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  • Pray Like Hell!

    Posted March 2, 2017 by Pastor Marty Pena

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    One might wonder what 'Prayer' and 'Hell' have in common ... Wonder no More! 'Hell' is a very B-I-G word. It means so much more than what its' 4 letters seem at first glance to express. It can be used as a Curse or Curs Read More...

  • Persistent Prayer

    Posted March 2, 2017 by Dion Todd

    28 Comments 23 Likes 10,527 Views

    He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up, saying, 'There was a judge in a certain city who didn't fear God, and didn't respect man. A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, Read More...

  • The Different Stages of Our Spiritual Growth

    Posted March 1, 2017 by Pastor Marty Pena

    4 Likes 1,723 Views

    Every child of God must understand that the only "THANK YOU" that is acceptable to the Lord is your obedience. Yes, we are saved by the grace of a loving God but then we thank Him for His indescribable love-gift by allow Read More...

  • This Ends Now

    Posted March 1, 2017 by Dion Todd

    24 Comments 20 Likes 9,921 Views

    Then David said to the Philistine, 'You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. Today, Yahweh w Read More...

  • Swimming Against The Current

    Posted February 28, 2017 by Dion Todd

    14 Comments 18 Likes 9,924 Views

    You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children Read More...

  • Second-Hand Soup

    Posted February 28, 2017 by Pastor Marty Pena

    4 Comments 2 Likes 1,464 Views

    Very seldom have I ever called anyone 'Pastor' and 'felt' that this was a Title that genuinely 'fit'. One of these very few was a man named Edwin Miller. There are many things and many experiences that I had with 'Pastor Read More...

  • The Way Up Is Down

    Posted February 27, 2017 by Dion Todd

    2 Comments 4 Likes 2,402 Views

    The Way Up Is Down The Way Up Is Down from Refreshing Hope Ministries on Vimeo. Transcript: Today I am going to be talking about something that Jesus taught His disciples: “The way up, is down.” We are go Read More...

  • Grace vs. False Grace

    Posted February 27, 2017 by Pastor Marty Pena

    2 Likes 1,507 Views

    Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. KJV. Christians must stop living in the world under the banner of false grace thinking tha Read More...

  • The Button

    Posted February 27, 2017 by Dion Todd

    17 Comments 16 Likes 9,193 Views

    The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth. Then Paul said to him, 'God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be Read More...

  • How To Swallow A Camel

    Posted February 26, 2017 by Dion Todd

    21 Comments 19 Likes 9,014 Views

    You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel! Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousn Read More...

  • Repeaters

    Posted February 25, 2017 by Dion Todd

    29 Comments 19 Likes 8,667 Views

    The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all Read More...

  • Examine the Heart of a Matter

    Posted February 25, 2017 by Pastor Marty Pena

    2 Likes 1,870 Views

    “Examine me, LORD, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind” (Psa 26:2). The KJV says “try my reins and my heart.” In this verse, King David is asking for the testing and trying of his innermost par Read More...

  • The Kingdom Age Church

    Posted February 24, 2017 by Pastor Marty Pena

    3 Likes 1,561 Views

    Many have left the American Church, not because they themselves are 'evil' or are being influenced by 'wicked forces', but because what they found 'inside the church', did not equip them with the 'real experience' God in Read More...

  • Seventy Two Hours

    Posted February 24, 2017 by Dion Todd

    24 Comments 14 Likes 10,216 Views

    And when David and his men came to the city, they found it burned with fire, and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept until they had n Read More...

  • Understanding The Baptism of Fire

    Posted February 23, 2017 by Pastor Marty Pena

    4 Likes 2,239 Views

    BE ENCOURAGED, GOD IS BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN YOU. If you should ask a goldsmith how he knows when the gold is pure, he will explain that the gold must be cooked in a large pot. He cannot make the fire too hot, o Read More...

  • The Rock of Ages

    Posted February 23, 2017 by Dion Todd

    28 Comments 18 Likes 9,163 Views

    You will keep whoever's mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you. Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock. Isaiah 26:3 WEBHow did I get caught up in this mess? Many times h Read More...

  • Being Sold-Out For God

    Posted February 22, 2017 by Pastor Marty Pena

    4 Likes 2,318 Views

    The devil will always defend the selfish agenda of the carnal fleshly ungodly nature of man. The devil will twist scripture to justify the wants of the flesh. The devil invented many denominations and contrary doctrine Read More...

  • Go To Nineveh

    Posted February 22, 2017 by Dion Todd

    21 Comments 17 Likes 10,006 Views

    Yahweh's word came to Jonah the second time, saying, 'Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I give you.' So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to Yahweh's word. Jonah 3:1 WEBWh Read More...

  • Confronting False Teaching

    Posted February 21, 2017 by Pastor Marty Pena

    2 Likes 2,187 Views

    Since that very moment in the Garden of Eden when a single bite shattered the harmony of the world, man has tried to make his own way, be his own master, and set up his own kingdom. It's nothing new. Nevertheless, if Read More...

  • Digging Foundations

    Posted February 21, 2017 by Dion Todd

    16 Comments 19 Likes 9,370 Views

    Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things which I say? Everyone who comes to me, and hears my words, and does them, I will show you who he is like. He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep Read More...