Best Dan Nold (Pastor of Calvary Church Podcasts (2024)

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Praying Scripture #30 -- Ephesians 3:14-21 -- "Ask Him for more..." 23:43

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Send me a Text Message! Sometimes people make a distinction between praying big prayers and praying small prayers. But do you realize that according to Paul in Ephesians 3:14-21, every prayer we will ever pray is smaller than His power to accomplish it. They are all small prayers because He can do far beyond the greatest good we can imagine. Someti…

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Praying Scripture #29 -- Ephesians 1:15-23 (part 2) -- "God I need help...." 23:38

1h ago23:38

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Send me a Text Message! Ephesians 1:15-23 is a prayer for power, resurrection power that is available for us. Can I tell you why this is so important? It's so important because what we need we can't get on our own. Who we need to become we can't become on our own. We can't know God better...on our own. We need help. We can't find the hope we need i…

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Praying Scripture #28 -- Ephesians 1:15-23 -- "Open the eyes of my heart, so I can know you!" 24:39

10h ago24:39

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Send me a Text Message! In Ephesians 1:15-23, Paul prays a prayer for his friends and in the midst of this prayer are the words, the request, "God give them the Spirit of wisdom and revelation so that they can know you better." Later he will ask God to open the eyes of their heart. His prayer brings to mind the simple question, "How well do I know …

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Praying Scripture #27 -- Romans 8 & 15:13 -- "God of hope, I need some hope!" 21:34

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Send me a Text Message! The prayer for this episode is found in Romans 15:13. It’s a very simple but powerful prayer that Paul prays for his friends. Here it is: "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." God of hope fill us with joy and peace so we …

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Praying Scripture #26 -- Acts 4:1-31 -- "Give us courage to share Jesus with others..." 24:11

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Send me a Text Message! In Acts 4, the church prays for courage and boldness in the face of threats and persecution. I've seen this in other places, Myanmar, Iran. Courage and compassion in the midst of hardship and persecution. And so often the partnering activity in those times are bold prayers. I'm not sure what happens to our bold prayers. Some…

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Praying Scripture #25 -- John 17:20-26 -- "Father help us to love better..." 22:21

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Send me a Text Message! John 17 contains a dream on Christ's heart. His dream is to unleash upon the world a people who love more, and love deeper, and love longer than anyone else in the world. And so it's not surprising that in John 17, the great dream on Christ's heart becomes the great prayer on Christ's lips. This is the longest recorded praye…

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Praying Scripture #24 -- Luke 5:17-26 -- "Jesus would you do something amazing?" 24:32

1h ago24:32

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Send me a Text Message! I call this story in Luke 5, the fellowship of the mat. Four guys bring their paralyzed friend to Jesus. But here's the point that grips me, Jesus told the four friends that their faith is what brought their friend in need, a miracle. This is really the heart of this episode. My faith matters for others. Your faith matters f…

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Praying Scripture #23 -- Mark 9:14-29 -- "Jesus I believe...and I don't. Help me in my doubt!" 21:00

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Send me a Text Message! In Mark 9, a man come looking for Jesus. This man came with a need; a parent who found the child of his heart beaten up and locked up by some force beyond his control. He had tried everything else, but nothing worked. Then he heard about Jesus. And even though he's a sensible man, he's a needy man and Jesus is his last hope.…

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Praying Scripture #22 -- Mark 5:21-34 -- "Just a touch Jesus, that's all I need." 21:46

10d ago21:46

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Send me a Text Message! Mark 5 contains a prayer for healing. A woman who had experienced chronic brokenness that left her spiritually, relationally, and emtionally isolated. She heard about Jesus, so she came. A somewhat common beginning to prayer. She heard about Jesus; she came to Jesus and she touched the hem of his robe. That was her prayer. S…

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Praying Scripture #21 -- Matthew 26:36-46 -- "I surrender..." 23:08

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Send me a Text Message! Be honest, there is at least a bit of our heart that sees the title, "I surrender..." and thinks, maybe I'll just pass this prayer by...get back into it tomorrow. Matthew 26 contains a prayer of surrender made by Jesus before he went to the cross. "Not my will, but your will be done." That was his prayer. But I love what the…

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Praying Scripture #20 -- Matthew 15:21-28 -- "Do you ever wonder if God cares?" 22:59

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Send me a Text Message! Matthew 15 contains the prayer of an outsider. She doesn't have an inside track to Jesus. She's an outsider and as far as Jesus' disciples are concerned she's an outcast. She knows it so when she comes to Jesus, she comes with the traditional words of a beggar. "Lord, have mercy on me." And she gets ignored and in some respe…

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Praying Scripture #19 -- Matthew 6:5-15 -- "It's like talking to your father..." 22:43

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Send me a Text Message! If I could sum up in a single phrase what I want to leave you this episode; what I long for us to walk away certain of today, it's this: "God is a Father who loves you like only a father can love you." That's the most compelling point of what we know as "The Lord's Prayer." Jesus was born into a religious culture based on st…

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Praying Scripture #18 -- Malachi 3:10-12 -- "Make my life a prayer..." 23:01

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Send me a Text Message! Malachi 3:10-12 is not a prayer, but it shapes a prayer that I've been praying for a few decades. "God open the floodgates of heaven and pour our your uncontainable blessings on your people!" But the prayer comes with a challenge from God. It wasn't a pray-more challenge, it was a generosity challenge. God basically said, "I…

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Praying Scripture #17 -- Jonah 2 -- "O God, Save Me!" 23:16

15d ago23:16

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Send me a Text Message! This episode is all about Jonah's prayer from the belly of a fish at the bottom of the sea. We could talk a bit about whether or not it was a whale or a big fish, or is it even a true story, I mean the science of a guy being swallowed by a whale is a little bit undeveloped, right? But if that’s what you are thinking you are …

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Praying Scripture #16 -- Daniel 9:9-14 -- "A prayer to the hero of our story..." 22:23

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Send me a Text Message! Daniel (of Lion's Den fame) was an amazing man, but if we were to sit down with Daniel, he wouldn't have any time for our hero worship. He would simply say, "I'm sorry, but you missed the point. I tried to make it clear over and over again, but let me try again; God is the Hero of my story. God is the one who preserves young…

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Praying Scripture #15 -- Ezekiel 37:1-14 -- Breath of life for such dry bones! 20:41

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Send me a Text Message! Ezekiel’s vision and prayer conversation in Ezekiel 37 is about as close as the Old Testament gets to Easter. How do we pray for more life? Perhaps it begins by understanding that resurrection is the work of a force outside of ourselves. I think we could all agree that in death I am helpless, out of control and unable to cha…

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Praying Scripture #14 -- Isaiah 64:1-12 -- "Father Potter, shape my soul!" 21:58

20d ago21:58

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Send me a Text Message! Isaiah 64 begins as a lament. It is a fight with God for more of God. But the lament becomes travailing prayer, as a sense of expectancy is added. We are covered in sin, wanting to do our own thing in our own time for our own glory, so God turns his back on us; gives us over to our sin. But when we lament; when we cry for hi…

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Praying Scripture #13 -- Psalm 139 -- "A prayer of yada..." 20:46

21d ago20:46

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Send me a Text Message! Did you ever feel like you were all alone? Like nobody sees you or cares about you. Nobody wants to know you. Nobody is paying attention to you. Psalm 139 is a psalm that resounds with this truth, "God is paying attention to you." God knows when we sit and when we stand. His eyes were on you yesterday when you sat down to ta…

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Praying Scripture #12 -- Psalm 77 -- "O God, thank you!" 20:47

22d ago20:47

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Send me a Text Message! Psalm 77 is the heart cry of a person who is waiting for bad stuff to stop and good stuff to start. The first half of the Psalm is a lament, a cry to God to show up and show off. The psalmist is stuck in deep trouble. But there is a turning point. It doesn't come when the current circumstances change, that's what many of us …

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Praying Scripture #11 -- Psalm 63 -- "My soul thirsts for you..." 21:35

23d ago21:35

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Send me a Text Message! There was a time in David’s life where he had lost everything that we would say was necessary for the good life. He was living in caves on the run from a King who wanted to kill him. Lost his family. Lost his home. Lost his reputation. Lost his freedom. And it was during those days that he'd create this song of worship, this…

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Praying Scripture #10 -- Psalm 51 -- "Revive our hearts, O God!" 22:24

26d ago22:24

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Send me a Text Message! We have a heart problem. Revive our hearts O God! We let things into our hearts that we would never let pass our mouths. We let stuff into our eyes that would make us blush if we were there in person. In Psalm 51, David longs for a renewed purity of heart, so that he can reconnect with God, because when sin rules, life is wi…

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Praying Scripture #9 -- Psalm 23 -- "A crazy battle plan!" 21:21

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Send me a Text Message! In Luke 10, Jesus sends his disciples out on a mission. It's really a battle, in a way he is actually sending them into battle, a spiritual battle. When they come back he tells them, "Good job. While you were gone I saw Satan fall like lightening from the sky." But here's the deal, here’s the crazy battle plan. When Jesus se…

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Praying Scripture #8 -- Nehemiah 9 -- "The longest recorded prayer in the Bible!" 21:00

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Send me a Text Message! Nehemiah 9 contains the longest recorded prayer in the Bible. And we can learn a lot about prayer from this prayer. For example, prayer must be radically God-centered. This prayer of Nehemiah is saturated with God. He is our Creator, Redeemer, Grace-Giving, Wonder-Working, Lavishly Loving, Great and Almighty, Chastizer and F…

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Praying Scripture #7 -- Nehemiah 1 -- "Travailing Prayer" 22:30

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Send me a Text Message! Nehemiah is experiencing a great life, great success, influence and power in Susa, but then one day he gets a report of the difficult, discourarging, even tragic circumstances in Jesusalem and God places a holy discontent in his heart. So it says in vs 4, that Nehemiah sat down and wept. He mourned, fasted and prayed to the …

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Praying Scripture #6 -- I Chronicles 4:9-10 -- "The Prayer of Jabez" 21:01

1M ago21:01

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Send me a Text Message! The name Jabez in Hebrew, literally means "pain" or even worse, "bringer of pain." Can you imagine being given that name? Every time someone called his name, it was a reminder of pain. A reminder that his life was a disappointment or a hardship to someone else. Some of you know what that's like, maybe it's not in your name, …

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Praying Scripture #5 -- I Samuel 1-3 -- "Praying for the next generation!" 23:02

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Send me a Text Message! Samuel the prophet was a man of great conviction who made a difference in his world at an early age. We might ask ourselves where have the Samuels of the church gone? Where are those people who will stand unmoveable upon the convictions of God. Where are the people who will listen for HIs voice? Where are the people who will…

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Praying Scripture #4 -- Numbers 6:22-27 -- "A people blessed by God..." 21:44

1M ago21:44

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Send me a Text Message! In this episode, I'm going to talk a little bit about disappointment and a little bit about blessing. Why am I talking about disappointment in the context of blessing? Well where does disappointment come from? A common answer in our day is that it comes from a lack of self-esteem or a failure to accept ourselves as we are. M…

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Praying Scripture #3 -- Exodus 33 -- "God I want to be your friend..." 22:22

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Send me a Text Message! The prayer of Moses in Exodus 33 is "God we need your presence." And God responds, "You have found favor with me for you are my friend." If you know me, you know that few things having driven my life more than the desire to be used by God. But in the last few years God's been refocusing my passion, so nothing would drive me …

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Praying Scripture #2 -- Genesis 4:26 -- "Call upon the name of the Lord!" 22:24

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Send me a Text Message! Genesis 4:26 is the first time prayer is mentioned in the Bible. "At that time people began to call upon the name of the LORD." People who pray, people who call upon the name of the Lord are people who are willing to take a posture of brokenness. They are people who are willing to admit that the very best thing I bring to th…

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Praying Scripture #1 -- Mark 4:31-45 -- "Breathe deeply in the storm!" 25:17

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Send me a Text Message! The connection between the Spirit of God and the Word of God and the prayers of God’s people is profound. In fact, my favorite metaphor for this three-way connection is breathing deeply. The Spirit of God is the breath of God. So we breathe in the Word; and we breathe out prayer. Soak your soul in the Word and then lift up y…

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Acts Series #67 -- Acts Summary III -- "Is prayer your first response or your last resort?" 24:46

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Send me a Text Message! The people in Acts were devoted to prayer, not just as a means to an end, but they were devoted to being with God, with Jesus in prayer. The early church prayed like prayer really mattered. They saw prayer as a necessary preparation for God's Work. (In fact you might argue that they saw prayer as the work, not just preparati…

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Acts Series #66 -- Acts Summary II, Acts 2 -- We're standing at a crossroads of decision... 26:07

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Send me a Text Message! You could say that the book of Acts is the story of a people standing at a crossroads of decision. Their next step would set the direction of their lives. They had to make a decision. It was a decision of devotion. To what or whom would their first devotion be given? They had a conviction that they needed to give their heart…

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Acts Series #65 -- Acts Summary I -- Jesus, the Spirit and your mission! 25:12

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Send me a Text Message! Don't miss this, though the book of Acts has been shown time and time again to contain an accurate historical survey, this is not an historical dissertation for Dr. Luke. He's writing to a person, possibly a friend and I want you to picture, his hand shaking with emotion, with excitement, joy, and deep longing as he writes. …

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Acts Series #64 -- Acts 28 -- "No reserves, no retreats, no regrets!" 23:10

1M ago23:10

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Send me a Text Message! When you read Paul's story in the book of Acts, you find that he had a dream, a compelling vision. He wanted to live for Christ. He wanted to bring Jesus to the whole world and for Paul the whole world was at Rome. He wanted to witness to Caesar. So God brought him to Rome. Probably not the way Paul envisioned. no mass-crusa…

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Acts Series #63 -- Acts 27 -- "It never stopped and it never will!" 23:15

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Send me a Text Message! In Acts 27, we see that Paul had a deep, deep confidence in God’s power to accomplish God’s purpose through God’s plan. God's power, purposes and plan. What is God's purpose? He's taking the gospel global. The Kingdom of God and the good news of Jesus is going global. That’s always been God’s plan, and can I tell you somethi…

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Acts #62 -- Acts 26 -- "Don't you love to evangelize?" 23:24

2M ago23:24

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Send me a Text Message! Acts 26 is the culmination of the love story that started in Acts 25, the love story between God and the family of Herod Agrippa. It’s also about evangelism. And let’s be honest, many of us have a love/hate/worry/guilt relationship with evangelism. Maybe that's because we've defined evangelism as, "Getting the hard sell from…

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Acts #61 -- Acts/Galatians -- "We need a soul revolution!" 25:34

2M ago25:34

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Send me a Text Message! I want to talk to you about seed-planters and soul revolutions. Seed-planters are people with vision. They are people with the patience, the faith and the courage necessary to strive hard for a future they may or may not see. Without seed-planters there is no fruit, no life. Seed-planters are people who love to serve. Seed-p…

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Acts Series #60 -- Acts 25 -- "A great love story..." 23:53

2M ago23:53

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Send me a Text Message! Acts 25 contains one of my favorite love stories in all of scripture. I’ll never forget the first time it hit me, it settled into my heart. The passionate relentless love of God is so great. The love of Christ is so great, His pursuit so relentless that he would throw his #1 spokesman in jail for two years so that his #1 ene…

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Acts Series #59 -- Acts 24 -- "Jesus help us be faithful!" 23:27

2M ago23:27

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Send me a Text Message! ACTS 24 is a beautiful description of Paul being faithful. Embracing opportunities to share his faith, to talk about Jesus, even when it might make his life miserable. Not watering down the message to someone who has the power of life and death in his hands. Giving the full truth even if it might be controversial. Paul was f…

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Acts Series #58 -- Acts 23 -- "When Jesus comes close..." 24:10

2M ago24:10

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Send me a Text Message! There is a moment of a scene in Acts 23, a short description in verse, and here's what it says, "The following night, the Lord (Jesus) stood near Paul and said, "Take courage..." Who doesn't need more courage, but rather than focusing on the courage…here’s what I love. The following night, Jesus stood near Paul and spoke. Je…

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Acts Series #57 -- Acts 22 -- "What's in your box?" 24:54

2M ago24:54

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Send me a Text Message! Bob Buford talks about one of the most significant questions anyone ever asked him. The question was, "What's in your box?" It was a question asked in the midst of some life-coaching and the purpose of the question was to bring about a discussion of the central purpose of Bob's life. The consultant finally said to him, "Bob,…

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Acts Series #56 -- Acts 21:1-36 -- "Living for the gain?" 24:24

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Send me a Text Message! I think every Christian in America should be required to memorize Philippians 1:21. This was Paul’s dream, "For me to live is Christ and to die is gain." That's the creed he lived by. "For me to live is Christ and to die is gain." Is that our creed? For most of us, who have the label American Christian, Paul's words are clos…

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Acts Series #55 -- Acts 20:17-24 -- "What is your six-word story?" 24:39

2M ago24:39

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Send me a Text Message! If you had to summarize your life in six words, what would they be? How would you describe your life in six words? "Penn State wins again. Heart full." "If I don't graduate, I'll die." "I am seeking comfort and control." The challenge of the six-words is that it causes us to focus on what matters most, to capture briefly som…

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Acts Series #54 -- Acts 20:13-38 -- "It's not too late to finish well!" 22:59

2M ago22:59

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Send me a Text Message! What does it take to finish well? Or let me make that even more specific, what does it take for a follower of Jesus, a Jesus-apprentice to finish well? Because I think in order to finish well, we need to have some sense of who is determining the finish line, our course. Who is writing our story? For Paul that goes all the wa…

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Acts Series #53 -- Acts 20:1-12 -- "Do you have time for a word of encouragement?" 23:30

2M ago23:30

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Send me a Text Message! The time comes when we all need a word of encouragement. And isn't that what church is all about. Paul says that the church is God's fields and we are partners in the Harvest, that the church is God's building and we are partners in it's construction...none of us stand alone. And one of the best things we can do together...i…

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Acts Series #52 -- Acts 19:10-41 -- "God doesn't just love you...He likes you!" 25:30

2M ago25:30

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Send me a Text Message! Somewhere along the journey every heart ablaze for God, begins with a growing heart-conviction that God actually wants to be with us. This is his great promise. I will be with you. I want to be with you. But somewhere along the way, we gain this idea that God is love so God has to love us. He has to love us because he's God.…

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Acts Series #51 -- Acts 19:1-11 -- "It's time to breathe again!" 25:17

2M ago25:17

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Send me a Text Message! The Word of God is vital to spiritual life, but it's not enough. It's necessary but not sufficient. There's more. When we go through bone-drying, hope draining times, we need more than knowledge about God. We desperately need the Spirit, the breath of God. In Ezekiel 37, God says I'll put my breath into you. The word for bre…

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Acts Series #50 -- Acts 18 -- Someone was there for you... Who is on your team? 26:04

2M ago26:04

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Send me a Text Message! Acts 18 is full of names, the names of people whom Paul built into...and who were on his team. Paul says that the church is God's fields and we are partners in the Harvest, that the church is God's building and we are partners in it's construction. None of us stand alone. If you are here today, it is because someone planted …

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Acts Series #49 -- Acts 17:23-29 -- "Let your heart be stirred by the Father-Heart of God!" 25:41

2M ago25:41

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Send me a Text Message! I think every person in the world, wants a father who loves us, who will pursue us no matter what, right? Don't we? Our hearts long for a father who will never give up hope that somehow, somewhere his son or daugther will re-connect, come home. A father who is persistent and unrelenting in his love, always reaching out, rega…

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Acts Series #48 -- Acts 17:16-34 -- "You have a mission and your mission matters!" 23:51

2M ago23:51

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Send me a Text Message! I believe God has planted in the very dna of our souls, a desire to matter; a desire to live a life that makes a difference... to find a mission worth dying for and even better worth living for. So let me ask you right now, you can answer in the quiet of your own heart, "What and/or who are you really living for? What is you…

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