Devoted to Christ

Fil-Am Worship Center Podcast

Narration: Michael Serna
Intro and Ending Music: Leony Pearl Cotanda
Word of God: Pastor Lionel Cotanda

Summary:

• Believe Him
• Submit to Him
• Obey Him

Biblical Text from: Romans 8:29
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Read entire scripture here.

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Discipleship A Road Less Taken

Just finished reading this book last night and I want to be able to key in some great points that should stick with us disciples as well as future disciples who wish to walk with Jesus Christ.

John 8:31 Jesus says, “If you abide in My Word, you are MY DISCIPLES indeed.” If you and I want to truly be disciples of Jesus Christ, then we must continue to abide in the Word of God.

President Abraham Lincoln once said of the Bible, “It is the best gift which God has ever given man. All the good from the Savior of the world is communicated to us through this Book. But for that Book we could not know right from wrong. All those things desirable to man are contained in it.” Honest Abe was exactly right.

The book later explains the Function of Spiritual Gifts upon being a disciple of Jesus Christ.

1st we see that God has given the gifts of the Spirit for the perfecting, or the maturing, the saints.
2nd God has given the gifts of the Spirit so we will be equipped to do all God has called us to do in the church.
3rd God has given the gifts of the Spirit to bring unity in the church.
4th God has given the gifts of the Spirit for the growth of Christians spiritually and for the growth of the church numerically.

The FULL concept of discipleship is to share our faith, lead people to Christ, and then help them mature.

Tonight, I’m reading scripture and a book that I refuse to let it collect dust, Discipleship.

James 1:6-7 NLT
6 But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. 7 Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.

When we pray confidentially, we usually believe and need to know know that God is for it. God knows your prayer can be answered if and only IF it’s according to His will. So don’t be afraid to ask if we know it’s under God’s will. And as you discover the will of God’s will as a disciple, we can pray more confidentially claiming the victory and hope of our needs will be done.

Prayer should come from the heart. He is not interested in how perfectly our prayers sound, or whether they rhyme, or how long they are. He is concerned with how “Genuine” they are.

If you are thinking about praying in any part of the day, do it! I pray every morning before I head out into the world. But if I feel the likeliness to pray aside from the morning, I’ll go for it. Don’t wait later in the day, or tell yourself that God knows what my prayers are anyway. It’s the fact that you want to commune with God at that moment that matters. God appreciates you talking to Him daily in your good times and in your bad times. You can pray sitting down, laying down, or upside down. You can also pray and commune with God while you’re driving. But remember to keep your eyes open on the road! = )

So what is God’s will? You can find it in many places in the bible actually. The basic information of God’s will wants in us is found through scripture, praying, and fasting. Let’s start off with Romans 12 from the New King James Version of the bible.

1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

So go ahead and use your mind and body to pray and service to God. Meet Him halfway and find out what’s in store for you.

Another video I’ve captured and edited of Sarah Joy rending a beautiful song, El Shaddai. What is Shaddai? In Exodus 6:3, El Shaddai is identified with Yahweh. Which then means the Hebrew name of God.

If your wealth increases, don’t make it the center of your joy. Psalm 62:10 NLT

In the demanding world in which we live, financial prosperity can be a good thing, but spiritual prosperity is profoundly more important. Yet, our society leads us to believe otherwise. The world glorifies material possessions, personal fame, and physical beauty above all else; these things, of course, are totally unimportant to God. God sees the human heart, and that’s what is important to Him.

As you establish your priorities for the coming day, remember this: The world will do everything it can to convince you that “things” are important. The world will temp you to value fortune above faith and possessions above peace. God, on the other hand, will try to convince you that your relationship with Him is all-important. Trust God.

This is a testimony of my good buddy Jeff Canlas exhorting on the importance of children and how parents can get involved in their kids’s salvation. –> Proverbs 22:6

Here’s a movie I made along with a good friend, Justin Cruz on compiling photos and videos on men rebuilding a church with their bare hands! I’ve entitled it, “A New Beginning.”

Commit Your way to the Lord, Trust Also In Him.