Greater Life Church

There is an underlying truth to the statement: If walls could talk. If they could talk, tragedy could be avoided, mysteries would be revealed, scandals would not happen. The truth is that walls do talk. We usually look at this text from the perspective of the people. But what if we looked at it from the perspective of the wall? We know what God said. We know what Joshua said. But what might the wa...

The life of Jesus was very different than any life that had come before or has come since. He was a normal man, but yet without sin. Those around Him marveled at his wisdom and knowledge. In our text, Jesus has sat to eat with sinners and the religious leaders of the time ask the question that many often ask of church people: Why is he sitting with those people? Jesus’ answer was brilliant in it’s...

If someone has 20/20 vision, we say that they have good vision. The bible says that without vision, the people perish. Vision is an important sense to have in the physical realm, but it is equally important in a spiritual setting. In the spiritual world, vision is revelation. It is the communication of God’s desires for our lives. The verse from Proverbs also indicates that when we receive the vis...

Sight is, without a doubt, one of the most important senses. It is difficult to imagine life without being able to see. When the lights go out, we begin to grope around and try to feel our way around. Spiritually, there are a lot of people living in the dark who are living by what they feel rather than what they know. Do not doubt in the dark what God declared in the light. When we cannot see, we...

It is not possible to understate the power and necessity of prayer. Prayer is talking to God. It is not possible to have a relationship without talking, so in order to have a relationship with God we must talk with him. Prayer is the means by which we find out who God is and we develop the relationship. Prayer is made up of many things. Part of prayer should be praise and adoration. Payer includes...

The end time timeline are a hot topic of debate in the church. The truth is that no man knows the time, so we must be ready when it comes. We can all agree that the things of the end time will happen. The fact of judgement cannot be debated. For the unbeliever, judgment will come at the end. However, for the believer, judgment will happen at the beginning. God speaks to us through His word giving...

The social and spiritual climate in which we live is unique. It is complex to the world, but it is simple to a believer. It is the enemy’s plan to remove any perception of right and wrong. If he can remove any line of demarcation between right and wrong, we can engage in moral relativism to justify any and all behaviors. Phrases like “Culture has changed” and “Times have changed” are used to expla...

Our society promotes celebrities as heroes and superstars. Our young people grow up encouraged to emulate these sports figures or entertainers. There are many figures in the bible that would make better role models and heroes. Abraham stepped out in faith on only a word from God. David was flawed and made mistakes, but God still called him a man after his own heart. Peter had a temper, but he was...

There is never been, and will never be, a problem with God’s ability to perform the supernatural. God is no different today than he was then and will be tomorrow. Jesus said ask and you shall receive. The word shall is a definitive word. It is an absolute, there is no question in the word shall. The bible has many accounts of God doing the miraculous, and he is no different now than He was then. G...

The story is Israel is remarkable. They went to Egypt because of a famine. They prospered and they were treated well. Then there was a change in Pharo's and the new one did not trust Israel and made them slaves. They cried out to the Lord and the Lord raised up Moses. In the process to get Israel out of Egypt, the Lord brought plagues on Pharaoh's house to demonstrate his power. Our text is the st...

Our text from Psalms says that the steps of a good man are ordered. It does not say that every step will be good. On this journey of life, we will travel some rough ground. To get where God wants us to be, we have to walk down some hard avenues. With God, it takes the ups and the downs to produce the results He needs. Process always precedes promotion.

The question as come up many times through history: Who is God? We can take that question many ways, but we must first ask is God a who or is God a what? When Jesus came to Earth, God became man; that was a who. But we are more interested in the SPIRIT of God. The bible gives us insight into the character of God, but we have no way of describing God with first hand knowledge. The spirit of God enc...

We live in a time when we have more spiritual opportunities than we have ever had. We have more churches, more preachers, more conferences and more fellowship than we have ever had. At the same time, we have more people on the verge of a breakdown than ever before. We often find ourselves living on the defense rather than on offense. Many people live the “if I can just survive this attack” way of...

We are living in a world that puts value on labels. What clothes do you wear? What purse do you carry? We let a label dictate a status symbol. We let labels define who we are. Some people use Lord as a label. They believe that if they invoke that label, they will attain a certain status. Our text questions why why they were using the term label, when the lifestyle does not match that label. If He...

It does not take a spiritual person to recognize that the spiritual landscape of the world is changing. Society is shifting. We fool ourselves if we think that the world is going to get any better. The bible has told us that these things would happen, but we are still surprised when we see the news, or hear of social change that are contrary to our values and beliefs. The church is not here to cha...

We can change our behaviors, but we cannot change our hearts. We are all born into sin. We can do everything right, we can be moral upstanding people, but what we cannot do is bathe our own hearts in the blood of Jesus. It is not our works of righteousness that will save us, it takes the blood. Jesus desires a relationship with each of us. He went to each disciple individually and ask them to foll...

No matter what our culture says, we must define our lives by the bible. The bible tells us that we must love the Lord with all our heart, mind, soul and strength. The heart speaks of emotions, the soul speaks of the possibility of sin, the mind is about our thinking and finally the strength is the things that build us up or bring us down. Our text refers to connections. These are the relationships...

We live in an hour when perversity and evil are given free reign. Our world and our country has turned away from God. Too many people have learned to function without a touch from God. Even though there are great problems in our world, there are great promises waiting. God’s promises are greater than the world’s problems. God is poised to do His greatest works. Our text takes place in a low place...

Toxic emotions are a large problem in our world. Our emotions are not wrong; they are God given. Every emotion that we have is a direct relations of the creation of God. The problem is that our world has changed these emotions from the original creation. Love and Hate are the primary of these. Research indicate that these emotions can cause the body to stop fighting disease. When our emotions get...

We read in this letter from Paul to the church he founded in Corinth a reminder of the things on which the church was established. He did not rely on eloquent speech or a feel good message. He reminds them that the church was founded on the power of the gospel of Jesus. All of Paul’s preaching was founded on who Jesus was and what He came to do. If we preach Jesus we will preach that God wanted fe...

When God is in it, it is worthwhile. God is faithful. The strength of a church rests in the faithfulness of God. In our text, God was wanting to reinforce to His people that He was the one true God. What does it mean to be faithful. It means to be steadfast and true to his word. Unfaithful doesn’t mean that it doesn’t work. An unfaithful person will be there for many things, but will fail you when...

The human mind is an amazing thing. It gives us the ability to think, reason, and even speak. It also controls bodily functions. It interprets inputs from the five senses and directs the physical movements so that we can walk, talk, stand and sit. Science has evolved to the point where it is now possible to manipulate physical objects by using brain power. By simply thinking, someone can move a wh...

When playing sports, we play to win. Too many teams play not to lose. When teams play not to lose, they lose. When we begin to play not to lose we become extra careful. It has been said that the prevent defense only prevents winning. Too often we play church that way. As long as we have a good service every once and awhile, that is okay. There is only one option; we have to win. We need a breakthr...

It is not the amount of water that surrounds a vessel that will sink it. It is only the water that comes within that will cause a ship to sink. No matter how deep the ocean or how violent the storm, if they can keep the water out, the boat will not sink. The author of our text was a king. This man who had all the resources that can be imagined to bring to bear to a situation, had a heart that was...

Each day that we live there are things that seep in that are toxic to our souls. Scientists tell us that our physical bodies also encounter toxins daily. Fortunately God made us in a way that our bodies can cleanse itself of many of these things. Spiritually, these things creep in slowly: Attitudes, ideas, thoughts and philosophies that are counter to the things that we have been taught. These thi...