Metro Life Church Podcast

If our heart determines the course of our life, then the enemy can affect our destiny by influencing our heart. In this message, Pastor Caleb Moran discusses two major influences that affect the condition of our hearts, as well as our ability to receive from God. We must speak what we believe, therefore we must make sure our beliefs are accurate with God’s will for our lives. Satan knows that if he can influence your believer (heart), he can affect your receiver. When we allow doubt or fear into our hearts, we pollute its soil.When the soil of your heart is polluted, the fruit will be as well. Determine to speak God’s Word, and then believe with all your heart what you have said in faith. Faith – in the heart of a believer – will open up the unlimited power of God in any situation.

The value of one’s life can be reviewed by the fruit it produces. In this message, Pastor Caleb discusses that if your heart is not in the right condition, your speech will reflect it and your life will resemble it. Many times our hearts are left vulnerable due to simple neglect. If our heart determines the course of our life, then the enemy can affect our destiny by influencing our heart. Your life is too valuable to be left vulnerable. Determine to check on the condition of your heart, and you will find the condition of your life close by. Determine to guard your life by guarding your heart.

In this series, Pastor Caleb discusses how the condition of our heart effects the condition of our lives. The title of this message is “Intentional Soil”. If what comes out of our mouth has creative power, and the source of our words is our heart – then the condition of our heart must be healthy if we want a vibrant life. What in your life seems scarce, depleted, or unhealthy? What words have you spoken about those things? To a major degree, your words created it and your words will change it. When our heart is in the right condition, our lives will be also. Determine to fertilize the soil of your heart by developing a relationship with God’s Word.Then, speak out of your mouth what you have intentionally put into the soil of your heart.

In life, there are many alternatives or substitutes to our relationship with God. We can make anything the object of our affection. In this message, Pastor Caleb discuss how things sometimes substitute the place that God should have in our life. We do not need substitutes in our lives – things that act or serve the place of God. We must constantly find God additives – things that we can add in doses to improve and preserve our relationship with Him. Do you have substitutes or additives in your life? When we can walk and talk with God on a regular basis, His presence will help us to fulfill our purpose. His presence will help our career, our relationships, our families, and everything else that we are connected to. Do you reflect and resemble God today?

Letting things go can be very difficult to do sometimes, especially if we can’t control our thought life. In this message, Pastor Caleb teaches us about learning to walk in love and let go of the past, and any offenses that are hindering us. If we can learn to respond instead of react, we will see much greater results in our relationships with others. Love is what God saw fit to fix humanity’s issues. Love covers, revenge exposes. We are not called to seek revenge, we are called to cover others with God’s love, and to let go of whatever emotional attachment we may have connected to the situation. If you want all that God has to offer you, it will only come through knowing and operating in His love.

In this message, Pastor Caleb discusses how holding a grudge can cause God to withhold a blessing. God has taken the limits off of our forgiveness towards others. Unforgiveness hinders our faith. If you want to hear from God – and if you want God to hear from you – then you will have to get rid of offence and forgive others. Is your offence worth forfeiting that thing you are believing God for? As a Christian, satan may not be able to steal your soul, but he can steal your reward through the trap of offence. As we activate our faith through the love of God, His blessings begin to activate in our lives.

Most of us are a physical reflection of our mother or father - we may have the same eyes, or nose, or the same build or hair. We may also have the same temperament, personality, weaknesses, strengths ect. Have you ever looked in the mirror and saw things that resemble your mother or father? These are all reflections of who we belong to - all the bad and all the good. In this message Pastor Alicia talks about being a reflection of Christ, and what this looks like. There are too many Christians that proudly call themselves Christian - but they don’t have any fruit or proof of it. People should automatically know by your behavior and the by way you carry yourself, that you are a Christian. If we are to be a clear and honest reflection of our Father, we must love one another, and the fruit of our lives will be the proof!

We have all heard this saying before Keep It 100. In today’s slang this basically means: to keep yourself real and true, to be honest and stick to the way you are, no matter what any one else thinks. Sometimes in life, we arrive at a place or challenge that seems difficult. We must choose at that moment – and throughout that season – to KEEP IT 100. God’s way of handling difficulty is much different than our way. In Psalms 100, we are commanded to use joy as response to the seasons we are in. Joy is a feeling called forth by well-being, success, or good fortune. A person automatically experiences it because of certain favorable circumstances. As a feeling, joy cannot be commanded. However, there is a joy that Scripture commands. That joy is action that can be engaged in regardless of how a person feels. If you desire to succeed in life – whether through a trial or simply to advance to a new level – you are going to have to KEEP IT 100 – Psalms 100.

In this series Pastor Caleb discusses the silent killer attacking Christians world-wide, and how we can recognize and eliminate it from our lives. Have you ever asked God, “How much more of this do I have to take?” Find the answer to this question in this message entitled "Silent But Deadly".

Have you ever had something consume you so much, that you lost sight of who you were as an individual? There was a woman mentioned in the Bible who had an issue of blood for 12 years. This issue defined who she was, but that was all it was – an issue. Have you ever had an issue? Whenever you start talking more about your problem than you do your promise, you are praising your problem. Whatever you praise will be magnified in your life. No matter who you are – weak or strong – problems and issues that persist will eventually drain you. The woman's issue had separated her from everyone – her family, friends, and society as a whole. She was living in a state of total isolation. Issues will eventually isolate you. But the woman's faith pushed past what others thought of her and what she thought about herself. Her faith pushed past her limitations. When your desire to change becomes more real than your circumstance, you will push past whatever obstacles you must in order to touch the One who can set you free. When

Streaking has been known to happen at large sporting events around the world. When a streaker runs on to the field, the referee spots them, blows his whistle, and ultimately security chases them down and arrests them. As a pastor, I sometimes wish I could blow a whistle on some Christian streakers that I see running around through life without their clothes on. They don’t know who they are, they don’t know whose they are, and they have no clue what belongs to them in Christ. Too many Christians are getting bullied around by the devil when WE are the ones with the authority to stop him. As a believer, you are an authorized dealer of God's power. Too many Christians don’t know that they have authority because they don't know about the clothes that have been made available. When we don't flip the switch we remain in the dark. When we flip the switch of authority, the light of God's Word comes out and strips the devil of his power in your life. Today, what areas of your life seem dark? In Christ – and in these ne

Have you ever heard the term, “All dressed up with nowhere to go?” Today, we are going to lay that term to rest. Once you get dressed up in Christ, there is always somewhere to go and something to do. These new clothes serve a purpose. As a Christian, you have tailored fit clothes that you are to wear. These clothes have a label/tag/badge on them, signifying where they came from and who is backing them. When you are clothed in Christ you know who you are, you know whose you are, and you know what you have. There is something to be said about a believer that is dressed up in Christ and knows how to wear these clothes. When you are dressed up in Christ, you are advertisement to the world of the event that you are coming from, the class of people that you represent, and the authority that backs you. For us to go through this life streaking – vulnerable and not knowledgeable of who we are, whose we are, and what we have – it would send the wrong message, and possibly no message at all to a world in need. Your clo

We have all seen or heard about these crazy people called streakers. Streaking is defined as: The act of running naked through a public place. Maybe you have never been caught streaking at a sporting event, but you may have streaked through life from time to time without knowing it. For you to get up everyday and not clothe yourself in Christ, you are merely streaking through life as a Christian. Over the next few weeks we’ll discuss the importance of knowing who you are and what you have in Christ. We are walking advertisements of and for the kingdom of God. We must dress ourselves up in Christ so others can see who we are wearing.

The book of Hosea shows us that salvation is found in turning to the Lord and away from our sin. Jesus paid the highest price for you and all of your sin with His life. Today, you may not be where you want to be. You may be in the valley of trouble, but if you will turn to Jesus, there is a door of hope. Will you change your direction today?Will you turn from your sin and enter into a relationship with Jesus? If we will stop running from Him, and start running to Him, we will find ourselves at the door of hope.

When you think about the grace of God, how would you define it? Most say that grace was defined as: salvation, a free gift, and forgiveness of sins. If you thought those same things, you would be absolutely right. Those are all good working definitions of God’s grace, but did you know grace is also God’s divine empowerment? Grace gives us the power to serve God acceptably. Many Christians today are living in their own natural ability, when in reality; grace empowers us to go beyond our natural ability. There is no way that you can live an extraordinary life except through the grace of God. Whatever you are doing right now in life, determine not to continue without the divine empowerment that comes through God’s grace. What lies ahead of you, God will empower you to overcome and achieve.

In the world at large, scandals are happening all around us. We hear about them at work, we read about them in publications, and we see them at their largest exposure through television and social media. Long ago there was a man who was accused of many things he never did. This man lived a good life, was a generous person, and was always looking for ways to help others. When convicted, he was sentenced to death. The craziest part of this whole story is that the person who actually committed the crimes got away scot-free. The one who was wrongfully, but willingly charged, was Jesus. This is the scandal of grace.

We all go through disappointments in life. With that understanding, pain is inevitable. It’s easy to get discouraged – even bitter – and think, “Why is this happening to me?”It’s been said, “Don’t put a question mark where God has put a period.” All of us have things we don’t understand. One reason is because we can’t see the big picture for our lives. We must trust – even in the painful times – that God has a design that is best fitted for our lives. God knows what you need, when you need it. Every struggle is making you stronger. Every difficulty is growing you up. Every painful time, even though you may not like it, it's is developing something in you that can only be developed through resistance. If you avoid pain, you avoid growth. Many times, our pain is a sign that we are about to give birth to something greater. Pain comes and goes, but when you remain in faith you will be left with God’s faithfulness and His promise. With God, your pain will become your gain.