never let Him slip our minds again.

Based on the book "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan - Chapter 10.

When we learn something we should apply. It there is a lot to learn about the love of God and what our love for Him should look like. So as we learn those principles the takeaway should be obedience.

This study is based on Francis Chan's Book "Crazy Love" Chapter 9

Christ sacrificed everything for you. What are you sacrificing for Him? Is more time spent on yourself or is spent on Him and others. Here are six stories of people who gave their all for God. Could you live like they did? At the end of your life, what will the story be that is written about you?

Bible study centered around Francis Chan's book "Crazy Love" - Chapter 8

What are you focused on in your life? What gets the most time and attention? Where does God fall into the structure of your day? My problem.....I get captivated w/ my ministry instead of being captivated w/ God. It is something I am working on turning around. What do you need to turn around to get full capitvated on HIM?

Based on the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan - Chapter 7

Are you playing it safe? Meaning, are you being lazy? Are you holding back from God? Are you scared or fearful of surrendering all the way to Him? I think you will find it is more fearful to play it safe than to pay the cost and give your all to HIM. It's a little dangerous but super rewarding in many ways! 

Based on the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan - Chapter 6

Where is your focus? On all the things and people around you? If you want to handle all of that, we must first look vertically to God. And not just look at Him, we must RUN to HIM. Don't let anything else slow us down, and don't get distracted. Run to Jesus and don't stop!