Bethel Church LJ Podcast

True enlargement begins not in your circumstances or in your environment, but in your capacity. Before God expands what’s around you, He stretches what’s within you, David had a heart of for God. That’s a capacity that is being enlarged with desire, with hunger, with thirst, and an appetite for something that’s bigger than us. I leave here a bigger man or woman than when I came. God has touched me...

What Should You Be Doing? / What Is Your Role?  Examine your hearts and Confess Your Sins and seek forgiveness and cast your cares on Him.  Fan your personal devotion to Christ - Be hungry for God, don’t be complacent.  Restore your spiritual health Consistently read and meditate on Bible – Sharpen Your Sword – Explain How to Meditate Thirst for Scripture Be fully engaged in CORPORATE WORSHIP and...

The same Jesus who healed them still walks among us by His Spirit today. His power hasn’t diminished. His compassion hasn’t changed. His willingness to heal, restore, and make whole is as strong now as it was then. Faith still draws His power, still halts Him in His tracks, and causes Him to turn and say, “Daughter, Son, your faith has made you whole.” So if you’re tired, if you’ve tried everythin...

1. Great Commission – Make Disciples Matthew 28:18-19 (ESV): 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the a...

If we, as His people, refuse to lay hands on the sick world that is outside our four walls, how will they ever receive His healing touch? Today, I believe that as we pray and lay hands on those who are willing, God will do what His Word has promised He will move. As He touches you and imparts His Spirit’s power, that blessing is not meant to stop with you. You are called to pass it on lay hands on...

Jesus said...”All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Him...and we are to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them and teaching them to observe the things Jesus commanded...We are Supposed to Be Making Disciples of Jesus, NOT OURSELVES. We are supposed to spread the CULTURE OF HEAVEN to all nations, just like Jesus did. That CULTURE is full of righteousness, peace, joy, love, p...

 I want you to know that the same God is here today. He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever. When we pray God does’ things, we need to continue to believe when we pray, that He’s going to do something. And when we pray, if nothing happens visibly, we don’t need to be telling ourselves nothing happened. We need to believe that something happened and is going to happen. We’ve got to believe in...

St. Augustine said, “If anyone fails to honor his parents, is there anyone he will spare?” This is where we learn to live with other people. This is where we learn that there are authority structures in the world. The family is where we learn about respect and obedience and hopefully (if it is a good family) about love and protection.

We have seen that the baptism with the Holy Spirit is a definitive, distinctive, and distributing experience that was an expectation of the Lord, His apostles, and for believers of all ages and all times. The Baptism of the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God coming upon a believer, taking possession of their faculties, and imparting to them gifts not naturally their own, but which qualify them for t...

The Sabbath principle has always pointed in the direction of trust. Do you have faith enough to stop striving and start worshiping? Sabbath rest is about making Jesus Christ the center of who we are. It means ceasing to find approval in others, stopping the foolish quest for our own righteousness, and trusting that true health, strength, vitality, and freedom can be found only when we cease from o...

Our call will be marked by trials, temptations, and moments when giving up seems easier than pressing forward. But for those who endure to the end, there is a reward— not just survival, but the crown of life, eternal recognition from the King of kings Himself. As He turns and says to us "Well done, good and faithful servant."

We saw today that the Hebrew original doesn’t say “Do not take”; it says “Do not carry.” The Hebrew reads, “Do not carry the name of the Lord thy God in vain.” The NIV uses the word “misuse” rather than the word “take”: “You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God.” The challenge we are then presented with is to represent God well. We shouldn’t use God’s name in vain because we are his amba...

In the Kingdom, keys represent specific, timely, and divine revelations with which the Ekklesia has been given authority to bind and loose. This binding and loosing happens primarily through prayer, but not as a passive request, but a spiritual ruling issued from heaven’s court. That’s why Jesus taught us to pray: “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” This prayer is more than words—it is...

So we are meant to live a life of RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, JOY, LOVE, WALKING IN HIS POWER and WITH GREAT PURPOSE. WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE BE LIKE TO... Have GREAT Peace, Joy & Love in your family, with your Spouse, with your Kids,  In all aspects of your life. Just imagine how much suffering we could destroy if we walked in His Power and with His Purpose.

At the Cross, Jesus embodied the ultimate surrender. Though He had every right to cling to His life, He laid it down in obedience to the Father’s will, praying, “Not My will, but Yours be done.” Yet that surrender was not loss but the doorway to the highest life: God raised Him from the dead, exalted Him above every name, and through His sacrifice opened eternal redemption for the world. Just as J...

This is what the cross did for us. Jesus has already defeated the enemy, disarmed every power, and given us authority: “It is finished” (Jn 19:30). “I give you authority over all the power of the enemy” (Luke 10:19) You are not a prisoner but an ambassador of a victorious King. Rise tall, walk in that truth, and become God’s instrument to set others free.

A little boy once drew a picture in Sunday school. His teacher asked, “What are you drawing?” He replied, “I’m drawing God.” The teacher gently said, “But no one knows what God looks like.” The boy quickly answered, “They will when I’m finished!” That’s exactly the problem the second commandment addresses. Whenever we try to “draw” or imagine God on our own terms, we reduce Him to something less t...

So, if Jesus envisioned a governing assembly, we must abandon anything less. It’s time to live out our true calling—to become the ekklesia that the gates of hell cannot withstand. We are not here to survive. We are here to prevail. So let’s drop anything less than what Jesus called us to be. He gave us keys, not pews. He commissioned ambassadors, not spectators. It’s time to rise as the governing...

We must see that nothing less than God be, or become, our chief goal or highest devotion in life. Our modern society's temptation to worship “other gods” follows other paths. When they become the purpose or end of living, these human pursuits are “other gods,” and those who seek them are breaking the First Commandment. We looked at four idolatrous pursuits: Possessions, Pleasure, Prestige, and Pow...

We understood the importance of faith in salvation. Faith comes from the union of the Word and Spirit. It is the result of the word being proclaimed in the power of the Spirit. God’s grace is the source, and faith is our human response. Learning about Jesus and what He did through His life, death, and resurrection leads us to believe in Him. To believe in His name is to accept Him, which means to...

There is much more to be said about God’s intention for the church and individual believers thanprescriptions of law can contain. However, the underlying principle of this series is that by hearing God’s moral law again, we may all be called back to foundational and divine imperatives that can establish us more surely in the way of righteousness and, without which, only destruction looms ahead.

Regeneration is a profound change. Just as our physical birth introduces a new person into the earthly world, our spiritual birth introduces a new person into the heavenly realm. After it, we begin to see, hear, and pursue the things of God; we start living a life of faith and holiness. God is the source of this transformation. God’s great love and free gift, His rich grace, abundant mercy, and Hi...

  The enemy spreads his lies that we are unworthy, unforgiving, unforgiven, hateful, anxious, depressed...and if we don’t have that worldly abundance that we are failures...  GOD sent His Son so we can live with an abundance of...  Peace,  Joy,  Love,  Walking in His power,  And with a greater purpose.   So, let me introduce myself...”My Name Is...” Wes.  I am saved by the grace of God  I am a chi...

People respond to challenges, how much more when God is saying to us, who will go for me? Who will I send? How many of us will lay aside our agenda, lay aside our wants, our desires, lay aside the things that so easily pull us aside. And like Moses, like Isaiah, like the apostles, like countless others throughout the centuries, who will say Lord here am I whatever the price, whatever the cost, wha...

You are God, and I am not. You knew me before I was formed. You know the number of hairs on my head. You sent Your Son for me. Help me stay grateful—even for the next breath. I trust You again. Amen." God's sovereignty isn’t just a doctrine. It’s a pillow for your weary soul. Rest on it tonight.