Greg Durante Podcast

The Lord said that if we seek Him, we will find Him, if we seek Him with all of our heart. Not half-hearted but with our whole heart. And this means putting aside ourselves and making the center of our lives His will, prioritizing what He wants for us to do.

The Holy Spirit is living inside us when we receive Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour of our life. It is like we have this dynamic and awesome power and authority within us because of our identity in Christ. When we let the Holy Spirit work in us, we will not get weary, dry, or burn out, because it is not us but the Holy Spirit who is at work and is empowering us to do all the work of God.

We are saved to share the salvation we have, which we got for free. When we accept Christ, we are given the task, as well as the authority, to be His ambassador of peace and love in this world. It is not about us but about Jesus now. Carry this thought all throughout your day and exercise it regularly. Start with your family, relatives, friends, co-workers, and colleagues. Spread it out!

There is power in prayer. It has been recorded even in the ancient Bible time stories, that there is truly power in prayer. Allow God to move in your situation through prayer and watch it not only turn around for you but in such a miraculous way that no man can boast. Not only in your personal life but in others as well. Pray over your life, your family, your country, and the whole world. Speak life and God's promises, and believe.

A spiritual breakthrough will happen if you let the Holy Spirit lead you in whatever circumstance you may be in. Great and amazing things will take place in all aspects of your life because the power of God is so encompassing and intense, that most of the time, you'll feel you are being taken out of your comfort zone to be thrown into something so miraculous and unheard of it will leave you staggering over the results. That is how miracles begin.

We cannot be at our full potential apart from God. We will be having a hard time realizing our real purpose in life when we are apart from the One who created us. And as Christians, we cannot realize the many wonderful things we can do apart from God, and we cannot bear fruits, just as He has said in His Word, that we as the branches and Him as the vine, apart from Him, there's nothing we can ever do. But with Him, everything will be possible, even the most impossible for us.

God's wonder-working power works only when the vessels He chooses also choose to be used. That's who we are. We are saved not only for ourselves but also to influence others. To let them also hear the Good News we heard, to experience the goodness and faithfulness of the God we serve. So choose to be a useful instrument in the hands of God, for His glory and honor alone.

No matter what is happening around us, there is this assurance of joy in everything. We have this hope that never dies. The hope that transcends to eternity because we have been given the promise when we accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. So we walk here on earth, confidently, because our confidence is not in who we are, but Who is with us.

As Christians, we cannot deny the miraculous and supernatural favor and hand of God working in our lives. And although we are not spared the heartbreaks, broken dreams, and lives, yet there is peace and hope that replaces these negative thoughts almost immediately. That is how great our God is, who can do all these things and more for us, if we let Him. We only have to open up and obey, and be amazed at His greatness expressed through our lives.

We have been saved not just for ourselves, but for others, too. We have known Good News because someone prayed for us, because someone shared it with us, because someone has cared for our souls. We have been given this gift freely, and now that we have it, it is now our duty to share it with others. We are chosen and appointed to go.

To give back the praise and thanksgiving is as to worship Him in everything He is. We will have this hole in our hearts always when we put other things in place of the most important thing, the first thing we should seek. It is the air we breathe. The reason we live. Seek Him first, and everything will fall into place.

Oh, to be filled with the fullness of God! To be aware of His presence and character. His holiness and His love. God wants us to be filled with his fullness, individually, and as the Church of Christ.

Yes, be full of Jesus!Have you ever felt that in spite of all the accomplishments and achievements you got in life, there is still that small void in your heart that seemed to get bigger and bigger the more you sought recognition? Or when you feel overwhelmed that you feel so small that the world could just swallow you in? Fill yourself up with Jesus, then. Feed on His Words. Get close to Him in prayer. Know Him intimately by meditation. And these things, and all the other things will fall into place when He's at the center of it all.

The Lord our God, He is beyond time and space. He has already planned everything and His Word says that all of His plans are for our own good. He also said, that what He has for us, his children who believed, is for abundant life. Trust His timing. We may experience rough roads of trials and problems along the way but He has already gone before us. You may not always feel Him in those moments but He promised that He is with us and for us. Trust His time. For in His time, it will all be beautiful.

It is an undeniable fact for a Christian that the power behind the cross and the resurrection is the greatest manifestation of the love of God towards man, and that love transcends through time, no respecter of gender and age, and encompasses all, those who believed. And it happened. It did. And we can go back again and again to that cross and again and again, strengthen our faith knowing that a Saviour that for us in exchange for that place. Just think about it, it could've been us..

Jesus Christ, the image of the invisible God, the prophesied Messiah, the Saviour of the world, has and always has been a very compassionate Lord. All throughout His days on earth, He has always practiced and presented Himself worthy a savior to save the world, He never misses a beat on the prophecies about Him and continued to live out the commands of His Father in heaven, even unto death. What a knowledge it is to know how greatly He holds us in His thought.

Whatever and wherever you are in your life right now, may it be a good time or bad, always know that God will never abandon His children. And especially during great trials, there we can find His glory working through the chaos and reaching for us. And there, in the midst of the mess, with the help and power of the Holy Spirit in us, we find ourselves living out our true identity as a child of God, an heir of His kingdom, and co-heirs with Christ.

We have this promise from our Abba Father, according to His Word. That we have this full life and abundant life in Him. And only in Him. Apart from Him, it will not happen. Because we live in this world where suffering abounds, but in Him, grace overflows, negating everything else that would stop and hinder the blessings He has for us.

For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: Colossians 1:16. Everything in this world is all about Him. You are created for Him alone. It takes courage to acknowledge it and to surrender to the fact that everything is all about God Himself, as shown simply by His creations, because human nature dictates otherwise, and sometimes defies this principle.

It is a true Christian's duty to make Jesus known to people. We should be the light carrier and glory bearer of Hm. We must learn to always stand in the truth no matter what the circumstances dictate. We are His representatives. We are His ambassadors.