World Harvest Church North Audio Podcast

"Free Indeed" -Jesus came to earth to redeem fallen mankind from our sins. However, He also came to set us free from condemnation. This is why Jesus never condemned anyone of their sinful ways while He lived among His people. To live without the dread of being condemned to death or hell should be reason enough to cause Christians to want to live for and serve the Lord. Jesus makes it possible for His followers to live in this fallen world without dread or fear. We have access to complete liberty in Christ, but are we taking full advantage of this blessing as children of God?

"Knowing the Living Word" -There is no supernatural power or spiritual life in just reading or remembering God's Word. How can we know this to be true? Jesus teaches us that the flesh profits nothing but it is the Spirit that gives life to the Words that He spoke. This is why the unbelieving Jews were unable to understand the truth that He taught them. Even though Jesus knew that the Jews didn't believe in Him or that His teachings were truth from God, He taught them anyway. There is a purpose served by Jesus teaching the Jews even though they didn't believe Him or the truth that He taught them. Find out in this word what that purpose was. The answer is directly related to us as followers of Jesus.

"Sleepwalking" -Jesus warns us in Matthew 24 that deception will be widespread in the days preceding His return to earth. It's possible to sincerely believe in our heart that we are truly serving the Lord when we are not. How many Christians are being persecuted and martyred for their faith by religious zealots that believe they are truly serving God? How can a Christian know that they are correctly serving God or if they are deceived? This message will offer scriptural proof to answer that question. There will be many on the Day of Judgement that will believe they will hear, "Well done, good and faithful servant," but they will hear, "Depart from Me, you worker of iniquity, I never knew you," instead. Don't be deceived, know the truth!

"Walking in a Greater Dimension" -In order to walk in a greater dimension, the Lord has to stretch us spiritually. Jesus teaches that new wine can't be contained in old wineskins because they won't stretch but will break. Not every Christian wants to walk in a greater dimension. That is, until after they experience the consequences of not being able to walk in a greater dimension. God doesn't just offer us benefits and blessings if we will trust and obey His will for our lives. God offers us benefits and blessings to incentivize us to seek Him diligently so that He can prepare us for them. It's not really about the benefits or the blessings. It's about God preparing us for all that He wants to perform in us.

"A Few Things to Consider" -If you are a Christian and you were to misunderstand something, you won't realize why you're not able to overcome it. If Christians are focused on the wrong things in life and we do not correctly understand the things that we face, we will live in defeat and bondage to them. However, if we seek the Lord and He gives us clear insight and understanding, we will be able to confront and conquer them. There is only one way to live in the liberty of Christ and that is to know the truth as we ought.

"Blinded by the Light" -It certainly benefits us as followers of Christ to live humbly before the Lord. Otherwise, we could allow our hearts to deceive us and not realize that we're being led astray from the Lord. When we believe anything that isn't true or isn't true about God, we will be blinded. Even though the lies blind us to certain things, we will be able to see or understand for ourselves. At that point, the light that we think or believe to be light is actually darkness that is deceiving us. This is why all believers need the truth declared and revealed to us so that God can expose the deceptive lies in us and replace them with the truth and His light.

"Fill Your Heart with Good Things" -Our heart is to our spirit what our stomach is to our body. What you feed off of to fill your stomach will determine how healthy your body will be. What your heart feeds off of will determine who you will become and what comes out of your life. It matters what we give our heart's attention to in this life. If we focus on God and His Word, we will become strong in the Lord and able to walk in the power of His might. if we focus on the cares and pleasures of this world, we will grow spiritually weak and be unable to resist the enemy when he tempts us as Christians. So, choose wisely!

"Disagreeing with God" -Have you ever caught yourself arguing with the Lord? As Christians, there may be those times when we can find ourselves arguing with God, like children ague with their parents. Disagreeing with authority is so much a part of the flesh nature that we do not realize that we are doing it. It is because of this weakness in us, as God's children, that the Lord wants to bring this issue to our attention and address it. This is a much needed message from the Lord for the times that we are living.

"Does God Really Love You?" It's easy to answer this question if we believe what the Bible teaches us about God's love for us. However, to know God's love in our minds is vastly different from knowing God truly loves us in our heart. If you struggle with whether God really loves you as His child, it will be revealed as you go through very difficult trials in this life. As Christians, we do not always make the connection between God's love for us and how it affects our faith in Him or His willingness to answer our prayers. If you struggle in your faith to receive answers from God, you need this word from Him.