Greg Durante Podcast

How hard it is to believe when everything's laid out on the table for us? God is not like man that lies. If you can trust your friend with your life, then why not try trusting God also. You'll not lose anything but everything to gain if you just believe.

Have you ever wondered why you kept on thinking of the how's and why's of life if you would do this and that, and everything else you see and would want to experience but still, no joy, afterwards? Maybe, you were made for more. There is more to life than what we see and hear, and feel. And that more, is a life lived in God's will.

Jesus. History revolves around Him. He who was, who is and is to come. Even the days are counted based on His life and death. With all these things, need more to say that He should be the top priority of all and in all? Let Christ Jesus lead you.

Our God is a great God, there's no doubt about it. Who can create the whole world, or the universe itself, if not for a God greater than the universe? Take Him out of the box of your thinking and you'll see the mighty wonders He did and can do. He is great and He is so good to His children.

Would you believe that God can turn things around us in our favor if we just obey and believe? Yes, He can! The world may have other plans for you, but God has greater plans. He is good and He listens to us even our most silent prayer of the heart. Favor is what He gives when we delight always and just for Him.

You may not believe it because of the things going on around you right now, but God, our Father in heaven, plans only the best for His children. Earthly parents would want to have their child having all the best, then what more of our Heavenly Father? Just believe and receive it.

We may live in the natural here on earth but Jesus said, once we believed in Him, we are now partakers of the Kingdom. Therefore, if He can do wonders and miracles, we can also, too, because we are now children of God through Christ Jesus. Hence, signs and wonders follow those who believe, just as the Bible says.

When you've gone through troubles that were so out of your league but you surprisingly overcame it all, you'll be left wondering how did you prevail. But then again, you'll just shake your head and be resigned to the fact that it's not you but God! You are labeled an overcomer not because of what you did but how God intervened. Because, if not for God, nothing will come about.

Everyone is precious in the sight of God. So if you have a heart for the souls of people around you, you have the heartbeat of the Father. And He said that those people who walk their calling to share and spread the Good News have their rewards in heaven. And that reward is a reward that never tarnishes nor breaks. Those people are collecting treasures in heaven that are far more precious than anything in the world. And that is a very wise decision. Why? Because treasures on earth fade. It can help a man for a moment but still fades because everything is temporary here. Ever wonder why it makes you feel light and happy when you have helped a stranger the best way you can?

Just as He had promised, the gift that was given when we made Christ our King and Saviour, is the Holy Spirit. He is with us and within, teaching, exhorting, and comforting. Rest in the fact that we are sealed with Him, and that nothing can defeat us, nor conquer us because we are ever on the winning side with Him.

Miracle, as the word means, is out of the ordinary, and that's where our God resides. So, in those endeavors that are just possible for you, little will He move, because you know deep inside you that you can do it. But once it becomes impossible for you, God steps in, when you let Him. And that is no big thing for Him because the impossible is His expertise. So if you want God to move and let His expertise be displayed in your life, then venture into the impossible.

Learn how to replace your sorrow and pain with joy and thanksgiving. Know how God fights for you and see you through, through every battle and problems you are facing. He is indeed our exceeding joy. In Him we have our victory, our reward.

God is always much closer than we could ever imagine. For those who have accepted Jesus Christ as their Saviour, the Holy Spirit is now dwelling in them. But, in the noises of the world barraging our everyday lives, we sometimes tend to get engulfed in a myriad of sounds, that even our own voices are drowned out. But if we take a stop and look for Jesus, rest assured He will be found as He has promised. Then, you'll see that He hears you when you call. And that there are also times He calls, but you were so busy. So listen closely, and you'll hear Him in every creature He has made.

Don't lose your focus on the Lord. Don't let your eyes get fixed on things that are temporary. Keep it glued on Jesus. Let Him be your priority. Let Him be your most important consideration of the day, in whatever you do and the decisions you'll be making, in your speaking and thinking, even in the waking and in the evening when you sleep. Let Him take the lead.

Maturity comes when we can let go of things we cannot control, and leave it all into the hands of the All-Knowing Father God. For only at that moment, that everything will fall perfectly into their respective places. Only at that moment, we can say that He makes everything good and perfect, when we have surrendered and let Him take the lead.

Let God use you. Let God be magnified through you. Because with men using you, you will get tired eventually. You will benefit but it will come with a price. But when you let God use you, He will take care of everything else that concerns you. And He knows, surely He knows what you need the most because He is the one who created you. So let Him use you today, and discover that with Him, you can do impossible things.

Have you ever thought about how much you are loved by our Heavenly Father? No? Then think about it now. He has preserved you from the time you were conceived in your mother's womb. And until now, you are still alive because He has still greater plans for you. He also gave Jesus to intercede for you, pray for you, give you everything He has inherited so you can have it all. God, our ever-loving Father, is preserving you until He comes back because He loves you that much.

In this ever-changing world, Jesus is the solid ground on which we must anchor ourselves. He is that rock when you hit the bottom. He is already there even before you recognize you have fallen way down. Because He promised us that He will never leave nor forsake us. He is our defense, surrounding us on every side. Our very present help in times of need.

The power that resurrected Jesus from the dead is what we have now since we are now one with Jesus. And that power has no limit to what it can do if we believe in the impossible, and see to the supernatural, just as Jesus did on that third day.

There is no other name that can save except the name of Jesus. No other name can stand against it because it possesses immense power and authority over everything that we would ever think of ruling over us, His children. And the glory of the Lord? As it is the ability of God to create miracles, therefore, the supernatural is our reality. Though we live in this world, we are not of this world, as the Bible says, because we have The Name, and the presence and glory of God in our lives, if we believe in Jesus.