Audio Messages

Did you make any New Year’s resolutions? Millions of us did. Resolutions to lose weight, quit smoking, change a personality trait, develop a good habit, be a happier person, go deeper spiritually. Resolutions and decisions to change are usually driven by a sense that something is wrong and needs to be fixed. Resolutions often come out of pain and suffering. In this section of Paul’s letter to the Christians at Colossae, he shares how he has resolved to suffer for the cause of the gospel so that everyone could know the mysterious, revolutionary joy of “Christ in you, the hope of glory.”

This message, based on James 5:13–18, teaches that prayer is not merely a way to ask God for things, but the primary means of developing a deeper relationship with Him through faith, praise, confession, and dependence.

Based on James 5:7–12, this message teaches that believers are called to patiently endure trials and injustice by trusting God's timing rather than demanding immediate justice.

James 5:1–6 contains one of the strongest warnings in Scripture against the misuse of wealth. This message emphasizes that God does not condemn wealth itself, but condemns the love of money, selfish accumulation, exploitation of others, and failing to use His blessings as faithful stewards.

This message explores James 4:13–17, challenging believers to replace self-confidence and independent planning with humble dependence on God's sovereign will. James reminds us that our lives are like a mist—brief, fragile, and completely dependent upon God—therefore our plans, ambitions, and decisions should always be submitted to Him.

This message explores James 4:1–12 and teaches that the conflicts we experience with others often originate from sinful desires, pride, and divided loyalties within our own hearts. James calls believers to stop blaming external circumstances, humble themselves before God, submit to Him, resist the devil, and receive God's abundant grace.

This message from James 3:13–18 explores the difference between worldly wisdom and godly wisdom. Using the analogy of competing operating systems, the message argues that our words, conflicts, and behaviors reveal what is happening in our hearts. The central challenge is not simply behavior modification, but allowing God to transform the heart so that wisdom produces peace, humility, mercy, and righteousness.

This message unpacks James 2:14–26, where James challenges the idea of faith without action by asking whether such faith can truly save. It explains that faith without works is dead. The message also clarifies that salvation is by grace through faith in Jesus, but genuine saving faith is always demonstrated through a transformed life and obedient action.

This message unpacks the teaching from the Book of James 3 about the power and danger of the tongue, showing how something small can have massive destructive or life-giving influence. It emphasizes that human effort alone cannot tame the tongue—only surrender to God through Christ can transform what comes out of our mouths.

This message explores the biblical idea of the “Law of Liberty” through James 2:8–13, focusing on how believers are called to live lives marked by mercy, love, and obedience to God.