Welcome to the weekly audio podcast for Bethel Worship Center in Camden, SC where our mission is to see lives transformed by the love and grace of Jesus Christ. Our desire is that this podcast will encourage you in your relationship with God. Visit us at bwccamden.com
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What do we do in the middle space between desire and fulfillment? We have to remember God is working even in the middle space and our patient endurance is worth it.By Pastor Javin
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Life is temporary and so is the stuff we acquire in this life. Do we trust in our ability to obtain more than we do God's ability to provide? Is our life characterized by generosity or greed?By Pastor Javin
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Even though life is fleeting and fragile, we don’t have to live it foolishly and frivolously. Our lives submitted to Christ should be lived in humility, with immediacy and making an eternal impact. Make the most of your mist.By Pastor Javin
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Two individuals that Pastor Javin has the joy of playing a part in their life and their call to ministry shared from God's word on this weekend - July 7, 2024. In the 10:45am service, George Randolph shared with us and challenged us to learn from the faith of Abraham.By George Randolph
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Two individuals that Pastor Javin has the joy of playing a part in their life and their call to ministry shared from God's word on this weekend - July 7, 2024. In the 9am service, Matt Burge shared with us and challenged us to consider where we are putting the majority of our life's focus.By Matt Burge
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Our desire to fight and quarrel reveals more about what's happening inside us than it does what's happening around us.By Pastor Javin
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This Sunday Pastor Caleb, our student pastor, takes us into Scripture to cause us to ask the question of whether or not we're listening more to God's promises or the enemy's threats. God makes promises and the enemy makes threats. Whose voice are you listening to?By Pastor Caleb
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Our mouth has the potential to cause problems, but when we are in Christ we can begin to sound more like him.By Pastor Javin
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The salvation we have through the grace of Jesus Christ by putting our faith in him is demonstrated by our actions towards others, no matter who they are.By Pastor Javin
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This year's Summer Reading Series will focus on the book of James in the New Testament. James gives us a lot of helpful instruction on how we should live our lives as followers of Christ. James calls us to live steadfast, holding to God's word, to not show favorites and to have an active faith. He calls us to understand the power of our words, the …
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Pastor Javin invited a former student from his youth ministry days to share an impactful word with us on this weekend. Kaleigh Ward Cox is a child of God who serves as a wife, mom, career woman and the church where her and her family faithfully attend. In this message she will share how you don’t have to be a pastor or missionary to participate in …
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The Holy Spirit's desire is to continually fill us to continue to do the work of the Kingdom. We need a desire to be filled with the Spirit.By Pastor Javin
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It was for our good Jesus sent the Holy Spirit. This Spirit of God is hovering over us, convicting us, empowering us, contending for us, liberating us, and leading us.By Pastor Javin
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Throughout Scripture, beginning in the Old Testament, we see references to the Holy Spirit. What is our relationship with the Holy Spirit. How should we relate to him in connection with God the Father and Jesus Christ? The Holy Spirit is not to be treated as a third wheel in our relationship with God. The Holy Spirit is a part of the Godhead, and t…
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The body of Christ, His church, should be a powerful witness because it is a diverse body of people drawn together in unity by grace, forgiveness and love, devoted to God's word, God's presence, prayer, generosity and one another.By Pastor Javin
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As followers of Christ, we are empowered to be his witnesses. Don’t let the reasons you think you can’t outweigh the opportunities all around you.By Pastor Javin
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Jesus told his followers he was leaving the Holy Spirit to empower them with boldness to love and reach a world that hated them because they hated him.By Pastor Javin
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What happened at the event we celebrate called Easter actual begun a movement we call the church, an assembly of people who are followers of Christ who were given a mission to transform the world. The timetable for this mission is unknown, but what we do know is the now what for them, is the same now what for us. Over these next several weeks at Be…
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It's the time we call Easter. Everything that happened around the death and resurrection of Jesus was for you. Someone's story within this story may relate to your story more than you know. No matter the name of the person you relate to the most, there is a name above every name, that covers every thing, and his name is Jesus. No matter your story,…
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When we live under the ethos of Jesus we accept that he is on the throne, we are not; He decides what's true, we do not.By Pastor Javin
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When you live under the ethos of Jesus you don’t raise a fist in anger against the world, instead you take up a cross in love.By Pastor Javin
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Our life must be centered around a fruitful relationship with the Heavenly Father, embracing his son Jesus Christ, centered around his authority not our own.By Pastor Javin
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Understanding the ethos of Jesus starts with your understanding of who Jesus is. Who do you say he is?By Pastor Javin
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Jeremy is the FCA Representative for our county and a friend of Pastor Javin. Known by most of his friends as J Ray, he shared a messaged from Matthew 4:1-11 on temptation and our ability to run to Christ to overcome the battles we face.By Jeremy Ray
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Ethos is defined as a characteristic spirit of a culture, an era or a community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations. As we get ready for Easter, we will explore how when Jesus encountered the culture of his day, he established a new culture that should be lived out amongst his followers. Jesus defined the way that Jesus’s disciples would l…
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Our decision to either receive Christ as Savior and Lord or reject him is more than just a simple decision. That decision has a destination.By Pastor Javin
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There is an enemy who is out to destroy the testimony of Jesus and keep people away from faith in God, but that enemy has already been defeated.By Pastor Javin
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In the book of revelation we see that the power the world believes it holds is all in fact an illusion, because there is only one who holds ultimate power in this world and in our lives. Before you see anything else in Revelation you have to see Jesus because he is the one our faith is grounded in and the anchor of our hope.…
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Our waiting for Christ’s return must be filled with active anticipation not passive pandering.By Pastor Javin
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Let go of past regret and present distractions, and grab hold of the call God has for you now and moving forward.By Pastor Javin
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While the new year is typically about adding new things—new goals, new habits, and new routines—this two week series will challenge us to let go. To let go of things that weigh us down, regrets that hold us back, and destructive mindsets that are grounded in lies instead of in God’s truth.This week we discuss the challenge to let go of your old nat…
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Take time to sit in wonder over the truth that the creator God is with us.By Pastor Javin
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When you follow Christ you don't have to pursue happiness because you can live in joy.By Pastor Javin
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Even though we are accustom to imperfect and inconsistent peace, our perfect Savior has made perfect peace available to us.By Pastor Javin
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The announcement of the birth of Jesus was one of comfort and joy because that's what Christ was born to bring us. This series reminds us that God brought comfort in our pain and joy through salvation in Jesus Christ. Because of this, we can be a part of proclaiming the good news of Jesus to the world - good news of comfort and joy!Despite the sadn…
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Our Student Pastor, Pastor Caleb, took us to Luke 10 and John 11 to explore Mary and Martha’s interactions with Jesus. There’s times we wonder if God cares about what we’re trying to do, or if he cares about our needs. There’s no doubt that Jesus cares. He cares about what's happening in our life and He cares about spending time with us.…
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On this Sunday we had Pastor Don Goude with us to share God’s word. Pastor Don was the Lead Pastor of Bethel for 25 years before he retired in 2010. In this message he shares with us from the Gospel of John how the enemy wants to keep us from receiving all that God has for us, but Jesus came to unravel our lives of the death that our spiritual enem…
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Ultimately the call to follow Christ - to seek Him first, to serve His purposes and to submit to Him - is a call to complete sacrifice.By Pastor Javin
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Jesus Christ demonstrated a life very counter cultural to the world he lived in. This life is one He’s called those who follow him to live. To surrender our life to Christ and follow Him means we submit to His will and we submit one to another.By Pastor Javin
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Jesus Christ told his disciples that he did not come to be served but to serve. He exemplified a life and heart of service and that’s exactly what he’s called us to. When we surrender our life to Christ we are called to serve Christ's purposes.By Pastor Javin
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We begin a new series and in this series will remind us of the purpose of Christianity and why we are called to live radically different lives from the culture around us. To believe in Christ means that we also follow Christ and to follow Christ means to serve, sacrifice, submit, and seek God’s kingdom first rather than our own.As followers of Chri…
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As we conclude our exploration of the book of Genesis, we conclude with the life of Joseph. Throughout these final 14 chapters of the book we see an overall theme that challenges us with this thought - Living with the awareness that God is always with you will change the way you see everything in life.…
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We continue looking at Jacob’s journey. As Jacob moves forward he finds himself in a wrestling match with God. This week we see that we discover a truth that we prevail through persistent prayer and trusting the providence of God.By Pastor Javin
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Jacob is now front and center in the book of Genesis, and as we follow Jacob’s journey of finding love, establishing a family and dealing with his extended family and in-laws we learn another truth. You cannot fulfill the longings of your soul outside of the creator of your soul. Your soul begins to be fulfilled when you begin to praise your creato…
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The story of Genesis transitions from Abraham to Isaac. As we dive into Isaac’s family we see that everything isn’t perfect, in fact it’s dangerously divisive. What we learn from Isaac, Rebekah, Esau and Jacob is that when we go our own way we pay a great price, but when we surrender to God we receive a great reward.…
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Genesis 22 shares the difficult story of Abraham and Isaac, and Abraham’s charge from God to sacrifice his son. Why would God ask such a thing? Why would Abraham obey? What happened in the end? This account teaches us that our complete trust in God as our provider is revealed through our complete surrender to God’s plan.…
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This week we move into Genesis 18-19 and see the account of Abraham and Lot’s interaction with God’s angelic servants. We also see Abraham’s intercession and God’s judgement of Sodom & Gomorrah. It’s a reminder to us that the judgment of God is inevitable. But just like we learned with Noah, God’s grace is available and the prayers of the righteous…
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Our Student Pastor, Pastor Caleb, shares a message from Jesus's teaching on the four soils. We are challenged to consider what we are doing with the word of God when we hear it. How are we conditioning the soil of our heart to receive the seed of God's word? Don't just hear God's word or read God's word. Live God's word.…
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As we dive into the life of Abraham we will see his call from God and the covenant God made with him. As Abraham chose to put his faith in God, that faith produced an obedience that opened the door for God to work not just for Abraham but for generations to come. Your faith in Christ produces obedience in you that will open a door for God to work t…
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We move into Genesis 6-9 to see the story of Noah and what happened through the flood. From this historical account we realize this truth - the judgement of God is inevitable, but the grace of God is available.By Pastor Javin
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