Junkyard Outreach

Send us Fan Mail 1 Peter is a letter packed with valuable insight and instruction for the believer.  Its 5 chapters declare the glory of God through the lives of obedient believers and how they can achieve victory in this life through the power of Jesus.  

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Send us Fan Mail A shout out to all those listeners.  We are entering our 6th season at the Junkyard Outreach.  Thanks for listening!! 

Send us Fan Mail As believers our lives now belong to God and we live to serve Him.  Or at least that's supposed to be what is happening.  And when we are living a life that is not real exciting  or eventful, are we taking the opportunity in that season to grow and prepare for what the Lord has next?  If you are in a slow season, then prepare for whatever the Lord has next.   

Send us Fan Mail Many people in scripture experienced rejection including Jesus Himself.  Rejection is a reality in life but for many it can be crippling and really divert their lives into a pit.  But there is hope for the one who is rejected.  In Christ we will suffer many things in this world but the promise of Jesus is that He has conquered the world and we, who are serious about Him, will inhe...

Send us Fan Mail If you have questioned your value in the Kingdom because you believe you don't have what it takes or you are too old and out of touch with many things, then realize that God's plan for your life doesn't depend upon your own understanding rather on His will.  And He will give you what you need to accomplish His purposes in your life.  

Send us Fan Mail One question a believer may ask when they are just starting out on their journey with Jesus is "what do I do with all this?"  We may have a preconceived idea that following Jesus is a very complicated ordeal and the devil will certainly exploit the idea to veer us off our path.  But really what Jesus' requirements are may surprise us.  It's not that complicated...

Send us Fan Mail Being a disciple of Jesus is a commitment that requires total submission to Him.  When we are confronted with this, many skirt the issue by rationalizing their own opinions which doesn't work with Him.  So how can we have this kind of relationship with our Creator?  It's all wrapped up in being filled with the Holy Spirit and allowing Him to guide us into all truth. 

Send us Fan Mail We are created in the image of God and because of this our minds were designed to be captivated by our Lord.  Instead we become captivated by many other things in this life that compete with our relationship with the Lord.  So setting our minds on things above and allowing our spirit to become captivated by the Holy Spirit brings with it those promises in the Scriptures that aboun...

Send us Fan Mail As believers we are expected to live by faith or as it says in 2 Cor 5:7  "for we walk by faith, not by sight."  But when life gets scary we can quickly become desperate for a solution and try to obtain that solution when all we need to do is wait and God will fix it.  

Send us Fan Mail Many of us have had this experience routinely - we think we are doing good and then we do something that reveals our heart is not good.  We try to be good but to no avail it seems.  Trusting in Jesus and being open and honest with Him about our wretched hearts is the first step to victory.  

Send us Fan Mail True riches in this life come from God and includes the knowledge and wisdom of Him.  Material riches can be a blessing but can also be a trap that drags us away from the will of God into our will.  But with Jesus at our helm, we can experience the true riches of God and not have a lot of baggage attached to them. 

Send us Fan Mail Staying in the fight as a believer is a challenge especially when seasons in our lives drag on for years.  But the hope we have in eternity should spur us onto continue in the faith.  And when we are led by the Holy Spirit, even during those uneventful seasons, we can still see God's hand moving in our lives. 

Send us Fan Mail Walking in the Spirit produces spiritual light which can be seen by others.  Jesus commands us to let that light shine so all can see.  This involves obedience and a life spent serving Him.  And by doing this there are promises from God for those who are faithful.  

Send us Fan Mail As a believer we are called to sacrifice or do things without getting things in return.  This is a fundamental in the faith and is pertinent until we die.  When we learn to sacrifice we become more familiar with God's love which is sacrificial.  He gives us a lot of love but what does He ger in return?  Many times nothing or worse something negative.  This is how we learn to...

Send us Fan Mail As a new believer begins to experience the presence of God in their lives and the new life which God brings into the heart of those who believe, the process of growth continues as we are now faced with challenges to the way we are currently living.  We read scripture and find out there are commands to love others as ourselves, avoid behavior offensive to God, and go where the Holy...

Send us Fan Mail Psalm 16 is a short psalm but provides a good checklist for us to evaluate our lives and see if we are living in a way that is pleasing to God.  The psalm ends with "at your right hand are pleasures forevermore."  The result of a life of obedience to God is eternal life where there will be pleasures forevermore.  

Send us Fan Mail Many places in the Scriptures we are given a choice and that choice begins with the word "if."  If we do this then God will do this.  For example - 1 John 1:9  " If"  we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.  When we come across one of these "if" verses we have an opportunity to ev...

Send us Fan Mail Paul ends his letter to the Galatian believers by encouraging them to keep up the fight and not fall into the hands of the false teachers that had already deceived many of them.  

Send us Fan Mail Paul, continuing his letter to the churches in Galatia, now asks the believers "who hindered you from obeying the truth?"  Like the Galatians who were being deceived by false teaching bringing people under a religious legal system that was totally unnecessary, we too can fall victim to religious systems, traditions, dogmatic teachings and hinder our freedom in Jesus.  Th...

Send us Fan Mail When Jesus breathed on His disciples and said "receive the Holy Spirit" that moment was a turning point for the disciples as the Holy Spirit that was "with" them was now going to be in them.  When a person receives the Holy Spirit, it's a real even that initiates the indwelling of the Holy Spirit which is a foundational component of our salvation.  

Send us Fan Mail There are times in our lives as believers where we suffer.  This is nothing new and is actually a part of God's development plan for us.  But how we receive and accept the suffering can be either edifying, or builds us up, or we can withdraw and become bitter which sinks us in the opposite direction.  

Send us Fan Mail The Apostle Paul continues his correction in this letter to the churches in Galatia now comparing the life of freedom in Christ verses the life in subjection to the Law of Moses to Ishmael and Isaac the sons of Abraham.  

Send us Fan Mail Repentance plays a critical role in our relationship with Jesus.  It's not a one time deal where we repent, receive Jesus then we live our lives perfectly until we die.  Rather it's a lifestyle rooted in obedience to the Holy Spirit where the battle we experience in our own flesh or natural mind rages and we have a choice to continue in repentance or return back to the f...

Send us Fan Mail A "religious" person may have all the right stuff on the outside but never achieve any victory in Jesus because they are not concerned with God's will in their life rather "checking the box."  But to the person who is seeking the will of God and is willing to trust in Him no matter what the circumstances, they will be the ones who will receive the forgiven...