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Needful Lessons for Life’s Ups & Downs

June 16, 2025December 4, 2022 James 5:13-18

We must revitalize our engagement in prayer, knowing we have access through Christ to bring our requests to a holy and omnipotent Creator.

Seeing God’s Gifts as We Should

June 16, 2025November 20, 2022 1 Timothy 5:1-5

God is the source of all good things, which are designed for and gifted to his people to be gratefully received, enjoyed, and fully appreciated.

Dealing with Demons

June 16, 2025October 9, 2022 Acts 16:16-18

We must be mindful of the spiritual opposition we face when we attempt to serve Christ so that we might aggressively pray and dependently trust in the Lord to curtail our adversaries.

Questions & Answers 2022-Part 1

June 19, 2025July 16, 2022 Various

Pastor Mike answers questions about God, the Bible, and Christianity. Questions in this session: Would Job be one of the first people to be a Christian? What is blasphemy of the Holy Spirit and is that an unforgivable sin? Please explain John 14:28 where Jesus says the Father is greater than I. Is there any …

Victories & Vindication

June 16, 2025November 14, 2021 Acts 12:6-19

Our prayer lives ought to be an exercise in bolstering our confidence in God’s plan, power and purposes amid this seeming chaotic world.

Suffering & Solidarity

June 16, 2025November 7, 2021 Acts 12:1-5

We must never forget that the church is destined for violent opposition from earthly authorities, but we can gain the necessary strength and patient endurance through a fervent prayer life.

Privileged Access

June 16, 2025October 28, 2021 by Mike Fabarez

The priests of the Old Testament held a special and privileged position among their contemporaries. They lived as those who were granted an exceptional depth of access to God’s presence and God’s blessings. As such, they were held to a higher standard as compared…

Prayer and Peace

June 16, 2025September 16, 2021 by Mike Fabarez

Prayer and peace – they go hand in hand. If we want to retain the peace that “transcends all understanding” then we need to pray. God’s instructions are profoundly simple: if we want to be anxious for nothing, we must…

Being Thankful

June 16, 2025July 22, 2021 by Mike Fabarez

Being thankful to God is the essence of worship. To be specific and thoughtful about our gratitude is not only well-received by the Godhead, it is expected (Lk.17:17). We owe him nothing less than to catalog our blessings and prompt our own hearts to…

Saul: A New Purpose

June 16, 2025June 27, 2021 Acts 9:10-16

We must never let fear or pain distract us from boldly following God’s revealed will for our lives, knowing that the Lord’s fruitful plan for our lives is always best.

Time for Prayer

June 16, 2025March 18, 2021 by Mike Fabarez

Few would disagree that life is busy and cluttered with activity. Even so, it is imperative that we follow the pattern set for us by Christ, regularly shutting out everything to quietly spend time in communion and fellowship with God. This was the habit…

Persistent Prayer

June 16, 2025February 25, 2021 by Mike Fabarez

Most Christians are quickly stirred to guilt whenever the topic of prayer is raised. We all know we need to pray more often. And so we should. But as we increase our time in prayer, let us also remember to apply the words of Christ when he told us that we…

And Our Champions

June 16, 2025January 10, 2021 Acts 6:8-15

A godly fear of the Lord will prompt us to sincerely love and highly esteem his fruitful servants who courageously set an example of fighting for truth.

Pain and Thanksgiving

June 16, 2025September 24, 2020 by Mike Fabarez

Pain hurts, and few of us would choose it if we had a choice. But often God chooses it for us, so we can experience his strong deliverance and learn to praise him more perfectly. Consider Psalm 102 (a psalm with a preface that reads “the prayer of an afflicted man”) where we…

Three Kinds of Prayer

June 16, 2025March 19, 2020 by Mike Fabarez

There are three primary settings for biblical prayer which should have priority in our lives. The first is a focused type of scheduled prayer (Mt.6:6). This is the kind where, like Daniel’s three times a day or Jesus’ predawn appointments, we plan

A Remedy for Fear & Anxiety

May 19, 2020March 17, 2020 by Mike Fabarez

The coronavirus pandemic has shut down countries, restricted people from gathering in large groups and incited panic and fear around the world. Sports, concerts, restaurants, theaters and even churches have either ceased or restricted their operations. As Christians we are challenged to act differently than the world. But how do we practically do that. Watch as Pastor Mike Fabarez offers some biblical wisdom for dealing with a crisis.

Praying for Courage

June 16, 2025March 8, 2020 Acts 4:23-31

We must draw together with other Christians to find strength as we ask our sovereign God to grant us courage and boldness in our evangelism.

Does Prayer Change God’s Mind?

March 3, 2020March 1, 2020 by Mike Fabarez

The Bible tells us that God is sovereign and that nothing happens unless he decrees it (Lam. 3:37; Prov. 16:33; Amos 3:6), and yet we are told to pray (1 Thess.5:17; Lk. 18:1). How do we reconcile these two seemingly incongruous concepts? Pastor Mike takes a biblical look at prayer and does it change God’s mind?

Prayer & Evangelism

June 16, 2025November 7, 2019 by Mike Fabarez

Prayer and evangelism go hand in hand. Many of us hope that our lives will be used by God to lead people to the place of repentance and faith in Christ. But if we learn anything from the example of the evangelists in the New Testament, we learn that this is not likely to ever happen unless

Humble Prayer

June 16, 2025October 3, 2019 by Mike Fabarez

The Bible tells us that the prayer of Solomon “pleased the Lord” (1 Kings 3:10). It’s a simple phrase that we can read without giving it a second thought. But we ought to. Consider what a big statement that is. The content of Solomon’s prayer evoked pleasure in God’s heart. To imagine that something we ask for can have an impact on the way the Almighty God feels is a remarkable

Praying for Progress

June 16, 2025September 15, 2019 Acts 1:12-14

Prayer must be a foundational practice when we consider our required participation in the great commission, knowing that successful evangelism is the Holy’s Spirit’s work from beginning to end.

Mindful of God

June 16, 2025August 29, 2019 by Mike Fabarez

The Christian life is a life that is lived mindful of God. The crux and catalyst for sin is frequently described in the Bible as thoughtlessness or forgetfulness of God (Judges 8:34; 1 Samuel 12:9; Jeremiah 2:32; et al.). Godly living, on the other hand, is prompted and motivated by a chronic remembrance of the presence of God (Deuteronomy 8:18; Proverbs 5:21; Hebrews 4:13; 1 Peter 2:19; et al.). For us as Christians