Have you ever had quiet time with God in the morning but when your head hit the pillow that night you realized you hadn't stopped to think about Him since In this program guest teacher Ryan Ingram will unpack a vital principle for us to commit to so we can avoid that happening again Join us as we discover what it means to abide in Jesus The True Vine from John chapter Main PointsThree reminders from John Jesus is the true vine - John aGod is the Father Gardener - John bYour part is to abide - John aBroadcast ResourceDownload [... more]

Have you ever tried to have quiet time with God when suddenly your mind is flooded with everything you have to do that day In this program guest teacher Ryan Ingram lead pastor at Awakening Church in San Jose California reveals you're not alone As he continues his series When We Pray he talks about the vital habit of stillness and why we need to practice it daily amid this distracted world [... more]

Do your prayers feel stale ineffective or even a bit passionless Is your quiet time with God filled with constant distractions and random thoughts In this message guest teacher Ryan Ingram lead pastor at Awakening Church in San Jose California reveals you're not alone As he continues his series When We Pray he'll teach us from Psalm how to 'be still' before God and share some tips to reignite the power of our prayers [... more]

Yes Genesis is a Bible Feast - Binding his foal unto the vine and his ass's colt unto the choice vine he washed his garments in wine and his clothes in the blood of grapes Journey with me on this feast from Genesis to Judges to Zech and Matthew - Robby's Breakfast Feast Recipe Ingredients Servings Oat meal serving firm Tofu Orange grated peel and all Apple peel and all large strawberries cut up raspberries cut up blueberries Blackberries cut up cup half and half While cooking the old fashioned oat meal cut up and grate the fruit Then mash [... more]

Under the night sky in the spring of surfers rode bioluminescent waves along the coast of San Diego These lightshows were caused by microscopic organisms called phytoplankton a name derived from a Greek word meaning ldquo wanderer rdquo or ldquo drifter rdquo During the day the living organisms create red tides and capture sunlight that converts into chemical energy When disturbed in the darkness they produce an electric blue light Believers in Jesus are citizens of heaven who much like the red-tide algae live like wanderers or drifters on earth When difficult circumstances disturb our well-laid plans the Holy Spirit [... more]

If we can learn the way Jesus was praying for such a long time it would help us learn to spend time with God as well [... more]

Get insight on the value of spending alone time with God [... more]

Early in his fifty-year ministry in Cambridge England Charles Simeon ndash met a neighboring pastor Henry Venn and his daughters After the visit the daughters remarked how harsh and self-assertive the young man seemed In response Venn asked his daughters to pick a peach from the trees When they wondered why their father would want the unripe fruit he responded ldquo Well my dears it is green now and we must wait but a little more sun and a few more showers and the peach will be ripe and sweet So it is with Mr Simeon rdquo Over the years [... more]