Faith Alive Church - Sunday Message

Joshua Boyd When Jordon and I stand before you each week, we endeavor to bring the message for you for right now.  This is the live feed from the top. As children of God, we have a relationship with the Father that allows us to communicate and fellowship with Him daily.  You and I talk to our natural family everyday without putting thought or effort into it. we do it because of relationship.  It i...

Jordon Gilmore We have a tendency to become comfortable in negative situations, even when a solution is available. The story of Jesus healing demon-possessed men in Matthew 8:28-34 as a starting point. All of us should reflect on their our lives and identify areas where we might be resisting positive change, even if it means confronting our own demons. The presence of Jesus immediately causes demo...

Joshua Boyd I’m going to start today by stating our main point today:  Satan is an angel.  He’s not an equal to God, he’s not uncreated.  He is an angel.  The world and even religious tradition have made it seem like an eternal battle of two mighty generals controlling the battlefield in an epic struggle for the ages.  It isn’t like that at all.  Throughout the Old Testament, the Spirit of the Lor...

Jordon Gilmore The tearing of the temple curtain symbolizes access to God’s presence for all believers, not just the high priest.  Many Christians, however, settle for a surface-level relationship with God, stopping short of true intimacy and fellowship.  Barriers like busyness, lack of knowledge, and spiritual struggles can prevent believers from drawing near to God’s throne of grace. Today we re...

Joshua Boyd Please turn to a standard passage during this Christmas season, the book of Luke.   Luke 1:11-13, 18-19 Compare this experience with that of Mary a few verses down. Luke 1:26-37 There are only two angels in Scripture whose name we know.  Gabriel here is one.  Does anyone know the other?  Michael.  Both Gabriel and Michael have specific purposes: Gabriel gives extremely high priority me...

Jordon Gilmore Joseph and the wise men One of their tasks was to preserve the life of baby Jesus. Matthew 1:19-20 A dream of reassurance  Matthew 2:10-12 A dream of preservation  Matthew 2:13 A dream of forewarning and salvation  Matthew 2:19- A dream of opportunity  The most common type of dream Matthew 2:22-23 A dream of direction and security  Psalm 4:8

Joshua Boyd I want you to picture in your mind something that you cannot see with your eyes.  Imagine the largest athlete you can think of – a six foot seven 300-pound beast of a man.  This being is with you everywhere you go, night and day.  He is powerful enough to overcome any person.  He doesn’t sleep or take a break.  There are more angels in this room than people – we’ll get into why that is...

Jordon Gilmore This morning, we’ll likely conclude this concept or series, My Heart and My Ministry. It could even be a side message. I want to focus on a ministry I mentioned a few weeks ago. I want to discuss encouragement and goodness, a fruit of the spirit. Goodness is ambiguous. What does it mean to be good? There are many definitions and suggestions for good people. But what does the Bible s...

Jordon Gilmore We Are All Called to Ministry Let’s refresh our memory on what our purpose for this series is. It’s from Proverbs chapter 4, verse 23. It says, “Above all else, guard your heart, for out of it flows all that you do.” So far in the series, we’ve mainly focused on talking about the heart. We began by emphasizing the importance of the heart and how deeply concerned God is about it, eve...

Joshua Boyd Today we finish up the series on Honor.  The true disciple of Christ, the one who desires to mature in their walk with God, is one who has learned to honor God.  If we want God to honor us, we must first honor Him.  How?  We’ve learned over the past few weeks that honor requires Humbling ourselves Valuing the things that God values Giving Submitting  to Authority to Each Other to God E...

My Heart and My Ministry Series Part 3 Jordon Gilmore Jesus emphasized the importance of a regenerated heart, as exemplified by Nicodemus, a religious leader. The Christian life is a process of continuous change and reevaluation, requiring a new heart to enter the kingdom of God. Despite our progress, we should remain open to reevaluating our hearts and embracing a new perspective. God initiates h...

Joshua Boyd This morning we will expand on the topic of honor, especially the attribute of humility that we introduced early in the series. There is no real honor without humility.  Or more precisely, there is no honor of someone else without humility.  Pride honors itself.  It puts its own position, its own way above that of others.  Jesus, our Master, lived out our example.  He did want He requi...

Jordon Gilmore Examine the condition of our Heart. 1 Cor. 11:26-29 Out of our hearts flow our ministry “The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” ‭‭Genesis‬ ‭6‬:‭5‬ ‭ “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and test the...

Joshua Boyd God honors, not everyone, those who honor Him.  Too often, believers put the responsibility on God that God has designated to us.  Do you want to be honored?  It isn’t automatic.  It isn’t because of your title, status, family, good works, etc.  You must first honor Him.  But not honoring God isn’t the neutral position—it is the complete opposite.  If you think lightly of Him, His ways...

Jordon Gilmore Topic 1 - God wants our heart Prov 4:23 “Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭4‬:‭23‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Guard your heart Ministry = Personal service for God towards men Matt 22:34-40 Love the Lord with ALL your heart Prov 3:5-6 Trust the Lord with ALL your heart  Prov 21:2 The Lord weighs the heart David 1 Samuel 13:13-14

Jordon Gilmore Luke 16:1-13 Apart from God’s grace, we really have nowhere to go. Everything we have and everything we are is a gift of unmerited favor. The unjust steward was using what he had in the present to take care of things he knew would come in the future. Are we so earthly minded about the use of our time that we fail to use it for the eternal things of God?

Joshua Boyd Part 2 of our series on honor begins today with some questions: what do you value?  What do you put the highest price on?   The apostle Paul’s values changed after he encountered the Lord Jesus on the road to Damascus.   Philippians 3:5-9 The Kingdom of God works by honor. We can restate it this way:  the Kingdom of God works by a value system – one that is much different from the worl...

Joshua Boyd The Apostle John said “I must decrease that He might increase”.  For us to show honor to a person or our Lord, we have to first humble ourselves and decrease the weight on our side of the scale so that it gives more weight to the one we are honoring.  Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God and He will lift you up.  

Jordon Gilmore  1 Chronicles 29:11 1. God’s timing is perfect just as His ways are perfect. Ps 18:30 2. What the enemy meant for evil, God has turned around for our good.  3. “God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.”Romans‬ ‭8‬:‭28‬ ‭NLT‬

Joshua Boyd Today is our twelfth and final message of the Biblical finances series and this will act as our transition to the next message:  What the Bible Says about Honor.  In the Kingdom of God, nothing happens without honor.  No honor, no favor.  No honor, no answers.   Turn to Matthew 10 to look at the key passage for this morning.  When we talk about Biblical prosperity, we’ve learned that i...

Jordon Gilmore 2 Corinthians 11:5-10 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 So often we miss the strength of God because we are not willing to be weak Are we making room for God to work through our weaknesses or are we just relying on our strengths? 1 Peter 5:10 1 Peter 5:5-10

Jordon Gilmore Job 1:20 Luke 6:45 Phil 4:8 Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. One of the best measures of character is what comes out when they are stressed.  Focus on positivity.  Fill your mind and heart with good things so that they are in there when you need them.  Putting the right stuff in is important, but getting the bad stuff out is necessary too.  “For the weapons of our...

Joshua Boyd God wants to use you more and more for bigger and better things both in your personal life and in His kingdom.  The only way that is accomplished is by His trust in YOU growing over time.  He can’t trust you if you aren’t trusting Him.  The more you trust Him, the more He can use you.  It will be uncomfortable at first sometimes.  Abraham had to say goodbye to family to go where God wa...

Jordon Gilmore His faithfulness shows us we can depend on His word.  His justness shows us that he will keep things lines up according to what is right.  Deuteronomy 32:3-5 1 John 1:9 We have to know that when we mess up our relationship isn't affected Hebrews 10:23  What is your faith anchored to? It makes God smile when we are faithful (like Him) Romans 1:16-17 The just shall live by faith...

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