To be unapologetic as a Christian means to confess allegiance to Jesus Christ without diminishing His truth.
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An unapologetic Christian confesses allegiance to Christ without any qualification or diminishment of His truth.
Dear Members, Are you willing to wholly commit to the ways of Christ? Absolute surrender comes through a daily decision to forsake our own agenda for a Kingdom Agenda. And...
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It is not by the force of our will, but rather the opposite: absolute surrender, that is the key to unlocking God’s power.
Let’s keep those who have suffered loss in our prayers as they begin to repair and restore what has been damaged.
As believers, we should connect with God and each other, grow in spiritual maturity, and serve as kingdom agents for our Lord.
Dear OCBF Employees, We trust all is well on your end. Due to the inclement weather, all OCBF facilities will be closed through Friday, February 19. Employees who can work...
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Dear Members, We pray that you are warm and safe in this unseasonably freezing Texas weather. So many individuals and families are without power and have no place to go....
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In protest to a racial norm, Jesus Christ – while maintaining his own racial history and heritage – obeyed the will of God.
Dear Members, Living in the world and not being of it is no easy task. The only cure against becoming a lukewarm disciple is to reset priorities and invest in...
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Believers must address their spiritual confusion and follow Jesus if they want to receive the rewards of discipleship.
Every believer must allow God to awaken and reset our priorities to experience what it means to be successful and fully alive in Christ.
As followers of Jesus, we must understand that true success in life is directly related to the level of our experiential knowledge of God.
Dear Members, Believers can be duped into religious rituals at the expense of a relationship with Jesus Christ. This happens when we stack man-made additions and/or traditions on top of...
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Your intimacy with the Lord should be the driving force of your life, but you first must invite Him in and spend time with Him.
Life disruptions come with the human experience. With each disruption, there is an opportunity for a reset.
Jesus intended for the church to be the transformational environment for the Spirit of God to ignite His people.
With God’s help, we can anticipate a great and productive year with new beginnings and a fresh wind to meet every challenge and victory.
2020 was quite a tumultuous year. We are grateful to our mighty God that, through His Spirit, we didn’t have to face it alone.
To experience the full power of the Holy Spirit, you must connect the risen Christ with the written Word of God.
We should be glad that we can end the year with the celebration of the birth of Christ! Have a very Merry and Safe Christmas!
Dear Members, The Holy Spirit is the person of the Trinity who is most actively with us now, and He is indispensable to our Christian life. If there were no...
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When you are under the Spirit’s control—hate gives way to love, stubbornness to understanding and dissension to unity.
When life causes us to groan, The Holy Spirit has a responsibility to help when you are collapsing in your soul.
As we approach the end of a very tumultuous year, there has never been a more critical time for our church family to fast and pray.
Dear Members, One of the most powerful illustrations of faith is a grateful heart bursting with thanksgiving for all the good God has done, is doing, and will do through...
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