God Centered Life

Jesus tells the church in Sardis to "Wake up!" We need this toowhether it's a sleepy Sunday morning or the way we're drifting through life. The message to Sardis resonates with us today. Now is the time, let's get going and make the most of our life with Jesus; let's wake up! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

Jesus' discipline toward us is an expression of his love, just as a father disciplines his child for his good. God shapes us and refines us to make us more the person he wants us to be. Discipline isn't pleasant, but it is for our good, and anything we want to become good at requires discipline. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about y...

Church is not just an institution, a routine, or a religious ritual. We are in the presence of Christ; we are the body of Christ. The sovereign power of Jesus is at work in church, as shown in the letter to Thyatira. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

These days Christians in America go around looking defeated like things are bad and going to get worse. No, we are to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To repent is not to do penance or beat yourself with whips and chains, either physically or emotionally. You can cry and feel really bad, but if you do nothing about it, you still haven't repented. The whole point is changing your mind and going in the other direction. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...

The church at Pergamum had held fast to Jesus' name and did not deny the faith. How had this church, faithful even unto death, become so compromised? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The poverty mentioned here is of an extreme kind. The Romans could plunder their property and leave them destitute and having to beg. Nonetheless, Jesus tells them, you're still rich! To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The letter to Smyrna is telling us what real religion must doprovide an answer to suffering and death. Jesus tells them not to be frightened of the difficult things coming their way. Today people are frightened about what is going to happen in our society, so this letter is relevant for us. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your a...

As we begin our study of the book of Revelation, we find seven letters to the churches of Asia. Jesus writes a letter to each of them, and he has a different message for each of them. They are of great relevance to the contemporary church today. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There is nothing distinctly religious about worship. We are all worshippers. Worship is what humans do when they enjoy something and think it's worthy. We are called to worship God and by his Spirit see him as amazing. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paul sets an extraordinary example for Timothy of his faithfulness to the end. We'll learn how and why not to give up as we close out this series. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you ever ask yourself why there is a particular kind of false teaching in a particular placethe answer is that it's what people want. They have "itching ears"a curiosity for spicy, novel information. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sometimes when we go to churches today or read advice on how to be spiritual and get to know God, we just get confused. What is the truth anymore? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We so often think that suffering, difficulties, and persecution are a sign that God has forgotten us. But Paul teaches Timothy that persecution is a sign that God has forgiven us and that we are following the way of the cross. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Even though Timothy is facing challenges, some from within the church, Paul tells him not to be discouraged. He encourages Timothy to follow the model of his own life, including how he taught the Word. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

He does not tell these hard-working Colossians to initiate opportunities, he tells them to respond to opportunities. We need to be ready to share when God prompts us. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Part of the opposition Timothy faced was right under his nosefalse teaching. Here Paul teaches how false teaching reveals itself and and therefore what to do about it. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When we look around at the world and politics and our society today, we wonder what's going on. Nothing has changed from Timothy's day. But we have hope because the gospel is so powerful, and it shows us how to be faithfully effective in our church and our world today. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...

Maybe you feel that the task you've been called to is a little too big for you, as it might have been for Timothy. You may have a difficult family situation or a physical illness, and yet God wants you to do something. How can you do it? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We need a "big God" theology. God is guarding your career, your life, and your family. It is this "big God" theology that Timothy neededand that you need. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you don't have something worth dying for, you don't have something worth living for. This message shows us the purpose we were made for. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is believing in Jesus like wearing vision-enhancing glasses that improve your view of life? Or is believing in Jesus finally seeing clearly with 20/20 vision? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Gospel is essential, but so is the Church. We are not individualistic as Christians; we are part of the body of Christ. Today that is so important to reaffirm with everything going on in our world. The Church is not a social club or a source of entertainment; we need each other. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choice...

The old self is full of malice, so Paul tells us to be kind and tender-hearted, forgiving one another as God in Christ forgave us. We massively undervalue Christian kindness. It's a character gift given to others, and it's very important. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What kind of world do we live in? It's exactly the same world the Apostle Paul describes in the Bible. The human condition hasn't changed. We must evaluate who we truly are and make changes accordingly. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/1417/29 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices