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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…

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…

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…

Valuing His Presence & Power

(We apologize for the first portion of this audio being cut off) Pastor Les covers a few things related to the story of the woman with the issue of blood: The same power that left Jesus to heal is within us no Faith does not heal us but rather activates the presence and power of God We will increase the power of God in our lives as we place greater value on the presence of Jesus within us

Prophecy is Our Tongue Connected to God’s Heart

“Prophecy is the love language of God”   (Kris Vallottoon) Pastor Les takes us thru a small portion of Ezekiel 37 at a time when God takes Ezekiel on a walk thru a valley of dry bones.  We discover that… God doesn’t ask Ezekiel for his opinion but his faith We never get to decide what is dead If we don’t speak then things will remain dead We speak God’s heart, not our opinions Les challenges us to prophesy scripture…

A Culture of Joy

 God says, “I made you awesome and unique, to bring glory to My name!” and then we add in the fine print “And you will be miserable and unhappy and won’t have any fun at all”. (Pastor Les) Whenever joy is brought up really good Christians often go on a rant about how God doesn’t care about us being happy or about having fun.  It is almost as if any conversation exploring joy must be shut down before someone smiles…

For God So Loved the World He Gave a Son

We know that Jesus is King, Lord, sacrificial lamb, scape goat, and the Bread of Life but why did God send a Son to be these things?  Jesus was not sent as a loaf of bread or as a lamb but as a Son.  There are a few reasons why Jesus being a Son is so crucial. Being a Son is the Imagery that has lasted for over 2,000 years.  Sacrificial lamb and scape goat can be taught but most…

The Breath of God

Listen in and be inspired to consider the Holy Spirit as an entity that you will want to know, in the very same way you desire to know Jesus as Savior and God as Father.  Les may challenge you to think about and you may find yourself asking to experience more often the Breath of God.

Being Made Whole

Should you seek to be made whole? Where do you need to be made whole? What is keeping you from being made whole?

Father’s Day with Aaron Edwards

Special guest speaker Pastor Aaron Edwards delivers a Father’s Day message that inspires dads to trust God as He walks with our children on their own journey.