EVK Podcast

If the Lord is my shepherd, I have all that I need!  This needs to be our focus when thinking about our finances.  Just as Jesus provided for the multitudes with a miracle from a boy's lunch - Jesus will miraculously provide for you.  If you get involved in God's distribution to others in your finances, He will abundantly provide for you.  

The Lord is our shepherd, and He is all that we need!  We are like sheep, and we need a Shepherd in this life.  He is our guide, provider, protector, rewarder.  Look to Him as your Shepherd, and He will be all you need.  Turn to Him daily and say - Lord, you are my Shepherd! 

To get to a better place in life, we need to think right.  It is our choice what we think on, and the attitude we have going into each day with.  And if your thought-life is not stable, then your faith can never be stable.  Here are some biblical steps to apply in our life, to keep our thinking right. 

Prayer is vital for us to live a better life.  And prayer should be fun and easy for us to do.  Pastor Barry teaches us some mindsets, and promises from the Bible, to stand upon.  When we pray out God's plan for our lives, in a Biblical way, we will see God move in our lives.  

It is important that we have margin in every area of out lives - time, emotions, health, finances.  More margin, less pressure - less margin, more pressure.  Having margin in finances will take away the pressures of life that are pushed on us.  Do not let the power of money rule you, you can chose to put God first, and you will go to better. 

The anointing of God is supernatural help that comes on you to do what you are called to do.  From our every day duties, to serving Jesus - the anointing is the ability to do it better.  And Jesus said the anointing we have is the same anointing He had, so the church can do what He did when He was here.  Draw on the anointing, expect it, and you will always have it.  

Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to us as the greatest gift to help us through life, He called Him our Comforter.  We should not be unconfortable with the Comforter, He is our helper.  Believers have the Holy Spirit in them, and He is the power of God to help us go to a better life.  Being full is better, so be filled!  

There are 2 guarantees in life - 1. Tough times will come.  2. God is with you. You need to know that when difficulties come, it is part of life.  But God is with you to get you through to a place of blessing where things are better.  We have guidance from God's Word to be a success in all that we do.  

God will break the rules for you to prosper in your life. As Jesus told Peter to go fish to get the coin to pay his taxes, you just go do what you know to do.  God promises to bless the work of your hand, and He will take care of you.  

Jesus has already broken the rules for us to receive health and healing.  Just as Jesus showed healing and forgiveness were available in His ministry - salvation and health have been given to you today.  Jesus purchased both of them, at the same time, on the cross.  We can receive with bold confident faith. 

Your faith will put you in position for God to be able to show up for you, break the rules for you, and use you.  David was a young man who had bold courageous faith.  The kind of faith that caused others around him to eventually believe for the impossible.  Whatever giants you face in your life today, speak to them in faith, and go do what the Lord leads you to do.  Victory will be yours! 

Never let go of the dreams God gives to you, no matter how bad things might seem to you in the moment.  We see Joseph kept his relationship strong with the Lord, no matter how bad things git in the natural.  And the Lord continued to make him a success.  But sometimes can't fulfill God's plan for you, the way things are in your life now.  We might need to break up with some things, so we...

Even when things do not seem possible, God can do what is impossible for us.  Abraham and Sarah had a baby together, way past age to have children. Our faith activates the power of God in a way that will make exceptions for us.  God will break the rules for you - if you believe.  

When you stand for your God, even when tested and tempted, God will stand up for you.  Sometimes the Lord will keep you from the fire, but other times the Lord will go with you into the fire and protect you. You will make it where others couldn't, and you will not even smell like smoke. When God makes exceptions for you, He will use you to share the goodness of Jesus with others. 

When you become a person who makes prayer, your relationship with God, a priority, God will break the rules for you.  And when you daily put the Lord first, you will never have to fear when things come against you.  Like Daniel, even though others wanted to kill him, the Lord stood with Daniel, and the lions never touched him. Your God can break the rules and keep you safe.  

God is a rule breaker, and loves to break the rules in your life.  He will do this to show you how much He loves you.  God's unexplainable peace, the undeserved favor of the Lord, and His amazing grace - are rule breakers in our lives.  Expect God to make exceptions for you and when He does let God use you!

We have a responsibility to go out and make a difference in our lives, to the people around us.  Jesus encouraged us to go compel and urge people to "come", so that His house is filled.  You represent Jesus, tell them your story, and invite them to church.  This is to be done with love, as we show love to others and tell them about Jesus.  

Salvation is the our ultimate goal in life.  We want to be sure we ourselves are saves, (born again and believe in Jesus). And we want to help others find the truth and receive their salvation that Jesus has already provided to anyone who believe. You have a story to share about what the Lord has done for you -- tell them!  

The "Go" the Lord call us to, is mostly followed by the word "Home".  Yes, we are to go into all the world and tell them about Jesus -- but we start at home, the people in our influence, and then go out to the world.  As Jesus said before he went back  to heaven, "Go tell everyone in Jerusalem, Judaea, Samaria, and the world."  You have a story of what Jesus has done...

An important thing to tell people, is about the fact that Jesus is coming back again.  The  Old Testament spoke about Jesus coming a second time, Jesus told us He will come again, the angels told people Jesus will come again, and we need to tell people Jesus will come again.  Let's live in a way that we are ready to go be with Him.  

God loves the world and is sending you out into the world.  God wants every person to be saved, but you need to tell them.  Show God's love to others - you can make a difference in your life.  God has been so good to you, you can go be good to others.  Just tell them your story, about all God has done for you! 

God loves you!  He unconditionally loves everyone in the world.  This is the Good News of the Bible, and the message that changes lives.  God demonstrated His love for us in the Old Testament story of Hosea and Gomer - how He loved you and came to purchase you back to Himself, even before you loved Him.  You are loved! 

We need to be bold to share about God's love for the world, and what Jesus has done for everyone, with the people in our lives.  God love everyone, even the ones who reject Him.  It is by believing in Jesus that we receive access to God, and get this advantage for life.  

To get to the place of victory, we need to know that God is holding us in His hands.  It is more important that God is holding us, than  we are holding into God.  And when God is holding you, you become free, and can freely give way what you have to bless the Kingdom of God.  You can be generous, because God is so generous to you.  Our fight is to stay in God's hands, and let hold you. 

We need to fight to keep the Word that we hear, when we go to church or hear an anointed message.  Because Satan will try to come and steal it from your mind, before it can get planted in your heart - and become part of who you are.  Don't assume because you hear it, that you will do it.  Go back over the things you hear, and remind yourself of the Word you have heard.