His Life, Now! With David Hughes

The word of God is the cure for all our “abby-normal” thinking.  The Word was in the beginning before all of creation, the Word is forever settled in heaven – the Word is Jesus!  Jesus is the truth amid all our rhetoric and opinions.  Jesus doesn’t have just the last word, He is the first […]

Is Jesus politically correct?  Isaiah chapter 9 reveals to us that the government [rule;dominion] will rest on His shoulders and there will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace. This was a message shared at Benson First just prior to the elections in the U.S. to remind us that no […]

God doesn’t rest His kingdom on one individual among us – His kingdom rests and resides in Christ through ALL of us!  Our willingness to participate opens the door for the Lord’s ministry through each of us.  We need child-like faith to step up and ask the Holy Spirit, “What’s my part?”  We will then […]

The kingdom of God is a celebration and we are called to unpack the party wherever we are.  We have this treasure in clay pots to show the surpassing greatness of the power is of God and not us.  The Message translation says, “Hard times are small potatoes compared to the lavish celebration prepared for […]

The end of prejudice is in Christ! There is neither Jew nor Greek, bond nor free, male nor female – but all are one in Christ. It is not race, social status, gender or anything else that unites us or can separate us – we are one in His Spirit. Paul said, “from now on, […]

Matthew 3:2 says repent [change your mind] the kingdom of heaven is at hand – Jesus was on the scene of humanity.  God’s kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and the increase of His kingdom has no end.  May we hear and believe the report of the Holy Spirit and know that the condition of the […]

Psalm 34 says to bless the Lord at all times, His praise shall continually be in my mouth!  We can praise the Lord in the midst of everything, because He is not changed by anything!  Lift up your voice, you are not hemmed in – life is wide open in Christ!

“Gentlemen, this is a football” – Vince Lombardi would start training camp for his pro football teams by holding a football up and making this statement. He knew the basics were essential for playing well as a player and a team.  For us we must never lose sight of the reality of this basic truth … “Child of […]

“Toto, we’re not in Kansas anymore” – as a new creation in Christ we have been crucified to this world and this world to us (Galatians 6:14-15).  We have been translated out of the kingdom of darkness and into the kingdom of God’s dear son.  This does not mean that the new creation is irrelevant […]

If we are a new creation in Christ, what happened to the old creation; the old man?  May we look to Jesus’ redemptive work for insight.  Two great questions to ponder in the Lord – 1) What happened to Jesus in the redemptive work of the cross and resurrection?  2) Were you there?  We need […]

Psalm 37 is so powerful and encouraging … we are encouraged to TRUST in the Lord, DWELL in the land, DELIGHT ourselves in the Lord, COMMIT our ways unto the Lord, REST in the Lord, WAIT patiently for Him – all of this is a reality of the life of grace in Christ.  We find […]

How does Jesus relate to us and how should we relate to one another?  Is it based on covenant or contract? Covenant is based on trust, unlimited responsibility and cannot be ended, while a contract is based on mistrust, unlimited liability and can be terminated.  It’s the difference between grace and law … we are […]

Jesus has been declared Lord of heaven and earth and of the increase of His kingdom there shall be no end – and it’s already here!  The question is, am I personally participating … The first few minutes of this message is a powerful word of encouragement and exhortation from Jim Eldred!    

If anyone be is Christ they are a new creation, the old things have passed away, look, new things have come (2 Cor 5:17).  What does it mean to be a new creation? What are the old things that passed away? What are the new things that have come?  We can only begin to see […]

We have been given everlasting joy in Christ, it never fades nor goes out of season – it is always fresh and ripe in the Spirit.  His joy is our strength and will cause sorrow and sighing to flee away!

Galatians 5:1 says that it was for freedom that we have been set free!  We must realize that we have been set free from sin, from the law, from the flesh … not so that we can live our life, but so that Jesus can live His life in and through us.  Our freedom was […]

Our youth at Benson First Assembly share their testimonies and experiences from the Word of Deliverance Youth Camp in Berkeley Springs, WV – Open your heart to hear the voice of the Lord through the next generation! Those sharing testimonies are … Tyler Bowie, Maleah Rodriguez, Sarah Allen, Josh Hughes, Jeremiah Hughes, David Thomas Hughes, Sarah Hughes, […]

What does it mean for judgment to begin in the house of the Lord?  We need to unleash the next generation through the freedom that comes from accepting and believing the verdict of redemption. God has declared us to be forgiven, accepted and justified – not guilty!  Have we come to the same judgment and […]

We have been ransomed and redeemed by a BEAUTIFUL REDEEMER – Jesus!  Our value was deemed in the heart and eyes of His love to be priceless because of the price He paid, which simply was Himself – His very life!

We have an invitation from the Lord to fly!  May we experience more what it means to soar in the Spirit even with feet on the ground – living out of the heart of Jesus and casting aside what weighs us down! The last 7 minutes is our communion celebration, we invite you to join […]