Mountain Faith Living with David Gonzalez

Joy is a forced decision from the heart and it is an act of faith to walk in joy. Although the world will try to condition us to walk in fear and spew negativity, we must activate our faith and operate with joy and thankfulness. Even in trial and tribulation, there are a multitude of things to be thankful for. Paul and Silas gave us an example of being joyful when they were beaten and sent to prison. In fact, when we turn our joy and thankfulness into praise, we are actively pushing back darkness and driving it out...

With great anointing comes great responsibility, Samson was given a great anointing by God to be a judge of Israel. But because of his lack of self-control, this strong man lost his anointing, was compromised and then captured by the Gentile nation of the Philistines. In Samson, we can see a reflection of ourselves; broken and incomplete. Like Samson, when we're out of the will of God, we can become compromised in areas where we have no self-mastery. It is the compassion of God when we are given an intervention, had someone intervened on Samson's behalf, we may not...

Samson's life is not just a story to be taught in Sunday School, we can compare the rise and fall of Samson to ourselves individually and to our society. Samson's anointing was not just physical strength, but was also anointed to be a righteous judge of Israel. Like Samson, we all have a calling on our lives, but our anointing an be lost by self-indulgence, which Delilah and the Philistines took advantage of. Likewise, an anointing on a nation can be removed when society rejects Christian values. Samson is an example of how self-will can lead to destruction, and...

Holidays and festivals bring to remembrance God's deliverance. Christmas-time is a for rest, a festive time memorializing the birth of our Messiah, Jesus Christ. As Christians, we should be merry in this season because our Savior was born to us, we should be joyful that we have been redeemed, we should be spreading hope because we are not destined for wrath. There is a wealth of reasons to be jubilant about Christmas. Even if we don't "feel" the joy or merriment of this time, let our actions  and words reflect otherwise. "For a child will be born to us, a...

Biblical prophecy is encouraging and comforting, it tells us where we are and where we are headed. We know that judgement is coming and it will terrify those who live through it, but we who are made clean by the blood of the Lamb, have nothing to fear. Until then, what we are witnessing right now is just like to what was happening in the days of Noah; the earth filled with violence (Matt 24:37 & Gen 6:13). The violence we are witnessing is merely the tip of the iceberg; during the tribulation it will be greater. In the meantime, let us "...

The bible brings reason and hope. The hope of the Word of God is not like the world's hope; biblical hope is eternal and looks forward to the future, while the hope of this world is carnal and fears the future. Even when it seems dark or nothing is happening, we know can trust in God and that He has not forgotten about us. God says in Isaiah 1, "Let us reason together," and that's Him telling us that our sins is washed away and that Jesus paid the price to redeem us, it isn't God's will for us to...

In Genesis 12 God places a tremendous blessing upon Abraham and his seed, and prophetically promises to bless all the families in the earth through Abraham. When we read Paul's letter to the Galatians, we are told that the blessing of Abraham is also for those who are of faith, in other words, those who have received Jesus as Lord and Savior. So, centuries prior, God had a plan to bless not just Abraham's biological seed, but Christian gentiles as well. This tells us that God wants His people to prosper and that prosperity is both an Old Testament and...

When we accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior we become part of God's household, and in turn, we become strangers and aliens to the world and to the flesh. The righteous actions we make as Christians, not only separate us from the world, but encourage other Christians to also make godly choices. Pastor David Gonzalez urges us to be more serious about our Christianity, because there will come a time God will separate His household from that of the world.

"So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the...

There are no earthly goods, benefits, assets, or pleasures that can compare to the Word of God and the kingdom of heaven. God's Word does so much for us as Christians; it changes our heart and mind, it gives us the keys to the kingdom of heaven on earth, it provides us with prophecy of the future, and it shows us how to walk out the purpose God gave us. When we give God and opportunity to grow us up into the people He wants us to be, we can better understand our purpose and calling  in life. 

We are all God's workmanship, and we all have purpose and a vision to walk out from God. The enemy has other plans, and he'll send distractions to pull us away form our path or away from God. Regardless of your past or if you've experienced those attacks, God still has a plan for you and wants to RESTORE you! Pastor David Gonzalez reminds us that our identity is in the one Who made us in His image. Compared to an apple tree that has produced bad fruit, it is still a apple tree, it is still capable of...

God creates man in His image; no other creature have the capabilities or nature that God put in mankind. Pastor David Gonzalez explains God establishing the sexes and marriage, how God expects man to care for and adopt the wife He gave him, and also to take care of the creation that God put under his dominion. "Then God said, 'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over...

In the first part of the day, God creates land animals out of the earth. Pastor David Gonzalez teaches on the difference between the sea creatures and flying creatures from day five to man and the land creatures made on day 6. Gonzalez also discusses the gentleness of all animals at that time, the Flood, and fossils. "Then God said, 'Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind'; and it was so. God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after...

God creates the swarms of animals in the seas and the flying creatures of land. Pastor David Gonzalez discusses the similarities between fish and birds and their Hebrew roots, and also takes a look at Leviathan. "Then God said, 'Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens.' God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good. God blessed...

God creates the sun, moon, stars, and the rest of the planets. God sets His new planets and stars into motion creating cosmic time clocks, indicating seasons as days, weeks, months, and years. "Then God said, 'Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years; and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth'; and it was so. God made the two great lights, the greater light to...

God makes dry land appear, the water erosion cuts valleys and mountain ranges on a Pangea, then God creates mature plants and vegetation for His future creation to live on. "Then God said, 'Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear'; and it was so. God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good. Then God said, 'Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with...

Pastor David Gonzalez teaches about Creation Day 2; how God made an expanse and then separated the waters from one another, creating the perfect atmosphere for life on earth. Pastor Gonzalez also explains how the firmament works and how it protects life and the planet itself. "Then God said, 'Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.' God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so. God called the expanse heaven...

Pastor David Gonzalez teaches about Creation day 1 and why it's important to teach on the Creation Account given us to directly from God. In this teaching, Gonzalez also dispels "old earth" speculations, the myth of the pre-Adamite fall, evolution, and evolutionary-creationism theories. If the Creation account is inaccurate, how can we believe anything else in the Bible? "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. Then God said, 'Let...