Acts 15
Today in the Pentecostal handbook we learn how the early church dealt with their first major doctrinal conflict- Jewish legalism and works based salvation versus salvation by faith alone. By God’s grace the leadership trusted the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the Christian faith was preserved, clarified and spread out to even more people!…
Read MoreThe Five-Fold Ministry Gifts
God gave the church leaders to care for her and mature her in every way so that we all might attain to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ! Ephesians 4:7-16, “7 But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. 8 This is why it says: “When he ascended on…
Read MoreActs 14
Today we learn in the Pentecostal handbook the concept of “Revival or Riot” as the gospel moves into new regions. Sometimes the people welcomed the gospel and they experienced revival; other times, even in the same location of revival, people would riot and persecute the disciples. Despite the ups and downs of ministry, the disciples…
Read MoreThe Creed
In a culture where most people believe that “all roads lead to heaven,” it’s good to be reminded of the ancient creed of the first disciples of Christ. Though they were persecuted and martyred for their faith, they made sure to write and pass along their sacred beliefs. May we all keep the doctrinal truths…
Read MoreLiving Worthy – 2
We as Christians need to know the differences between actuality and potentiality. Our identity in Christ determines who we actually are and what we actually have. Our potentiality is what can potentially do when we obey God’s commands concerning His will for our lives. EPHESIANS 4:1-6 “1 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge…
Read MoreFreedom from Self-Centered Anguish
Matthew 16:24, “Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” Note the following; Four Anguishes of Self-Centered Living Most Kinds of Depression: Dr. Meier from Meier Clinics, states in his book, “Happiness is a Choice,” that the leading cause for…
Read MoreWhat Children Teach Us
In other words, the first things we desire are actually our highest calling. It was what we had in the Garden and what sin took away. Praise God for Jesus because all of it is restored in the end. Literally, heaven coming to earth is what most Disney movies are trying to convey… think about…
Read MoreActs 13
Today in the Pentecostal handbook we begin Paul’s first missionary journey with Barnabas and John Mark as they start to reach both Jews and Gentiles in the Roman providence of Galatia. Acts 13 “1 Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had…
Read More2017 Year in Review!
Celebrate with us and rejoice in all that God did in and through us in 2017! Jeremiah 33:9, “Then this city will bring me renown, joy, praise and honor before all nations on earth that hear of all the good things I do for it; and they will be in awe and will tremble at the…
Read MoreLiving Worthy
Walking worthy before the Lord is not earning our salvation but rather showing our gratitude for our salvation. When our practice matches our profession we show the outside world what Christ did on the inside of our lives (Ephesians 2:8-10). EPHESIANS 4:1-6 “1 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live…
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