Messages July 2008

  • Four Simple Things

    July 6, 2008

    Part 1 -- A lesson from the Old Testament but every bit as relevant today, Pastor Kendall takes us to II Chronicles 7:14. It's long been the stereotype of this verse that it is about prayer, but it isn't about prayer. Prayer is only one of the four things. Those four things are not instructions given so
    that we can have effectual prayer. It was God's instruction to Solomon for the nation of Israel to restore His favor when they were unpleasing to Him ... and instructions for us today, too.

  • Humility

    July 13, 2008

    2nd in the "Four Simple Things" series about 2 Chronicles 7:14: "Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and heal their land."

    Be it naivety or hypocrisy, Pastor Kendall cites many examples of today's less-than-stellar culture and our less-than-stellar reactions to them. The point he is making is this: We all need to lose our haughtiness and humble ourselves -- because no one is qualified to sit in judgment of another any more than we want to be judged ourselves.

    God asks many things of us to restore fellowship with Him in this verse, the first of which is true humility.

  • Innocence Regained

    July 20, 2008

    By guest speaker Wayne Howard.

  • Real Truth About Prayer

    July 27, 2008

    Third in the "Four Simple Things" series from II Chronicles 7:14, Pastor Kendall Odle debunks some of the myths about prayer. It's not about time spent or eloquent words used but simply about talking to God, and listening to Him, too -- plain and simple.

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