Forward Church

The world needs to see a group of people, Jesus followers, who are confident in the identity of God. The world, even the believing world, is starving for truth, for something to believe in. https://www.clintbyars.com/blog/2019/12/23/how-to-always-be-effective-and-fruitful

Life happens. Sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s not. Sometimes it’s an unexpected blessing, sometimes it’s an unfortunate loss. Sometimes it’s welcoming a new child into your home, sometimes it’s losing a loved one. No matter what, we have every reason to stay confident toward God, knowing that he only has good plans for us. https://www.clintbyars.com/blog/2019/12/16/you-dont-need-answers-you-ne...

There is an empowerment from the Holy Spirit to deny your rights and walk in the Spirit. This grace only comes through an intimate relationship with the Lord. If we can change our perspectives of how we view the word of God in conjunction to ourselves than we will begin to experience the abundant life that is promised to us in the good news of Jesus Christ. COURTNEY OLSON AUDIO PLAYLIST: https://s...

When I think about Jesus preparing a place for us, it makes me think of his prayer “your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.” It’s something he wants for us. I think about what the garden of Eden must have been like, in all its perfection. I think of what it would have been like to see Jesus transform and openly speak with Moses and Elijah. It makes me think of all the supernatural encounter...

It is absolutely vital that you know the effects of believing the Gospel, i.e. you get a new heart. You don’t have two natures fighting in you. You don’t have a black dog and a white dog barking at your heels in you. You are the righteousness of God in Christ! You are no longer a sinner by nature, you are a cleansed and justified child of the living God! https://www.clintbyars.com/blog/2019/12/2/g...

Obedience from the heart pleases God. Obedience that is the fruit of a human heart responding to his love is what God wants. God is pleased with the kind of obedience that seeks to preserve the freedom he offers in Christ. God isn’t impressed with an obedience that is rooted in keeping rules, his heart is after those who have been transformed by his love and now only desire to bring glory to his n...

Kanye West is a popular rapper that just released his 9th record. This record is different than his previous records because it’s all about Jesus. In fact, the title is Jesus Is King. The record is at the top of the Billboard charts in spite of people telling Kanye a Gospel record would “kill his career.” People from all walks of life and all sections of popular culture are talking about Kanye and...

You don’t get to decide your own legacy. You set your goals, you live your life but history will judge your legacy. Funny thing is, your legacy is less about what you’ve done and more about how you treated people. Even if you’re known for what you do, it’s still judged by how what you did affected people. History will judge your legacy but God will judge your works. Your deeds and actions matter....

https://www.clintbyars.com/blog/2019/10/31/feeling-each-others-pain Above all...love, it's how we'll reach the world. I pray that the body of Christ becomes the safest and most honest place on the planet. I pray that we are able to help people but challenge them to engage in transformation. I pray that our love inspires action within people, action toward God and a more healthy life for themselves...

Conceiving faith is a type of faith that is birthed out of intimacy with God. There is no other foundation to build but that of relationship with Jesus. Our identity is ultimately made up of things that we have become intimate with at a heart level whether good or bad. Its imperative to know what Jesus has done for us so that we can enter into His presence with confidence and expectation. COURTNEY...

Faith is an adventure to be experienced in our lives but unfortunately too many times we sit on sidelines of our story because we are dominated by the fear of risk and the unknown. Every great adventure starts with ability to take risks and step into the unknown. COURTNEY OLSON AUDIO PLAYLIST: soundcloud.com/clintbyars/sets/courtney-olson COURTNEY OLSON YOUTUBE PLAYLIST: www.youtube.com/playlist?l...

Learn the difference between hell, hades, sheol, the grave and the lake of fire. Hear the answer to the question, "did Jesus suffer in the grave after dying on the cross?" This is an important point in developing a thorough understanding of the finished work of Christ. This message is part 2 of a series about Jesus facing his flesh and submitting to the death of the cross. Get a free eBook on God'...

Grace is not just the power you can live from to overcome temptation and sin, it’s the power you are nourished by to live within the power of the righteousness that God gave you in Christ. He has made you the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus but his active grace in you strengthens you to live in that righteousness. https://www.clintbyars.com/blog/2019/9/30/thirsty-soul-drinks-righteousness

Pastors George and Leah Odero are the lead pastors of Forward Church Kenya. FCK currently has 2 locations; Ongata Rongai (near Nairobi) and Obanda, which is in Southwest Kenya. Pastor Clint and Pastor George connected during one of Clint’s mission trips to Kenya and a relationship grew over a few years. There’s a longer story about the origin of Forward Church Kenya in 2014, but we’ll just say for...

We don’t realize it but we make many of our decisions out of fear, especially men. We don’t necessarily feel afraid, we’re now sitting in the corner balled up biting our nails, we don’t have chills running down our spine, but we have let fear constrict our willingness to stand on God’s promises because of fear associated with responsibility. Responsibility, that’s mostly a good thing but it can ca...

Tools for Transformation introduction and sample by Clint Byars Resources: https://www.clintbyars.com/toolsfortransformation More on meditation: https://www.clintbyars.com/biblical-meditation-and-binaural-beats-to-experience-transformation

Understanding how your heart is involved in sowing the Word of God in your life. May you turn your heart towards the Father in all circumstances and experience the peace of Christ rising from within as you commune with Him. May you lay down who you used to be and put on who you are now in Jesus, the righteousness of God in Christ. May you receive the wisdom that God is freely giving you and access...

“Within ten days George Washington Carver had “discovered” more than 300 uses for the peanut. One trip to that special place in the woods to talk with God not only enhanced race relations at the time but also fundamentally changed the agricultural industry as we know it today. All because he listened to and felt the spirit of God in his life.” (Andy Andrews) God’s response made sense to Carver bec...

All things are possible for those who believe. You don’t believe with your brain, you believe with your hearts (Romans 10:10). Your heart or inner man is paramount in experiencing God in this life. God wants you to increase the capacity of your heart to trust him so he can move through you in greater ways and see his will come to pass. The more confident you are in his character and his word, the...

In this message discover how to position your heart in the midst of distractions by doing the one thing that is needed. COURTNEY OLSON AUDIO PLAYLIST: https://soundcloud.com/clintbyars/sets/courtney-olson COURTNEY OLSON YOUTUBE PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjOY7E0-Ufkgn-9dkVUoUJCz05k8h0cv1

God wants you to personally thrive and prosper so you enjoy the benefits of being his child and so you can be a blessing to others. God wants the organized church to thrive and prosper so it can effectively meet the needs of the Lord’s people as well as spread the Gospel. This means we need to talk about money. https://www.clintbyars.com/blog/2019/8/12/being-made-rich-through-generosity

You can trust your decisions and walk in confidence. You don’t have to second guess everything or stress yourself out if you’re walking in the will of God. God is not withholding wisdom and instruction from you, he freely gives them to all who will listen. What it does it take to have your ear tuned to his voice? What does it take for your heart to be receptive to his leading? Walking upright, wit...

We must guard our hearts against lies, no matter how irrational the fear may seem. We must take great precaution to protect our minds and hearts against the things that can plant seeds of death in our hearts. AND we must be intentional to plant the kinds of seeds that will protect us and guard our hearts. We must plant seeds from God’s Word that resonate His truth throughout our entire being. http...

I am pleased to introduce to you my friend Sebastian Mathews. Sebastian and his family began attending Forward Church in January 2019. They were familiar with grace and the New Covenant message but they did not know how to actuate grace. After a series of frustrations and a devastating loss, they discovered not only the freedom of grace but the power of grace. God’s influence in our hearts is not...

HAVE YOU EVER LOOKED AT YOUR BEHAVIOR AND WONDERED IF YOU WENT TOO FAR AND LOST YOUR SALVATION? HAVE YOU EVER ABSTAINED FROM COMMUNION IN CHURCH BECAUSE YOU SINNED THAT WEEK AND YOU WERE AFRAID SOMETHING BAD MIGHT HAPPEN? KEEP READING, I’M ABOUT TO SET YOU FREE. Toxic Christianity encourages self-examination that keeps you bound by guilt and shame. Toxic self-examination is rooted in a legalistic...