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Join us by audio! We are Faith Alive Church - a church with the mission in the name - to keep faith alive. Faith isn't a one time decision, or a checkbox on a form. Faith is how God functions and He's given us a portion of His faith to live by on earth. Located in Greenville South Carolina and online at faithalivechurch.us.

  1. 5D AGO

    Parenting 101 Part 3 - Made In His Image - 7.13.25

    Joshua Boyd In the early days of the church, the disciples acted so much like Jesus that people started calling them by a new name:  Christian – little Christ or follower of Christ.  They were talking, acting and doing the same things that Jesus did.  And people noticed.   Acts 11:26 When he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. Both of them stayed there with the church for a full year, teaching large crowds of people. (It was at Antioch that the believers were first called Christians.)           Today is part 3 of the Parenting 101 series, ‘Made in His Image’.  Turn to Genesis 1:27 Genesis 1:27 So God created human beings in his own image.     In the image of God he created them;     male and female he created them. You and I, all humans, were created in the image of God.  We aren’t even just talking about Christians.  Think about that.  The worst sinner is still created in the image of God.  He has a spirit, a soul and a body, a triune being just like the Creator.  He has the capacity to use his words to get things done on the earth, just like God.   That doesn’t make God his Father.  In fact, every human is born with Satan as their father.  Not my precious baby!   The sinner isn’t acting like God. The sinner’s words have power, but are being used to bring darkness and death, not the light and life the Words of God bring. This is why Jesus rebuked the religious leaders of the time, and offended them, by telling them they were acting like their father Satan.  They were lying just like Satan, the father of lies.   No all humans are not all God’s children.  There is a special process for being accepted into the beloved – making Jesus Christ the Lord and master of your life, accepting His sacrifice for your sins and receiving His salvation.  Then you are born – again into another family!   When we are born again, our spirit becomes a new creature created in the image of God’s Spirit.  We no longer have the blemish of sin that comes with being a natural born human.  Our spirit is now a spotless perfect container that the spotless perfect God can inhabit.  He dwells in us.  Oh what a powerful life we can live when we begin to understand where we stand with our Father.   As Christians, our number one responsibility is to reproduce ourselves.  Be fruitful and multiply.  Go and make disciples.   Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who wins souls is wise.

    33 min

  2. JUL 6

    Parenting 101 Part 2 - 7.6.25

    Joshua Boyd How To Have Successful Kids Parents, imaging that you are away on a trip talking to your kids on FaceTime or phone. There are things that you want done around the house before you get home so you give your kids instructions and expect them to carry them out. What you find when you return depends on how well you’ve trained your kids and how well they obey.  In order for the will of God to be carried out on this earth before He returns, He needs people to carry out His instructions, obey His voice. Multiply the coordination and obedience by billions of “kids” that need to listen, trust and obey. This shows us how important obedience is to God and why He emphasizes it for parents to teach our kids.  You want successful kids? Teach them to be obedient. This goes against so much of the way of the world which emphasizes “be your own person” and “don’t listen to ‘the man’”.  Our message today in Parenting 101: How to Have Successful Kids. In light of the dual purpose of the topic, we could also subtitle it “how to be a successful Christian”.  Ephesians 6:1-3 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. If you honor your father and mother, “things will go well for you, and you will have a long life on the earth.” Scriptures say that when we honor God, He will honor us. Here are two ways He will honor you: things go well and you live long. How many want that? How many want that for our kids? Joshua 1:8 Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.

    43 min

  3. JUN 29

    Shifting From “I Get To” to “I Have To” - 6.29.25

    Jordon Gilmore With increased capacity come increased responsibility.  Hebrews 5:12-14 “For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.” ‭‭ If we are taking in a lot of “meat” and not doing anything with it, we become spiritually obese.  We aren’t exercising in the things we are in taking.  Where are we on this spectrum?   - Do we engage with God just enough to get a measure of Kingdom life - Or are we trying to out into practice the things we are learning Our primary engagement with the things of God should be giving, not receiving  In the beginning there is a lot of people taking care of you, same at the end. They are pouring into you.  In the middle, you should be growing, transitioning and giving out.  To get more energy, we need more fuel Matthew 25:20-21 We all want the reward, but if we must spend the energy that belongs to the responsibility.  Are we not growing because we aren’t being fed the right food? Or is it that we are not exercising the responsibility we have.

    40 min

  4. JUN 22

    Parenting 101 - Growing Up In Christ 6.22.25

    Joshua Boyd We are starting a new series today and as usual, I have no idea how many messages it will be.  We will go until the Lord says we are done.  My first reaction when the Lord placed it on my heart was “I am not an expert in this topic.”  Then He started expanding on it and it made more sense.   As a teacher, specifically a Bible teacher, I attempt to be knowledgeable about anything I teach on of course. There are times when a message comes from lessons I am in the middle of learning myself.  I taught software for almost 20 years and started to become comfortable with the fact that I just needed to know a little bit more than my students at first.  But the more I applied and used the same applications I was teaching, the more I knew to teach.   The title of our message today, and likely the series, is “Parenting 101”.  As a father for only 6 years next month, I can’t bring a wealth of personal experience of parenting a child from birth to adulthood.  But the subtitle of our message allows us to tie this into not just parenting but our relationship with God as His children:  Growing Up in Christ.   Psalm 144:12 May our sons flourish in their youth      like well-nurtured plants.  May our daughters be like graceful pillars,      carved to beautify a palace. Parents, you have the blessing – the empowerment to prosper – to be fruitful and multiply!  Yes, this means reproduction – having kids.  But it also includes the multiplying of your values, wisdom and experience into your kids.  You are empowered physically, mentally and spiritually to multiply have fruit in your children.

    40 min

  5. JUN 15

    Christian Energy - 6.15.25

    Jordon Gilmore How do I practically take the things weighing me down and cast them to the Lord? Energy is the capacity to do work Work is ability to apply a force that causes movement of an object Christian energy = our ability to do the work of the Kingdom Matthew 11:28-30 To accomplish work, you need: capacity and knowledge  Matthew 7:13-14 Let’s get rid of the baggage so we can fit on the narrow way.  Practical steps 1. Identify what is going to be opposing your work 2. Disassociate with the burden  3. Get whatever it is that is opposing you, away from you

    41 min

  6. JUN 8

    Holy and Separate - 6.8.2025

    Joshua Boyd How many want to be used by God?  How many of you parents want your children to fulfill the purpose God has for them?  The obvious answer to these questions has a not so obvious process for getting results.  God has work that needs to be done on this earth, work that requires people to carry out the effort.  But who gets to do that work depends not so much on God, but on the people.    2 Timothy 2:19-21 But God’s solid foundation stands firm. Here is the message written on it. “The Lord knows who his own people are.” Also, “All who say they believe in the Lord must turn away from evil.” 20 In a large house there are things made out of gold and silver. But there are also things made out of wood and clay. Some have special purposes. Others have common purposes. 21 Suppose someone stays away from what is common. Then the Master will be able to use them for special purposes. They will be made holy. They will be ready to do any good work. Religion interprets these verses as God pre-planned who is made of gold and who is made of clay so there’s not much we can do but play with the cards we are dealt.  Yes, God has always made a distinction between His people and the world.  The Law’s main purpose was to give instructions for a way of life that was very different from the people in surrounding nations.  By following the Law, Israel acted differently, ate differently and consequently, were treated differently by God. That is how the Kingdom of God works – a different king means different rules.   Leviticus 20 7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God. 8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify you.   Notice though that you and I have a responsibility too.  YOU sanctify yourselves and be holy.   Sanctify = purify, dedicate, separate, consecrate The word sanctuary means a place set aside or dedicated for specific use.  The building itself isn’t holy, it’s use makes it holy or not.  Be holy means to be pure from influence.  Be holy means not doing the same things the world is doing.

    36 min

  7. MAY 25

    The Journey of Faith Part 8 - Finishing Strong

    Joshua Boyd Today we finish our series The Journey of Faith with our eighth part.   This weekend is Memorial Weekend which honors those who died serving our country.  We used the word served because a soldier doesn’t do what he wants to do, he does what he is told to do.  In the military, there are consequences for doing your own thing – not just for the one who does the action but for those around who might suffer because one person didn’t listen or went into self-preservation mode.   The heroes are the ones we see carrying another when they are down or wounded.  Pushing through the fear and danger to protect and save others.  Looking out for the good of the many rather than trying to save self.    One of the many ways we tend to get behind or feel like we are the wounded one in life is by the cares of this life. In Mark 4:18-19 Jesus said that there is something that can prevent the Word of God from producing fruit in your life:   The seed that fell among the thorns represents others who hear God’s word, 19 but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life, the lure of wealth, and the desire for other things, so no fruit is produced. The Word of God is powerful and can overcome evil.  We, however, control the door of our heart – what we let in.  When worries and cares enter the door, they crowd out the Word from coming in.  This is when the journey of faith gets bogged down.  How many have taken road trips and the GPS has given you the estimated time of arrival but then you run into construction or an accident—backing up traffic for miles, slowing you down, delaying your arrival.  This is what worrying does for our faith journey.  It slows us down, preventing progress.   There is a solution that takes discipline to see it through.   1.     Give the Lord your cares and worries 2.     Help others with their burdens In past messages on this journey, we’ve talked about obedience and humility, two elements required to get us to our journey’s destination. Humility, as we heard on our Wednesday night Bible Study, is seeing yourself as God sees you – an honest evaluation of yourself. This includes the honest assessment of the cares you are carrying.   Jesus was humble and honest and yet called Himself what he was: the Son of God.  He’s given us the command to be like him.

    35 min

  8. MAY 18

    Conversations With Self - 5.18.25

    Jordon Gilmore Ephesians 4:29 ESV 1. It begins with an honest Biblical assessment of where we are, of who God is and what He has done 2. Leads to an attitude adjustment 3. It should build in us a resolve to be steadfast in our hope Point 1 Psalm 103:1-5 David was continually telling himself to bless the Lord.   Psalm 42:1-11 Point 2 1 Samuel 30:6 It is only possible to encourage yourself when you know there is some anchor to place that encouragement into. Psalm 116:7 Point 3 The ups and downs continue but my response begins to stabilize Ps 146:1-2 ESV “Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.” ‭‭

    46 min
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Join us by audio! We are Faith Alive Church - a church with the mission in the name - to keep faith alive. Faith isn't a one time decision, or a checkbox on a form. Faith is how God functions and He's given us a portion of His faith to live by on earth. Located in Greenville South Carolina and online at faithalivechurch.us.

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