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What’cha Drinking?

September 26, 2018 by Michael Wilson

In last week’s post, I talked about the need for the spiritual water that Jesus offers. All of us are drinking from some source. All of us are getting our needs met from somewhere or from someone. There is nothing weak about having needs nor about wanting to get those needs met. It’s the source

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What’s Flowing Out of You?

September 19, 2018 by Michael Wilson

Jesus gives us a great promise in John 7:37-39. He promises that anyone who is thirsty can come to him and get a drink. He isn’t talking physical water here, but spiritual water and spiritual thirst. In the natural, our bodies need water to survive. The majority of our body is water. It is essential

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669. Paul’s Testimony: I Stopped Trying to Keep the Law of Commandments

September 16, 2018 by Mike Kapler and Joel Brueseke

The title of this week’s program is an obvious paraphrase, but it isn’t far off from what Paul explained when it came to being freed and delivered from the Mosaic Law with its burdensome commandments. He found out that what he thought would give life had actually proven to bring death and despair, while causing sin to increase. Today many believers will get up in front of the church and talk about how they used to do bad things and now they work on doing good things. To be clear, pursuing sin will never be a profitable venture - less sin is a good thing. But this was not Paul’s testimony. He didn’t boast about how he used to murder and then stopped after he was saved. He emphasized that we’ve been made a new creation, and the value of getting to know Jesus and the power of His resurrection. God’s life in us, has caused us to pass from death into life in a New Covenant that isn’t based upon our ability to a meet certain standard of rules and regulations. Instead, we live by the righteousness of faith with the power of Jesus Christ abiding in us.

Does God Cause All Things to Turn Out For Your Good?

September 11, 2018 by Michael Wilson

Romans 8:28 has become a hallmark verse for so many Christians. Paul tells the Christians at Rome, “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.” What an amazing promise! God will work everything to my good.

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667. Why We Have No Relationship to the Law Which Came Through Moses

September 2, 2018 by Mike Kapler and Joel Brueseke

The Christian Church World has been duped into thinking the Law which was ushered in through Moses to the Jewish people under the Old Covenant was also meant for us to live under today (at least some of it). It is one of the greatest misunderstandings about God’s written Word, and it has kept many believers in a type of spiritual bondage that Jesus came to deliver people from experiencing. The inability to grasp this is because so many have made the assumption that certain commands and statutes from that first covenant were carried over into the New Covenant of Jesus Christ. Mixing portions of the 613 laws within the Law goes against the very Law itself. God declared nothing shall be taken away from the Law and nothing shall be added to it. But that is exactly what the church world has done. Either it had to completely come to an end and be replaced with something better or it ALL needs to remain intact. God redeemed Israel from that Law and provided all of us with a better Way.

Do You See God in People?

August 29, 2018 by Michael Wilson

The inventor of something is the one that determines what their invention is for. Many times, an invention is created to solve a problem. Sometimes, inventions are created by mistake. Through the process of creating one thing, another invention accidentally comes to exist. Sometimes, an inventor creates something to just bring beauty into the world,

664. Successful Christian Living: What Must I Do to Achieve it?

August 12, 2018 by Mike Kapler and Joel Brueseke

Churches are known for pushing an agenda containing a variety of principles and moral standards for the members to work at trying to live up to in order to attain a higher level of dedication and perhaps even a greater degree of blessing and acceptance from God. It sounds right and it will preach good on Sundays. But this has led many parishioners or former church-goers to a place of frustration and guilt… even unworthiness, as they struggle to live up to the standard they have been taught by others who haven’t been able to live up to the standard they teach themselves. A question should be asked… what specifically do we need to do in order to achieve the status of successfully “living the Christian life?” Rest assured, the list provided by religion will change and evolve, and usually without the specifics. Our program this week encourages believers in Christ to stop chasing the imaginary carrot that religion will dangle in front of them but will never bring the satisfaction they are seeking.

663. Reigning in Life

August 5, 2018 by Mike Kapler and Joel Brueseke

When the focus of our belief in God is merely built upon good and evil—trying to avoid evil and working at doing good—it will not set us free, nor will it help us to do what is good and right. Instead our mindset should be on the person of Jesus Christ and God’s love and grace. Once we begin to understand that we died and were raised with Jesus Christ—and have received His life in us—we can begin to experience the gift of righteousness that will allow us to be more aware and conscious of what He accomplished on our behalf. A deeper revelation of the gospel and the finished work of Christ will help us to escape whatever bondage empty religion will try to burden us with.

Before It’s Too Late

July 25, 2018 by Michael Wilson

We take so many things for granted, don’t we? We take people for granted as well. We assume that people know that we love them, that we couldn’t imagine life without them. We don’t think that someone may not always be with us. We get so bogged down with life’s activities that we simply don’t

661. Living in Grace and the Will of God – Part 2

July 22, 2018 by Mike Kapler and Joel Brueseke

Christians have often been working from a mindset that has encouraged them to continually seek the specific “will of God” in our everyday lives. It sounds religiously correct, and it will preach pretty good during Sunday sermons, but in some instances, it may lead people into a type of bondage that leads to fear and worry. There’s nothing wrong with seeking guidance from the Lord regarding specific situations in our lives. But you need not fear as to whether you are in God’s will as a believer in Christ.

660. Living in Grace and the Will of God – Part 1

July 15, 2018 by Mike Kapler and Joel Brueseke

Unlike those who lived under the Old Covenant, after the cross we’re told by the Apostle Paul that believers have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16). With that in “mind,” it’s entirely possible that believers can begin to overthink when it comes to living our daily lives while seeking the will of God in all kinds of situations. The Spirit of God is able to communicate to our hearts in a way that surpasses our natural understanding. Live life, enjoy it, be free to make choices without fear and depend upon Him to accompany you every step of the way.

659. Walking in God’s Grace in Our Daily Lives

July 8, 2018 by Mike Kapler and Joel Brueseke

We hear a lot about grace and may talk about the grace of God quite often, but what does it mean when going about our normal everyday lives on planet earth? Ultimately it may begin with realizing grace isn’t just a sermon topic, but its roots are tracked back to the Person of Jesus Christ. Grace doesn’t revolve around various religious practices, but it’s about abiding in an intimate relationship which God has extended to you. As Christ is revealed to us and in us, we can set our minds on Him and what He has done, instead of focusing on self-efforts to change our behavior. The walk becomes much easier in all facets of our lives when we relax and keep our eyes on the One who is the author and finisher of faith.