Preaching

Drawing from two different messages, one old and one new, Brother Mark Streit speaks on how to have a successful life serving God by making and keeping our vows to God and not "building again the things we once destroyed".

"Serving God Successfully" November 12, 2015

In a move that made no sense to the natural mind, God instructed Jeremiah to buy a field in Jerusalem on the eve of being carried away captive to Babylon. Jeremiah was to take a clay pot and to put 2 bills of sale in it. The first contract was to be "open", a proof to been seen and read of all men then and there. The second, duplicate contract was to be sealed, and that clay jar was to be a time capsule to carry the sealed proof of the purchased possession through the 70 years of captivity to Jeremiah's family. The New Testament teaches that we, today, have a treasure in an earthen vessel. That treasure is also a 2-part bill of sale, one open and one sealed. This message reveals what it truly means to be sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise, and how this works to bring us to life again on the Resurrection Day.

"Jeremiah's Secret Contract" June 23, 2013
(36 minutes)

Serving the Lord is amazing! At his right hand are pleasures forevermore. The New Man inside us takes pleasure in the things of God, but the Old Man would rather enjoy the things of the world. And so there is a transference of pleasure that must happen if we are to do more than play church. When we delight ourselves in the Lord, God will give us the desires of our heart. This does not necessarily mean that He will give us whatever we want, but He will give us the right desires, the desires we should have.

"Finding Your Pleasure In God" May 10, 2015
(1 hour, 21 minutes)

It's time to leave the carpenter's shop, to step out in faith and be the fully-functioning Body of Christ with the restored gifts of the Spirit in operation. They that sit in darkness and in the region and shadow of death will again see great light. God is looking for cleansed and willing volunteers to turn this world upside down, someone to say, "In the volume of the book it is written of me. I come to do thy will, O God!"

"Here I Am, Send Me"
April 16,2015 (1 hour, 10 minutes)

There are only 2 generations in the Bible, those who are generated by the Spirit of God and those who are generated by another spirit. In the opening message of a fellowship meeting hosted by Apple Tree Church/FGA in 2013, Brother Mark Streit speaks on what it means to be a "new generation." It's not generation, as in one generation passing away and another coming on the scene, but its generation, as in what spirit is generating us, what spirit is powering our life. This is the Generation of Them That Seek Him, being generated by the power of an endless life.

"The Generation of Them That Seek Him"
June 21, 2013 (1 hour, 21 minutes)

This 20-minute message "pays tribute" to a Roman soldier who possessed such good character that he even impressed Jesus.

"The Worthy Centurion"
April 9, 2015 (20 minutes)

During the Old Testament conquest of Canaan, the Angel of the Lord sent in hornets before the Children of Israel to drive the occupying giants out of hiding. This message teaches that God brings unwelcome situations our way, like hornets, to expose the 7 Giant Canaanite Spirits ("the flesh") that we were all born with. Through the 7-fold Spirit of God, we can specifically target these 7 things that God hates, conquer them, and then go on to tear down the strongholds that we built which allow those spirits to hide.

Preached on Easter Sunday, Brother Mark first compares the pagan origins of Easter to the God-given celebration of Passover.

"Sending in the Hornets"
April 5, 2015 (1 hour, 33 minutes)

"Recognizing Spirits" is a message of deliverance. It explores how to rebuke a stormy mind, bring every thought into the obedience of Christ, and effectively fight the good fight of faith. You can't crucify an evil spirit, and you can't cast out the carnal mind. What does it mean to cast out devils with the finger of God? How do you cast down IMAGE-inations and every high thought that tries to usurp God's rightful place in your mind?

"Recognizing Spirits", Part 1
March 22, 2015 (1 hour, 27 minutes)
"Recognizing Spirits", Part 2
March 29, 2015 (1 hour, 20 minutes)

In a message that begins about 12 minutes in, after a deep move of the Spirit on February 15, 2015, Brother Mark Streit speaks on some of the things that make people quit church. In prelude, he touches on many other subjects, including wedding rings, the Godhead, and the discoveries made when the Wilderness Tabernacle is super-imposed over over Eden and the Garden of Eden.

"Why People Quit Church"
February 15, 2015 (1 hour, 47 minutes)

This message delves into the fears of King David who awakens from a 9-month-long denial to realize how close he came to losing the Holy Spirit, just as God had taken His Holy Spirit from his predecessor King Saul and replaced it with an evil spirit. The message finishes on a hopeful note: that we may also have the security of what the Bible calls "The Sure Mercies of David."

In prelude to this, in the first half hour, Brother Mark brings forth a number of scriptures by the New Testament Apostles, showing that the Early Church understood that the Holy Ghost is not the 3rd person of the Trinity, but is actually referred to as the spiritual "blood of Christ". The Holy Ghost is the spiritual DNA of the Father and the Son that transforms us, that gives us the power to become the children of God.

"Take Not Thy Holy Spirit From Me!" February 8, 2015 (1 hour, 33 minutes)

Explaining the Dottie Rambow song "I Go To The Rock", Brother Mark shows by scripture that Jesus is the Rock and the Church is the Mountain, compares and contrasts Mount Sinai and Mount Zion, and also explains how the glory of the Old Covenant pales in Comparison to the glory of the New Covenant.

"I Go to the Rock and Run to the Mountain" February 5, 2015 (57 minutes)

In this message, Brother Mark frankly & earnestly examines the feelings of inferiority and loss of hope that sometimes comes with being a small church, ponders the future of the youth, and reminds us that God is able to save by many or by few, but that He has ordained us to bring forth much fruit.

"Neither Barren Nor Unfruitful"
February 1, 2015 (1 hour, 19 minutes)

Brother Mark was inspired to give this relatively brief message while reading a book on the life and ministry of Pentecostal Pioneer Smith Wigglesworth and his wife Polly,

"A Life Wholly Given To God"
January 11, 2015 (25 minutes)

In "Moody Meetings", Brother Mark recognizes the difficulty that introverts have in enjoying the gathering of God's people.

In "The Call, The Cause, The Covenant Relationship", he relates this message he first heard as a guest at the UPC Men's Retreat in Hope, BC, where it was first preached by Brother Ron Beckton on April 25, 2014. The messages touches on three things needed to be successful in living a Spirit-filled life.

"Moody Meetings" & "The Call, The Cause
and The Covenant Relationship"
January 11, 2015 (1 hour, 17 minutes)