Coming up today on Maranatha Radio. Pastor Ray Bentley encourages us to have a long range view of where we invest ourselves. We have only one life, and only the things we do for Christ are going to last. Everything else is going to be destroyed. So if you put all your values in the material world, you're going to lose everything.…

The mighty Roman Empire at one time was allied against the small fledgling Christian church. Pastor Ray Bentley gives us a glimpse of history. What happened to the Roman Empire? It came and it is no more. What happened to those little tiny Bible studies meeting in homes 2000 years ago? Today they're about 2.5 billion people. Not because of walls an…

Life can give us so many things to worry about. Pastor Ray Bentley says believers don't have to fall victim to that. What can you do to reduce stress and that floating anxiety that attaches itself to anything negative that happens in your life? The spiritual antidote to that is a growing faith. If you could have a faith this year that would grow an…

Without faith, it is difficult to please God. No, that's not what the Bible says is without faith it is impossible to please God. Pastor Ray Bentley, how many of you want to please God in your life? I say you want to please God? Then believe in him not only intellectually, but by your choices and by your actions and by your obedience.…

The Bible's Faith Hall of Fame includes the name of a harlot. Pastor Ray Bentley says that's not the only surprise about Rahab. Do you realize Rahab is in the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Messiah, the incarnate God, manifest in the flesh? So, wow. An MRI harlot becomes a believer. What does that tell you about our king and about his kingdom sprea…

Sometimes we find surprises in the Bible where man focus is on one thing. God sometimes focuses on something else. Pastor Ray Bentley brings us a case in point. Here is a woman, Rahab, the harlot, whose faith is so great that she is included in the Hall of Fame or the Hall of Fame in Hebrews 11. Rahab is right along with Moses, Enoch, Noah, Abraham…

Pastor Ray Bentley takes us to a critical moment in Joshua's life, when he faced an overwhelming obstacle and cried out to the Lord and Joshua begged and sought God for wisdom. What are we to do? What is the plan? I need divine guidance. As you were with Moses. You said you would be with me. Help me Lord. Suddenly Joshua saw something that made him…

Pastor Ray Bentley points out, in the midst of a difficult life, remember we serve a powerful God. Life and real faith will stretch, challenge you, and will take you to the end of yourself. Life and its test will reveal what do you really believe and what do you really love about your father in heaven? But we are to ascend, to believe and obey a Go…

astor Ray Bentley says, our walk of faith today is reminiscent of the walk of faith of the father of the faith, Abraham. When we heard the gospel itself, we heard the Word of God. And through the word we heard the voice of the Lord himself calling us, saying, come, follow me. Every single one of us. Who then said, yes, Lord, I will follow you began…

Today on Maranatha Radio. Pastor Ray Bentley helps us take the pulse of our relationship with God. Here is a sign that you are growing spiritually, and that is that when you hear what God says, there is a emotional response to what is happening. It is not a healthy sign to just look at it and be flat emotionally, and it could be a sign that you're …

Happiness in life doesn't come by direct pursuit. Pastor Ray Bentley says it comes by fulfilling our God given purpose in life. The Bible says that what we were really made for is to bring pleasure to God and in so doing, fulfilling the reason that we exist. Then in return, we experience more love, more peace, more joy, more pleasure than we could …

Pastor Ray Bentley explains why faith is the evidence of things unseen. Every time you see leaves blowing, that's evidence that there really is wind. And so also every physical evidence that you see, you know, the planets, the stars, the sun and the moon, everything in this galaxy. And then in fact, the entire universe is evidence of the invisible …

The unseen world and the physical world are just separate, as we might think. Today, pastor Ray Bentley points out, they're inseparably linked together through God Himself. Everything that is seen was made by that which is invisible. That's true, isn't it? In fact, if you can see something with substance and physical tangibility to it, it's proof t…

Do you need some encouragement today? Well, pastor Ray Bentley points out the words of reassurance we find from today's study. God is saying to you, I see your life. I know exactly what's going on in your mind, in your heart. I know the pressures. I know what you're going through physically. I know where you are. Emotional. It's all right in front …

We can trust in God's plan of salvation. Today on Maranatha Radio. Pastor Ray Bentley says God made a way for sinners to be saved. What about all the people that have never heard? Here's what I've learned about God. God is fair. Fair would be. You guys blew it. I'm done with you. I'm starting over again. Beyond fair is you blew it.…

When our hearts are right with the Lord. Pastor Ray Bentley says, we really have nothing to fear. Not now, not tomorrow. Not even on the day of Judgment. There is a day of judgment coming. And so you know, when you know the Lord and you love the Lord, and you want to honor the Lord and bless him. Then judgment is nothing to fear.…

Pastor Ray Bentley explains why having a relationship with the Lord is so important. If you choose to reject God from your life, you'll find it. Then you'll probably step on people, even in your own family. And the further you go along that path, the more fear will come in your life, and the more fear in your life, the more lonely and isolated you …

Today on Maranatha Radio. Pastor Ray Bentley helps you find what you're looking for. How many of you would love to have a bigger, deeper, or wider experience of joy in your lives? Jesus shows us that the path is not resisting and fighting with God and trying to get our own way, but it is finally with abandon, saying, thy will, father, I trust me.…

God is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent. Pastor Ray Bentley says God is self-sufficient, but he also yearns to have a relationship with us. It's amazing to me that God wants to be loved. God wants to be sought after. God wants to be desired. God reveals his glory in order that he might be pursued. Spreading disease. All of his people coming …

Pastor Ray Bentley points out how blood is the key to life, both physically and spiritually. God put a crimson river system within us that brings life just like out in the desert. You put a stream and you put water through it and things obviously begin to grow. And there's greenery. So God put life. Don't ever be afraid or ashamed of the blood of J…

How complete is the remission of our sins in Christ? Pastor Ray Bentley has the answer. When God forgives your sins by the blood of Jesus, it's not like the the print on my page or writing something on a paper and getting out an eraser and erasing it. The idea of forgiveness that is talked about biblically goes beyond that.…

Pastor Ray Bentley points out, God doesn't just forgive sins, he wipes them out. When God raises your sins. It's as though they never happened in the beginning. And then God says, I will remember your sins no more. Don't be ashamed of the blood of Jesus Christ. It's powerful. That's why the enemy is attacking the blood and the cross and the uniquen…

Coming up today on Maranatha radio. Pastor Ray Bentley points out the danger of sin and its remedy. Sin is severe. Sin kills. Sin is responsible for disease, death, the plague, war, evil, selfishness, greed all the rest of it is because of our separating ourselves from God. So we want to be reconciled to him the only way. Mr. blood spreading diseas…

In the pages of the Old Testament, we read that sacrifices were required to cover the sins of God's people. Pastor Ray Bentley says that was then. This is now how thankful we are that when finally Jesus came, the Lamb of God, then he has dealt with our sins once and for all. God doesn't need any more sacrifices for all time and all eternity.…

Pastor Ray Bentley with an interesting fact about the New Covenant. There is no covenant made with the church per se. There's only one covenant called the New Covenant and the New Covenant, according to Jeremiah and now quoted in Hebrews, was made with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. The church doesn't exist until acts chapter two, when…

Today, pastor Ray Bentley points out, we often think about getting into heaven, but we don't often think about heaven getting into us. Heaven has already entered you. The Lord is what heaven's all about. Wherever Jesus is is heaven. There's heaven in you. But if you want to experience more heaven, you have to seek the Lord. Those who seek after me …

Pastor Ray Bentley points out power and authority in the business world. You've seen it. How many people work for you? The one who reaches the top of the ladder gets all the other people to serve him. And the more people you have serving you, the bigger that you are. You can't get any higher than Jesus. He's seated next to God the Father and what d…

Pastor Ray Bentley says we should intercede for others just as Jesus intercedes for us before the father. Jesus loves you, therefore he talks. Intercession means prayer. He talks to his Father about you because he loves you. When you and I grow in love, we'll start talking to God about our family and our loved ones. Love for God will bring a love f…

In the Old Testament. Priests and their idiosyncracies would come and go. But pastor Ray Bentley says, under the New Covenant, Jesus is our priest. The beauty of the New covenant and our perfect grace Jesus. Number one, he is a man. So he resonates with us, but also he is perfect. He never has a bad day. He is always the same.…

Ever wonder what God may have been thinking and giving us the law? Pastor Ray Bentley says it's God's message about an eternal truth. You guys don't understand how radical sin is. Therefore, I'm going to give you an original covenant. The law and in the law, I will teach you the radical nature of my holiness, and I will teach you how radical sin is…

Pastor Ray Bentley says those who followed God in the Old Testament yearn for the same thing that New Testament believers do. Access to God was the goal of every believer in the law. They wanted to access into God's presence. It would mean that if you were accepted into the presence of God, that your sins had been forgiven. And it also coming into …

An uncomfortable dose of truth from pastor Ray Bentley. There are enemies who want to rob and steal and kill and take captive your precious children. It might be your own son or your own daughter. It might be literally a niece or nephew. It might be your grandchildren. That's why in every generation God says, I need men and women of faith.…

Pastor Ray Bentley draws on Paul's rich assurances about the steadfastness of our salvation. There is an eternal security of salvation for those who have placed their faith in Jesus Christ, and a full assurance of hope to the end. As long as we continue to walk with him and not become sluggish, but imitating those who, through faith and patience, i…

Sin separates us from God. But pastor Ray Bentley reminds us God is an expert at forgiving sin. For we know that God is gracious. God is merciful. God is long suffering. God is patient. We know that he doesn't reward us according to our iniquities. But as high as the heavens are above the earth, so are his mercies toward those who love him.…

Pastor Ray Bentley points out, God is looking for conduits of blessing, not repositories, a mark of spiritual growth and maturity as being able to share biblical truth with others. It's not a personal bless me club. It's not just all about you, it is about others beginning with outside of you to God and loving him with all your heart, soul, mind an…

Veteran Christians should be maturing Christians. But pastor Ray Bentley says, we never reach a place where we've grown enough. There is a time in every believer's life where they go. You know, I've read the Bible, but you can reach a point where you think, you know, I kind of know it. I kind of have heard it. I've asked the questions, and now I ha…

In the Old Testament, priests had special access to God. Today, pastor Ray Bentley reminds us that now we are priests. You and I, now in this age, are priests. We are members of a royal priesthood. We, as we come in contact with the world, are representing God in our humanity and our weakness with all of our problems. So I just wanted to remind you…

In the Old Testament, priests had special access to God. Today, pastor Ray Bentley reminds us that now we are priests. You and I, now in this age, are priests. We are members of a royal priesthood. We, as we come in contact with the world, are representing God in our humanity and our weakness with all of our problems. So I just wanted to remind you…

Today on Maranatha Radio. Pastor Ray Bentley gives us fresh insights on prayer. We are encouraged to enter the throne room of God, and we're going to leave with the idea of bringing to God His own word and his own promises and saying, Lord, you said. And now I am coming before your throne of grace and mercy. I'm merely asking you to do that.…

Pastor Ray Bentley says we need to make our study of the scriptures personal. When you do a Bible study and you hear the word and read it daily, find a promise that you are going to claim. And that's where Christianity becomes exciting, a life and personal. When God answers a prayer, when a promise becomes something tangible that you see evidence a…

The Christian life can seem difficult. But pastor Ray Bentley says that's not the Lord's intention. In Jesus Christ, the gift of God to you and me is a perpetual, ongoing Sabbath of rest, of open communion with God, of fellowship, of relaxing, of not living life in my own strength, power, ability, but trusting in the Lord.…

We are all looking forward to the Promised Land. But pastor Ray Bethel says the Lord has his eye on another, often unconquerable land. There's another territory that is the most valuable piece of real estate in the universe to him. It is a territory that he wants so badly. There is nothing that he will not sacrifice in order that he might possess t…

Today on Maranatha radio. Pastor Ray Bentley explains why we all have a natural yearning for a relationship with God. If our hearts are made with eternity. That means you have an infinite gaping hole, and only that which is infinite itself can fill that hole. And the only thing that's infinite is God. Therefore, the more of the Lord God you fill yo…

Are all the benefits of being a believer stored up for us on the other side of eternity. Pastor Ray Bentley says no, there's abundant life here as well. Heaven is not merely your future destination. Heaven is something that you can taste here and now because you know what makes heaven? Heaven. What makes heaven heavenly is Jesus, wherever Jesus is.…

I wonder if I speak to anyone that says, man, I need more peace. I need more rest in my soul. Pastor Ray Bentley points to where we can find real peace and rest for our souls. The harder the things go and the worse in one sense that the outside becomes and the greater the pressure becomes more and more a precious commodity clinging to the source of…

Jesus was in the heavenlies, reigning supreme, the creator of the universe. And yet, pastor Ray Bentley points out. Jesus chose to become a human being and walk among us. He came to save human beings, and that meant he had to take on flesh and blood. And by dying and being perfect, he was able to rise, resurrect, and all who trust in him shall be l…

Pastor Ray Bentley says, we need to remember everything was created by Jesus. And for Jesus, your only happiness and fulfillment is when you know and understand and begin to live. When the realization that I am made for the Lord, and that everything I do in one way or another should be a reflection of him, and draw me near to him and live for him p…

Pastor Ray Bentley says, just as Christ reigned supreme. One day we as his followers, will also rule and reign. Jesus put all things in subjection 2000 years ago with the cross, because there he defeated and put into subjection sin. He put into subjection death he put into subjection. Satan. It's not a maybe. It's a fact that God's children will ru…

There's only one person allowed to be worshiped in all of heaven, and that is God. Pastor Ray Bentley says, God the Son is superior to angels. Angels worship Christ because they recognize him as of a totally different and superior nature to theirs. They are the servants of the father and the son. They are the winds and the flames fulfilling his pur…

f we could somehow pull back the veil separating this world from the spiritual world, we may be surprised at what we see. Pastor Ray Bentley, there's at least as many angels here as there are human beings. And as God's messengers, they can wield immense power. And we're going to share eternity with them. And yet, when compared to Jesus Christ, he i…