BroKen & Believing | Rev. Kenn Blanchard

Defining Joy Lessons learned from my own observations.  Phillipians 4:4 Psalm 16:11 Galatians 5:22-23 James 1:2 James 1:3-4 2 Corinthinians 4:17 1 Peter 3:15 kenn.blanchard@gmail.com pastor@speaklifechurch.net    

  Gods purpose for your life is for you to become a mature christian. Colossians 1:28    We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ. NASB   Mind   Body   Soul   The eight stages of growth     The water bearer story     For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the Lord, 'plans for welfare and not for...

Ecclesiastes 3 Ephesians 5:15-17 James 4:14 Psalm 39:4-5 Psalm 103:15-18

Support Team Whimsy.  https://www.teamwhimsy.org   Acts 1:9-11. These were his last words. As they watched, he was taken up and disappeared in a cloud. They stood there, staring into the empty sky. Suddenly two men appeared—in white robes! They said, "You Galileans!—why do you just stand here looking up at an empty sky? This very Jesus who was taken up from among you to heaven will come as certain...

Romans 10: 13  for "Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved." 14  How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? 15  How will they preach unless they are sent?     Just as it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who [a]bring good news of good things!" Do you...

Imposter Syndrome   When Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesu...

1 Thessalonians 5:18  Proverbs 18:21 James 3: 6-12   A curse is when you look out and judge current circumstances as they presently are. A blessing is when you view the same circumstance in the future, taking into consideration the passage of time and the insights it has brought you. While in this very moment, things may be sad or feel bad.   kenn.blanchard@gmail.com pastor@speaklifechurch.net    

Jeremiah 30:17 : "But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds..." 1 Peter 5:10 ,    2 Chronicles 7:14 ,   James 1:5 Restoration can be defined as the act of returning something to its former condition. Making something new again. Restoring can also make things better than their current state. The Bible says a lot about this. Our Heavenly Father's restoring power is one of the greatest pr...

"For many are called, but few are chosen." 1.  Mark 10:45"For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many"¹. 2. Galatians 5:13 - "For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another"¹.   Many of us are Called but not to preach or pastor. 

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you." John 15:16 KJV   We all go through things that don't make sense: A friend walked out of a relationship.   The company is downsizing. They don't need you anymore.   Sometimes, it fee...

The God that hears El Shammah   Elohim Shama: The God Who Hears   But He doesn't merely hear our words; He is also moved by the unvoiced groanings of our hearts (Romans 8:26)   "God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob."–Exodus 2:24 Genesis Hagar and Ishmael 16  Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave...

Proverbs 16:3 Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.     Isaiah 55:8-9   8  For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. 9  For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.     16  The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from...