Pulpit Power Podcast

Mary is one mother we do not talk about often, but she was a special mother. Mary was simple, she submitted herself to God, she was scriptural, she went through suffering, and she was spiritual minded. When the angel of the Lord came to Mary and told her that she was going to have a baby, without knowing a man, she simply said yes. She gave her life to God and allowed for His plan to take over rat...

Sometimes we forget who we belong to. We become prideful and put ourselves first and give ourselves the glory. Just like Herod did in Acts 12:18-25. But we don’t want to make the same mistakes as Herod did. All things that we have in life are from God and God should get all the glory. See Herod became prideful and God gave him the consequences he deserved. God is one who needs to be respected and...

If you call yourself a Christian, are you truly a follower of Christ? At some point we need to stop and think do we truly believe? There is a difference between truly knowing God and being religious. Peter was someone who truly was a follower of Christ. If he had to die because of telling the Gospel to others then he would be willing to do it. We need to ponder on whether we would be willing to di...

Jesus knew that all things needed to be fulfilled. One of those things was going on the cross to suffer for us because of our sin. They pierced His hands and feet, gave Him vinegar to drink, and had Him on the cross till he suffocated to death. The only thing that they did not do was break His legs, which is another prophecy that was fulfilled. Christ‘s death, burial, and resurrection were all aut...

A Christian is someone who is like Christ. Being a Christian entails a lot. God extended grace to us and allowed for us to be in heaven with Him. But being a Christian is not just about being saved and getting to go to heaven, it’s about doing the Great Commission. Barnabas was a positive prophet, a good encourager, welcomed people, and wasn’t jealous of others successes. We need to be a lot more...

Sometimes we get to caught up in traditions or things we have done over and over again, which makes us not want to do anything else besides the things we have done over and over again. But sometimes doing something different is better than doing what we have always done. As Christians if someone gives us advice on something that is different than what we do, we should maybe take their advice and n...

In Acts 10:34-48, it was now an equal opportunity for Jews and Gentiles to be saved. A Gentile, Cornelius, was hungry and thirsty for the truth. Just like Cornelius we had a hunger and thirst for truth. We always need to be hungry for the Lord’s Word. At this time is when Cornelius got saved and made Jesus Lord of all over His life. As saved Christians sometimes we need to remember that Jesus is L...

The Holy Spirit is working through our lives just as it did in Bible times. In Acts 10, a centurion man, named Cornelius, meets Peter. They end up eating together, which is where you start to see Peter’s prejudice against Gentiles start to weaken, because he is beginning to see that Gentiles are just people like they are people. Cornelius even knelt down before Peter because he was humbling himsel...

God puts people or things in our way sometimes to steer us in the right directions and some times that takes baby steps. For example, God allowed many things to happen with Peter and it took baby steps to get him where God wanted him to be. God brings things together in His timing. We need to stop and listen instead of trying to rush things because God is always a step ahead of us. He knows everyt...

The ground is level at the foot of the cross, we are all welcome to come to Him. We only need to come looking for God. Every person has a time in their lives when they are open and searching. You may bet the person to use that open door and help someone bring drawn to Him. So listen as Pastor Scheving preaches this message “Seeking to Know God”

We are born again to go out and serve. Also, to have a zeal and excitement when we serve. Peter had a lot of zeal for going out and serving the Lord. We are valuable to God but sometimes before we are valuable we have to be humbled first. This happened with Peter. Peter overcame that with God’s leading and even led him to be involved in some miracles such as Tabitha. Tabitha was a joyful servant a...

Saul has had a great transformation in his life. God changed him and he made a complete turn around from what he used to be. When Saul (Paul) got saved he meant business and did not mind standing out in front of others for Christ. As Christians to the world we look peculiar but to God we look normal. We are to still be in the world but not of it. We are to give the gospel to those that are lost bu...

Have you ever been blinded to something but then something clicked and then you could see? It’s almost like what happened to Saul. God blinded Saul, which hanged his life around, but the only way for Saul to see again was by Ananias. God had a plan for Saul and Ananias got to play a semi-big role in his life. Ananias was skeptical at first and even argued with God about going to Saul, but God basi...

The conversion of Saul is a good example to us for our lives. Saul was a Jew that wanted Christians threatened, slaughtered, and killed. Whatever Saul did he did it with his whole heart, but what he was doing was very wrong. God had to get in the way of Saul to help him see the light. God got in his way and blinded Saul. Once Saul was blinded and heard God speaking to him, he understood God and go...

Before we came to Christ we were lost and at some point we became a seeker. We wanted to seek the truth and find God. In Acts 8:34-40, the Ethiopian man was seeking and he wanted to know about Jesus. Philip told him about Jesus and he got saved. Once he was saved he asked Philip about baptism because he wanted to follow after Jesus in scriptural baptism. Baptism is a command but does not save you....

We need to draw nigh to God. In Acts 8:30-31, Philip asks the Ethiopian if he understood what he read. The Ethiopian said “How can I, except some man should guide me?” The Ethiopian desired for Philip to be a shepherd to him and teach him the scriptures. As Philip gave the gospel to the Ethiopian we should be doing that with those around us. We need to take the time and be a witness of Christ to o...

Back in Bible times Christians were actually persecuted for the sake of the gospel. We as Christians don’t have to really worry about that right now, but as we get closer to the return of Christ the more likely that possibility will become. So listen to this message from Pastor Tony Scheving “Standing Alone for Christ”