One Beat Christian Ministries Podcast

"God delights in working through our everyday life and experiences. He has an important place in His plan for us even if we are behind the scenes and out of the spotlight. No matter who you are or where your daily journey takes you, when you stay available for His service He will show what He can do with a yielded LIFE." — Anonymous Today let us look at the famous story of David and Goli...

"If you ever see Jesus, you will never be the same again." — T.L. Osborn When was the last time you took a risk for God? When was the last time you went to meet the Lord? When was the last time you came out to SEE GOD? Such questions are asked to us Christians to somehow examine and even test ourselves to see if we make the most common of efforts to know God, to experience Him and to com...

" I know God has amazing plans. I pray for direction to follow them, patience to wait on them, faith to believe on them and the knowledge to know when they come." — Anonymous Happy September! Despite the constant rains, it's the start of the season we'll be hearing Christmas Carols and feel that Joyful Yuletide Spirit. For this month we'll be having another installment and ex...

"God does not ask us to bring in our livestock and burn it on the altar; he asks us to give ourselves, to put ourselves alive on the altar. To be a Christian means to live a life of sacrifice, a life of presentation, making a gift of ourselves to God. Some people think that all it takes to be a Christian is to scribble a cheque or to give a few hours of service here and there on special proje...

"Faith is why I'm here today and faith is why I made it through." — Jonathan Anthony Burkett As we continue our series : Defining Moments, during the course of the past three weeks has God impressed something you could call your Defining Moment? This Sunday, let us look at the life of a man named, Abraham, who was well known by his Faith. As we look at and talk about his life and his...

"One encounter with Jesus Christ is enough to change you, instantly, forever." — Luis Palau What change challenged you? What change questioned you? What great CHANGE, changed you? Today let's see and talk about the life of Saul of Tarsus, better known by us by the name Paul of the Apostles, one of the many characters in the Bible whose life underwent great drastic change, which set o...

"The difference between ORDINARY and EXTRAORDINARY is the little EXTRA." — Jimmy Johnson It's so good to be alive today despite of the everyday rain that we are experiencing for the past few weeks. It is also so good to be alive today because we'll be starting a new series for August with the title, "Defining Moments", where in aside from us hearing the Word of God we&#...

“Each game is an opportunity to be on a great stage and be a witness for Christ. When I step on the floor, people should know who I represent, who I believe in.” — Stephen Curry We're in the last segment of our July Month Series "Back to the Basics", if you get back to the basics as Christians you start giving your attention to the simplest and most important matters that you may fou...

"The Church is not the building. it's the people. It's not just the gathering. It is also the scattering." — John Wimber There are certain things that are always meant to be together, but what about the Church, what could be meant for the Church? US - The People. We are all meant to be together. A s Christians - as mature, believing, disciple, God-fearing Christians, we were desi...

"When the Bible speaks, God speaks." — Martin Luther Think of your favorite food. Then think about reading God's Word. Here is a controversial question, Would you love to it eat your favorite food more rather than read your Bible? It is kind of ironic that we can call ourselves Christian and yet we do not find value in reading God's Word. Over the span of thousands of years, God...

"To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing." — Martin Luther How long can you hold your breath? How long can a person survive without oxygen? Imagine a day where you are given a time frame to breathe, your every breath is scheduled, wouldn't that be hard? But thankfully, we don't have that case, we are given an unlimited supply of oxy...

“The more you reaffirm who you are in Christ, the more your behavior will being to reflect your true identity.” ― Neil Anderson It is already July and we are already on the half-way mark of the year. And with this new month comes a new series, but it is not just any normal series but a series to look back on, a topic that all of us should base on and a subject to prepare us for our future. Let&#39...

"I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord." ― Psalm 37:13-14 (NIV) It is the last segment of our June series entitled: GRADwaiting, where in we discuss about waiting on God's perfect timing, where in we're trying to practice patience in all aspects of our life, wher...

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” ― Psalm 46:10 Life is somewhat about minding the gaps- the gaps that we have in our faith and the way we exercise it and experience it, the gap between the promises we have in life and waiting for their fulfillment, and one of life's greatest gaps is the gap between knowing and doing. Somet...

"The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance." ― 2 Peter 3:9 What do you do while you wait? Waiting is not just something we have to do while we wait to get that thing we are praying for, Waiting is the process of us becoming what God wants us to be. What we are wai...

"But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day." ― 2 Peter 3:8 No one likes to wait. Nobody likes the feeling of waiting. From grocery lines, parking spaces, appointments, the right time, the perfect moment, let's all be honest, we don't like waiting. But one thing worth waiting for is the coming...

"If JESUS saw the power in sharing a meal, maybe we should too?" ― Bri McKoy It's the last Sunday of May and that means the end of our two month longs series, "At the Table". So who have you shared a meal with thus far? What have you learned about how Jesus shared a table with the different people from the past stories and preachings that we had? And lastly, have you seen t...

"Refuse to be content with just the knowledge of God. But insist on experiencing His presence." ― Kerri Weems We all walk a journey of our own. We all have this certain goal we want to reach. Yes, there might be some up's, downs and curves along the way; We might even feel alone and pass by people who seem to be strangers along the path. Some of us might lose sight of the way and eve...

"Selfie" - 2013 word of the year of Oxford English Dictionary defined as : ''a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website." Today's passage is taken from Luke 14:1-14 wherein we get to read about Jesus confronting a reality that not only was happening before but is still happening up to today- hy...

“Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ― Howard Thurman Hey Church! It is finally our 5th Year Anniversary! Another great year has passed. What was your fondest memory from the past years you had with OBCM? Has it led you to the here and now? As we celebrate our 5th year and...

"Our identity is not in our joy, and our identity is not in our suffering. Our identity is in Christ, whether we have joy or are suffering." ― Mark Driscoll Who are you? How do you see yourself? How do others know you? Identity means the "the fact of being who or what a person or thing is." While our world encourages you to look within yourself for your identity, your natural t...

"The goal is not for God to use YOU, ...the goal was YOU." -Albert Tate Have you ever been in a situation where in you forgot what you had to do in the first place because of something else that came to your mind that seemed to have been more important? Let's talk and learn about two contrasting characters from Luke 10: 38-42- Martha and Mary. Two people whom Jesus loves, two people...

“God uses broken things. It takes broken soil to produce a crop, broken clouds to give rain, broken grain to give bread, broken bread to give strength. It is the broken alabaster box that gives forth perfume. It is Peter, weeping bitterly, who returns to greater power than ever.” ― Vance Havner What is your Alabaster box or better yet, what is in your alabaster box? We might place our hopes, dream...

"A great is restless until it rests in YOU." – Saint Augustine When was the last time you had a heart to heart talk with someone? A heart to heart talk is a talk or discussion in which two people talk honestly in a serious way about their feelings. When in that heart to heart talk, you become that vulnerable person where in you allow your emotions and feelings be exposed and you become m...

"There are three stages in the work of God: Impossible, Difficult and Done." – John C. Maxwell Happy First Sunday of April! A new month means a new series, and a new series means new messages, learnings and revelations from the Lord. Join us with the excitement as we also wait for our 5th Anniversary this coming May with our Series for April with the title: "At the Table : A place t...