Northridge Free Will Baptist

Do you need revival? This is the key question. Not does our church need revival. Not does Jack need revival. Not does the pastor need revival. The question is, “Do I need revival?”

Meekness is an attitude of quiet, reverent and humble submission to God that results in gentleness toward others. It is characterized by humility of mind and strong self control. When we are Spirit filled and Spirit led, we will be meek people.

Every disciple of Jesus is meant to experience the fullness of the Spirit. Experiencing the fullness of the Spirit requires us to be filled with the Spirit. There are three questions we must ask and honestly answer to experience the filling and fullness of the Spirit

Most people are faithful at something. Many people are even faithful at a couple of things. But few people are truly faithful at everything they do. Yet, the type of faithfulness the Holy Spirit will produce in our lives leads us to be faithful in every area of our lives.

As disciples of Jesus, we must be careful and deliberate to seize the day to do God’s will in every area of our lives. This messages gives some ways to do this.

Every disciple of Jesus Christ is meant to be an intercessor. I'm convinced whatever else the Church of Jesus Christ is meant to be, it is meant to be an interceding Church. This message explains what an intercessor is, gives some ways to intercede, and explains why intercessory prayer is so important.

The more God has given to us, the more God expects from us. God has given much to us and so God expects much from us. Are we living up to His expectations?

The Church must wake up to imitate God by walking in love, holiness, hatred of sin, and bold proclamation of truth.

The kind of goodness the Holy Spirit produces in our lives actively causes us to be filled with moral excellence, kindness and consideration for others. It is an active virtue leading us to do good for others. This is true even if they don’t deserve it. It moves us to treat others in the way God would have us to treat them.

Kindness is an attitude making us gracious and considerate resulting in our doing what we can to help those in need. Biblically speaking, kindness doesn’t wait on needs to be brought to it. Instead kindness sees the need and then takes the initiative to do what is necessary to meet the need. The Holy Spirit works to make us kind.

When the Holy Spirit produces longsuffering in us we will patiently put up with other, or difficult, people, we will be slow to act out in anger, and we will persevere in our faithfulness and devotion to Jesus without giving up or giving in no matter what kind of opposition we face.

Certain attitudes and actions common among Church leaders and church members are giant flashing, screaming neon signs revealing the church is asleep and needs to wake up. The Church must wake up to imitate God by walking in love, holiness, hatred of sin, and bold proclamation of truth.

When we let fear rule our lives it will affect the decisions we make and keep us from having any real peace. Spirit filled, Spirit led disciples of Jesus are meant to have a peace which passes all understanding.

Disciples of Jesus are meant to live like Jesus. This will not happen accidentally or automatically. We must take intentional steps to become more and more like Jesus.

If social media is any indicator of our culture, huge numbers of people live their lives angry, discouraged, fearful and just generally unhappy. This is not the way a Spirit filled, Spirit controlled disciple of Jesus is meant to live.

On the surface, the idea of love being part of the fruit of the Spirit seems pretty easy, after all we all love. We love our spouse, our kids, our friends and of course we all love our pastor. When we focus on love in this way it makes it easy for us to forget the love Jesus calls on us to have is so much more than this.

The way we think determines the way we live. So if I want to live like Jesus I must learn to think like Jesus. Disciples of Jesus must learn to think like Jesus.

There is no looking back AND remaining faithful to Jesus. It’s one or the other. Without remaining faithful and running the race God has set before us there is no receiving the enduring possession of Heaven or the great reward from Christ.

When every disciple does his or her part, it makes a difference in the church which in turns makes a difference in the community around them. This is what Jesus has gifted you and I to do. This is the kind of church Jesus died to create. The victorious Christ created a powerful Church

Spiritual neglect produces spiritual stagnation that hardens our hearts. Since Hebrews 3 warns us about the danger of a hard heart leading us away from God, we must be on guard against spiritual neglect, spiritual stagnation and the hardening of our hearts.

As the risen conqueror, Jesus gives gifts to those who are with Him. If you are a believer in Jesus Christ, then Jesus has equipped you to make a difference in your church and community for His glory.

In Jeremiah 23 God gives several characteristics of false prophets and then has some strong words for these false prophets.

You received God’s grace and mercy after He called you to salvation and now you are to live in a way that is worthy what God has done in us, through us, and for us. What does this look like?

Scripture calls on us to pray for the leaders of our government. The reason we pray for our leaders is so we can live quite and peaceable lives in godliness and reverence.

God is able to save you God is able to restore you God is able to gift you God is able to empower you God is able to heal you God is able to answer your prayer