Blessed Life Fellowship

First John 4:17 says, "As He [Jesus] is, so are we in the world."  What does that mean?  Well, the popular saying that God's people are to be "the hands and feet of Jesus" is a common way to explain it.  Teresa Kemp's dramatic testimony of deliverance from drug addiction, prostitution, and long term imprisonment, and then the story of how God is using her mightily to win tens of thousands of people to Jesus in the prison system and abroad is a perfect backdrop for the truth of First John 4:17.  We are not who we used to be, but through the power of God, we become like Jesus in the world, carrying on His mission of loving the unlovely, providing for the poor, preaching the gospel, and making disciples.  This is not only a wonderful story of redemption, but it's an amazing testimony to God's transformative power.  

This teaching by elder Brent Denney is a wonderful reminder of the faithfulness of God, and learning to trust Him especially when life seems uncertain.  

While some simply hope for change, but don't really do anything to bring it about, other people get to work reshaping their lives by having a plan, and then working that plan.  This teaching provides simple yet tried-and-true principles for living a more fruitful and productive life this year.  

In this follow up to our first session of fasting, this part 2 provides more compelling reasons to fast, plus some important tips on how to fast.  This teaching will both equip and motivate you to begin a lifestyle of fasting.  

While the concept of "the reason for the season" may seem overdone, this teaching puts a new spin on it that magnifies the extent of the rescue mission Jesus came to accomplish.  The manger is wonderful, but that just marked the beginning of Jesus' mission.  This teaching is a very clear presentation of the gospel. Share it with your yet-to-be-saved friends and loved ones.  

We dare you to listen to this message!  :-)    

This teaching addresses some misunderstood passages about money and wealth, and also provides numerous references in the Bible where God promises financial blessings to those who follow His financial principles in the Bible.  

Juli Suverkrup delivers a powerful faith-filled message about the need to contend for the salvation of our children, grown or small, and how to do it.  This biblical roadmap to contending for our children is a weapon of our warfare that Juli and her husband Mark have used with great effectiveness in their own family.  Let's contend for our children!  

There are many false concepts about money in the marketplace and the church.  This teaching unpacks several concepts that must form the foundation of one's financial and spiritual progress.  

What many people even in the Church don't realize is that most people are slaves to money.  And that's true whether they have a little or a lot.  But God wants to set us free from servitude to money, and He has a very effective method in helping us to do that.  Learn in this teaching the method God uses to test our faith, provide for us abundantly, and fund His Kingdom all at the same time.  

Did you know there's a spirit behind selfishness?  It's an idolatrous spirit called "mammon" that tries to take the place of God in people's hearts.  Learn in this teaching how this spirit operates, how to detect it, and how to overcome it.  

Most modern day Christians have a very incorrect view of the biblical concept of money and possessions.  God is not against His people having money; in fact, He's FOR it!  But with money comes responsibility.  This teaching elaborates on two tests of faith: the test of lack, and the test of abundance.  Learn in this teaching how to avoid lack and walk in the abundance of God.  

The Bible teaches that joy and peace are two fruits of the Spirit.  Yet many believers do not walk in perpetual joy.  They may experience it briefly during pleasant circumstances, and then have it quickly drain away when the pressures of life hit.  But there is a joy in the Lord that is not dependent on outward circumstances.  Find out in this teaching how to keep the joy of the Lord stoked in one's heart continually.  

Joy is such an important part of our walks with the Lord because Nehemiah 8:10 says that the joy one the Lord is our strength.  But joy can easily drain away when our spiritual lives are little more than keeping a list of rules.  But when it is lived by the Spirit in the revelation of God's grace, joy can be maintained even when life is hard.  Learn in this teaching how a proper understanding of grace can be your lifeline to God's joy.  

During times of disappointment and duress, is it really possible to find joy in our walks with the Lord?  Not only is it possible, but that's what God wants for His children.  Find out how to experience the peace of God and the joy of the Lord even when times are hard.   

Guest speaker Eric Burton of Groundbreaker International explains from a study of the Hebrew calendar and language what this season we are currently in means from a prophetic perspective: The year when God will connect all the pieces together!  Prepare to be enlighten and encouraged!      

This teaching is in honor of the life of Charlie Kirk, and contains many vital teaching points about what a life of purpose and Kingdom focus looks like.  Toward the end, Pastor Andy's daughter Hannah Miller adds some commentary of her own and closes out in prayer.  The times are shifting.  Are you ready to be a part of it?  This teaching will help get you ready.  

The Scriptures tell us to labor to enter the rest of God.  But what does it look like to enter the rest if you have to labor to get there?  Guess speaker Brandon Hemming of Simple Streets Ministries delivers a clarion call to action in learning to labor to enter the rest, and thus becoming more useful to the Master.  

In this final teaching in the mini-series, Pastor Andy provides five critical biblical methods for being free of the shackles of offense. Practical but powerful, these principles can help you to finally be free of the same cycles of defeat repeating themselves in your life, and thus help you to enter a new realm of blessing and fruitfulness.  This recording includes Pastor Andy's ministry time after the formal teaching is concluded leading people through the process of renouncing unforgiveness and embracing freedom.