World Harvest Church North Audio Podcast

"The Power of Obedient Faith" -Paul wrote in Galatians 5 that faith works through love. Faith alone is not enough to live victoriously in the world, we must add love to our faith. However, if Christians should try to live for the pleasures of this world and for Christ, they won't have the love to boost their faith to overcome. The time of living for self and attempting to live for the Lord are over if we truly want to live in victory and peace. Once believers learn that obedient faith is the key to living a victorious life in peace and plenty, they will become an unstoppable force in the earth. All Christians need this word from the Lord.

"Faith Gives Sight in the Darkness" -As a Christian, have you ever found yourself in a very dark and oppressive place in your life? There are two ways to respond to dark and foreboding situations when you don't know what to do. You can allow doubt, fear, and/or unbelief to fill your heart and open yourself up to Satan to sift your life or you can seek the Lord with your whole heart. As we choose to seek the Lord for deliverance and direction in the dark seasons of life, God will give us spiritual sight to see His way out of our trials through our faith and confidence in Him. If we respond in doubt, God won't be able to show us the way out of our dark trials.

"Faith to Understand the Unknown" -As humans, we can't really know someone except we first understand them. Likewise, we can't truly know God unless we understand His ways. When we do not know God's ways, this can and will open our hearts to doubt, fear, and unbelief, even as people of faith. In the evil days that are upon us, it is essential that we take the time to seek the Lord that He might enlighten the eyes of our understanding so that might truly know Him. Since God is Spirit and we are natural beings, we have to receive spiritual understanding before we can know God as we should. Why do we need to know God spiritually? How can we trust God unless we first get to know Him.

"Live For the Glory of God" -It is God who has called sinners out of spiritual darkness and translated us into His Kingdom of light. Therefore, we are to live our new lives in Christ for the glory of God and to please Him, not self. No man, no religion, can transform a sinner and make them righteous or holy, but God can. God sent Jesus into the world to demonstrate His authority through His Son and the Truth. He does this by saving and transforming sinners into children of the Most High. As Christians, we have the highest calling known to man. We are to live holy and devout lives that bring glory to God and welcomes sinners to faith in Jesus.

"Let There be Light" -Spiritual darkness is the result of man's rebellion against God. Sin darkened our spiritual hearts and reduced humans to only relying on carnal knowledge. Unfortunately, over time, carnal knowledge has forced us to become less than who God intended mankind to be. To rectify this problem, God teaches us in His Word to ask Him for wisdom and He will give it to us liberally. As wisdom fills our hearts, God will cause us to be promoted in His Kingdom, as well as in the world. Just look at Joseph and how God gave him wisdom to interpret dreams. Consequently, he was taken from the prison and placed on the throne next to Pharaoh. Someone needs this message from God.

"The New Kids on the Block" - Although the title may seem like a new term, it's not. Back in the day, when a family with several children would move into a new neighborhood, their children were considered the new kids. Whether Christians realize it or not, God is performing a new thing in the world today. Whenever the Lord does something new, it will generally challenge those who are established in the faith as well as the status quo. Because 'new' can also mean different, those who are accustomed to the familiar faces and the old ways of serving God, they may tend to reject God's move and those to whom He is reaching out to. We must guard our hearts in this 'season of transition' from the old to the new lest we find ourselves kicking against the Lord.

"Make Your Calling and Election Sure" -There are false teachers and false prophets in today's society that have one mission in life. They want to deceive and draw gullible Christians away from their faith in Jesus. When Christians do not hunger for God and His truth as they should, it will open them up to deception. Unfortunately, we are witnessing the fallout from lukewarm Christianity in the world today. Have you seen an increase like there is today in people who claim to know God and His Word, but they are really wolves in sheep's clothing? The rise of false proclaimers are the result of the vacuum of the absence of truth in believers' hearts. Like the serpent who deceived Eve, they are out to deceive the minds of our youth.

"Is Jesus the Christ?" -There are far more truths that God has given which reveal and confirm that Jesus is the Christ, other than He was born of a virgin and He died for the lost. Even though Jesus' life was cut short, did His enemies silence His voice or stop His work in the earth? We are living in a prophetic season that is pivotal for the Church. Therefore, we need to know as the children of God what is happening in the Kingdom of God and the world around us and how we ought to respond to the attacks of the devil.

"God Already Knows Your Needs" -It's reassuring to know that God already knows our needs, even before we go to Him in prayer. However, if we do not trust God so that our faith can please Him, we won't have the confidence that He will move every time that a need arises. When the Lord allows our faith to be tried, we must train ourselves to look to Him first. God already knows how He will work things out for us, but we don't. As we trust in Him and seek Him first, our faith will release the Lord to move each and every time on our behalf.

"Experience Supersedes Knowledge" -There is a place that believers in Christ can go that will empower us with great wisdom and authority to set us free from the limitations. Whenever Christians walk in love and in the Spirit, we allow God to empower us to overcome everything and every one that holds us back. When Adam chose knowledge about God instead of experiencing God, his sin placed all humans in bondage. Jesus came as the Last Adam to break the chains of bondage and limitations off of His followers so that we are able to flow in the supernatural power of God. ALL CHRISTIANS NEED THIS WORD FROM GOD.