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Ray Bentley Ministries is a daily teaching brought to you by Pastor Ray Bentley of Maranatha Chapel in San Diego, Ca. His teaching can be heard on Maranatha’s Radio Show which airs across the United States and worldwide. For more information about Pastor Ray Bentley, please visit: https://raybentley.com
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Today on Maranatha radio. Pastor Ray Bentley emphasizes the value of being a servant. What's the reward of beginning to be a servant like Jesus? Respect. God loves and honors those who are servants like him, and he will see to it that if you become a servant like your son Jesus, you will be respected. Not only will you be respected within the famil…
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Pastor Ray Bentley explains how we're to act on the love God places inside of us. I want to challenge you that if you are saved and you have the Holy Spirit inside of you, we are surrounded by multitudes of people who are wounded and hurting and lost and suffering and in tremendous need. I want to say that as you begin to serve others, you will be …
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Pastor Ray Bentley highlights biblical manhood. May I say that we live in a culture where there are very, very few men who are masculine, powerful, with authority to love and the Spirit of God. But we also have self control. How we need such men today, how they will shine out like stars in the midst of the chaos, the darkness and all the confusion …
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Today, pastor Ray Bentley points out who the Lord is looking for in the church. The Lord needs godly elders, men that would be raised up. God honors age. God honors experience. God honors seasoning. God honors those who have gone through fires. Those who have, as it were, passed the test or been formed or shape spread. You see all of these people c…
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Pastor Ray Bentley brings a candid discussion of men's and women's roles in the church, and he begins with this foundational truth. There is total unity, equality between men and women in the image of God. He has sons and he has daughters, and he loves them both equally and they are equal in his eyes. Just like we have children, we have sons and da…
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The Bible is full of divine promises. Pastor Ray Bentley has insight on how to put them to work. We must claim God's promise by worship. All the promises of God are yours, theoretically, until you step on them and claim them one by one. This promise is for me. You got to claim it. You got to appropriate it. And the way to express, you know, confide…
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Pastor Ray Bentley explains how to move forward in your walk with the Lord. There are certain doors that you have to close to your past in order to have the weight and the shame of your past removed, and the Holy Spirit is definitely talking to me and tapping me on the shoulder and saying, now's the time, but only you can decide it.…
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Pastor Ray Bentley explains an important dynamic of the Christian life. Every brand new, born again Christian is in a dichotomy where your spirit is going. I want to pray. I want to seek the Lord. I want to fellowship intimately with him because even though you hear the gospel and you believe in trust in Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savio…
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Pastor Rick Beaudry explores how maintaining a clear conscience requires living with excitement for Christ's return, eagerness to do God's will, and a desire to exalt Him above all else. Drawing from 2 Corinthians 1, he discusses how the Apostle Paul faced criticism and slander but remained steadfast because his conscience was clear before God. Bea…
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Today, pastor Ray Bentley explains how to impact your family for the Lord. You can be the one that changes the course direction of your whole family line and a whole new direction. All it takes is one member of a family to believe God, to follow the word of the Lord, to walk in obedience, to claim the promises of God and God.…
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From Pastor Rick Beaudry's sermon "Trusting in God" (2 Corinthians 1:1-11), we learn about finding comfort and strength through life's difficulties by trusting in God's control. Through an examination of Paul's experiences with suffering and persecution, Pastor Beaudry explores how God uses our trials to transform us and bring us closer to Christ. …
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Pastor Rick Beaudry explores the concept of peace through the lens of the Christmas story in Luke 2:1-20, explaining how Jesus provides three distinct types of peace: prophetic peace through fulfilled prophecies, peace with God through reconciliation, and the peace of God that surpasses understanding. Drawing parallels between ancient prophecies an…
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Pastor Rick Beaudry explores 1 Corinthians 16:13-24, examining five imperative commands: watch, stand fast in faith, act like men, be strong, and let all things be done with charity. He warns against modern theological compromises and doctrinal errors while emphasizing the importance of staying true to Biblical teaching, using examples from current…
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Pastor Rick Beaudry explores how Jesus opens doors for us to serve Him, focusing on three key areas: contribution, communication, and cooperation. Through personal stories of his journey into ministry and running a business, he illustrates how God provides opportunities to give financially, share the gospel, and work together as a church body. Draw…
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Pastor Rick Beaudry explores the profound meaning of 1 Corinthians 15:50-58, examining how death will be "swallowed up in victory" through Christ. He unpacks four key themes: our future transformation through resurrection, our ultimate triumph over death through Jesus, the importance of maintaining thankfulness, and how our faith will be tested as …
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Pastor Rick Beaudry explores the biblical promise of transformed resurrection bodies, drawing from 1 Corinthians 15 to explain how our current earthly bodies will be replaced with incorruptible, glorious spiritual bodies modeled after Christ's resurrected form. He contrasts our present bodies' limitations and struggles with the dynamic capabilities…
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Pastor Rick Beaudry explores the profound implications of believing in the resurrection through an examination of 1 Corinthians 15:29-34, challenging us to consider why we would baptize, endure abuse, or live righteously if Christ had not risen from the dead. Drawing from historical accounts of early Christian persecution and contemporary challenge…
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Pastor Rick Beaudry explores God's ability to bring divine order from chaos through the lens of 1 Corinthians 15:20-28. He walks us through three key aspects: the salvation order established through Christ's resurrection, the sequential order of resurrection events from Christ's first fruits to the tribulation saints, and the sovereign order that c…
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Pastor Rick Beaudry explores the centrality of Christ's resurrection to the Christian faith, examining seven consequences if there were no resurrection: Christ not rising, preaching being in vain, faith being empty, witnesses being liars, remaining in sin, dead believers being condemned, and Christians being most miserable. Through an analysis of 1…
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In this sermon, Pastor Rick Beaudry discusses the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ as presented in 1 Corinthians 15:1-11. He highlights three key pillars: the wisdom of God, the word of God, and the testimonies of witnesses, including Paul's own encounter with the risen Christ. Pastor Beaudry emphasizes that the resurrection is central…
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