Victory Temple Chantilly's Podcast

Intimacy, dependency, obedience (1). "For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does." Jn 5:20 NIV These three things define the relationship Jesus had with His Father, and they are a blueprint for the kind of relationship you need to build with God:  intimacy ,  dependency,  obedience.  First: Let's look at intimacy . Jesus said, "For the Father loves the Son and shows...

Are YOU feeling unqualified?. "I replied, 'The God of heaven will help us succeed. We, his servants, will start rebuilding this wall.'" Ne 2:20 NLT With its walls torn down, Jerusalem was defenseless against her enemies. So, Nehemiah assembled a team to rebuild the walls. He had no training for this job. He wasn't an architect or a builder. Jerusalem was far away, and he h...

"Lord, teach us to pray." Lk 11:1 NKJ Demonstrating an uncommon level of honesty, a well-known pastor says: "Prayer is the biggest struggle I have... It's difficult to maintain a consistent prayer life, and especially difficult to sustain the conviction that it does any good at times." Prayer doesn't come naturally for the majority of us. We know it's supposed to...

DEC. 3, 2024 Faithfulness . "Well done, good and faithful servant." Mt 25:23 NKJV Jesus begins the parable of the talents with these words: "For the kingdom of heaven is like" (v. 14 NKJV). And one of the strongest points He makes is the importance of being faithful. Whether God gives you five talents, two talents, or one talent, the thing that matters to Him is your faithfulne...

You choose: your calling or your comfort . "When they came to Harran, they settled there." Ge 11:31 NIV The Bible says, "Terah took his son Abram... and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled there" (v. 31 NIV).  A Christian author writes: "Terah accompanied Abram for part of the journey to Canaan, but the...

Understanding righteousness. "But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed." Ro 3:21 NKJV You will go to heaven because you trusted in Christ's righteousness, not your own. You say, "But isn't doing the right things important?" Absolutely. Your reward in heaven will be predicated upon what you do for God here on earth. But your salvation depends on...

NOV. 26, 2024 When God shows up. "Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us... But if not..." Da 3:17-18 NKJV When Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego refused to bow before Nebuchadnezzar's ninety-foot golden god, he threatened them with a fiery furnace. Here is what they told him: "Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver u...

"Our sufficiency is from God." 2Co 3:5 NKJV Gideon's army of thirty-two thousand men is enormously outnumbered by the Midianites when God tells him, "You have too many men." He instructs Gideon to release anyone who is afraid, and Gideon loses two-thirds of his army. Now he has only ten thousand men. Again the Lord says, "There are still too many men," and reduce...

NOV. 20, 2024 You will be rewarded for it. "The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." Ro 8:18 NKJV In 1857 David Livingstone gave this speech at Cambridge University: "People talk of the sacrifice I have made in spending so much of my life in Africa…..Away with the word in such a view and with such a thought! It...

"His older son...was angry." Lk 15:25, 28 NKJV The parable of the prodigal son is about two boys and their father's love for each. The younger one dishonored his father and ended up in a pigpen. When he returned home, he had lost everything—except his father's love. So no matter who you are or what you have done-God loves you and wants you in His family. Jesus made an amazing s...

There is no fear in love [dread does not exist], but full-grown (complete, perfect) love turns fear out of doors." 1Jn 4:18 AMPO When you were young and said a bad word, your parents may have threatened to wash your mouth out with soap. Well, if fear is a dirty word, then faith in God's unconditional love for you is like soap! Too many put the cart before the horse. We believe that God a...

"By his divine power, God has given us everything we need." 2Pe 1:3 NLT Following God means finishing what He has called you to do. Not everyone who starts out well finishes well. Occasionally we're shocked and saddened to learn that a leader has been brought down by a moral or a financial problem. Paul writes, "Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you" (Col 4:14)...

"Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord." Eph 6:4 NIV The story is told of a man in a supermarket pushing a cart with a screaming baby. He kept repeating softly, "Keep calm, George. Everything's going to be okay, George." A lady watching with admiration said to the man, "You are to be commended for...

"By his divine power, God has given us everything we need." 2Pe 1:3 NLT Following God means finishing what He has called you to do. Not everyone who starts out well finishes well. Occasionally we're shocked and saddened to learn that a leader has been brought down by a moral or a financial problem. Paul writes, "Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you" (Col 4:14)...

"Put on your new nature, created to be like God -truly righteous and holy." Eph 4:24 NLT Dealing with crucifixion, Jesus prayed in the garden of Gethsemane. He felt intense emotions. "Being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground" (Lk 22:44 NKJV). So strong were these emotions that He prayed for the cup of c...

"Put me together again with your Word." Ps 119:107 MSG When everything in the psalmist's life began falling apart, he prayed, "Put me together again with your Word." That's what your quiet time with God does. So, why don't we have a consistent quiet time with God? Two reasons: (1) We think our quiet time must be a long time. Start small. Reserve five minutes to o...

"This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses." Heb 4:15 NLT One of Satan's most successful strategies for keeping us away from our quiet time with God is reminding us of our sins and shortcomings. That's a lie; don't believe it. In the Old Testament, the High Priest went into the Holiest of Holies to atone for the sins of the people. When he came back out, the peop...

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"You're my place of quiet retreat; I wait for your Word to renew me." Ps 119:114 MSG What's stopping you from having a regular quiet time with God? Maybe the very thought feels filled with "shoulds" and "ought tos"; like another item to add to the unending checklist of your life. So, you think, "Maybe later, when life slows down." We need to shed t...

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep." Jn 10:11 NKJV Jesus told of a shepherd with a hundred sheep. When one of them was lost, he left the other ninety-nine in the fold and searched until he found the one lost sheep. Then he put it on his shoulders and rejoiced as he brought it home. Good shepherds don't care about some of the flock, or most of the...

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"Which of these three do you think was neighbor to him who fell among the thieves?" Lk 10:36 NKJV Jesus told the story of the Jewish traveler who was robbed, beaten, and left to die on the Jericho road. Two Jews, both in the ministry, walked past him without helping. Then a Samaritan rescued him. No race of people was more hated by the Jewish people than the Samaritans. They were openly...

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