Beacon Church Podcast

Create disciplines of listening to people for God’s voice. No one is in your life by accident. Trust the voice of God that is coming through people. Anticipate, pray, ask for it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We love it when Opportunity Knocks...but not every open door will benefit us. What do we do when we don't know? Tune in and learn more... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As Christians, communicating with God is our birthright.  Learn how to develop your spiritual hearing so that you can discern The Shepherd's Voice . See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We don't have to wait for God to speak to us...we have backstage passes with the Bible as the inspired Word of God. It requires that we search the gospel with our whole mind empowered by His Spirit. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We often 'talk' to God...but we don't expect to hear from God. Robert discusses how many of our problems stem from 'hearing' problems. Are WE listening to His voice? God Communictes... ...in many different ways ...mostly when we can hear ...usually for the relationship See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this Palm Sunday, Robert asks, "what makes you cry?'...we then look at the story of Jesus, the King who weeps over Jerusalem after a triumphant welcome. Powerful! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

First Holy Communion...a symbol of a contract between you and your creator.   Did you know that this covenant was initiated by God back in Genesis 15:8?  Tune in and learn of this deeply stirring, perfect blend of Law and Love! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chris captures the Matthew 25 Challenge as he recalls his story and the story of others who participated...he also offers us an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of those is Malawi. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Robert unpacks Matthew 25 and calls us to take the Challenge to become who Jesus called us to be.  We will look most like Jesus when we are serving others. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Most look at work as one of these: 1) a Job 2) a Career 3) a Calling Colossians 3:23-24 calls us to work as if working for the Lord How do we love God at work? How do we love people at work? How do we grow in Christ at work? How do we serve the world at work? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Psalm 16 shows us that we have a guardian in God! Every Good Thing is His Avoid False Promises Align Your Heart with God's Heart Passionate Love Awaits You See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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We are the greatest obstacles to who we want to become. If we're looking to only work on our behaviors, we will ultimately fail. We need to go after truths. Great Truths (John 8) 1) Freedom is found in Jesus 2) Sin leads to Slavery 3) Embrace the Transformation 4) Overcome Temptation 5) Expose the Sin 6) Don't TRY harder...surrender and God will do the work in you. See acast.com/privacy for p...

Our nature is erosive (Romans 1) when we make exchanges: 1) Exchange the Truth about God 2) Exchange the Glory of God 3) Exchange Natural Behavior The key to stop the erosion and flourish lies in 4 Essentials (Romans 12): 1) Daily Devotion...we need it! 2) Scriptures need to be the center 3) Meditate on Scriptures 4) Delight in the Scriptures See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out informati...

Begin to evaluate where you are right now... Do you have great confidence and vitality? Have you surrendered to Jesus? Why not? Keep in the Flow of the Spirit: Stop, Ask & Listen See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What do you want out of your life this year? A year from now, what will you be telling yourself? What we really want is to be fully alive inside and yet knowing ourselves doesn't settle the soul. The questions we should be asking are: Who am I to God? What does God want out of my life this year? Consider this Mini Creed: There is a God I'm not Him And He adores me! See acast.com/privacy for privac...

Trevor explores the book of Luke for examples of how miracles happen to the Faithful and Available. Faithfulness is essential but not sufficient on its own. We need to also be available to be reliable. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this sermon, Robert explores Angels and Demons... What if there’s an unseen war? What about the shaman? Yogi? Psychic? Are you in this fight for your family, neighbors, etc.? Are you equipped for the battle? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why a Virgin Birth? To Grab Our Attention To Reveal God's Pursuit To Prove His Love God's Supernatural Power is For Your Greatest Good! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Robert discusses 1 Timothy 6 where those who are rich in this present world are commanded to NOT be arrogant nor to put our hope in wealth. There is another world that matters. Consider: What if our eternity is impacted by our ability to be good at being rich in this present world? Is your investment strategy looking far enough to heaven? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Why are we so pressured? Why is cash so tight, no matter what our income? We spend too much of it...there is no margin Stop the migration of hope to riches and return our hope to God by creating a discipline of MARGIN... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chris explores one of the topics that Jesus talked about more than heaven and hell...wealth. Being 'Rich' is a moving target and there are a couple of side-effects: 1) Denial 2) Discontentment: Upgrades anyone? Explore this "lifestyle creep" and consider this: I will not trust in riches, but in Him who richly provides. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Robert talks about our nation being the richest globally and yet, the Northeast Region is the least generous, giving an average of 4%. Robert calls us to reclaim our Christian Heritage of Generosity. Luke 6:32-36 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Conflict is Inevitable, especially with those closest to us. Robert goes through powerful scriptures in Proverbs that help us to FIGHT in a manner that helps all to grow. F = Figure Out the Issue(s) I = Investigate the Issues(s) G = Get Perspective H = Hash it out T = Togetherness You may want to watch the video recording and witness Robert do the worst "happy dance" in the history of Beacon Churc...

Robert talks about how anger isn’t always bad...it’s just an emotion that we experience when something doesn’t happen the way we expected it to. It can make a person motivated to take charge. However, we need to appraise our anger and respond with patience. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.