"the journey" Tagged Sermons (Page 3)
God’s Vision for Me! Provision
“You are God’s vision for Himself.” (Pastor Les) Process is extremely important for knowing God and for spiritual maturity. We know that to be true of practical things but it may be even more true when it comes to our spiritual lives. Process is ‘a series of actions to achieve results’ and we can assume that you are working the wrong process , taking wrong action, if you are not moving towards your Vision. Ecclesiastes says that there is a…
God’s Vision for Me: He Gives Me a Name
“If you view God as random then you won’t trust that He is doing something in the midst of everything” (Pastor Les) If God is random then we cannot trust Him or know Him in the same way we cannot trust a friend who is not a principled person. God is principled and works through processes. We can know Him and we can also know the processes through which He prefers to work. . Romans 8:29-30 gives us a 5…
God’s Vision for Me!
Very few of us would purposefully believe a lie and even fewer of us would tell a lie. Yet, in our rush to make ourselves ‘safe’ and looking like we are not ‘failures’ we often believe and then repeat lies about ourselves and our future. Have you heard yourself say, or have you thought… “I don’t have goals for 2018” “I don’t have a vision for my life” “I don’t do new year’s resolutions because they don’t work” Well, those…
Breaking Poverty Thinking thru Prophetic Activation
“The most powerful act you can do to break the poverty mentality is to learn how to receive from God AND to receive things from God thru people. ” (Pastor Les) Sunday, December 31, 2017, the last Sunday of 2017, was the Sunday we handed out 15 $100 bills For about 4 weeks God had been telling me, “I want to break Poverty Thinking off of people.” I know the rut of poverty thinking well and I have experienced the annoyance of a very…
How to Break Free from Poverty Thinking
“Is the Spirit of poverty a demonic influence or a pattern of thinking?” (Pastor Les) Do you want your children to live in poverty or prosperity? Our nation to live in poverty or prosperity? Of course you want your children to be prosperous in relationships, jobs, health and finances! Poverty is the state of being extremely poor; the state of being inferior in quality of insufficient in amount. Prosperity is a successful, flourishing or thriving condition. Poverty thinking comes from a wrong view…
Evoking the Wonder of Salvation
“We must remember the joy of God’s salvation, not our salvation” (Les) EVOKING THE WONDER OF SALVATION What is the greatest miracle of all time? What is the second greatest miracle? The greatest miracle of all time is the conception and birth of Jesus. It is this ‘seed’ planting by Holy Spirit from which all other miracles stem. The second greatest miracle of all time? The day of your salvation. That day when Holy Spirit hovered over you and planted…
Generosity Flows from Our Identity
“Jesus breaks my spirit of poverty while my generosity ensures my abundance” (Pastor Les) Generous is everything that Zacchaeus is not…at least not until he spends some time in the presence of God. Les shares 3 quick points… To be in the presence of Jesus often takes some effort You can be hated by everyone and still be the one Jesus is looking for The majority of people will complain when you begin to live in the favor of God…
Valuing His Presence Changes Our Identity
“Jesus is never mad at you, irritated with you or wanting to take back your salvation or healing from you. NEVER. EVER.” (Les) Before His conversation is over, Jesus is interrupted with the news that the daughter of Jarius has died. Instead of comforting Jarius or feeling sorry for him, Jesus looks at him and says, “Have faith. Don’t be afraid.” If you said that to most people who are sick, addicted or in relational distress today they would be…