Clay Runnels

Our dedicated leaders at Kingdom Life Church are grounded in God’s Word, Spirit-led, passionate, and committed to guiding and nurturing our community with wisdom, compassion, and faith.

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Seeking Jesus First - May 17, 2023

Can a person be righteous and not walk in righteousness? Can a person walk in righteousness and be righteous? The answer may surprise you. Unless our righteousness is equal to God’s righteousness, we cannot be righteous. So Jesus imputed His righteousness to us. Through faith, we have received the

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Seeking Jesus First - May 16, 2023

Have you ever thought about the conditions for receiving from God? God in heaven, who loves all of His creation so much that He sent His Son to save the world, has conditions we have to meet in order to receive from Him… We are familiar with Romans 10 which

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Seeking Jesus First - May 15, 2023

King Solomon is considered the wisest man of ancient times.teaches Do you know the three primary pursuits which he encourages his son to have? Knowledge, understanding and wisdom. Do you remember which one was the principal or highest pursuit?… “Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in

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Seeking Jesus First - May 13, 2023

“LET” - Part Eight There are those who will tell you that not every “LET” in Scripture is for you. Don’t LET them cheat you out of your inheritance. “Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those

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Seeking Jesus First - May 12, 2023

“LET” - Part Seven LET is access, invitation, permission, instruction and authority. LET can be used to restrict or to grant. Today, let’s see our permission to prosper and increase… “So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves

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Seeking Jesus First - May 11, 2023

Seeing the word “LET” so much in The Word, and understanding it as instruction and invitation with implied permission and authorization, LET us pay the more earnest heed without taking on a sense of superiority when we are successful… “One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day

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Seeking Jesus First - May 10, 2023

“LET” - Part Five “LET” is an invitation, a permission, an instruction, and even a command that we choose to obey.  Ignoring a “LET” causes us to miss out on something that is beneficial to our relationship with God and to our walk here on earth. “Having then gifts differing

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Seeking Jesus First - May 9, 2023

“LET” - Part Three (For real this time. Yesterday should have been Part Four) The word “LET” is a permission giving word. When The Scripture use “LET”, we are being given an open door to move “closer”, “deeper” to walk in more of what God has for us… Not much

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Seeking Jesus First - May 8, 2023

“LET” - Part Four One really good way of looking at the word “LET” is to picture a gate on a fence. The gate opens or closes to allow someone or something in or out. Whoever controls the gate decides what is “LET” in or out. “Therefore, leaving the discussion

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Seeking Jesus First - May 6, 2023

“Let” - Part Two “LET” is also a legal word having to do with a lease property. When one is “LET” a property, the person is given charge over the property according to the lease contract. We are given charge over our part in the covenant. We are responsible for

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Seeking Jesus First - May 5, 2023

“Let” - Part One LET is an imperative verb which is used extensively as a command for us to follow. It puts us in charge of the decision, but it doesn’t leave any room for guessing as to which decision the speaker desires us to make. Over the next

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Seeking Jesus First - May 4, 2023

The author of The Book of James in the Bible was the half-brother of Jesus (according to the flesh), son of Mary and Joseph. While not a disciple during Jesus’ lifetime, he became an apostle and church leader after the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus. The Book of James

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Seeking Jesus First - May 3, 2023

What was The message of Jesus Christ to Israel? “Repent, for the kingdom of God is here.” John the Baptist preached the same message as the forerunner of Christ. Repent means, ‘change the way you think’ or ‘start thinking the way God thinks’… Both John and Jesus wanted everyone to

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Seeking Jesus First - May 2, 2023

Yesterday, we saw an example of people whom Jesus could not heal because they had offense in their hearts towards Him and they did not believe that the little boy raised in their village was the messiah. What does the condition of my heart have to do with receiving what

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Seeking Jesus First - May 1, 2023

What did Jesus do when people were not getting healed through His ministry? He taught them. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Every word of God is capable of producing life. The words of Jesus are spirit and life. Yes there were people whom Jesus

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Seeking Jesus First - April 29, 2023

Personal transformation takes place as the mind is renewed. If we have received The Holy Spirit from Our Father in Heaven, we have the mind of Christ. “For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.” (1 Corinthians

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Seeking Jesus First - April 28, 2023

If the word is not working in my life, there is usually a reason. “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” (James 1:22, NKJV) “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable

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Seeking Jesus First - April 27, 2023

Our Father in Heaven has QUALIFIED us to be PARTAKERS of the INHERITANCE of the saints in the LIGHT. We have been delivered from darkness and we dwell in the kingdom of light. Right now… “giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance

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Seeking Jesus First - April 26, 2023

John the Baptist, the last Old Testament prophet and forerunner of Christ Jesus, said this when He saw Jesus, “Behold the lamb of God which takes away the sin of the world.” JOHN 1:29… THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS! Jesus came to take sin away from the world. The

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Seeking Jesus First - April 25, 2023

What are your angels commissioned to do? Angels are commissioned to minister on behalf of those who are inheriting salvation. “But to which of the angels has He ever said: “Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool”? Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth

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Seeking Jesus First - April 24, 2023

Who owns your faith? Who is in charge of your faith? “For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a

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Seeking Jesus First - April 22, 2023

Part Six - “The words of the Lord are pure words, Like silver tried in a furnace of earth, Purified seven times.” (Psalm 12:6, NKJV) If we will believe and honor the Word of God, our lives will completely change.

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Seeking Jesus First - April 21, 2023

Part Five - One of the most effective ways to grow spiritually is to meditate in The Word of God. We have shared in this series that The Word of God is God-given seed for our souls that will produce spiritual growth and godly character.

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Seeking Jesus First - April 20, 2023

Part Four - The truth of the physical law of seedtime and harvest has allowed us to apply it to our lives in a spiritual way. If we plant The Word of God in our souls, our Christ filled and Holy Spirit empowered inner man will begin producing heaven on

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Seeking Jesus First - April 19, 2023

Part Three - “While the earth remains there will be seedtime and harvest” ~ GOD. After the flood of Noah, God wanted to reassure man that He would not allow the earth and every living thing in it to be destroyed again. So He made a promise, which became a natural