Abundant Church - Alton
Abundant Church is located in Alton, IL. You will find the latest Sunday morning messages. Each message is Bible based and practical for everyday living with Jesus.
Episodes
65 episodes
Jesus is Worth It: Living in Response
Worth and Value are directly tied to your priorities. Only you can decide what you are going to value and worth is determined by what someone is willing to pay. YOUR WORTH is so precious to God that He gave Jesus as the payment for your sin.
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Jesus Is Worth It: Trust
Trusting Jesus, the disciples followed Him because they trusted Him without knowing what was coming next. Sacrificing things for God isn't easy, but we sacrifice for the things that we value.
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Jesus Is Worth It
What are you willing to pay just a little more for: shoes, drinks, a car? We make decisions every day about worth, cost, and value. Today, Pastor Joe looks at what the apostle Paul was willing to sacrifice in Acts 20.
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Don't Let God Pass By
Youth Pastor, Ana Vakauta shares about how we have to let go of our past to reach out for what God has for us.
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Saved from Sin for Good Works
We take a deep dive into Ephesians chapter 2 that calls out sins in our MIND, SOUL, and FLESH. By God's GRACE we are saved through faith in Jesus.
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ATTACHED: Check Your Connections
Just like a device needs to be plugged in right to receive a signal, we have to be connected to God with Faith, Love, and Hope to create positive change in our lives.
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ATTACHED: Bless God
We bless God because he chose us as adopted sons and daughters. God redeems us and gives us an inheritance. We just have to surrender to God and lift our hearts and hands in worship to Him.
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ATTACHED: What We're Attached to Overflows Through Us
Pastor Joe Banks' new series takes us verse by verse through the book of Ephesians. We will look at our habits, choices, and addictions that we try to manage. When we attach ourselves to Jesus, His love, joy, and peace can flow through us.
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Great Expectations
Guest speaker, Justin Smith talks about how we can all have an impact in God's Kingdom. When we have child-like faith we don't try to make excuses, we expect great things.
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READY: It's Getting Hot
Pastor Joe wraps up the message series: READY with a searing letter in Revelation to the church in Laodicea. They were rich hypocrites that were lukewarm in their faith. Jesus is calling us to a deeper relationship not a false Chri...
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READY: Hold On!
When the pressure increases and things seem uncertain, we struggle. Take hope from God's word that, "What He (God) opens no one can shut, and what He shuts no one can open." Sometimes God shuts doors because of our disobedience, for our p...
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READY: Wake Up!
Regardless of your reputation, what really matters is what you are doing right now. God knows your heart and a good reputation will not get you into heaven.
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READY: Societal Pressures
Our goal is to live according to God's word. A biblical Christian applies biblical ethics to words, decisions, and actions."Situational Ethics" is when your ethics or principles change according to the situation. You compromise what you...
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READY: Compromise
When things are going tough and you feel all alone, it is easy to believe the lie that God has forgotten you. The Truth is: God knows right where you are. When you feel like you are all alone standing for what is right, it’s easy to resen...
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Trouble
We tend to avoid things that make us uncomfortable, but we know that pain and suffering are a part of this world. In this message we are looking at the church in Smyrna that was facing difficulty, danger, and persecution. We want to be re...
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Warning Signs
READY is a new message series based on the book of Revelation. What are the warning signs that we are NOT READY to meet Jesus?
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How the Holy Spirit Uses Us
This is part 3 of this important series on the Spirit of God. Pastor Joe talks about the gifts of the Spirit and why one is not more important than another. Collectively we use these gifts (that can't be earned) to help the whole church body wo...
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The Spirit of God: Power to Witness
What is your attitude toward the Holy Spirit? Jesus told His followers to wait for the Holy Spirit, not just so that we could have a good church service.
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The Spirit of God: Holy Who?
This is the introduction to The Spirit of God message series where we look at who the Holy Spirit is and what role it plays in our lives.
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The Father Heart of God
Pastor Joe compares and contrasts how we project the experience that we have with our earthly fathers onto our relationship with our Father God. God wants to be in close relationship with you.
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Commitment Sees it Differently
Guest Speaker, Pastor Austin Westlake shares from Acts 16. Paul's assignment from God didn't make sense to him, got him beaten, and landed him in prison. Sometimes God leads us to a place that looks like a loss but later looks like a miracle.
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Unfair Faith
Jarrod Six, executive pastor at Abundant Church shares from Jesus' parable of the prodigal son. Pastor Jarrod calls him little brother and we try to see things from his perspective. Then we flip the script and see things from the big brother's ...
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