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Jehovah-shalom: Preparation for the Battle

Understand the Bible? Pastor Melissa Scott, Ph.D.

Release Date: 01/30/2026

Jehovah-shalom: Preparation for the Battle

Understand the Bible? Pastor Melissa Scott, Ph.D.

Gideon built an altar, calling it Jehovah-shalom, to memorialize what God had spoken to him in preparation for the upcoming battle. The same is true for the believer who is tethered to this memorial: The Lord is our peace as we go into battle. VF-1861 Judges 6 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in Glendale. Call 1-800-338-3030 24x7 to leave a message for Pastor Scott. You may make reservations to attend a live service, leave a prayer request or make a commitment. Pastor Scott appreciates messages and reads them often during live...

Fret Not: The Pathway to Peace

Understand the Bible? Pastor Melissa Scott, Ph.D.

Tied to a conversation with an atheist who said, "I'm tired of hearing people say, I have faith," this message is an attitude adjustment for those who are "heating themselves in vexation" (fretting). In order to get to the peace that God promises in verse 37, there are some things we must do before God begins to act. These things are spelled out in the imperatives throughout the Psalm. VF-1880 Psalm 37 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in Glendale. Call 1-800-338-3030 24x7 to leave a message for Pastor Scott. You may make reservations to attend a...

You're In The Potter's Hands

Understand the Bible? Pastor Melissa Scott, Ph.D.

Be there in the vision of the Potter's house and see yourself as the clay in Christ's nail pierced hands. VF-1928 Jeremiah 18:5-6 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in Glendale. Call 1-800-338-3030 24x7 to leave a message for Pastor Scott. You may make reservations to attend a live service, leave a prayer request or make a commitment. Pastor Scott appreciates messages and reads them often during live broadcasts. Follow @Pastor_Scott on Twitter and visit her official Facebook page @Pastor.M.Scott. Download Pastor Scott's "Understand the Bible" app...

Isaiah - Light Out of Darkness

Understand the Bible? Pastor Melissa Scott, Ph.D.

The life of a Christian will have darkness’s, but do not quit and do not doubt what God showed you in the light. Trust in Him and He will see you through. VF-1938 Isaiah 50:10 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in Glendale. Call 1-800-338-3030 24x7 to leave a message for Pastor Scott. You may make reservations to attend a live service, leave a prayer request or make a commitment. Pastor Scott appreciates messages and reads them often during live broadcasts. Follow @Pastor_Scott on Twitter and visit her official Facebook page @Pastor.M.Scott....

Fret Not: Deliverance from Burning Anger

Understand the Bible? Pastor Melissa Scott, Ph.D.

Psalm 37 provides a Discovery of our nature: it is natural to boil over with anger when we see wrong. However, the psalmist tells us to not let ourselves get this way. This starts with five things we must do in Dependence on God: trust in Him, commit/roll away our burden onto Him, Delight in Him, and cease from anger. This takes the Discipline of being still or silent once we have done all this, but once we have, God promises Deliverance. VF-2038 Psalm 37 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in Glendale. Call 1-800-338-3030 24x7 to leave a...

God's Help for the Overwhelmed

Understand the Bible? Pastor Melissa Scott, Ph.D.

This is a nitro pill for those who feel overwhelmed. The cures for the condition are to reflect on and remember what God has already done, hear His lovingkindness, ask for His leading, and take refuge in Him by abiding in His Word. Psalm 143 VF-2169 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in Glendale. Call 1-800-338-3030 24x7 to leave a message for Pastor Scott. You may make reservations to attend a live service, leave a prayer request or make a commitment. Pastor Scott appreciates messages and reads them often during live broadcasts. Follow...

God Takes Care of His Own

Understand the Bible? Pastor Melissa Scott, Ph.D.

When we're walking around saying, why is this happening? Why do the wicked prosper and those who love the Lord suffer so much? Psalm 37 reminds us how to make it through the tough times. Our suffering doesn't go unnoticed. God sees, He knows, and He upholds those who love Him. Fourteen years of ministry and the wisdom of David in his old age show us that God takes care of His own. VF-2174 Psalm 37 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in Glendale. Call 1-800-338-3030 24x7 to leave a message for Pastor Scott. You may make reservations to attend a live...

Seasons in the Walk of Faith

Understand the Bible? Pastor Melissa Scott, Ph.D.

God appoints reoccurring seasons in the life of the believer. They are tied together in a set order to permanently heal us and bring us to completion in Christ. He kills our spiritual diseases (our wisdom, pride and self-righteousness) and then He heals; He tears down our idols and then builds up a sure foundation on Christ. He's with us when we weep and may even cause us to mourn our spiritual condition, but He turns our tears into an inner laughter and our mourning into dancing. VF-1867 Ecclesiastes 3:3-4 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in...

"But by the grace of God, I am what I am"

Understand the Bible? Pastor Melissa Scott, Ph.D.

The message begins with recounting the story of a congregant that you were trying help with his own personal issues. He essentially says that he thinks he is smarter than any of the staff and you. This message is a warning about intellectual pride. We are to be cautious to not get puffed up in our own knowledge to "be not wise in your own conceits." The antidote is to work out our salvation in fear and trembling, in humility, to walk humbly with God. It is God that gives us knowledge and wisdom. VF-1878 1 Corinthians 15:10 Romans 12:16 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at ...

Naaman: From "I Thought" to Self Surrender

Understand the Bible? Pastor Melissa Scott, Ph.D.

The importance of surrendering yourself to God, rather than following your own "I thought" ideas, is highlighted in 2 Kings 5 in the various reactions of four figures: the maid who served Naaman's wife made a bold declaration of faith; the king of Israel thought highly of himself and assumed the worst; Naaman, full of pride, did not listen to instructions, but eventually submitted to God's way and God healed him; and Gehazi, Elisha's servant, disobeyed his master, taking payment that the prophet had refused, and received Naaman's leprosy as punishment. 2 Kings 5:1-27 VF-2078 Watch, Listen and...

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Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in Glendale. Call 1-800-338-3030 24x7 to leave a message for Pastor Scott. You may make reservations to attend a live service, leave a prayer request or make a commitment. Pastor Scott appreciates messages and reads them often during live broadcasts. Follow @Pastor_Scott on Twitter and visit her official Facebook page @Pastor.M.Scott.

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