Abundant Life Sermons

Scars (Part 2) | If God Is So Good, Why Do Bad Things Happen? [FULL SERMON] Description: If you’ve ever been through loss, suffering, or seasons of confusion, you’ve likely asked, “If God is so good, why do bad things happen?” HOW SHOULD WE LOOK AT SUFFERING? The Apostle Paul urged us to consider suffering in this life nothing compared to the glory to come. “For I consider that the sufferings of t...

No more victim mentality, no more blaming others, and no more excuses–it is time to embrace the truth that you are more than a conqueror in Christ (Romans 8:37). Ready to move from victim to victor? Debbie Stiegler shares how she came to embrace a conqueror mentality as Jesus took her pain and suffering and used it for good. Jesus doesn’t always tell us where to talk in the midst of a painful circ...

Unforgiveness can hold you hostage. It keeps healing and restoration at bay, and as a result, you can’t walk in the freedom available to you through Jesus. When you know how to forgive, you can live victoriously. WHAT IS FORGIVENESS? Forgiveness is a decision to release the person of the obligation that resulted when they hurt you. This decision to release forgiveness is a process. Satan will try...

What’s the difference between guilt and shame and godly conviction? What do guilt and shame do to you emotionally, mentally, and physically? They are toxic to your soul and to your body! PSALM 38:3-4 says, “There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your anger, nor any health in my bones because of my sin. For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.”...

The life of Samson gives us a great insight into understanding and identifying spiritual strongholds. Like us, Samson was born for victory. Yet he was led into captivity. Do you feel like you are a slave to sin, living in captivity, and need to be set free to find victory? Take a look at Samson’s life. His story teaches us the high cost of low living. His sinful life mocked God. Eventually, his re...

August 14, 2022 Hope Beyond the Scope of Impending Apocalypse - Daniel 12 The Second Coming of Christ is one of the major themes of the Bible with over 2400 verses describing the events of Christ’s Second Coming. Compare that to the approximately 300 verses that pertain specifically to Christ’s first coming. As we get closer to the time of Christ’s return, many of the prophecies related to His Sec...

The books of Daniel and Revelation are God’s letters written to warn us of the coming troubles, the 7-year tribulation, that will occur before Jesus returns to reign in His kingdom. But what do we know about the 7-year tribulation? Daniel 12:1 says, “…and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation, even to that time.” The Bible gives us the information we need to...

Daniel 12 is closely tied to 1 Corinthians 3, telling us that there will come a day when the works of believers will be inspected and tested by fire. God will give rewards at the bema seat of Christ to those who have worked for His kingdom with… · Pure motives · Right conduct · Humble service There are 3 things you need to know about the bema seat of Christ… It’s not for salvation. (1 John 2:2) It...

Daniel 12 tells us there are 2 books in heaven. God will eventually judge every human being to eternal life or eternal destruction from one of these 2 books. Daniel 12 also tells us that everyone will be resurrected one day after they die—some to eternal life and others to eternal destruction. We will all stand before Jesus as He sits on His throne of judgment, opens the books in heaven, and revea...

Daniel 10 reveals the heavens as a great angelic battlefield. Daniel understood the battle and how to wage war. He entered spiritual warfare through prayer and fasting. Through prayer and fasting, you become a danger to the enemy. Daniel prayed and fasted for 3 full weeks, entering a major battle for his people. Daniel also had a humble heart. His heart of humility prepared him for a revival and t...

July 10, 2022 God’s Prophetic Clock – Daniel 9:24-27 A biblical prophecy is a prediction about future events that defy the laws of probability. It can only be fulfilledprovidentially.  Daniel 9:24-27 is one of the most amazing prophecies in the entire Bible. God gave Daniel a 490-year prophecy relating to the Jews in Daniel 9:24-27.  483 years have been fulfilled; seven years remain to be fulfille...

The New World Order is an effort to unite the nations and become one global community. However, if this unity is not done under God’s authority, it is under Satan’s. The Bible says that we can do nothing apart from God. Historically, when the nations attempted this unification, it led to the abuse of power and authority. God does want us to be united. Ephesians 4:3 says, “to keep the unity of the...

Unfortunately, prayer is often our last resort when it should be our first response. We know we should pray, but when we bow our heads, the words seem to leave our minds. As a result, many of us neglect the practice of prayer. Discover how to pray life-changing prayers by looking at Daniel’s prayer in Daniel 9… There are 4 things to help you begin to pray life-changing prayers. Know God’s Word. Th...

The biblical role of a father is under attack by the enemy of God. Satan hates the image of God in any form. The biblical role of a father displays the image of God. Therefore, Satan seeks to distort and destroy the image and role of fathers. According to National Fatherhood Initiative, 45% of American children are not being raised by their biological fathers, and 25% have no father figure in thei...

The one-world government in the Bible is described in the book of Daniel and Revelation. What are the connections between the two books? DANIEL 7 describes a fourth beast different from the others described in previous verses. It is “exceedingly dreadful with its teeth of iron and its nails of bronze.” This beast has ten horns and an eleventh horn comes up from among the ten with a “mouth which sp...

What is your view of God? Do you see Him as a distant deity or a cosmic Santa? We need an accurate view of the Lord Almighty. We must get rid of any error in our thinking about who God is and ask Him to explode the boxes we have put Him in to have an accurate view of ourselves and the world. Your view of God will never be clear until you see Him Biblically. God has preserved His Word so that you c...

What do those 4 beasts represent? What is their significance? Pastor Phil at Abundant Life Church explains and applies Daniel 7 to our culture today. What Did 4 Beasts Represent? 1. One like a lion, which represented Babylon 2. One like a bear, which represented Persia 3. One like a leopard, which represented Greece 4. The fourth was “dreadful and terrible,” which represented a “reborn” Roman Empi...

Daniel in the Lions’ Den - Daniel 6 (Picture of Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand) Daniel 6 takes place in 536 B.C. The Babylonians have fallen and the Persian Empire has risen. Daniel did what he had always done. He chose to stand up and wound up in a lions’ den. Proverbs 28:1, “The righteous are bold as a lion.” Daniel is now a very elderly man, but God calls on him one more time to take a stand. The...

May 15, 2022 When God Crashes Your Party - Daniel 5 Daniel 5 records the events of October 12, 539 B.C. – the fall of Babylon to the Medes and Persians. Daniel 5:1-4, Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine in the presence of the thousand. While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave the command to bring the gold and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadn...

Heidi St John is our special guest sharing about biblical motherhood. Listen to The Well Podcast ⤵ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5wadnywAMEK7c0E1qatMoY?si=SjH6Ko7VR3OoHrRy1yYLlQ&nd=1&dlsi=395ae55d95ac4b11 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-well/id1233267223 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR50sV854C2hogfBmv7YogvCjiNYLz9a2 Find Your Next Step: http://...

C.S. Lewis said, “Pride leads to every other vise: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.” We all struggle with pride. It is God’s mercy to rob us of it. Pride whispers, “You don’t need God. You’re the king. You can fix yourself.” Sadly, pride robs us of joy, security, peace, and so much more. It is God’s heart to restore all that pride robs from us. In Daniel 4, God teaches us about the issue...

There is a purpose of trials in Christian life. First Peter 1:6-7 says, “In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ…” The purpose of trials...

Jesus is the resurrection and the life, but what does that mean? It means God takes what is dead and makes it alive. Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” (John 11:25-26) Jesus, having all authority, is the only One with the power of resurrection. The stor...

As New Testament believers, we don’t think much about how Christ is in the Passover. However, when we understand this part of history and its significance for believers, our faith grows. Jews for Jesus joins Abundant Life and explains Christ in the Passover through the Passover Seder. What is a Passover Seder? The “Seder” is the Hebrew word for “order.” It is the order in which the Passover feast...

We all will walk through the fiery trials of life. Sometimes the fire of trials we walk through isn’t for doing anything wrong, but for doing everything right. Sadly, we often think that as a Believer we should have a life of ease. Jesus said He came to give us abundant life, yes. But this does not mean He gives us a life free from adversity. Using Daniel 3 and the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and...