EVK Podcast

God will equip you for the victory, but God will also equip you for the recovery.  We can see from Elijah's life, even when fulfilling our calling, that there can come times of exhaustion or depression when we have given out all we have to give.  But God will meet us in the low places to bring us out with new purpose, and equip us for what is next.  

We need to simply believe God when He tells us that He will equip us for our future. God doesn't hold anything from you, He has given us everything in His grace.  We access all that is in grace by faith.  Our faith and God's mercy, release all that grace contains.  

The Word of God will equip you, but it is the Spirit of God that will empower you.  We have the Word to tell us the promises of God, but we need the Spirit to activates the promises.  The Spirit and the Word work together to equip you for life. 

The Word of God has been given to us by God, and it is what can equip us if we get into it with an open heart.  The Word will teach you, rebuke, correct, train you in righteousness, and encourage you!  The Word will point you to a relationship with Jesus.  

God has equipped us with everything we need to get through this life and make a difference.  We should do our best in the natural, but believe God for His supernatural.  Here is a reminder of some of the ways God has equipped us in life.  

The greatest reward for us as believers in Jesus, is heaven.  Heaven will be beautiful, more than you can imagine.  We need to think about heaven and talk about heaven more.  As we do, it will help us find our position and responsibility in this life.  The most important thing we can do, is help others find their way HOME!

Your reward is here now, but it is also there in heaven.  But we need to fight and be disciplined, so that we build our life on the foundation of Jesus.  We want to have a reward to give to Jesus when we get to heaven.  Train to run, and God will bless your life! 

Godly mom's are to be honored and valued, as they give their best to raise their children.  This Mother's Day message encourages mom's, as we look at Mary the mother of Jesus, to look to her example as a godly mother. 

You need to know that there is an enemy who wants to destroy your life.  But you also have a God who will always give you the victory.  When you give God your life, and serve Him, He will reward you. Never give up, never lose your confidence - the Lord is faithful to do what He promised!    

God promises to reward us, and when He does He wants us to show the world how good He is.  There are things we need to do to be sure that we are on the right path for our life.  Stay focused on these principles and you will be in alignment for reward. 

When it comes to receiving your reward from God, you need to be in the right alignment to where God says His blessings flow.  Love what God loves, and hate what God hates.  And love it when God tells you what to do in His Word.  That is the way to be rewarded in your life. 

Just having God in our life is a reward in itself. How you seek God will determine your rewards in life. Being diligent in seeking God will lead to great reward.  Never lose your fire for the Lord, and you will not lack anything. 

For his Easter message, Pastor Barry talks about Jesus on the cross, and WHAT He did for us.  But not only what He did, but WHY He did it.  He became our Savior, He gave us a life-line back to Himself, because we were heading to hell.  Thank God Jesus is ALIVE! 

When you serve God you need to keep 2 things in mind.  Guard your motivation, why you do what you do.  But know your incentive, the reward you get for obeying and serving the Lord.  God is a rewarder, and your reward is waiting.  

On the path that God has called you to run your life, there are many places of reward.  And God wants to show us that He is a rewarder, and the fact we are rewarded is what  motivates us to to serve God fully, 

When Jesus called Simon Peter, he asked him leave everything and follow Him.  And instantly he left his fishing company and huge catch of fish, to follow Jesus anywhere. Peter was a guy who did everything at 100%.  That is the kind of person Jesus is looking for, and loves to use for His Kingdom.  Let's be that kind of person - be willing to do whatever He asks of you! !  

In ancient Jewish custom, leprosy was considered a curse from God for the sins you had committed, and they were unclean.  But there was a man with leprosy, who had an encounter with Jesus, and it changed his life.  Jesus went against the Jewish Law and touch this man who had not been touched for years.  Thanks to the Love of Jesus, he was restored and could come back to his normal life. Jesus is a...

Jesus was being set up by the Pharisees to perform a miracle (to work) on the Sabbath day.  Jesus meets a man in the temple with a deformed hand, and He heals this man.  But He did it to show everyone there He is God, and He can do whatever He wants.  

Jesus chose to use an adulterous woman, who was divorced 5 times, and because of her a whole town was changed as many believe in Jesus as the Messiah. Divorce has affected many, and it hurts everyone involved in it.  That is why God hates divorce.  But unlike what many churches teach, divorce doesn't disqualify you to be used by God, or for ministry.  Jesus was clear what God's plan was...

The woman Jesus met at the well in the heat of the day, shows us how no matter how we try to distract Jesus from touching our lives, if we keep listening to Him, He will change us in every way.  This outcast lady is now used by God to bring a city to Jesus, to believe in Him as the Savior of the World. 

Some encounters with Jesus changed lives, but some didn't.  This is the story of a rich man who had an encounter with Jesus, but walked away without receiving what he came for, because of his pride.  We need to learn from this, so we keep our hearts open to Jesus every day.  And He will reward us 100 times for anything we give up for HIm. 

The story of Zacchaeus is a cool story of one of the last men Jesus met, before going to the cross for the world. It is a story of a man who was... despised by the people, but chosen by Jesus.  A story of repentance, restoration, and salvation.  Jesus is more than we could ever dream of. 

We all need an encounter with Jesus -- He is the fulfiller, and the one we are all searching for in life.  A lady was brought to Jesus, and according to the Law she should have been killed.  But instead Jesus showed His grace and love -- Jesus took her punishment, and gave her a new start.  We are changed from an encounter with Jesus.  

To know you have the right filter, there are ways we need to relate to people. Pastor Barry talks about five things we need to live with to make an impact in the world around us.  And by living this way, we can use what Jesus did for us, to help change others. 

To have the mind of Christ, you need to have a Bible filter.  To know you have the right filter, Pastor Barry talks about five things Jesus said, that we can do our best to apply these things, as our filter in the way we look at our life with God.