Stew Powers brings the morning message on the Miracle of Elisha"s spring. He reminds us that we must take action to remove the pollutants that poison our attitudes and thinking. We need a constant fresh supply of the water of God's word and prayer to keep our spiritual lives clean and pure so that others will want to partake of what we have.

In this message subtitled; "Two Fools and Henpecked Husband" Pastor Dean continues to explore the spiritual meanings of the parables that Jesus taught. Study shows that 16 of 38 parables focused their pointed meaning on the reality that not everyone would make it into Heaven. Politically Correct thought would have us believe that all pathways lead to heaven, but that is clearly NOT what Jesus taught.

From the "parable of the talents" we explore the spiritual meaning of Jesus teaching on the subject. Building on the teaching of a previous message ( A Harvest Beyond Your Wildest Dreams), Pastor Dean reveals the secrets that Abraham and Moses and David did not know but you can know now. Recognizing the gift and treasure that we have this passage challenges us to put our talent to work in the kingdom of God.

We so often quote 2 Chronicles 7:14 and relate it to the restoration of the United States of America. That is indeed a valid application, but it applies our personal "land" as well; our family, our home and our living. The closeness and intensity of our relationship with God is in direct proportion to our effort to "Seek Him."

Pastor Dean starts the New Year off with a reminder that we as believers have a choice in serving God. We can follow after God with all our heart and reap the benefits and blessings promised. To the extent we do that, the year 2014 will be our best year yet. As Joshua said: As for me and my house, We will serve the Lord

The story of the visit of the Wise Men to Bethlehem is fascinating in so many ways. Who were they? Where did they come from? What did they know? And what did they see? The gifts they brought were significant and most unusual gifts for a new born baby. But their gifts to honor God were small indeed to the gift of the Christ child, God incarnate, Emmanuel, God with us!

In answer to the question "Who is Jesus?" we discover that Jesus is the Messiah, the Christ, the Anointed One as promised in the Book of Isaiah. He fulfilled all of the law and the prophets in his time on earth and met every prophecy concerning the Christ, the Messiah..

John's Gospel begins with an emphatic declaration that sums up all of the Gospels (all of the Good News) in one concise statement. John was intimately familiar with Jesus and his ministry and declares that this was indeed,God himself in our midst. That understanding is absolutely critical to our salvation.

The giving of thanks and having a grateful heart is commanded for all of Christ's followers through out the scriptures. But often we struggle with finding things we are thankful for. We try to weigh the "Good" against the "Bad" But thanksgiving must be an attitude of the heart.

The Armor of God that is so familiar to believers is equipment we must put in place so that we can prevail in PRAYER. Spiritual warfare is not physical combat but spiritual combat done in the heart, mind and soul. Having "Pre- Prayer ed" with all of the armor God has made available, we are then able to "Stand" and prevail through prayer over every attack of the enemy.