Blessed Life Fellowship

ESCAPING ESCAPISM: Planted pt. 5

ARE YOU AN ESCAPIST?  Escapism is the tendency to run when things get difficult.  Many people suffer from this terrible tendency, and it derails marriages, careers, and ministries.  Learn how to avoid this potentially catastrophic tendency and learn instead how to remain planted in the assignment God has given you, and thus fulfill His ultimate will for your life and ministry.  

REVERING THE LORD'S DAY: Planted, part 4

DO YOU KNOW WHY THE CHURCH MEETS ON SUNDAYS?  Most American Christians don't, especially the younger ones.  Thus, reverence for the meeting of the church is lacking among today's Christians.  But the Scriptures indicate that to take anything lightly that is ordained of God is to despise Him.  We need to reevaluate our commitments to the weekly meeting of the church, why we do it, and why it is important to God and to our spiritual health.  

ZEAL FOR HIS HOUSE: Planted, pt. 3

ARE YOU AS BLESSED AS YOU WANT TO BE?  It is obvious in the reading of Scripture that God takes delight in the prosperity of His people (Psalm 35:27).  Yet many of God's people are not prospering.  While your well-being is God's desire, His BIGGEST desire is the prosperity of your soul.  And in order to have prosperity of soul, we have to grow up, mature, and begin developing a reverence for God's things, such as a reverence for His Church and church attendance.  When we revere God's things as our top priorities, God makes our business His business.  And when God gets involved, we WILL be blessed in ALL ways!

WHY GOD'S PEOPLE DON'T FLOURISH: Planted, pt. 2

IS YOUR LIFE FLOURISHING?  If not, why not?  Psalm 92:13 says that those who are planted in the house of God will flourish!  So if you are part of a church and still not flourishing, perhaps it's because you are not properly planted according to what it means Biblically to be planted.  This teaching focuses on the expanded definition of what it means to be planted, and explores several reasons why God's people may not be flourishing to their potential.    

PLANTED: God's Purpose for the Church

Psalm 92:13 says that those who are planted in the house of God will flourish!  Yet there are lots of people who attend church regularly whose lives are not flourishing.  What does this scripture mean?  Does it simply mean just showing up at church somewhere, or is there something more?  You may have never heard this preached before, but it's time you did.  Find out what it means to be "PLANTED."  

JESUS IN THE AGE OF UNIVERSALISM: You Must Be Born Again, pt. 4

While 83% of Americans refer to their religious beliefs as "Christian," in reality the larger percentage of our society embraces Universalism -- the belief that all paths lead to God.  Universalism is a demonic deception satanically designed to deceive and bait people with nice-sounding dogmas that will entrap.  This teaching will equip you to not only recognize universalist beliefs, but to be able to help those already enslaved to its damning doctrine.  

HOW TO SPOT A COUNTERFEIT: You Must Be Born Again, pt. 3

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO SPOT A COUNTERFEIT GOSPEL? Ever since the first days of the Church there have been various counterfeit versions of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  The Bible warns that there will be false prophets -- wolves in sheep's clothing that pervert the gospel and lead people down a primrose path to hell.  And that is certainly the case today.  This teaching compares a popular version of the gospel today with the true, Biblical Gospel.  After this teaching, you will be trained how to spot a counterfeit.   

You Must be Born Again, pt 2

HAVE YOU HAD A SPIRITUAL CHECK-UP LATELY?  Isn't it interesting how people will go to the doctor to maintain their physical health, but will never do a spiritual evaluation to see if they are truly practicing their faith in the way that God's Word instructs?  Many people today have become cultural Christians, not true Biblical Christ-followers.  This teaching guides you through how to take a spiritual check-up and "examine yourself to see if you are in the faith" (2 Corinthians 13:5).  If you care at all about practicing true Biblical Christianity and being a genuine follower of Christ, you MUST hear this teaching! 

You Must be Born Again

The gospel in its truest sense has not been proclaimed in today's church as fervently as it once was.  Therefore, of the 83% of Americans who call themselves Christians and the 37% who say they are born again, research shows that only 9% are actually Biblical disciples of Christ.  This teaching is a very clear proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, separating true disciples from cultural "Christians," and equipping God's people to proclaim the true gospel to a world that desperately needs the message of light and hope.  

SELF MASTERY: The Fruits of the Spirit pt. 9

Perhaps you've never thought of it like this, but FAILURE TO MASTER YOUR PASSIONS IS TO LIVE A SELF-CENTERED LIFE, because a life truly submitted to the Lordship of Jesus Christ is to take up our crosses and die to ourselves so that we may obtain true life!  This final teaching in the Fruit of the Spirit series focuses of the fruit of self-control and the implications of what that means and how to accomplish it.