The two seem pretty contradictory right?
Submission is a word that has caused confusion, and sometimes, disgruntlement for many engaged and married women. A newlywed myself, it was something I struggled with prior to my wedding. I struggled to understand what God was commanding of me and I was unsure that I’d be able to fulfill and obey what was asked of me properly.
Read More"Surrender isn't about WHAT; it's about WHOM."
Surrender. What does it mean? What does it look like? Is it just something that we talk about, and read about, and sing about? Or is it something that we actually do? And how do we know if we've done it or not? Is it possible to kinda surrender some things but not really surrender everything?
That was our topic in Part 4 of INTO THE WAR ROOM. We focused on the issue of surrender and saw how it might be the most important part of our prayer strategy.
As Miss Clara taught us in the War Room movie, "If you wanna win, you're gonna have to first learn to surrender."
It's Week 3 of REAL TALK: Adventures in Love, Sex & Dating and this week, we're focusing on the ladies!
In this message, Dr. Kurt Langenbach speaks about the Biblical model for womanhood and how God views the role of a wife in marriage. He tackles the sensitive topic of "submission" and explains what it means in marriage and more importantly, what you need to do TODAY to be ready to fulfill this role TOMORROW.
Ladies, make sure you check out this message. And get ready for next week's message, titled "Real Talk: THE TALK." Stay tuned...
DISCLAIMER: this might be the most important message I've ever preached in my life.
What does it mean to be a Christian, or a follower of Christ? Is it just doing good deeds? Saying a few prayers? Going through some Christian motions? Or is it more than that?
Jesus said “If anyone desires to come after Me (aka, be my follower), let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.” Matthew 16:24-25
What does it mean to deny oneself and to lose my life for His sake? That's the topic of the final message in the THE GREAT HUNT: The Quest for God’sWill and it's something we all need to examine ourselves on
This week's message was the finale in the World-Changers series and it was my personal favorite. It's a message I believe in very deeply and is at the fundamental core of who I am and why I do what I do. And that message is this...
OBEDIENCE IS THE MEANS BY WHICH GOD BLESSES OUR LIVES.
I don't know about you, but I want to be blessed by God. And I believe God wants to bless me even more than I want to blessed. So finding His blessing and finding His peace and finding His joy isn't a game of hide and seek. And most of the time, I'd say He wants to give it to me even more than I want to receive it.
But the means by which that blessing will come is OBEDIENCE. God gives us forks in the road every day and what we do at those forks will determine whether or not we find blessing.
Be honest. What's the real reason you don't read the Bible more? Too busy? Not sure if it's true? Don't need to hear God's voice? Nope. None of those are the root. The real reason we don't read the Bible is simple: WE DON'T GET ANYTHING OUT OF IT!
I am fully convinced of that. If you found HOPE in the Bible, you'd read more. If you found COMFORT in the Bible, you'd read more. If you found DIRECTION in the Bible, you'd read more. Our problem is not that we don't want to read the Bible; our problem is that we get nothing out of it when we do.
That's why this Week 3 in the YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT series might be the most important one for you. In it, I talk about what I believe is the most important thing we need to do to find meaning in the Word of God. We know that there's good stuff in the Bible; but it doesn't do me much good unless I know how to find it and understand it.
Check out this week's message - The Real Reason We Don't Read the Bible - below and get ready to discover the one key to unlocking the benefit of God's Word in your life.
