Telling the Truth

Jill Briscoe When we pray, most of us spend a lot of time praying for ourselves, our family, and our friends. Those are all good things to pray for. But there’s much more that God wants us to pray about. Prayer allows us to interact with all three members of the Trinity at the same time and be an active participant in helping to accomplish God’s will. In this message, Jill uses the story of the wi...

Stuart Briscoe Gideon was once a fearful and hopeless man who openly questioned God during a difficult period. So he seemed to be quite an unlikely candidate when the Angel of the Lord came to him with an incredibly important mandate. In this message, Stuart Briscoe uses the story of Gideon to dispel any preconceived standards we might hold about whom God calls, and asks the question: Is He callin...

Stuart Briscoe Gideon was once a fearful and hopeless man who openly questioned God during a difficult period. So he seemed to be quite an unlikely candidate when the Angel of the Lord came to him with an incredibly important mandate. In this message, Stuart Briscoe uses the story of Gideon to dispel any preconceived standards we might hold about whom God calls, and asks the question: Is He callin...

Jill Briscoe Splinters, thorns, prickers. It doesn’t matter what they are called, they hurt and get under your skin! Life in our world is filled with thorns: difficult relationships, illness, loss of loved ones, broken promises. The Bible tells us that even the Apostle Paul and God Himself in Jesus struggled under the bite of thorns. But God does not allow thorns in our lives without providing suf...

Jill Briscoe Splinters, thorns, prickers. It doesn’t matter what they are called, they hurt and get under your skin! Life in our world is filled with thorns: difficult relationships, illness, loss of loved ones, broken promises. The Bible tells us that even the Apostle Paul and God Himself in Jesus struggled under the bite of thorns. But God does not allow thorns in our lives without providing suf...

Jill Briscoe Why is a walk in a garden so relaxing? Because we were created to live in God’s garden of perfection, forever. Unfortunately, as the story goes, Adam and Eve made a fatal error and were forced to make their home in the garden of sin instead, where nothing is perfect or peaceful. But remember, this is God’s story! God came looking for Adam and Eve after they disobeyed. And in His grace...

Stuart Briscoe So what's the purpose of an abundant life on earth? Why doesn't Jesus just take us to heaven now, to enjoy life with Him there? Jesus said, "I have other sheep which are not of this sheep pen, I must bring them also." In this message, Stuart describes his last way for us to get a life, the purpose for our own abundant lifeto bring the sheep who are outside our flock inside. To suppo...

Stuart Briscoe The word "commitment" is not high on many people's preference list nowadays. Have you noticed? Commitment asks a lot from usit asks that we rely on people and not just ourselves, it asks that we live in terms of relationships. Commitment involves duty and obligation, and it requires us to trust others. Not many of us want to be committed to other people. But what about commitment to...

Stuart Briscoe The word "commitment" is not high on many people's preference list nowadays. Have you noticed? Commitment asks a lot from usit asks that we rely on people and not just ourselves, it asks that we live in terms of relationships. Commitment involves duty and obligation, and it requires us to trust others. Not many of us want to be committed to other people. But what about commitment to...

Stuart Briscoe Do you know what it is to be known intimately? Sometimes the idea of intimacy can be uncomfortable in its vulnerability. But Scripture tells us that intimacy with God is something we should desire, that it's something we should be seeking. In this message, Stuart teaches us what it means to be intimate with God, and how that intimacy is desperately important in living life to the fu...

Stuart Briscoe What does "life to the full," as Jesus promised, look like? And how do we get it? In this message, Stuart begins his series Six Ways to Get a Life by describing the first step: getting to know ourselves. If we're going to get a life, we've got to know ourselves well enough to be able to identify the "sheepishness" in our humanity and our need for a relationship with the Good Shepher...

How do you survive hard times and even flourish in your relationship with God? Jill Briscoe teaches about how our relationship with the Lord can be strengthened because ofand duringhard times. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29

How do you survive hard times and even flourish in your relationship with God? Jill Briscoe teaches about how our relationship with the Lord can be strengthened because ofand duringhard times. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29

Why doesn’t God step in when someone is suffering and take care of the problem? It’s a question that challenges a lot of people. Stuart Briscoe confronts the topic of suffering in this message. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29

Why doesn’t God step in when someone is suffering and take care of the problem? It’s a question that challenges a lot of people. Stuart Briscoe confronts the topic of suffering in this message. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29

Time and time again, Jill Briscoe has met and ministered to suffering people. Many of them have experienced trials we cannot even comprehend. In this stirring message on the trials of Job, Jill shares what she has learned from the examples of those who responded rightly to suffering. Jill shares her own struggles with waiting through difficult situations and overcoming the temptation to think that...

After Jesus was crucified, the women who supported Him were traumatized, the apostles who followed Him were terrified, and it seemed as if the incarnational project He undertook was totaled. Most of the apostles were originally resurrection skepticsand so are many people today. Peter was willing to explore the message the women brought. And he eventually came to a life-changing conclusion. Everyth...

After Jesus was crucified, the women who supported Him were traumatized, the apostles who followed Him were terrified, and it seemed as if the incarnational project He undertook was totaled. Most of the apostles were originally resurrection skepticsand so are many people today. Peter was willing to explore the message the women brought. And he eventually came to a life-changing conclusion. Everyth...

When Jesus cried out in agony from the cross, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?, it was much more than an expression of the horrifying physical pain of His execution. At that moment, Christ’s spiritual separation from God as He took on humanity’s sins and paid the death penalty for themthe first and only time he ever was separated from the Fatherwas beyond excruciating. Stuart Briscoe expl...

How do you approach crisis? Many of us see crisis as a dead end, when, in reality, it’s a crossroads, presenting both danger and opportunity. Opportunity for what? To see what God alone can do with the most impossible situations. Jill Briscoe shares how the miracle of Easter can change how you respond to crisis. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29

How do you approach crisis? Many of us see crisis as a dead end, when, in reality, it’s a crossroads, presenting both danger and opportunity. Opportunity for what? To see what God alone can do with the most impossible situations. Jill Briscoe shares how the miracle of Easter can change how you respond to crisis. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29

Stuart Briscoe As Jesus outlined His expectations to His disciples, they clearly needed a lot of help. So He promised to ask the Father to send them the Counselor, the Parakletos, which means literally one called alongside, to help. We need Him, too. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29

Stuart Briscoe As Jesus outlined His expectations to His disciples, they clearly needed a lot of help. So He promised to ask the Father to send them the Counselor, the Parakletos, which means literally one called alongside, to help. We need Him, too. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29

Jill Briscoe Can God revive the believer and animate the moral corpse of the unbeliever? In other words, Can these bones live? Ezekiel had a vision and a mission that can be ours. What God is looking for is a blessing bone. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29

Jill Briscoe The Bible, in both the Old Testament and New Testament, overflows with images of the Water of Life: storms and rain; streams in the desert; springs and wells; rivers, waterfalls, and watersheds; and the gentle dew of heaven. Water is a symbol of the Holy Spirit. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/508/29