National Community Church Audio Podcast

You can't finish what you don't start

One little yes to priorities is not a singular yes. It's a residual yes. It's coming back and saying yes to what is important, day after day. In Haggai 1, Israel believes in God as priority. But they don't practice their belief. Haggai calls them out and gives them clear instruction in how to come back in line with the priorities to which God has called them. He calls them back to their one little yes.

How one yes can change the trajectory of your life!

How to make decisions against yourself

How to operate in a spirit of gentleness

Faithfulness is not just doing good. It’s doing good. It’s doing good. It’s doing good. It's divine repetition. It’s a loop of love. It’s joy continuous. It’s a pattern of patience. It’s routine kindness. It’s goodness on repeat. But at the end of the day, to talk about faithfulness IN us, is to know about God’s faithfulness that has been given TO us. Because you can’t produce faithfulness. Faithfulness is God and God is faithfulness. When you reside in the Spirit of God, the natural outcome of your life will be faithfulness. Not because you manufactured it, because it’s who He is. And when you’re in Him, the fruit of His Spirit will be in you!

Goodness is character energized to strategically, systematically, and prayerfully push back the darkness of the world so that the light of God can shine through. We don't do good things in order to earn God's favor; rather, we do good things because we've been completely transformed by God's favor. Goodness is not just a behavior to exhibit but a blessing to enjoy.

We underestimate the power of a God-inspired act towards our fellow man. Kindness doesn’t happen by accident. It happens by intention. But the fruit of the Spirit known as kindness is more than a single, isolated action. It is a constant awareness and obedience to the promptings of the life of the Spirit within us to care for those around us.

We want things to happen at the speed of light, but in God's kingdom, things happen at the speed of a seed.

Sometimes you need to quit telling God about your problems and start telling your problems about God.

Joy isn't getting what you want. It's appreciating what you have.

Love is the accurate estimation and adequate supply of another person's needs. No person can do this completely, only God can.

Show me your convictions, I'll show you your future.

We all desire God's blessing, but Jesus' description of “blessed" turns our description upside down. He desires for us to live blessed whether we’re poor in spirit, mourning, or persecuted. Blessing and suffering sometimes go hand in hand. No matter where we are, no matter what our circumstances are, his blessing is available.

After you count the blessing, flip the blessing.

Blessing has more to do with the Presence that we seek than the possessions that we keep. To experience the blessing of God requires a step of obedience, a willingness to count our blessings before they hatch, and long faith.

The biggest gifts are not the best gifts. The best gifts are those you have to hunt down. Christmas is is a story of a treasure hunt. Shepherds and Magi searching out the Messiah. When you seek and search out a treasure in Christ, they clear reaction is joy. Not happiness. But joy. And when you find joy in Christ, it doesn’t just affect you but it affects those around you. And your life becomes a declaration of joy.

One sorry can save the day, save your soul and mend years of pain.

Jesus commands us to keep on asking, seeking, and knocking. Maybe saying "please" to God has less to do with good manners and more to do with patient persistence.

The will of God is not a mystery. It’s already revealed. Give thanks in all circumstances.