Renew

What happens when God's Word challenges something we don't want to change? In Amos 7:10–17, a priest named Amaziah attempts to silence Amos because his message threatens the comfortable religious system of Israel. But Amos refuses to compromise the message God has given him. In this episode of God Has Spoken, we examine the danger of rejecting uncomfortable truth and ask whether we are genuinely willing to follow God's Word—even when it confronts our own lives.

What determines whether something in your life is right or wrong? Our culture, our feelings, the people around us—or the Word of God? In Amos 7, God gives Amos three visions of judgment, culminating with a plumbline placed in the midst of Israel. In this episode of God Has Spoken, we discover the danger of moving God's standard instead of allowing His Word to straighten our lives.

Life can become so busy that the things that matter most are crowded out by everything demanding our attention. In Part 6 of Kingdom First, “Making Time for What Matters Most,” we learn from Mary and Martha how to recognize distraction, choose what is needful, and intentionally make room for Christ.

 When Jeremiah was abandoned in a muddy dungeon, one overlooked man refused to remain silent. In “The Man Who Refused to Look Away,” we discover how Ebed-melech demonstrated courage, compassion, and genuine trust in God—and how the Lord noticed his faithfulness when others did not. 

In Amos chapter 6, God confronts Israel for a dangerous kind of spiritual complacency. The nation was prosperous, comfortable, and confident—but spiritually unprepared for what was coming. In this episode of God Has Spoken, we examine Amos' warning to those who were “at ease in Zion” and consider how comfort, prosperity, and false security can quietly cause us to stop listening to God.

One day, the strength, energy, eyesight, hearing, and abilities we take for granted will begin to fade. Ecclesiastes 12:3–5 gives us a vivid picture of the later stages of life—but the passage isn't primarily written to tell older people what aging looks like. It is written to tell us what to do before we get there.

“Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth…” — Ecclesiastes 12:1

Youth isn't only a season we leave behind in our teens or twenties. Whatever our age, today is younger than we will ever be again. Instead of waiting for “someday” to serve God, obey Him, witness, pray, give, or surrender, Scripture calls us to remember our Creator now.

In this episode of Renew, we consider Ecclesiastes 12:1–5 and the urgency of giving God the strength, opportunities, abilities, and years He has placed in our hands today.

 Israel expected the day of the Lord to bring victory, but Amos warned that it would instead expose their sin. In Amos 5:18–27, God confronts worship that looks impressive outwardly while being disconnected from obedience and righteousness. This episode examines why God rejected Israel's religious activity and what it means for us to truly worship the God who has spoken. 

Following Jesus requires more than asking Him to bless our plans—it requires surrendering control to Him. In Part 5 of the Kingdom First series, we discover what it means to deny ourselves, release what we are trying to control, and confidently follow the direction of Christ. 

We are to live our lives serving for the Lord and not the glory of men. God is deserving of our best.