Northplace Church Podcast

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Watch the video at http://northplacechurch.com

Watch the video at http://northplacechurch.com

Watch the video at http://northplacechurch.com

For the video visit: http://northplacechurch.com/watch

For the video visit: http://northplacechurch.com/watch

How can you endure storms of life? Stay anchored to the word of God and remain connected to the family of God. Visit our site for the video: http://northplacechurch.com/watch

Are we not constantly being shaped by forces in our culture that make it almost impossible for the world to see any difference in our values? If we are ever going to appear to the world as aliens and exiles on the earth, then we are going to have to go back and renew the declaration of allegiance by which we became Christians and confession was Jesus is Lord! And we are going to have to wake up to the fact that this is a radical declaration of independence from our culture and of absolute allegiance to a foreign king, Jesus. Visit the website to watch the video http://northplacechurch.com/watch

Each day we decide whether or not to live in God's purpose - enter into it or miss out on it. God has a plan and purpose for your life. The question is, how to live in that idea of God for your life. We are trusting God that you would be encouraged and empowered to live in the plan of God for your life after listening to this message delivered by Pastor Jurie Kriel campus pastor of Doxa Deo Church in South Africa. Visit the website for the video http://northplacechurch.com/watch

This is the last weekend in a 5-week conversation where we’ve been trying to “lean in” to hear the voice of God. Last week we started wrapping the conversation up by equipping you with practical tools that help you develop an ear to the voice of God…posture your heart to the gentle nudge of the Holy Spirit…or to use a biblical phrase…incline your ears to the words of his mouth. Visit http://northplacechurch.com/watch for the video

While God can reveal His voice however he good and well pleases…historically ad biblically, there are patterns and ways in which that God has revealed himself. Visit http://northplacechurch.com/watch for the video

All of us are going to encounter seasons of silence - times when God is silent. Moments where God does not seemed to be talking. We've all had these moments. There are times where God moves into our lives with power, answers our prayers and wins our trust. And then there are these seasons when chaos and darkness descend. It’s like we're in a spiritual desert where an arid wind blows and leaves our souls cracked and parched. We pray. We cry out to God but he goes silent. He seems absent from our life. Is it just us or has it ever seemed to you that God was playing hard to get? For the video visit: http://northplacechurch.com/watch

This is week 2 in the series and we are going to focus on eliminating the distractions that keep us from hearing God’s voice and shutting out the competing noises that drowned out God’s voice. If we want to hear from God we must discipline our selves to create margin in our schedule and use that margin to position our hearts to hear Him. (more on that in a moment) Life immerses us in a myriad of human interactions, influences, and demands. Our schedules are bloated with work responsibilities, commitments to family, church, and community, and leisure activities—while the noises of civilization envelop us. Media messages by the thousands bombard us through electronic, visual, and print sources. How will we ever hear the whisper of God? Is God calling us but he can’t get through because the line is always busy? Watch the video http://northplacechurch.com/watch

Our conversation will basically revolve around the concept of Voice Recognition. First and foremost, we need to be aware that God is actually still speaking and secondly we need to learn how to recognize his voice when He is speaking us. To say it in biblical terms, we need to learn how to “incline our ears to the words of his mouth.” Isaiah 55:3 ESV 3 Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; Proverbs 4:20-21 ESV 20 My son, be attentive to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. 21 Let them not escape from your sight; keep them within your heart. Proverbs 22:17-19 ESV 17 Incline your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge, 18 for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips. 19 That your trust may be in the Lord, I have made them known to you today, even to you. Watch the video at http://northplacechurch.com/watch

Most of us are aware of the story. Adam and Eve, in a moment of arrogance and rebellion, broke the heart of God. God’s grand vision for relationship was wrecked by the choice of one man. Sometimes the Bible seems very overwhelming to us, but we want to make it extremely simple today. From its opening pages you see the true vision of God. He just wanted to be with us. You see that grand vision destroyed by Adam’s choice. But then you see the Missio Dei begin to unfold. After Adam’s fall, the rest of the of the Bible is a story of God’s commitment to do whatever is necessary to get us back. The mission unfolds page after page, chapter after chapter, that tells us the story of how God gets us back. Watch the video at http://northplacechurch.com/watch

Did you ever wonder why so many Christians get spiritually stuck? The Bible’s very, very clear. It says this: 17 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NLT) And yet, you meet people – sincere, good, people that really love God. They’ve seen transformation in some very significant areas, and they’re even committed to Bible study on a regular basis, and they really want to grow, and yet they hit a ceiling or they stall spiritually. There are simply some areas of their life that don’t seem to ever mature…the temper just never seems to get under the Spirit’s control, they can’t seem to walk in the fruit of the spirit and bridle their tongue, how they say certain things or the way they judge people, or there are private sins and addictions that plague them. They feel terrible inside and they promise God and they recommit their life over and over again. They just feel stuck. That's because the greatest see