Christ Chapel Video Podcasts

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?

This message deals with the question of why Jesus came to earth, and why we resist and reject him.

When Mary and Joseph heard that there was "no room" for them in the Inn, I am sure they were disappointed, anxious, and maybe even angry. But sometimes God closes doors that we are looking toward to give us experiences we would have never had.

We will be known and rewarded in heaven not by what we acquired, but by what we've given away.

Your feet cannot carry you where your eyes are not looking. Keep your eyes focused on Christ and heaven as your destination; every other distraction leads to the same place... Regret!

Worship has in its foundation gratitude and thankfulness. What are we thankful for?

In this story we see the heart of worship Humility, Gratitude, Deep Humility, Emotion, and Extravagance; and this was given before Jesus died to take away our sins. If this was given before the cross, then surely this must be the floor for what we offer The Lord today.

God makes his acts glorious, but it is we who are called to make his praise glorious. He doesn't make it glorious by His Spirit, we make it glorious by ours. Our emotions, our will, our gratitude, our words. It all hinges on us.

Praise is expected and commanded by God. It should be the natural expression of those who recognize God, acknowledge his works, and appreciate his goodness. God expects praise from every living thing.

Our heart is deceitfully wicked above all things and who can know it? The only way to know the true condition of our heart is to apply the light of the word of God to it and see how it truly is. This message deals with 4 types of a backslidden heart: The unfaithful wife, the unhealthy patient, the unplowed field, and the uncircumcised heart. The key to life is forgiveness, and the key to forgiveness is repentance.

In this story, Jesus asked the disciples a question that they never answered, and still goes unanswered today. Why are you so fearful, how is it that you have no faith? God uses the storms of our life to root out all fear by the revelation of his person.

Storms come to all our lives; it is what we do in the storms and what comes from them that makes all the difference. When Jesus spoke he mentioned not the storm on the outside but the one on the inside. Why did you doubt? is still the question today.

The story of Simon Peter walking on the water is a beautiful type of how a person comes to be rescued, saved by the Lord Jesus Christ. He is able to save to the uttermost them that call upon his name.

As christians we all know what fear is and many of us know it too well. It is necessary to have a sense of fear so that we can respect boundaries, but we are to never be controlled by fear as a dictator in our lives. The bible says that God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind.

The Bible declares that one of the things Jesus will be known for and empowered to do is to give beauty for ashes, and the oil of joy for mourning. At the grave of Lazarus he made this statement: "Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God"

Very few people began with more than King Solomon. The Lord loved him and named him as such. He gave him wisdom, wealth, peace, and prestige. Yet in his later years, he turned away from the Lord. This message reminds us that anyone is capable of anything, and that we should walk soberly in this world, keeping our heart clean of any offense.

We all know what it is to live in someone else's shadow. Who they are and what they have done or not done comes into our lives uninvited and if we are not careful, we can get lost there. It is OK to find rest in the shade of someone else, just not our identity. This message shows us how much Solomon was loved of the Lord independent of the greatest man in the history of Israel, King David.

Deep down we all know that personal evangelism is our responsibility, but very few practice it. Some do not because of fear, others do not care, but most feel that they cannot do this effectively because they are not sure how. This message deals with approach and telling of the gospel to others.

What I went to do was teach, preach, and minister...and I did. But what I saw changed my life. It was not the poverty, or the lack that surprised me, but the abundance. The abundance of Joy, Love, and Life that they possessed.

God has promised to lead us on the best pathway for our life.

Jesus Christ offers himself as a label in place of the labels we give ourselves.

"The harvest is finished, and the summer is gone," the people cry, "yet we are not saved!" This message is given for those who have stiffened their necks at the invitation of God, whose hearts have become hardened through sin and self-centeredness. The window of God's grace is closing, but it is not too late yet. There is a balm in Gilead, there is a physician there.

What many people call the Lord's prayer was really a teaching, not a prayer. His prayer was that the people that make up the church would live as one. Deep, intimate, consistent, joyful communion. To love and be loved, to know and be known, to serve and be served. To experience the power of God flowing in them, through them and for them. That their lives would be so blended (not just an hour on Sunday) that others would look upon the beauty of these relationships and actually believe in Christ.

Jesus told his disciples, "blessed are your eyes, for they see". They see what others can't, they see what others won't, they see what others long to, but didn't. There are things that are freely given us…but we must have the spiritual vision to recognize them, appreciate them, assimilate them, possess them, and maximize them.

It is one thing to have faith, it is quite enough for it to be tested. Faith without an object has nothing to attach itself to; but once it attaches to something not yet seen, not held, not obtained…it will most always be tested. It is through great faith and great patience that we inherit the promises of God; and miracles seem to find those whose faith passes the tests of life.

This strength is divine, available, limitless, without cost, essential, pure, perceptible, and miraculous. The issue for us today is not whether you believe that is true or not, but are you living with an obstructed channel by which the part of God's nature can flow freely to you and through you to others.

The greatest need in the life of every believer is to live in the spirit and to walk in the fullness thereof. This message explores what this life looks like as it manifests itself in our day to day lives.

David lost his throne to his son Absalom who turned Israel against him. David walked up the mount of olives weeping, but worshipped when he got to the top.