THE Best Investment of Your Life podcast

THE Best Investment of Your Life is the final talk in my "Blessed to Be a Blessing" message series.

Psalm 91 is an incredible promise for those who’ve invested their lives in God through a relationship w/ His Son Jesus & Psalm 91 tells us when we give our lives to Christ we’re God’s own. By acknowledging His name God promises Protection; that He will never leave us or forsake us even when we find ourselves far away from Him. Have you ever felt far from God? Many of us have & the Bible tells us although Israel loved God many times they found themselves far away from Him.

Israel worshipped the god’s of the lands they conquered & occasionally the Prophet Hosea used the term harlot when referring to Israel’s political & cultural promiscuity. But God through Hosea tells the people how much He loves them & passionately wants them back.

As we look deeper into the story of Hosea & his wife Gomer begin to ask yourself; Where is my heart today? Is it with the things of God or with something else?

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God Bless!

Blessing Others podcast

In part 2 of our “Blessed to Be a Blessing” series we’re talking about “Blessing Others” and the Easter season is the optimal time to do it!

During Easter people’s hearts are open to spiritual things & many start asking themselves; “Does God really exist & if so does He know I’m here?” While focused on Egg Hunts, Baskets 4 the Kids & new spring clothes, in the back of their minds people are thinking about the Cross & the Resurrection asking themselves; “Why did Jesus suffer such a horrible death?” And “Does the resurrection really mean that if I get closer to Him in this life when I die I’ll go to be with Him in heaven forever?” They also may be thinking; “Yeah that’s all great but does the all powerful God of the universe know what’s happening to me & is there anyone on this planet who cares?”

2 Corinthians 5:20-21 tells us; “We are Christ’s Ambassadors” to the world and in Matthew 4:19 Jesus tells His disciples & us; “I will make you fishers of men.” So, as Christ’s Ambassadors and Jesus Fisherman we should Bless Others while allowing the Holy Spirit to draw their hearts to Christ while we help bring in the catch.

In this message I asked everyone to be a Christ Ambassador & Jesus Fisherman handling their own section of the net in 2 parts. Part 1; Hand out to 3 different people an Invitation to BPC’s Eater Service’s and Events. Part 2; Everyone was given an envelope with a 5 dollar bill inside so they could bless someone by taking them out for coffee or their favorite drink. I told people to go have fun & then asked them at sometime afterwards would they briefly tell me about their “Blessing Others” experience.

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BPC's Latest Podcast; The Key to Living a Blessed Life

Easter is only 5 weeks away so on Sunday I launched a new 3 week message series entitled; “Blessed to Be a Blessing”. I believe that as followers of Jesus it’s very important we have a constant awareness of how much God has blessed us & because God has blessed us we can be a blessing to others especially as we get closer to Easter!

Do you realize that… if you awoke this morning more healthy than ill you’re Blessed more than 1 million people who won’t survive this week; if you have never experienced war, the loneliness of being in prison, the agony of torture or the pangs of starvation you’re Blessed more than 5 hundred million people around the world; if you have food in your refrigerator, clothes on you’re back, a roof over your head & a place to sleep your Blessed & richer than 75% or the world; if you have money in the bank, money in you’re wallet & spare change in a dish somewhere you’re Blessed & among the top 8% of the world’s wealthy!

Having a constant awareness that God has blessed us is “The Key to Living a Blessed Life!”

Just click on the title of this blog post to hear the first message in this new series, “The Key to Living a Blessed Life”, and you’ll be directed to our podcast webpage.

Final Words is the final podcast in BPC's CrossWords series

"Final Words" is the final message in our Month of Love (February 2012) series "CrossWords; The Language of Love from the Heart of the Savior".

In this podcast, with great honor and respect as well as a bit uneasy but with the power of the Holy Spirit, on 2/26/12 at BPC my message was centered around Jesus' 7 Final words (phrases) that He spoke from the Cross...

“Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing” Luke 23:34

“Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise” Luke 23:43

“Dear Woman, here is your son”; “Here is your Mother” John 19:26, 27

“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me”? Mark 15:34

“I am thirsty” John 19:28

“It is finished” John 19:30

“Father, into your hands I commit my spirit” Luke 23:46

A lot has been said and written about these 7 final words (phrases) and I know I haven’t even scratched the surface of all that the Holy Spirit wants to reveal to us so, if you’re interested in listening...just click on the title of this blog post and you’ll be directed to our podcast webpage.

Thanks and God Bless!

Personal Words Podcast

Whether you know it or not; as believers in Jesus Christ there’s a battle for our souls & as Christ followers realize the enemy will stop at nothing to tear us apart even using our personal words to do it. Instead of inspiring one another on as we follow Christ the devil will tempt husbands & wives, couples, parents & children, relatives, neighbors & friends to speak personal words that not only ooze with emotion but cut very deeply escalating conflict & pain so, in order to avoid that we gotta be Christ centered & under the control of the HS which will bring God’s blessing into our lives!

Before speaking we should ask ourselves; Is what we’re about to say…
True…Kind…Necessary? 1Peter 3:8-13 gives us the motivation to think before we speak personal words. You see, we are not called to do harm to others but to do good, not to curse but to bless and God rewards this type of behavior with blessing. Listen as I take a deeper look into this inspiring and challenging passage of scripture.

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Kind Words Podcast

This February at BPC we’re we're not talking about relationships, we're talking about the POWER of WORDS and in this series “CrossWords” our latest podcast is entitled “Kind Words.”

“Out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks”; so there’s power in our words. Kind Words bring us Hope and Life while unkind words bring us Hopelessness and Death so we’d better be under the control of the Power of God – the Holy Spirit – if our words are gonna bring Life and not Death!

The Antarctic Explorer, Sir Ernest Shackelton, knew the power of words and so did James; the brother of Jesus who also knew we’d need the power of the Holy Spirit to control our tongues, our words, because He’s the power behind our words!

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Be Blessed.

BPC's Latest Podcast

The Bible tells us that words contain the power of life and death and we all know that words expressed towards us can make us feel like we can fly to the moon or they can make us feel like we’re on the bottom of the barrel…you know; where all the muck collects.

In our February 2012 series; CrossWords; The Language of Love from the Heart of the Savior, we’re gonna talk about the power of our words; the syllables that come out of our mouths generated by the brain that is influenced by our heats; words that can build up but can also tear down even those who are the closest to us.

Jesus’ knew the power of words & in this 1st message entitled; Communion Words we examine Jesus’ final Passover meal with his Disciples; AKA The Last Supper where Jesus so vividly instituted the Celebration of Communion. Listen as we verbally paint a snap shot of the powerful words spoken that evening as Jesus was about to sacrifice Himself at the Cross for the forgiveness of sin!

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God Bless!