Powerful Church

Leading The Way Radio Podcast

Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef

Michael Youssef, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Sermons, Bible Study, Theology, Health & Fitness, Jesus, Mental Health, Preaching, Bible, Spirituality, Religion, Holy Spirit, Ltw, Leading The Way

4.9 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this fifth message from God’s Power for Daily Living, Dr. Michael Youssef outlines four Biblical marks of a Spirit-filled church: it honors God’s Word, gives generously, worships joyfully, and witnesses boldly. Preaching from Acts 2, Dr. Youssef exposes the dangers of emotion-driven faith and calls the Church back to the authority of Scripture. A church that forsakes Truth for entertainment or feelings will collapse. But when the Holy Spirit fills God’s people, they hunger for the Word, they give freely, they worship in reverent joy, and they reach the lost daily. This is not optional—it is the Biblical pattern. A Spirit-filled life is one of obedience, sacrifice, praise, and Gospel proclamation. If today’s teaching stirred a question, burden, or need for prayer, you don’t have to walk through it alone. 🙏 Pastoral Care & Prayer Teams Our trained prayer partners and pastoral care team are available to pray with you and offer Biblical support. https://ltw.org/care 💬 Receive personal answers to your faith questions—anytime, day or night—at: https://myfaithassistant.com If you’ve been blessed by this podcast, please consider a tax-deductible donation to help extend this ministry—so another person can be encouraged, prayed for, and pointed to Christ. ❤️ Support Leading The Way: https://www.ltw.org/donate

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Get answers to ways to share your faith with our friend or family member.
0:05.9	Tips for deepening your faith through Bible study.
0:08.7	My Faith Assistant is a platform ready to provide you with answers to your faith questions,
0:13.8	rooted in God's Word and the trusted teaching of Dr Michael A. Yousef.
0:18.8	Visit LTW.org or Leading the Way's mobile app today
0:23.0	and explore your questions with my faith assistant.
0:31.0	The reason why the Christian church is so anemic,
0:36.9	why the Christian church is so weak, is because
0:40.3	we have abandoned the primacy of the authority of the Word of God, and we have gotten hooked
0:46.3	on feelings. The reason why we have ceased to be the conscious of society is because we have stopped saying, thus, there's
0:58.1	the Lord, no matter who likes it or doesn't like it.
1:02.0	Thank you for making time to listen to leading the way with Atlanta pastor and international
1:08.1	Bible teacher, Dr. Michael Yousaf. The power of the Holy Spirit saturated the first century church, and the fire of the early church has rippling impact throughout all history. Up next, Dr. Yusef reveals four crucial ingredients found in that early church.
1:33.1	Ingredients that Christians today should seek to cultivate to be more effective and impactful part of the local church and the body of Christ.
1:37.7	So let's listen now to Dr. Michael Youssef's message called Powerful Church.
1:44.2	The history of the Church of Jesus Christ has been represented by the Waldesians in a picture
1:50.9	of one anvel and many worn-out hammers.
1:58.4	And there was an inscription, one anvel, many hammers. And there was an inscription. One anvil. Many hammers. Out of put worn out
2:06.9	hammers. Won out hammers. The church as an institution may fail. Church as an organization
2:16.1	may fail. The church as a denomination may fail. A church
2:19.9	as a social entity may fail. The church as a system may fail. But the church of Jesus Christ
2:26.9	made up of all born-again believers from around the world will never fail. One anvil and many worn out hammers.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.