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Video posted from 01.17.2012! “So We Built A Wall”

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:27:00 -0500

Video posted from 01.17.2012!

“So We Built A Wall”

Our very own Phil Smith gave us a message on the facets of...

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:55:02 -0500

Our very own Phil Smith gave us a message on the facets of intimacy a little while back. Be sure to give this video a watch!

Dunamis - Jeremiah Castille - Prayer (Oct 12, 2011)

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 12:37:19 -0500

Dunamis - Jeremiah Castille - Prayer (Oct 12, 2011)

Acts of Prayer

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:33:12 -0400

Coach has been teaching on prayer this semester so we want to give you a brief run down of what he’s been teaching. This is an easy to remember acronym for ACTS of PRAYER:

A Acknowledge

C Confessions

T Thanksgiving

S Supplication

P Power Acts 16:25-26

R Righteousness Romans 3:21

A Attention Psalm 22:3

Y Yield Ephesians 5:18

E Encouragement Ephesians 6:10-13

R Rest Matthew 11:28-30

Every Tuesday night we worship with song and praise. This was...

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:14:00 -0400

Every Tuesday night we worship with song and praise. This was this weeks playlist. Powerful music, powerful words, powerful voices… You see where this is going. Dunamis loves to worship the Lord.

Dunamis - Sept27th Worship | Dunamis UA (facebook)

Ryan Campbell brings a different spin on the Word on what the...

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:09:52 -0400

Ryan Campbell brings a different spin on the Word on what the resurrection means for us as humans/Christians in this world, not just what it meant for Jesus. AWESOME Word. Listen to it.

WELCOME BACK, RHONDA!!!

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:58:00 -0400

WELCOME BACK, RHONDA!!!

Coach is back for the semester and he never lets us down. His...

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:08:11 -0400

Coach is back for the semester and he never lets us down. His messages are always powerful as he brings us the truth about the Word. Here he begins to help paint a picture of who God is. Make sure you give this one a listen!

Jeremiah 20:9

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:06:21 -0400

If I say: I won’t mention Him
or speak any longer in His name,
His message becomes a fire burning in my heart,
shut up in my bones.
I become tired of holding it in,
and I cannot prevail.

Just Keep Moving

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:13:00 -0400

We’re starting with a quote from Dillon the other day when playing disc golf. He was walking on a fallen tree and said, “It’s easier to balance when I keep moving.” He has no idea how profound that is, but it definitely carries a lot of weight. To get a mental image, think back to walking on something as a fallen tree or a plank from one board to the other. If you try and stand straight up on it, it’s much harder to balance on top of it. But, as long as you keep moving on it, you can keep your balance almost flawlessly. It brings back thoughts of much of the New Testament where the call is to walk worthy of the gospel or to walk out our calling or to walk in the light. So many times, the call is just to walk, keep moving, never stop moving. Just like on the balance beam, never stop moving. This is a principle to be held at all times but the context this really hit me in was that of the summer. For most people, the summer is a time of relaxation, slacking, and breaking of routines. This isn’t necessarily a problem except for the fact that it is easier to stop moving. Where we see this is in Exodus 32. Moses has been up on the mountain for 40 days hearing from the Lord. The people suspect he may never come back so they turn to Aaron and tell him to make a golden calf to worship. Already after 40 days they are turning their backs on the God that brought them out of Egypt. The Lord tells Moses to return to the people; Moses pleads on their behalf that He turn His wrath from them, and the Lord answers his request. The thing to take note of and apply is that these people had a man of God leading them, he left for a short time, and they fell in that span. The reason this applies to us today, especially for the summer, is because Coach leaves and Dunamis ends every summer. The question then falls on us, how will we react? Will we keep moving and growing in Christ or will we end up like the Israelites and fall when our leader leaves for a time?

What was the nature of their fall? Seems as if their walk was based on Moses, not God. Again we must ask ourselves a question: what is the foundation of my faith? Is my faith based on God’s faithfulness and trust or is it based on my leader’s flame? Anytime our faith is based on anyone other than God we are destined to fall. Eventually the flame will burn out, the free ride come to an end. If it’s a ministry we rely on to carry us, we will become stagnant when the summer break comes. If it’s a person we rely on to carry us, we’ll become stagnant when we leave the ministry/church, move to new cities, enter a break period, or the leader leaves the ministry/church, etc. This is why it’s so important to retain your own walk, your own fire, your own relationship throughout times such as the summer. If you don’t, you’ll end up like the Israelites and turn to a new god. The new god in your life could be television, video games, sleep and slumber, or even laziness. Whatever it is, it’s easy to fashion a golden calf out of what you’ve already got. The Israelites didn’t have to find a new god or learn of a new god. They just made one from what they already had. So what’s it gonna be? Fashion a new god in your life from your surroundings because of stagnation, or keep your feet moving and pursue the Lord as if nothing has changed? Own your relationship. Seek the Lord for your own reasons. Don’t seek the Lord to gain revelations to tell other people and seem more spiritual. Seek the Lord in a relationship as you would a relationship with a significant other. We understand to seek a significant other out simply to grow closer and get to know each other more, to pour out love on them. So, seek Jesus for that reason. Spend time with Him to love Him more and grow closer with Him, not so you can tell people that you did that, but for the sake of the relationship itself. If you do this, you won’t fall when the leader is spending time away because you’ll have a legitimate foundation to the relationship that is not based on other people. I encourage you to read Exodus 32-34 to see Moses’s heart for his people, how they fell, and how he reacted to their falling. Also, Phil 3 to see Paul’s heart for his own relationship with Jesus. He says that all things are rubbish except the excellency of knowing Jesus. Is the privilege of knowing Jesus excellent in your mind today?

Ryan

Our very own Andrew Key was given the opportunity to bring the...

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:50:38 -0400

Our very own Andrew Key was given the opportunity to bring the Word to our brothers and sisters at Grace Assembly of God in Carbon Hill, AL this past Sunday. His message on Urgency and sitting at Jesus’ feet should put some things into perspective.

We had an awesome time on the Dunamis retreat a couple weeks ago...

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:47:30 -0400

Candace on the pier!

Friend time on the porch!

Austin in the Word

Ahhh, beautiful landscape You made!

Good girl talk up the trail.

Jess caught the same fish twice!

And Rebecca got it off the hook twice!

Quelf

Baptismal waterfall.

We had an awesome time on the Dunamis retreat a couple weeks ago out at Heavenbound Ministries. We got to soak up the sun with soaking up the Son! (See what I did there?) These are some pictures we gathered. Most of these are from the girls who had the best time getting to know each other better and growing together in the Lord. This trip was a real blessing for everyone.

Jeremiah Castille - 04.05.11 Coach came this week and allowed...

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:09:55 -0400

Jeremiah Castille - 04.05.11

Coach came this week and allowed God to change the talk- we discussed faith and how to activate it. We then all gathered around a good friend that is bound to a wheelchair and prayed for healing. A seed was planted in him that will cause him to walk sometime soon- please join in with us in prayer through this recording.

Photo

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:14:09 -0400

Dear John:

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:01:43 -0400

Do you remember when
our mothers met
Mama told me that they lept
Is that a sign for us
or a sign for them
When unborn babies testify

Carried between the earth and sky
Sons of eternity in time

We were born
Born of spirit 
Born of water
Born of blood

Child of freedom
Child of promise 
Child of God

Do you remember what
our fathers spoke
Silence broke down on our knees
There was power in their prayer
Remember what they said
They said we are the children of their dreams
Words of acceptance split the sky
Visions of heaven filled our eyes

And do you remember how
It made us feel
To be traded for a foolish lie
I was the song that danced
You were the song that healed
Neither song could satisfy
Wisdom was fighting for her life
We, we were the children of our time

Coach brings a powerful word about your spiritual image vs. your...

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 09:52:00 -0400

Coach brings a powerful word about your spiritual image vs. your self image!

Coach brings a powerful message about the power of your words...

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 09:58:00 -0400

Coach brings a powerful message about the power of your words and prosperity.

Check out this video- it’s a powerful message.. See what...

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:49:19 -0400

Check out this video- it’s a powerful message.. See what you get out of it.

To: Kelvin Love, Dunamis! Kelvin (Our sponsored child from...

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 19:33:18 -0400

To: Kelvin

Love, Dunamis!

Kelvin (Our sponsored child from Compassion) sent us a picture and a letter, so we took this one for him!

Coach Castille has been hitting it hard lately.. Listen to his...

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:06:31 -0500

Coach Castille has been hitting it hard lately.. Listen to his latest message about growing closer to God through discipline.