The Open Door Church 337

Message: God does not rest; we can find piece and contentment no matter what's going on. Rest requires strength and courageousness to follow the commandments which bring success as God goes with you to make it come to pass. So walk it out without a hardened heart, get to know His ways, in faith labor over the Word which discerns the intentions of the heart and teaches His ways. Scripture: Matthew...

Message: God is working for our good. We doubt because bad things happen, but it is according to His purpose to heal, deliver and set free. Trust in His sufficiency, all other words fall short. Scripture:  Romans 8:28 "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."

Message: Pray for effect to reach the throne of God is the hardest, requiring a passionate intensity and discipline with an earnest and humble heart. Our faith is directly demonstrated through our works, therefore let us intercede for all men in prayer to repent, laying all at the altar of sacrifice to God who is able to heal the strongholds of the hopeless and broken. The church is changing, stro...

Message: War and division in the world is causing hurt, personal need and emptiness, let the soul of man be quickened, refreshed and recreated living a life in Jesus Christ.  God breathed a living soul into our bodies hoping many would choose life, but man chose death, so not to live in sin forever, God gave us a Way to choose new life, to be restored. Scripture: Psalm 23:3 "He restoreth my s...

Message: Transforming the old self into the new self is about who we serve and how we serve Him, resisting our desires to take on His, allowing His calling, letting Him grow in you a serving heart in the power of the Holy Spirit, because it is our hope and joy, for others and God's glory. Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:19-20 " For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in t...

Message: Sin separates, but God wants to lift us up through repentance, where there is hope. God hears and restores all when our hearts honor Jesus Christ as our defense for the hope within us. Scripture: Isaiah 59:8-9 "The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.  Therefore is judgme...

Preface: Zealously Affected By Christ will be the theme for year 2021, referenced by the scripture found in Colossians 2:6-7 "As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving." KJV Message: We have received the strength of Jesus Christ, through faith continue...

We live in a world where disappointment surrounds us and if we do not come to the realization of this truth, we are destined to be unhappier tomorrow than we are today. Only God satisfies. Scripture: Psalm 37:5 "Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass." KJV

Peace isn't easy or equal perfection. To live is peace we have to give up expectations of perfection, walk alongside Jesus in difficult times and have peace with God. Have you made peace? Scripture: John 14:27 "Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." KJV

Governed By His Wonder Series Part 4 A forward looking scripture emphasizes a Kingdom without end. The Messiah is God; He is a Father and His Fatherhood will be without end. Scripture: Isaiah 9:7 "Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for...

Governed By His Wonder Series Part 3 The word mighty is used to describe men and power of nature; within these contexts we're shown the might of God we possess in Jesus Christ. Scripture:  Isaiah 9:6 "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, Th...

Governed By His Wonder Series Part 2: A Child will be miraculously born to an amazing counselor who works in all things for God's purpose. God will cut the proud until just roots remain to rot, but from the stump begins to grow a stem, which is full of life, the Spirit will rest on Him with wisdom and understanding, with counsel and might, with truth and the power to intercede for our greatest goo...

"Governed By His Wonder" Series Part 1 Reveals the acrostic of Hebrew letters used in Psalm 111, then uses his own acrostic of "WONDER" to  highlight the words and deeds of God.  Delves in to the impact of God on us and the impact of His wonder through us on others. Scripture: Psalm 11:4 "He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate." KJV

With a bountiful harvest there is a need for laborers to reach people everywhere. God readies us, equips us for those losing strength, losing hope and cast down as sheep without a shepherd. Be willing and ready to give an answer, to be used by God to pour out His love onto others. We are charged to preach the Word to be an advocate of the truth God wants the world to know, enabling a harvest of li...

We all play roles between strong and feeble, but we are called to comfort, edify and bear one another's weaknesses until we are persuaded that our only hope is in God for their good and His glory. Scripture: Romans 15:1-2 "We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification." KJV

John's baptism was to show Jesus was fully on board with God's plan to save mankind and In this demonstration, He fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah 11:2 "the Spirit of the LORD shall rest on him".  Scripture: Matthew 3:15 "...Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness." KJV

God desires to love and heal us, but our brokenness keeps us from Him. Our actions differ from our words, committing falsehood. Outside of Christ thieves will steal kill and destroy the intentions of our heart. Scripture: Hosea 7:13 "Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies ag...

We become partakers through knowing, our choices and God's gift of faith, linking God's part with our part, providing an entrance. Scripture: 2 Peter: 10 "For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ." KJV

Success is an ongoing state of God ordering our steps with favor in the form of ideas and growth, otherwise we are operating in our own strength and fail. Scripture: 2 Chronicles 26: 4-5"And he [King Uzziah] did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did.  And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God:...

Giving is an examination of the heart, something we do, a letting go of treasures, in obedience, for the purposes of God through us to lift up His Kingdom and show His faithfulness to keep the promises of blessings. Matthew 6: 19:21 "For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." KJV

Spiritual gifts are given once you are born of the Spirit, layered on top of the talents and abilities supernaturally, to be used in different ministries directed by the Lord, empowered by God and fitted together to form the body of Christ. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 "Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.  And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord...

Esteem other higher than yourself, sharing Christ's love with someone is fulfilling the great commission and obeying the great command, which requires a genuine heart to see others grow. Serving demonstrates that love and gives purpose to a longing for God's work, resulting in truth and victory.  Are you missing the assignment? Scripture: Philippians  2: 4-5 "Look not every man on his ow...

Unity allows God's Spirit and our body to be in harmony, set free, for the work in ministry according to the gospel of Jesus Christ. Scripture: Ephesians 4:3 "Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." KJV

Be careful not to operate in conditional love, but to operate in all the love God has for us, agape. Through Jesus Christ the Holy Spirit poured into our hearts sacrificial love which is the key to harmony. Scripture: John 15:13 "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."

Learning to show respect.