Humility is not self-abasing, it is not an act that feeds the self, it is lowliness and takes service as the highest incentive to action.  Saul lost his humility as a leader and became unusable to God because of his attitude, whereas David had a heart open to receive correction when he was confronted with his sin.  A humble perspective puts things in proper order; even the lowly things have a place in God's order. VF-2133 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at PastorMelissaScott.com Pastor Melissa...

The Holy Spirit helps us in our human condition of weakness when we don't even know "the what" we need and should ask for in prayer.  When we face a circumstance, we cannot even find the words for, the Spirit understands our groanings.  He helps us lift the load and carry our prayer to the Father, who knows our hearts, and Christ, who advocates for us. VF-2114 Romans 8:26-27 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at PastorMelissaScott.com Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in Glendale....

Paul makes four categories of mankind: the natural man, babes in Christ, carnal believers, and spiritual Christians.  The natural man cannot hear the message; the babe in Christ grows, feeding on the sincere milk of the Word; carnal believers are never confronted with facing themselves, leaving them in a state of arrested spiritual development; and spiritual Christians constantly feed on the Word, both milk and meat.  Some marks of carnality are envying, strife, and divisions, which are in...

Like those in Corinth, many churches today have elevated spiritual gifts, especially speaking in tongues, as the mark of salvation causing contention and disunity in the body.  Paul corrects this by clarifying that there are diversities of gifts, distributed by the Holy Spirit for the edifying of the church. Some, not all, have particular gifts, including speaking in tongues. All His children have some gift for the building up of the body.  The greatest gift is the love He poured out on our...

Part of understanding the holiness of God is being aware that He has placed a deposit of His peace in our hearts, which gives us the capacity to pursue peace with all. This awareness allows us to get real with God and keeps us from falling away from the faith. VF-2208 Hebrews 12:12-17 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at PastorMelissaScott.com Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in Glendale. Call 1-800-338-3030 24x7 to leave a message for Pastor Scott. You may make reservations to...

God's love toward us comes before we can love Him. When we do love Him, it is impossible to not simultaneously love our brethren. This agapao love, in being completed, makes us bold and drives out fear. With God's love in us, we will get tested to bring us closer to God and His care, but we will not receive punishment from God. VF-2092 1 John 4:17-18 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at PastorMelissaScott.com Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in Glendale. Call 1-800-338-3030 24x7 to...

God’s motherly love shines through in a bleak passage directed against the hypocritical scribes and Pharisees. Knowing what the word of God said, they were unable to apply it to themselves or hear the call of God. God is still calling, as a mother hen, to bring comfort to the comfortless that will run to the voice of the sayer. VF-2080 Matthew 23:37 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at PastorMelissaScott.com Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in Glendale. Call 1-800-338-3030 24x7 to...

Take the challenge to read and listen to Bible teaching, examining whether or not the things that Jesus foretold of Himself were manipulated or true before throwing away the hope of life eternal. VF-1970 John 11:23-26, 1Corinthians 15:3-4 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at PastorMelissaScott.com Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in Glendale. Call 1-800-338-3030 24x7 to leave a message for Pastor Scott. You may make reservations to attend a live service, leave a prayer request or...

Christ has broken down the barriers of the old dispensation, so now we have to learn to function as a society, in Christ. We are chosen, separated, and loved by God, so we must act like it. Paul tells us to clothe ourselves in the attributes that come from God: compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and longsuffering. Only then can we put up with one another and be a cohesive body of believers in Christ. VF-2301 Colossians 3:12-13 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at PastorMelissaScott.com ...

Through Nehemiah 9:26-31 and Psalm 106 we have a mirror to show us the wickedness of fallen man and our own sinning ways. Why then, if God knows and sees all this, does He forgive? For His name's sake. He is still saving people today for simple faith in the name of Jesus Christ. VF-2013 Nehemiah 9:26-31 Psalm 106 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at PastorMelissaScott.com Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in Glendale. Call 1-800-338-3030 24x7 to leave a message for Pastor Scott. You...

"The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand." First, a look at what the all things are, and then into three vignettes of God's love as seen in Christ: to the woman at the well, the woman taken in adultery and the post-betrayal Apostle Peter. With this we learn: the all things in Christ's hand funnel into the love of God and we have access to both by reaching for His hand by faith. VF-1877 John 3:35, Matthew 11:27 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at PastorMelissaScott.com ...

Pastor speaks about the most abused four-letter word; Love.  The genesis of Love is seeded in God.  God’s nature cannot be manufactured.  God wants us to love each other as He loves us. The main benefactor is for God to be glorified.  When the scripture resides in your nature, it is the mark of growth. VF-1819 1Corinthians 13 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at PastorMelissaScott.com Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in Glendale. Call 1-800-338-3030 24x7 to leave a message for...

The unconditional agape love that comes from God is not like human love; it is the fruit of the Spirit of God in us, not something we can do in the flesh. This kind of love links us to God, and from it flows patience, kindness, generosity, and compassion. VF-2303 Colossians 3:14 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at PastorMelissaScott.com Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in Glendale. Call 1-800-338-3030 24x7 to leave a message for Pastor Scott. You may make reservations to attend a...

The body of Christ is supposed to be knit together in love, not ripped apart. Without being knit together in Christ’s love, the church cannot survive. Paul addressed the Colossians with pastoral concern, reminding them to focus back on Christ and to be knit together in the agape love of God. When the problems come, this love of God through Christ should be our common bond. Christ is the unifying force. Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at PastorMelissaScott.com Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from...

We don't find God; He chose us form among those He didn’t choose before the world was formed. The purpose of the choice is that we could be holy and without blame when we finally come before Him in love. Becoming holy and blameless before Him is not a change we make in ourselves. He makes that change in us for our faith. VF-2204 Ephesians 1:4 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at PastorMelissaScott.com Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in Glendale. Call 1-800-338-3030 24x7 to leave a...

We each have an individual calling, and there is ministry in every vocation.  In everything we do, we are to do it from the soul for the Lord.  God grants rewards for obedient service, making us joint heirs with Christ, the heir of all things! VF-2316 Colossians 3:23-24 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at PastorMelissaScott.com Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in Glendale. Call 1-800-338-3030 24x7 to leave a message for Pastor Scott. You may make reservations to attend a live...

The relationship between parents and children is a delicate balance, particularly for Christians.  Neither parents nor children are perfect, but it pleases the Lord when children obey their parents and fathers do not provoke and discourage their children.  Although raising children according to God’s word does not guarantee they will grow up to have faith, God has a way of bringing people back if He wants them. VF-2315 Colossians 3:20-21 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at...

Paul's instructions to wives and husbands are not about inferiority, they are about order.  God made Adam and Eve equal, before the fall; now we are living under the curse.  But in Christ, we are all equal.  If God is not the glue in our relationships, everything falls apart. VF-2314 Colossians 3:18-19 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at PastorMelissaScott.com Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in Glendale. Call 1-800-338-3030 24x7 to leave a message for Pastor Scott. You may make...

God gave an order to all things, including gender roles.  Through translation and several commentators, we can see that the role of the woman was not inferior to the role of the man or vice versa.  Each gender compliments one another.  What one lacks, the other makes up for and they each have their part in the family unit according to God’s perfect design. VF-2313 Colossians 3:18, Genesis 2:18, 20 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at PastorMelissaScott.com Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith...

Onesimus was a runaway slave when he was birthed into the kingdom by Paul.  At Paul’s request, he was restored to a much better state.  Similarly, we are slaves of the world, of the flesh, or of the devil, unprofitable to God until we subject ourselves to the better state of slavery to Christ.  This New Testament kind of slavery cannot be seen as a pejorative, but as an honor and privilege. VF-2312 Colossians 3:22-4:1, 4:7-9, Philemon Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at PastorMelissaScott.com ...

Paul’s instruction that slaves should obey their masters can be better understood after looking at how the book of Genesis describes slaves. Slaves were treated like part of the family, were entrusted with responsibilities, and had rights. We should do whatever work we do as unto the Lord. We serve a living God. VF-2311 Colossians 3:22-24, Genesis Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at PastorMelissaScott.com Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in Glendale. Call 1-800-338-3030 24x7 to...

The slavery described in the Bible is not like the slavery of modern times. It is a product of fallen man.  God did not ordain slavery, but He worked with it for a purpose.  Hebrew slaves were treated well, almost like a part of the family, and many willingly entered into servitude.  We should all have a relationship of willing obedience to our Master. VF-2310 Colossians 3:22-4:1 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at PastorMelissaScott.com Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in...

Jesus has given us power of attorney to act on His behalf, using His name. So why have our prayers become powerless? Are we just uttering words when we finish our prayers, “in Jesus’ name”? Or are we understanding the power of what we’re tapping into? The difference between the two is quite radical. When we pray in our own strength and in our own flesh, we become powerless. But when we connect our thoughts in prayer with everything we know about Jesus and the actions He has already made good...

Throughout church history, music has been an expression of worship to God.  When the word dwells richly in our hearts, it expresses itself through us in teaching, admonishing, and singing.  Music and word belong together and have the power to affect and change lives. VF-2308 Colossians 3:16-17 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at PastorMelissaScott.com Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in Glendale. Call 1-800-338-3030 24x7 to leave a message for Pastor Scott. You may make...