Christ Chapel Video Podcasts

The bible plainly declares that we did not choose God, it was he who chose us. In the account of the angel appearing to Mary, it is the secret to living out God's plan for our life.

With the rise of social media, many people use it as a platform to discourage others from celebrating the birth of Christ. This message addresses their uninvited and incomplete ideas and reveals the why of those who choose to celebrate His birth.

As christians, we are not only expected to be thankful unto God, but abound in thanksgiving. In all things give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

The scripture draws a parallel between our life and that of a tree, with many pertinent and remarkable applications that if we ignore, we do so to our own peril.

Many people today, including Christians, have settled into managing something. Managing their pain, their problems, their situation, their dilemma. But Jesus asked this lame man a question that cuts through the way it has been and opens the door to the way life could be. Do you want to be made whole? This message looks at the circumstances that create the problem and the way that God provides the solution.

As Christians, the idea of hearing God's voice, knowing for sure it is him, and following his leading can be something mystical or daunting. But God is clear in the fact that the surrender is up to us, the leading is up to him. And the responsibility of getting us to our destination is on his shoulders.

While the message of the cross may be offensive at times, there is a power available to us through it.

In Mark 5, a man named Jairus's little girl was dying, so he went in search of Jesus to bring him home to heal her. Many of us have something at home that is sick. Some of us have something at home that is dying. A few of us have something at home that is dead. This message deals with the importance, the necessity, and the power that results when a believer brings "The Resurrection and the Life" to their home.

Before the great and terrible day of the Lord the scripture is clear that there will first be a great falling away and then the son of perdition (Anti-Christ) will be revealed. We are seeing the firstfruits of it today. This message looks at what falling away is, how it happens, and how we can make sure that we are never a part of it.

When Jesus told his disciples how he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things and be crucified, Simon Peter rebuked him, "Let it never be so Lord!" To which Jesus replied, get behind me satan, you savourest not the things of God, but only the things of man. This still happens today, in our pulpits and among others who name the name of Christ. And the satanic message is still the same, Jesus did not have to die, and neither do we. But Christ answered immediately, clearly, and definitively: If any man would come after me, he must first deny himself, take up his cross, and follow him. Making sure tomorrow that none of us are followers of "Satan's gospel."

In the beginning of life on earth, there was man, there was satan, there was sin, and there was God. And what followed after man's sin is still the most amazing thing ever recorded, an opportunity to be forgiven. But we cannot cover our shame, our covering must come from God.

Disappointment is a part and parcel of every believer's life. It is a reality, but not a residence. God plants trees of beauty out of the soil of our disappointments.

This story is a strong reminder that we cannot approach God any kind of way. There must be a reverence in our heart, and our approach must be one of spirit and truth. Many good people shipwreck in their faith because they trust their soul to another. God's word never changes.

There comes a time where we must start to take action on the promise God has given us, but we find courage to act by looking back on his faithfulness.

Before we can fight for our promise, we are invited to first know the God of the promise.

Joshua had the courage to choose God, but he found that courage by immersing himself in the Word of God.

A series on the life of Joshua and how he took hold of the promises God gave him.

God must be the cornerstone of your life. From the cornerstone is how each building block of your life will be laid.

This message deals with the issue of God bringing you out of any relationship, any place, or any practice that keeps you out of God's will against your will.

This message deals with the condition of the fallen man, his symptoms, and his opportunity. Some believe and others do not.

When God rewrites your story, he puts his pen to the paper of your life right where you are, and with one stroke at a time, changes the very testimony that comes out of other's mouths concerning you.

(Luke 1:45) "And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord." Not maybe, not might, not hope so, but "THERE SHALL BE!" This message is for the trusting heart, the expectant heart, the weary heart, and the burdened heart. Blessed are you that believe, for there shall be... Mark it down, it will happen; for the glory of the Lord!

This declaration is foundational as well as revelatory in the life of the Christian. Although our strength does come from the Lord, it is deeper than that, more intimate than that. He (his person, his presence) himself IS our strength. Knowing He is in us, with us, and for us, who or what could ever stand in our way. That is why we are conquerors through him that loved us.

As we draw our attention to Mount Calvary where our savior died, we notice that he did not suffer or die alone. On each side of him were thieves who were minutes away from eternity, one to be spent with God and the other in judgement. As we watch it unfold, we realize that their story is our story, and this is how Jesus saves people.

Our adversary (the devil) is real. He is active, strategic, and ruthless. But we as believers have all power through the spirit of Christ. God's word teaches us on where to stand, how to stand, and how to overcome all of his tactics and strategies he uses against us. Victory is ours if we surrender fully and obey completely.

For fathers to be effective, we have to first realize our place as sons of God.

In our suffering, God offers both perspective and comfort.

God always gives you the grace to finish what He asks you to do.

When you hear the phrase "spiritual power" most of us think of giftings, boldness, supernatural manifestations, etc. And although that is true, that is not the entire scope of what spiritual power is. Mary Magdalene is one whose power was not found in what she did for God, but in what God did in her. Her service and faithfulness flowed from the awareness of God's grace in her life and her sense of duty to him.

God will bring us through times where he asks us to do things that may be uncomfortable, but it's always worth it.

God's cure for sin comes from him. It is simple, undeserved, filled with grace, and accessible. But only to the one who will humble himself and come God'sway. This cure is powerful, instantaneous, and sufficient. His blood covers all our sin.

The question is not did Jesus live, but does he live today. Not did he walk the earth 2000 years ago, but does he walk mine today. The idea of this message is that Christ is STILL the same yesterday, today, and forever.

God's word is very clear that we are to forgive others. That we are to forgive them repeatedly. We are to forgive them from our heart. We are to forgive them completely. And if we choose not to, then there is nothing for us to look forward to except our trespasses being brought up against us till we pay the full amount.

Very few things are more powerful than our words. We either give life by them or produce death; there is no in between. This message shows us how to uproot and reject those things said to us, about us and left unsaid...and find healing in the word of God.

A salvation message covering the two primary sides of Jesus Christ, the Sacrifice and the Judge.

Abraham was called the friend of God, but it takes more than affection and familiarity to be God's friend. Abraham's life was a series of God asking things of him and God doing things for him. His surrender to these things made him God's friend.

This message deals with our view of God as the one who listens to prayer and the importance of staying before him. We are not heard for our much speaking, but our persistence in prayer is the evidence of our faith.

God makes us righteous but commands us to be holy. Separate, set apart, altogether his. This sermon looks at the issue of "sin", "sins", and "our sins."

Our expectations of the next generation have the power to change lives.

The bible declares that it was by faith that Sarah received strength to bear seed. Strength to do what was heretofore impossible. Strength to do something whose day had come and gone. Strength to do that which she had long before given up on. Strength to bring life out of death and fill her home with laughter.

All of us at different times and in different ways have heard God's voice for specific areas of our life, through his word and by his Holy Spirit. Sometimes in the form of what he wants us to do, other times it is what he commands that we stop doing. But like Jonah, we choose to disobey and flee from is presence. That's the problem. When we directly disobey him, we create distance between us. Not on his end (relationship), but on our end (fellowship). The horrible storm that came upon Jonah also visits us in many different forms and is sent by God to take us back to his intentions and purposes for our lives. The bible declares that God spoke to Jonah "a second time" and Jonah was more than willing to do what God told him to do.

As christians we know that God's word declares that God is able to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all we can ask or think but only according to the power working in us. This message deals with this resident power and it's expected expression in our lives.

Discontentment is the cancer of our generation. It erodes our hapiness, and innoculates us from the joys of our today. God's word is clear that Godliness with contentment is great gain and that according to the Apostle Paul there is a secret to learning to be content in all things. This message shows us how to attain that most blessed state.

God has given us everything we need for life and godliness.

Most of the anxiety we experience in our Christian lives is the result of calculating the odds of our present situation. The financial odds, the relational odds, the physical odds. This message addresses the nature and power of God to control all things at the same time for our good.

At the close of 2013 many people have lost hope. Their problem is not that they see things incorrectly, but that they feel they will always stay as they are. Darkness will remain dark, pain will remain painful, those in chains cannot ever see their freedom and those who are lonely can only see themselves alone. Our tomorrow will still of course have its challenges, difficulties, sorrows, and trials, BUT IT WILL BE A NEW DAY! With every night comes the promise of morning.

The key to spiritual renewal is just as much about what you leave behind as it is in where you are going. This message deals with 7 things you really must leave in last year to fulfill God's intentions for you in 2014.

Anything we want to change in our life has cost. Are we willing to pay it?