The Jesus Message

Atmospheres Part 2

24/01/17 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

January 21, 2024

We live in the atmosphere of flesh, trying to rise to higher levels of faith. Just as the earth has higher atmospheres, and great distances between them, me must travel far beyond strife and stress in our age. We rise above hatred with love. We rise above pride with humility. We rise above fear with faith. We go to better atmospheres of God’s Presence when we lay aside the weights of sin and burdens of carnality. LIfe can cause you to be satisfied in the troposphere of religion, never expecting anything higher than stale leftovers. But God wants you to sit in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Listen now…

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Atmospheres

24/01/10 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

January 14, 2024

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The Cancellation Policy of Heaven

23/12/27 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

December 31, 2023

Luk 5:1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,

Luk 5:2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

Luk 5:3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.

Luk 5:4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

Luk 5:5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.

Luk 5:6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

The frustrated fisherman glanced at the barren nets. He rubbed his hands over his eyes and wished he could wipe away the futility of the night. His back ached. His bank account suffered. He stared at a disappearing moon that hung like a curved blade over the waters, and part of him wanted to just cut up these empty nets and make new ones. The morning water lapped at his feet. The boats creaked in the gentle waves. A cool breeze brought no comfort to his tired face. His sleepy eyes dreamed of a big catch. But as the sun arose his spirit did not…

Nevertheless. It just cancelled everything negative before this word. It stopped looking at the past and it started seeing the potential of the moment. Let down the net, don’t give anymore excuses. Let down the net, stop talking about what didn’t happen. Let down the net…
And when they had this done…it’s not what Peter said; it’s what He did. It could have ended with something he said. We can’t. I won’t. I will never happen. Mind your own business. You don’t work in his line of work. Stick to what you know. I’ve toiled all night and I’m going home. The nets didn’t break until Peter first had a break…He broke from the past to empower the moment. You can’t empower the moment if your expectation is always looking over your shoulder; always anticipating the worst outcome. Listen now…

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The Colt at the Crossroads

23/12/20 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

December 24, 2023

The colt was something that the Lord needed at a specific time. This is us at the crossroads. You and I are often frustrated and fearful at the crossroads. The crossroads of life that can often be indicative of indecision. It can be a place of hesitancy because of past failure. It can be a place of pause because we’re just simply not sure what to do next, where to turn, or what direction we should take; and what signs we should follow. But if we can treat our faith like this colt in the text, we need to understand that it was tied by the door, and that’s exactly where it needs to be until the Lord says go. Till the Lord says move. When it comes to faith that is exactly what God is requiring of us individually as a church; because, with faith comes faithfulness, and out of truth comes fruitfulness. It’s the ability to have fruitfulness out of our faithfulness to God. Listen now…

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Iron Mixed with Clay

23/12/13 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

December 17, 2023

In the Last Days there will be confidence and confusion, democracy and imperialism. We will see men rise up with great authority and yet have limited abilities. There will be great deception in man’s ability to rely on himself, on humanism. Educational strength will be compromised by avarice desires. Hopes will be mixed with lying signs and wonders. Strong militancy will be mixed with hatred toward any kind of authority. And so, the weaknesses of mankind will be the ultimate undoing of the Antichrist Empire of the End; it will be pulverized by the Kingdom of Christ. Listen now…

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The Field of Answers

23/12/06 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

December 10, 2023

Where were you when God gave you a promise? It is important to remember because you may have paid it little attention if you were in a time of trouble, or if you were feeling your self-worth to be lower than the trash in a land fill. It’s hard to receive a promise when you are down in the dumps because you might just throw it in the dump. I wonder how many treasures could be found in the trash, how many seeds of prosperity lay in the wastelands of our doubts and fears?

Bankrupt. Broken. Emptied. Exhausted. There seems to be nothing left. All options are drained. Desolation rules where forsaken empires of vegetation once dwelt. The gates are unhinged and crooked. The walls are crumbled into piles and scattered in charred debris. Empty sacks once filled with grain blow around in the abandoned streets. It doesn’t look good. The future is mysterious and obscure. The nights seem longer and the days have little sun. Nothing is growing. There are mostly things that are rotted and peeling and wasted…

Jeremiah was instructed by God to make an illogical investment…

Part of this is that Redemption doesn’t make sense. Why buy something that looks run down and forsaken? Why purchase something that can’t give you anything in return? Why put value into property that is owned by another Master, for at the time Babylon possessed the land. Redemption doesn’t see the present condition; it invests on the future possibility. Not what it is, but what it could be.

You are now in a field of answers. Growing from the thickets of trial and trauma are lovely leaves. Pushing through abandoned acreage are tenacious stalks of restoration and grace. Shames melts away in the blanketing revelation of roses and lilies and orchids and hope. Walk out there and tear one from its soil, pluck it from the fertile dirt. And know that for every pain there is a promise; for every ache there is an answer; for every heartbreaking setback there is a Sovereign plan; for every fragment of dreams stuck in the potter’s field, there is a vessel of honor to be formed from the damage. As Romans 8:28 states, “All things work together.” Listen now…

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Secrets of Faith from Psalm 27 Part 3 | Live Recording

23/11/29 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

December 3, 2023

Sometimes we wonder if God is hearing our cries. It’s a human fear. It’s a relevant anxiety. But even in the darkest hours God is listening, God is leading, and God’s light is on. We learn that our human emotions can swing to extremes, but God’s simple truth is always reliable…

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Three Frogs and a Sword

23/11/22 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

November 26, 2023

What comes out of the mouth of this trio of darkness is dubious to the mind, dangerous to the soul, and destructive to the body. If you listen long enough to their speeches you will feel yourself begin to question things that were concretely driven deep in your heart. If you taste the temptation of their offerings you will begin to believe that holiness tastes nasty and rivers of living water are too bitter to drink.

So, you have to challenge these ancient spirits with a newborn experience. “out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength that thou mightiest still the enemy and the avenger.” To still the enemy is to silence his hateful, demeaning rhetoric. The Spiritual application here is that when someone opens their mouth as a newborn babe in Christ, the New Birth Experience; it mutes hell. It’s like every auditory nerve in the Universe suddenly goes deaf, and as if some ethereal sound producer is at the controls the evil words fade out. Huh? I can’t hear you. I’m too busy singing. Huh? I can’t hear you. I’m too busy quoting the Word. Huh? I can’t hear you. I’m too busy praying in the Spirit. Your New Birth Experience has more power than demonic exaggerations that try to intimidate you. They will boast weapons of shame. They will target your vulnerable areas. But your New Birth Experience has more power than demonic excavations. These are the things they dig up from your past. Bones of bitterness. Rotted flesh of failures. Decomposed bodies of sin and regrets. Skulls of old thoughts in the dirt of shame. But your New Birth Experience has more power than demonic exploitations. These are the disadvantages the enemy thinks you have; your weaknesses he can key in on; your failures of the past that he can try and capitalize on when you try to do something for God, say something for God.

Goliath threatened Israel in I Samuel 17 and the Israelites were weakened by what they saw in Goliath. But then came David. And David was strengthened by what God saw in him. God’s view of us is more powerful than our fearful view of the enemy. Listen now…

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Our Greatest Comfort in Chaos

23/11/15 at 1.29pm / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

November 19, 2023

I believe the Rapture of the Church is upon us. I do not believe the Rapture has to wait for any Biblical prophetic, End Time signs to be fulfilled. As we face the growing crisis in Israel, and as we understand Israel’s role in End Time Prophecy, the appearing of our Lord seems more imminent than ever. There are several reasons why the Rapture is our greatest comfort in chaos. Some of the following are:

1Thessalonians 1:9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;

1Thessalonians 1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

The Patience of the Saints. Wait. Eagerly expect. Disciplined Desire. Continue stedfastly. What part of this shows sinful indulgence? When you wait you want whats coming, you walk with character, and you worship with consistency.
(1Th 3:13) To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
The Preparation of the Saints. Established in holiness. Unblameable is that which lives in repentance, not reproach. It gives a good reputation. No grounds of accusation. What part of this shows willful ignorance? Listen now…

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The Peace Account

23/11/08 at 10.30am / by Dannie Hood / 0 Comment

November 12, 2023

John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

It’s not a worldly peace. It’s not a peace that comes and goes. It’s not a peace treaty that eventually gets broken because it’s signed with false intent. It’s not a money back guarantee given by a slick salesman who doesn’t intend on keeping his end of the bargain. It’s a lasting peace. It’s an enduring covenant. It’s a something age can’t wrinkle, death can’t erase, thieves can’t confiscate, darkness can’t dim, humanistic ideas can’t produce, new philosophies can’t fade; it’s a lasting peace. Time can’t spend it. Seasons can’t wither it. Rust can’t touch it. Lies can’t reinterpret it. Hopelessness can’t redefine it. It’s a lasting peace. When panic has bled its last terror and fear has intimidated its last soul and when anxiety has tormented its last emotion; when dread has painted its last twilight; and fright has produced its last haunting; when sadness has squeezed out its last tear and sorrow has written its last mournful note, the peace account will still be full. It’s a lasting peace. An eternal assurance. Hope beyond hype. Listen now…

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