No Limits with Pastor Delman Coates Podcast

Are you struggling with finding the strength to keep waiting on God? Are you starting to grow weary in your attempts to persevere? If that’s you, then I have no doubt that today’s key passage will encourage you and help you right where you’re at. In Luke 2, Simeon shows us that the passage of time does not cancel God’s plan, and that if you can just hold on, you can make it. You can make it throug...

If we’re being honest, many people are drifting further and further away from God every day. Life has caused many to stop praying, to stop reading the Word, and to stop giving. This is a spiritually dark time, therefore we need a light that’s going to help us find what God has for us. In the same way, the wise men followed the light of that star until they found Jesus, we too need to find Jesus. F...

Nobody likes to wait. We live in a society that centers around instant gratification. So when we have to wait for something for any length of time, our reaction usually isn’t positive. However, if we’re waiting for something we really want, our perspective on the wait seems to change. In other words, when the object of your waiting is deemed valuable, you don’t mind waiting because you tell yourse...

When frustration, discouragement, and disappointment grip your heart and your mind, it can cause you to consider giving up. Maybe that’s where you find yourself today. Maybe you’re considering giving up on life, giving up on your marriage, giving up on your career, or even giving up on God. If that’s you, then this message is for you, because James, in today’s key passage, gives a dose of encourag...

Spiritual infidelity is rooted in the idea that God is a God of exclusivity. He is not spiritually polyamorous. He does not allow us to love other idols or gods other than Him. He wants our time, our attention, and our devotion. The moment we got saved, we entered into an exclusive monogamous relationship with God; a God who is going to be faithful to us, and wants us to be faithful to Him in retu...

Today’s key text invites us to consider what happens in the church when favoritism goes too far. At the time of our text, it would be perfectly normal for people in church and society to show favoritism and preferential treatment to people with means and money. Society was structured and ordered around giving those of a certain class, in a certain tax bracket, and with access to power the highest...

The beginning of the book of James offers us great encouragement but also a big challenge when it comes to how we handle the trials life throws at us. Jesus guaranteed that we would have hard times and tribulations while we were on this earth, but He also promised that He would help us every step of the way because He had already overcome the world. Today, we are going to look at what we can learn...

In today’s message, we are going to talk about a subject that isn’t often associated with the church. When we think about malpractice, we tend to think about legal, medical, or even financial malpractice, but rarely do we think about religious malpractice. However, this is a sad reality of many churches today. Therefore, this is a topic worth discussing and studying Scripture for so that can make...

I would venture to say that at some point in your life, you’ve had moments in which a breakdown in communication led to division, misunderstanding, and flat-out confusion. Breakdown in communication is a real thing, and it’s an issue we need to address in a way that honors the Lord and aligns with His Word. In this message, we’re going to look at the book of James and see how Jesus’ half-brother h...

In today’s key passage of Scripture, we read about a young man who takes the time to come to church, to try and do the right thing, and to hear the Word, and ends up losing his consciousness and falling to his death. He came to church looking for a life- changing, life-giving, and life-affirming word, but can’t stay woke in the process, and consequently loses his life. What a tragic story that Luk...

In today’s key passage, James warns those who have been using the levers of power to economically abuse and politically exploit God’s people that their time is winding up. He wants them to know that their hold over the financial fortunes and future of the people is coming to an end. Their wealth is rotting and being eaten by moths, and their precious metals are turning to rust as they enter their...

In today’s message, we are going to talk about a subject that isn’t often associated with the church. When we think about malpractice, we tend to think about legal, medical, or even financial malpractice, but rarely do we think about religious malpractice. However, this is a sad reality of many churches today. Therefore, this is a topic worth discussing and studying Scripture for so that can make...

I would venture to say that at some point in your life, you’ve had moments in which a breakdown in communication led to division, misunderstanding, and flat-out confusion. Breakdown in communication is a real thing, and it’s an issue we need to address in a way that honors the Lord and aligns with His Word. In this message, we’re going to look at the book of James and see how Jesus’ half-brother h...

We should all be able in relationships where we can communicate what we like and what we don’t like without fearing that doing so will cause the other person to abuse us, abandon us, or walk away. That stood out to me as I reflected on Jeremiah’s conversations with God in today’s key texts, where the prophet expresses his grief over the conditions that had befallen God’s people and the feelings he...

When we look at today’s key passage, we learn a lot about the life of Tamar. She suffered quite a bit, but her story is one of strength and hope, even in the midst of pain, loss, and struggle. She didn’t like that these things happened, she didn’t endorse them, but she didn’t let them keep her from living. Despite the succession of losses she sustained, she survived. Think about it—she lost her vi...

When Paul finished preaching in Derbe in Acts 14:21, he realized that while he made it out of Lystra, there were others who did not. While he was able by the grace, goodness, and power of God to move up, move on, and move out, there were others who saw what happened to him. In their minds, they were stuck with the last image of Paul that they saw. And they were left wondering, “Whatever happened t...

There is a poetic proverb that states, “If religion were something that money could buy, the rich would live and the poor would die.” We all know that religion falls far short of what is required if we are to enjoy a healthy relationship with God, and rather than trying to appease God through performance, let us find comfort in the capacity to be at peace with God. Rest is a remedy for spiritual a...

We live in a world where people feel the pressure to act like they have more going on in their life than they really do, and to pretend that they are something they are not. However, as followers of Jesus, we’re called to live differently. In today’s key passage, John teaches us that we all must have the capacity within ourselves to resist inauthenticity by knowing who and what we are not.

In today’s key passage, Jesus tells the formerly paralyzed man that he got better because of the people in his corner. Their faith, their commitment, and their determination was the anecdote that enabled him to come out of his state of immobilization. This is confirmation that in the same way that your relationships can hurt you, they also have the power to heal you. In the same way that people ca...

In today’s message, we are looking at a few verses in Esther chapter 4, where we find the story about a young Jewish woman who lived along with her people in captivity in Persia. The King of Persia, King Xerxes I, was not the most thoughtful king. He was an impulsive leader who influenced by hateful, vengeful, racist, spiteful, bloodthirsty advisors to act upon their hatred of Jews, and here in ou...

If you wear glasses or contact lenses, then you know what it’s like to go from having blurred vision to being able to say, “Wow, I can see clearly now!” It’s also important to note that that declaration, I can see clearly now, applies not just to reading words on a page, but also for navigating your way through life. Just as this statement applies to the natural world, it also applies to the spiri...

As much as you want to be in control of your life, there comes a time when you have to give up control and yield to a higher power. Once you get saved and begin to live your life for Jesus Christ, you relinquish control and then let the Holy Spirit take control because you’ve been bought with a price. Greater victory comes for Christians when we learn to walk in the authority and by the power give...

According to one study almost 70% of people who came up in church leave it by the time they are young adults. 32% said it’s because the church is too judgmental, 29% said it’s because they didn’t feel connected with the people in the church, and 25% said it’s because the church’s political and social views on matters such a sexuality, gender identity, justice and poverty were not in not in keeping...

Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy once said, “Let us forgive each other – only then will we live in peace.” Forgiveness, which means to release, to dismiss, or to let go is the required remedy for a heart that has been made cold and callous by the hurts, heartaches, and disappointments of life. I’m sure you know what it’s like to have someone hurt you, betray you, cheat on you, lie to you, or talk abou...

Coming to grips with death is no easy task. When someone close to us passes away, we often find ourselves caught in the tension of mourning their loss but also feeling the pressure to move forward with our lives because we know that’s what our loved ones would have wanted us to do. But that’s much easier said than done. So how do we walk through such circumstances? How do we grieve the loss of tho...