Firm Foundation with Bryan Hudson

Your Season of Delight – Firm Foundation Inspiration Minute for March 22, 2023

Listen to Message from Sunday, March 19, 2023
"Your Year of Provision & Season of Delight"
 
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Your Year of Provision & Season of Delight

Your Year of Provision & Season of Delight
Message Delivered at Overcoming Church,
Indianapolis, Indiana  - March 19, 2023
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Philippians 4:15-19, 15 Now you Philippians know also that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me concerning giving and receiving but YOU only. 16 For even in Thessalonica YOU sent aid once and again for my necessities…18 Indeed I have all and abound. I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things sent from YOU, a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well pleasing to God. 19 And my God shall supply all YOUR need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus
Psalm 37:3, Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness. 4 Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart. 5 Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass. 
 
 
 

How to Avoid Drifting – Firm Foundation Inspiration Minute for March 15, 2023

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"Stop the Drift"
 
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Stop the Drift

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Hebrews 2:1. Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away

God’s Method for Your Success – Firm Foundation Inspiration Minute for March 8, 2023

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Kingdom Leverage: How to Gain it and Use It
 
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How to Gain and Use Kingdom Leverage

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Matthew 6:10, Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 
What Jesus instructed His disciples to pray was not a wish, it was a method for getting things done in a way that glorifies God.
We live within systems of our society.
We are also citizens of God's kingdom.
We have advantages that are not available to civil kingdoms.
The kingdom of God is the alternative to the kingdom of this world.
An “alternative” simply means there is another way.
We are not limited by the choices this world offers us.

The Leverage of Love – Firm Foundation Inspiration Minute for March 1, 2023

Listen to Full Message from Sunday, February 26, 2023
LEVERAGE: Importing & Exporting Breakthrough, Part One
 
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LEVERAGE: Importing & Exporting Breakthrough, Part One

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2 Corinthians 9:8, And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
Micah 2:13, He who opens the breach goes up before them; they break through and pass the gate, going out by it. Their king passes on before them, the Lord at their head.
God provides what we need to IMPORT, to breakthrough in our lives.God also gives us grace to EXPORT breakthrough for others.
HISTORY IS HIS-TORYWhat is your history?What has been imported?
YOUR HISTORY IS HIS-STORY
Your ancestors & predecessors 
Your family
Your spiritual lineage
Your education
Your experiences
Your nation
 
YOUR HISTORY IS HIS-STORY
Your life and work today 
are the result of history
GRACE IS LEVERAGE
2 Corinthians 9:8, God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
 
 

FINAL DAY 21 – Daily Bread is More Than We Realize | 21-Day Devotional on Jesus’ Beatitudes and Sermon on the Mount

Matthew 6:11, Give us this day our daily breadGod is a God of provision and detail. Jesus stated that the hairs on our head (or lack thereof!) are numbered (Luke 12:7). This is a saying meant to convey God’s deep concern for His children.This part of Jesus’ instruction to His disciples on prayer was very simple, but there is profound truth behind it. Some of explanations of this text include (From William Barclay’s Commentary on the New Testament):1. The bread has been identified with the bread of the Lord's Supper.2. The bread has been identified with the spiritual food of the word of God. Taken to be a prayer for the true teaching, the true doctrine, the essential truth as our food.3. The bread has been taken to stand for Jesus Himself. Jesus called himself the bread of life (John 6:33-35)4. The bread has been taken to be the bread of the heavenly kingdom. Luke tells how someone said to Jesus: “Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!” (Luke 14:15).“Daily” Bread Has a Special MeaningThe Greek word “daily” is only used here and in Luke’s Gospel of the same prayer: ἐπιούσιος – epiousiosIn the early part of the 20th Century a papyrus fragment (a material which people used for writing) was found with the Greek word, ἐπιούσιος, on it. The papyrus fragment was actually a shopping list! It was a note to remind the person to buy supplies of a certain food for the coming day.From this context, the literal meaning of “daily bread” is: “Give me the things we need to eat for this coming day.”This simple prayer for our everyday needs reveals FIVE truths:1. We understand that God cares for our bodies. Jesus showed us that; he spent so much time healing men's diseases and satisfying their physical hunger.2. We understand to live one day at a time, and not to worry and be anxious about the distant and unknown future.3. Praying for daily provision puts God His proper place in our lives.4. This pray reminds us of how prayer works.5. Jesus did not teach us to pray: “Give ME my daily bread.” He taught us to pray: “Give US our daily bread.”The problem of hunger in our world is not a lack of provision. There is enough to go around. The problem is a lack of distribution. This prayer teaches us never to be selfish in our prayers. 
 
It is a prayer that we can help answer by being obedient to God and showing the same level of concern/detail for the needs of others as for ourselves. This prayer is not only a prayer that we may receive our daily bread; it is also a prayer that we may share daily bread with others.
REFLECTION QUESTIONS:
 
How has your understanding of Give us this day our daily bread been expanded? What will it change in your lifestyle?
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DAY 20 – Your Kingdom Come. Your Will Be Done. | 21-Day Devotional on Jesus’ Beatitudes and Sermon on the Mount

For these final two days of our 21-day devotional, we're going to look at a couple of statements from the “Disciple’s prayer,” that we mistakenly call the “Lord’s prayer.” This was the prayer that Jesus taught his disciples to pray.
Today, we will consider Matthew 6:10, Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
In our final lesson, we will consider Matthew 6:11: Give us this day our daily bread.
Throughout His time on the earth it was evident that the Kingdom of God was central to the message of Jesus. 
Jesus said, “I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent.” (Luke 4:43)
To be in the Kingdom is to obey the will of God. The Kingdom is in fact the most personal thing in the world. The Kingdom demands the submission of my will, my heart, my life. It is only when each one of us makes his personal decision and submission that the Kingdom comes. (Barclay)
Given this understanding, it certainly makes sense that part of our daily prayer would be for God to make his kingdom present and active among Christ followers. We live within systems of our society, such as our economic systems, political systems, and educational systems. We are also citizens of God's kingdom which affords advantages that are not available to civil kingdoms. This would include righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.  (Romans 14:17-18).
What does this mean? Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Contrary to the false ideas and idolatry of Christian nationalism, that seeks to integrate their views of the Bible into every aspect of government and society, Kingdom living is mostly a matter of our devotion to God and behavior toward others. People who try to insert the Bible into civil laws and culture neglect the reality that unsaved people cannot obey the Scriptures––something only possible by the help of the Holy Spirit. (John 14:17) It seems that some people wish to impose a Christian form of Muslim sharia law. God’s kingdom is not of this world, though we are salt and light to the world.
I suggest that God’s will being done “on earth” must first happen in “earthen vessels”–– you and me. There are those who believe that God’s will being done on earth is essentially advocating a Christian “take over” of systems of this world. 
The truth is this: Everything in this present order will be destroyed, not preserved and presented to Jesus when He returns:
“Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? 13 Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. (2 Peter 3:10-13)
Jesus did not advocate a “take over.” He preached the Gospel of the Kingdom which is God’s love, righteousness, joy, Christ-like character, and good works infused in our lives and lifestyle. 
I believe this is the more biblical understanding of “Your Kingdom Come. Your Will Be Done.”
Reflection Questions:
1. How is kingdom living different than a desire to “take over” systems of this world?
2. What does doing God’s will “on earth” look like to you?