Steve Fry Podcast

In a seasons of such cultural and political turmoil, how do we as believers walk in the Spirit and know what to fight - and more importantly, how to fight? This talk centers on how we as kingdom culture should live in an increasingly pagan society. When we understand the kingdom perspective, we will know how to contend for freedom and justice in a way that glorifies Christ.

There was a joy before creation, before there were promises to be fulfilled, before there were battles to be won. It was the joy that the father and the son I've known for all eternity. Their joy came from perfectly knowing each other, giving themselves completely to each other and resting that nothing was beyond their control.

Likewise our primary pleasure is knowing God, emptying ourselves in humility, and resting in his complete sovereignty. This joy can be ours as we continually yield to the Spirit.

The way we as Jesus followers were meant to live life, is to live under the control of the Holy Spirit. What we discover when we are under His rule is that He rules through joy. Joy is much more than a feeling; it is a mindset, a state of being that can be ours on a daily basis.

The day of Pentecost was the day that God sealed his covenant with his Church by empowering them with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit dwelled in them, but from this day on he flowed through them. And the greatest power they received was the fulfillment of God's promise of the New Covenant: that he would put the Holy Spirit in people to move them to obey his commands. When we understand the freedom that comes as we allow the Holy Spirit to move us to obey, it will truly revolutionize our lives.

Jesus promises that his followers will experience rivers of living waters flowing out of their innermost being. This message focuses on how we give place to the Holy Spirit to spring up inside of us, transforming our mind and emotions. And the first truth of giving place to the Holy Spirit is starting with the covenant faithfulness of God. There is a security in God's faithfulness that motivates us to daily surrender to the Holy Spirit.

Four timeless truths that flow from Christ's resurrection that enable us to find joy in the midst of pain.

Jesus builds His Church through people. People who are love Him but are flawed and imperfect. To build with Jesus is to be faithful to one another, just as Jesus is faithful to us.

Jesus said he would build church on a simple confession. When Peter said "You are the Christ, the son of the living God", he was acknowledging the power of Jesus to deliver. When we know that God wants to deliver us every day, we can walk in the confident assurance of hope, and trust him to supernaturally build his church.

When Jesus announced his movement, the church, the first thing he said about it is that the gates of hell would not overcome it. There is a place of prayer that is motivating and exciting, when we know how hell-resistant Jesus has made us.

The church in our culture has drifted somewhat from Christ's original design. In Matthew 16:18, Jesus announced his plan to build a new society, and the Church truly becomes revolutionary when she aligns to that design.