Debbie Haynes Podcasts

There are not very many things in this fallen world that we would consider to be perfect. Maybe a short list of God’s beautiful creation, and a newborn baby. But, in Deuteronomy 18:10 God instructed the Israelites to walk perfectly before Him. He meant that they should keep their hearts pure by worshipping Him only. In doing so, He would see to it …

In Mark 5:25 we find an amazing story where Jesus heals a woman who’d been sick for 12 long years. She’d done everything in her natural power, suffered many things at the hands of many doctors, yet, the scripture says she was no better, but grew worse. Until she heard about Jesus, and took some steps necessary to get to him and to her healing. Mayb…

In the book of Exodus, God instructed Moses to create anointing oil to anoint the priests, the tabernacle, and later, kings. In the New Testament, in the book of I John 2:20, John addressed the church and said that we have an unction from the Holy One. That UNCTION of the Holy Spirit of God is just like the smearing on of the anointing oil used in …

God set up two covenants to deal with the sins of mankind; the first covenant in the Old Testament, which relied upon priests from the tribe of Levi, to be the mediator between unholy men and the Most Holy God. They first had to offer sacrifices for themselves, to ensure that they didn’t die due to their own uncleanness before carrying out the sacr…

By Pastor Debbie Haynes

As familiar as we are with the story of Jonah, which we probably learned in our childhood Sunday School classes, we might miss the most important thread in the story…like Jonah did. Despite Jonah’s own disobedient childish behavior, including his argumentative and self-pitying attitude, God showed great love and compassion to him. He did the same f…

Cleavant Derricks wrote a very popular song called "Just a Little Talk With Jesus" that has a line that says “I feel a little prayer wheel turning.” It makes me wonder, how well is my own prayer wheel turning? Sometimes we need a little help keeping an effective and consistent prayer life. Dick Eastman wrote a great book called The Hour that Change…

In Luke 13:24 Jesus told his disciples to STRIVE to ENTER through the narrow door; (King James says Straight GATE); for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. Jesus felt this was so important that He included a similar admonition in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 7:13-14, Enter ye in at the STRAIT gate; for wide is the gate,…

God established the Sabbath day at the end of each week as a day of rest and communion with Him. In AD365, Constantine decreed that the Catholic church would officially worship on Sunday, the first day of the week, to break the ties to the Saturday Sabbath practiced by the Jews. But Jesus said to the Pharisees, when they accused Him of breaking the…

In I Chronicles, Chapters 23-27 is the story of King David, who in his last years assigned worshippers and musicians to carry on the work of leading worship in the Temple. These men were of the Levite tribe and had a legacy of singing and playing instruments in the Temple. In Chapter 25:1, these men were instructed to PROPHESY with their voices and…

Waiting is so hard. Abraham and Sarah had to wait into their old age for their son of promise to be born. Moses waited 40 years to lead the Children of Israel to the Promised Land. But, they had direct promises from God to hold onto while they waited. But, sometimes, there is no direct promise from God and we must continue on, still waiting. What c…

By Pastor Debbie Haynes

In Luke 1:30 The angel, Gabriel, announced the birth of Jesus to Mary and said, He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest (or, the Most High God). This is not the only mention that the Christ Child would be the Son of God. And yet, Jesus was put to death because he claimed to be the Son of God. In Psalm 2:7 The Lord himself conf…

Before King Ahaz assumed the throne of Israel, Baal worship had been eliminated in all 10 tribes in Judah. But Ahaz was so wicked that he sacrificed his own son to the false god and imposed every ungodly act of sin upon the people. So, it was in the midst of all this shaking, and the utter contempt for anything holy, that was coming down from the w…

Do you wonder where God is in your pain? Do you wonder if he forgot about you? Maybe you even wonder if he’s real? You’re not the only one. Some people in the Bible wondered, also. But the thing is, Jesus will meet you where you are. In your pain, your doubt, your messy life. Thomas doubted that Jesus had risen from the dead, until Jesus met him at…

Roses, lilies, banners and standards. These are a few of the things the Lord, Jesus Christ, is to the church. He's the sweetness of the Rose of Sharon, the peace of the Lily of the Valleys, the love and protection of the banner over us, as referenced in Song of Solomon 2:1-4, and the righteousness and judgment of the standard of God in Isaiah 59:19…

I Corinthians 15 tells us that we cannot inherit the Kingdom of God with perishable, earthly bodies. But, Verse 57 says, Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. We have victory over death through Him. Some of the events that will happen at the rapture are described in this chapter. Those who’ve already died as C…

Pride and thanksgiving cannot co-exist. The Bible tells us in I John that the pride of life is not of God. Pride has absolutely nothing to do with the Father. But sometimes, we focus only on ourselves, looking inward and just around us and cannot see the things for which we should be truly thankful. These things are not tangibles, but they are abou…

This Sunday morning our guest speaker Tracy Falcocchia shares a revelation about water baptism and the role that it plays in the life of a Christian.By Tracy Falcocchia

Isaiah wrote that he saw the Lord in the year that King Uzziah died. That said a lot. He could have meant that in the year that a great and good king died…or, he could have meant that in the year that a formerly great and good king, who had a tragic and terrible end, died… Either way, Isaiah had a vision of God seated upon His throne and the hem of…

In Genesis 22 God gave Abraham an incredibly hard test. But the Bible says in Romans 4:19-21 that Abraham did not stagger in his faith but remained faithful to God through the test. Sometimes we have hard tests to endure. Will we stand as sure-footed and strong as Abraham did? Will we falter and have to ask God to forgive our doubts and wavering fa…

In Exodus 19, God wanted to speak directly to Israel and have a relationship with them, but they recoiled and drew back away from Him and preferred Moses to do their talking for them. But when God sent his only begotten son, Jesus, to die for our sins, that precious blood not only cleanses us but it removes all traces of the sin for which we we’ve …

The Word of the Lord came to a young man named Jeremiah, whom God had chosen from his mother’s womb to be a prophet in Israel. God instructed Jeremiah to deliver a very hard and unpopular message to Israel about God’s coming judgment on them because of their idolatry and rebellion. Jeremiah 1:9,12 Then the Lord stretched out His hand and touched my…

Israel needed a shepherd. They couldn’t stay in the pasture God gave them and as a result, they got into all kinds of sin and trouble. But, we too, yes, even Christians, must guard against straying off the path and getting tangled up in things that are harmful to us. But, thank God that He provided a Shepherd for us, too, and He loves us so. Jesus …

Ants are pretty amazing creatures. They are the most organized and industrious of all insects, and believe it or not, are a great source of protein. While we probably don’t want to eat them, God did command us in Proverbs 6:6-8 to pay attention to them. To be wise, as they are. To prepare and set aside food in the summertime for the winter and, tha…

Have you ever been disappointed by someone in church? The church at Corinth was also disappointed, and even mad at Paul the Apostle because he had to change his travel plans and not come stay with them through the winter. Sometimes we may experience disappointment in people, too. But the word of God says in II Corinthians 1:20 “For all the promises…

Philippians 2:12-15 tells us to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling with the end result that we become Christlike, but we certainly can’t do it on our own. We need the Holy Spirit to transform us into Christlikeness so that He can then present us to the Father as His pure bride. That transformation process, which we sometimes call sa…

What does a move of the Holy Spirit look like today? The book of Joel 2:28-32 tells us that it will be both seen and heard—worldwide! It might not look like it did in days past, and it might be a bit messy, especially compared to decades of quietness in the church, but it surely will come. Jesus told the disciples in Mark 9:39 not to forbid another…

You may have heard that we are in a drought and that a famine is imminent in our country. The conditions were very similar in Israel, but the Lord God provided clean water for a city by putting salt into the polluted water and by using flour meal to heal a pot of poisoned soup for some Bible Students! The Bible assures us that even in difficult and…

Ever wonder how long God will allow the wicked to get away with their evil ways? So did David, the Psalmist. He writes in Psalm 94, How long, How Long oh Lord, will the wicked exult? It’s a fair question for today, as well! But Psalm 94 also assures us that God has reserved His judgment seat for them, and will avenge us from His and our adversaries…

In Isaiah 5 we read about God’s vineyard, which represented the nation of Israel. He did everything necessary to make the vineyard fruitful and prosper, which would have glorified God. But instead, because the people were stubborn and had evil hearts, they disrespected the land, the vines, and God, and produced only wild grapes, which had to be des…

In John 16 Jesus told the disciples to ask the Father for anything in His name and the Father would give it to them. But, what if, when you are doing all that you can to live a God-like, holy life, and you pray to the Father in the Name of Jesus—like Jesus said to do, but you don’t see the results you expected to see, what then? Did you do somethin…

It’s such a privilege that Jesus included us in sharing the symbols of His broken body and the blood which He shed. We call this ceremony “communion.” Jesus told us to do this, and as often as we do it, to remember Him. He knew He was soon to die, but ever-thinking of His friends, family and us, He gave us all this way of remembering Him. But it's …

This week we are blessed to receive an update from dear friends (and family), Gene and Inga Whitehead, missionaries to Sweden. If you would like to learn more about Gene and Inge's work in Sweden, or would be interested in giving to their ministry there, please visit Gene & Inga's websiteBy Gene Whitehead

Psalm 107 is such a beautiful passage of scripture. It ensures help from God for those who are exiled or banished from their home, imprisoned, sick or in peril at sea, if they call upon God for deliverance. There are many kinds of exiles, prisoners and illness. Spiritual bondage can be as devastating as physical imprisonment. A sin-sick soul will l…

The condition of our heart when we approach God matters very much to Him! In Numbers 20:6-13 Moses assumes a very acceptable posture of falling on his face prostrate before God and prays for a very worthy cause of needing water for the Children of Israel. All looked good from the surface. The scripture says that the glory of the Lord appeared to th…

Do you want to be perfect? Me, too! And Jesus told us exactly how to do it, and how to be identified as children of our Father in Heaven. Sometimes it’s not easy. Sometimes, it's messy, uncomfortable and even unwanted. But our very identity is tied to it. And that is, showing the love of God to others. Even the unjust and unrighteous. Jesus showed …

In Titus 1:5-12 Paul told Pastor Titus how to choose workers within the church and, very specifically, what kind of leader to avoid. We would do well to follow this pattern in electing government officials as well as church leaders! In II Timothy 1:5-8 Paul also told Pastor Timothy to remind himself of his godly heritage and the powerful gifts he’d…

We find many beautiful parallels between the relationship of Jesus Christ with the church, his bride, and Jewish wedding traditions. Many of these traditions are reflected in the events surrounding the rapture of the church. Join us as we study this today.By Pastor Debbie Haynes

Join us for a bible study on the rapture of the Church.By Pastor Debbie Haynes

Pentecost Sunday is the observance of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the earth. It is celebrated 50 days after Passover. Just before Jesus ascended from earth back to Heaven, He instructed His disciples to go to Jerusalem and wait upon the Holy Spirit to come to them, which He’d promised to send to them so they wouldn’t feel so alone after …

Memorial Day. A day to remember those who lost their lives while serving their country. God thought memorials were very important. In Joshua 4:9-10 God told Joshua to have the priests set up stones to mark the very place where they stood in the Jordan River on dry ground. For God had performed a mighty miracle for them by rolling back the waters. H…

The wilderness is a desolate, uninhabitable for very long, in-between place that’s full of physical obstacles and dangers. Except that, sometimes, that’s exactly where God wants us to be, just as he did the Children of Israel, so that he can not only meet all our physical needs while we’re there, but he can also teach us valuable spiritual lessons.…

…Be ye filled with the spirit. Are you hungry for more of the things of God? We’re commanded to be baptized in the spirit and Jesus is the baptizer. The Apostle Paul met with some of the disciples and they’d never heard of the Holy Spirit before—they’d only heard of salvation and water baptism. But when Paul explained that yes, they’d completed the…

Happy Mother’s Day to all our wonderful moms, grandmothers, aunts, sisters and friends, and anyone else who has invested into the lives of others! Not all moms have biological children, but many are loved by those they serve as a mom would. Psalm 68:6 says that God sets the solitary, or lonely in families. What a wonderful provision! The Apostle Pa…

Job had it made, until that fateful day came when all was lost. He literally spent himself trying to solve the puzzle of why. Like Job, we can waste so much time acting as our own defense attorney, when all the while, God, who is so rich in pity and mercy towards the righteous, is trying to show us things in ourselves that He wants to change. And G…

God Things. Those events that happen in our lives that we really have very little to do with; things we don’t cause or arrange, but that have huge impact on us. How did they happen? Psalm 37:23 says that, The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives. Though they stumble, they will never fall, for the Lord hold…

The most impactful event in all of history. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ completed the sacrifice that He made and provided so much to believers! He freed the souls of those who’d died before he was crucified and resurrected so that they could join him in Heaven; He gave life eternal to all of those who would believe in Him after his death and r…

Seeing Jesus. It is all that really matters. So much rides on our will, our desire and our faith to find Him and look upon Him. For He offers so much. The Old Testament points to the coming of Jesus, the Messiah, such as through the story in Numbers 21:5-9. People were dying from snake bites. When the people repented of their sin, God told Moses to…

In today’s study of John 13, we’ll see the significance of the last Passover, why Jesus washed the disciples’ feet, Judas’ betrayal of Jesus, how much Jesus loved the disciples and cared about them after he would be gone. How Jesus’ whole focus was completing the assignment given him by his Father, and he called it glory. Study this phenomenal chap…