Firm Foundation With Bryan Hudson

Today is the Juneteenth holiday. It is something that began as a black cultural holiday in Texas, and grew to become a national African-American cultural holiday, and became a national holiday on June 17, 2021. A brief history of Juneteenth:  News of the Emancipation Proclamation was delivered to Galveston, Texas, by Union General Gordon Granger. He arrived in Galveston on June 19, 1865, and issued General Order No. 3, an executive order by President Abraham Lincoln. Juneteenth celebrates the day when enslaved people in Texas were finally informed of their freedom, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation that went into effect on January 1, 1863. This was also the beginning of what we call “watch night,” during which enslaved people were waiting and praying for the start of the new year 1863 which would signal the beginning of their freedom. Slave owners were not willing to release enslaved people because they were profiting off of their free labor. General orde

DOWNLOAD KEYNOTE SLIDES 1 Corinthians 16:13 (NASB), Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. 14 Let all that you do be done in love. NT Greek word for “act like men” means, “To be courageous, make a man of, or make brave, to show oneself a man, be brave” How Do Men/Fathers Act? You can only answer that question from two perspectives: Jesus and God’s Word Personal Experience  

Listen to My Message From Sunday, June 9, 2024 Next Level Thinking DOWNLOAD KEYNOTE SLIDES   Special Edition of Firm Foundation Inspiration Minute: Talk #122 DAY #12:  Be A Next Level Thinker   1 Cor. 2:14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. 16 For "Who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?" But we have the mind of Christ. The mind of Christ represents grace to share in the thoughts, plans and motives of God.  Paul identifies two kinds of people. Locate yourself:  There is the person who is pneumatikos. Pneuma is the word for Spirit. The person who is pneumatikos is sensitive to the Spirit and whose life is guided by the Spirit. Pneuma is that which makes a man different from the rest of creation.  In 1 Cor. 2:14 Paul speaks of the man who is psuchikos. He lives as if there w

DOWNLOAD KEYNOTE SLIDES Mark 12:30, And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' This is the first commandment. 31"And the second, like it, is this: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these.” What does it means to love God with all your mind? The sense of this text is that Jesus is talking about loving God with your entire being. But it is interesting that he said we love God with our soul AND mind. Isn’t the mind part of the soul? Yes. But this word “mind” used here specifically speaks to thinking. The NT Greek word is: διάνοια (dianoia)  The mind as a faculty of understanding, feeling, desiring, understanding  “A thinking over,” a way of thinking and feeling; thoughts, either good or bad   Jesus will take you into Next Level Thinking  if you want to go

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Special Edition of Firm Foundation Inspiration Minute: Talk #121   Day #5 Firm Foundation Devotional Lesson:   1 Peter 1:13 (NKJV), Therefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.   (New International Version)  Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming.   We find our minds in various states: We can be serious or silly. We can be insightful or shallow. We can feel overwhelmed or empowered.   Life is a mixture of experiences. What people sometimes underestimate is their capacity to summon mental focus when needed. The ability to do that is necessary is often called “personal power.” There are times when we need to lean into focus and bring skills forward.   The term “gird up loins” means two things: 1) It is procreative power. Humans have the ability to bring children into the world. 2) It is suggestiv

DOWNLOAD KEYNOTE SLIDES Ephesians 2:8 God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. 10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. Who Am I?  Having God’s perspective on your life is most important.  Society and popular culture what to fashion you into its image.  God says, “I created you in My image [Imago Dei] and likeness.” (Gen. 1:27)   You Are God’s Masterpiece!  A masterpiece is anyone’s best work.  A masterpiece does not happen by accident. It is not the result of something random. A masterpiece is the result of an inspired plan. You Are God’s Best Work!  Your birth was the first miracle Your re-birth is the greatest miracle “….He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” (Eph. 2:10 NLT)

SPECIAL EDITION - Firm Foundation Inspiration Minute June 21-Day Devotional Introduction, "Renewing the Mind." INTRODUCTION & DAY 1 (June 1) - The Spirit of the Mind  Today’s Reading: Chapter One of “Winning the Battle for Your Mind” And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (Romans 12:2) “Be renewed in the spirit of your mind...” (Ephesians 4:23) For this devotional, we make a difference between “renewing the mind” and mental health.  I am a mental health advocate, along with many others. It is important to recognize that the brain is a physical organ that can experience conditions like other parts of our body. Because the brain controls our body and is the center of thoughts, emotions, and sensations such as pain, it is obviously a very complex organ. Certainly, God is a source of strength for all aspects of life. He has also provided medical and human resources to assist with phys

Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.   Ephesians 2:10 (NLT) For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.   A masterpiece does not happen by accident. It is not the result of something random. A masterpiece is the result of an inspired plan. We usually relate a masterpiece to artwork or some other work of an artist, whether literary, or music or architecture. Basically, a masterpiece is anyone’s best work. Not “best” in relation to someone else’s work, but only in relation to your work and potential.

Listen to Mother's Day Message by Patricia Hudson, May 12, 2024 "To Mom, With Love."   View 4K Aurora Video Visit Photo Gallery    Psalm 19:1, The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows his handiwork. Day and today utters speech, and night under night reveals knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard.   This spring has featured wonders in nature. On April 8, there was a total solar eclipse by the moon, visible for 100-mile-wide band from Texas to Maine. On the evening of May 10th, going into the early morning of May 11th, was the Aurora Borealis, also called the Northern Lights. Unlike the solar eclipse, the Northern Lights could be seen by a large part of the northern hemisphere of planet Earth. What was unusual about the solar storm that created the aurora was that it was visible as far south as Mississippi and Florida. Usually, northern lights are confined to northern Canada and the Arctic Circle. As with the solar eclipse, we don't want to misread or spi

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2 Timothy 1:5, For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well.

Listen to My Message From Sunday, April 28, 2024 STAND: Renewed Mind - Renewed Life DOWNLOAD KEYNOTE SLIDES   Get Your Copy of "Wining The Battle for Your Mind." (Available in Print, Kindle, and Audible Audiobook (with Virtual Voice)

DOWNLOAD KEYNOTE SLIDES Romans 12:1 NKJV, I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. Romans 12:1 NLT, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. 2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect. “And do not be conformed (schema) to this world…” Schema is the changeable aspect of our lives. That which is continually altered, one way or another.   Process For Renewing the Mind  STEP ONE: Implantation STEP TWO: Formati

Listen to My Message From Sunday, April 21, 2024 STAND: You Were Built For Standing DOWNLOAD KEYNOTE SLIDES   Get Your Copy of "Wining The Battle for Your Mind." (Available in Print, Kindle, and Audible Audiobook (with Virtual Voice)

DOWNLOAD KEYNOTE SLIDES MAIN THING WORKSHEET We learn how to, “Stand against the wiles [schemes, strategies]  of the devil.” The best way to overcome the strategies of the enemy is to have your own strategy (plan) from God. Your strategy will define your tactics (things you do)   One of the devil’s strategies is distraction:   Hindering and disrupting God’s plan in the lives of believers and preventing unbelievers from coming to faith in Christ. Remember the “Path Principle” The Path Principle  Proverbs 7:6 For at the window of my house I looked through my lattice, 7 And saw among the simple, I perceived among the [a]youths, A young man devoid of understanding, 8  Passing along the street near her corner; And he took the path to her house 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night. The Path Principle (from Andy Stanley) A path is a direction leading to a destination. When you step onto a path, your intentions don’t matter because you are going to go where ever that path leads. Another on

Listen to My Message From Sunday, April 14, 2024   STAND: God's Consistency in the Heavens and In You   DOWNLOAD KEYNOTE SLIDES

DOWNLOAD KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Watch Video Presentation Prepared by Pastor Bryan Hudson, D.Min.   Ephesians 6:10, Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles [strategies]  of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13, Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore… “Be strong in the Lord and the power of his might. “ God's strength and might in your life comes from his consistency, from his word, and from the order he has established in creation.    

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"Caregiving Journey With My Father" Presentation by Bryan Hudson, D.Min. WATCH VIDEO ON YOUTUBE DOWNLOAD KEYNOTE SLIDES PRESENTATION RESOURCE PAGE    NCC Caregiver Support Group page