Junkyard Outreach

Send us Fan Mail Spiritual Warfare Part 1 is the introduction to this multi-part series discussing the reality of the spiritual war that we are all in regardless of our knowledge or belief in it.  

Send us Fan Mail Using Roman armor as an illustration, the piece of the armor that held everything together is the belt.  The belt was centrally located and secured the other critical armor together.  The Apostle Paul uses the belt to illustrate the truth of the Gospel and how it is also central to holding everything together.  

Send us Fan Mail The Roman soldier's breastplate protected his heart and other vital organs.  The Apostle Paul calls our righteousness a breastplate for spiritual warfare protecting our hearts from wickedness which weakens and ultimately defeats a soldier.  

Send us Fan Mail The Roman soldiers used shoes with spikes coming out of the bottom of the sole for traction.  The Apostle Paul compares the shoes to the Gospel of peace.  

Send us Fan Mail The Roman soldier's shield is compared to our faith in this episode.  

Send us Fan Mail The Roman soldier's helmet is compared to our salvation.  

Send us Fan Mail The Roman soldier's sword is compared to the Word of God. 

Send us Fan Mail Abiding in Jesus, making our permanent home in Him, involves our willingness to trust Him.  When we learn that we can actually trust Jesus with everything in our lives, we have moved in to that place of abiding.  

Send us Fan Mail The word disciple comes from the word discipline.  When we receive discipline it is often not something we enjoy.  But God disciplines those He loves and the discipline is very profitable for the believer if we receive it in faith that God is teaching me something I need to know.  

Send us Fan Mail Understanding the structure of the Bible helps to grasp the overall message of redemption for humanity.  In this episode the breakdown of books contained within the Bible is discussed allowing us to learn more about the Scriptures, 

Send us Fan Mail Cain was a man who knew God but allowed his own wickedness to take control of him to the point that he murdered his innocent brother Abel.  Instead of putting Cain to death, God allowed Cain to wander under a curse that Cain put on himself by allowing sin to control him.   God calls wanderers like Cain to come home to Him but requires faith and obedience to really make it work.  A...

Send us Fan Mail John the Baptist experienced doubt regarding Jesus as the Messiah or Christ as many other did and still do.  But Jesus is concealed in the Old Testament in many passages and revealed in the New Testament. 

Send us Fan Mail Jesus encounters a non-Jewish Roman Centurion who demonstrates unusual humility and faith.  As a result of the man's faith Jesus heals the man's sick servant. 

Send us Fan Mail In the book of Acts chapter 4 the disciples, under threats from the religious establishment, pray fervently in the manner Jesus instructed them when He taught them to pray.  God answered their prayer.  

Send us Fan Mail The disciples realized their way of ritualized prayer was not effective so they asked Jesus to teach them to pray.  Jesus gave them a model for prayer that is solid and changes the way we pray.  

Send us Fan Mail The Scriptures reveal Jesus not only as the Christ (or Messiah) but actually as the Creator of all things.  Can we know this for sure or more importantly can we accept this?  

Send us Fan Mail Worship connects us with God in a way that is very evident.  When we come to Him with a right heart and motive God does great things.  

Send us Fan Mail The Word "lord" in the New Testament carries the idea of a master or owner.  If Jesus is our lord then we are his servants and as servants we must obey Him. 

Send us Fan Mail The fear of the Lord is repeated several times in scriptures with many great promised for those that fear Him.  Many misunderstand the phrase.  

Send us Fan Mail Humans are created with a body, mind and spirit.  Our spirit connects with God's Spirit as children of God and His Spirit guides us through life.  The problem is we have this body and it's natural cravings that are contrary to God's Spirit and we need to understand the battle to be victorious.    

Send us Fan Mail Jesus calls us to love our enemies and which is very difficult without the power of God pouring into our lives.  But with it we can love our enemies, free ourselves from the control they may have in our minds and be a witness for Jesus.  

Send us Fan Mail Jeremiah was a prophet from God and had a very difficult ministry to his people.  He suffered for his obedience to God and later saw God's hand protecting him the entire time.  

Send us Fan Mail There are hypocrites everywhere and the church is no exception. 

Send us Fan Mail Moses' older brother Aaron acted as Moses' helper in the Exodus.  He made mistakes but God maintained Aaron and established the Jewish priesthood through Aaron. 

Send us Fan Mail When we receive Christ, He does an amazing thing in us and will continue that work until it's complete.  However, we have the responsibility of rejecting the former things of our life that were contrary to God and putting on the new things that please Him.  This brings victory.