Christ Chapel Audio Podcasts

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.