Holly Springs Bible Fellowship Podcasts

 Exodus 5-7 - God is God and He knows what He is doing.  Difficult and trying times will come as a result of life.  We have to focus on who God is and what He has promised.  It is our responsibility to be discerning as God seeks to work and use our lives for His glory.  Let Him use you this week. 

Exodus 4b,5a  We are reminded that God wants complete obedience.  He wants us to journey through life together, especially during difficult times.  During difficult times it is important to keep our focus on the character and power of God.  The God who saved you is the same God who will sustain and help you.  

Exodus 3,4 - God is at work around you and He is working on your Life Story.  God will use you, but you must be willing and obedient to Him.  He has a mission field and a place for you in the world you live.  Allow Him to use you this week and trust Him to give you the words and strength to be used. 

Exodus 2 - You must learn to do the right things, in the right way, at the right time in order to please God.  Choosing "your way" often ends in difficulty.  God uses difficulty and "desert times" to teach us valuable lessons for life.  In hardship, we learn to value humility, obscurity and turn our focus back to God.  While no one enjoys the "desert time" they are essential to a life that God uses and honors.   

Hebrews 11 - Jochebed demonstrated a love and commitment to God which is a great example for each of us.  Moses demonstrated the importance of choosing to honor God through faith regardless of the consequences.  Faith and trust are 2 sides of the same coin.  Real faith focuses on God and not our circumstances or situations.  It places confidence in a God who loves and cares for His children.  May we each be people of faith this year as we daily place our trust in God. 

John 21 - We are reminded that failing and failure are two very different things.  God is more concerned with our character than our careers.  He desires for each of us to be faithful and continue to serve Him regardless of the circumstances that surround our life.  

John 1:9-14 - John wants everyone to know that Jesus was God in the flesh.  He demonstrated what life would be like if God walked among us.  He gave His life so that we could believe.  If we genuinely believe, He makes us His children and gives us the ability to act like Christ in a dark world.  We can also be people of grace, truth, and love in a world that desperately needs all three. 

Luke 2/19  - Luke reminds us that Jesus is the perfect man.  He focuses on the human side of Jesus as God.  He reminds us that Jesus is deserving of our worship and that we need to share Christ with those around us.  Just as Jesus seeks the lost, we must open our eyes to the needs of lost people around us as well.  Share the story of Jesus with someone this week.  

Mark 10- Jesus came to serve and sacrifice.  His life was not one of ease or comfort, it was a life dedicated to the will of the father.  May each of you be challenged to served and sacrifice for someone else this Christmas season.  Just as Jesus demonstrated in His life, It is not about you or me.  Real living is a life dedicated in sacrifice and service to others.   

Matthew 2 - May each of you trust Jesus as your King.  May each of you possess a personal relationship with Jesus as King.  May you learn to trust His power and His right to rule in your life.  May you serve him with humility and joy in whatever your King asks of you this week. May you love your King with all your heart until you meet Him face to face in the world to come. 

John 15 - Jesus is the vine and we are branches.  Apart from Him, we can do nothing.  Make sure you have a relationship with Christ and then abide close to Him as you grow in fellowship.  Growth requires pruning and God works in our life motivated by His love for us.  He then challenges us to act in love towards others as well.  What will love require of you this week as you seek to serve God? 

John 14 - The disciples had a plan, but it was not the same plan as God.  Jesus had to leave, but He wanted them to understand they would meet again.  They would have to follow Jesus as the only way, the only truth, and the only way to live life.  Believing in the person of Jesus guaranteed them a way to live here and in the world to come.  

John 11 - The resurrection is not just about the future.  The resurrection provides hope, encouragement, and strength for the present.  It is not a force or a concept.  The resurrection is based on a real present relationship with the person of Jesus Christ who will never leave us.  It provides hope to hopeless situations and perspective to this temporary thing we call life on this earth.   

John 10 - Jesus is the good shepherd.  Everyone knew what it meant to have a shepherd that watched out and cared for the sheep.  Make sure that Jesus is your shepherd and follow Him with all your heart.  Never allow Satan to get you to question His love or care for you.    

John 10 - Jesus is the door to a new way of living life.  He gives you the ability to have an abundant purpose-filled life here on this earth.  He gives you the promise of a life with Him in the world to come.  You cannot possess this life without Jesus as your Lord and Savior.  He is the only door to this kind of life.

John 8 - Jesus is the Light of the World and He gives us the responsibility to be His light in this dark world.  We need to be dependent on Him to allow us to act in ways that reflect Him.  Reflect Christ in all you do this week and be a light so that people can see your Christ.   

John 6 - Bread of life.  Christ who was born in Bethlehem (House of Bread) presents Himself as the Bread of Life.  A bread that is offered to all who will accept it.  A Bread that is eternal and that meets the spiritual need for man.  If we believe and trust, we can possess the bread that always satisfies.  

 Exodus 3:14 - God is the great I AM.  He will do what He needs and wants to do.  He will be who He wants to be.  It is our job to trust, follow and allow Him to be God in our lives.  Only then can God be our I AM as well. 

Galatians 5:22 - You will be controlled this week - by God's spirit or the world's.  Self control is deciding you will choose God's ways over your own.  It is the power to allow God to be in control.  Self control is mandatory for Christian growth.  May we each lead a spirit filled life this week.  

Ephesians 4:2,3 = Meekness is that way of life that sees strength in restraint.  It is reflective of God's people.  Meekness demonstrates a focus on others before self.