In Jesus final hours He left the disciples with a very important kingdom fact.  In verse 1 of John 15, Jesus explains the relationship we have with Him.  He states plainly, He is the vine and we are the branches. He goes on to state that we, as the branches are to bare much fruit.  Any branch that is not productive will be cut off, but branches that are bearing fruit must be pruned to enable them to bare more fruit.  Today let the master gardener work on you.  Let Father God trim away all the things that is stopping ...

God has so many blessings stored up for His children.  It is true.  However, to many of us fail to receive them.  It is the same thing at Christmas, your birthday or any occasion that you may get a gift.  It is there for you, the giver is holding it out for you but it is not yours until you reach out and take it.  Today, reach out and take those things God has for you.  Reach out and receive!

Early that Resurrection morning, Mary Magdelene and other women went to the garden tomb where  Jesus was laid to prepare His body for burial according to Jewish custom.  However, then they arrived the tomb was empty.  They thought that someone had came and stole His body.  That was not the case.  After the other women left and the disciples, Peter and John had departed, Mary stayed behind weeping.  You can imagine she was devastated.  Mary, once again entered the crypt and this time 2 men in all white were there.  As she entered they ask, "Why do you weep?  Who ...

Palm Sunday.  This is the day we remember the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.   Here we find Jesus riding on the donkey that He had earlier sent the disciples to get.  Jesus rode this animal down the road to the city to celebrate Passover knowing it would be His last here on earth.  However, along this road people were camping awaiting to enter the city to celebrate and worship at the Temple.  Soon, the people noticed Jesus and began to praise and worship Him as a chorus.  They got excited for Jesus!  We need to do the same.

Annias and his wife sold a parcel of land and told the apostles that they were giving the complete sell price.  However, they lied and held part of the money back.  Today many of us do much the same thing.  We say we have surrendered our life to Christ yet we are holding part back.  Could be a secret sin or a habit we hold onto.  Whatever it is we need to take it and lay it down at the cross and give our whole selves to Jesus.

Just as God delivered the Hebrews from the hand of Pharaoh, He is ready, willing and able to deliver you today from the hands of our enemy.  Look to Him.  Trust Him.  Let Him deliver you today.  If you will, soon you will see that your deliverance is coming.

There should be unity within the church!  Whenever we come into agreement one with another, God is well pleased.

In John 2, we see the account of Jesus turning the water into wine. When the wine ran dry, Jesus had the servants take the water vessels and fill them with water. They did so and Jesus then instructed them to draw from them and take to the governor of the feast. After tasting they governor exclaimed, you have saved the best to last. Today, Jesus wants to do the same for us. He has saved our best days until now. Jesus wants to take our ordinary and make it extraordinary!

In this New Year of 2023 God is calling us to commit fully and completely to Him.  He is calling us to give up the glam and glitter of this life for His Kingdom.  Today this is a must!  We must prepare our hearts to surrender 100 percent to Him and to deny ourselves.

Jesus taught His disciples that they were branches coming from the vine (Him).  Jesus wanted them to see and by default you and I that it was important that we abide in Him and His words abide in us.  It is not just important, it is vitally necessary that we remain united in Him.

After a visit from the prophet Nathan, King David saw the grave sin that he had committed.  More importantly, he saw the need for repentance.  Today, many Christians find themselves in such a state.  Many have tried things their own way and failed.  God is calling us to repent and come back to Him.

It takes a God kind of faith that Jesus demonstrated.   There is a huge difference in having faith in God or having faith of God.  That same faith of God is a supernatural type of unwavering faith.  That kind of faith is there for us.  We just have to dig deep within us, find it and put it to use.

Lot and Abram lived side by side in a new land that God had sent them to.  However, soon the two groups began to have issues.  So, Abram proposed to Lot that he chose where to settle and allow his flocks to graze and Abram would go the opposite way.  Lot chose the best land.  He chose what looked good to him.  Let chose pleasure over promise. 

Those who faithfully serve God will receive the promises that God gives us in this Psalm and throughout the entire Bible.

When God gave Joshua the responsibility to lead the Israelites into the promise land, God gave him some instructions.  Joshua was to study the Law of Moses, he was to meditate on God and he was not to deviate from it.  Today, the same goes for us.  No turns allowed.

When we love the Lord, He will place His love upon us and set us in the midst of every promise that He makes to us through His word.

Just as the character, Dorthy, proclaimed in that famous movie, there's no place like home.  That is when we abide in the secret place and dwell in His presence.

After crossing the Red Sea the Hebrews were attacked.  Moses went up on a nearby hill to watch and to hold up the staff of God.  As long as the staff was held high, the Hebrews won.  If the staff dropped, the tide turned toward the enemy.  Moses later named that place, Jehovah Nissi, The Lord is My Banner!  Today is the Lord God in heaven your banner.

The same Jesus who walked the earth over 2000 years ago is the very same Jesus today.  He healed then and He still heals today.  He brought deliverance then and He still brings deliverance today. Seek that very same Jesus and He will come to you!

Jesus extended His authority to us through His blood.  God also gives us authority as a believer to tread on lions, serpents, young lions and dragons.  These can be considered the types of problems daily.  You have authority over all these and much more.

God has given us His angels to minster unto us and to afford us God's devine protections.

God's protections are not just for us, but our families as well.

Thousands may fall on my right and left sides, I will not fear.

I will not fear what man can do.

Our God is a mighty fortress.  We can run to Him in our time of need.

God promises His protections under His wings.

Jesus shed His blood just for us.  He gave us that gift so that we could be covered by the blood, saved by the blood, delivered by the blood and healed by the blood.  

Jesus didn't come to leave a powerless church.  He didn't leave a church to sit on it's hands.  Jesus wanted His church to have power!  That is the reason He gave us the same authority to heal the sick, cast out devils and to speak with divers tongues that He did.  He even gave us authority to do greater works than He did.

God is a God of second chances.  Just as He gave the evil city of Nineva a second chance second chance, today God is giving us a second chance.  When that second chance is presented to us, we had better grab it and run.

God's plan is simple.  We are to put nothing else before Him.  Nothing is more important than Him,

We are getting ready to see the glory of God be poured out on all people.  Today, prepare yourself and get ready to receive.

Jesus is the one who refines us and cleanses us to be holy and acceptable servants unto Him.  Today, sit and His feet and allow Him to refine you as silver and gold.

Evil is present all around us today.  It is in our government, our communities and even in our churches.  However, one day evil will be defeated and will be gone from our lives.

Whatever situation you find yourself in, that joy unspeakable of the Lord is there for you!

In the new year, declare these two psalms over yourself, your family, your home and our nation.

In Israel's despair in Babylon, God reassured them of His promise.  The same message is for us today!  Regardless of the state of our churches, of our nation and of ourselves, God has us on His mind and He is going to do something new in 2022.

As the disciples rowed across the Sea of Galilee, a storm arose.  During the height of the storm, Jesus came walking across the water to meet them.  Today, during the storms in your life, Jesus wants to come to you.

In Psalms 136, we can clearly see that the psalmist is trying to get a point across to us.  Each and every verse ends with the phrase, "His mercy endures forever".  That is very true God's mercy does in fact endure.  Time after time we have failed Him but because of His mercy, He is faithful and just to forgive us.

Paul warned the church at Rome to not fall asleep or get wrapped up in everyday life that we forget about God or His calling on your life.  We have to focus on Him and His purpose instead of the busyness and confusion of this world.  

As Moses led the Hebrews out of Egypt, Pharaoh began to chase after them.  Soon, the Hebrews were trapped between the Egyptians and the Red Sea.  However, God sent a wind of deliverance and parted the sea so they could escape.  Today, whatever your problem, God will send that wind of deliverance to you and make a way of escape for you.

In his vision, God showed the prophet a valley full of dry bones and told Ezekiel to prophesy over the bone and command them to come to life.  So many of us today are like those old dry bone.  We have been beat down and given up because of the storms of this life.  Today God is wanting to breathe life back into you.  Let the wind of the Holy Spirit blow over you today.

The secret to a happy life is trusting in the Lord.  He is always there to lead us and guide us.  Our Heavenly Father wants nothing but the best for us.  We just have to learn to trust Him in every area of our life.

Today God is calling us all to return to Him.  He is seeking those who will look only to Him and who will let go of this life and surrender completely to Him.  Will you return to our Heavenly Father today?

Our God is the same God as was in the beginning.  He has not changed and He still wants us to serve Him and only Him.  We don't have room in our lives for anyone but Him.

Back after Sept 11,2001, the churches were full.  People were crying out to God.  The country was returning to him.  However, 20 years out, something has happened.  We have forgotten God.  We are worse off now compared to then and we need to follow the promise found in 2 Chronicles 7:14.

Last week we discussed the move of God that will soon be here and how we needed to seek God.  However, there is more to the equation.  Not only do we need to seek Him, but we must live the righteous and holy  life the he requires of us.  If we are living like the world then this move of God will pass us by.

A move of God is coming to the land.  We are going to see signs, wonders, and miracles come and countless will be saved in this last great outpouring.  If we are going to be a part of this then we are going to have to be prepared.  We are going to have to seek God with all that is within us.

We need the boldness of the early church!  Be bold and be strong.

As the believers prayed for boldness, the Holy Spirit fell upon them and signs and wonders followed them.  Today we need to cast aside all fear and ask God for that holy boldness in Him so that we can go forth and stand strong, stand bold and proclaim Jesus to this world.

Christ stood in the synagogue in His hometown and read a portion of scripture from Isaiah 61 and thereby proclaimed the purpose for His ministry.  Today, you have the same charge as Him to preach the gospel to the poor, to make blind eyes see.  Yes, you have that same annointing.

God never intended us to live a life filled with fear.  Countless times He tells us to fear not and to be strong.  That is a command and one that we must obey.  Today, stand and be strong and lay all your fear down.

Fear cancels out our trust and a believer should allow it into their life.  Fear should never enter our thoughts.  Fear should never dictate our actions.  Fear should never come out of our mouth.  Trust cannot thrive where fear is alive!  In other words, trust and fear can never co-exist.  Trust is always great than fear.

Even at a young age, King Josiah realized that his nation had turned from God.  The young king sought after God and began to point his subjects back to the Lord by repairing the Temple in Jerusalem and ridding the nation of all the idols and altars.  Today, we need some people like the young king to stand strong and bold by seeking the Lord and pointing people to Jesus.

Pastor Tim shares a story of going through a trouble and now knowing how to pray about it.  In a moment of despair, the Holy Spirit whispered to him what to pray.  You can pray that same verse to!

Jesus encountered the man with the withered hand and commanded him to reach out his hand.  When the man obeyed, his hand was made whole.  We need to be reaching out to Jesus today.  We need to reach out to Him not only for our needs but because of who He is.  

Pastor Tim shares his testimony.

As Jesus and the Pharisees discussed work on the Sabbath, little did they know that the prophecy of Isaiah in Isaiah 42:4 would be fulfilled.  The prophet revealed to us that the Messiah, Jesus, would be the hope for all the world.  He is the hope for us all!

We were made to be overcomers and God shows us how.  By the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony.  Want to overcome life's troubles?  Then it's time to testify!  Tell someone about the goodness of God,  It will help them and you!

Jesus came to this earth to give us independence!  He gave us freedom from sin, freedom from snares of Satan and freedom from the trials of this life.  God created us to be free so on the July 4th, declare your independence through Jesus Christ.  

God was warning Israel through the prophet Isaiah about their idol worship.  During this time, Israel had turned from God and worshipped idols and built altars dedicated to them.  God told them to remember the former things and return to Him.  Today, that same warning is still valid for us.  While we may not worship idols, there are plenty of things that we put before God.  We must cast those aside and put God first in our hearts and our lives.

 Sowing and reaping or harvesting if you will, is a basic biblical principal.  As the old saying goes, we reap what we sow.  It is not more true than in the spiritual sense.  We must go about sowing good seed.  We must be doing God's work by sowing seed unto Him and if we do we will harvest beyond even our imagination.

In this last speech to the Israelites before his death, Joshua implored the people to remember the great things God had done for them and to leave false gods and idols behind.  The same call goes for us today. We need God in the forefront of our lives, not playing second fiddle.  We serve an awesome God and we need to put him first in word, in deed, and in thought.

In today's message we examine the sin of King David.  How did this happen?  Why did he let it get so far?  Simply, he left the door open to temptation.  When temptation comes to us we need to shut the door to it lest we give in to it like David did.

In Isaiah chapter 57, God, through the prophet Isaiah warned the people of Israel about their constant worship of false gods and idols.  He showed them that this act was a grave sin and continuing to do so would result in dire consequences.  These idols are material things and easily destroyed but God is eternal.  Today, are there idols in our lives that we need to put down?  If so, we need to return to the one true God.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abendego were thrown into the blazing furnace for not worshipping the golden image.  However, when the king looked into the furnace he beheld four men walking around in the fire describing the fourth as being like the Son of God.   Yes, the three men were unharmed in the midst of the fire because they were in the very presence of God.  Today, you and I can walk in a different kind of fire, the fire of the Holy Spirit.

Shadrach, Meshach and Abendego refused to bow before the image the King had erected, instead they stood.  They stood strong before this evil king.  They even stood bravely in the face of the blazing furnace.  These three men stood up for God when all others bowed.  Today, we need to stand up for our Lord.

Shadrack, Meshack, and Abendego all faced the burning furnace because they refused to bow.  They had faith that God would protect them and that He did.  They came through the fire unharmed and you will come through your trial if you will just keep the faith through the fire.

Taking up our cross is more that following Jesus.  It is living a life in total surrender to Him and His will for us.

In this letter to the church at Rome, Paul warned of the dangers of living by our own righteousness.  He was instructing them that a belief in God had to be joined by living in the righteousness of Christ.

When Christ comes into our lives, He removes all the old and makes something new.  He is still wanting to do a new thing in our lives today.  God will do a new thing in you if you allow Him in.

On the day of His resurrection, Jesus appears to two disciples on the road to Emmaus.  They were unaware it was their Messiah even though He was right there with them on their journey.   Just as He traveled with them that day, He is traveling with us on our journey of life.

Jesus left us with a gift of His peace.  This world cannot give us a peace like He gives.  His peace is perfect!

Jesus continues His final teachings to His disciples and speaks to them about the importance of obedience to His commands.

Here Jesus told the disciples about the promise of the Holy Spirit to be their Comforter, their Teacher and their Helper after He left. That same promise is for you and I today.