The FaithFactor Podcast w/Bishop K

Let No One Look Down On You; You Are Not Your Circumstance

1 Timothy 4:12
Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. (ESV)
This is wise advice from a wise church planter and leader. Paul knew firsthand the potential for problems in any church where people of a variety of religious backgrounds, cultures, and ages come together. Timothy’s character, and not his age, would determine his authority to lead. Paul called Timothy’s specific role an example—meaning he was to be a pattern or model. Whatever his age, Timothy was not to allow anyone to minimize his role but was to persist in being a good example.
Credits:
Christ In You ft. Virginia Wright - Oracles Of A Worshipper
I'm Not MY Circumstance ft. Endiah Dennis-Stroud - Oracles Of A Worshipper
Download Oracles Of A Worshipper by Keifer R. Bradshaw on most streaming platforms.
 

Have You Done What You Know To Do?

James 4:13-17
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin. (ESV
To attain spiritual maturity a believer must do the good he now knows. He must stand confidently on God’s Word even in trials and temptations. He must compassionately serve his brethren without prejudicial favoritism but with practical faith. He must speak carefully with a controlled tongue and wise, cultivated thought. He must submit in contrition to his all-powerful Father, Law-giver, and Judge with a humble spirit, just action, and a trusting heart. He must be what God wants him to be, do what God wants him to do, speak as God wants him to speak, and sense what God wants him to sense.
 
Credits:
Christ In You by Keifer R. Bradshaw - Oracles Of A Worshipper
Some music provided by the Whoop Triggerz Plus App (http://www.whooptriggerz.com)
 

God Speaks through His Activity

Habakkuk 1:1-5
The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise. So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted. “Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told.  (ESV)
But we need, like Habakkuk, to be open to God’s lateral thinking. His perception and perspective are much wider than ours. He sees the end from the beginning and he sees the whole picture. His purposes and activity are based on this knowledge and understanding. Our judgments are radically affected by time, space and mortality. God stands outside all three. Yet, in his compassion and concern, he takes our prayers very seriously.
 
Credits:
Christ In You by Keifer R. Bradshaw - Oracles of A Worshipper
Some music provided by the Whoop Triggerz Plus App (http://www.whooptriggerz.com)
 

God Is All-Powerful

If God call you to it, he will take you through it.
Isaiah 46:8-11
“Remember this and stand firm, recall it to mind, you transgressors, remember the former things of old; for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’ calling a bird of prey from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country. I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed, and I will do it. (ESV
• God is love. His will is always best.
• God is all-knowing. His directions are always right.
• God is all-powerful. He can enable you to accomplish His will.
 
Credits:
Christ In You by Keifer R. Bradshaw -Oracles of A Worshipper
God Favored Me - Hezekiah Walker
 

Spiritual Preparedness

Matthew 25:1-1
Jesus told the following parables to clarify further what it means to be spiritually vigilant—ready for his return and how to live until he comes. The ten bridesmaids (25:1–13) teach that every person is responsible for his or her own spiritual condition. It is time to be proactive instead of reactive. Make preparations today, don't procrastinate like the five foolish virgins and get locked out.
 
Credits:
Christ In You: Oracles of A Worshipper by Keifer R. Bradshaw
Some music provided by the Whoop Triggerz Plus App http://www.whooptriggerz.com
 
 

Get Your Head Back In the Game

So roll up your sleeves, get your head in the game, be totally ready to receive the gift that’s coming when Jesus arrives. Don’t lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn’t know any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God’s life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. God said, “I am holy; you be holy.” 1 Peter 1:13-16 (MSG)
 
Credits:
Christ In You by Keifer R. Bradshaw "Oracles Of A Worshipper"
Some music provided by the Whoop Triggerz Plus App (http://www.whooptriggerz.com)
 

God’s Season and Your Timing

Ecclesiastes 3:1-9
Ecclesiastes 3:1 (KJV) To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven...
God has ordered all things, and a human being cannot change God's appointments or fully understand them or anticipate them. But the world is not fundamentally chaotic or irrational. It is ordered by God, and it is for humans to accept matters as they are by God's appointments, including their own limitations.  Everything has its "time"and is good in its time.
Credits: Christ In You - Oracles of A Worshipper by Keifer R. Bradshaw
 

Prayer Is Preparation

Acts 2:1
When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all filled with one accord in one place.
Prayer had prepared the disciples for their obedient response. Preparation was done beforehand to allow them to be ready for their upcoming assignment to fulfill the Great Commission. Begin the day with God, kneel down to Him in prayer. Lift up your heart to see His abode and seek His love to share.  Open the Book of God and read a portion there, that it may hallow all your thoughts and sweeten all your care.
Credits:
Christ In You - Oracles of A Worshipper by Keifer R. Bradshaw
Some music provided by the Whoop Triggerz Plus App (http://www.whooptriggerz.com)

Long Enough on the Mountain

Deuteronomy 1:6
The Lord our God spoke to us in Horeb saying: "You have sweet long enough at this mountain."
"Don't get too comfortable at that place where you had a mountaintop experience. God has more for you to encounter. Step out on faith and get out of your comfort zone and operate in your FaithZone." +KRB
Credits:
Christ in You - Oracles Of A Worshipper by Keifer R. Bradshaw
Some music provided by the Whoop Triggerz Plus App (http://www.whooptriggerz.com)

The Trap Is Broken and We Are Free

Psalm 124:1-7
God delivers us from those who seek to destroy us.  God is on the side of those who seek Him. If it had not been for the Lord on your side, where would you be?  "Your reward is greater than your challenge!" -KRB
Credits:
Christ in You by Keifer R. Bradshaw
For Every Mountain by Kurt Car
Some music provided by the Whoop Triggerz Plus App (http://www.whooptriggerz.com)