Bethel Church LJ Podcast

The promise has not changed. It is for you, for your children, and for all who are far off. If you are a believer and you have never been baptized in the Holy Spirit, respond today the way the disciples did. Believe what the Father has promised. Ask Him for it. And when the Spirit gives the utterance, yield your voice. If you received years ago but have been living on yesterday's supply, the same...

 From alone under a broom tree to a mountaintop in glory, face to face with Jesus. That’s where God was taking him the whole time. Call and response: ▪  Despair said, “I’ve had enough.” God said, “I’m not done.” ▪  Despair said, “I’m the only one left.” God said, “I’ve got seven thousand.” ▪  Despair said, “Take my life.” God said, “I’ve got something better than what you asked for.” Your broom tr...

So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days by a thousand people. God gave them the ability, creativity, wisdom, skill, strength, endurance, divine protection and the people gave glory to God, even the nations gave glory to God. For God is at work in you, He will be whatever you need, He will be that to you, for the work was done by our God. When you Rise...

Don't grow weary in well doing just because their is opposition, when God opens the door you need to step into it. (Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Psalm 23:4)

Nehemiah 2:18 And I told them of the hand of my God that had been upon me for good, and also of the words that the king had spoken to me. And they said, “Let us rise up and build.” So they strengthened their hands for the good work.

There will be moments when prioritizing the Kingdom feels costly. At times, God's instructions may not align with our reasoning. During these times, trust is crucial, and obedience remains the best course and the only true option for His people. Proverbs 3:5 (ESV) Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. We honor God because He is truly God. By doing so, Sc...

What is God asking you to trust Him for today? What step of obedience have you been afraid to take because you cannot see how everything is going to come together? You do not have to have every answer before you obey. You need to know the One who is sending you. And for some of you, that is where this begins. Before there is an assignment to fulfill, there is a Savior to follow. Jesus said, “Repen...

First, we need to examine the messages we are listening to. Do they challenge the way we are living, or simply accommodate it? Do they call us to repentance, obedience, and change, or simply reassure us that God is going to bless us while allowing us to remain as we are? Second, we must examine ourselves. If God’s Word is confronting something in your life today, don’t walk away from it. Don’t loo...

God’s answer was grace. Sometimes grace may give you a way out. Sometimes grace is God giving you what you need to go through.  Maybe you have been asking God to change something, remove something, or release you from something. You do not have to pretend to be strong. You need to come to the One who is. If you need strengthening, if you need fresh grace for what is in front of you, Jesus invites...

God has called each of us to follow Christ and faithfully live out the life He has given us. That calling will not always be easy. There will be disappointments, opposition, setbacks, and moments when we wonder whether it is worth continuing. Scripture today showed us how Jeremiah and Paul experienced them. Yet they kept going. Maybe you have been knocked down. Maybe disappointment has caused you...

God did not give His people His ways because He wanted to make life miserable. He gave them His ways because the Creator knows how His creation works. Sometimes God's way will make sense before we obey. At other times, we may not understand until afterward. Kingdom citizens learn to trust the King's wisdom. The King has a way, and His way is good. The Word of God is our guiding standard, it's so i...

We should not move backward to a flawed picture of the prophet as primarily a messenger of condemnation. New Testament prophetic ministry should begin here and move forward from here. Even when correction is necessary, the goal should be repentance, restoration, and the redemptive purposes of God. The prophetic is not merely about saying, “Thus says the Lord.” It is about knowing the Lord. We know...

The water is here, but being near the water is not the same as drinking from it. You can be around the presence of God and still need a fresh encounter with Him. Maybe familiarity has caused you to take for granted what God has made available. Maybe you have been drinking from other sources and have discovered that they cannot satisfy. Or maybe there is simply a fresh thirst rising in your heart f...

Jesus said whoever believes in me out of His own heart will flow rivers of living water. Do you ever wonder what that means? It means hundreds of other lives will be continually refreshed by what He pours into you. Because it’s pouring out of you, so it’s time to stop craving our personal benefits. And our personal satisfaction and spill those gifts out onto other people. The Lord is asking everyb...

God created us in His image, and through Christ He is transforming us so that we increasingly reflect His character. Giving is therefore about more than money. It is one of the areas in which the character of our King is being formed within us.  The purpose of this message is not simply to convince us to make a contribution. God is transforming us so that we increasingly reflect the character of o...

The good news is that the King Himself has made a way for us to be reconciled to our Creator and restored to His Kingdom. Jesus did not come merely to improve our lives. He came to restore us to the Kingdom of God. The gospel is the King's call to enter His Kingdom. Jesus made it clear that He alone is the way to the Father, and that entrance into God's Kingdom comes through the new birth. Through...

Something changes in Habakkuk. He began by asking, "How long?" Then, "How can You do this?" God tells him to live by faith. Now, that word has become his posture. Habakkuk 3:17–19 Though the fig tree should not blossom,nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive failand the fields yield no food,the flock be cut off from the fold and there were no herds in the stalls,yet I will rejoice in t...

God's purpose has never changed. Sin did not dethrone the King or cause Him to lose territory; it displaced humanity from our proper place under His rule. But through Christ, God has restored us to Himself and once again sends us into the world as representatives of His Kingdom. God begins by establishing His rule in us, but His purpose has always been to express His Kingdom through us. Wherever H...

One day — and I don’t know when, and neither do you — somebody is going to be standing at a stone with your name carved in it. And they’re not going to talk about the first date. Nobody stands at a grave and talks about somebody’s birthday. And they’re not going to talk about the last date either. They’re going to talk about the dash. They’re going to talk about what you did with it and who you we...

Jesus did not come to reestablish His own throne; God is King - that was never the issue. His mission was to restore us, His fallen creation, His wayward sons and daughters. Through His death, burial, resurrection, and ascension, He has made it possible for us not only to be reconciled with the Father but also to be rejoined to His family and once again given a renewed purpose to fulfill humanity'...

 Every sacrifice He asks of His people is an invitation and God’s method of shaping us to become more like His Son. It's comforting to see that the role of sacrifice in God's Kingdom has always been clear. The real question, though, is whether we trust Him enough to give up whatever He asks of us, knowing that His plans are always for our good. The Holy Spirit has revealed to you a particular good...

The doorway into God's Kingdom is not good works, religious tradition, or personal effort. It is the new birth. Through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ, God forgives our sins, gives us new life, and welcomes us into the Kingdom of His beloved Son. If you have never trusted Christ as your Savior and King, the invitation is extended to you today. Turn from your sin, place your faith in Jesus, a...

Over the course of these two messages, we have watched God's faithfulness unfold across the centuries. When His truth became obscured, He raised up faithful witnesses. John Wycliffe reminded the Church that God's Word stands above every human authority. William Tyndale devoted his life to placing that Word into the hands of ordinary people. Jan Hus proclaimed that Jesus Christ alone is the Head of...

2 Corinthians 4:17-18 TPT We view our slight, short-lived troubles in the light of eternity. We see our difficulties as the substance that produces for us an eternal, weighty glory far beyond all comparison, because we don’t focus our attention on what is seen but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but the unseen realm is eternal.

Whatever it is, paint the picture on the canvas in your mind of the established precedent in our God’s redemptive Plan for how you address your situations, your circumstances, and your relationships. Now accept this as His will and His plan for you in your challenge. Declare His plan out loud and state your personal belief and absolute conviction for the outcomes our Constitutional agreement provi...