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Find the app on iTunes or Google Play: itunes.apple.com/us/app/waio/id1207400058?mt=8 play.google.com/store/apps/detail…aliveoxford&hl=en This week Kent covers the three lessons on God's glory on our house. 1. First, God does not desire to manifest his glory among his people. 2. Second, we see that God's glory is associated with worship, and that those who fill the house with praise pave the way for glory. 3. Third, we learned that God's glory must be entertained, that is, HONORED so as not to be lost. To “entertain” God's glory is to welcome His workings in our hearts and homes, our churches and congregations, just as we would a beloved guest.

Find the app on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/app/waio/id1207400058?mt=8 Find it on Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/detail…aliveoxford&hl=en In this week's sermon, Kent teaches us how to be led by the spirit. We've been given a guide, and all we have to do is follow it! Here are the 8 ways to be led by the spirit: 1. The Inner Witness - The Inner Knowing. “The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.” (Romans 8:16) “I tell you the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit ...” (Romans 9:1) 2. The Word of God 3. Leadings. “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.” (Romans 8:14) “Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.” (Matthew 4:1) 4. Check in your spirit. “... they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia ... They tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them.” (Acts 16:6-7) 5. Quickenings. 6. Vi

Find the app on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/app/waio/id1207400058?mt=8 Find it on Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/detail…aliveoxford&hl=en This is our season for a turn-around. "Unrelenting disappointment leaves you heartsick, but a sudden good break can TURN life around." (Proverbs 13:12 Msg). You can expect a complete turn-around in "against all odds" situations this season. Passover is one of the three major feasts we celebrate a year. “Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles; and they shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed." (Deuteronomy 16:16)

Find the app on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/waio/id1207400058?mt=8 Find it on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.echurchapps.wordaliveoxford&hl=en Passover is a “commanded feast.” Every Israelite had to take part. And it holds even more meaning for you and me than it did for the children of Israel in the Old Testament. In Christ, our Passover Lamb, we have seen the realization of what was, for them, just a symbol. The Apostle Paul urges, “let us keep the feast” (1 Corinthians 5:8). There is no reason why Christians should not celebrate Passover. God commanded this celebration and promised SEVEN anointings for those who were obedient — listed in Exodus 23 — and they are meant for YOU! 1 Angels on assignment (Exodus 23:20). God promised an angel to guide the people into the land prepared for them. 2 An adversary to your adversaries (Exodus 23:22). God Himself will beat back your enemies. 3. Assets necessary for life (Exodus 23:25). Food, clothing, shelter — everyt

Did you know that there are two different types of time? Kronos time, this is the traditional "Father Time", that implies that there is nothing we can do about time passing and just have to accept that life is tough. Kairos time is something different. It's when your divine destiny collides with a divine moment. We're in a kairos time - a divine time. This is apparent in so many ways. Things that you've prayed for, can happen in a moments time. Get ready for the goodness of the Lord! Romans 13:11-14The Message (MSG) 11-14 But make sure that you don’t get so absorbed and exhausted in taking care of all your day-by-day obligations that you lose track of the time and doze off, oblivious to God. The night is about over, dawn is about to break. Be up and awake to what God is doing! God is putting the finishing touches on the salvation work he began when we first believed. We can’t afford to waste a minute, must not squander these precious daylight hours in frivolity and indulgence, in sleeping around and di

Our problems have an expiration date! How great is our God? He can turn our mess into a message. The best news is that there is nothing on this earth that can stop God from doing his good work in your life! Philippians 2:13 13 For it is [not your strength, but it is] God who is effectively WORKING in you, both to will and to work [that is, strengthening, energizing, and creating in you the longing and the ability to fulfill your purpose] for His good pleasure.

H eaven E nters L ife's P roblems This week is all about getting HELP. If you're not happy, go back to a time when you were happy - what were you reading, what worship songs were you listening to, what daily activities were you participating in? Apply them to your life now and see if that makes a difference. Heaven enters life's problems.

We must develop our way of listening, hearing, and cooperating with God. God will be limited in our lives if we don't practice this. God is our source! He is as large and his resources are as bountiful as we allow him to be in our lives! Live with and in the sound of abundance! Then Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain." 1 Kings 18:41

This week we're talking about using what we have to better serve the Lord. You see, it isn't about what you don't have. It's about what you do with what you DO have! We're focusing on the story of the widow that was using what she had to make her last meal... she gave it all to the Lord and the Lord provided for her. 1 Kings 17:8-16 Amplified Bible (AMP) 8 Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, 9 “Arise, go to [a]Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.” 10 So he set out and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks [for firewood]. He called out to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a jar, so that I may drink.” 11 As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, “Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand.” 12 But she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I have no bread, only a handful of flour in the bowl and a little oil in the jar. See, I am gath

Everything in life is controlled by three decisions - 1. What are you going to focus on? 2. What does it mean? and 3. What are you going to do? This week we're going to focus on the last question - What are you going to do? We all have a "Plan B", a back up plan, a way out. Looking at the story of Elijah and Elisha, we know that Elijah was one of the great prophets, and that Elisha wanted to be just like him. Elisha was faithfully doing his work, day after day, and then when he was given the opportunity to serve Elijah, he said yes without hesitation... Without worrying about his back up plan. You don't have to fully understand fully to obey immediately.

As we conclude this series, we see THE BIG PICTURE! The Church is an aircraft carrier and NOT a luxury cruiseship. This means that each and every one of us a fighter plane -- we're here to empower and equip armies for the Lord! We have three major feasts a year, Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles. These are feasts in the old testement that still hold power today. We also have 4 equipping seminars every year that are designed to equip and empower us to go out and equip and empower OTHERS! Ephesians 4:11-16 sums it up perfectly: And [His gifts to the church were varied and] He Himself appointed some as apostles [special messengers, representatives], some as prophets [who speak a new message from God to the people], some as evangelists [who spread the good news of salvation], and some as pastors and teachers [to shepherd and guide and instruct], [and He did this] to fully equip and perfect the saints (God’s people) for works of service, to build up the body of Christ [the church]; until we all reach onen

We want church to be more than a sterile enviornment where you come once a week, sit and listen to a sermon, and then leave. We want church to be a place where you can sit down and have a cup of coffee and talk about thte goodness of the Lord! Six touches from the Street to the seat - what does that mean? Well, it means that we have an amazing group of people that are here to love on you, pray for you, and make you feel welcome! "Wherever He entered, into villages, cities, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged Him that they might just touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched Him were made well." MARK 6:56

This week as we continue with The Big Picture series, we are talking about the areas in our life that we're constantly trying to juggle. You can only juggle so many things before you start dropping something. We need to focus on what the Lord has called us to do. Think of an atom, it has protons in the center and electrons circling around it. Protons are the positive force that literally hold the atom together. This is true with our lives, we have our positive force, God, and if we make Him the center of our lives... everything else will fall into place. accordingly. In Luke 12:29-31 it says, “And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind. For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you need these things. But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you." So, we can continue to juggle our lives and make a mess of things, or make God the center of it and let Him handle all of it.

As we continue The Big Picture series, we take a look at the concept of a tree, an image taht describes the Church perfectly. You see, a tree takes in CO2 and other toxins from the world- and it expels something life-giving! Often, "the Church" takes the position that we won't want to be stained by the world in which we live. Yet in the Bible we see that unclean things NEVER tainted Jesus; rather, He imparted life to everythign that was broken and dead! We're the Body of Christ. His hands. His feet. Even His voice of affirmation and hope, calling forth destiny amidst chaos. Back to the tree... Scripture tells us that those who are PLANTED will flourish (Psalm 92:13). Everyone wants to flourish, right? Then it's time to be rooted, and grounded.

Vision is more than a goal- vision is something given by God. It carries power. It carries a faith- a belief- a KNOWING- that He can bring something to pass. In this talk, Kent continues The Big Picture series and shows us the next step: * Lesson 1, "Attend 1, Serve 1," was about you- getting filled, and finding your place... * Lesson 2, "Two Leadership Roles," was about you, as well- and learning whether you're an idea person or an implementer. Whether you like to work with words, or whether you like to take action! * Lesson 3, "Three-Pronged Vision" outlines how the previous two fit together... and how, when we come together, each of us in our unique areas, each doing the thing our Father has intentionally Master-crafted us to do, the results can be phenomenal! What's the vision? Our vision is 5,000 worshipers; 1,000 Houses of Light; and $1 Million per year given to minister to the poor through Project 58. It's big- and we're writing it in LARGE LETTERS, like Habakkuk 2:2 says, so that people running

We're wired differently. Some of us use our heads and lead with words; others use our hands and lead with work- we take action. Or, to say it another way, some of us are IDEA people and others are IMPLEMENTERS. What's more important? Turns out, the Early Church learned that BOTH are needed. In Acts 6, they faced a dilemma: should the WORDS / IDEA people stop laboring in Scripture and prayer to oversee the distribution of food? Or should they continue doing their thing and empower another group of leaders to join the mix. That is, should they empower some WORK / IMPLEMENTERS to join their ranks? They took the second option and invited MORE people to the top tier of leadership. The rest is history. The Bible tells us that the Early Church grew by RAPID ADDITION until this point. They grew from 120 to 3,000 (Acts 1:15, 2:47). Then to 5,000 (4:4). Then "more and more" were ADDED to their number (5:14). Yet when the disciples empowered another group of leaders, the church began to MULTIPLY (6:7). And, more pe

Words To Uplift - Kent And Beverly Mattox Live From Their Home by Word Alive International Outreach

We spend a lot of time sitting in chairs. All kinds of them. Recliners. Desk chairs. Sofas. Bar stools. Car seats... They all have different purposes, and they're all important. In this talk, Kent discusses another kind of chair- the kind you find in your church. And he doesn't speak in metaphors. He actually says the chair in the building is important, because the hour or so you sit there... well... it dramatically affects your capacity for goodness and greatness in all the others. But we don't just sit. At some point, it's time to get out of the chair. You see, stay in the chair too long and you'll puff up. Get out of the chair and simply work all the time... you'll shrivel up! Jesus modeled it well. The night He was betrayed, He sat to eat. Later, He rose to serve. That's the model we think will help move you from resolutions straight to results. Spend some time sitting; spend some time serving. We simply refer to it as ATTEND 1, SERVE 1. Visit our website: www.waio.online

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In our overly offended society, how do we live free from offense? Being offended takes away from your identity in Christ. Kent Mattox teaches us about how we can live our lives without offense. He teaches us on the importance of telling someone that they’ve upset you and through that you can gain clarity and really live your life of FREEDOM.