Bethel Church LJ Podcast

Every generation must still answer the same two questions. The first is the question of authority. That began in the Garden when the serpent asked, "Did God actually say...?" His strategy hasn’t changed. Every false religion, theological error, and moral compromise begins by questioning what God has said. Our generation faces the same temptation. Culture tells us truth is personal. Feelings compet...

From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible tells one magnificent story. It is the story of God restoring what was lost. Through Christ, He restores our relationship with Himself and our purpose on earth. Revival, reformation, and resources: That is God's pattern. He revives a people. He reforms the earth through people. He provides for people so that they can carry out what it is He wants them to do. A...

The same battle continues today. The enemy still attacks truth, morality, and identity because his strategy has never changed. Every false religion offers a different answer to what is true. Every sinful culture attempts to redefine what is right. Every rebellious heart seeks to establish its own identity apart from God. Even within the Church, the temptation remains. We are pressured to reinterpr...

Before we focus on our needs for provision, security, success, or even our own fulfillment, we are encouraged to seek the King's rule first. The Kingdom isn't just one of many priorities; it’s the foundation that rightly arranges all other priorities. As we put His Kingdom first, our values, dreams, relationships, responsibilities, and mission all come under His authority. This means we are in a u...

The answer to abuse is not abandonment. The answer to imbalance is not rejection. The answer is maturity. We do not need less of God; we need the fullness of God. Therefore, never forsake the power of God in your search for wisdom, nor compromise wisdom for power. Pursue the Holy Spirit, who grants power, wisdom, and understanding in fullness. The same God who created the earth through His power,...

Jesus took our sin and shame so that we could be united back to our father. It’s not a matter of if God loves you, it’s whether you will respond to his open arms and his heart of love being poured out to you today. You see the father is eagerly waiting for you to come home. He’s calling out to you and is more than ready to welcome you home. He’s calling out to you and is more than ready to welcome...

We were created for a relationship with God and a relationship with one another. One of the great deceptions of our age is the belief that we can flourish spiritually while remaining relationally disconnected. God's design has always been relationship. The gospel is not merely an invitation to receive forgiveness. It is an invitation into fellowship with God and into the family of God. As we walk...

The gospel must be proclaimed. But Paul reminds us that the assignment is larger than speaking alone. The Church is not merely to announce Christ's victory. It is called to demonstrate it. Through word and deed, proclamation and demonstration, signs and wonders, and the power of the Holy Spirit, the manifold wisdom of God is made known, and the Kingdom of God advances. May we, Bethel Church, be no...

Our text gives us a picture of a church devoted to one another. This is a far cry from a Christianity reduced to private belief, occasional attendance, or individual preference. The early believers did not ask, “How little can I be connected and still be considered Christian?” They expressed, by their actions, “How fully can we share life together now that Christ has made us family?” Yes, our worl...

The Christian life can be understood through these three truths: Kingdom Pursuit - Our responsibility as disciples is to seek first the Kingdom and His righteousness. We pursue God's purposes and reflect God's character. Kingdom Provision - God's responsibility is to provide everything necessary for the fulfillment of His will. Kingdom Possession - We live in a fallen world and face a real adversa...

The power of God lives in you, because the same Spirit who came upon Jesus and stayed has come upon you and stayed. The power is for a purpose — to share the gospel, to make disciples, to heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the outcast, and cast out demons. You are the body of Christ. You are His hands and His feet and His voice in a dark world. When you walk into the room, He walks into the ro...

I’ve learned to be still and use wisdom; be sure you’re speaking the word of the Lord and not your own opinion to sound spiritual. Because if you’re just speaking your own opinion there’s no power in it. God is raising up prophetic voices, and you’ll see more come into this region and other places as well, they’re speaking the word of the Lord that’s why there’s been such an attack against prophet...

The Apostle Paul is addressing his impressive religious background and worldly achievements. Before becoming a Christian, he prided himself on his strict adherence to the law, his heritage, and his zeal. However, after his encounter with Jesus, his perspective completely changed. Philippians 3:7-11  7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 8 Indeed, I count everything a...

As we begin to worship Him, His presence begins to emerge from us and fill the atmosphere. The more we know Him and who He really is and where He really is, the more we begin to realize who we really are.

Peter’s sermon reveals that the Holy Spirit is fully capable of drawing, convicting, awakening, and transforming people through the clear proclamation of Christ. Peter preached. The Spirit openly proclaimed. The Savior boldly confronted sin. Honest calls to souls were urgent. And the result was an awakening. The church was never called merely to entertain, mirror, or soften the truth to fit cultur...

As we have already seen, the expectation of Jesus was that believers would receive power when the Holy Spirit came upon them. There is a distinction shown throughout Scripture between the Holy Spirit working in believers and the Holy Spirit coming upon believers in empowerment. God breathed life into us and poured out His Spirit upon us so that His Kingdom could move through us into the earth. The...

The Gospel is the proclamation that Jesus Christ is alive and that His Kingdom continues to advance as we proclaim salvation, deliverance, the power and anointing of the Holy Spirit, and minister healing to the people. The Gospel Jesus entrusted to His Church was never meant to be merely informational. It was transformational and it's still transformational. Romans 1:16 (ESV)
For I am not ashamed...

Perhaps the greatest preparation for His return is not endless speculation about when He will come, but faithful obedience until He does. The healthiest church is not merely looking upward. It is moving outward. So may we be a people who faithfully carry out His mission. May we receive the empowerment He promised. May we remain focused on the assignment He gave. And may He find us faithful when He...

John 16:33: Take heart; I have overcome the world. John 10:10: I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. Jesus came so that YOU may have life, have it abundantly When we die to ourselves and turn to Christ, we become the righteousness of God in Him. Not because we earned it. Because He gave it to us — freely. Now go and live your life abundantly.  

When we step back and look at the full picture, the message becomes clear. Jesus came with a purpose—to destroy the works of the devil—and He fulfilled that purpose decisively through the cross. But He also demonstrated how that destruction takes place, by doing the works of the Father, bringing life where there was death, freedom where there was bondage, and truth where there was deception. We ar...

So the question is not whether God has done His part. The question is how we will respond. Will we continue to look back to what we were, or will we step forward into what He has made us to be? Because the same God who brought you out of death has also prepared a path of life in front of you. And here’s the encouragement: you don’t have to create that life, you simply have to receive it by faith a...

Jesus did not just redeem you to park you. He redeemed you to restore you. Too many people settle for knowing their sins are forgiven while never stepping into what they were recreated for. They experienced the cross but not fully embraced the resurrection, the ascension, and the Kingdom. But God did not just save you from something; He saved you for something. You are not an accident or an aftert...

Maturity isn't about always feeling comfortable; it’s about the courage of those who step out in faith, follow Jesus into the unknown, and welcome a life guided by the Spirit of God. It’s a journey marked not by staying safely in the boat, but by daring to walk onto the water... not by seeking control, but by choosing obedience... not by clinging to comfort, but by living on the edge where God’s w...

Because when the pool comes to you—when Jesus meets you in your moment—and you respond in faith, the long wait, the years of frustration, and the weight of disappointment give way to the fullness of His saving power, bringing healing and wholeness into every area of life. Cause He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

We have been restored to Christ.
We have been entrusted with an assignment.
We have been given the authority and power to carry it out. And we must recognize there is still an enemy. He is still seeking to disrupt, distort, and derail what God has entrusted. But now we are not uninformed and not unprepared. We have been told how to stand. So the charge is clear: Be watchful.
Guard what God has ent...