Daily Manna Weekend
Paul Torres, CCC Guaynabo PR
Standing firm for Christ . . . in good times (2)
December 3, 2017 • Pastor Paul Torres
Pastor Paul continues a new series looking at the book of First John. Last week he looked at some of the background information of the book. To whom it was addressed, what the world of their day looked like, what challenges they faced. Today Pastor Paul continues with that discussion, showing us the similarities between the believers then and now. Just as with the believers that the Apostle was writing to, Christians today are being pressured to give up their convictions as Christians to live like the world around them.
Standing firm for Christ . . . in good times
November 19, 2017 • Pastor Paul Torres
In this impactful book of the New Testament, we see the Apostle writing a letter to people who were under attack, not from persecution, but from affluence. They were being pressured to give up their convictions as Christians to live like the world around them. We had not planned it this way, but as things begin to normalize in Puerto Rico after Hurricane María, what better time to remind ourselves to serve Christ first in good times as well as bad?
How does the Word change us?
August 27, 2017 • Pastor Paul Torres
The Bible is the food that we need to grow as believers. In this new topical series, Pastor Paul begins looking at how that works in real life. How does God expect a person to mature in the faith? How should that be expressed in daily life? When do we reach a sort of plateau where we can say, “Now I’ve arrived as a Christian?”
We can trust the Word (1)
August 13, 2017 • Pastor Paul Torres
As Christians, we have to ask ourselves whether we really believe that the Bible is the written Word of God. In this message started last week, Pastor Paul continues with his series of preaching related to the historical and verbal accuracy of the Bible. Though its truths to not depend on these things, it’s always good to support our faith against attacks of the enemy and our own doubts by learning the facts of the matter. Well listen to this encouraging program, as Pastor Paul explains why we can have confidence not only in the truths, but also the inerrant accuracy, of our Bible.
We can trust the Word (2)
August 20, 2017 • Pastor Paul Torres
As Christians, we have to ask ourselves whether we really believe that the Bible is the written Word of God. In this message started last week, Pastor Paul continues with his series of preaching related to the historical and verbal accuracy of the Bible. Though its truths to not depend on these things, it’s always good to support our faith against attacks of the enemy and our own doubts by learning the facts of the matter. Well listen to this encouraging program, as Pastor Paul explains why we can have confidence not only in the truths, but also the inerrant accuracy, of our Bible.
Ending with praise
July 23, 2017 • Pastor Paul Torres
Last week Pastor Paul began a message about praise. He showed us what true praise is, and how we can implement it in our daily lives. Now today, he shows us how we can praise the Lord as a body. Whether we’re talking about your family, your local church, or even a larger event where thousands of believers get together, we see the example of Nehemiah who led the entire nation of Israel in praise to the Lord at the end of the wall building project. As we finish our study of Ezra and Nehemiah today, we will see how God was honored and how the people set the groundwork for a national revival and recommitment to the Lord. It’s a step we must take today.
What is praise?
July 15, 2017 • Pastor Paul Torres
What does real praise look like? Is it just about nice music, or is it something more? In this message from Nehemiah chapter 11, Pastor Paul tells us that many of us are on the right track, but praise is more than something we do in church. Praising the Lord is how we live, how we act, how we share His love with others.
God in every detail
July 9, 2017 • Pastor Paul Torres
What do you do when you come to a long list of names in the Bible? Are you tempted just to jump over it? Don’t! After all, 2 Timothy 3 tells us that “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” This “all scripture” includes even the genealogies. So if you haven’t seen God’s truth in them, you haven’t been looking! In today’s message from Nehemiah chapter 11, Pastor Paul shows us how the names of the people who moved back in to Jerusalem tell a story about God’s faithfulness—and the coming of Christ.
Sacrificing for God
June 25, 2017 • Pastor Paul Torres
How much would you be willing to sacrifice personally to see God’s will moved forward? Would you take it upon yourself to move into a broken-down city with no security and begin the hard task of rebuilding it? In this message from Nehemiah chapter 11, Pastor Paul discusses the heroes who did just that, moving their families and everything they owned into the once-destroyed city of Jerusalem. It takes vision to see that God is with a work!
Recommitment
June 18, 2017 • Pastor Paul Torres
There is a lot of confusion out there about God’s demands for holiness. On the one hand, we have people who seem to think that we need to purchase a ticket to Heaven by doing lots of good works. On the other extreme, we have people who claim to be Christians but live lives of sin and license, claiming that none of the moral rules of the Bible apply to them. And then somewhere in the middle, there is honest debate. Where is the line between holiness and self-righteousness? In this message from Nehemiah chapter 10, Pastor Paul talks about these important questions.
Modeling holiness
June 11, 2017 • Pastor Paul Torres
They say that holiness is like a virus: It spreads by contact. When we determine to live devoted to God and His standards, those around us are encouraged to do the same. In this message from Nehemiah, we see how the man of God lived his testimony, and how the people of the land were impacted to desire holiness as well. As always, it is all about Jesus Christ, either in the Old Testament or the new.
What about AFTER we win?
June 5, 2017 • Pastor Paul Torres
When you finish a big project that the Lord has called you to, the first question you should ask is, “What next?” Many times, right when a big emotional high has been reached or a big campaign for God’s Kingdom has been accomplished, the temptation is to relax and give in to sin. In this message from Nehemiah chapter 7, Pastor Paul shows us how Nehemiah intervened right as the project of the wall building ended, to prevent this from happening and to keep the people of Israel living lives of holiness.