Miracles Believed- Miracles Received

Wow, what a great first weekend of the new series, Miracles Believed - Miracles Received. It was amazing as we heard of miracles that happened the past week. One person shared, "we had over $100,000 in medical bills and did not have the insurance or the money to pay it off." They had set up a payment plan, but it was going to take over 30 years to pay off the bills. This past week, the hospital wrote the family and said, "You no longer owe $133,000 on your medical bills. The hospital's charitble trust has paid the bill...completely."

Another shared, "Due to a recent accident, I was unable to work. I had broke ribs i a horse riding accident and my employer would not let me return to work." She went in to work, thinking they would allow her to work doing lighter duty tasks and they said, "Come back in a couple of weeks". She was discouraged, but it did open the door for her to go to parent-teacher conferences at her children's school. While there, the teacher of one of her children said, "your son sings really well, where did he learn to sing so well." Darlene said, "My husband and I sing, and I have given our children singing lessons." The teachers screamed in delight..."we have been looking for a voice teacher....are you interested?" The next day the school district hired her to do voice lessons at twice the pay and half the hours from her previous employer.

There is more...check out this weeks message, MIRACLES BELIEVED - MIRACLES RECEIVED below:

Winning Each Battle

Sometimes spiritual warfare takes a toll on us. We fight, and it looks like we have lost. Sometimes, it may look like a win, when in reality it is really a loss. What is the best criteria to determine a loss or a win? On this podcast, Pastor John looks at Joshua's introduction to the commander of the Lord's army and how the battle has to be won before the war is fought. He also talks about the very thing that we have to look at to determine if we really won the battle or not. Check out the podcast here:


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The Secret Weapon is...

In every war, the military that advances is the one supplied, prepared with great weapons, unified and able to communicate with each other and the commander. Prayer is one of our greatest weapons to use in spiritual warfare for it is the means to call for resources, weapons, and communication with God. But there is more....in fact, a powerful "secret" weapon that God has given us that will enable us to advance against an unseen enemy. In this week's "lifecast" we will share what the secret weapon is and how critical that weapon is to your spiritual success.

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Week 2- Defensive and Offensive Weapons

Are you tired of being frustrated? This podcast, Pastor John Utley of Radiantword.com and Radiant Life Church in Elkhart, IN shares the very thing that frustrates the enemy. It is a defensive weapon that causes the enemy of our soul to lose valuable energy, resources and weapons. The offensive weapon that God gives us is very powerful. This is the third week in the series, OPERATION ENDURING VICTORY.
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Weapons That Work, Weapons That Win Podcast

Have you ever batted the wind? Beat the living daylights out of vapor? That is what fighting a spiritual battle with fleshly means is like. It is not just difficult...it is impossible!!! Fighting with our own ideas of weapons is dangerous and hurtful. On today's webcast, Pastor John Utley of Radiantword.com and Radiant Life Church (Elkhart, Indiana, USA) shares the second part of the Operation Enduring Victory...Weapons That Work. It is all about winning the spiritual battles, and winnning is assured when we fight the right way and with the right weapons!

Guard your heart, guard your mind

We will upload our latest podcast tonight on "OPERATION: ENDURING VICTORY, WEAPONS THAT WORK,WEAPONS THAT WIN" This is going to be a 2 part message, and this week we will lifecast the first installment. The response to this series has been amazing. The messages are resonating with people in ways we never dreamed. Check it out later today.

Weapons That Win!

Ever tried to club a cloud? Hit the air? Pound the living daylights out of vapor? That is what fighting a spiritual foe with worldly weapons is like. It is not difficult...it is impossible. Why do we try to fight with weapons that won't work? Most of the time, it is because it is all we know. This Sunday, I will share the second part of the series: OPERATION ENDURING VICTORY: WEAPONS THAT WORK, WEAPONS THAT WIN. I will share with you weapons that do not help at all, some that hurt us, weapons that work in the spiritual battle. We'd love to see you Sunday. Radiant Life starts @ 9 a.m. (RAMADA IN ELKHART).

Operation Enduring Victory: winning the war within "Lifecast"

Operation Enduring Victory: winning the war within

We just finished uploading the podcast: Operation Enduring Victory: winning the war within. It is the message I talked about last week. The message really resonated with people. It is about the battlefield between your ears. The battlefield that can be THE determiner if we are to see true spiritual victory or not. Without winning the war within, we can not effectively fight the war outside of us...both spiritual and physical. Check it out and be prepared to be challenged to fight the battle you are facing. By the way, this is the first in the series...this week @ radiant life we will look at "weapons that work" and then in a few weeks, "winning each battle without losing the war". Check them out...and be blessed....pastor john @ susan

The Battle Is On!

Ever felt like the enemy was surrounding you and the enemy was exacting as much out of you as possible? It seems to me that many are facing a huge spiritual battle and that battle is wearing on people. I am challenged by that, and feel that now is the time to engage the enemy. We start between the ears...so...don't miss sunday @ Radiant Life.

Radiant Life begins @ 9
Ramada....join us!

When the brook runs dry and the birds don't fly Podcast ready

When The Brook Runs Dry and the Birds Don't Fly

Our private jet landed at 4 a.m. Sunday morning (ok, just our Red S.U.V.) back home in Indiana. We had a great trip but were very tired after getting home after a great week visiting family. Sunday morning I preached on "WHEN THE BROOK RUNS DRY AND THE BIRDS DON"T FLY" and God ministered to many. Check out the podcast Tuesday, and the webcast (studio version) on Tuesday night.

We will be posting this through the apple store too. As always, free of charge.

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Way Down South

I am writing this blog from deep in the heart of barnes and nobel's bookstore in jonesboro, Arkansas. It was 102 yesterday with a heat index of 113. Today is cooler, only supposed to get to 100. Really can't tell too much about the "cooler" part, but we are here. Tomorrow, we will celebrate Susan's parents 50th wedding anniversary. Such a great accomplishment, and amazingly, my parents will celebrate 50 years in a little over a year, so very noteworthy to say the least.

I have counseled a lot of marriages and know that it takes a lot of work to make a marriage last. Radiant Life Church and Radiant Word are joining forces in September to begin, "THE GREAT DATE ESCAPE". This will be an interactive marriage webinar/seminar for couples with great marriages and couples whose marriages are in grave danger of ending. We are very excited about this monthly webinar/seminar that you can participate in...by going out on a date with your spouse. More details will soon come.

If you are in the Elkhart area, join us Sunday. Radiant Life begins @ 9 a.m. @ Ramada.

You've Got To Be In Service on Sunday, August 5

You can not miss the service tomorrow! We will hear a story of salvation from someone who has attended Radiant Life in the last couple of weeks. The story is exciting as we hear God's working in the lives of those needing to hear his voice. Of course, we will share it on this blog and on our website, but you have to be in the service to experience all that will be shared.

Also, she wants to be baptized. So following the morning service, we will gather around the Ramada Inn pool and watch a water baptism take place, along with whoever else wants to take a towel and follow Christ!

Be there, or wish that you were!

want to see the video????

Ok, already everyone is checking out this week's webcast...not to see the deep, spiritual truths imparted by yours truly, but by people looking for the hidden secrets and basement footage spoken about by a previous posting....

want to see the video in question.?????? post your reply here and if enough scream at the top of their typing fingers...we will post it again with all of it's power and comedy.....

Answer this blog with your desire!!!!!!

Scott wins the prize......oh those kids

To show a video online...with the streaming equipment and technology we currently possess takes a little bit of time. The feed is initially filmed directly to tape...downloaded to a kickin computer...cut,spliced, reshaped, and then "rendered". From the rendering, it is then taken from that state to encoding where the computer whirls, lights flash, smoke billows and finally a streaming version is ready to upload to our high powered Flash Media Server in California. Yes sir! When you watch a streaming video of 30 minutes, you are seeing about six hours worth of work...not including sermon prep.

So sometimes, things happen. Something slips through the cracks. That happened this past week. Scott wins the prize for finding it out. He was the first to see the whole deal.

It seems certain youth...most remaining completely namless, ventured into the vast, sprawling studio in our unfinished basement and "borrowed" one of those tapes and put together their version of a home made youth oriented movie. Those boys and their friends!

There was wrestling, a kidnapping (both a kid napping and a kidnapping), high drama and low comedy. You should have seen it. Some missed it...but a few caught it. Scott saw it first.

If you watched our stream, then you may have missed it at the end of the webcast....in fact you had to wait and let the stream continue for about 5 minutes before the "raw" footage of the basement drama was captured on tape and shown to the world wide web (a potential audience of 600 million surfers).

Of course, we don't have that number on our site....but hey, it could have happened.

Regardless, if you saw the video and the images alarmed you....there was NO kidnapping (as in the taking of a hostage) but there was a real kid napping (as in sleeping teenager)...teen agers do that a lot. The joyful reunion of the father and the kidnapped son were not father and son...and the low comedy had to be seen to be appreciated.

If you did not see it...then sometimes the funniest things in life pass us by because we don't wait to see the end...

Check out this week's stream....maybe no suprises in the end, but hopefully you enjoy God's Word throughout!

We Love You
John & Susan

PS...Scott, your prize is on it's way! Boy's...please get your own tapes and don't use the streaming tapes. If you do, the next knock on the door by be the FBI!

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