Spiritualgrowth Episodes

Jesus told Thomas to be not faithless. Today, I am teaching on what being faithless means, and how to avoid being faithless.

Many of us are holding on to things that is hindering our relationship with the Lord. It is also hurting our praise. Today, we look at how dangerous it is for our faith to hold on to things we don’t heed to hold on to.

Finishing up our series on Romans 6, where we talked about how to embrace the whole be way of life that we have in Jesus. Today, Paul challenges us to compare our lives before and after Christ.

Continuing in Romans 6, today we discuss what we are going to submit to. Paul challenges us to submit ourselves to God, not to the sin nature. It’s a choice to make hour by hour, minute by minute, second by second.

Trials, none of us like them, many of us fear them. But, trials are an important and vital part of our walk with Jesus. Listen to this episode to see why they are important to our faith.

Today, I talk about a sculpture I’d seen many years ago at a local attraction. We then look at Psalm 139 and see that God is all around and knows everything about us, and prunes and purges us to become who He wants us to be.

Today, we finish up our study in the book of Haggai. We are looking at Haggai 2:20-23 and see the results of serving God faithfully.

Continuing our study in the Old Testament book Haggai. Today, we look at chapter 2:1-9 and see where God is encouraging them to keep on in their work of rebuilding the temple. He encourages them with words like “be strong”, “fear not”, “I am with...

We see over and over that the writers of the Gospels are eyewitnesses to the works and words of Jesus. Why, then, do so many of us put our trust in idols who don’t even have breath in them while ignoring the true living God?

Today, we take time and see what happens to Peter after he denied Jesus.

Ephesians 5:8, 10-11. Paul is teaching us some important lessons in the way we live our life. We must walk as the children of God, but all too often, we walk as though we are still living in sin. That must not be so. Instead, walk like this…..

Ephesians 3:16-17, Paul is praying that we get the strength that only comes through the power of the Holy Spirit. That strength enables us to resist temptation, overcome trials and live for God. Have you received that strength?

Have you given Jesus your all. I mean, have you given Him everything? That’s what it takes if you want to truly follow Him. Are you willing to give it all to Him?

Today, we look at 1 Corinthians 1:18-22 where Paul is asking a vital question for us to consider. For you, is the cross of Jesus foolishness or the power of God demonstrated? So many people today are looking for signs that what we read in the Bible is...

For the Christian, we must realize that God is working in each one of us to make us who He wants us to be. Are you allowing God to do the work in your life He needs to do, or are you blocking Him?

Today, we are studying Hebrews 3:2,5. In these verses, the writer of Hebrews is showing how both Jesus and Moses were faithful to God. It’s a pattern that you and I need to imitate. God is faithful to us, but are we faithful to God?

Today, I am talking about our speech. Does your speech reflect the ways of this world, or the ways of God? We are told several times in the Bible to not “let filthy communication come out of your mouth.” We are also told that we can’t praise God and...

Today, we look at the topic of the New Year. The New Year brings a feeling of newness, of a fresh start. Many of you will make Resolutions for the New Year, something that you want to change about yourself. Paul teaches in many places throughou

In the year 2025, will you join me as I desire to become more Christ-like. It means that I am going to get serious about my faith, and work on developing an intimate relationship with Jesus. What are some things we can expect to happen when we do...

Various verses. Paul was willing to forgo everything that made up his pedigree for the sake of Jesus. The religious leaders of Jesus’ time loved the praise of men rather than God. Which is more like the way you live your life?

Numbers 11:10-15. Moses had enough and he let God know how he felt. Sometimes, we need to get things off our chest, so that it doesn’t cause a rift between you and God.

Luke 7:1-10. Here, we study an unexpected request from an unlikely source. A Roman centurion asked Jesus to heal his servant. It was a great display of faith like Jesus had never seen. In this episode, we will look at 3 things we need to apply from...

Various verses. In today’s episode, we see two more reasons why we need spiritual wisdom. Like we said yesterday, we live in a world that has it’s good and evil mixed up. By getting spiritual wisdom, we will see the false teachings and teachers for...

Ephesians 2:8-10. These verses teach us many things about our salvation and the role that good works plays in that.