The Chapel Cleveland's Podcast

Prayer practices: · Don’t feel guilty for praying out of need or want. · Prayer is a partnership with God. · Humble, confident prayer arises from hope. · Pray big prayers for the glory of God. Choose life: · For the love of people · For the glory of God

Perspective matters. Our lives are object lessons. Sin is a joy stealer. Circumstance is not.

Slide: Servitude: the key to not becoming a people-pleaser. Slide: To kill the complaining spirit, practice praying praise. Slide: Marks of true fellowship: · Communication · Cooperation · Communion Slide: Agape Love lessons: · Love can grow. · Love is not dumb, it judges wisely. · Love helps us decide between good and best. Slide: It’s all because of Him, through Him, and for His glory!

To Philippi, With Love Slide: There’s numbers in strength. Slide: Fruit is born out of obedience. Obedience is born out of submission. Submission is born out of trust. Slide: The Holy Spirit works though “no” as well as “yes.” He works in difficulty as well as in victory. Slide: Focus on what you know, not what you don’t. Slide: We are the island of misfit toys. Praise God! Slide: True fellowship...

Slides: Slide: “Collapse in the Christian life is rarely because of a sudden blow-out, but primarily due to a slow leak.” Jon Courson Slide: What is our responsibility in an increasingly ungodly culture? To maintain our doctrine in our home and churches. Slide: Deut. 6:6 "These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. 7 "You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall...

Activity: How Well Do I Know God? _ I struggle to believe that God loves me. _ I feel disconnected from God. _ I pray when I need help, but I don’t routinely spend time with God. _ I feel trapped in a cycle of shame about my past. _ I don’t feel much need or desire to read the Bible. _ I believe in God, but I can’t say I prioritize my life around Him. _ My belief in God doesn’t seem to keep me fro...

Slide: Sometimes, our children need to be told they are bad so we can point them to the One who is good. Slide: You can’t always trust your eyes. Slide: Gen. 3:6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make [one] wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then...

Power…in our witness/ministry. Slide: Rom. 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Slide: What should the significance of the resurrection be in my life? Power…in new life! Power…in our witness/ministry. Power…to experience joy, peace, and hope. Slide: Eph. 3:16 that He would grant you, according t...

“There are many who believe in the gifts and the ministry of the Holy Spirit, but they don’t have a strong emphasis on Biblical teaching, nor do they look to the Word to guide their experiences with the Holy Spirit. There are many who have a strong emphasis on teaching the Word of God, but they don’t share the view that the gifts of the Holy Spirit are available and valid today. In Calvary Chapel...

Slides: Slide 1: Cycle breakers: Listen to your conscience Slide 2: Cycle breakers: Unceasing prayer Slide 3: Don’t wait on a sign. Slide 4: Matt. 12:38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from You." 39 But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and [yet] no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah t...

Slides: Slide 1: Don’t always trust your eyes. Slide 2: Judges 17:6 In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes. Judges 21:25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes. Slide 3: Jos. 13:1 Now Joshua was old [and] advanced in years when the LORD said to him, "You are old [and] advanced in years, and very much o...

Slides: Slide 1: What if God intends for you to begin the work, not to finish it? Slide 2: The Nazirite vow (Numbers 6): Not to eat or drink anything of the vine No contact with the dead Don’t use a razor Usually made for a season Slide 3: Man’s expectation vs. God’s economy: Details vs. devotion Transaction vs. trust Rules vs. relationship Victory vs. surrender Slide 4: Exo. 3:14 God said to Mose...

Slides: Don’t “just” follow men. 2 Sam. 12:11 Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own household; I will even take your wives before your eyes and give them to your companion, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight. 12 Indeed you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and under the sun.’” Service is worship, and worship should not...

You reap what you sow. Luke 6:38 "Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure--pressed down, shaken together, [and] running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return." Luke 6:31 "Treat others the same way you want them to treat you... Ambition is a slippery slope. True leadership is servant leadership

Slides: Slide 1: Worship Wars: Don’t hate, congratulate. Slide 2: Rom 12:10 [Be] devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; ... 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. ... 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men. Slide 3: Worship Wars: Understand the power of the tongue. Slide 4: James 3:9 With it we ble...

Slides: Slide 1: The Power of Perception: Where’s the glory? Slide 2: Isa. 10:15 Is the axe to boast itself over the one who chops with it? Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it? [That would be] like a club wielding those who lift it, [Or] like a rod lifting [him who] is not wood. Slide 3: The Power of Perception: How distracted is your devotion? Slide 4: [Deu 20:5 "The officers al...

God is always at work around you. God pursues a continuing love relationship with you that is real and personal. God invites you to become involved with Him in His work. God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the Bible, prayer, circumstances, and the church to reveal Himself, His purposes, and His ways. God’s invitation for you to work with Him always leads you to a crisis of belief that requires f...