When you have a crisis, do you run to anyone other than the Lord? Pastor Ford wants us to consider this question, because, if we’re honest with ourselves about it, the Lord’s the only One Who can really help us.  And when life seems to present us with problems which lead us to ask—”what’s going on in my life?—we need to realize we should have a ‘Who’ perspective about those problems.  And that will help us  say, “No matter what’s going on in my life, I know Who can deal with it.” Learn more...

While we’re going through, whatever it is we’re going through, God’s Word tells us that we ought to have an attitude of gratitude. There must always be this perspective in us that acknowledges the fact that God does all things well, no matter what our opinion is (good or bad) of what He is doing in our lives. To hear more from Pastor Ford about how to develop an attitude of gratitude, join us for the next Treasured Truth. Treasured Truth is a listener supported program on Moody Radio.  To...

When you join us for the next Treasured Truth, we’ll see how the Lord leads his children, just like a shepherd leads his sheep. And if the Lord truly is our shepherd, and we have committed to follow Him, then we can be confident that He will give us everything that we need. Learn more from Pastor Ford as we look further at Psalm 23 on the next Treasured Truth. Treasured Truth is a listener supported program on Moody Radio.  To join our team of supporters, click here. To learn more about...

On the next Treasured Truth, as we continue to work our way through the beginning of Psalm 23 with Pastor Ford, he will explain the significance of the names that the Psalm’s author, King David, used to refer to God and what that significance means for us, even today. Find out more as we take a new look at and old psalm on the next Treasured Truth. Treasured Truth is a listener supported program on Moody Radio.  To join our team of supporters, click here. To learn more about Pastor James...

As we begin to take a fresh look at Psalm 23 on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that despite the fact that it may be the most well-known Psalm from the Bible, Psalm 23 may also be the least understood.  We’ll begin to explore the metaphors and the word pictures in this beloved passage of scripture and learn more about the Lord, Who is Our Shepherd when you join us for the next Treasured Truth. Treasured Truth is a listener supported program on Moody Radio.  To join our...

On today's Treasured Truth, as we finish up our series on church discipline and restoration, Pastor Ford will highlight an important truth for us.  According to him, this is the bottom line—if we are spiritually healthy, then we will love our brothers and our sisters.  And if we love our brothers and our sisters, we will not allow them to stay in the far country, back-slidden and away from God. Learning more about helping to restore your fallen brothers and sisters on the next Treasured...

On today's Treasured Truth, we’ll look further at church discipline and considering those sins that can capture someone quickly. They didn’t expect to do it. They didn’t want to do it, necessarily. But the temptation caught them by surprise and it overwhelmed them.  The Apostle Paul tells us it’s those who are spiritual within the church, who should come alongside the ones who have fallen into this kind of sin like and seek to help restore them. Find out more about how to build up broken down...

Many of us are not receiving the blessings that the Lord has in store for us because we haven’t surrendered everything we ought to give over to Him.  And on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will ask us—How can we expect the Lord to choose to make a powerful impact with our life if we’ve never given the control of our life over to Him? Find out more about this important concept in the life of a believer when you join Pastor Ford for the next Treasured Truth. See omnystudio.com/listener for...

On today's Treasured Truth, as we consider how easily sin can ensnare all of us, we realize that we never know when we’re going to need somebody to pick us up after we’ve sinned. So, Pastor Ford will explain that since we don’t need to be picked up right now, what we need to do is to get into a habit of trying to pick up other people and lift others up who need us to do that for them now. Join as Pastor Ford continues his message “Building Up Broken Down Brothers and Sisters” on the...

On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will look at an example of a person who was caught in sin, who we can read about in 1 Corinthians 5. Because the church delivered him unto Satan—as the Apostle Paul instructed them to do in this passage—for “the destruction of the flesh,” he repented.  But guess what—then they wouldn’t forgive him and let him back into the fellowship of the church! So, today we’ll see how Paul rebuked that church for being unwilling to forgive. To find out more about...

On today's Treasured Truth, as we continue our look at how sins should be dealt with by the church, Pastor Ford defines for us what a “busybody” is.  According to him, that’s a person who is “always up in somebody else’s video, trying to find out what flavor their Kool-Aid is.” He says that person is in the category of seven things that God hates. What does God hate? The person who sows discord among the brethren—or in other words, they cause division among the people of the church. Learn...

As we begin a new study in Galatians 6 on today's Treasured Truth, we’ll look at the subject of church discipline.  And today we’ll consider how matters of private sin or offense, go public too often. So, when we have something against a brother or sister, that’s where it ought to stay. We ought not be divisive in the church, taking our complaints to others who have nothing to do with whatever it is that we are concerned about or offended by. Understand more about how to build up your broken...

Serving in ministry can be very hard some times.  And the very people to whom we are trying to minister, are often the people who hurt us the most!  But on the next Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that we need to decide that there’s no opposition—even from those who cause us the most pain—that will make us stop doing what God has called us to do.  Learn more about ways you can have an effective ministry on the next Treasured Truth. Treasured Truth is a listener supported program on...

As we continue our message series, Bust a Move, on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that we need to realize our current condition is not where our story concludes. That’s because our problems are not problems, but rather platforms.  And our misery is not misery, but an opportunity for ministry. Our trials are for the purpose of learning how to trust God. Find out more on today's Treasured Truth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When we serve God through ministry—whether vocationally or voluntarily—there are many challenges we can face.  But when we realize that serving God is a privilege, then that realization brings everything together and helps us face those challenges effectively. Considering how God chooses to use people like us to grow His kingdom, despite our shortcomings, is a humbling insight and makes us understand even more so, what an awesome God He is! Hear more from Pastor Ford about how to have an...

Did you know there are consequences that you will experience when you don’t forgive?  On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will continue to explain the 5 consequences of unforgiveness that can be seen in the passage we’ve been studying in the book of Acts.  And he’ll share some more guidance we can follow about learning to forgive the unforgivable.  That’s on today's Treasured Truth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that generally speaking, reconciliation takes time. That’s because God has to heal the person who’s been offended. And it often takes a lot of time for that to happen. So, if you’ve asked for forgiveness and are waiting for reconciliation to take place, then you need to realize that it may be a while before the person can respond in a forgiving way. Find out more when you join us for today's Treasured Truth. See omnystudio.com/listener for...

On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will ask us to consider this question—Why is it that when someone does something against us, we look at their actions, but when we do something against them, we look at our intentions? And we say we didn’t intend to do it.  Yet, we did it.  So, whether we intended to or not, we hurt them and we have to deal with that, seek their forgiveness, and try to reconcile things with them. Learn more about how forgiveness on today's Treasured Truth. See...

The level of intimacy we experience in our relationship with God is in direct proportion to the level of forgiveness we show to others. On today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will explain that God doesn’t want us to come to worship, thinking that we’re communicating with and worshipping Him, when we have something in our heart against the person sitting next to us. Hear more about how to forgive the unforgivable on today's Treasured Truth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Many times, what God is telling us to do doesn’t make sense to us. Or, it seems to us like it’s the wrong direction for our lives to take. But on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that heavenly solutions hardly ever make earthly sense. So, we have to trust God in His sovereignty that He knows what’s best for us. Learn more when you join us for today's Treasured Truth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today'sTreasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that we should not let ourselves be impeded in our healing from past hurts because we want to know why someone would hurt us in the way they did. We often ask why did they do it? We have to realize that we may never find out why they did what they did. And often people who do things to us don’t even know why they did them. So, we shouldn’t let this question hold us back from getting past the hurt. Find our more about how to forgive the...

When we’ve been hurt and we realize what our offenders meant for evil, God actually meant for good, then we understand the purpose of our pain. We can see that those who do evil towards us don’t control our lives by anything that they can do to us. Instead, God controls the outcome and intends for us to go through certain things so we can become more like He wants us to be. Learn more about forgiveness as Pastor Ford continues his message called “How to Forgive the Unforgivable” on today's...

As we continue to look at forgiveness on today's Treasured Truth, we’ll discover how the story of Joseph unfolds in the Old Testament. We’ll see how Joseph reminded his offenders of God’s sovereignty in his life. He said, “You meant it for evil, but God meant it for good.” So, Pastor Ford will explain that Joseph was essentially saying—what you meant as a stumbling block, God meant it as a stepping stone.  Learn more when you join us for today's Treasured Truth. See omnystudio.com/listener...

What happened to you may have been completely devastating. And the day it happened might have seemed like the darkest day you’ve ever lived through. But no matter how difficult it was, God is still alive and He is going to work in whatever your situation is. And on today's Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind you that God wants you to bring something out of what you’ve been through that you didn’t have before—something you never would have had if you had not gone through the...