Apostle Paul preached in Ephesus for several years in a very wicked city. After being rejected by the Jews in their synagogue, he continued to preach and teach Jesus Christ and it led to a huge revival of repentance. Grab your Bible, turn to Acts 19, and follow along with Pastor Mike.
The book of Acts describes the beginning of the Ephesian church, which included miracles and a great time of repentance. In the end, the greatest result is described in Acts 19:20, "So mightly grew the word of God and prevailed," which should be the goal for every Christian and church. Grab your Bible, turn to Acts 19, and follow along with Pastor Mike.
Jesus gave a parable that Christians are to be like a candle that is set upon a candlestick and not hidden. The truth of Jesus Christ illuminates and is to be shared with this world. Grab your Bible, turn to Mark 4, and follow along with Pastor Mike.
Jesus gives the famous parable of the four types of soil, which equates to the four types of hearts that hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In focusing on the thorny soil, we see the heart that is crowded with the cares of the world. If the thorns aren't removed, then it chokes out the spiritual fruit. Grab your Bible, turn to Mark 4, and follow along with Pastor Mike.
Ezra chapter 8 includes a unique story where priests were given a huge sum of gold to carry from Babylon to Jerusalem. They weighed each man's portion at the beginning and the end to make sure nothing was lost. There is a spiritual application of us protecting and using what God has given to us to use for His kingdom. Grab your Bible and follow along with Pastor Mike.
A powerful prophecy before the Babylonian captivity even started was that the Lord would raise up a king named Cyrus to return the Jews to Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple. The Lord shows that he is the one true God by constantly fulfilling prophesies with exact detail. Grab your Bible, turn to Ezra 1, and follow along with Pastor Mike.
Jesus walked by Matthew's tax collector booth and instead of hating him or trying to later meet him in secret, Jesus invited him by saying, "Follow me". Matthew didn't hesitate but left his career and threw a feast for his new life. Grab your Bible, turn to Luke 5, and follow along with Pastor Mike.
Jesus' first recorded miracle of healing someone blind occurs in Matthew 9. It's a short story that shows the importance of perseverance in prayer and faith. Grab your Bible and follow along with Pastor Mike.
Isaiah 38 tells the story of when King Hezekiah was sick and was going to die but he prayed to the Lord and was given 15 more years to live. The Lord also gave him a miraculous sign to show that the God's word would come to pass. Grab your Bible and follow along with Pastor Mike as he teaches the adult Sunday School class.
The psalmist was distraught because he saw the wicked prospering and he had heard them boast that they will never stand before God in judgment. However, the Bible clearly teaches that the time before the judgment of the wicked is God's mercy and judgment will come to all. Grab your Bible, turn to Psalm 10 and follow along with Pastor Mike.
During the Great Tribulation period, there will be those that worship the beast versus those that trust in Jesus Christ for salvation. One of the descriptions that Revelation chapter 14 says about those saints was that they were patient. They never bowed down to the devil, even though it would mean losing their own life. We can learn today that our faith requires patience too, as the Lord's timing…
Revelation chapter 14 gives a message from three different angels during the Great Tribulation period: the everlasting Gospel, the fall of commerce, and the bloody judgment of all that have rejected Jesus Christ. Grab your Bible and follow along with Pastor Mike as we dig into a prophetic portion of the Bible.