Sep 17, 2017
2017-09-17 What Is the Spirit Saying to the African Church
In 2015, YouVersion discovered that (Jeremiah 29:11) is the most popular Bible-verse being downloaded and shared in Nigeria and South Africa - making this verse of scripture, the message that the Spirit is speaking to the African Church.
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- Sep 17, 20172017-09-17 What Is the Spirit Saying to the African Church
Sep 17, 20172017-09-17 What Is the Spirit Saying to the African ChurchIn 2015, YouVersion discovered that (Jeremiah 29:11) is the most popular Bible-verse being downloaded and shared in Nigeria and South Africa - making this verse of scripture, the message that the Spirit is speaking to the African Church.
- Sep 10, 20172017-09-10 What Is the Spirit Saying to the South American Church
Sep 10, 20172017-09-10 What Is the Spirit Saying to the South American ChurchIn 2015, YouVersion tracked the most popular Bible-verses being downloaded and shared by it's users around the world. They discovered that there are six Bible-verses being shared by Christians in six mega-regions around the world. In this message, Pastor Matt takes a look at (Joshua 1:9), the verse that is what the Spirit is saying to the South American Church.
- Aug 27, 20172017-08-27 Joseph & Mary A Good Marriage is a Healthy Marriage
Aug 27, 20172017-08-27 Joseph & Mary A Good Marriage is a Healthy MarriageLike our bodies; our marriages sometimes become unhealthy through malfunctions, infections, and injuries - but God has a plan to help us reclaim, regain, and maintain the health of our marriages. In this final message of this series, Pastor Matt takes a look at the marriage of Joseph & Mary as a model for a healthy marriage.
- Aug 20, 20172017-08-20 Hosea & Gomer Hope for a Damaged Marriage
Aug 20, 20172017-08-20 Hosea & Gomer Hope for a Damaged MarriageThe greatest challenge to any marriage is the past of the couple. Sometimes, the sins of the past return in some way to damage the present marriage. However, there is HOPE! Hosea & Gomer had a marriage damaged by adultery, but by demonstrating the love and forgiveness of God, Hosea was able to reclaim his estranged wife Gomer, and they saw their marriage restored.
- Aug 13, 20172017-08-13 Ananias & Sapphira The Un-Christian Christian Marriage
Aug 13, 20172017-08-13 Ananias & Sapphira The Un-Christian Christian MarriageBeing a Christian and being married to a Christian doesn't guarantee a good marriage. Christian marriages can become "un-Christian" when particular patterns of behavior are allowed to enter that marriage and persist in that marriage. However, there is a way out through turning in faith to Jesus and though that faith taking the steps needed to bring God's healing and blessing into your marriage.
- Aug 6, 20172017-08-06 Ahab & Jezebel The Bizarro Marriage
Aug 6, 20172017-08-06 Ahab & Jezebel The Bizarro MarriageIn the cartoons and comics, Bizarro Superman was the opposite of the real Superman. A Bizarro Marriage is a marriage where (in any area) the priorities, morals, convictions, and actions of the couple are the inverse of what God says they should be in His Word. In this message, Pastor Matt takes a look at an extremely Bizarro marriage in the Bible - and discovers how we can discern "bizarro spirituality" in our own marriages.
- Jul 30, 20172017-07-30 David & Michal A Good Marriage Gone Bad
Jul 30, 20172017-07-30 David & Michal A Good Marriage Gone BadKing David was "a man after God's own heart," and his wife Michal loved him deeply. We tend to think as Christians that as long as a marriage has love and godliness it will be a guaranteed success. However, the marriage of David and Michal began well but ended badly. Every marriage runs this risk, however, there are steps that can be taken to prevent this from happening.
- Jul 23, 20172017-07-23 Elkanah & Hannah A Good Marriage Made Glorious
Jul 23, 20172017-07-23 Elkanah & Hannah A Good Marriage Made GloriousIn this message, we see what ingredients are necessary for making an already good marriage into a glorious marriage - meaning, a marriage that brings glory to God. With this message comes a strong word of teaching and healing for marriages that have been wounded by anxiety and a malformed perception of personal self-worth. God created marriage - God knows how to heal marriages!
- Jul 9, 20172017-07-09 Nabal & Abigail The Mismatched Marriage
Jul 9, 20172017-07-09 Nabal & Abigail The Mismatched MarriageIn this message, one of the Bible's "ugly marriages" is examined. You will see that it is a marriage where the surface looked perfect, but at home there was intense selfishness, attitude problems, and even abuse. However, as terrible as these things are the main problem with the marriage of Nabal and Abigail was that they were mismatched from the very beginning of their marriage - as she was a believer in God and her husband Nabal wasn't.
- Jul 2, 20172017-07-02 Isaac & Rebekah The Flaw of Double-Vision
Jul 2, 20172017-07-02 Isaac & Rebekah The Flaw of Double-VisionContinuing this series, Pastor Matt takes a look at a "Bad" marriage of the Bible - the marriage of Isaac and Rebekah. Some marriages, even some Christian marriages start so well with the blessing of God, but gradually tear themselves apart because the husband and wife each pursue a different vision of what they want their family, their lives to look like. This is the Flaw of Double-Vision. In this message, we learn what to look for so we can learn what to avoid.
- Jun 25, 20172017-06-25 Aquila & Priscilla A Good Marriage Made Great
Jun 25, 20172017-06-25 Aquila & Priscilla A Good Marriage Made GreatToo often, we settle for "good enough," especially in our marriages. In this first message of this series, Pastor Matt takes a look at a good marriage in the Bible that became a great marriage - the marriage of Aquila & Priscilla - and through them, we learn how to develop all of our marriages into great marriages!
- Jun 18, 20172017-06-18 This Man Jesus
Jun 18, 20172017-06-18 This Man JesusIt's Father's Day, but at Vineyard Assembly of God we not only celebrate fatherhood, we celebrate manhood as well! In this message, Pastor Matt takes a look at the qualities Jesus displayed as a boy that demonstrated he was already a "Man of God." Also, bear in mind that since Jesus is our great example, these qualities are also key in making a woman a "Woman of God" as well.
- Jun 11, 20172017-06-11 Today’s Gifts for Today’s Ministry
Jun 11, 20172017-06-11 Today’s Gifts for Today’s MinistrySeries: The Holy Spirit...And YOU!Have you ever gone to a store to purchase an advertised item only to find that that item has been discontinued? The 9 Gifts of the Holy Spirit listed in 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 haven't been discontinued, but are still valid and available to Christians today to enrich our ministry, not to enhance our egos.
- Jun 4, 20172017-06-04 Hard Times and the Holy Spirit
Jun 4, 20172017-06-04 Hard Times and the Holy SpiritSeries: The Holy Spirit...And YOU!Brother Heroyto (Junior) Martins - with Sister Ann Barros translating - shares a powerful message from (Matthew 4:1-11) about relying upon being full of the Holy Spirit to overcome the temptations of the Devil that come during the difficult times we all experience in the "deserts" of our lives. As Brother Martins says, "You only win over the desert, in those fights, if you're full of the Holy Spirit."
- May 28, 20172017-05-28 The Breeze & The Blaze
May 28, 20172017-05-28 The Breeze & The BlazeSeries: The Holy Spirit...And YOU!On the Day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the Early Church, God chose to manifest the presence of the Holy Spirit through two, unique symbols that were never repeated again - the sound of a strong wind and tongues of fire. Together, these two symbols teach us some key insights about what we're to expect when the Holy Spirit moves in a church and in a community.