Martinwood Christian Church

Independence Day 2022 Through the blood of Jesus you are saved from tyranny, oppression and the things in life that try to take you down. Through this “washing”, through this “covering” that only Jesus can give us will you be protected; Ephesians 6:12 against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Every so often we have a guest preacher. Many of our guest preachers have been through Martinwood International's Pastor's Class. This video is of one of the students who graduated from our January class; Jerry Hetrick. Pastor Jerry will be talking about prayer and the importance of prayer in our lives.

Happy Father's Day 2022 So how is a young man supposed to be a good father if no one is there for him? If no one will mentor him and guide him? Many times the father chooses a path other than raising their children…they walk away. But is that their fault? If they have questions, or are raised a certain way that’s not right, but they don’t know that. They think the way they were raised was right, so they emulate their fathers, or in some cases they emulate the fatherless home. https://youtu.be/VU-E5itxaxw

It’s hard to Be Still, especially when we have so many errands, so many people depend on us and we feel obligated to help them. I’m not saying don’t help those who need help, but what about you? What about you taking time to be still; time to be with the Lord? He’s always waiting on you.

Pastor Jay Giovanni is one of the newest graduates of our Pastor's Class. He is a graduate of our 2022-01 class. His sermon is the final part to passing the class.

Graduating - Next Higher Level www.martinwoodChristian.com Sometimes we don’t see what is ahead of us, maybe we want to give up or maybe we want to just sit on the sidelines like those “other” people, but that’s not what they did and that’s not what we do at Martinwood Christian Church. We get off the couch, move forward and do what we can to change the world.

Every mother in here should be patting themselves on the back for they know things only a mother knows. I don’t know many people besides a mother who knows what their young child’s cry means. They know every cry, not just the hunger, or dirty or tired cry. Moms know everything, or so it seems.

We aren’t the only ones who occasionally have fear. The disciples did too. Their savior was gone. The Messiah that was supposed to save the world, bring the Israelites back home, was gone. He had warned them, but you see, they were stuck in the natural. John 20:19 Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews,

www.martinwoodcchristian.com Mike Bitter talks about there being more to the resurrection than meets the eye. Jews believe that the spirit does not leave the body for three days. Sound familiar? Yes, Jesus did not rise for three days, but did you ever wonder why it took Jesus so long to get to Lazarus? Jesus seemed like he was not in a hurry to save his friend, Lazarus. He seemed like He took forever to get to him. In fact Jesus waited three days after Lazarus was dead to bring him back from the dead so the officials at the time knew it was truly a miracle. Jesus came back from the dead after three days for the same reason; to prove he was the Christ. The officials at the time could not dispute that Jesus was the Christ after he rose again from the dead. There is another custom Jesus used to send a message to the Jews.

Mike Bitter talks about Jesus never leaving us. Maybe we leave Him instead. On the Road to Emmaus we talk about what Luke is trying to tell us with this scripture. Let's put this into perspective: Two disciples are probably somewhat bewildered about what has happened. They are probably unnerved that the person they were going to follow is no longer alive, or so they think. Then, as they are walking along several things happen. The first is that Jesus appears to them; they don't know who he is. I think this happens to us a lot too. Although Jesus is right here with us, we don't recognize him or open our minds to see him. They went on to tell about what had happened and that he was sentenced to death, etc. Then he told them they are foolish.

1 Corinthians 13:13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. You know the Bible talks a lot about Hope. Mostly about the Hope we should have and how Hope fits into our lives. In fact, Paul put Hope right between Faith and Love. That tells me Hope is the glue that binds together Faith and Love. MartinwoodChristian .com

Being Born Again Martinwood Christian Church had a guest speaker, Mr. Jerry Hetrick, at our church. He is one of the first people who completed all requirements for the Martinwood Pastor's Class. www.MartinwoodChristian.com

Sometimes God has a way of superseding our wants and desires. He give you a Vision and if you ponder it, if you take it and think it into existence, I will become a reality, but reality will only go as far as your Vision. You have to be able to see, to have a vision. Not like the vision we have to seems to deteriorate over time, but the Vision God gave you.

Mike Bitter shows you the daily battle that goes on within us. It is the battle of flesh versus the Spirit. Paul warns us in Galatians chapter 5. He talks about walking in the truth; walking with the Spirit. Even more so about walking in step with the Spirit. At one point he asks a very serious question. After this video, you will know the answers to the question.

Today Mike Bitter takes a little bit different look at the Declaration of Independence and uses satan in the thought process rather than tyranny from another country. There are similarities between Christian values and the start to your declaration of independence, which I contend started when you give your life to Christ.

The Bible has many, m any examples of what Jesus did and what He expects from us. All He did can be summed up in one word; LOVE. Jesus Loved. The only way we know what Jesus did is to know His history.