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Transformation happens through mind-renewal. Learn to live from the heart and move forward in every area of life. Clint Byars and others from Forward Church bring encouraging and inspiring messages. www.forward.church
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Because our Father already knows what we need, prayer is not informing Him or persuading Him — it is partnering with Him. As righteous sons and daughters, we bear one another’s burdens and pray for one another boldly and confidently, expecting healing and restoration in a hurting world.
In this conversation, Justin Merrill explores the profound themes of grace, identity, and the nature of God through the lens of the parable of the Prodigal Son. He emphasizes that the parables of the lost sheep, lost coin, and lost son collectively reveal God's relentless pursuit of humanity and His desire for restoration. The discussion highlights the contrasting perspectives of the younger and elder sons, illustrating how both can misunderstand the Father's heart. Ultimately, the message centers on the unconditional love and acceptance that God offers to all, regardless of their past or performance, inviting listeners to embrace their identity as beloved children of God.
Perfect love is not flawless love — it is mature love, and mature love casts out fear. When we try to love from insecurity, survival instinct, or a need to be completed by someone else, fear filters what we give and receive. But as we allow God’s love for us—revealed fully in Christ—to mature in us, we become whole in Him and are finally free to love others without fear.
This message reveals the New Covenant reality that the anointing is not a special experience or office, but Christ in you, the indwelling Spirit given in full measure to every believer. Church offices exist to serve, not to exercise lordship, and spiritual gifts are diverse expressions of the same Spirit working in all, not evidence of different anointings. When we rest in Christ and commit to loving God and people, fruit is borne naturally through abiding, not striving.
When James and John sought authority and position, Jesus rebuked them and redefined greatness, declaring that His kingdom does not operate through lording power but through self-giving love and service. In Christ, authority is not a hierarchy to climb but a life to give, flowing from union with Him and expressed by loving one another rather than ruling over one another.
Clint Byars
Lead Pastor | Forward Church
Phone: 770-824-3434
Email: info@forward.church | clint@forward.church
Websites: www.forward.church | www.clintbyars.com
Membership: https://www.clintbyars.com/membership
God makes His presence and voice known in an atmosphere of love. Jesus defines His commandments not as rules to perform, but as living in the love the Father has for us and letting that love flow back to God and toward others. As we receive God’s love, abide in it, and love one another, we experience His manifested presence, His joy, and clear fellowship with Him.
Jesus never taught us to relate to the Holy Spirit as distant or unpredictable. In this message, we look at how the Spirit takes what belongs to Jesus and makes it known to us—so we can walk with God relationally, in truth, peace, and confidence as friends of God.
Jesus doesn’t think of us as His servants, He considers us His friends. He then goes on to say that he has shared everything with us that Hid Father told Him. When you take time to persuade your heart of these powerful realities it changes how you make decisions. You are secure in Him, but there’s work to do.
Jesus took it very seriously when religious people who were supposed to represent Him made following God hard for people. He rebuked them for their hypocrisy and set the precedent that we are not to merely look good on the outside, but we are to walk with inward integrity, and help others lift their burdens, not make it difficult to experience God’s mercy. In this message, we do a deep dive into the heart of Jesus and how we are to minister to others.
As we enter 2026, we are invited to stop striving for life through effort or information and instead come to Christ for the refreshing that is already ours in salvation. Jesus calls the weary to take His easy yoke, to sow to the Spirit rather than the flesh, and to trust that righteousness, rest, and fruitfulness flow naturally from abiding in Him. When we allow Christ to refresh our souls, we become free to sow spiritual seed and experience the life of the Kingdom to the glory of God.
This Christmas, we celebrate that the child born in Bethlehem is the King whose kingdom will never end and whose light has already dawned in the world. Jesus declared that this kingdom is here and at work within us, growing quietly like leaven as it fills our hearts. As we live in righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit, we allow His kingdom to spread through our lives and into the world around us.
The Most High God with Us - Clint Byars by Forward Church Sermons
This Christmas, we fix our eyes on the Word made flesh-Light with no darkness. Love revealed, the Anointed Savior, the unchanging Father of lights, and the Preeminent One through whom and for whom all things were made. Our joy is made full not by examining ourselves but by the looking unto Him.
Family Sunday 11-30-2025 by Forward Church Sermons
Your words reveal the atmosphere of your heart, and gratitude is the fastest way to shift that atmosphere. When peace guards your heart, it governs your mouth and empowers you to walk in love with the people closest to you.
Most of our pain comes from the stories we tell ourselves - not the people around us. When we stop taking things personally and choose gratitude over judgement, we begin interpreting life through our identity in Christ rather than our ego. This renewed lens produces peace, clarity, and emotional freedom.
When we choose gratitude, we’re not just obeying Scripture—we’re reshaping our hearts and even our brains to trust God’s goodness. Like the disciples who forgot the miracle of the loaves, anxiety often comes from forgetting who Jesus has already proven Himself to be. When we remember His faithfulness and give thanks, peace—both spiritual and biological—rises up to guard our hearts and minds, empowering us to live calm, steady, and confident in every circumstance.
Worship is Different Under the New Covenant - Clint Byars by Forward Church Sermons
Your prayers are no longer hindered by wars in the heavenly realm, God has already forgiven you in the blood of Christ, and healing is available for all who believe. Today we will discuss how all of our beliefs must be informed by the new covenant and the resurrection of christ.
The heart is the Father for you must be the foundation of your faith. The resurrection is the pinnacle of his heart for you, and every belief we have must be rooted in these two things. Today we’ll look at the prodigal son parable to frame our beliefs and relationship with God to bear fruit.
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