This week Minister Grace Mebane of Spirit Food Christian Center in Winnetka continues teaching her message titled “Did Jesus Hang Out with Sinners?” In this second part of the message, Minister Mebane talks about the woman in Samaria. The purpose of his visit was to minister to her. This is one example of the many people to whom Jesus ministered. However, he wasn’t “hanging out” with her, he was very specific and intentional is his…
This week Minister Grace Mebane of Spirit Food Christian Center in Winnetka teaches a message titled “Did Jesus Hang Out with Sinners?” In today’s world, it’s not uncommon for people to attempt to justify sin or poor behavior by saying “Jesus used to hang out with sinners”. The implication in this statement is that if it is indeed true, it must mean that Jesus condones the behavior. Minister Mebane delves deep into this question and…
This week Pastor Garry Zeigler of Spirit Food Christian Center in Winnetka teaches a special Mother’s Day message titled “Are You Listening to Your Mother?” The act of having carried a child in the womb is not the only way to be a mother. In Matthew chapter 12, we learn that a mother is also someone who listens to and acts upon the word of God. In the Bible, Adam referred to Eve as the…
This week Pastor Garry Zeigler of Spirit Food Christian Center in Winnetka starts teaching a new message titled “Forgiveness: A Key to Overflow”. The foundational scripture is Mark 11:25. Notice that Pastor Zeigler refers to forgiveness as “a” key and not “the” key – the implication being that forgiveness is just one of the things we must do to receive overflow in our lives. In God’s word, we’re instructed to forgive – just as God…
This week Pastor Garry Zeigler of Spirit Food Christian Center in Winnetka continues teaching his message titled “Jesus: The King of Hearts”. The foundational scripture is 1 Corinthians 13. As we examine that Jesus is the King of our hearts, we need to examine the other parts of our being which are the soul and the body. Each distinct part of our being must be understood in the context of God. It’s written that it’s…
This week Pastor Garry Zeigler of Spirit Food Christian Center in Winnetka continues teaching his message titled “Jesus: The King of Hearts”. The foundational scripture is 1 Corinthians 13. We learn from the word that God looks at the heart of people, in other words, he looks at our spirit, not the physical part of our being. Our heart’s desire should be to serve God, and He will always give us guidance to do what…
This week Pastor Garry Zeigler of Spirit Food Christian Center in Winnetka teaches a special Resurrection Sunday message titled “Was Jesus a Vegan?”. The title of this message is intended to provoke thought about Jesus and the resurrection. A vegan does no eat meat or animal by-products. However, the message encourages us to be ready to accept the truth of the word of God and to look at it as “the meat” which we should…
This week Pastor Garry Zeigler of Spirit Food Christian Center in Winnetka starts teaching a new message titled “Jesus the King of Hearts”. The foundational scripture for this message is 1 Corinthians 13. Often, when people think about King of Hearts, they think about a deck of playing cards. However, in this message Pastor explains how in fact, Jesus is the King of the Hearts of those people who truly believe on him. And when…
This week Pastor Garry Zeigler of Spirit Food Christian Center in Winnetka starts teaching a new message titled “A New Law for a New People”. The foundational scripture for this message is Galatians 3. When you become a citizen in the household of faith, you must now follow the law of the kingdom of God. By becoming Christians, we have rejected the devil and his kingdom of darkness. However, as a consequence of our choice…
This week Pastor Garry Zeigler of Spirit Food Christian Center in Winnetka continues teaching his message titled “Born to Raise Heaven and Raze Hell”. The foundational scripture for this message is John 3. Pastor Zeigler spend some time in this message looking at scriptures in Jeremiah. In chapter 1 of Jeremiah, we learn that before we were even formed in the belly, God knew us and sanctified us. As believers in Christ Jesus, we have…