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Praying for Jesus' Return

Some time ago I came across some verses that really made me think about Jesus’ return and when that is going to happen. In this message I’m going to share those verses with you and the impact those verses have had on my life. I don’t think I’ve ever talked about this publicly and I’ll just tell you I’m drawing some conclusions here that I’ve never heard anyone else say. The real point of this message is to invite you to begin praying a certain way with me. But, of course, if you disagree with my thoughts or conclusions here, you can just discard this message entirely. Jesus tells us in Matthew 24:36 that only God knows when the end will come, when Jesus will return to earth. But as we read through the Gospels, Jesus tells us a lot about different signs that will signify the end of this age and when He is going to return. As you probably know, Jesus’ words

Victory in Your Healing Journey

As many of you know I have spoken a lot about divine healing, and I’ve also written a book called Understanding and Receiving Divine Healing, which is available on Amazon. If you are going through any kind of medical situation, or if you have any friends or loved ones who are, I highly encourage you to read it. In the book I go through all the basics on divine healing and show you how any Christian can receive God’s healing power for any medical problem. Today I will talk about three great revelations I’ve received and how they relate to divine healing. What I mean by revelation is that I’m going to look at three passages from the Bible that have become very clear and very important to me. These are three passages where I truly had a moment where God’s Holy Spirit opened my understanding to them. Furthermore, I think you can take these three passages and use them to both obt

You Must Defeat Doubt

Today we will talk about faith and doubt, and we are going to see that doubt is one of the greatest enemies we will ever have. We will also talk about defeating doubt. If you are anything like me, you have several areas of your life that you are currently praying about. You have several areas of your life where you would like God’s help or to see God’s best. So you pray about those areas and you try to make positive changes. I hope you listened to my last episode because I talked about what to do in any difficult situation. To briefly sum it up, for any difficult situation you need to pray about it, study God’s Word about it, do anything God says, and stay in faith that God’s Word is working in your life. We also talked about praying instead of worrying and what it means to stand in faith despite contrary natural circumstances. If you have listened to me talk about faith, and I have a lot of episodes about faith, you know t

Succeeding in Difficult Situations

Hello Everyone, my name is Byron Howell and this is the Byron Howell Ministries Podcast. Thank you very much for joining me today and I know we are going to have an awesome discussion and this is going to bless you. Let me start by saying that I know I haven’t posted in a while. I hope you have all been well. We have been well at our house. I’ve been really trying to focus on God and His plan for my life. I want to make sure that I’m doing what He wants me to do. So I’ve been spending more time in personal Bible study and prayer, and I know that as I seek His will, He will reveal it to me by His Holy Spirit. And I know that is true for all of you as well. This morning as I sat down to read the Bible I started thinking about this concept of succeeding in difficult situations and I felt like I should do this teaching and maybe it’s just for one person out there. But if so that’s ok and it’s

Godly Financial Increase 101

2023 has been a crazy year in the financial world. I am a real estate lawyer and the interest rates and lending climate have definitely impacted the deal flow, and I’m very thankful that God has provided for me and my family during this crazy year. But I don’t want to just sit back and hope that money comes. I want to study God’s Word regarding money and God’s systems of provision. I want to make sure I’m doing my part. I want to go deeper with God and higher in my finances than ever before. So I did another big study on money. Here below are a lot of the key verses and points that I studied. I know reviewing this and studying these verses will bless you. Finances and Seedtime and Harvest Generally The blessing of the LORD makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it. (Proverbs 10:22 NKJV) -God wants you to have easy riches, riches without sorrow, riches without painful toil

Seedtime and Harvest for Finances (and everything else)

Hello everyone, last week on my podcast I talked about whether a Christian should tithe. That was a very important discussion because the vast majority of churches teach that Christians should tithe and that if you don’t you are cursed and robbing God. As we saw, there are several reasons to tithe, and because of them I tithe and I do agree that everyone should tithe. But I think we should teach tithing correctly and not improperly use fear of punishment or curses to encourage people to tithe. That full teaching about tithing is on the Byron Howell Ministries podcast, and please consider listening to it. While tithing is probably the number one financial teaching in the Church today, the second most common financial teaching is called “seedtime and harvest.” The simple idea behind seedtime and harvest is that if you sow a financial seed God will bring a financial harvest into your life. While this core idea is Biblical, this concep

How to Easily Start Living in God’s Plans for Your Life

Hello my friends. I hope you have all been doing well. Today we are going to talk about a variety of topics, and some popular verses, and I hope we are all going to learn more about living in God’s plans for our lives. God’s plans for our lives is definitely one of my favorite subjects, and I hope you agree that it’s pretty important. God truly does have a wonderful plan for each of our lives, but it won’t happen automatically. We need to do our part and seek God’s will for our lives. That said, I think we get the wrong idea about His plans, and I think we make this subject out to be far more complicated than it really is. Or even if we don’t make it too complicated, we don’t get enough practical advice as to how to start living it. The older I get, the more I believe we can easily find God’s plan for our lives. At least we can easily get started. If you have heard any of my previous

What To Do When You Suffer A Physical Problem

When I was younger my father took me skiing in Colorado every year. One year he wore snow boots that were too small for him, and he developed ingrown toenails. He had to have some procedures on his toes, and his toenails on his big toes never looked the same. He also said it was extremely painful. So basically I grew up with a fear of ingrown toenails. Ever since, I’ve always been careful about my shoe sizes and about trimming my toenails. But even with this fear and preventative efforts, I’ve had a couple times where I’ve had to get the nail tools and dig out the side of my big toenail. If any of you have had to do that, you know it’s not fun. The other morning I woke up about 5:30 to take my dogs out. As I started to walk I felt the worst ingrown toenail pain I have ever felt. The pain was shooting all through my toe. This made no sense because I hadn’t done anything recently

God's Help and God's Best For Your Marriage

Hello everyone and let me start this message by thanking those of you who have reached out to me about previous messages. I’ve been thinking about it because five people reached out to me over the past week, and that really blessed me. So thank you all for reading or listening to these messages, and I always love to hear your feedback. If these messages have helped you in any way, please consider sharing them or forwarding them on to your friends and loved ones. I really don’t consider myself an expert in any of the matters we discuss here (except maybe healing) but, when approaching a topic, one question I ask myself is whether I can help someone. Of course, I always want to get my topics from God, but I really want the details I share to be practical and helpful to your daily lives. Even if I’m not an expert on something, if I think I can be God’s instrument to help you, then I guess I should talk about it. Today we are going to

How To Deal With Difficult People

Today I’m going to talk about dealing with difficult people, and let me start by making three points. First, we all have to deal with difficult people. Second, sometimes we are the difficult people that others must deal with. Third, as Christians we are called to deal with other people on a higher level, if you will, and we must always keep that in mind. I think if we can recognize those three truths, and start to live by them, it will greatly help us in our interactions with others. Let me briefly tell you some of my personal history and why I think about this subject so much. I dedicated my life to Christ after my second year of law school, and I was ready to quit law school and go full time in the ministry. But as I prayed about it I really felt like God wanted me to finish law school, so that’s what I did. I had no intention of practicing law. My father had a small church back home, and I wanted to help him expand his min

An Open and Practical Discussion About Obeying God

If you ever feel like you aren’t obeying God, or you regularly mess up, or you want to change some behaviors, then this message is for you. This message is for you regardless of whether you are a new Christian or you have been a Christian for many years, for the issues we discuss today don’t simply go away with time. Today I want to encourage you and help you in obeying God’s directions for your life. I’m going to try to keep it practical. I also want to be brutally honest and open in this discussion because I also think that helps. Obeying God is hard. I know that to the mature Christians hearing this that statement probably sounds like blasphemy. I’m not saying that obeying God should be hard, or that God wants it to be hard, I’m just saying that it is hard for the vast majority of people. It was certainly hard for me, and honestly, despite all you may think of me or see of me online, it’s still har

Overcoming The Christian's Daily Struggle

I’m going to start today with a short joke which has all sorts of interesting metaphorical meanings, most of which probably escape me. You may have heard this before, and some guy named David Foster Wallace either came up with this or made it popular in a speech he gave. There are two young fish swimming along one day when they pass an older fish. The older fish nods at them and says, “How’s the water boys?” The young fish keep swimming along and, after a few minutes, one of them says to the other, “What the heck is water?” One of the joke’s important points is the highlighting of the reality all around us that we don’t even realize. It’s the reality in which we exist, and we don’t even know it. It’s such a fundamental aspect of our environment that we take it for granted or don’t even consider its existence at all. But others understand these aspects of our reality or our envi

Integrating Your Christianity and Secular Personal Growth

A few years ago I drove down to South Florida to visit some clients for a few days. My wife (Shannon) suggested that I check out this marriage podcast called Rise Together by Rachel and Dave Hollis. I realize Rachel Hollis is now a controversial figure, but this was before all that happened, and that podcast had a profound impact on me. Between the drives to Key Largo and back, I listened to all of the episodes (there were only around 10 back then) and I received my personal introduction to the idea of personal growth. (And before we move on yes I do realize that was a marriage podcast from a couple who are now divorced.) So I started listening to various podcasts on personal growth and related issues. Then about a year ago I was driving with some friends in Texas when we decided to listen to an episode of the All-In Podcast. That podcast features four billionaires and friends discussing financial markets, political issues, and various other s

Easily Understanding Faith That Works

Last week we briefly discussed how to begin hearing from God. I think it’s a great teaching because we cover a list of God’s communication methods, how to tune into God’s frequency, and three safety practices to help you confirm you’ve really heard from Him. If you didn’t listen to that teaching then please do so, because if you aren’t hearing from God regularly that teaching will help you start, and your life will never be the same. I remember when I first started learning about God and His Ways in my early twenties. I realized that many people think all sorts of different things about God. This is true even among Christians, where you can find a wide variety of beliefs even in the same church. Ironically, this first dawned on me when speaking with my grandfather. Now Grandaddy was a Christian, but he wasn’t going to let the Bible get in the way of what he believed. One day I read a Bible verse to hi

Quickly Learn How To Hear From God

You can easily learn to hear from God. Jesus clearly explained in John 10 that His sheep know His voice. You can learn to recognize God’s voice and hearing from God will become part of your daily life. Over the years I have talked a lot about hearing from God because of its importance in my life. Perhaps this sounds obvious, but I could never overstate the importance of hearing from God. While this sounds like some sort of mystical or high-spirituality type practice, in fact it should be a part of everyone’s daily life. Hearing from God should be clear, easy and regular. We just need to learn how it works. Many people approach spiritual topics such as this with the perspective that it will come by some special revelation or divine interaction. Perhaps one day you will hear God’s booming voice or you will have some spectacular vision of Jesus talking with you. But rather than hoping for a miraculous spiritu

Looking At What Can't Be Seen

Everyone understands that a huge portion of physical reality can’t be seen with the human eye. Perhaps most importantly, we can’t see the air we breathe. Isn’t that amazing, we can’t even see something that our bodies depend on constantly. This natural realm, all that consists of what we might perceive with our physical senses, contains many other important substances we can’t see. But there is another entire realm that we can’t see or perceive with our natural senses, the spiritual realm. I know even the phrase “the spiritual realm” sounds weird and you’re thinking about skipping this teaching, but the importance of spiritual reality cannot be overstated. The spiritual realm is actually the higher realm, the more important realm, with authority and power over the natural realm. Even a basic understanding of the spiritual realm will dramatically improve your life and faith journey. I&rsquo

How To Start Working With God Financially

[Here is this full teaching combined into one post.] Most people have heard the Bible contains more than 2,000 verses regarding money. Most people understand that the Bible says A LOT about money. But very few people agree on what the Bible actually says. When you put all 2,000 verses on the table, if you were to fit them together like a puzzle, what do they say? Do they make a clear picture of God’s will for your finances? Actually, they do! Let me first show you what the picture looks like, and then I will show you how to get started on the path to seeing that picture in your life. 2 Corinthians chapters 8 and 9 talk a lot about money. They are directed to Christians, and they explain God’s will for our financial lives in no uncertain terms. First of all, we should understand that Jesus became poor so that we might become rich (2 Corinthians 8:9). That should come as no surprise when we understand His subst

Conclusion – How To Start Working With God Financially Part 9

The Bible is clear that God wants to bless us financially. But God doesn’t want to just rain money down on us from Heaven, God wants us to learn and operate in His economic system, His system of seedtime and harvest. God, as the Lord of the Harvest, gives us various seeds that He wants us to sow. These seeds further God’s will in the earth and bless others. From these seeds, God brings harvests into our lives. These harvests produce blessings for us and more seeds for us to sow. This is His economic system, and it’s His only economic system. Tithing, gifts to the poor, general offerings, and first fruit offerings are all forms of “seeds” we can sow. As I explained last time, in God’s amazingly brilliant economic system, we increase financially, bless others, honor God, and draw closer to God all at the same time. Now let me say something very important. In this teaching series we have focused on mon

Giving Only To Get – How To Start Working With God Financially Part 8

I’ve been showing from God’s Word how God wants to bless us financially, and how God created an economic system for us to work in. As we operate in God’s financial system, sowing seeds that produce harvests, God will see to our financial increase. We should discuss the accusation that we who talk like this are only giving to get or trying to greedily manipulate God’s systems for our own gain. I would like to address that point a few ways. First of all, if these Bible verses and systems don’t work as I’m suggesting, then they just won’t work, and you can then quit and do what you want. At worst you are out a few bucks that probably went to your church. Because of how my parents raised me, I’ve been a tither and a giver my entire working life. I can honestly say from 20 years of experience that these systems do work to increase you financially, and really they are the only explanation for my financial life.&

First Fruit Offerings – How To Start Working With God Financially Part 7

God helps you get money / gives you money (in various ways) and then asks for you to give it back (in various ways) so that you can honor God, bless others and get more money. Maybe that sounds crazy, but if you have read the first six installments of this message then you would understand how we got here. God wants us to tithe, give to the poor, give other offerings and give first fruits offerings all as forms of “seeds” that bring various “harvests” into our lives. God’s economic system works through “seedtime and harvest” and we need to start integrating these concepts into our financial lives. The last type of offering or giving to God that we will discuss is the first fruits offering. Some people suggest that tithing is a form of the first fruits offering because we bring the first 1/10 of our increase to God, but I believe they are actually different concepts, and the first fruits offering is something we should

General Offerings – How To Start Working With God Financially Part 6

God wants you to have more than enough money and God wants you to integrate your spiritual and financial lives. As we have seen, giving money to God brings you into God’s economic system, and there are several Biblical ways to give to God and His Kingdom. We have talked about tithing and gifts for the poor, and now let’s talk about general offerings. General offerings are different from gifts to the poor or the tithe. Offerings are freewill gifts to God and His works that are over and above your tithe. While it’s true that tithes and gifts to the poor can both be marked under the general term “offering”, we want to differentiate the term to further understand God’s economic system. While tithing and gifts to the poor both invite God’s blessings and produce wonderful “harvests” in our lives. We should primarily associate our “seedtime and harvest” economic endeavors with general offerings.&

Gifts to the Poor – How To Start Working With God Financially Part 5

As we have seen, God wants to bless you financially. To integrate your financial life with God’s economic system, God wants you to give Him some of your money. God is then going to give you “harvests” on those “seeds”. Today we will briefly discuss giving to the poor. As with tithing, giving to the poor is not a legal requirement. You will not be cursed or go to hell if you never give to the poor. However, God wants us to be ever mindful of the poor as we consider our finances. I find Leviticus 23:22 (and other similar passages) very interesting as I consider giving to the poor. Whenever your receive financial increase in your life, you should be ready to share with the less fortunate. God is going to attach you to specific ministries and works for your regular giving (for me its Grace Family Church, Schools for Haiti, Inc., Andrew Wommack Ministries and Bill Winston Ministries). Some of those

Tithing – How To Start Working With God Financially Part 4

God wants you so blessed financially that you have enough to always be generous toward God and His Kingdom. The only way to involve God in your finances is to give Him some of your money, but God wants to bless those gifts and return a “harvest” to you on those “seeds”. We could categorize the various ways we give to God as follows: (1) tithing, (2) gifts to the poor, (3) first fruits offerings, and (4) general offerings. We will discuss each of these in turn, and today we will briefly discuss tithing. I’m going to summarize an hour’s teaching into a few sentences, so I encourage you to study these verses I mention. While tithing is mentioned in the Jewish law (Leviticus 27:30), the practice does not originate there. Tithing is the customary tax for the king (Genesis 14:20, 1 Samuel 8:15,17), and this custom was established long before the Jewish law. Tithing to God appoints God as the King of your life. P

Investment Returns – How To Start Working With God Financially Part 3

God’s plan for your financial life is that you have everything you need and such abundance that you can always give generously to God’s endeavors throughout the world. This giving will bring others to Christ and glory to God. (2 Corinthians 9:8,11) The only way to involve God in your finances, or to integrate your spiritual and financial lives, is to begin giving God some of your money (Read all of 2 Corinthians 9). God doesn’t need your money for any reason (Psalm 50:9-12). However, God invites you into a financial relationship with Him. He wants you involved in His economic system to bless you and others (See Philippians 4:17, for example). God’s economic system functions by seedtime and harvest. When you bring your money into God’s economy, giving it to His Kingdom, God receives that as a seed. God then gives you a financial harvest on that seed. Let’s see that concept in God’s Word.&nb

How To Start Working With God Financially (Part 2)

Yesterday I showed you God’s plan for your financial life. God wants you to have more than enough so that you can be blessed and help others. When you help others at His direction, they will know it’s coming from God and they will glorify Him. (2 Corinthians 9:8,11)How do we start integrating our financial and spiritual lives and seeing God’s will in our finances? Take some time to review Bible verses on money (using Google if needed). God wants to bless you financially, and God wants you to give Him some of your money. The idea of giving God money is where many people have problems, especially because they probably heard this from a preacher. But forget about the preacher for now, just focus on the Bible. Here is the key – God is not telling you to give Him your money because He needs it. Rather, God is inviting you into His financial system (examples, Psalm 50:12, Malachi 3:10-12) That’s right, God doesn’t need your money. God’s tru

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