Walking In The Living Word
Welcome to WALKING IN THE LIVING WORD MINISTRIES; a weekly podcast with your host, Pastor Mike Futrell.
Walking In the Living Word is committed to teaching, equipping, and mobilizing the Body of Christ through faithful teaching and the proclamation of God’s Word.
Get ready to receive today as Pastor Mike Futrell inspires you on your journey of WALKING IN THE LIVING WORD....
Episodes
62 episodes
Week 13 The Armor of God - Part 2: Staning In Gospel Peace and The Sheild of Faith
Welcome to Walking In The Living Word Ministries as we begin Week 13. As we continue in the armor of God, we now come to two more beautiful and necessary pieces of that armor: the preparation of the Gospel of Peace and the Shield of Faith. I wa...
Week 11 The Armor of God Part 1: Called to Stand Firm in Truth and Righteousness
We are now entering the final five-week movement of this series by opening Ephesians 6:10-18 as a sustained discipleship journey. I want to bring to light a burden on my heart because I truly believe many believers are trying to stand in evil d...
Week 11 The Kingdom Knights and Broader Church Foundation
As we look at this week's episode we will talk about how a discipleship framework serves the church best when it strengths the whole life of the congregation rather than becoming a silo of committed participants on the side. That is why we must...
Week 10 The Kingdom Knights framework as a Practical discipleship Ministry
Main texts for Week 10 are Ephesians 6:10-18; 1 Peter 5:8; Corinthians 10:4-5; Psalm 139:23-24; Mark 10:45 and 2 Corinthians 5:20. I want to begin this week with honesty and a pastoral burden. So far in this series, we have talked about why dis...
Week 9 Why the Church Needs an Intentional Disciple-Making Model
Welcome to Walking in the Living Word Ministries as we begin week 9. By this point in the series, one truth should be unmistakable; discipleship making cannot remain a vague hope or a secondary concern in the church. It requires intentionality....
Week 8 D-Groups, Small Groups, and One on One Discipleship
We have worked through 7 weeks of study and now we ask how does that work become personal and practical in everyday relationships under the authority of the local church. Again, this week, I want to say right at the beginning that this week mat...
Week 7 Building A Discipleship Culture In The Local Church
And let me speak from my heart for a moment. One of the burdens I carry deeply is that many people sit in churches week after week and still do not feel truly known, truly shepherded, or truly helped in their walk with God. They may hear sermon...
Week 6 Discipleship - Biblical and Theological Foundations For Discipleship
By week six we have seen why discipleship matters, what discipleship is, why churches often struggle, how Jesus formed disciples, and why the Great Commission binds the church. But now we must go deeper/ We must ask what discipleship is built o...
Week 5 Discipleship - The Great Commission and The Church's Responsibility To Make Disciples
Today we come to one of the most important passages in the whole Bible for the life of the church: Matthew 28:18-20. I want to say right at the beginning that if the church loses this passage, the church will lose her clarity, her urgency, and ...
Week 4 Discipleship - How Jesus Formed His Disciples
If we want to understand discipleship rightly, we must not begin with our favorite program, model, or ministry trend. We must begin with Jesus. Church, hear me, if Jesus is Lord of the church, then Jesus must also be the pattern for the church....
Week 3 Discipleship - Why Many Christians Struggle to Make Disciples
As we begin week 3 by now we have seen why discipleship matters, and we have asked what a true disciple is. But now we must ask a painful and honest question: why do so many churches struggle to make disciples with depth, clarify, and consisten...
Week 2 Discipleship - What It Means To Be A Disciple of Jesus Christ
If week 1 asked why discipleship must be recovered, week 2 asks the question that must not remain vague: what does it actually mean to be a disciple of Jesus Christ? Church, this matters more than many people realize, because there is a great d...
Week 1 Discipleship - Why the Church Must Recover Discipleship Now
I want to begin this first week the same way this burden of discipleship has been living in my heart, plainly, honestly, biblically, and with urgency that I express last week during the introduction. Church, hear me. If the church does not inte...
Week Fourteen of Our Journey To Freedom Defeating Satan and This World
Bondages in our lives refer to various forms of restrictions, limitations, and entanglements that hinder our personal growth, well-being, and spiritual development. These bondages can manifest in different aspects of our lives, such as physical...
Week Thirteen of Our Journey To Freedom Defeating Satan and This World
As we come to week thirteen of our journey to freedom, I want to finish with the song "In Jesus Name (God of Possible)" by Katy Nichole. "In Jesus' Name" signifies the believers request or action is made with Jesus' authority, for His glory, an...
Week Twelve of Our Journey To Freedom Defeating Satan and This World
Title this week: My God CanThe song by Katy Nichole "My God Can" really goes along with this message if can find the song and add it to your library of to go top songs when you hit a brick and need some answers. I don't know about you bu...
Week Eleven of Our Journey To Freedom Defeating Satan and This World
The Journey of faith is often filled with moments when we might feel lost or distant from God. However, the beautiful truth is that God is always there, waiting for us to turn back to Him. The scriptures assure us that when we sek Him, we will ...
Week Ten of Our Journey To Freedom Defeating Satan and This World
Want to make a lie seem true? Say it again and again and again. Because of the world we live in today, if we arer not soundly grounded in God's word, we start to believe the world and Satan.
Week Nine of Our Journey To Freedom Defeating Satan and This World
In this Journey of life, it is easy to feel the urge to take control, to grab the pen and write your own story. But as Christians we must remember that God is the author f our story. I believe that daily we must be reminded that God is still wr...
Week Eight of Our Journey To Freedom Defeating Satan and This World
Question for you today who is in control of your life? Are you at the wheel or are you allowing God to be in control? I am learning what it means to allow God to have His way in my life. I have to fight the urge daily to have it my way. Sometim...
Week Seven of Our Journey To Freedom Defeating Satan and This World
It makes total sense that the God who created us can also heal us physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Our creator God is our Great Physician as well. We should thank God for His restorative power and never hesitate to ask Him fo...
Week Sixth of Journey To Freedom Defeating Satan and This World
I am constantly reminded to hold onto what I believe in. Jesus is the light, when the darkest (Satan / the world) has robbed me of all my sight. So many times in this life, we fall so far short of what Christ has called us to do. We can be pray...
Week 5 of Our Journey to Freedom Defeating Satan and the World
Prayer is communication with God which helps us break the chains that the world and Satan use to keep us bound with our past. It serves as a direct, deliberate communication with the Creator, offering praise, confession, thanksgiving, and petit...
Week 4 of Our Journey to Freedom Defeating Satan and the World
When I fall are we looking for God to catch us or are we allowing the world and Satan to catch us? Just as trees don't stubbornly hold onto their dead leaves, so we should not hold onto unnecessary weight in our lives. The image of "dead leaves...
week 3 of Our Journey to Freedom Defeating Satan and this World
"Who Am I" Do we see ourselves as God sees us or as the world and Satan tells us who we are? Many of us waste time worrying about what other people of us. We want to be valued, loved, respected, and admired. But why base our identity and sense ...