Even In The Darkest of Times
As the years go by, the Church seems to go deeper and deeper into a sleep, instead of awakening those around them. Why? What has changed in the Church that we no longer see signs, wonders, miracles, the works of the Holy Spirit? Was that just for one time, or are we missing something? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he shows us the way back to the Holy Spirit and His presence in his message, The Cost of Revival.
In the Church today, many people look the part. They look like they’re saved, seem saved, have all the right things to say. The outward looks good, but what about the inward? What about their heart? Is their heart seeking God? Is it just a fleeting thing, or are they digging roots into the ground so that they might not be moved? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens eyes to the necessity of roots in his message, Roots Below And Shoots Above.
According to Paul, we have been given the ministry of reconciliation from God. We’ve been given the ministry of reconciliation, but do we actually fully understand what that means? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he reminds us of the ultimate mission of Christ and His Bride in his message, The Ministry of Reconciliation.
The love of God is often separated to Jesus and Jesus alone, while painting the Father as cold, distant, and judgmental. The God of the Old Testament is often painted as an evil God who has no mercy nor love within Him, but is that true? Is the God of the Old Testament and the God of the Old Testament two different personalities? One evil and condemning, while the other kind and loving? What of the Father? Is God the Father loving? Is He forgiving? Is He merciful? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he sheds light on the eternal love of God in his message, Our Heavenly Father Is Good.
The Scriptures say that the World rejects Jesus, the Light, because they love darkness. Darkness is running rampant through our societies, homes, schools, and even our churches. Jesus said to work while it is day because darkness is coming when no one can work. Darkness is a significant enemy of the Church. Jesus said that we are the light of the world. So, what are we to do next? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he shines some light on this present darkness infiltrating the Church in his message, Darker The Night.
Jesus told a large group that if they wanted to inherit the Kingdom of God, they would have to eat His flesh and drink His blood. This teaching was so difficult for them to accept that many of His own followers abandoned Him. So, what did Jesus mean when He told them they had to eat His flesh and drink His blood? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the symbolism and the importance of Communion in his message, The Bread of Life.
Every year many Christians dress up and go out trick’or’treating. Many churches even host a Trunk’or’Treat where they get their entire church involved in this event. All in the name of fun and discipleship. But if you have to be the world to the world in order to attract the world, are you still discipling? Winning souls? Spreading the Gospel? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the darkness we welcome in this time of year in his message, Even The Appearance of Evil.
With each generation the world seemingly gets darker and darker. Running farther and farther away from God as fast as humanly possible. Yet if we pause and look around, we’ll notice that our generations are doing nothing new, we’ve just reclaimed the old and put our own spin on it. What does that mean? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the Truth of King Solomon’s statement, “There is nothing new under the sun,” in his message, The New Indulgences.
In a time that feels quite hopeless and unreal, what should Christians do? What is our next move? Sometimes, we have to pause for a moment and wait upon the LORD. We have to renew our strength. We have to prepare. And most importantly we have to seek the LORD for guidance and then listen for an answer. Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he opens our eyes to the importance of patience, faith, and trust in his message, Waiting For The LORD.
When we think of the Beatitudes, we often think about the meek, the peacemakers, and the poor in spirit. Rarely do we think about the persecuted. See, when we begin to acknowledge the expected persecution of the Church, it becomes uncomfortable for many, so we like to pretend persecution isn’t for us, but for someone else. But what does the Bible say? What did Jesus say? Join Reverend Kenny Yates as he goes through the last of the Beatitudes in his sobering message, Heaven’s Values, Earth’s Calling Pt. 8: Blessed Are The Persecuted.
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3 For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you. 4 Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life. 5 Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I will gather you. 6 I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Do not withhold; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth, 7 everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.
Isaiah 43:3-7
35 Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for light by day and the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—the Lord of hosts is His name: 36 “If this fixed order departs from before me, declares the Lord, then shall the offspring of Israel cease from being a nation before me forever.”
37 Thus says the Lord: “If the heavens above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth below can be explored, then I will cast off all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done, declares the Lord.”
Jeremiah 31:35-37
