Firm Foundation with Bryan Hudson

"God's Light. Your Path.” – Firm Foundation Inspiration Minute #109 for March 13, 2024

Psalm 119:105, Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.
Proverbs 6:23, For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life. 
Hebrews 4:12: For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, 

DIVINE APPOINTMENT:He Called My Name -by Patricia A. Hudson, M.A.

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Reflect on how many times He called your name before you answered “Yes” 
Luke 19:1 Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town. 2 There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was one of the most influential Jews in the Roman tax-collecting business, and he had become very rich. (NLT Life Application Bible) 3 He tried to get a look at Jesus, but he was too short to see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree beside the road, for Jesus was going to pass that way. 5 When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name. “Zacchaeus!” he said. “Quick, come down! I must be a guest in your home today.”
6 Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in great excitement and joy. 7 But the people were displeased. “He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner,” they grumbled.
8 Meanwhile, Zacchaeus stood before the Lord and said, “I will give half my wealth to the poor, Lord, and if I have cheated people on their taxes, I will give them back four times as much!”
9 Jesus responded, “Salvation has come to this home today, for this man has shown himself to be a true son of Abraham. 10 For I, the Son of Man, have come to seek and save those like him who are lost.”

"Entering Into Rest” – Firm Foundation Inspiration Minute #108 for March 6, 2024

Hebrews 4:9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. 10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His  11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, 
Rest is using the power of the Another

"God is Faithful” – Firm Foundation Inspiration Minute #107 for February 28, 2024

“God’s faithfulness is the one constant in the equation. He is the Rock on which we stand.” ~ Paul Silway
The best words I have found to express my awareness of God's goodness are, "God is Faithful."
2 Thessalonians 3:3, But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.
2. Lamentations 3:22–23, The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
2 Timothy 2:13 New Living Translation, If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, for he cannot deny who he is

"Jesus Will Pay Attention to You” – Firm Foundation Inspiration Minute #106 for February 21, 2024

Listen to My Message From Sunday, February 18, 2024
 
The Liberty of Love
 
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Love & Serve: The Liberty of Love | Bryan Hudson, D.Min.

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Watch Black History Moments video demonstrating the liberty of love:
Galatians 5:13, For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 
Nothing is more foundational to our walk as Christ followers than God’s love for us and our love for others.
James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you  drag you into the courts? 7 Do they not blaspheme that noble name by which you are called? 8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well; 9 but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors...12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.
James 2:8, If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well; 9 but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors...12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.
When we practice the Liberty of Love, people are dignified, lives are changed, we are encouraged, and God is gloried.

"Questions for Change” – Firm Foundation Inspiration Minute #105 for February 14, 2024

 
Listen to My Message From Sunday, February 11, 2024
 
Break the Pattern. Walk Out of Stuck.
 
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Love & Serve: Break the Pattern. Walk Out of Stuck

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John 5:1 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”7 “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me. 8 Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” 9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath, 10 and so the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.”11 But he replied, “The man who made  me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’ ”12 So they asked him, “Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?” 13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there. 
“Do you want to be healed?” 
This is an odd question that Jesus asked. Seemed obvious and little rude.  The man had been an invalid for 38 years. We don’t know how long he had been coming to Bethesda.
Being asked a question is often the first step to breaking a pattern.
Loving and serving often involves questions:
Do you want to change?
Are you serious about change?
What do you need to change in order to change?
Is this sustainable? How long can I do it?
What are your God inspired priorities?
 

"Confident in Completion” – Firm Foundation Inspiration Minute #104 for February 7, 2024

Philippians 1:6, Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ
 
Listen to My Message From Sunday, February 4, 2024
 
God's People in the City – How Predestination Works
 
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God's People In the City – How Predestination Works

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Acts18:9, Now the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent; 10 for I am with you, and no one will attack you to hurt you; for I have many people in this city.” 11 And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. 
God Has Called People Who Haven’t Heard Yet. This is Why They Need to Hear From Us
Romans 8:29, For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
The Path to a New Life in Christ:
God’s Foreknowledge
Predestined 
Called
Justified
Glorified