A Beginner’s Guide to Prayer
February 5, 2023
Hello Kingdom Family,
Welcome to our Jesus-centered community. We are glad you are listening to today’s message. “We are People Helping People Experience a Jesus-centered Life.”
Today we return to our new 40-Day Growth Campaign called 40 Days of Prayer. The title of today’s message is “A Beginner’s Guide to Prayer.” Our main scripture is Luke 11:1-13. In today’s message, we unpack the purpose of prayer and what it takes to grow spiritually.
Before you listen to the message, you are encouraged to go to our website and download the lesson plan and bulletin for this message, dated February 5, 2023. Our message today is “A Believer’s Guide to Prayer?” This sermon is Part II of VII and should help you embrace the inadequacy of your personal prayer life and realize that we “all” struggle with prayer and understand its purpose.
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Hill-Tran Ministries
- Pastor Harold Long
- 40 Days of Prayer
- Luke 11:1-13
- 40 Days of Prayer
- Four Truths About Prayer
- Jesus-Centered
- Jesus-centered Community
- Jesus-Centered Faith
- Jesus-centered life
- Jesus-Centered Living
- Magic
- Prayer
- Spiritual Awakening
- Spiritual Experience
- Hillsboro UMC
- Transformation UMC
The Twisted Perception of Rejection
January 15, 2023
- Pastor Harold Long
- Romans: I'm Not Ashamed of the Gospel
- Romans 9:1-5
- Character Defects
- God's Promises
- Israel
- Jesus
- Jesus-Centered
- Jesus-Centered Faith
- Jesus-centered life
- Jesus-Centered Living
- Jews
- Paul
- Rejection
- Shortcomings
- Sin
- Twisted Perception
- Hillsboro UMC
- Transformation UMC
Today we return to our message series “Romans: I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel.” Our Scripture reading is Romans 9:1-5, and today’s message is “The Twisted Perception of Rejection.” We look at how Israel, Jewish Christians, and 21st Christians have had a pattern of assuming God has rejected them, and they, in turn, have rejected God. We review how Jesus was rejected by everyone, including his family, and the promises of God when we desire the Kingdom of God over the world system.
A Jesus-looking God
December 25, 2022
- Pastor Harold Long
- Christmas
- Hebrews 1:1-4
- Advent
- Darkness
- Die to Self
- Hope
- Jesus is the Light
- Jesus-Centered
- Jesus-Centered Faith
- Jesus-centered life
- Jesus-looking God
- Joy
- Joy to the World
- Light
- Light of the World
- light vs dark
- Love
- Morgan Freeman
- New Year 2023
- New Year's Day
- New Year's Resolutions
- Peace
- Personal Inventory
- Surrender
- Hillsboro UMC
- Transformation UMC
On Christmas day of 2022, we lean on the lectionary and the Hebrews 1:1-4 Scripture, teaching us that Jesus is God’s entire manifestation and essence. As Christians, we worship and follow a Jesus-looking God. Thank you for joining us for today’s message.
The Manifestation of the GOAT
December 24, 2022
- Pastor Harold Long
- Christmas Eve
- Isaiah 9:2-7
- Luke 2:1-20
- Albert Pujols
- Babe Ruth
- Identification
- Identity
- Jesus-Centered
- Jesus-centered Community
- Jesus-centered life
- Karch Kiraly
- Mary and Joseph
- Moses
- Stan Musial
- The GOAT
- Tiger Woods
- Hillsboro UMC
- Transformation UMC
Today’s message centers on the manifestation of God in the person of Jesus and that He is the GOAT. The GOAT stands for the great of all time. Who are the GOATS in your life?
A Saved Savior
December 18, 2022
- Unforgettable Christmas
- Matthew 2:13-23
- Angels
- Excluded
- Herod
- Herod the Great
- Jesus
- Jesus is the Light
- Jesus the Christ
- Jesus-Centered
- Joseph
- King Herod
- Loneliness
- Mary
- Mary and Joseph
- Our Real Purpose
- Pain
- Purpose
- Suffering
- Wounded
- Hillsboro UMC
- Transformation UMC
Today we continue our Christmas message series “Unforgettable Christmas.” We unpack Matthew 2:13-23 and our message titled “A Saved Savior.” We look at the character of Herod the Great, also known as King Herod. We also discover our responsibility as it relates to God’s purpose for our lives, avoiding evil and helping advance the kingdom. Lastly, we recognize those suffering, wounded, excluded, or lonely this Christmas season.
The Imperfect Christmas
December 4, 2022
- Donna Bondurant
- Unforgettable Christmas
- Luke 1:26-38
- Dysfunctional Family
- Family
- Flawed
- Immaculate Mary
- Jesus
- Jesus the Christ
- Jesus the first born
- Jesus-Centered
- Jesus-centered Christmas
- Joseph
- Mary
- Mary and Joseph
- The Imperfect Family
- Hillsboro UMC
Donna Bondurant unpacks Luke 1:26-38 and helps us discover what “The Imperfect Christmas” means and why Jesus chose to come into the world through an imperfect family. We also look at two 21st-century examples to help us better understand what sacrifice looks like and how it demonstrates what it means to keep Christ in CHRISTmas, even though we are imperfect, always remembering few follow a Jesus-looking God who is perfect in every way. We are blessed by the perfect love of Christ, not just at Christmas but 24/7/365.
Jesus-centered Christmas
November 27, 2022
- Pastor Harold Long
- Unforgettable Christmas
- John 1:1-18
- Adoption
- Christmas
- Creation
- Emmanuel
- Foster Children
- Jesus
- Jesus the Christ
- Jesus-Centered
- Jesus-centered Christmas
- Jesus-centered Community
- Jesus-centered life
- Jesus-Centered Living
- Salvation
- Sarah McCracken
- Self-Centeredness
- Selfishness
- Spiritual Adoption
- The Word Became Flesh
- Unforgettable Christmas
- Hillsboro UMC
- Transformation UMC
Today we start our Advent Series “Unforgettable Christmas,” Part 1 of IV. We unpack John 1:1-18 and discover what “The Word” means and why Jesus came to earth. We also look at two 21st-century examples to help us better understand what sacrifice looks like and how it demonstrates what it means to keep Christ in CHRISTmas.
It Just Ain’t So
November 6, 2022
- Pastor Harold Long
- Dear Friend
- Luke 20:27-38
- All Saints Day
- Amends
- Charles Wesley
- COVID-19
- Dear Friend
- Delusion
- Excluded
- Four Big Pillars
- Halloween
- It Just Ain't So
- Jesus-Centered
- Jesus-Centered Faith
- Jesus-centered life
- John Wesley
- Love
- Meditation
- Prayer
- Reconciliation
- Sandy Beach
- Suffering
- Wounded
- Hillsboro UMC
- Transformation UMC
Today we unpack Luke 20:27-38 from the CEB. We look at “All Saints Day,” the subject of resurrection from a Jewish and Christian perspective, and lastly, address a famous Mark Twain quote through the late great Sandy Beach, author of “Dear Friend: Meditation and Journal for your Spiritual Journey.”
The Ultimate Spiritguard
October 30, 2022
- Pastor Harold Long
- Romans: I'm Not Ashamed of the Gospel
- Romans 8:18-39
- Adrenoleukodystrophy
- ALD
- Augusto and Michaela Odone
- Churchianity
- Excluded
- Holy Spirit
- Jesus the first born
- Jesus-Centered
- Jesus-Centered Living
- Kingdom Calling
- Legalism
- Lorenzo's Oil
- Predestination
- Religion
- Spaghetti Carbonara
- Spirit-Warrior
- Suffering
- Wounded
Today we continue our message series “Romans: I Am Not Ashamed Of The Gospel.” Our message today is titled “The Ultimate Spiritguard?” We unpack Romans 8:19-39 and discover a Jesus-centered view of predestination versus the convoluted opinions on this subject. We also learn how the impossible can become possible when the Holy Spirit dwells inside you through the story of Augusto and Michaela Odone and their late son Lorenzo.
Life On God’s Terms
October 23, 2022
- Pastor Harold Long
- Romans: I'm Not Ashamed of the Gospel
- Romans 8:1-17
- Excluded
- Forgiveness
- Grace
- Jesus-Centered
- Jesus-Centered Living
- Mercy
- Self-Centeredness
- Selfishness
- Sin
- Sin Nature
- Spiritual Bankruptcy
- Suffering
- The Body
- The Power of Sin
- Wounded
- Hillsboro UMC
Today we continue our message series “Romans: I Am Not Ashamed Of The Gospel.” Our message today is titled “Life On God’s Terms?” We unpack Romans 8:1-17 and discover what it means to live in a world of the Spirit versus the world system. We look at the root of the human problem: extreme self-centeredness. Lastly, we learn how to live an other-centeredness life from a little boy named Jimmy the Prophet.