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There were over 300 prophecies that came true concerning the Birth of Jesus as the Savior and Messiah. Jesus is in the Royal bloodline of Abraham and King David. He is also in the Divine Bloodline of God. When a person accepts Jesus they accept and are adopted into this bloodline. This brings new life to all who accept Jesus as Lord and Savior.

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Jesus warns believers to watch out for false prophets. He calls them wolves in sheep's clothing. He said you can recognize them by their fruits. Here are some ways to recognize false teaching and prophets.

Throughout life we need to learn how to prevail and resist in prayer. Jesus says that if we ask, seek and knock that God will hear and respond. Learn how to become a prevailing, praying Christian.

Everyone can become judgmental and critical. Jesus tells us that we are not to judge. He also says that if we persist to judge, we will be judged with the same measure.

Worry is negative focused thinking. We spend a lot of time worrying about things that never come to pass. Jesus tells us to not worry and how to overcome worry in Matthew 6.

We are self-consumed from birth. It is good to have self-care. How ever being self-absorbed can be detrimental. When we are self-absorbed we can cause more stress and worries than needed. Jesus gives a simple statement in Matt 6:33 that can solve that problem. God promises to take care of all our needs if we seek Him first.

Jesus is the image of the Invisible God. God became flesh as Jesus. Through His humanity, Jesus reveals God to mankind.

"The eyes are the window tot he soul." We all know that what we can see can form or shape our thinking and faith. Jesus said if a person has good spiritual vision they can have a good life. IF a person's spiritual vision gets clouded or darkened it will negatively affect their life.

Without a heart a person cannot live. If a person's heart gets unhealthy, it affects the quality of life. In the same way the heart of the soul determines what kind of life we will live. The heart is often associated with as the seat of our emotions, thoughts and soul. God tells us to guard our heart because it determines the course of our life (Prov 4:23).

We all fear getting infected with a deadly virus. But we all want to have an Infectious attitude. The Bible makes clear the difference between an Infected (negative) faith and an Infectious (positive) faith. Like it or not, you have one or the other. Learn how to identity and cultivate the right one.

Jesus understand stress, burdens and even persecution. Jesus gives a way to come out from these things to get rest and strength to carry on.

God makes a way for His followers to overcome temptation and to not be overcome by evil. It is simply by asking for God to help with our temptations and to ask God to deliver us from the evil one. This prayer model can help you win over temptation and over evil.

We need daily food and forgiveness to thrive in life. Without these we will eventually die. God loves us so much that He provides both for the asking.

The Lord's Prayer helps believers confront "me-ism" which has been around since the beginning of time. "Your Kingdom come, your will be done" reminds us that there is a Heavenly Kingdom which is greater than the kingdom of self or mankind. This teaching will expand your prayer life.

Jesus teaches His followers how to pray with a prayer model that has come to be known as the Lord's prayer. It really should be called the Disciple's Prayer because Jesus was giving His disciples a pattern of prayer to use to make their prayers real.

Jesus confronted hypocrisy in the Sermon on the Mount. He told His followers to do good from the goodness in their heart not to show how righteous they were. We see hypocrisy in every aspect of life. Jesus calls us to be real not religious.

God has formed every person. He has a great divine purpose for each person. This purpose is more fulfilling than we can imagine or dream about. All we need to do is connect to God and submit to this great plan.

Forgiving and praying for your enemy is the hardest thing in the world to do. To do so proves your spiritual maturity. Jesus commands to forgive and pray for our enemies. Learn how to be free and mature in real love.

Jesus was radical with his teaching about revenge. He said don't do it. Turn the other cheek when insulted. He said take a higher stand rather than giving in to revenge and retaliation. Revenge and retaliation often leads to more pain. Find out what Jesus was saying to us about an eye for an eye.

Jesus confronted the use of oaths and swearing to cover up a lie or a false promise. He said telling the truth is the best thing to do. We look at some practical ways to not make false promise or fall into the pervasive indifference to truth-telling in our society.

Jesus talked about Radical Purity from His "Sermon on the Mount." God gave humans many ways to enjoy life including sex within a marriage between a man and a woman. This message focuses on keeping a marriage healthy and preserving yourself for your future spouse if you are not married.

Prevailing prayer takes time and persistence. Prayer is a powerful weapon that Christians often neglect. Real Prevailing prayer takes work but always has a great payoff.

Missionary Steve Hoffman Shares about his ministry in India and how the Power of Pentecost is still available to believers today. He shares examples of God's power in his ministry.

Believers who wish to participate in the gifts of the Spirit and desire to experience God's presence must cultivate the areas of worship, honoring others and faith. We look at how Solomon prepared the people for the Dedication of the Temple and how God was pleased and made His presence known because the cultivated a spiritual atmosphere of worship.

Just as we need oxygen to live, we also need God's breath to live Spiritually. The Holy Spirit is the breath of God for the believer. What happens to a believer or church when the Holy Spirit is taken out? Spiritual death. Find out how to allow God to breath life into you through the Holy Spirit.

God still speaks to us today. In the Book of Acts, we see and learn how Philip knew the voice of the Holy Spirit. There are great benefits from hearing the voice of the Holy Spirit.

The Church without the Holy Spirit is only a social club or dead religion. The Holy Spirit helps believers in Christ with wisdom, spiritual gifts and guidance. Sometimes our human nature places hindrances on spiritual matters. We will look at the Enemies of Spiritual Gifts and how to be open to the Holy Spirit.

When we forget who we are in God, we operate out of fear.

The life, death, burial and resurrection of Jesus was real and documented. It was not just a point in history. The Resurrection of Jesus changed the history of humankind. In fact, the Resurrection of Jesus can still change our lives today, Listen to find out the Realities of the Resurrection of Jesus.

What is lost can be found. Jesus explains God's redemption power through the parables of the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin and the Lost Son. God can redeem anyone no matter how far lost they feel they are.

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Each person has great potential and has a burning passion to do something great. Sometimes we get buried in life or may have a checkered past and don't thing we can great things. God has a great plan for everyone. He makes big things out of the small. Simon Peter is one of those examples.

Relationships are very important to every person. Also every person deals with anger. Unfortunately anger can kill relationships. Jesus talks about "the anger that kills" in His sermon on the mount. He gives us some practical ways to deal with anger.

In the Book of Acts the Church was birthed on the Pentecost. It was a Church of Action. The question for the Modern is this: Is it a Church that Acts or is it a Church of Action?

Jesus told His followers that they were the salt of the earth and the light of the world. In Jesus' time salt was used as a preservative and antiseptic. Light of course helps people see where they are going. God intended for Christians to be
 salt (preservative and antiseptic) to society and light the way to Jesus.

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Sabotage - How insecurity destroys everything. Insecurity lives deep inside of us. It can corrode our self-image, our relationships and can sabotage our lives. Trinity shares from his life and from the Bible how to eliminate insecurity.

The average person practices a sport or musiccal instrument until they get it right. Professional athletes and musicians practice until they don't make mistakes. Similarly, there is "An art of Spiritual Warfare." Many Christians pray when they get behind. Every believer practice prayer like a professional athlete or musician.

Prevailing prayer is learned in times of difficulties and waiting. Prevailing Prayer is a powerful weapon for believers. Each believer must learn to prevail in prayer.

Some don't like the military or police until they are in need of defense or protection. In the Christian Church some don't like the idea of a prayer warrior or spiritual warfare until they are in need of warfare prayers. God is calling all believers to become prayer warriors. He gives weapons to defeat dark forces.

Prayer is a powerful weapon that Christians can use. You may not have a lot of political or monetary clout but you have plenty spiritual cout through prayer.

Mankind is in spiritual battle against spiritual dark forces that oppose us. God gives spiritual power and weapons to overcome those forces. However, we can become discouraged and not use those weapons. Are you ready to be proactive in your faith?

Success in life calls for serious prayer. Many Christians only dabble in prayer. Prayer is a mighty tool to bring about spiritual and physical victories in your life.

Our world could use more Great News and Great Joy. This is what Christmas is all about. A Savior was born over 2000 years ago offering mankind not only good news of great joy but eternal life and freedom from sin.

Sometimes big things come in small packages. Our expectations definitely control our conduct. If we have little or no expectations from a small thing, we will probably miss out the potential of the small. The Wise men searched for a king but found a baby. We can learn how they reacted to this baby.

Christmas is a fun time of the year. However, Christmas is bigger than what society has made it to be. It is actually about God's promise from the beginning to send us a Redeemer. One who would redeem us from sin, the devil and death. We need Christmas.

Sometimes it is hard to be grateful in a world where it seems greedy or evil people seemingly get ahead. Psalm 37 gives some tips on being grateful.

To a a follower of Jesus means that you will be different than most people. His ways bring true life to every aspect of your life. Two of the hardest things to do in life is what Jesus said we would be blessed if we did or handled them well. Being a peacemaker is hard. Being persecuted for righteousness sake is hard. But they bring blessings from God