Hard of Hearing
July 31, 2011
In the Christian culture it is far too easy to become calloused and hard to the Biblical truths that are drilled into us from childhood. When we feel like we already have things figured out, we become subconsciously closed off to what God may be trying to tell us. Instead of reading our Bibles merely to mark it off the daily checklist, we should always read it for the purpose of hearing what God wants to tell us through each passage and to then respond by doing what He tells us to do. By approaching the necessary reading of Scripture in this way, we maintain a soft heart and open ears to be able to hear God when He speaks to us.
Featured Offer
Let Us Pray For You!
We're not meant to go through our challenges of life alone, so we'd love to pray for you! Go to our Prayer Wall and click on "About Prayer"
Archives
When Christ left this earth to ascend into Heaven, He left us with the command to make disciples. Following Christ and being a fisher of men go hand in hand. Unfortunately we are living in an “orphan age” where people think they can just go to church, give their money, and never be part of the family. Spiritual growth comes from being discipled and then discipling. We can see how this worked when the apostles started churches, they continued to teach and disciple their spiritual “children” so that those “children” could grow up and raise their own spiritual “children” and so on. Being a follower of Christ means that you are part of the family and can no longer live as a detached orphan attending an orphanage. You must get involved and pursue Christ’s call to make disciples.
July 27, 2011
This is the message of the Gospel that was prophesied in the Bible for Jesus to take on our payment of death because of sin. He did not deserve to die, yet He accepted the brutal death on the cross in order so that we may be saved. All we have to do at this point is believe and have faith, yet we too often feel as though we must also do something to earn salvation. The bottom line is that the Law, all the rules that you could follow, comes with a curse of death because if you break one you break them all, and it is impossible to follow them all. Christ’s death changed everything and it is only by faith in Him that we can be saved from the fate of deserving death up a tree.
July 24, 2011
Jesus said that we should not consume ourselves with laying up treasures here on earth because they will inevitably be destroyed in one way or another. Instead, we should focus on investing in treasures in heaven that will last for eternity. The only way to invest in something eternal is to invest in other people. You do not get your reward when you die, you get your reward in the end because if you have been investing in others than you will continue to reap the rewards of those you’ve invested in investing in others and so on. Making disciples is the most important thing that we could do while here on earth.
July 19, 2011
See More Episodes
Loading...
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
J
L
M
O
P
R
S
T
Listen to Richard Ellis Talks on
Amazon Echo
Learn How
Learn How
Featured Offer
Let Us Pray For You!
We're not meant to go through our challenges of life alone, so we'd love to pray for you! Go to our Prayer Wall and click on "About Prayer"