EVK Podcast

Growing in faith is an important part in your Christian life, but what you believe can also strengthens your relationship with Jesus.  Believing God's promises in the Bible, and understanding you have a connection with Jesus, will change you.  Like a branch connected to the vine, life flows to us when we are connected to Jesus.  

One of the most important things to understand in your Christian walk, is that God wants relationship with YOU!  The love of God is more than you could ever understand, but something that we can receive daily.  And spending time with the Lord, will cause our relationship with Him to become more-and-more real and intimate. 

God is with you and will love you in and through the difficulties in life, and you will be able to shine in life.  Even when others turn on you, if you will trust the Lord, He will bring you out to a better place.  His love is supernatural, and all we need to have success in life.  Manuel and Evelin share their stories on how God's love brought them through difficult times, to reach happiness...

Jesus is our Chief Shepherd. But His plan was to have under-shepherds to care for us, these are the pastors of His church. We all belong to Jesus, but the Lord has given us pastors with loving hearts, like God's heart.  They represent God to us, by showing us His love, teaching us, and help to guide our lives. A pastor's main responsibility is to lead you to a stronger relationship with...

Jesus came as our Lamb, so that He could become our Shepherd.  The angels appeared first to the Bethlehem shepherds, the ones who watched over the sacrificial lambs for the temple in Jerusalem, to tell them about the birth of our Savior. And we celebrate Jesus, because He is our hope for today - and for our future. 

The Lord is your shepherd who will reward you, so you can feast even when the enemy is near.  And your shepherd will anoint you with the Holy Spirit oil, and He will give you the ability to do what you are called to do for Jesus.  When you seek His presence, you will have His anointing each day.  

Even though you will walk into some  dark times in your life, if you are following Jesus, you will get through to something good.  But you need to know the the Lord is with you, and He will protect you and guide you in your life. Jesus is the good shepherd who will speak to you, and you can know HIs voice so that you can follow Him.  

Most of the time, there are things you need to DO, to get God's blessings in your life. But for todays teaching, this is something you just need to KNOW.  You need to know the it is the Lord who restores your soul.  And when you have fallen, Jesus will be there to pick you up, and put you on your feet again.  He refreshes, revives, energizes, and restores - your soul. 

It is important that you know, "The Lord is MY shepherd!" We need to have that personal connection, knowing that He is with us in our lives, and that he loves us, and watches over us, and provides for us.  When you are confident that Jesus is your shepherd, you will find rest for your soul.

If the Lord is my shepherd, I have all that I need!  This needs to be our focus when thinking about our finances.  Just as Jesus provided for the multitudes with a miracle from a boy's lunch - Jesus will miraculously provide for you.  If you get involved in God's distribution to others in your finances, He will abundantly provide for you.  

The Lord is our shepherd, and He is all that we need!  We are like sheep, and we need a Shepherd in this life.  He is our guide, provider, protector, rewarder.  Look to Him as your Shepherd, and He will be all you need.  Turn to Him daily and say - Lord, you are my Shepherd! 

To get to a better place in life, we need to think right.  It is our choice what we think on, and the attitude we have going into each day with.  And if your thought-life is not stable, then your faith can never be stable.  Here are some biblical steps to apply in our life, to keep our thinking right. 

Prayer is vital for us to live a better life.  And prayer should be fun and easy for us to do.  Pastor Barry teaches us some mindsets, and promises from the Bible, to stand upon.  When we pray out God's plan for our lives, in a Biblical way, we will see God move in our lives.  

It is important that we have margin in every area of out lives - time, emotions, health, finances.  More margin, less pressure - less margin, more pressure.  Having margin in finances will take away the pressures of life that are pushed on us.  Do not let the power of money rule you, you can chose to put God first, and you will go to better. 

The anointing of God is supernatural help that comes on you to do what you are called to do.  From our every day duties, to serving Jesus - the anointing is the ability to do it better.  And Jesus said the anointing we have is the same anointing He had, so the church can do what He did when He was here.  Draw on the anointing, expect it, and you will always have it.  

Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to us as the greatest gift to help us through life, He called Him our Comforter.  We should not be unconfortable with the Comforter, He is our helper.  Believers have the Holy Spirit in them, and He is the power of God to help us go to a better life.  Being full is better, so be filled!  

There are 2 guarantees in life - 1. Tough times will come.  2. God is with you. You need to know that when difficulties come, it is part of life.  But God is with you to get you through to a place of blessing where things are better.  We have guidance from God's Word to be a success in all that we do.  

God will break the rules for you to prosper in your life. As Jesus told Peter to go fish to get the coin to pay his taxes, you just go do what you know to do.  God promises to bless the work of your hand, and He will take care of you.  

Jesus has already broken the rules for us to receive health and healing.  Just as Jesus showed healing and forgiveness were available in His ministry - salvation and health have been given to you today.  Jesus purchased both of them, at the same time, on the cross.  We can receive with bold confident faith. 

Your faith will put you in position for God to be able to show up for you, break the rules for you, and use you.  David was a young man who had bold courageous faith.  The kind of faith that caused others around him to eventually believe for the impossible.  Whatever giants you face in your life today, speak to them in faith, and go do what the Lord leads you to do.  Victory will be yours! 

Never let go of the dreams God gives to you, no matter how bad things might seem to you in the moment.  We see Joseph kept his relationship strong with the Lord, no matter how bad things git in the natural.  And the Lord continued to make him a success.  But sometimes can't fulfill God's plan for you, the way things are in your life now.  We might need to break up with some things, so we...

Even when things do not seem possible, God can do what is impossible for us.  Abraham and Sarah had a baby together, way past age to have children. Our faith activates the power of God in a way that will make exceptions for us.  God will break the rules for you - if you believe.  

When you stand for your God, even when tested and tempted, God will stand up for you.  Sometimes the Lord will keep you from the fire, but other times the Lord will go with you into the fire and protect you. You will make it where others couldn't, and you will not even smell like smoke. When God makes exceptions for you, He will use you to share the goodness of Jesus with others. 

When you become a person who makes prayer, your relationship with God, a priority, God will break the rules for you.  And when you daily put the Lord first, you will never have to fear when things come against you.  Like Daniel, even though others wanted to kill him, the Lord stood with Daniel, and the lions never touched him. Your God can break the rules and keep you safe.  

God is a rule breaker, and loves to break the rules in your life.  He will do this to show you how much He loves you.  God's unexplainable peace, the undeserved favor of the Lord, and His amazing grace - are rule breakers in our lives.  Expect God to make exceptions for you and when He does let God use you!