"description":"The Bible says, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Examine yourselves.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d That doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean that I should examine somebody else. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a bad, bad sign when I examine everybody else\u00e2\u20ac\u201dshows that I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seen myself, I have lost sight of my own great need. You know, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the mark of true Christian. He examines himself in the presence of God and he judges no man. Jesus was like that. But it would be good, and it is good, and it must be good for us to examine ourselves, or to let God examine us. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith, whether Christ be in you.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been sitting here praying for this one thing: that God might help in these days for us to see our great need. What is our need? Well, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re a perishing lot\u00e2\u20ac\u201dperishing. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Woe is me. I am undone. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m in a poisonous atmosphere. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Who shall deliver me from the body of this death?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no deliverance except the thing that our brother spoke of: to be made new, absolutely new. As long as we try to fix up the old, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll only make an awful job out of it. But, oh, if Jesus Christ has His way, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll go His way\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwe will go His way. And His way is just one way: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Learn of Me. I am meek and lowly in heart.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Oh, is that my desire?",
"scripture":"Philippians 1:19, John 1:14-16, 2 Timothy 2:1",
"topic":"Holy Spirit",
"description":"Knowing the fullness of the Spirit of Jesus comes by an active emptying and pouring out to others. Dana Congdon shows how the self-sacrificing giving away in the life of the apostle Paul is the way we can know grace upon grace. When Christ becomes central to our thinking, we can have full confidence in the sovereign supply of Jesus Christ! (This message was delivered at Harvey-Cedars Conference 2006).",
"description":"Dana Congdon expands upon the theme of spiritual fullness as it expresses itself in the assembly of believers. \"If workers are not united together,\" he warns, \"they can't be coordinated by the Spirit.\" This is an exhortation to see our brothers and sisters in the same preciousness that the Lord Jesus values them and to act accordingly, not settling for taking people for granted but humbling and emptying ourselves.",
"description":"This is the third of five sermons on worshipping God by AW Tozer. Mr Tozer teaches on the need for the church to worship the Lord Jesus for what he is; not just a meek Jesus but the powerful Jesus of the Bible. Most of this sermon is unquoted scripture and is on the Glory of God.",
"scripture":"Psalm 127:1-2, 3 John 9, Philippians 2:21",
"topic":"Audio Books",
"description":"We can take heed to the admonition given by the Psalmist: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d85 If we attempt to start a Church gathering without the calling of the Lord, the entire endeavor can be in vain. If the Church model is not built solely upon the Word of God then we can end up building our own church86 and not the Lord\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s. To have a desire to escape a religious atmosphere in order to have a less formal meeting where people are free to \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcjust be themselves\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwithout reverence for God or submission to authority\u00e2\u20ac\u201dis not the Church.",
"description":"The Lord is crystal clear in the priority and importance He puts on our love one for another. This is not an option but a reality that will manifest when true believers are together.447 If love is lacking there should be a sense of alarm that something is wrong in the body life.448 The law of love says: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d449 Our Lord not only commanded the early disciples to love one another but said that it would be a fruit that would show the world that God has assembled a Church on the earth. Every believer should consider reading through 1 Corinthians chapter 13 on a regular basis to keep the right priority in Christian discipleship.",
"description":"nilA witness of the North Korean army who later became a Christian reported the following: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The team had been sent to widen a highway. When they demolished a vacated house they found a Bible and a small notebook with 25 names, one identified as pastor, two as assistant pastors, two as elders, and 20 other names, apparently participants in a Christian group. The Military Police Unit investigated and picked up the 25 persons without formal arrest. The 25 were brought to the road construction site. Four rows of spectators were assembled.",
"scripture":"Philippians 1:29, Philippians 2:17-18, Luke 12:22",
"topic":"Audio Books",
"description":"Witnessing in North Korea is generally very secretive. Christians in North Korea do not pursue the open sharing of the Gospel as it leads to immediate incarceration, beatings, torture and possible martyrdom. There are two added factors that cause Christians to act in secrecy. They do not mind to lose their own lives but if they are discovered in their faith they will give a death sentence to three generations of their families\u00e2\u20ac\u201dtheir fathers and mothers, their grandparents, their uncles and aunts and their children.",
"description":"Brother Edgar shares on the great need to have a mind like the Lord Jesus Christ's. He shares from personal experiences and from scripture how we should think and behave as a redeemed Christian. This is a powerful message that will lead you more into the conformity of Jesus Christ.",
"description":"This is an alternate higher quality version of this testimony given at the Queensway Baptist Church in Toronto, Canada. Brother Edgar shares on the great need to have a mind like the Lord Jesus Christ's. He shares from personal experiences and from scripture how we should think and behave as a redeemed Christian. This is a powerful message that will lead you more into the conformity of Jesus Christ.",
"description":"Brother Edgar shares on the great need to have a mind like the Lord Jesus Christ's. He shares from personal experiences and from scripture how we should think and behave as a redeemed Christian. This is a powerful message that will lead you more into the conformity of Jesus Christ.",
"description":"\"We can talk a big talk,\" David Smithers exhorts, \"but unless we can love one another we're not going to go deeper.\" The end of all Christian growth is love, and we're to abound in it. Smithers addresses many hard hitting issues of lovelessness and a lack of God's grace that hinder Christlikeness in our lives. How does our love measure up to Jesus Christ?",
"description":"Anxiety is reacting to something in life with fear because you feel out of control. Dr. Stanley cites Philippians 4:6-7 to show that anxiety is unnecessary if you put your trust in God in times of trouble and cry out for His help. By focusing on God, Dr. Stanley says, troubles just seem to disintegrate and there is an awesome sense of peace when you trust God to be in control of the situation.",
"description":"Sometimes people seek the Lord, and they make all the plans, and they have all the ideas. When I was a beginner in the ministry, before I came to Brooklyn, I used to try to get a week now, or two weeks then, to wait upon the Lord. And one time, I found out that a brother-in-law of mine and his family were going away on a vacation, and so I asked him whether I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be in his house for those two weeks. So he allowed me to if I would take care of his chickens. Well, they were all dead by the time he came back two week later. And his little girl said to me, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You died them, didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Well, no. They died by themselves. I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to do anything about it.",
"description":"K.P. gives a challenging message from Philippians 4:19 about God's plan for blessing his children. The conclusion to feeling better is to bless others and take our minds off of ourselves. Open up your life and be a blessing to others. As God directs our hearts we will be surprised how He uses it. Start thinking of how we can bless others. Make a list of names with all the people you have difficulty with and ask yourself, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153is there any good about them?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Allow the Holy Spirit to work in you, and bless them.",
"description":"Miscommunication can take the best-intentioned encouragement and turn it to discouragement. Therefore love must overrule in all attempts to encourage. Verwer warns of the danger of \"making the narrow road narrower than it is!\" Forgetfulness and extremism are to be avoided. The importance of prayer combined with writing letters cannot be underestimated. Visiting people whenever possible is vital to the encouragement process.",
"description":"Out of the 3rd Chapter in Philipians, Wilkerson preaches on false teachers and preachers in society today. This is another classic Wilkerson; sounding the alarm, message for the church. For those that defend the gospel, this is a must hear message.",
"description":"February 11, 2007 - We are invited to come boldly to the Throne of Grace, \"Christ Possessed\", knowing He is Our Father and He is also our King. When God speaks and makes a decree He speaks by His Living Word and He is Bound to His own promises and divine purposes. We cannot go into God's presence without a promise from His Word. When God speaks a word to you don't consult with your flesh and don't allow your feelings of unworthiness to effect your prayers. We are to come boldly with a fixed position, believing the truth and power of His Word. We do not try to persuade God, but rather are fully persuaded with a fixed position to the faithfulness of His Word.",
"scripture":"Romans 12:1-2, 1 John 3:1-2, Philippians 2:5",
"topic":"Christ",
"description":"This teaching shows us that we have the power to keep from being conformed to this world. We can be transformed to be like Christ. He too was tempted as a man but overcame\u2014we have the same power within us through Christ.",
"description":"In this sermon, Wilkerson teaches us on the importance of what comes out of our mouth. Paul writing to the Philippians says that we should let every word that comes out of our mouths be worthy of the gospel of Christ. When one ponders that and then thinks of things that they speak\u2026 we are all going to be convicted of our own words.",
"description":"THE object of the apostle's life-that for which he sacrificed everything: country, kindred, honor, comfort, liberty, and life itself, was, that he might know Christ. Observe that this is not Paul's prayer as an unconverted man, that he may know Christ, and so be saved; for it follows upon the previous supplication that he might win Christ and be found in him. This is the desire of one who has been saved, who enjoys the full conviction that his sins are pardoned, and that he is in Christ. It is only the regenerated and saved man who can feel the desire, \u201cThat I may know him.\u201d Are you astonished that a saved man should have such a desire as this? A moment's reflection will remove your astonishment. Imagine for a moment that you are living in the age of the Roman emperors. You have been captured by Roman soldiers and dragged from your native country; you have been sold for a slave, stripped, whipped, branded, imprisoned, and treated with shameful cruelty. At last yon are appointed to die in the amphitheatre, to make holiday for a tyrant. The populace assemble with delight. There they are, tens of thousands of them, gazing down from the living sides of the capacious Colosseum. You stand alone, and naked, armed only with a single dagger-a poor defense against gigantic beasts. A ponderous door is...",
"description":"God is a God who answers prayer - that is, earnest, believing prayer. How can we learn to pray so that our prayers will be a sure weapon against the forces of evil? This meditation, by Basilea Schlink talks about this power of prayer. Choir: The prayer of those whom God holds dear, Will bring the might of God to bear, Burst open iron portals. To pray with faith gives strength to all. And changes pain and duty's call To flowers in love's garden.",
"description":"God answers prayer - that is, earnest, believing prayer. But what should we do? How can we learn to pray so that our prayers will be a sure weapon against the forces of evil? This meditation talks about this power of prayer.",
"scripture":"Philippians 4:6-7, James 5:16, John 17:20",
"topic":"Fervent Prayer",
"description":"Corrie Ten Boom shares some testimony on putting her burden's and cares on the Lord. Also she shares how she had burdens of impatience that she left with the Lord. \"There is nothing too great for God's power and nothing to small for His love.\" This is a excellent teaching on many aspects of prayer.",
"description":"Paul had a deep experience with Christ because he didn't put value on what everybody else valued. Brother Zac uncovers the spirit of being a servant that deals with God in terms of transactions rather than coming to Him as a loving Father. This spills over into our relationships with others, such as when we think of ourselves as \"senior brother\" or \"senior sister\" and make legalistic demands upon others.",
"description":"When the Holy Spirit convicts us of our sins and we confess and forsake them and are washed by the Blood of Jesus, then we shall experience the true comfort of the Holy Spirit. To those who love God, all things work together for good. We don't know what the future holds, but we know Him who holds the future. When Jesus departed, His disciples were sorrowful. Jesus said to them, 'It is expedient for you that I go, for when I depart, the Comforter will come - the Holy Spirit'. In verse 2 we read, \"Fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind\". God's people can live in this world of sin and in the devil's domain, being 'likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.' It is a foretaste of heaven, when God's people dwell together in such unity. Such a life is completely dedicated to God. That life and Spirit which was in Christ Jesus must also be in you.",
"description":"\"There is a tremendous need in our day for the ministry of intercession.\" We are all called to be the children of light in a dark time. Corrie Ten boom shares on the future tribulation to come upon the world and the glorious ending where Christ will make all things new!",
"description":"God lives and works today! Yes, in this time of trouble and temptation when the world seems to grow less safe every day, God is a mighty refuge and stronghold. That is why it is so important that we make Him our home and let Him make His home with us! However, everyone knows that the main ingredient for a real home is love. This meditation tells us what kind of love this is and why it is so important for us to attain it.",
"description":"This is a lively sermon preached by Tozer on the importance of doing all that we do accompanied by prayer. He contrasts this with what the world accompanies their doings with: ex. money, influence, committees... Tozer is really preaching out of his heart in this sermon, calling the Church back to the simplicity of prayer and trust in God's sufficiency.",
"description":"Perhaps you are mourning the death of someone you love, and the waves of sorrow almost seem to drown you. Does everything seem meaningless? Kanaan is the home of the Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary, an international, interdenominational organization founded in 1947 within the framework of the German Evangelical (Protestant) Church. Website: www.kanaan.org",
"description":"Why is it that not every believer finds God to the same depth? Brother Zac shares how radiant believers are the ones to whom Jesus Christ is everything to them, not a doctrine, not a work. We complain, get discouraged or get depressed because something else is more important to us than Jesus.",
"description":"God lives and works today! That should be the happy experience of your life - not just sometime, some day - no, it can and should be your experience today! Kanaan is the home of the Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary, an international, interdenominational organization founded in 1947 within the framework of the German Evangelical (Protestant) Church. Website: www.kanaan.org",
"description":"How can we look above the storms of life? It's by making much of Jesus! Ralph Sexton preaches the greatness of Jesus and His power, His promises, His preeminence and more. In tune with his numerous witticisms, he exhorts, \"We should be looking for the Upper Taker, not the undertaker.\"",
"description":"Speaking mostly to young people, Paul addresses a variety of issues. He encourages them to be separate from the world, to seek and to know the Lord, and to build their lives on the perceptive will of God as is found in the Word. He then finishes with a convicting message on relationships, courtship and the wisdom of fleeing youthful lusts.",
"description":"Using Philipians 3, Wilkserson preaches on the deeds of the flesh. He covers all aspects of the flesh\u2026 both sin and legalistic ways.",
"description":"Bill preaches on the humility of Jesus Christ, contrasting it with the greatness of God and Christ. \"If God were to walk through the Pacific Ocean, His ankles would not even get wet.\" One of the fruits of genuine revival is that it takes the scales from our eyes to think common thoughts of God and see His greatness and our sinfulness.",
"description":"Paul's unceasing prayer life for the saints demonstrated that he understood the worth and value of a human soul to God. Smithers shows that prayerlessness bars access to people's hearts to further them in the Christian faith. Do you pray for people?",
"description":"This meditation doesn't apply only to the strong and happy! It is meant for those of us who would like to despair in the face of the world situation, or in the face of the dark pathways in our own personal lives. Kanaan is the home of the Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary, an international, interdenominational organization founded in 1947 within the framework of the German Evangelical (Protestant) Church. Website: www.kanaan.org",
"description":"Perhaps we have experienced God\u2019s reality at some time in our lives; but then innumerable other experiences followed so that we simply forgot about what He had done. Kanaan is the home of the Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary, an international, interdenominational organization founded in 1947 within the framework of the German Evangelical (Protestant) Church. Website: www.kanaan.org",
"description":"God lives and works today! But can we really experience His goodness today, in the face of our degenerating society? This meditation gives a helpful word to these questions.",
"description":"God lives and works today! But can we really experience His goodness today, in the face of our degenerating society? Today's meditation, by Basilea Schlink gives a helpful word to these questions.",
"description":"Perhaps you are amazed to see what God does in the lives of other people, but you yourself don't experience His power? Perhaps you even pray, \u201cLord, help me,\u201d but He doesn't seem to listen? What is the matter? Kanaan is the home of the Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary, an international, interdenominational organization founded in 1947 within the framework of the German Evangelical (Protestant) Church. Website: www.kanaan.org",
"description":"One of the greatest miracles that God performs in our lives is that He opens our eyes to recognize our true home, the home where we will dwell for all eternity. Kanaan is the home of the Evangelical Sisterhood of Mary, an international, interdenominational organization founded in 1947 within the framework of the German Evangelical (Protestant) Church. Website: www.kanaan.org",
"description":"\"[Paul's] thankfulness and his perspective about people that he was ministering to,\" David Smithers shares, \"gave him the power to influence and have authority in people's lives.\" He goes on to share how a heart of gratefulness and thankfulness, not griping and complaining, is what consumed the apostle. Do we have those same apostolic priorities in our relating to brothers and sisters in Christ's body?",
"description":"From Philippians 3:10 Sidlow Baxter takes you through ties to the Tabernacle courts and asks if we truly have a knowledge of our Lord. Preached during the Nixon era, touches on Sam Hadley and the Water Street Mission in New York and the 'fellowship of His suffering'. Find out the meaning of \"swithered\" as well as a great exhortation on prayer coupled with his wonderful sense of humor.",
"description":"Havner gives 3 staments: the bad and the good and the best and everything depends on these choices. He shows that many Christians are sadly choosing the 'bad' without any conviction from God, in the grossest of sins becoming one with the world. \"you cannot play with the world and not be contaminated\". Much of Christians are in the bracket of 'good' but this sermon will lead you unto the 'best' and to desire after these things.",
"description":"In this letter, which is a message of joy, Paul expresses his gratitude for the Philippians\u2019 love and material assistance. The Epistle is uniquely significant because of its presentation of the humility of Jesus. Its practicality is also observed in Paul\u2019s advice to Euodia and Syntyche.",
"description":"One of the most difficult things to do is to make two people one; even Jesus couldn't make two disciples one until the Holy Spirit came from heaven to live in the hearts of men. True unity comes when we see the glory of Jesus, which conforms us to be like Him, where we no longer grumble and complain, boast and compete with other believers.",
"description":"This sermon was titled: \"The cross and revival\" and was preached at the Greenock Revival Conference. True revival always has preaching of the Cross and the Word of God. Revival is the Cross of Jesus Christ in full effect in the Believers life.",
"description":"This message was delivered on 07\/30\/1967 at the Atlantic States Christian Convocation (Wabanna) 1967. The way of victory is the way of the cross. We are to have the same mind and disposition of the Lord Jesus. The Lord Jesus had the capacity or mind to let go. This was the opposite of Satan whose character was one of possessiveness and unlawful ambition. The Lord Jesus emptied Himself and through His cross destroyed the work of the devil. To have the mind of Christ means that we know how to let go of even our own rights. This is the principle of the cross. The climax of the risen life is the cross. The way of victory is through seeing the Lord Jesus, who is greater than all. There is gain out of loss and life out of death.",
"description":"Brian Long shares a powerful message on the Humility of Christ. He reads this message on a prayer revival conference call. Hear afresh the humility of our precious Lord and how this challenges us to follow in His ways. Brian Long is the pastor of Cornerstone Community Church of Barnsdall and can be contacted at: barnsdallcornerstone.com",
"description":"April 3,2005. Having the mind of Christ is a decision one makes to live as Christ lived among us. Jesus made a covenant with the father to lay down His glory and become a man to minister and not to be ministered to, and as a humble servant to all. A person who has this mind makes like Christ to lay down their own will and to delight to do the will of the father.",
"description":"August 15,2004 - The measure of the Holy Ghost is according to the measure of your faith The Holy Ghost is given to those who respond in faith. The man who is truly filled with the supply of the Spirit is the man who has given his life fully to the control of the Holy Spirit.",
"description":"In this message, Pastor Cymbala presents truth from Philippians 4, that if applied, will absolutely change and transform your life. Listen carefully. Phil 4:8-9 (NIV)",
"description":"In this message, K.P. shares how God even uses our failures to accomplish His purposes. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153For all seek their own, not the things which are of Christ.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d - Phil 2:21. Keep in mind, the Lord is calling us for radical commitment. There is a hindrance in us that keeps us from following God\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthat is we put our trust and hope merely in man, not Christ. Man will in some way disappoint us, but the Lord never will. We need to put our all in the One who is trustworthy and will never leave nor forsake us.",
"description":"How can we be saved by grace alone if we are commanded to work at our salvation? We must distinguish between the salvation we already have in possession and the consummation of salvation towards which we are progressing; it is a distortion of the gospel of grace to suppose that we are inactive in the pursuit of holiness; we can become heretical not only by denying a truth, but by putting a truth out of focus; our working in sanctification is not suspended by God's working, for these two are not incompatible; our working is wholly dependent on God's working in us, and our working manifests that God is working in us; that God is working in us is the incentive and encouragement for us to work; the very willing by the human heart to do good proceeds entirely from the grace or energy provided by God; our actions in obedience to God's Word are pleasing to God, because the force to do these works proceeds from him; all self-confidence and self-congratulation in doing God's will is excluded.",