The Implanted Word Podcast

Why do you go to work? You may say for a paycheck, but why do you need a paycheck,? Well, to take care of your family. Everybody knows why you go to work without having to ask. In today’s message, Pastor Bill reminds you to follow the teachings in the Bible because God loves you. When someone loves you and you love them back you naturally want to do things that make them happy. When it comes to God the best way to show appreciation for His love is to follow His commandments. 

Sometimes people will say things so much that you stop believing them. Eventually, they will say something and you respond with a “prove it!” In today’s message, Pastor Bill reminds you that love is not just what you say, but it’s what you do. You may say you love the Lord and believe what the Bible says, but your actions may say something completely different. If you say you are a follower of Christ but you continue to live a life of sin, do you really love Him, or is it just lip service?

Do you remember when you first met your spouse? Did you initiate the first conversation? Maybe you waited for them to come up to you. Either way one of you pursued the other. In today’s message, Pastor Bill wants you to know that God loves you and He is pursuing you, you just have to love Him back. Even if you aren’t sure, come to Jesus and He will reveal His perfect love for you. You have the free will to decide to reciprocate the love that God has for you, come and accept Him! 

Do you ever feel like you missed something? You’ve accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior, but your experiences don’t reflect that decision. Other believers appear to be experiencing blessing after blessing, but you continue to struggle. You may start to think that not only did you miss something, but that Jesus missed you! In today’s message, Pastor Bill challenges you to look at the bigger picture and reminds you that you haven’t missed Jesus nor did He miss you.

When you are around a group of people do you adapt your personality to the group? Maybe it’s not as obvious as your whole personality, it's just small things; like you talk a certain way around some people and another way around others. In today’s message, Pastor Bill challenges you to let your light shine. Don’t be afraid to let it be known that you are a follower of Christ! Let your presence be a witness so others can see Jesus through you. You may be the only representation of Christ some people see. 

Have you ever mistaken someone for a friend because from a distance they looked like that friend? Sometimes you have friends you haven’t seen for a while so it’s easy to mistake other people for them, but the friends you have a close relationship with aren’t as easily mistaken. Today, Pastor Bill points out that if all you have is a head knowledge of Christ, when the anti-Christ comes you won’t be able to tell the difference. That is why you must have a relationship with Christ beyond just knowing why He is!

Have you ever tried to get into a place that had specific criteria in some way other than meeting that criteria? Too often people will try to come up with their way to do things even when they know there is a certain way to do it. It’s no different when it comes to heaven. In today’s message, Pastor Bill warns that just because you can get into heaven doesn’t mean you will. It doesn’t matter how much you pray or how good of a person you are, the only way to get into heaven is to have a personal relationship with Jesus. 

In today’s message, Pastor Bill challenges you with a message of tough love. Many people still don’t know about the return of Christ and that He may be coming sooner than you think. The Bible teaches that there will be signs of the return of Christ called birth pains, including rumors of wars, famines, and natural disasters. And if you look at the world around you, isn’t that happening today? Today, Pastor Bill urges you to give your life to Christ because He could return anytime. 

In the Bible, false teachers led the church to believe that the rapture had already happened and that they had missed Jesus's return. However, in his second letter, Paul reassures them that they did not miss the second coming and are not to be deterred by false prophets who would come and speak lies. And much like their time, isn’t that happening today? People online speak false teachings and spread misinformation to the masses. That’s why today, Pastor Bill warns you of those who’d turn you away from the Word of God. 

Do you ever wonder why God allows you to go through challenging moments? In life, God lets you go through seasons of hardships to make you into the person He needs you to be. The Bible teaches that in all things, God works for the good of those who love Him. And it’s because God loves you that He allows you to go through tough times so that, during those moments, you can give God all the glory. Today, Pastor Bill wants you to know that God loves you through thick and thin.