Best Central United Methodist Church Podcasts (2024)

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Weightlifting (Video) 27:47

4d ago27:47

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By Rev. Jennie Williams

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Scripture Saturday (June 20, 2024) 5:39

4h ago5:39

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Pray Always Thank you for joining us for today's Grace for All podcast. On Saturdays, we pause for a few moments to look back on our week and to review the scriptures that we have used in our podcast. We encourage you, after listening to this episode, to go back and listen to the episodes you missed, or to review the ones that were particularly mea…

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Wellspring of Life 6:07

7h ago6:07

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Pray Always John 4:10-14 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the…

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What Really Matters 5:16

4h ago5:16

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Pray Always Philippians 1:9-11 (CEB) This is my prayer: that your love might become even more and more rich with knowledge and all kinds of insight. I pray this so that you will be able to decide what really matters and so you will be sincere and blameless on the day of Christ. I pray that you will then be filled with the fruit of righteousness, wh…

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How Long Should We Pray? 5:04

2h ago5:04

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Pray Always In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. (Luke 6:12) I'm reminded of the story about the dedication ceremony for the Gettysburg National Cemetery in November of 1863. Politician and orator Edward Everett was invited to give the keynote address. President Abraham Lincoln was invited,…

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Rev. Daniel Hawkins at the 2024 South Central Jurisdictional Conference 23:52

16h ago23:52

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This week were back on the road at the 2024 South Central Jurisdictional Conference. Rev. Daniel Hawkins gets Rev. Edlen Cowley and Rev. Philip Rhodes reactions about the ratification of the Horizon Texas Conference and how were building something great for the future. Rev. Ramon Smith gives us a recap of his LED Talk he gave Thursday, and Rev. Tod…

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The Sheep and the Goats 5:47

14h ago5:47

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Pray Always Matthew 25:31-41 When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the lef…

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Knocking on God's Door 4:00

5h ago4:00

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Pray Always Today we will talk about knocking on God’s door to seek his presence in our lives. Our Scripture comes from Luke 11:9-10. (NIV): “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door…

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I Need a Favor

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This week we begin a new three-week worship series called Flourishing: God’s Vision for Creation. Each week we will hold readings from scripture alongside ways in which God’s vision for creation is flourishing within us and also all around us. Worship this morning at The Table is rooted in Psalm 85:8-13. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805…

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Context - Week 4 - July 7th, 2024 - "Unequally yoked" 36:34

1h ago36:34

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By Joe Graves

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Prayer to the Holy Spirit and Prayers from the Youth 2:29

2h ago2:29

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Pray Always Welcome to Grace for All, a daily devotional podcast produced by the people of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee. Today, in keeping with our July theme of Pray Always, we feature a traditional prayer and several prayers written by our youth. Our reader today is Ryan. Prayer to the Holy Spirit Come, Holy Spirit, fill …

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"In The Name of Jesus" Bishop Trimble's Sermon at North Central Jusisdiction Conference 33:29

22h ago33:29

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Bishop Julius C. Trimble is the Resident Bishop of the Indiana Area of the United Methodist Church. Bishop Trimble has the personal mission to encourage all people with the love of Jesus Christ to rise to their highest potential. It is his commitment to his personal mission that led Bishop Trimble to create the “To Be Encouraged” Podcast along with…

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Scripture Saturday (July 13, 2024) 3:29

13h ago3:29

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Pray Always Grace for All is a daily devotional podcast produced by the people of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee. This is Scripture Saturday, a time when we pause and reflect on the scriptures we have read throughout the week. If you missed any of our devotionals on these passages, you can find them on our website at firstchu…

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Devoted to Prayer 4:58

1d ago4:58

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Pray Always Colossians 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart. Reading over this scripture several times, in several versions, divided my focus into two thoughts. Pray diligently is simple—conscientious, earnest, eager, tireless—easy concepts for us. We know we are called to pray. The two thoughts battling for my at…

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Pray in the Spirit on All Occasions 3:45

3d ago3:45

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Pray Always Ephesians 6:18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. Many scholars believe that the Apostle Paul wrote this letter from prison to the Ephesian people, whom he had pastored for three years and knew very well. This l…

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Faithful in Prayer 4:44

4d ago4:44

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Pray Always Romans 12:12 NIV Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Last year, I was reading and came across a line that made me stop. It said, “this moment in time is as good as it will ever be.” So, I asked myself if this is how I approach each moment. In Romans, Paul teaches us that we are the body of Christ. In communion …

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"New Clergy Appointments" w/ Rev. Johnny Brower and Rev. Ramiro Rodriguez 38:01

4d ago38:01

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We're back in the POD Strangely Warmed studio this week and since Annual Conference many pastors have been on the move to their next appointments. Rev. Daniel Hawkins interrupts Rev. Ramiro Rodriguez while working on his first sermon for his new church and steals Rev. Johnny Brower from unpacking boxes to sit down and visit about what it means to b…

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God’s Timing Is Proper Timing 3:43

5d ago3:43

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Pray Always Luke 18:1 Jesus was telling them a parable about their need to pray continuously and not to be discouraged. I grew up in West Tennessee, a robust agricultural region. Although my family didn’t farm, both of my grandfathers cultivated sizeable gardens, and farming surrounded us. I learned some basic facts of life early in such a setting.…

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Our Light 3:46

6d ago3:46

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Pray Always Matt. 5: 14-16 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in …

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The Hands that Turn Your Life Upside Down

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This week we begin a new three-week worship series called Flourishing: God’s Vision for Creation. Each week we will hold readings from scripture alongside ways in which God’s vision for creation is flourishing within us and also all around us. Worship this morning at The Table is rooted in Ezekiel 2:1-5. Worship online with thetable.live. CCLI #805…

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Passing the Torch (Video) 22:40

12d ago22:40

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By Rev. Dr. Chase Burns

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The Lord's Prayer and Prayers from the Youth 3:44

7d ago3:44

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Pray Always Welcome to Grace for All, a daily devotional podcast produced by the people of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee. Today, in keeping with our July theme of Pray Always, we feature a traditional prayer and several prayers written by our youth. Today's traditional prayer is the Lord's Prayer. The personal prayers were w…

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Scripture Saturday (July 6, 2024) 3:56

8d ago3:56

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Pray Always Thank you for joining us for today's Grace for All podcast. On Saturdays, we pause for a few moments to look back on our week and to review the scriptures that we have used in our podcast. We encourage you, after listening to this episode, to go back and listen to the episodes you missed, or to review the ones that were particularly mea…

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Context - Week 3 - June 23rd, 2024 - "Spare the Rod" 35:57

9d ago35:57

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By Joe Graves

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Pray—In Every Situation 5:30

9d ago5:30

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Pray Always Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. This devotional was written by Pat Scruggs and read by Sally Stovall. I was fortunate to spend the last nine years of my career in education as a Literacy Specialist in the district office of…

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Prayer Changes Things 4:52

10d ago4:52

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Pray Always So Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord. Exodus. 10:18 The book of Exodus is about redemption, specifically the redemption of God's people from slavery in Egypt. The nation of Israel was providentially led to Egypt, but over the course of 400 years became enslaved by the Egyptians. They still believed in and worshipped Yah…

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Weeping Bitterly 5:02

11d ago5:02

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Pray Always In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly. 1 Samuel 1:10 I cannot help but believe that weeping bitterly, in deep anguish, and pouring our hearts out to God, is one of the sincerest and most powerful forms of prayer. The psalmist says that God is close to the brokenhearted, and saves those who are crushed in spirit…

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"Theological Aphasia" w/ Rev. Michael Gienger 21:08

11d ago21:08

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Welcome back for Part 2! Last week Rev. Michael Gienger, our Conference teacher from AC24, joined Rev. Daniel Hawkins to dive deeper into what all is happening at Galveston Central Church. This week Daniel finds out he could be an occupational therapist while Michael tells us about the work his wife is doing and how it could relate to the way we co…

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Who will pray for me? 4:42

18d ago4:42

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Pray Always James 5:16 (KJV) Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Several decades ago, a song appeared on some of the country music charts that was titled, “Who Will Pray for Me When Mama’s Gone?” In the song, the narrator regrets the life…

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Be Joyful Always 6:44

19d ago6:44

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Pray Always Our scripture for today is 1st Thessalonians 5:16-18 Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Friends, those are some tall orders! Be joyful always! Pray continually! Give thanks in all circumstances! How in the world can we even begin to fulfill these? I offer…

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Healing

20d ago

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Five-week worship series on breaking through to the other side with Jesus. Each week in the month of June we’ll hear from a different preacher as we hold the lectionary readings assigned to the global church from the book of Mark and wonder about the call of Jesus to break through into new understandings of life and faith. Worship online with theta…

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Every Living Thing Needs Shelter (Video) 24:09

21d ago24:09

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By Rev. Jennie Williams

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Beauty and the Beast 5:13

20d ago5:13

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Do Not Fear (Our Theme for June) 2 Corinthians 5: 17: “Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” One of my favorite stories is Beauty and the Beast. Maybe you saw the movie or perhaps the Broadway play. At any rate, you likely know the tale. A handsome prince has been cast under a spell which…

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Scripture Saturday (June 29, 2024) 5:20

21d ago5:20

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Do Not Fear (Our Theme for June) Welcome to the Saturday episode of the Grace for All podcast. Thank you for joining us today. Saturday is a special time when we take a few moments to review the scriptures that we have cited in the episodes this week. If you missed any of those episodes, you might want to consider listening to them today. And even …

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Speak Love 6:14

22d ago6:14

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Do Not Fear (Our Theme for June) Mark 13:11 “Whenever you are arrested and brought to trial, do not worry beforehand what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.” Thankfully, most of us have never been arrested and brought to trial, where we have to worry about what to say. But, we need t…

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Do Not Worry 4:36

23d ago4:36

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Do Not Fear (Our Theme for June) Matthew 6:25-26 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. A…

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Three O’clock in the Morning of the Soul 5:30

24d ago5:30

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Do Not Fear (Our Theme for June) Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will guard your heart and mind, through Jesus Christ our Lord.” That is easier said than done! Anxiety seems to be o…

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“Galveston Central Church” w/ Rev. Michael Gienger 34:49

18d ago34:49

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Another episode from our Central Texas Annual Conference, Rev. Daniel Hawkins caught up with Rev. Michael Gienger, our Conference Teacher, after his presentation to learn more about the good work happening at Galveston Central Church. To see both presentations from Rev. Gienger you can visit ctcumc.org/ac24-meeting-videos Join us next week where Da…

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Good News 4:30

25d ago4:30

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Do Not Fear (Our Theme for June) Mark 1: 12-15 And the spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. He was in the wilderness for 40 days, tempted by Satan, and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels waited on him. Now after John was arrested, Jesus came back to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God, and saying, “The time is fulfil…

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Speaking Up Is Hard To Do 3:48

26d ago3:48

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Do Not Fear (Our Theme for June) The scripture for today comes from Acts 18:9. One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not keep silent." In this passage of scripture, Paul has been proclaiming the gospel, and in many cases, it was not well received. Earlier in Chapter 18, we were told Paul was threatened and…

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The Storm

27d ago

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Five-week worship series on breaking through to the other side with Jesus. Each week in the month of June we’ll hear from a different preacher as we hold the lectionary readings assigned to the global church from the book of Mark and wonder about the call of Jesus to break through into new understandings of life and faith. Worship online with theta…

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Every Living Thing Needs Food (Video) 24:16

28d ago24:16

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By Rev. Jennie Williams

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Do Not Be Afraid 4:29

28d ago4:29

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Do Not Fear (Our Theme for June) John 14:27 - Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. There are plenty of things that trouble our hearts and cause us to be afraid in our modern world. In fact, we can make quite a long list: political unrest and wa…

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Scripture Saturday (June 22, 2024) 4:08

29d ago4:08

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Grace for All is a daily devotional podcast produced by the people of First United Methodist Church in Maryville, Tennessee. This is Scripture Saturday, a time when we pause and reflect on the scriptures we have read throughout the week. If you missed any of our devotionals on these passages, you can find them on our website at firstchurch.org or w…

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Letting Go of the Past 5:29

1M ago5:29

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Do Not Fear (Our Theme for June) Philippians 12b-14 (NIV) “I press on to take hold of that for which Christ took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it, but one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has call…

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God’s Good Pleasure 5:04

1M ago5:04

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Do Not Fear (Our Theme for June) Luke 12: 32: Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Years ago, I remember my wise pastor at that time suggested something I thought was quite profound. He had a theory about the reason time seems to pass more quickly as we get older. He said, “When we’re young,…

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The Refrigerator Door 4:56

1M ago4:56

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Do Not Fear (Our Theme for June) Galatians 5:22 “The Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.” Many people use the refrigerator door for more than keeping cold stuff in. They put messages there. And lists. And reminders. And pictures! And, somet…

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Rev. Daniel Hawkins at the 2024 Central Texas Annual Conference 25:31

25d ago25:31

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We’re Back in our Central Texas Conference! All the way down in Round Rock for our 2024 Annual Conference! Rev. Daniel Hawkins visits with some pastors that are originally from our soon to be unified conferences about what they’re looking forward to in the new Horizon Texas Conference. Rev. David Johnson tells us how he started his ministry in the …

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When the Unknown is Understood 3:51

1M ago3:51

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Do Not Fear (Our Theme for June) The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. (Matthew 28:5) You walk up and find an angel. The angel says, “do not be afraid.” Would you be afraid? We have all experienced fear. The increased heart rate. The desire to fight or to flee. When something u…

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Worrying About Tomorrow 2:44

1M ago2:44

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Do Not Fear (Our Theme for June) Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Matthew 6:34, NIV I tend to worry a lot. I tend to worry about things that haven’t even happened. I worry about how I am going to play in my next baseball game, for example, or about what people will …

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