Blessed Life Fellowship

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.  

An old folk song declares, "It's me, O Lord, standing in the need of prayer."  And that's the attitude in which we approach this teaching based on the book of James.  This teaching exposes one common source of offense, which is insecurity.  We uncover the damage insecurity can do, the evil it can lead to, and how to overcome it with wisdom from the Word of God.  

Jesus said that offenses are bound to come, and the Bible also provides copious amounts of instruction with how to handle them.  This teaching enlarges upon the destructive nature of nursing the offense, how to prevent always being easily offended in the first place, and biblical guidance on handling interpersonal conflicts with people.  It's a must-hear if you are believing God for answers to prayer, because ongoing strife undermines our faith, hinders our prayers, and opens the door to the demonic.  Prepare to be set free from the trap of offense!  

Elder Mark Suverkrup expounds upon the importance of the pursuit of wisdom in the life of faith.  

In this final teaching of the series, Pastor Andy addresses some common misconceptions about abiding, and more benefits of abiding.  It ends on a weighty yet encouraging note about the impact of going ALL IN!  

This teaching has something for everyone.  While targeted primarily to those who are already bearing much fruit in their Christian lives, there are principles of abiding with Christ in this teaching that apply to all God's children and can not only prevent people from making critical miscalculations and mistakes in their walks of faith, but also richly deepen the walk of faith you already have.  

In continuing with our segment on pruning under the umbrella topic of abounding fruitfulness, we arrive in this teaching at another way the Vinedresser prunes His vines to bring about even greater fruitfulness.  This may be one of the most difficult tests ever, but it is one that has the potential to radically transform the lives of those who submit themselves to this more advanced level of pruning.  

When God's children progress past the early stages of our spiritual development, God will coax the branches to get even more fruit from our lives.  This teaching helps us recognize the next level of pruning and maturity.  Prepare for abundant fruitfulness!  

Last week we discussed what God does when a child of His is bearing no fruit.  But what does He do when His children are bearing SOME fruit but could be bearing a lot more?  Well, it's probably not the method that most of us would prefer, but it's very effective, and ultimately results in significant growth and a life of fruitfulness for those who recognize what's happening and submit to the process.  This teaching might just radically change your life, so buckle up.  

John chapter 15 has some of the most memorable words from Jesus' Last Supper sermon.  Here we arrive at Jesus' instructions about the importance of bearing much fruit, and how that is accomplished.  Yet many people settle for lives of much less than abounding fruitfulness because they misunderstand and thus reject God's ways of bringing it about.  Prepare to be equipped for increase!  

Continuing with Jesus' last teaching to His disciples, we now grapple with the warning that in this life we will have tribulation, but to take heart.  This teaching addresses five more ways we can more readily experience the peace that only God gives.  

In a world where 1 in 5 people in the U.S. now suffer from chronic depression, is it possible to experience the peace of God?  In His Last Supper sermon, Jesus told His disciples, "Peace I leave with you."  In this teaching you will learn several principles that will help the Christ follower experience the peace of God that surpasses all understanding.  

Continuing with the theme of the Holy Spirit, pastor Andy provides four more ways the Holy Spirit leads and speaks to His people.  In doing so, he invites Pam Hull to share some real-world experience in learning to be led by the Holy Spirit and what that looks like.  You don't want to miss this one!  

The Holy Spirit is a very under-appreciated part of God.  Mainstream Christianity practically ignores the topic of the Holy Spirit.  Yet Jesus said it would be the Holy Spirit Who He would send and enter our hearts when Jesus ascended back to Heaven.  Understanding the Holy Spirit is a vital part of walking in victory in this life.  Learn more about the Holy Spirit in this teaching, and especially how to recognize when the Holy Spirit is speaking to you.  

Jesus claimed to be God and the only way to salvation -- a claim that makes a lot of people, even pastors these days, uncomfortable because of the exclusive nature of that claim in an age when people consider truth as relative.  Learn in this teaching how we can be sure that Jesus is who He claimed to be, and how that applies to the subject of salvation.  You may have never heard it described this way before.  

Jesus addressed several important life lessons in His farewell address around the table at the Last Supper.  The second life lesson Jesus serves up to His disciples is the command to love one another.  And before writing this off as just another worn out lesson on love, one should ask if the love of Christ has been personally mastered yet.  If not, there's more to learn.  And you may be surprised how a lack of love can go unnoticed and unaddressed in the life of the Believer, leading to a stale relationship with Jesus, a lack of joy, and lackluster results in prayer.  Prepare to bear more fruit by learning about the more excellent way.  

On the night of the Last Supper with His disciples, Jesus' last message was a clarion call to discover what a life of abundant fruitfulness really consists of.  But it wasn't the call the disciples were expecting.  And it may not be the call you are expecting either.  But Jesus' words were a final message to help the disciples of that time and this to live lives that matter, lives of abounding fruitfulness for God's Kingdom.   

Because God's covenant with His people includes many earthly blessings, many people misunderstand the purpose of that covenant, thinking it's all about "ME."  But God has a purpose for inviting you and me into a covenant relationship with Him, and it's a purpose much bigger than just you and your family.  Find out in this teaching why God wants you to be a part of His covenant.