The MPC Podcast

Scripture: Isaiah 58:6–12 Contributor: ELDER NORMA HAUGHTON “Here is the way I want you to fast. “Set free those who are held by chains without any reason.     Untie the ropes that hold people as slaves. Set free those who are crushed.     Break every evil chain.  Share your food with hungry people.     Provide homeless people with a place to stay. Give naked peo...

Scripture: Luke 24:15-35 Contributor: Deacon Sergio Spencer As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but they were kept from recognizing him. He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?” They stood still, their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only...

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-40 Contributor: Deacon Juanita Dingle MINISTERING TO THE LEAST 31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33 He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on h...

Scripture: Proverbs 21:3 Contributor: DEACON GRACE SMALL “The Lord is more pleased when we do what is right and just than when we offer Him sacrifices.” Proverbs 21:3 Life Application Study Bible Sisters and Brothers, I often wonder if I’m doing enough as a Christian, to please God. Do I tithe enough, do I attend enough church events, do I pray long enough? Our good deeds and offerings are not bri...

Scripture: Hebrews 12:1–3 Contributor: Deacon Selena Washington   KEEP RUNNING THE RACE 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter...

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Contributor: ELDER IVAN O’CONNOR Embracing Renewal and Growth 16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: [a] The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us...

Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-33 Contributor: ELDER VALERIE O’CONNOR Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion; therefore, I will wait for him.” The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; it is good to wait quietly for...

Scripture: Matthew 28: 1-10 Contributor: DEACON VERA TRENCHFIELD After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The gua...

Scripture: Matthew 11:28–30 (NIV)  Contributor: ELDER ELAINE HINDS 28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. Matthew 11:28–30 (NIV)  In Jesus’ time...

Scripture Reference: Galatians 5:22–25 Contributor: DEACON NANCY SAMMS “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.” GALATIANS 5:22-25 Renewal is not a one-ti...

Scripture Reference: Joel 2:12-13 Contributor: C.R. Elder E. Magalene McClarrin A HEART RENDING EXPERIENCE “Even now, declares the LORD, return to Me with all your heart, with fasting and weeping and mourning. Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and He relents from sending calamity.” Joel 2:1...

Scripture reference: Micah 6:6–8 NLT Contributor: Elder Mary Martin-Sweet Embracing What God Requires “What can we bring to the Lord? Should we bring him burnt offerings? Should we bow before God Most High with offerings of yearling calves? 7 Should we offer him thousands of rams and ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Should we sacrifice our firstborn children to pay for our sins? 8 ...

Scripture: Psalm 51:10-12 Contributor: Eld. Apryl Redwood  Say Yes and Start Fresh Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from your presence and take not your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and uphold me with a willing spirit. Psalm 51:10-12 ESV Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scripture: Matthew 4:1-2 Contributor: Eld. Rev. Dennis Henderson “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.” Matthew 4:1-2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scripture: James 4:7-8 NIV JUST TO BE CLOSE TO HIM 7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you.  James 4:7-8 NIV Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three In the afternoon. And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘ Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?’ (which means, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?).” ~ Mark 15:33-34 NIV Scarred, broken, brutalized, and scorned, He watched from the cross alone. With an agonized gaze, He looked upon the vicious mockery of ignorance that...

I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid.                                            &n...

“They will dash you to the ground, you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of God’s coming to you.”  ~ Luke 19:44 NIV Lenten lesson: Be Still In a world filled with so many things competing for our attention: X, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. The latest posts, call us from a place of stillness, where we ca...

7 I will give honor and thanks to the Lord, Who has told me what to do. Yes, even at night my mind teaches me. 8 I have placed the Lord always in front of me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be moved. 9 And so my heart is glad. My soul is full of joy. My body also will rest without fear. 10 For You will not give me over to the grave. And You will not a...

And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. 2  And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, 3  Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 4  A...

Truly my soul finds rest in God: my salvation comes from Him.                                                         &n...

“Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”    ~ Zechariah 9:9 NIV It is in our human nature to expect the best gifts to come in large, and expensive packages. The Jews in Biblical times were awaiting the Messiah to arrive, but they expected him to c...

"But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind."                                            &...

“Therefore, take up the whole armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.”                                            ...

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.                                                       &n...