Loving the Humanity of Jesus
Stephen Venable
It is the knowledge of Jesus that causes us to appreciate His worth and have a passion for His preeminence. When something is exceedingly important, the most normal thing to do is to take it very seriously and give a great deal of attention to it. The awesome, majestic identity of Jesus must be at […]
Loving the Divinity of Jesus
Stephen Venable
It is the knowledge of Jesus that causes us to appreciate His worth and have a passion for His preeminence. When something is exceedingly important, the most normal thing to do is to take it very seriously and give a great deal of attention to it. The awesome, majestic identity of Jesus must be at […]
A Vision for Passion for Jesus
Stephen Venable
What does having a passion for Jesus actually mean, and how does one foster this? In this message Stephen addresses these crucial questions and casts a vision for the reality of a consuming passion to magnify Jesus and love Him with abandonment. Spoken on September 14th, 2012 at the International House of Prayer East Bay. […]
Encountering the Glory of God
Stephen Venable
Beginning with the drama of Israel’s experience with God at Mt. Sinai, this message explores how our desire to encounter the glory of God is fulfilled in the majesty of the person of Christ. We are invited to leave the mystery of Jesus untamed and be drawn into breathtaking reality of the Incarnation. Spoken on […]
The Priesthood of Man & the House of Prayer
Stephen Venable
A house of prayer is not an abstract environment. It consists of participants actively engaging in prayer and worship. In order for weak people to be motivated to stay faithful in their devotion, it not only requires a revelation of the glory of God but also of His design for humanity. If long hours of […]
Passion for the Life of Jesus
Stephen Venable
Our love and passion for Jesus must be rooted in the truth of who He is as revealed in Scripture by the Holy Spirit. Any ‘passion’ not completely anchored in His identity will be fleeting. In other words, intimacy must be based on the knowledge of who Jesus is, because knowledge is the fuel for […]
Following Jesus to the Cross
Stephen Venable
The precious cross of Christ is not to be looked at only for salvation but also for imitation. Taught by Jesus and then lived by the apostles, the Bible calls us to emulate the sacrificial love displayed in the crucifixion for the sake of the glory of Christ. This message is structured as a line […]
Glorifying Jesus through Costly Discipleship
Stephen Venable
If we are looking rightly, one of most astonishing features of the New Testament is the great joy that the early disciples had in the midst of great sacrifice and suffering. How is this possible? In this message Stephen develops the often unfamiliar theme of the dynamic design that God has to glorify Jesus through […]
The Glory of Christ and the End Time Worship Movement
Stephen Venable
The glory of Jesus not only invokes a perpetual response of worship from those who behold Him around His throne, it demands a response from all who dwell on the earth. In this message Stephen explains the riveting implications of God’s zeal for His own glorification, why this necessitates a global worship movement, and the […]
The Worth of Christ and Incessant Worship
Stephen Venable
What is the ultimate reason why night and day prayer is important, and even necessary? The answer is found in the surpassing worth of Jesus and the testimony of the worship that transpires in heaven. In this message Stephen focuses on why the foundation and fuel of continuous devotion is found in the overwhelming splendor […]
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