Clay Runnels

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 20, 2023

Faith is a gift of God. There is no boasting in one’s own faith. Faith comes from God. Jesus showed us that faith is total dependance upon God and His Loving Word. Faith has been given to us by God. God has given us the same kind of faith

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 19, 2023

Did you know that Righteousness and Healing go together in the same way that sin and death go together. Sin came into the world and produced death, sickness and decay. Christ’s righteousness, which is imparted to us through faith, produces life, growth and health. We must renew our minds

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 18, 2023

What are some of the differences that you see between the Old and New Testament? More specifically, what is different about The New Covenant which was made in the shed blood of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins? Hebrews 8 calls it a “better covenant with better promises” which

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 15, 2023

Let’s talk about doing things that offend our conscience. Those times we press past that still small voice and do what we know that we believe is wrong to do. What ever is not of faith is sin… We know that this opens the door to the enemy in

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 14, 2023

Powerful Praying - The outcomes of our prayer are impacted by the way we pray. Pray in faith. Pray with purpose. Pray fervently. The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man accomplishes a lot, both great and small. “But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 13, 2023

“Have mercy on us.” It is a very powerful prayer to the God of Mercy. “Now the Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious,

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 12, 2023

Does God’s loving word of righteousness dwell in you? When it does, your Christian walk gets much easier and better. When we abide in Christ Jesus and His loving words abide in us, we qualify for all that God has for us. Let Holy Spirit convince you that you

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 11, 2023

Does God’s loving Word of Healing abide in us? It can. If it is a Word of God, we can live by it. In other words, if it is a Word of God, it produces life in us. Let’s abide in Christ Jesus and let His loving healing

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 8, 2023

Does The (loving) Word of God abide in you? “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” If my mouth is not full of the (loving) Word of God, then how can my heart be full of God’s (loving) Word? Jesus defined abiding in the vine as,

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 7, 2023

Live by The Word of God. Follow The Spirit of God. The Word of God gives us principles to live by. The Spirit of God leads us in our daily walk. “But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Sept 5, 2023

What does the Bible say about the rights of Christians on earth? A right or privilege is a delegated authority. God speaks and acts according to the good pleasure of His will. God’s Word is His Will. When God speaks, He delegates rights, privileges and authority. This is why

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 4, 2023

Game Changing Faith Jesus gave His disciples an amazing promise in John 15. He is talking about them abiding in Him as a branch abides in a vine. The vine is the source for the branch. Jesus makes a game changing statement about receiving from God anything that they ask.

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 1, 2023

What is the purpose of Scripture? “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,” (2 Timothy 3:16, NKJV) Inspiration means Divinely breathed. Spirit and breath have the same root word. Holy Spirit is the author of

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 31, 2023

When a person comes to God through faith in His Son Christ Jesus, a putting off and a putting on will follow. We are saved by grace through faith. Grace and faith are both gifts from God. But with gifts and promise like these… We are given the tools we

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 30, 2023

What does it mean to Seek Jesus First? It doesn’t just mean that you spend the first part of your day praying or reading The Word. The sons of God are led by The Spirit of God. We are in relationship with God, Our Heavenly Father. We are in

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 29, 2023

I submit to you today that a major aspect of “holiness” is “love”. We understand that holiness is taking on the divine nature and character of our Creator. Let’s look at the two New Testament “MUSTS” or “COMMANDS”. 1. Believe in God, The Father, and in His Son whom

Responding to Hurricane Threats As a Child of God - Aug. 28, 2023

Prayer is a conversation between myself and God through the medium (or the connection) of God’s Holy Spirit living in me. God speaks to me and I speak to Him through His Spirit dwelling in me. God speaks to me through His Word, the Bible, but Holy Spirit is

Sunday Morning Notes

Sunday Morning - Aug. 27, 2023

Message Notes “But as God is faithful, our word to you was not Yes and No. For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me, Silvanus, and Timothy—was not Yes and No, but in Him was Yes. For all the promises of

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 28, 2023

What does it mean to be one with God? The Bible teaches this principle but believers in Christ Jesus see this concept in many different ways. I will use myself in this article because what I am sharing is based upon my faith in God and His Word. I should

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 26, 2023

How do you know if you belong to God? If you hear his voice, you are one of his. You will know his voice and follow Him. This is a promise. You will know His voice. “But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 25, 2023

Did Jesus claim to be God’s son? Did He claim to be one with God? Study this passage with me: John 10:24-42. Jesus gets challenged about His true identity and His answers make the Jews call for His execution. “Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him,

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 24, 2023

God has created an “orderly arrangement” between Himself and humanity. We call it a covenant. It is like a trust agreement. God, Father and Son, is the Grantor/Settlor/Creator. Holy Spirit is Trustee. Humans are Beneficiaries. The New Covenant in the Bible contains the trust agreement which explains what

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 23, 2023

Christ Jesus is the door through which God’s “sheep”, His children, enter into relationship with The Heavenly Father. We cannot go through another person - only Christ Jesus is the door to The Father. This is simply because no other person was qualified to lay his life down for

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 22, 2023

Both Jesus and Paul speak of revelation that is still yet to come. In John 16, Jesus says you can’t handle the truth, but Holy Spirit will teach it to you. In 1 Cor. 13, Paul says we still see through the glass darkly. Is it possible that God

Seeking Jesus First

Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 21, 2023

After the greeting in Romans, Apostle Paul declares his purpose for writing the letter. “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the