Our Father's Heart

We consider the memorable saints of old: Noah, Abram/Abraham, Sarai/Sarah, Samson, Moses, David, Elijah, Peter, Paul and consider the grave wickedness they committed, we might come to a moment of sobriety and consider asking ourselves, "Does anyone DESERVE a second chance?"  It should be sobering to all of us when we see that, from the best of the fathers in the faith to the worst, God e...

In this episode, we trace examples of the remnant from 1 Kings and the generation that existed during the reign of King Ahab and Elijah the prophet. Then we move forward about 200 years to the generation that existed when Isaiah the prophet lived and we start to observe the attributes that make one a candidate to be the remnant of a generation that remains faithful to the Lord their God. We move f...

Today’s episode will be a very different episode from any previously released episodes. It’s actually a time of ministry that ended in song. In the hopes that you will have a greater appreciation and understanding of this message, I must share that it was a period of time in my life in which I was going through a great deal of turmoil. My wife and I were spiritually devastated at the events that w...

In this episode, we conclude how we walked out our Father's heart for family and kingdom ministry during our marriage. We address the importance of men/fathers and women/mothers fulfilling the responsibilities they have in the family, the effect homeschooling had on our children's socialization and maturity when our children started schooling in public school, trusting one another in ful...

In this episode, we continue to share how we walked out our Father's heart for family and kingdom ministry during our marriage. We address the struggles of homeschooling at the same time being pressured to put them in school, sheltering vs. exposing our children to different things of the world, socializing challenges, balancing those different concerns, the peace of knowing we did what the L...

In this episode, we continue to share how we walked out our Father's heart for family and kingdom ministry during our marriage. We address the differences between our own children, the testimonies regarding our experiences raising them,  our learning experiences with them, how moving to GA changed our emphasis as we home-schooled, the influence of Ted Tripp's book Shepherding a Child&apo...

In this episode, we share how we walked out our Father's heart for family and kingdom ministry which was the teaching in the previous episode. We address the emasculation of men, the role reversal between men and women in the home from 20th to the 21st century,  our early years as a family and the challenges that came with having children so soon after getting married, our advocacy for homesc...

While Men/Husbands/Fathers are being emasculated today... While Women/Wives/Mothers are replacing men in the home... While the norm is now that both mother and father are working full-time, making more money together and separately than ever before... and yet divorce seems to still be on the rise, multiple marriages are more becoming the norm, and societal norms are seemingly changing daily... Who...

The hidden foundation of any structure is the most important part of any structure. Like that of a home, the foundation must be thick, strong, stable, and secure in order for it to properly and adequately hold up what will be built upon it. If not, no matter how elaborate, exquisite, fanciful, or grand the structure is, it will inevitably fall and the destruction of it will long outlive the memory...

Who is the witness? Who do we seek our approval from? This podcast address both of these questions about Jesus Christ and the children of God.    Meditate on the following scriptures after listening to the teaching: 2 Cor 5:9, Col 1:9, 10,   1 Thess 2:4,  Heb 13: 20, 21, 1 Jn 3:22 ...and be blessed as you seek to do what He requires of you. Please visit Our Father's Heart for more information...

How is it that the Lord takes imperfect men to do a perfect work? How is it that he is capable of taking the weak and beggarly elements of this world to negate the powers of the prince of darkness? The primary purpose for the struggles in our life is to develop our testimony of Him. He puts us through difficult experiences so that we may testify of His goodness and faithfulness toward us who belie...

We conclude our testimony with this third part of Our Father's Heart and how it came to fruition. We hope this will help all of you listeners have a better insight and appreciation for what we are doing in sharing these podcasts. We hope and pray they are a blessing to you personally, as you are uplifted and encouraged through the testimonies that are released. We also hope and pray that thro...

We continue this special month of testimonies with the second part of the testimony of Our Father's Heart and how it came to fruition. This series introduces my wife and me so that you have can have an appreciation of who you are listening to, who we are, where we come from, and how the Lord dealt with us separately and intertwined two separate lives into one. The idea behind sharing the test...

This month we decided to share the testimony of Our Father's Heart and how it came to fruition. Really, it's the introduction to us, my wife and I, so that you can have an appreciation of who you are listening to, who we are, where we come from, and how the Lord dealt with us separately, preparing us, so that we would be ripe and ready when we met each other. The idea behind sharing the...

In this episode, you get to hear a spirit of prophecy as I share the testimony of Jesus in my life. From hearing Jesus early on as He was bringing me into His heart, to my family background and relatives, to attending "Christian" schools and many other experiences that I have had with my Lord Jesus, the Spirit of the Lord will hopefully speak to you through my experiences, just as He spe...

We conclude our series in the principles of the doctrine of Christ with eternal judgment. We begin our conclusion with arguably the #1 sin that keeps many from finishing the race to enter into the kingdom of God eternal, unforgiveness. We also address the question, "Can a Christian fall away"? We consider the popular doctrine, "Once Saved, Always Saved" from a strictly biblical...

The common thread that connects all the principles of the doctrine of Christ is that they are focused on the salvation of an individual, from the moment he or she is born again to eternity.  The last two principles are the only possible outcomes of mankind, whether they were born again or not, the resurrection of the dead or eternal judgment . The final principle of the doctrine of Christ is etern...

This additional part to the resurrection of the dead shows how Jesus set the example to live a life resurrected now.  The kingdom of God in us is a revelation that is going to grow until it completely manifests for all people to see, and taste for themselves of the fruit. We are not just people that say we believe in Christ or a resurrected Christ.  The world needs to see a living Christ in us and...

We begin by summarizing how we ended our last teaching, in order to connect it with this concluding segment on the resurrection of the dead. A seed dies first to bring forth life to grow.  That is why resurrection can be seen in nature in the seeds planted because through the death of the seed, it brings forth the life of the tree and later brings forth the fruit. God sowed in them (in us) the see...

We continue delving more deeply into the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead looking at what did the Apostles preach concerning the resurrection. Then we consider how the Kingdom of God is in us growing more and more day by day as we learn to yield to the Holy Spirit for Him to grow and completely manifest Himself through us. https://www.ourfathersheart.org/resurrection-of-the-dead Please vis...

We continue delving more deeply into the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead. If we judge that He died for us, then we consider ourselves dead in and with Him in His death. Since this is true, and He rose again, then we have also risen with and in Him and have obtained the resurrection of eternal life by the grace of God. https://www.ourfathersheart.org/resurrection-of-the-dead Please visit O...

In this study, we will be focusing on the resurrection of the dead, which is in two parts. This doctrine is one of the foundations of the doctrine of Christ that need to be taught and preached to all believers. There is a powerful, wonderful, liberating hope in the resurrection that needs to be understood, and by the end of this study, I hope you will see its application for today. https://www.our...

This addendum to the Laying on of Hands continues our study in the principles of the doctrine of Christ. This latter addition explains the association of the left hand being a curse (or something less than a full blessing) and the right hand being the blessing or full blessing in the Jewish culture and how it leads us into the next principle of the doctrine of Christ, the Resurrection of the Dead....

We continue our study in the principles of the doctrine of Christ with the focus now on the Laying on of Hands, a means of impartation. In this study, we will look at this topic from the New Covenant and the purposes and reasons for "laying on of hands". We hope to conclude, recognizing and acknowledging the scriptural validity of its use today, as well as understand its spiritual signif...

We continue our study in the principles of the doctrine of Christ with the focus now on the Laying on of Hands, a means of impartation. In this study, we will look at this topic from the Old Covenant first. Later episodes will focus on the New Covenant scriptures. We hope to conclude, recognizing and acknowledging the scriptural validity of its use today, as well as understand its spiritual signif...