Discover The Book MinistriesMMG-42 NR3-26 TAB-26 WFM-39 XAS-05 010701AM John-5 JESUS IS MY SALVATION MESSAGE SERIES PART – 5 THE CREDENTIALS OF THE KING OF THE ENDLESS JOY FILLED LIFE! To begin our look at Christ’s offer of endless, overflowing, joy filled life look at John 20:31. Last century, blind Helen Lemmel wrote, “O soul are you weary […]
Where Are You on God’s Map?
MMG-43 NR3-28 TAB-27 WFM-41 XAS-07 010715AM JIMS – 7 John Series-41 Map John SERIES PART – 41 WHERE ARE YOU ON THE SPIRITUAL MAP OF YOUR LIFE? We are looking at the victorious, overflowing, abundant life Christ offered in the Gospel by John. Are you enjoying this power of Jesus Christ’s victorious life? For the […]
Run the Race, Look to Jesus
GHS-18 MMG-34 NR6-21 NR7-40 WWJ-61 040822AM Run the Race, Look to Jesus Today we are looking at what God wants from everyone of us who live in the body He made for us. This body is His Temple and what we do with this temple will be the basis for our everlasting reward in His […]
The Good Heart Bears Fruit
GHS-13 KGD-36 MMG-29 NR6-42 NR7-35 TAB-25 WWJ-56 040711AM What does God call time in our lives that is harnessed and used and deposited before Him in Heaven? FRUIT. Look at Mark 4.8 and 20. Fruit is what is produced by my life that will last forever – prayers from a clean heart, worship from […]
The Good Heart – Lives for Jesus
GHS-12 KGD-04 MMG-28 NR6-41 NR7-34 TAB-24 WWJ-55 040704AM Are you living the “good life” this morning? For many that idea of the “good life” would evoke financial security, great health, abundant pleasures, and constant freedoms. But sadly most of those pursuing that “good life” never find it, what they thought was lasting fades, what they thought was secure […]
The Good Heart – Accepts the Word
GHS-11 KGD-03 MMG-27 NR6-40 NR7-33 TAB-23 WWJ-54 040627AM The Good Heart – Accepts the Word Mark 4:20 With the death and burial of our 40th President there has been a national resurrection of discussions about the greatness of Ronald Regan’s life. Perhaps the single greatest event he is remembered for is breaking down the walls […]
Four Hearts, One Soil
GHS-06 KGD-31 MMG-20 NR6-39 NR7-28 WWJ-49 040418AM Four Hearts – One Soil Its been a long day. Jesus started the day teaching inside a home (Mark 3.20-21) and was approached by His own family who tried to “arrest” Him and drag Him back to Nazareth so they could ‘take care of Him’. Then He was […]
Seven Words of Hope and Life
040411AM MMG-41 NR6-38 NR7-27 TAB-22 WWJ-48 Mark -48 Easter Seven Word of Hope and Life SEVEN WONDERFUL WORDS OF HOPE AND LIFE Jesus lives. The Tomb is empty. Death is defeated. The Grave is opened. God is in control. His Word is true. The Devil is destroyed. Death, Hell, and the […]
Is There Another Way to God?
MMG-19 NR6-03 NR7-26 WWJ-46 040314AM There are really two ultimate questions in life. 1st – “Do you have a personal relationship with God?” And once you answer that, 2nd – “Is there another way to God?” We are in the Gospel by Mark 3.31-35. Jesus stops and looks around at those seated at His […]
Are You Marked?
MMG-24 WFM-52 020609AM In John 10 we find Jesus the Good Shepherd who came to seek and save the lost. He died for the sin of the world and offers salvation to all the world. He says there is only one entrance but it is wide enough for all who want to enter. And for […]
Blind Eyes Made to See
MMG-23 NR6-46 WFM-51 020602AM The world according to Jesus is divided into two groups: Those that are in darkness, the spiritually blind and Those that have sight, the spiritually seeing. There are only two kinds of people. There’s no half sight. There are no partially blind. You either see or you are totally […]
Believers are Worshipers
020421AM MMG-46 WFM-48 Masters Message in John-6 THE MASTER’S MESSAGE SERIES JOHN-6 Believers are Worshippers The heartbeat of God’s Word is worship. Today Jesus defines believers as WORSHIPPERS! So the driving message of salvation is worship. Jesus tells us the only thing God seeks is worship. So, the purpose of salvation is worshiping the God […]
Snakes, Sinners and the Savior
MMG-44 WFM-46 020407AM One of the best-known verses in the Bible is framed by one of the strangest scenes in the Bible. What are we learning this morning? John 3:16 and the story of Nicodemus. What is the setting? Snakes, Sinners and the Savior. Jesus uses a strange scene, snakes attacking and killing people as the backdrop […]
What a Wonderful Change Has Been Wrought in Your Life
KGD-22 MMG-16 WFM-44 020303AM There are two books that have been present in Christ’s church since those earliest days. We hear Paul mentioning this when he said “speak to yourselves in Psalms and hymns….” Psalms are of course the Scriptures, God’s Word. Hymns have been traditionally defined as the testimonies of God’s saints in song. […]
Christ’s Finished Work
MMG-04 NR1-27 NR6-34 WWJ-19 000618PM When Jesus reached the last evening He would share with His beloved disciples, He celebrated Passover with them and transformed it into a special memorial to the FINISHED WORK of His death. He inaugurated the Lord’s Supper as the fulfillment of all Passovers. Communion is for His church to celebrate until He […]
Like the Woman at the Well
MMG-45 020414AM This morning please open with me to the woman at the well. In John 4 Jesus has a fascinating talk with a most unlikely candidate for His ministry. No one could have stood in greater[1] contrast to Nicodemus than this woman. He was a Jew, she was a Samaritan, a race that the […]
The Message of Jesus-3
MMG-02 NR1-24 NR6-33 WWJ-16 000604PM Twelve men changed the world. Eleven of them ate, slept, sailed, and walked with Jesus. The twelfth man was a latecomer, so he got three years alone in the desert with Jesus. These men were the apostles, the sent ones, those entrusted with the Gospel of God’s grace. Peter and […]
Jesus Explains the Gospel
MMG-14 NR6-44 010401AM We come now to the close of our survey of Luke. In these past weeks since Christmas we have seen that Jesus shares the Good News of salvation 23 times, each unique and yet each with the same basic elements. In fact, Luke ends with a summary of the Gospel in […]
God as Our Father
MMG-10 NR6-26 010121AM Remember what God promised about Christ’s coming? Isaiah 9:6: Wonderful Counselor so we never have to be CONFUSED. Mighty God so we never have to be AFRAID. Everlasting Father so we never have to be ALONE. Prince of Peace so we never have to be ANXIOUS. If church traditions are correct all the Gospel writers had an overwhelming […]
How to Escape the Fires of Hell
MMG-09 NR6-25 010114AM Of all the various type of disasters that befall us as humans, one of the more feared situations is to be trapped in a burning building. Over the past few years there have been several tragic scenes of dance clubs where hundreds of young people have been locked into halls that […]
Hearing Christ’s Voice – Luke-4
MMG-08 NR6-24 010107AM This morning the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the most wonderful message ever conceived, and the most powerful formula ever devised. What do I mean? Well when someone hears and believes God’s Word their life is revolutionized. What can the Gospel Do? What can this Gospel do? As you turn back towards […]
The Message of Jesus-1
MMG-03 NR1-17 NR6-31 WWJ-09 000326PM Mark-9 TAPE # 9 WALKING WITH JESUS SERIES MARK 1:14-15 “THE MESSAGE OF JESUS” As believers this evening, one of the greatest privileges we have is knowing and sgaring the message of Jesus. What is the message of Jesus? In a moment we will examine it word by […]
The Power of the Gospel
KGD-28 MMG-12 010318AM This Gospel of Jesus is powerful. Have you shared it this week? As we turn back now to our opening text in Luke 14:15-24 may I illustrate the power of the Gospel? Listen to Christ’s power of salvation from this moving story from World War II.. Remember the Day of […]
Hearing Christ’s Voice
KGD-16 MMG-01 NR1-23 WWJ-15 000604AM Mark-15 The Message of Jesus -1 MARK 1:38-39 THE MESSAGE OF JESUS Have you ever wished you could sit in the back of the crowd and listen to the greatest man who ever lived, Jesus Christ, and hear what He said to the lost and seeking crowds? Have […]
Are You In?
KGD-08 MMG-11 010311AM Mark-47 Masters Message in Luke-7 THE MASTER’S MESSAGE SERIES LUKE-7 “ARE YOU IN?” Do you know if you are “in” yet? Are you assured of eternal life? Who is really going to Heaven? Those may well be the most urgent question of our earthly existence. We live is a religious world […]
Do You Believe and Have This Life?
KGD-07 MMG-15 NR6-45 020224AM Masters Message in John-1 THE MASTER’S MESSAGE SERIES JOHN-1 DO YOU BELIEVE AND HAVE THIS LIFE? What happens when you preach the gospel from the Gospels to lost sinners? Does it work any more? I mean does the gospel impact lives like it did in the world of Christ and the […]
Believers are Word Receiving
KGD-06 MMG-13 010325AM Mark-49 Masters Message in Luke-9 THE MASTER’S MESSAGE SERIES LUKE-9 RECEIVING THE WORD This morning we are looking at one of the foundational truths of our salvation. True Christians are those who have received God’s Word. Think of the verses you know so well: John 5:24 “Most assuredly, I say to […]
Growing in God
GHS-27 MMG-40 WWJ-70 041114AM Perhaps the most fruitful servant of the Lord in the New Testament was Paul the Apostle. Perhaps the most afflicted, pressured, troubled man in the New Testament was Paul the Apostle. Perhaps the most useful servant of the Lord in the New Testament was Paul the Apostle. […]
Growing Mark
GHS-26 MMG-39 WWJ-69 041107AM What does God the Father want from each of us believers today? Life long growth in abiding fruitfully in Jesus. When your body stops growing—your abiding fruitfully should not. When your financial worth stops growing– your abiding fruitfully should not. When your power and influence on earth stop growing– your […]
How Does God Help Us Grow?
GHS-25 MMG-38 WWJ-68 041024AM Most of us long to have something from our earthly existence — that will endure. Life is so fragile, time is so fleeting, and things are so temporal. What are you involved with that is bigger than you? What are you doing that will last forever? What are […]
Who Controls You?
GHS-24 MMG-37 WWJ-67 041017AM MARK -67 ABIDING SATISFIED Fruitfulness Explained: John 15.1-8 Abiding Fruitful “Who controls you?” There in one word that determines everything about your future – control. Who is going to control your life – you or God? Who is going to take up your time – you or the Lord? What […]
The Good Heart From the Inside Out
GHS-23 MMG-36 WWJ-66 041010AM Jesus compared Himself to a grape vine, us to branches growing out of that vine – and God our Father as a Gardener walking up and down the rows of branches growing out of Christ our Vine. What I just said is the heart of Christ’s message to His disciples […]
The Good Heart Grows In Clean Soil
GHS-22 MMG-35 WWJ-65 041003AM How far down the road of life have you walked? Most Americans die at about 75 years old. Are you halfway or more through a normal lifetime yet? How much of last week was deposited in Heaven? How much of your time and energies were used by the Lord for […]
Christ Abides in My Actions
GHS-17 MMG-33 NR6-20 NR7-39 WWJ-60 040815AM Mark -60 Christ wants to Abide in my Actions Fruitfulness Explained: John 15.1-8 Christ wants to abide in my actions As Paul sat to write the words we will read this morning, he may have glanced out the window of his room along the busy streets of Corinth, […]
God is Faithful
GHS-16 MMG-32 NR6-19 NR7-38 WWJ-59 040808AM Mark-59 God is Faithful Learning God’s Faithfulness Lamentation 3 One of the greatest blessings of life is to know God. Knowing God means that He also knows us. God knowing us means He knows life hurts at times. When ever I go through hard times, sad times, dark […]
Christ Abides in My Attitudes
GHS-15 MMG-31 NR6-18 NR7-37 WWJ-58 040725AM Mark -58 Christ Abiding in my Attitude Fruitfulness Explained: John 15.1-8 Christ wants to Abide – In my Attitude This morning God expects fruit in the life of His children. That fruit comes from a good heart. That good heart is made good by God in a process called […]
Christ Abides in My Time & Treasures
GHS-14 MMG-30 NR6-17 NR7-36 WWJ-57 040718AM Mark -57 Fruitfulness Explained The Good Life – Bears Fruit Mark 4.8 & 20 Fruitfulness Explained: John 15.1-8 Christ wants to Abide – In my Time & Treasures God has big plans for you this morning – if you are His child. He wants to “yield a crop” […]
The Good Heart
GHS-10 KGD-35 MMG-26 NR7-32 WWJ-53 The Good Heart 040523AM The Good Heart Mark 4.1-20 One day, in one verse — Jesus describes everyone in the world that will go to Heaven. And in five other verses He describes those who will not. Have you ever reflected on His descriptions? Jesus said the words we are […]
The Crowded Heart
GHS-09 KGD-34 MMG-25 NR7-31 WJ-52 The Crowded Heart 040516AM The Crowded Heart Mark 4:7, 18-29 One day Jesus compared life to a field, people to soil, the Gospel to seed, and eternal life to a crop of harvested righteousness. Jesus also classified everyone on Earth as either – “Wayside” or The Hard Heart, […]
The Shallow Heart
GHS-08 KGD-33 MMG-22 NR7-30 WWJ-51 Shallow Lives 040509AM Shallow Lives Mark 4.1-20 Today we come to the second soil in Christ’s parable. This second soil illustrates a second heart. Last time we saw the wayside or hardened heart. This time we will examine the stony or shallow heart. Please open your Bibles with me to […]
The Hard Heart
GHS-07 KGD-32 MMG-21 NR7-29 WWJ-50 The Hard Heart 040425AM Wayside Hearts Today we return to perhaps the greatest story Jesus ever told. The depths of the message of these few words, is astounding. Christ’s insight into human nature is piercing. His analysis of human responsibility is sobering. And His explanation of life around us […]
Do You Have a Personal Relationship with Jesus?
GHS-05 MMG-18 NR6-37 NR7-25 WWJ-45 Do You Have a Personal Relationship with Jesus 040307AM How is your Relationship with Jesus? Who is in Christ’s Family? Do you have a Personal Relationship with Jesus? Mark 3.31-35 The most important question you will every be asked to answer is the question – “Do you have a […]
All Sins are Forgivable
GHS-04 MMG-17 NR6-30 NR7-24 WWJ-44 040222AM MARK 41.44 ALL SINS FORGIVEN COMPLETELY/ABSOLUTELY FORGIVEN The Miracle of Complete Forgiveness Mark 3.20-30 The New Testament records 37 miracles1 that Jesus performed during His earthly ministry. These include sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, life to the dead, health to the sick – and many other […]
The Unpardonable Sin
GHS-03 MMG-07 NR6-36 NR7-23 WWJ-43 THE UNPARDONABLE SIN 040208AM THE SIN FOR WHICH THERE IS NO FORGIVENESS Mark 3.20-30 As we open to Mark 3 today, we open to Jesus walking on this earth and confronting the Scribes, men of the Word. As we prepare to read the 11 verses that record that event stop […]
The Gospel Explained by Peter
GHS-02 MMG-06 NR6-29 WWJ-42 The Gospel Explained by Peter 040201AM The Gospel According to Peter Was Peter the Pope? People need heroes. Part of life is looking up to someone, being inspired by them, and rising to greater levels of accomplishment in whatever field they represent. There are golfing heroes who inspire; basketball […]
The Experience of Peter
GHS-01 MMG-05 NR6-28 WWJ-41 040125AM The Gospel According to Peter Peter never forgot what Jesus told him at Caesarea Philippi. He knew Christ was the Rock and we are just living stones who are built into His habitation. As we open to the 1st words of the Gospel by Mark – note what they […]