Grace Talks: Grace Vineyard / Coastal Oceanside

Continuing in our series Witness - Stories of the First Jesus Followers, we'll hear about miracles, an angelic jail break, and the spread of Jesus' teachings throughout the city.

A seed grows into a tree that bears fruit containing more seeds. Growth through Multiplication. This is God's plan for fulfilling the task of taking the Gospel of the Kingdom to every people group on the planet.

"In God's Garden even broken trees bear fruit". We are all called to play a role in being witnesses for Jesus locally, regionally, in other cultures, and to the ends of the world. Today we'll hear how that's possible.

Jesus healed all who came to him, as we see in Matthew 8:16. If God is the same yesterday, today and forever, why would be not want to heal everyone today?

Continuing in our series, "Witness - Stories from the First Jesus Followers", we are reminded to take off our masks - to be authentic with each other in an atmosphere of love, acceptance, and forgiveness

Jesus tells His followers that they are His witnesses. Today we look at a story from the first Jesus Followers to learn about the culture of their community that supported their lifestyle of being Jesus' witnesses.

A look at the Old Testament wisdom book Ecclesiastes for lessons on the illusion of control

Witnesses tell others what they have seen, heard, experienced, and learned about Jesus. We are witness for Jesus, and so is the Holy Spirit who helps us with everything we need.

Richard "Snake" Ertel shares insights from the parable of the Prodigal Son.

Jesus told His followers they would be empowered by the Holy Spirit to be witnesses for Him throughout the world. We are reading stories from the book of Acts to learn from their experiences what it looks like to be Spirit-empowered witnesses for Jesus.

How do you find strength to carry on when it feels like all hope is lost. We'll explore the experiences and Psalms of David to discover how David found strength in the Lord his God.

The world around us longs for real spiritual experiences. Pentecost Sunday celebrates the outpouring of God’s experienced presence as recorded in the book of Acts. Contrary to popular belief, the story of the Bible is mostly not about getting to Heaven, it’s the reality of Heaven getting into us. Life with God makes all things right.

There is an infilling of God's Spirit at work internally in our lives as He continually completes the work of salvation, forming us into Christlikeness, and there is also the outflowing of God's Spirit like a rushing river through our lives as He empowers us to extend the Kingdom of God.

Both Male and Female reflect the image of God. The Bible also uses the image of a Mother to describe the Character of God.

The Holy Spirit gives many spiritual gifts to Jesus' followers, and we are instructed to earnestly desire them, especially the gift of prophecy.

The Holy Spirit empowers followers of Jesus to join Him in bringing healing to people, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

An important step in preparing my heart for the infilling of the Spirit is remembering that I am not my own, God has purchased me with the life blood of Jesus Christ and my entire life now belongs to Him.

#1 of 6 Talks Leading up to Pentecost. The Holy Spirit is a Revealer of Truth - about who Jesus is, about who the Father is, and about who we are

Both the Crucifixion of Jesus and the Resurrection of Jesus continue to impact our lives today