Today Pastor Massey directs our attention to Ephesians 1:15-22 that has some insanely cool perspectives in drawing near to God in our daily lives.  We are strong in His strength and authority. 

Pastor Todd explains the value and power of fasting. Fasting is commonly viewed as a means to get stuff from God. However, Pastor Todd leads us through scripture to discover that our fasting is a way to give back to others and to God. Let's listen to this important teaching to see what the Holy Spirit has to reveal to us.

We are excited that Pastor Todd has released his complete set of his Vindication Series. God Vindication, Jesus Vindication and Holy Spirit Vindication. These books will help you become intimately acquainted with all members of the Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. To go even deeper in applying this in our lives, he has also released workbooks to accompany these books. We all know that hearing a message and reading a message can be very helpful but our memories can fade with time. But if we work on practical applications of the concepts of the books found in these workbooks we can cement these into our long-term memory banks and be ready to share them with others. The books and workbooks are available separately or as a set on Amazon.com

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Pastor Massey reviews the year 2022 in sermons and messages by Pastor Todd. He reminds us that 2022 was the year of the Holy Spirit.  

Pastor Todd preached on the fruit of the Holy Spirit with a unique insight that these are not our fruit but His fruit operating in us. Then he preached on the gifts of the Spirit clearing up many misunderstandings about those gifts with special teachings on the gift of tongues. The Pastor Todd reminds us that the Holy Spirit was sent into the world to show the truth. He challenges us all to speak the truth in Love as Jesus' did. Jesus really did love everyone, but He spoke challenging words to those who were misguided. Always in love. Jesus never compromised with the world. Neither should we. Listen in to this year in review.

Today Pastor Todd is finishing up a series called "So can You". This has been a series drawn from lives of some relatively ordinary people in the Old Testament who God called to carry out His purposes. Each is unique in their own circumstances but we can all find a bit of ourselves in these people. Pastor Todd says "The Old Testament is a physical representation of New Testament spiritual realities." So these people God has called represent spiritual realities that we can learn from so that our lives may also represent the spiritual realities of God's Kingdom.

Today's message focuses on people of God mentioned in Hebrews 11 who walked out their calling in faith as those who understood that his calling was a physical representation of the work of the Messiah who was coming. Moses didn't know that it would be 1400 years later. However, the book of Hebrews tells us that he did not identify himself with the Egyptians but "considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasuries of Eqypt, he was looking to the reward." Heb 11:26. Jesus, Himself, tells us in John 5:46 that Moses wrote about Him. Similarly, the other men and women of God mentioned in the faith "hall of fame" saw their calling as precursors to the coming of God's Kingdom through Jesus.

Let's listen in as Pastor Todd reveals how the men and women of faith in the Old Testament walked out their calling looking to a future Kingdom. In learning this we can find that we can also do in faith what they did.

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Pastor Todd begins a new series on the Holy Spirit in scripture. How He moves. What He does. Examples of Him that we can learn from. Some Holy Spirit events are very obvious like Pentecost. He pours Himself out on the disciples and births the church. Other times, particularly in the Old Testament His activities are less obvious to us. However, Jesus and the Holy Spirit were very active in the Old Testament if we know what to look for.

We learn from Pastor Todd as he relates the story of a battle of the Kings of Israel against Moab when they dug ditches and filled them with water that appeared to the army of Moab as "red as blood", was actually the Holy Spirit. The water of the Holy Spirit always points to the blood of Jesus Christ. The enemies of God see the blood as a sign that the Kingdom of God is defeated. However, as the enemy rushes in believing that they have won, they find themselves defeated by the blood.

This is one of the great examples of the Holy Spirit activity in the Old Testament and in the physical history of the people of God. Remember that the Old Testament is a physical representation of New Testament spiritual realities.

Let's listen in as Pastor Todd reveals the Holy Spirit's activity that we rarely notice.

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Seeing in the spiritual realm will help us understand what is happening in the physical realm. Pastor Todd builds on a message that he preached the week before. You can listen to that message as Episode 10 of these podcast messages. It is titled, "Hidden in Plain Sight". That message is about seeing things with "Spiritual eyes". He continues from that message today to expand on that.

Pastor Todd shows us many events in history which if viewed solely from a physical perspective may not seem to mean anything. However, if we view these events and times with spiritual eyes something else becomes more visible, more obvious. On "the hill of evil counsel", Absalom, David's son, conspired to kill his father and take the throne. On this same hill is where the High Priest Caiaphas conspired with Judas to capture Jesus. Pastor Todd reveals to us today what is on this hill today.

Did you know that the same location where Joshua crossed over the Jordan with the people is the same location where the prophet Elisha cast his cloak to part the water to walk across and this is the same place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist.

He continues revealing times and places that mean little viewed only with physical eyes but mean so much more when viewed with Spiritual eyes. God is Spirit. He is always doing spiritual things that extend into the physical world. We can see these things with the Holy Spirit in us to open our eyes.

Let's listen in as Pastor Todd helps us open our spiritual eyes.

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We do not stand entirely on our own. Even if we are pretty independent and self-motivated to build things like a business, like a family, like a ministry or church, we are not building the original foundation. We build on the foundations of the legacy of others who came before us. It could be a family business that we inherit or a ministry. It could be as simple as our parents, grandparents, or even generations before that who walked with God. We walk in their legacy. Our children will likewise walk in our legacy. They will build on what they learned from us, whether it is character, or values or worldview or faith. None of us starts from ground zero.

Pastor Todd takes us on a journey to review the legacies of those who have gone before us in faith, in obedience, in great adventures as they follow God's call. In some cases, like Abraham, he did not experience the fullness of God's call as it was for him and for his descendants. Yet Abraham's initial decision to follow and obey God, left a legacy for the whole world for all eternity. Abraham's legacy was the foundation that lead to Jesus and redemption of all those who choose God by faith.

What is our legacy? What is the legacy of our ancestors by blood or by faith that we walk in today? What legacy are we leaving to our children and grandchildren and future generations? What is it about our life today that will be carried forward as a legacy to future generations?

Let's listen in as Pastor Todd shares with us the importance of the legacy of our lives.

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Is it really true that we need to keep asking God about things in our lives over and over until He grants it?

Pastor Todd takes us into the scriptures to reveal the power of prayer and whether it is about repetition or something else?

When will God Answer? Do we need to be Persistent?

If He doesn't answer in a time frame that we feel that we need, are we lacking in belief if we keep on praying?

If God answers our prayer today but we don't see it today does that mean that we have to ask again?

Are we praying in faith or in hope? Are they the same thing? Pastor Todd says that they aren't. Hope often substitutes for faith. Hope says I hope that its coming. Faith says I know its coming.

This can be difficult to grasp.

Let's listen in as Pastor Todd teaches us about the reality of prayer.

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If we look through history we find that most of the great moves of history do not happen because of groups. Most of them happen because of one person. God is looking for One person or many One persons. He doesn't start with groups. He starts with one person at a time.

Pastor Todd takes us through the scriptures to show us a few of the One Persons that God called, God worked through, and God began a significant movement that changed the world. It doesn't matter what that one person thinks of themselves. God calls. God empowers. God guarantees results.

God often picks people who may not be looking for Him. You may not know that God is going to pick you to go for Him, to start something new. Other times He is looking for people who want more of Him. He is looking for people who are praying. He is looking for people who would prophecy to a nation. He is looking for someone who would lead others even when no one is following. He is looking for One who would choose God's truth over political correctness. God is looking for One who knows that His Kingdom is here, now, on Earth and not just some future idea. He is looking for people who believe that they can heal the sick, raise the dead and cast out demons.

God May be calling you as one person to make a difference.

Let's listen in as Pastor Todd reveals the truth about the character of Jesus, our obedience, and about speaking the truth in love.

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This is the final message in this series "Love Never Lies".

Pastor Todd tells us, "In our society today truth is getting lost in a sea of confusion, feelings and enablement. Increasingly, people no longer care about truth. They care about their feelings and their truth. They care about not being offended or making sure that we don't offend them than they care about the truth. Christians, we will be forced to either tell the truth or agree with lies. We will be told to say that is a man when it is a woman. We will be told to say that an unborn baby is not human. We will be told that God is ok with same sex marriage. We will be told that churches should not be involved in government. We will be told that it's ok for our children to be entertained by drag queens."

We are being pressured by our society to lie. But LOVE NEVER LIES. Jesus told the truth no matter what others said or believed. The truth is the truth. It is not subjective or fluid.

When Jesus said, "Truly I say to you…" He was speaking in truth. He wanted people to understand that this is not a matter of opinion. It is truth. Absolute. Unequivocal. Truth. He is the creator. He is the Lord of all whom all people will bow to willingly or not.

Pastor Todd leads us through the 30 statements that Jesus made in the book of Matthew that are absolute, foundational truth that we can base our lives on. Further, he exposes the lies of the world. We must declare and live our lives on this foundation. "Jesus said, 'I am the Way, the Truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Him." This is not a matter of opinion. This is a matter of undebatable truth. Jesus is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. All authority has been given to Him.

We can know the truth and the truth will set us free. Lies will not. Truth matters.

Let's listen in as Pastor Todd reveals the truth about the character of Jesus, our obedience, and about speaking the truth in love.

Check out Pastor Todd's latest book, "Get It Together", God's Design for Marriage. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BBJLPVZ3/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_HESPWY394NKZQGM1MWZS