Message preached on Sunday, May 19, at Center for Grief and Wholeness.

Every child of God has been given a measure of grace.

We don’t need to do anything special to be blessed. We just need to find out what is leaking our oil.

God’s grace never fails. It is man who fails of grace.

The gospel is hidden not only to unbelievers but sadly also to too many believers.

Even among those who understood the gospel at first, time has caused them to drift away from the truth.

We are called to be faithful to the scriptures, not to the culture.

In a faithless attempt to be culturally-sensitive or to be socially-relevant, many Christians are actually showing that they are ashamed of the gospel.

If we stray from apostolic prayers, even when we pray a lot, we will often be praying amiss.

Welfare prayers are man’s wish lists. Apostolic prayers are God’s wish list.

Welfare prayers create insular believers, who are limited in their interests. Apostolic prayers make for generous, global-minded, transgenerational believers.

A true disciple is marked by a teachable spirit. The teacher can teach, but the student has to do the learning.

Selfishness is the most unChristlike quality.

True disciples are humble. No task is beneath them.

A disciple is not one who has been trained until he can do. A disciple is one who has been disciplined until he becomes like His Master.

Jesus is not impressed with followers. He is interested in disciples.

Good Christian leaders are disciple-makers because disciples are never self-made.

The great need of today is not for better leaders. It is rather for better followers.

Jesus was a good follower, imitator of the Father.

Those who follow Jesus most faithfully make the best leaders. They will often have to swim against cultural currents.

The hunger in our souls can be satisfied only by God.

If God is not enough, then we must be lusting for the wrong things.

Am I where God wants me to be spiritually, financially, emotionally, etc.

The Holy Spirit teaches us the difference between the good and the godly.

To walk by faith and not by sight is to be led by the Holy Spirit.

The death of a saint is the saint’s final act of surrender to God’s will.

True prayer is a two-way conversation between a lesser and a greater. The lesser presents his desires to the greater. The greater has the prerogative to grant or to deny the request.

To be under the Lordship of Jesus is to be His property and at His disposal.

Following Jesus is different from joining a cult. We are invited to yield to Jesus, not forced.

When we surrender to Jesus, we have everything to gain, and nothing to lose; nothing that matters anyway.

We must come to Him on His term, not on ours.

Jesus Christ is worthy, more so than anybody else in heaven or on earth. This has nothing to do with what He has done for us. Even if He never did nothing for us, He is truly worthy of honor,

Lot was a righteous man who had no Lord but himself.

Freedom from the Lord opens us to great bondage.

Divine Paradox: We were made to rule and to reign as kings, yet we are expected to lay down our crowns before the King of kings. Revelation 4:9-11

You cannot accomplish godly purposes by using ungodly means. 

Asking God to bless our enterprise is inviting Him into a partnership. God does not partner with unrighteousness.

The wisest thing you can do is to trust in the Lord with all your heart.

God is not the author of confusion. When He  wants us to rest, He will not give us strength. 

An inability to rest is sometimes an indication that we do not trust God.

There are goats in within the flock of Christ. in 2024, the goats will be separated from His sheep.

If the focus is not on God, whatever else it may be on, it is idolatry. 

God is not against glory nor is He against pleasure. The problem He has with us is that we settle for less, way less than He has planned for us.

Waiting time is not wasted time. God has a purpose in making us wait. 

If we come to God only for blessings, and not for God Himself, that is idolatry.

No matter what you lose in life, you're not a loser, unless you lose faith. Don’t be a loser! Don’t lose faith!

The highest and best result of faith is the testimony we receive from God.