Familynaz Church Podcast

Pastor Gary looks at Nehemiah chapter 4. As Nehemiah was rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem, he faced opposition from all directions. When we are doing God's work we can expect anger from satan. Satan's goal is to stop God's work in us, in our families, in our church; and he will use anything to do this. Listen as Pastor Gary explains how to deal with these attacks just as Nehemiah did.

​ Have you had that look of "I've already done that, I've already tried that, it's to late." Pastor Gary looks at John chapter 5 where Jesus asked the man at the healing pool if he wants to get well. Are you in a place of desperation where you feel you've done everything that you can and have given up? When we try in our own efforts we end up making excuses and give up. When we give our desperation to Jesus and respond in Faith that God is in control and anything is possible through him only then can we be healed.

Revival had been spreading as King Josiah purged The land of idolatry. The Lord had directed this young man and God's work was being accomplished! Then it happened---God's word was found and the people saw just how far away from God they had drifted. The message today describes where the people were but it also shows the grace and mercy of our God!! He is always ready to forgive it's just up to us:)

​ Who's job is it to tell the next generation about God? Pastor Gary Talks about the promise land generation. When God calls us to come out of the wilderness and into the promiseland, God wants us to be spiritual leaders of our homes and families. What milestones are you going to leave for the next generation?

Have you ever wondered how God views you or how you should view Him? Pastor Gary answers both great questions in this weeks sermon by looking at Bible scripture in Exodus. He focuses on the story of Moses and the burning bush and shows us right were God answers these questions for us.

Pastor Gary delivers a message of fellowship in this weeks sermon. He shows us how we should seek out one another and help each other because that is exactly what Jesus did. We must get to know the people around us so that we are able to pray for and help each other through the hard times and also to have someone there to celebrate the good times with.

When we choose a life with Jesus we cannot go back and forth between our new life and our old life that we once lived. Pastor Gary looks at Romans Chapter 6 and Paul's teachings to show us this and teaches us that even though sin has been rendered ineffective in our lives, if we decide to "dabble" here or there with sin it will suck us back in and keep us there way longer then we ever wanted to stay.

We celebrate Mom's today! Pastor Gary looks to the Bible to show us the importance of our mothers and teaches about the impact of mom's from the times of Moses all the way through the New Testament. Happy Mothers Day to all of the great mom's that we have!

Pastor Gary looks at Exodus and the story of Jethro and Moses in this sermon. When Moses brought the Israelites out of Egypt he was the one that everyone came to for everything. Jethro understood that Moses would not be able to keep up with everything and offered some advice to spread out the work so that no one gets overwhelmed and everyone is happy. This is where we are as a Church today. Coming to service and worshipping on Sunday is only part of what God wants from us. He want's us to use our talents to serve Him everyday. Are you praying to God asking him to show you where to use your talents?

Pastor Gary digs deep into Luke 24:13-35 and brings to life the story of the two disciples that left on the third day after Jesus died on the Cross. Jesus came to them but they were not able to recognize Him at first. Could they have been too busy or consumed with life to recognize that Jesus was walking with them? Do we get too caught up in our everyday lives to realize when God is speaking to us?

He has Risen! He has Risen indeed! Praise the Lord that he sent his one true Son to cleanse us of our sins on the Cross and he rose again on the third day to Justify us! Pastor Gary goes in depth on the particular date that Jesus rose from the tomb and shows that the Resurrection did not just happen on this day by accident. God was in control before time began and still is in control today! Beginning music is "Forever" by Kari Jobe, performed by the Family Naz worship team. The poem is "The Word" by Isaac Wimberley and was performed by Justin Loudermilk.

We were blessed to have Dr. Robert Mansfield as our special guest over this past weekend for a Basic Training in Disciplining. He was kind enough to speak with us on Sunday morning at it was a perfect ending to the weekend. Dr. Mansfield spoke about the differences between just being a believer and being a disciple. He uses scripture to show that our God does not want us to just believe but He wants us to grow in our faith and start to disciple others. So, are you ready to become more than just a believer?

In this message Pastor Gary looks at John 3 and the conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus. It is a powerful passage as Jesus explains exactly how to see the kingdom of God, and that is to be born again! When Nicodemus questions how this is possible, Jesus goes into detail on how to be born again through Christ. Are you ready to except Christ into your heart as your Lord and Savior?

Jesus is speaking with Peter in Matthew 18 : 21-35, when he tells The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant. Jesus tells of a servant that is forgiven by his king of an insurmountable debt but when given the oppourtunity to forgive another of a much smaller debt, the servant refuses. Pastor Autumn makes the connection that we are the unmerciful servant. God forgave us of our insurmountable debt when Jesus died on the cross but our human nature does not allow us to forgive as quickly as we should. To get closer to Jesus you must be willing to forgive not seven times, but an unlimited number of times.

In this sermon we look at Romans Chapter 6 and Paul's message to the church in Rome that they have died to sin and now are alive in Christ. Pastor Gary speaks about the history of baptism and that it truly signifies that we have died to sin and now are born again in Jesus. Our Lord wants us to show the world who we belong to through baptism. Are you ready to identify with Jesus?

This was a special day at Family Naz as we brought in our first members of the Church! Pastor Gary speaks about how each member of the Church is part of the body and everyone has a job to keep the body strong. If the hand does not have the eyes to direct it how useful is the hand? We all must use our God given gifts to help move the body in the right direction, which is to reach lost people.

*We had minor technical difficulties with this episode and you may here a slight buzz* God's word is the Ultimate Truth! Pastor Gary looks at Mathew Chapters 3 and 4 and talks about Satan attempting to attack Jesus but Jesus uses God's word as his defense against him. We must use this same defense against Satan's attacks on us. Are we spending the time to learn the Word?