Victory Temple Chantilly's Podcast

MAY. 22, 2025 How to stay enthusiastic about God . ' My food,' said Jesus, 'is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.'" Jn 4:34 NIV No one had more energy than Jesus. He got up early, stayed up late, and sometimes pulled all-nighters. Where did He get all that energy from? The answer is found in a fascinating dialogue. " His disciples urged him, &ap...

MAY. 26, 2025 When God asks you to give . "The Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do." Eph 6:8 NIV When God asks you to sacrifice on behalf of somebody else, do it. It's like putting money in a heavenly account. You may not need it today or tomorrow, but when you do, God will ensure it comes back to you in multiplied form. Indian Christian missionary Sadhu Sundar Singh...

MAY. 27, 2025 Are you in a stress mess? "What you are doing is not good...You... will only wear yourselves out." Ex 18:17-18 NIV The Bible says: "The next day Moses took his seat to serve as judge for the people, and they stood around him from morning till evening. When his father-in-law saw all that Moses was doing for the people, he said, 'What is this you are doing for the p...

MAY. 19, 2025 Get alone with God (3 ) "When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it." Ecc 5:4 NIV When the pressures in your life begin to mount, the first thing you will be tempted to drop is your time alone with God, praying and reading His Word. And what's more, Satan knows if he can keep you from it, he has won the battle, and he will get no opposition from you.  So, h...

MAY. 20, 2025 Who are you depending on? "Without Me you can do nothing." Jn 15:5 NKJV Because God's Spirit lives within you doesn't guarantee His power is at work in your life. God's power is available, but you must plug into it. Jesus associates our spiritual life with a vine and its branches: "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, b...

MAY. 12, 2025 Knowing the season you're in. "To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven." Ecc 3:1 NKJV Your life's purpose is connected to a specific time and season. In other words, it will have a beginning and an ending. Some of God's purposes can be fulfilled in a short time, while others take a lifetime. You won't always be able to do w...

MAY. 13, 2025 Faith is not faith until it is acted upon . "Faith without works is dead." Jas 2:26 Could it be that the negative perception people have of the church stems from the negative energy we project?  And could it be that our negative energy stems from our negative view of righteousness?  We falsely view righteousness as doing nothing wrong: "Don't do this. Don't d...

MAY. 14, 2025 Have a biblical perspective. "That through the endurance taught in the Scriptures...we might have hope." Ro 15:4 NIV There is a cute story about a girl who left home and went away to college. After her first semester, she emailed her mother, saying, "I think it's time I brought you up to date on what's going on in my life.  Shortly after I arrived at college,...

MAY. 15, 2025 Free from jealousy. "If your heart is full of...jealousy...don't... cover up the truth." Jas 3:14 CEV The Bible says, "People are slaves to whatever has mastered them" (2Pe 2:19 NIV). And that's especially true of jealousy. Chuck Swindoll writes: "Jealousy and envy are often used interchangeably, but there's a difference. Envy begins with empty...

MAY. 16, 2025 Don't lose your passion for God . "Then his disciples remembered this prophecy from the Scriptures: 'Passion for God's house will consume me.'" Jn 2:17 NLT Try to imagine the fire in the eyes of Jesus and the flex of His muscles as He turns over the tables of the money changers in the temple. And He does it while wielding a whip He made Himself. "Th...

Try. Try harder. Try longer. "Let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart." Gal 6:9 NKJV One of the greatest predictors of success in any endeavor is persistence. It's not only how hard you try; it's how long you try. We tend to overestimate how much we can accomplish in the short term. And according to an American pastor and...

Why can't we work together? (3). "How good…..it is... to dwell together in unity!" Ps 133:1 NKJV Reason three: temperament . Some people aren't naturally outgoing. When they face challenges, it never occurs to them to enlist other people's help in order to accomplish their goal. When you operate alone, you will achieve a certain amount of success, but when you cooperate wi...

MAY. 7, 2025 Why can't we work together? (4) "Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." Eph 4:3 NIV A lady told her friend, "My husband and I have a very happy marriage. There's nothing I wouldn't do for him, and there's nothing he wouldn't do for me. And that's the way we go through life-doing nothing for each other!...

MAY. 4, 2025 Why can't we work together? (1) "Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence." 3Jn v. 9 NKJV Reason one: insecurity. The Florentine philosopher Machiavelli said, "The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him." Insecure leaders are threatened by talented individuals, so they surround themselves with weak...

APR. 24, 2025 The waiting strategy. "I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry." Ps 40:1 NKJV When you're up against a problem that seems too big for you or feel like you are "in over your head" and you don't know what to do or which way to go, use the waiting strategy. That's the one David the psalmist used. And it worked for him:...

APR. 15, 2025 Become willing to change. "You will grow as you learn to know God better and better." Col 1:10 NLT To grow, you must dedicate yourself to the process. Whether it's in your career, your marriage, your ministry, or your walk with God, once you dedicate yourself to growth and development and a lifestyle of planned improvement, it becomes normal to you.  And you realize wh...

APR. 25, 2025 Resolve conflict quickly (1) "If thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother." Mt 18:15 Few things in life cause more stress than unresolved conflict. It will elevate your blood pressure and consume your thoughts until you resolve it, so if you're wise, you will deal...

APR. 3, 2025 Today, use your God-given power . "You shall receive power." Ac 1:8 NKJV You say, "If Christ lives in me, why do I still think and act the way I do?"  A Christian leader explains: "The answer is illustrated in a story about a lady who had a small house...at the turn of the century. She was quite wealthy but also quite frugal... People were surprised, then, whe...

APR. 2, 2025 Be real. "People judge by outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." 1Sa 16:7 NLT Jesus was rough on Pharisees: "People look at you and think you are saints, but beneath... you are total frauds" (Mt 23:28 MSG).  They put on a good front but were devoid of grace, mercy, and compassion.  And Jesus called them on it! Because we live in an appearance-focused...

Put God between yourself and the foe "There is none like you to help." 2Ch 14:11 ESV Faced with an enemy he couldn't conquer on his own, King Asa prayed, "Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us...we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. Lord, you are our God; do not let mere mortals prevail against you! The...

MAR. 11, 2025 Born to believe (1) "Train up a child in the way he should go." Pr 22:6 Training your child is both challenging and rewarding. By shaping their underlying belief system, you help their developing brain establish permanent neural pathways that will guide their moral and spiritual growth. Neuroscientists Andrew Newberg and Mark Robert Waldman, authors of Born to Believe, tell...

MAR. 10, 2025 How God sees you . "There is...no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus." Ro 8:1 Once we understand that God's love for us is based on what Christ did for us rather than what we do ourselves, the struggle is over. Now we can stop "performing," and we can serve God because we know He loves us and that we don't need to try to make Him love us. We...

Use your imagination . "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we... imagine." Eph 3:20 NIV Lack of faith is not a failure of logic; it's a failure of imagination. Lack of faith is the inability or unwillingness to entertain thoughts of a God who is able to do "immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us"...

MAR. 3, 2025 Don't break, bounce back (2). "Though good people may be bothered by trouble...they are never defeated." Pr 24:16 NCV Here are two more keys to bouncing back:  (1) Instead of complaining about what you can't change, change what you can. When you can't change your situation, you can change your attitude toward it. How do you do that? By reprogramming your mind...

Know when to let go. "There's...a right time...to hold on and another to let go." Ecc 3:1, 6 MSG Persistence, determination, commitment, and recognizing the "right time...to hold on" are all commendable qualities, whether it's setting aside time to pray and read every day, eating dinner with your family, finding a better job, or losing weight, etc.  But it's equa...