IMO no part of scripture more clearly reveals God’s character and heart than in the testimonies of the Lord and they are that division of scripture which has spoke the most to me lately. The Testimonies of the Lord are those statements where God’s character is being addressed either directly by Himself or from those who knew Him well enough to offer a testimony of His character. In brief they are statements in which God defines Himself in some small way either directly or by way of example. So much is missed when […]
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The Audacity of Intimacy Pt. 2
Podcast: Download (100.0MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Wednesday 2/22/15 Series: The Audacity of Intimacy Pt. 2 Topic: Co-Partnership IS New Covenant Intimacy Scriptures: Matt. 11:25-30; 1Jn. 3:1-3; Eph. 4:1-3; 1Peter 1:3-7; Jn. 14:15; Mt. 7:17-19; Eph. 5:1-17; Heb. 12:11; 2Cor. 10:14-16; Lk. 8:22-25; Matt. 13:58 We began where we left off on Wednesday night, reading Matthew 11:25-30… “At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes. (26) Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. (27) All things have been delivered to Me […]
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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:19:21 — 109.0MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Wednesday 2/18/15 Series: The Audacity of Intimacy Pt. 1 Topic: Drawing Near Scriptures: Psalm 32 Deuteronomy 5 Hebrews 12:18-29 The Audacity of Intimacy By the time of Christ, the people of Israel had lived in, what I call, second generational faith for well over 400 years (the Maccabean epoch). I define second generational faith like this…. “Any successive generation of a people who are born after a culture actually encountered God, were changed by that encounter and lived lives reflecting that change BECAUSE of that encounter.” […]
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Awake from sleep
Podcast: Download (58.7MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 2/01/15 Topic: Awake from sleep Series: The Shemitah (the Sabbatical year) Awake from sleep.mp3 Scriptures: Matt. 25:14-30 In this message Rob addressed the parable of the steward’s and the talents and it connection to the church today. The church at large is asleep and we do not realize that the time is near. Yes, many see the signs of the times and assume it is close but that is where most of it ends. There is much “hearing the word” and very little “doing of it” so that we have deceived […]
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Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:22:03 — 113.4MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Wednesday 1/21/15 Topic: Where is our Hope? Series – Faith of our Fathers III.mp3 Scriptures: Heb. 11:5, 6 OVERVIEW on Patriarchal faith… They walked with God They came to know Him AS A RESULT they trusted Him Joseph – power mingled with love & respect for God. Joseph was given a dream by God revealing that one day his father an brothers would bow down to him. Joseph was sold into slavery at the tender age of 17 according to Gen. 37:2. He served Potiphar for 11yrs. and […]
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