Bethel Church LJ Podcast

Congregation Testimonies

Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.”
And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him.        (Luke 8:39 ES)

Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony,
“He told me all that I ever did.”       (John 4:39 ESV)

 

Anointed And Empowered Part 9

The Bible says, “Faith without works (action) is dead”.

Faith requires something of us. Faith believes God and His Word. Faith stands with God and stands on His Word. However, faith in God’s Word also demands something of us by way of action.

Pastor Gene Cervantes

In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.( Isaiah 6:1 )

What's The Problem

When people have a problem, there are several possibilities that will arise in response to the problem. First is denial of the problem. Second is avoidance of the problem. Third is facing the problem.

If they decide to face the problem they can do so in one of several ways. One, they deal with the problem in their own strength. Two, they get help, but it’s what man can do. Three, they seek God’s solution to the problem.

What our text teaches us is that God wants us to help us overcome our problems but in order to do so, we must face them, follow His wisdom, and commit to doing so until the problem is resolved.

Anointed And Empowered Part 8

It's God’s desire that we learn from this passage that God may entrust us with His resources in order to take care of those around us who also are in need. In order for that to happen, we must be aware of God’s ability to provide and rest our faith in Him. In doing so, we can trust that when we sow what He has given us into others, we will see the supernatural power of God released and instead of having simply enough for ourselves, we will have more than enough to feed all who would sit with us at the table.

Ps 23:5 (ESV) You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

An Adversarial Relationship

At the Cross of Calvary, Jesus work made available to those who believe on Him the opportunity to reconcile with God. As believers, we have been forgiven, redeemed, restored, and empowered by the Lord. We are now His children who have an assignment of bringing God’s Kingdom to bear in the world around us.

Being reconciled with God, we have been given power and authority to push back the darkness and bring His glory and light to bear. We are in a battle but the battle is not one of seeking a victory, but one of enforcing God’s victory wherever we go.

Anointed And Empowered Part 7

As we look around, we find there is “death in the pot” from all the heretical teachings being thrown in and being taught in the Church. Instead of standing against some of the “reasonings” of the world, we have begun to embrace them and in doing so, perpetuated the death the world engenders. Elisha had the answer. He was anointed and empowered by God to solve problems among the people he was sent to. He did so by giving the Word (rhema) to add flour (Christ the Word - logos) to the meal being served. This alone brought healing and sustenance to those being served.In the same way, the church today has also been anointed and empowered by God to bring God’s solutions to the world’s problems and those answers are rooted in Christ and His Word. 

Purposefully Living

This is not something new, this was always the plan of God and we see it right from the beginning of His creative acts. As His crowning creation, He gave us the task of being fruitful and multiplying, of filling the earth and subduing it. Now the question that remains for us is whether we will believe that God created us on purpose for a purpose, and in doing so, will we then engage with our purpose and thus fulfill the purpose and destiny that He has purposed for us and thus in engaging in our destiny find our place in the body of Christ as we seek to fulfill our assignment by bringing God’s purposes to bear in the world around us.

Matthew 6:10 (NLT) May your Kingdom come soon. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven

Anointed And Empowered Part 6

God is a God of resurrection. Resurrection means to bring dead things back to life. So, God is a God that brings that which was without life, and breathes life back into it.

We witness how God is a God who resurrects desires, physical and spiritual life, and also a God who resurrects resources. Do you find yourself in a situation that only God can resurrect? Why not call on him today

Romans 10:13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

 

Where Should I Go

The Gospel is to be taken to people from every culture, custom, civilization, race, color, or ethnicity in the world. The Gospel is meant for all the ethnos — in other words, for all the various races and colors of human flesh, all the cultures of the world, and all the civilizations that exist worldwide.

We don’t have to move to the other side of the world to preach the Gospel. Jesus never expected all believers to uproot their families and to move to foreign nations. But He does expect you to take the Gospel to the different ethnic groups, cultures, and civilizations that are in your city. He does expect you to invade every sphere where you have influence and to use your influence to declare the Gospel to people who live, work, and function in those places.