Dave Jones

The way God changes things is He speak (Genesis 1). Authority is voice activated. In Mark 11 Jesus invited us into changing things through speaking to the mountain. There are mountains (obstacles) that every person faces that must be addressed. They are not addressed by praying about them (even with fasting). They must be addressed by words directed at them. This is a message about walking in the authority that God has given us in Jesus Christ. 

One of the truths that God wants us to renew our minds with is the Presence and Reality of God. God said to Jeremiah, "Do not I fill heaven and earth?". God is omnipresent and able to be everywhere at once. As a believer, you are always in His presence. This message is about how to cultivate that reality in our lives. 

God wants to be the influencing force of our thoughts. God's thoughts and ways are found in His Word (Isaiah 55:8-11). The more God's Word fills our mind, the more the Leaven of the Kingdom is affecting our thoughts and thought processes. 

Jesus spoke about 3 different influences on the mind (the leaven of Herod, the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of the kingdom). One is an atheistic influence, one is a religious influence and the other one is a kingdom influence. Just as leaven permeates the whole loaf, so these influences permeate our thinking. This is a message on understanding these influences so that one can cultivate a kingdom mentality.  

Various people from the Grace congregation sharing a SOAP (scripture, observation, application, prayer) from their personal devotions. 

This message is about the Presence of God and how important His Presence is in our lives. Moses valued the Presence of God so much that he was unwilling to take Israel into the promised land unless God's Presence went with them. 

Worship is so much more than singing songs to God. It comes from a surrendered heat that has a desire to OBEY God. However, the power of SONG is something the Bible says a lot about. We are encouraged to come before His Presence with singing. This message explores 3 kinds of songs the Bible talks about (Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs). 

One of the greatest things that we can do is worship the Living God. But worship is more than singing songs. Obedience is a form of worship to God. Jesus said that we must worship the Father in SPIRIT and in TRUTH.