The Calhoun Church of Christ Podcast

Finding Super-Abundant Life -5 "Flesh and Spirit"

The key to finding this super abundant life is the understanding of flesh vs spirit.

Jesus said, "God is Spirit" (John 4:24). Since we're made in God's image, we're also spirit.

But living inside the flesh body challenges our spirits for supremacy. The flesh wants to rule. But so does the spirit in the born-again believer. Learning to master this conflict (with the Holy Spirit's help) is the key to the super abundant life.

Listen to learn more.

Finding Super-Abundant Life -4 "Come Near To God"

Jesus promised super-abundant life to his followers (John 10:10). And that super-abundant life literally experiences God.

Getting a revelation of the Father's love causes you to come near to God, which creates trust, faith, and introduces you to an abundant life that pleases Him.

Listen and mediate on these Scriptures so that this revelation of God's love fills your spirit.

Finding Super-Abundant Life -3 "The Spirit of Adoption"

How does the Holy Spirit help believers live the super-abundant life that Jesus spoke about in John 10:10? 

Christ said he would not leave his disciples here as orphans, but he would come to help us - through the Holy Spirit (John 14:16-18).

With that 'spirit of adoption' (Romans 8:15), we have supernatural help while we live this super-abundant life in a broken world.

Listen and learn about the ways God's Spirit helps us live as Christ's disciples.

Finding Super Abundant Life-2 "The Believer &The Holy Spirit"

"The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." (John 10:10 NKJV)

The Holy Spirit is the source of this Super Abundant Life:

"Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them. By this he meant the Spirit..." (John 7:38-39 NIV)

Listen and discover what every believer should know about the Holy Spirit.

Finding Super-Abundant Life

Sometimes churches become like wax museums. They look alive, but there's no heartbeat, no real life inside the form.

It's possible for a person to accept Christ as Lord, even be baptized in water, but not have the Holy Spirit present in their life (see Acts 8:16). They don't exhibit the super abundant life that Jesus came to give us (John 10:10).

Listen and find out how the Holy Spirit is the key to this super abundant life.

Elder Ordination Service: ”Shepherds Are Spiritual Bodyguards”

Ordaining a new elder, or shepherd, is a serious matter. That's because elders (also called pastors and overseers - or bishops - in Scripture) oversee the spiritual life of the souls under their care.

In Acts 15:1-29, the apostles included elders of the Jerusalem church in making major decisions about doctrine.

And the Apostle Paul told the Ephesian church's elders, "Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood." (Acts 20:28 NIV)

Hear more about the ministry of elders in this podcast.

 

The God Who Sings Over You-4 ”The Power of Presence”

Why does God sing over his people? In Zephaniah 3:17 It was because he saw them after the judgment for their sins had passed and promised he would sing over them.

“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life." -Jesus (John 5:24 NIV)

This podcast helps you learn more about crossing over from judgment to life, and hearing God sing over you. Enjoy.

The God Who Sings Over You-3 ”Because of His Great Love For Us”

Why would God want to become human? Why did Deity condescend to an existence on this this planet, becoming like us?

The Bible is clear in its teaching that Christ, the Son of God, became like us so we can become like him... resurrected with new bodies like his glorious body.

But why? Why would he do such a thing? The Bible says, "Because of his great love for us" (Ephesians 2:4-5). Check out his podcast and catch the vision of God's amazing future for you.

The God Who Sings Over You -2 ”The Joy of The Lord”

The Bible tells us, "The joy of the Lord is your strength." (Nehemiah 8:10) What does that mean? Whose joy is it?

God experiences joy. He rejoices. Jesus said that all heaven rejoices when even one sinner repents and seeks God. (Luke 15:7, 10)

Jesus himself rejoiced when filled with the Holy Spirit. (Luke 10:21)

Our joy comes from our joyous God. Listen and learn how to experience this joy.

The God Who Sings Over You - ”When Immortality Became Mortal”

"The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you but will rejoice over you with singing.” (Zephaniah 3:17 NIV)

Why would God sing over us? After we've been so wrong for so long, he still rejoices in you. Why?
Because He has transferred you from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of the Son that God loves.

With his authority over the whole human race, Christ destroyed satan's kingdom and set us all free. And that's why the Father sings. Hear more and be encouraged.