River Of Life Family Church Podcast

In Part 1 of The G Attitude we learned that all of us as believers are called to receive the blessings of God, but to reflect those blessings.  Until we learn the power of generosity, life will not make sense.   Paul told Timothy to command his congregation to be rich in good deeds, be generous and to share.   By doing these things, he said that they would experience true life.  It's easy for all of us to focus on ourselves and not others.  But when we learn to focus on others, instead of ourselves, life will take on a whole new meaning.  It's in learning how to be generous that we discover the answer to the question..."why am I here?"  God bless you as you listen to Part 2 of The G Attitude.

In Christian and non-Christian circles alike, people use the word bless.  Both saints and sinners alike use the phrase, "God bless you".   We call the prayer over our meal at Thanksgiving...the blessing.   When someone sneezes what do we say...God bless you!  But what does the word bless really mean?  The Bible definition means to be on the receiving end of the tangible and intangible favor of God!  God wants to bless you!  It's his will that you have everything that you need to be a success in your walk with Jesus!  In part 1 of The G Attitude you will learn how to live the blessed life that God wants you to live!

So far in the series UNMASKED Pastor Mark has taken the mask off of fear,  distractions, offenses and deception. In the final message of this series, Pastor Mark unmasks the thing that is possibly the most hidden thing that the Bible reveals.   The Bible talks about 2 different worlds.   There is a physical world and there is a spiritual world. We see the physical world but the spiritual world is what is unseen.  In this message you will learn how the devil operates in the unseen world in the realm of darkness and how God has equipped you with everything you need to overcome.  God bless you as you learn how to unmask the darkness today!

What is deception?  It's when you think what you believe about something is the truth and it really isn't.  What you believe is actually a lie.   The danger of deception is that we don't realize that we are deceived.   In Part 4 of this series, Pastor Mark Church talks about how we can be deceived by some lies concerning money.  He shares 3 things that are "money myths" that many of us have believed at one time or another.   God bless you as you learn the truth concerning money.

Pastor Mark Church has been talking about unmasking the mindsets that mess us up.  So far the mask has been pulled off of fear and distractions with parts 1 and 2.  Part 3 continues by pulling the mask off of something that we have all dealt with at one time or another and that is offense.   No of us are immune to the temptation to allow offense work its way into our hearts and our relationships.   Jesus himself even said that it is impossible for offenses not to come.   However,  we decide if we take the bait of offense and end up in the enemy's trap.   We can walk offense free and love one another as we have been commanded to do.  God bless you as you listen to Part 3 and learn to see offense for what it really is!

What is your life like today?  Are you walking in rest and peace with God or does it seem like things are chaotic and frustrating?  Here's a question for you...could it be that you are too busy?   We are bombarded in our society today with so many choices of things that demand our time, that we many times take on too much and end up losing our joy and our focus on what is priority.  God has designed a plan for you to have a fruitful life full of joy, rest, peace and tranquility in relationship with Him.   The only way we can experience His plan however is when He is priority and not all of the other things that keep us "too busy".  In part 2 of UNMASKED you will learn how to keep the main thing as the main thing and avoid distractions that keep you from God's purpose for your life. God bless you today as you listen to the podcast!

Have you ever heard the saying...what you don't know can't hurt you?  That saying is absolutely not true.  God told the prophet Hosea in the Bible that His people are destroyed because of a lack of knowledge.  The truth is what you don't know can not only hurt you...it can kill you!    In the series "Unmasked" Pastor Mark Church unmasks some of the mind sets that mess us up.  Part 1 specifically concerns how to overcome the mindsets of fear, worry and insecurity. 

Unity is a powerful thing!   A great example of what happens when people are one is the story of the Tower of Babel in the book of Genesis.   The story goes that the people were unified to build a tower to the heavens.   God Himself came down from heaven to put a stop to what they were doing.   God even said that because the people were one they would be able to accomplish anything!  The problem was that what they were doing was outside of the will of God.  They were "one" but not "one" with God. It was not God's will for them to be one without Him. In part 2 Pastor Mark talks about a prayer that Jesus prayed in John 17 expressing His desire for us to be one, just as He is one with the Father.  God bless you as you listen today!

God has designed us to have connection with each other.   God's plan for us was first and foremost to have relationship with Him, but he has also designed us not to "go it alone".  In Genesis after he created Adam, God even said, it isn't good for man to be alone.   In this brand new series by Pastor Mark Church, you will learn that, relationships are powerful!  They can make life great or destroy your

life.  When we have the right relationships with God and others we are

better! God bless you as you listen to Part 1 of Better Together!

God's plan for our lives is to flourish in every area.   But for us to flourish in every area of our lives, we must be planted in the house of God.   If we are planted in God’s house we will grow in His grace and bring forth fruit.   In part 3 of the series “Like A Tree” Pastor Mark talks about how trees are life giving to our physical lives by providing various things such as oxygen, food, shade and even medicine from the leaves of some trees,  and how are to be like a tree that gives “spiritual life” to others.