The Stones

By: Pastor Floyd Foster

“When the Waters Rose: Judgment, Mercy, and the End of Human Reason”

Why would a loving God flood the world?
How do we reconcile divine judgment with divine mercy—especially when children and entire families perish?

In this powerful message, Pastor Floyd Foster challenges us to confront one of the most unsettling events in Scripture—the global flood—and how it shatters our assumptions about God’s goodness, human innocence, and the seriousness of sin.

We explore the difference between emotional offense and theological truth, and why saving faith begins where human intellect reaches its end.
The flood was not just about water. It was about sin, justice, redemption, and the holiness of God. And it still speaks today.

➡️ This is a sobering call to view suffering, judgment, and grace through the lens of Scripture—not sentiment.

Key Texts: Genesis 6–9, Romans 8:18–30, 1 Corinthians 1:18–31, Job, Isaiah 29, Romans 11:22

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🎙️ Heart Surgery of the Soul – Sermon Preview
🗓️ Pastor Floyd Foster | Sunday, May 5th

What if Christianity wasn’t about becoming a better person—but about becoming a new person?

In this episode, Pastor Floyd Foster gives a preview of tomorrow’s powerful sermon: “Heart Surgery of the Soul: Understanding Regeneration.” Discover why true salvation is more than just breaking bad habits or cleaning up your language. Regeneration is the supernatural act of God giving you a new heart, new desires, and a new identity in Christ.

✔️ What really happens when someone is born again?
✔️ How is saving faith connected to a changed heart?
✔️ What signs show you’ve been made spiritually alive?

Whether you’re questioning your walk with God or seeking clarity on what it means to be saved, this preview will challenge, awaken, and prepare you for the message to come.

🎧 Listen now—and don’t miss the full sermon on Sunday, May 5th at Living Stones Fellowship.

🎙️ Episode Description:
Today, Pastor Floyd Foster takes us deeper into God's invitation to trade our worry for trust. Discover how Scripture addresses anxiety, why trust in God is the only true remedy, and how reaching out to others is part of God's design for our healing.

Sermon by Pastor Floyd Foster at Living Stones Fellowship titled "Transformed by the Spirit: The Mark of True Power." The sermon, based on Acts chapter 2, explores the transformative power of the Holy Spirit as seen on the Day of Pentecost. Foster's message emphasizes how believers can move from fear to boldness, confusion to clarity, selfishness to love, silence to evangelism, and weakness to strength through the Spirit's work. The podcast encourages listeners to seek this same spiritual transformation in their own lives, highlighting its availability to all believers today. The message is presented as a call to surrender to the Spirit and experience real change.

Scripture:
“So He gave them what they asked for, but sent leanness into their soul.”
—Psalm 106:15 (NKJV)

Devotional Thought:
Why would a loving God give us something that might draw our hearts away from Him? It’s a question worth pausing to consider—especially when we begin to desire things like wealth, status, or comfort more than we desire Him.

If money has the power to give us a false sense of peace, if we begin to rely on it rather than God, then why would He ever give us an abundance of it? The answer lies not just in what God gives, but why He gives it.

At times, God withholds certain things out of mercy, knowing they would become a snare to our souls (Psalm 84:11). At other times, He gives us what we crave—not to reward us, but to reveal what still rules our hearts. Like the Israelites who longed for meat in the wilderness, God may give us what we ask for, but it comes with spiritual leanness if it replaces Him as our source of satisfaction.

Abundance, then, becomes a test. Will we love the Giver more than the gift? Will we worship the Provider or the provision?

God is both a generous Father and a jealous God who will not share His glory with idols (Isaiah 42:8). If we’re overwhelmed by the very things we idolize, it may be grace—not punishment—that withholds them. Or it may be grace that allows them to show us where repentance is needed.

Reflection Questions:

• What in your life are you tempted to idolize—money, success, relationships, security?

• Have you ever mistaken abundance for peace, only to realize it left you spiritually dry?

• How is God inviting you to examine your desires in light of His holiness?

Prayer:
Father, search my heart and show me anything I’ve placed above You. Forgive me for finding peace in created things instead of the Creator. Teach me to long for Your presence more than provision. Whether You give or withhold, let it always lead me to deeper trust and dependence on You alone. Amen.

“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9)

In this sermon, we explore the five biblical forms of weakness—physical, emotional, moral, circumstantial, and suffering—and how God uses each to display His power. Why does God allow weakness? How does weakness refine our faith? Should believers remain in weakness or seek strength in Christ? Drawing from biblical counseling insights (ACBC/NANC) and scriptural examples, this teaching reveals that weakness is not an obstacle to faith but the very means by which God works.

🔹 Learn why weakness is essential for spiritual growth
🔹 Understand how God’s strength is revealed in our frailty
🔹 Discover how Scripture counsels us in our weakest moments

Tune in to this powerful study and embrace God’s sufficient grace today!

🎧 Listen now!

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In this powerful expositional teaching on Ephesians 5:22–6:9, we examine God's divine blueprint for the Christian home and workplace. Paul’s instructions to husbands, wives, children, parents, and servants are not merely cultural guidelines but a Spirit-filled mandate for living under Christ’s lordship.

We confront the cultural rebellion against God's design, expose the hypocrisy within Christian homes, and call families to repent, reform, and realign with biblical authority, love, and obedience. If we criticize the world for forsaking God’s truth while our own homes are in disorder, we must first restore our own foundations before calling others to do the same.

🔹 Biblical Submission & Authority – Husbands, love sacrificially; wives, honor biblically.
🔹 Parental Responsibility – Fathers, lead with wisdom; children, obey with honor.
🔹 Workplace Ethics – Serve as unto Christ; lead with justice.
🔹 Cultural Contrasts – How ancient Roman structures relate to today’s broken homes.
🔹 A Call to Repentance – We must return to God’s order before we call the world to do the same.

📖 "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." (Joshua 24:15)

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Podcast Devotion: "A Heart That Desires God's Will"

Welcome to today’s devotion. Let’s begin with a few questions:

• How often do you make plans based on what you want rather than what God has revealed in His Word?
• Do you seek Scripture to determine if your plans align with His will?
• Are your ambitions driven by faith and obedience or personal desires?
• When your plans fail, do you trust God's will or assume something went wrong?
• Do you pray for a heart that desires His will, or just ask Him to bless what you've already decided?
• If God’s will contradicted your plans, would you joyfully submit or struggle to let go?

James 4:13-15 warns:

"Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit’—yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, ‘If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.’"

Reflection:
James isn’t teaching us to say the right words but to have the right heart. True surrender means not just accepting God's will but wanting it, trusting that His plan is always better. Proverbs 16:9 reminds us, “The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps.”

Application:
We don’t just need a change in speech—we need a change in heart. Instead of asking God to approve our plans, we should ask Him to align our desires with His.

Closing Prayer:
Father, change my heart so I don’t just say I want Your will but truly desire it. Help me trust You completely and seek Your wisdom in all things. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Thanks for listening. Walk in trust today, and seek God’s will above your own.

Ephesians 2:7 reveals the immeasurable riches of God’s grace—both common grace extended to all and saving grace given to those in Christ. This song reflects on how God’s kindness reaches every soul while His redeeming love transforms His people for eternity.

📖 Key Verse:
"So that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus." – Ephesians 2:7 (ESV)

🔹 Themes:
✨ Common Grace – God’s goodness to all, sustaining life and blessings
✨ Saving Grace – His redemptive love through Jesus Christ
✨ Eternal Hope – The richness of grace that extends into eternity

🎶 Musical Style: A blend of Praise & Worship, Contemporary Gospel, and Traditional Gospel, inspired by artists like Donnie McClurkin and Tasha Cobbs.

🙏 Let this song remind you of God's unshakable grace!
💬 How has God’s grace shaped your life? Share your testimony in the comments!

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