5/31 & 6/2 Evening Services with Brother Platania

Sorry this post is a bit late, but we wanted to share two fantastic services we had with Brother Franco Platania on 5/31/2015 and 6/2/2015.  

Click the links below to listen or download from ApostolicLive:

5/31/2015 - The Dynamic of a Breakthrough

6/2/2015 - Above All, Take the Shield of Faith

Sunday Morning with Pastor Henderson - "Happy Father's Day" - 6/21/15

Happy Father's Day

 

Scriptures

Proverbs 4:5-7
⁵ Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
⁶ Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.
⁷ Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Psalms 37:30 
³⁰ The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

1 Corinthians 15:22
²² For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

Genesis 6:7-8
⁷ And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
⁸ But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

Hebrews 11:7  
⁷ By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.



Main Points

It is important that we obey God.  Just one decision can cost you your family.  Take Adam for example.  His decision cost him his two sons.

The choices we make will affect our future and our kids' future.

Sunday Morning with Pastor Henderson - "The Half-Hearted Effort will Never Bring the Complete Victory God Plans for His People" - 6/14/15

The Half-Hearted Effort will Never Bring the Complete Victory God Plans for His People



Scriptures

2 Kings 13:14-19
¹⁴ Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
¹⁵ And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.
¹⁶ And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands.
¹⁷ And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the Lord's deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
¹⁸ And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
¹⁹ And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.


John 9:6-7
⁶ When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,
⁷ And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.



Main Points

When you don't feel like it, get up and do it anyways.

We need to be more aware of our efforts and strive to give it our all.

The devil is our adversary so we need to stay on our toes to be wise to his devices. 

Sunday Morning with Pastor Henderson - "Waiting on the Lord" - 6/7/15

 

Waiting on the Lord



Scriptures

Psalms 27:14
¹⁴ Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.

Matthew 11:27-30
²⁷ All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. 
²⁸ Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
²⁹ Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 
³⁰ For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. 

Isaiah 17:7
⁷ At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel.  

Isaiah 25:9
⁹ And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

Isaiah 30:18
¹⁸ And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.   

Isaiah 33:2
 ² O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

Psalms 33:20
²⁰ Our soul waiteth for the Lord: he is our help and our shield.

1 Samuel 17:37
³⁷ David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee.

2 Kings 18:3-7
³ And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father did.
⁴ He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. 
⁵ He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.
⁶ For he clave to the Lord, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses.
⁷ And the Lord was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

Isaiah 50:10
 ¹⁰ Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.
 


Notes

 Living for God is a process. 

Trust in God, not in yourself.

Get rid of the things in your life that shouldn't be there.

Stop looking back and put your eyes on what God has for you in the future.

Sunday Morning with Pastor Henderson - "Perseverance Unto the End" - 5/31/15

Perseverance Unto the End


Scriptures


Proverbs 2:1-8

¹ My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

² So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
³ Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
⁴ If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
⁵ Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
⁶ For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
⁷ He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
⁸ He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.



Psalms 57:7
⁷ My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise.


Psalms 94:14
¹⁴ For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.


Psalms 97:10
¹⁰ Ye that love the Lord, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.


John 8:31-32
³¹ Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
³² And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.


John 10:27-29
²⁷ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
²⁸ And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
²⁹ My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

  
John 15:9
⁹ As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
 


Main Points


The way you eat everyday is how you should be reading the Word everyday!

His Word is life, joy, and peace.  And will lead to everlasting life.

When's the last time you've said "God I love you" when you weren't in trouble or didn't need something?

The way a dog chases his tail is the same way we chase things in life that we're never going to get.

You can make time for the world, but you can't make time for God.

You pluck yourself out of your Father's hand.

You are going to go through rough times.  When those times come will you be able to continue and live for God?

When the world comes to the end is your name going to be found in the Lamb's Book of Life?

Sunday Morning with Pastor Henderson - "Let This Mind" - 5/24/15

 
Scriptures


Phillipians 2:5
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:


Acts 2:38
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.


Romans 12:1-2 
¹ I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
² And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.


2 Corinthians 4:16-18
¹⁶ For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
¹⁷ For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
¹⁸ While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.


Ephesians 4:21-24
²¹ If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 
²² That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
²³ And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
²⁴ And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.


Colossians 3:9-10 
⁹ Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
¹⁰ And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:


2 Corinthians 4:3-4 
³ But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
⁴ In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.


2 Corinthians 11:3
³ But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.


1 Peter 5:8
⁸ Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:


Romans 12:2
² And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.


James 4:4
⁴ Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.


Romans 8:5-8
⁵ For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
⁶ For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
⁷ Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
⁸ So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.


James 1:15 
¹⁵ Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 


Joshua 1:8
⁸ This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.



Main Points


Get rid of your acting credentials and put on the new mind of Christ.

You should think the way he wants you to think.

Too many people are trying to ACT like Christians, but when they roar nothing happens.

If you aren't following God, then you are following the devil. 

If your flesh is in control, you aren't going to do anything the Bible tells you to do.

Love your enemy.

Sunday Morning with Pastor Henderson - "Mother's Day" - 5/10/15

Scriptures


1 Kings 2:19-20

19 Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.

20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; [I pray thee], say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.


Proverbs 31:11-12

11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.


Proverbs 31:25-31

25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.

30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.


Proverbs 31:1-3

 1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.

2 What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?

3 Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.


2 Samuel 21:8-11

8 But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:

9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.

10 And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

11 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.


Main Points

Don't give up. Don't let the devil and the world take your kids. Keep fighting for them.

Don't let your kids go. Seek God to save them.

God himself stepped down from Heaven into the midst of sin and even gave his life to save us!

As long as we are alive we have no excuses!

God has never given up on us. That's how we should be with our kids.