Speaker | Pastor Joseph Ardayfio Passage | Ephesians 6:10-15
For shoes, the Christian believer is to put on the peace that comes from the Good News so that we will be fully prepared. The scheme of the enemy is to destroy our peace with God, our peace with others and our inner peace.
Speaker | Pastor Joseph Ardayfio Passage | Ephesians 6:10-14
To put on the breastplate of righteousness means to walk in full assurance that God has accepted us on the basis of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross AND to choose each day to live our lives worthy of that sacrifice.
Speaker | Pastor Joseph Ardayfio Passage | Ephesians 6:10-14
The first piece of armor is the belt of truth. To put ON the belt of truth means to be strengthened by God’s truth in the gospel and to resolve to live by that truth. Essentially, To know and to live by the truth.
Speaker | Pastor Joseph Ardayfio Passage | Ephesians 6:10-13
All believers have a responsibility to engage in spiritual warfare. Jesus told his disciples in John 16:33: "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the...
Speaker | Pastor Joseph Ardayfio Passage | Esther 4:10-14
How do we manage our Godly identity with our successes? We must ask ourselves whether we allow our successes to define us or if success is a blessing that we use to give God glory through our lives. A principle for Living in Godly Success is that...
Speaker | Pastor Joseph Ardayfio Passage | Daniel 1:1-20
We are called to Boldly pursue Godly endeavors with integrity, passion, and Godly ambition. In Daniel 1, we are introduced to Daniel, a Godly man who exercised boldness and Godly integrity throughout his life. Taken captive to Babylon at a young...
Speaker | Pastor Joseph Ardayfio Passage | Proverbs 2:1-22
Obeying God allows our ways to be prosperous and successful even though it may require a longer journey than those who cut corners and achieve a level of success by their own strength.
Speaker | Pastor Joseph Ardayfio Passage | Nehemiah 4:1-23
If we are going to live in Godly success, we have to learn how to deal with adversity and allow God to redeem our failures so that God gets the glory He deserves.
Speaker | Pastor Joseph Ardayfio Passage | Psalms 1:1-6
In Psalms 1, the psalmist paints two distinct pictures of life that are determined by a critical choice that we make: our choice to rely on God for our successes or our reliance on our own strength. The greatest advantage of following God’s way...
Speaker | Pastor Joseph Ardayfio Passage | Genesis 39:1-23
Godly success is continually delighting in God so that every area of our lives reflects whom God created us to be, and that in every pursuit, Christ’s power is at work within us to achieve the goals that God has helped us set. In Genesis 39, we...
Speaker | Pastor Joseph Ardayfio Passage | 1 Samuel 12:1-25
In Samuel's farewell speech to the nation of Israel, he reminds us that we should not turn away from the Lord; we should serve the Lord with all of our heart; and that we should choose wisely the direction that we are going.
Speaker | Pastor Joseph Ardayfio Passage | 1 Samuel 8:1-22
In 1 Samuel 8, the nation of Israel and its leaders didn’t understand the beauty of their relationship with God and instead, they were blinded by the lust of “the other side” Until Jesus returns, there will always be “the other side” – the...
