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Fear is a dangerous mindset that creates a future you don't want. It's a future of failure, frustrations, and unachieved goals because fear robs you of the faith required to succeed in life and business. Therefore, we must guard our mind and emotions against fear so we can succeed in the calling God has given us.  __________ Hebrews 11:1 KJV, Hebrews 2:15 KJV, 2 Timothy 1:7 KJV, 1 John 4:18 KJV, J...

Here's part 2 of this week's office hours.  Part 2 begins with Deborah explaining that Pastor Amos's recent teaching sent her into her own study. She still isn't persuaded that Jesus suffered in hell, because she finds no Scripture saying God's wrath continued after the cross. She also hears "It is finished" as the beginning of salvation, sanctification and glorification, and she asks what the pur...

As Christians, we should be imitators of God. However, when your words and thoughts are different than the Word of God, then you are acting like Satan. Take a listen to dig into this concept, so you align your thoughts and words with God's Word and receive what God has for you. __________ Isaiah 55:8-9 KJV, I Corinthians 1:27 KJV, Matthew 16:21-23 KJV, Isaiah 14:12-15 KJV __________ Partner with U...

The replay of office hours this week is broken up into two parts. In this part 1 Bose asks about a pastor who took a second wife. Pastor Amos says polygamy was God's permissive will rather than his prescriptive will, and that it was already fading by Jesus' time. He leans toward calling it a sin like adultery but wants more study before saying it sends someone to hell. He is clear that it disquali...

The Bible is black and white on lots of issues. However, there are many issues (we'll face in life) that are not directly addressed in the Bible. These are gray areas of Christianity, and they can weaken your Faith if you aren't careful.   Take a listen to today's message to dig into this concept. __________ Romans 14:1-9,13-14,23 AMP  __________ Partner with Us: https://churchforentrepreneurs.com...

If Jesus bore the torment of hell, how do we make sense of His promise to the thief on the cross that they would be together in paradise that very day? What do His final words, a prayer entrusting His spirit into God's hands, reveal about where He believed He was going? And when He declared, "It is finished," what exactly was finished: the entire work of salvation or something more specific? These...

There's a video circulating on social media of a pastor introducing his second wife. In fact, his first wife is the one introducing the second wife. One of our CFE members brought this video to my attention and asked me to comment on the practice of polygamy, particularly whether God allows pastors to have multiple wives. Here are my thoughts on this. __________ Partner with Us: https://churchfore...

Most people picture hell as a place where demons torture the lost, but the Bible never describes it that way. So when we ask whether Jesus suffered in hell, the real question is whether he bore the wrath of God, not whether Satan got to him. If Jesus truly took our place, and died carrying the punishment that belongs to us, what did that cost him in the moments between his death and his resurrecti...

Delay does not mean failure, but it can crush your soul if you let it. Hope deferred makes the heart sick, and a sick heart loses joy and slides toward depression. Every vision takes years to clarify and includes pivots along the way. Abraham waited decades, through a move, a family separation, and a wife taken twice, before he held the child of promise. Paul learned to be content with much and wi...

Popular culture depicts Satan and demons as ruling hell and tormenting the unrighteous dead, but Scripture paints a different picture. Hell is a place of imprisonment and punishment for the unrighteous dead and fallen angels. Satan currently operates in the earthly realm, but at the end of the age, he will be judged and thrown into the Lake of Fire for eternal punishment. Ultimately, hell, like ev...

The Bible uses different words that are translated as "hell" in English, but they do not all refer to the same place. In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word Sheol refers to the realm of the dead, while the New Testament uses the Greek word Hades to describe the same realm. However, Gehenna, another Greek word translated as "hell," refers to God's final judgment and is associated with the Lake of Fi...

In Office Hours this week Pastor Amos opened with prayer and announced that the next live Bible study would cover the heavenly reward system. Theresa shared a praise report about her first successful caregiver event and recommended a book on hearing God's voice. Ark shared that he was appointed to a university advisor board and discussed using AI to perform songs he had written. Micah shared a pra...

What happens to us when we die? Do we immediately go to heaven or hell, or is there another place where we await our final destination? Does everyone go to the same place, or are there different destinations depending on our relationship with God? Has where people go after death changed since Jesus' death and resurrection? And what happens at the final judgment? Understanding what the Bible teache...

What got you to your current level of success will not take you to the next one. For example, a seed stays a single seed until it is buried, and only its death produces a harvest. Success works the same way. The role you love, the way you have always done things, or the belief that everything depends on you becomes the ceiling. Evaluate what in your life needs to die so you can go to the next leve...

There is a lot of pressure in this world to conform to the ways of the world, but when we walk in the light of God and live holy the way Jesus teaches us, we are being different. We show an example of how a human submitted to God is supposed to live, work and act. Be different. Don't conform to the ways of the world. When you are different, you are bringing glory to God. __________ Matthew 5:13-16...

Scripture teaches us that when people do not accept divine guidance, they fail. To illustrate this, Jesus gives an example with two builders. The one who follows the vision of God succeeds. The one who follows their own vision fails. Every vision meets trouble, and only God's vision stands. __________ Proverbs 29:18 KJV, Proverbs 29:18 NLT, Matthew 7:24-27 NLT __________ Partner with Us: https://c...

Counsel from people without the Holy Spirit carries darkness, even when those people are successful. Why? Jesus teaches that the unbeliever is full of darkness, and the curse that came through Adam shows that wealth gained under it comes with sorrow. Success is not the test for whose advice to follow. The state of a person's heart is. Take information from anyone, but filter all counsel through th...

Business leaders like Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Steve Jobs have insight that could help believers, yet the Bible warns against taking counsel from the ungodly. However, Jesus acknowledges that people of this world are often shrewder in worldly affairs than believers. Moses receives leadership advice from his father-in-law, a priest outside Israel, who tells him to follow it only if God commands. I...

During this week's office hours, Pastor Amos announced changes to the office hours schedule and shared how he uses Claude AI to streamline podcast editing. The group discussed AI tools, including WavePad, CapCut, ChatGPT, Canva, and Muse, along with the importance of spiritual discernment when using AI. Ark suggested clearer communication about financial partnership with the ministry. Doyin raised...

When God says something is lost, he does not ask us to save it. Paul is on a ship in a storm, and God's report is that every life will be saved but the ship will be lost. The soldiers let the lifeboats drift away, the crew eats and throws the cargo overboard, and they cut the anchors and run the ship aground. They use the ship's destruction to reach shore. Likewise, let's stop spending energy on a...

Sometimes God's report is good but is not what we wanted to hear. On a storm-tossed ship, Paul is told that everyone will live but the ship will be lost. In Babylon, the exiles want to hear they will be freed today, but God tells them to build, plant, marry and pray for the city because they will be there for 70 years. Both reports are good, though neither is the one people hoped for. Learn why we...

Just as the President of the United States makes decisions from a daily intelligence briefing, God gives believers a report and invites them to make faith decisions based on it. Faith is not wishful thinking. It is an expectation grounded in what God has actually spoken. When Paul faces a storm at sea, he trusts the specific word God gave him and chooses courage over fear. Whatever God is saying t...

There is a big debate among Christians on if we should or shouldn't follow the Law of the Old Testament. On today's podcast, we dive into this debate.  __________ Deuteronomy 4:12-14 KJV, Jeremiah 31:31-33 KJV, Proverbs 20:5 KJV, Galatians 3:23-26 KJV, Romans 6:14-16 KJV, John 16:13 KJV __________ Partner with Us: https://churchforentrepreneurs.com/partner Connect with Us: https://churchforentrepr...

In Office Hours this week, Deborah discussed her second job interview for a position she felt no passion for, her struggle with motivation, and her recent emotional trip that affected her spiritual state. Pastor Amos encouraged her to consider her true need for the job and to process her grief, while also emphasizing the importance of using one's gifts and position in life. Theresa shared her jour...

The Bible tells us that all things work together for our good, but what does that mean? Does it mean that bad things are good for us? Understanding this concept is critical to your faith, because a misunderstanding of this could crush your faith.  __________ Romans 8:28 KJV, 1 Kings 17:12,15-17,21-22 KJV, Job 1:1-3 KJV, Job 42:10,12-13 KJV __________ Partner with Us: https://churchforentrepreneurs...