Hello, my friends, I hope you have all been well.  Let me start by saying that if any of you listen to this (or any of my teachings) and you ever want to talk about it, please know that I’m here for you and I would love to hear from you.  Also, if this blesses you or encourages you, please share it, leave a comment or review, like, subscribe, follow, etc. I know that it has been a while since my last message and I’m sorry about that.   I hope you are all having a nice summer.   We have had a lot going on at our house, but I’m going to start getting back into the messages on a more regular basis.   Another thing I wanted to mention to you is that some friends and I have started a new Christian fellowship in Tampa.   We are calling it Equipped and Empowered and we have had three meetings so far and it’s going really well.   We are focusing on the Holy Spirit, the Spiritual Gifts, praying for each other, and some of the deeper aspects of Christianity ...

In this message we are going to discuss spiritual power generally.  What is spiritual power?  How do we obtain spiritual power?  How do we start using spiritual power?  So on and so forth. Let’s first note spiritual power in Jesus’ life, for He is, of course, the author and finisher of our faith. (Luke 3:21-22 NKJV) When all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened. And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, "You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased." (Luke 4:1-2 NKJV) Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being tempted for forty days by the devil. And in those days He ate nothing, and afterward, when they had ended, He was hungry. (Luke 4:14 NKJV) Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out thro...

             Hello, my friends, I hope you have all been well.   Let me start by saying that if any of you read this or listen to this (or any of my teachings) and you ever want to talk about it, please know that I’m here for you and I would love to hear from you.   Also, if this blesses you or encourages you, please share it, leave a comment or review, subscribe, follow, etc. This May I will reach 22 years in focusing on God’s will for my life.   Let me be the first to say that I should be farther along, I should have done more, and I should have borne a lot more fruit.   I feel pretty bad about that, but the only thing I can do is press on and try to do better.   When I first turned my life to the Lord, in May of 2004, I was attending Dr. Creflo Dollar’s church in Atlanta.   It’s a great church and above all they emphasized studying God’s Word to live God’s way.   Hopefully you have seen that concept emanating fro...