Unless otherwise noted, the teachings below (2024) are from our Sunday Glendale/Westbrook Fellowship, 10:30am (AZ time), currently meeting both in our home and via “phone.”  Anyone is welcome to call in at: 339-207-8502 (no pin required), or join via the internet at this link – with the online meeting ID: maverdicchio (Please note, if you use T-Mobile, access via the internet.)  This list includes the final teaching from 2023 (12/31/2021 Forever). There is a separate tab on the Home page for teachings from 2020,  2021, 2022 , 2023, 2024 and 2025

3/1/2026 The Gift (36:35)
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This morning we considered something very interesting and very noteworthy. Chapters 12-14 of I Corinthians deals with spiritual matters. In that section God lists the nine manifestations of His gift of holy spirit, giving specific details regarding speaking in tongues, interpretation of tongues and prophecy, three of the nine.

What is very interesting and noteworthy is that there is no other place in the Bible where God gives such specific verse by verse details concerning the operation of the other six manifestations like He does there. This should really grab our attention. It points out the great importance of those three manifestations. It sets them as the foundation for operating the other six.

Like lots of people today, I was not raised with any knowledge about the nine manifestations of God’s gift of holy spirit. In looking briefly at the record in Acts 19 where Paul encountered those who had only heard about the baptism of John, they had no idea about the gift of holy spirit. Paul proceeded to lead them into manifesting speaking in tongues and prophecy.

In light of that record in Acts 19, as well as the fact many people today, including Christians, have not heard about God’s gift of holy spirit, I made a comment about “family.” The devil fights very hard to destroy the family; break up homes, deceive children raised in a Bible based home; promote ungodliness in the culture, etc. WHY? The family is how we pass our faith, our beliefs from one generation to the next. God’s gift of holy spirit is a very vital topic to teach our children.

2/22/2026 The Road To Damascus (32:11)
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There is a very important but often overlooked detail in Acts 9. Recognizing and understanding this overlooked detail can be very inspiring and encouraging for all those who are born again, those who have the spirit of God.

2/15/2026 AI vs GOD (43:41)
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Regardless of where the technology goes, or whatever challenges we may face, we have a great advantage! We are God’s children! And God said we are more than conquerors in everything. It’s not what happens to us, but what happens in us. No matter what we face, today or in the future, we can choose to think thoughts of discouragement, thoughts of fear, or, we can choose to think what God says to us in His Word and believe God.

And this applies to anything and everything, not just the uncertainty of AI and the fear that it might bring – no matter what we face in life, “If God be for us. who can be against us?” Whatever comes our way in the future, we don’t have to fall into fear, we can choose to trust our powerful and delivering God.
What we think about leads to our decisions and choices. Our actions are then based on those decisions and choices. And our actions always bring about results, good or bad, right or wrong.

We can trust God’s Word, knowing that when we rightly understanding His Word, we will have the Truth. Jesus Christ said, “Sanctify them through Thy truth. Thy Word is truth!”

2/8/2026 Your Heart (40:29)
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We certainly have free will to think any thought we want. And in the Bible, God speaks often about thoughts that are helpful and beneficial to us.

The Apostle Paul wrote in Philippians 3, “Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”

There are things behind us, in our past, that are very worthy of remembering – God’s blessings! God said in Psalm 103 to not forget all His benefits. But there are things in our past that are neither worthy nor helpful in thinking about.

This morning we considered three things in our past that we should forget. When those thoughts do come up, it would be very beneficial to us to dismiss those thoughts.

2/1/2026 Forgiveness (35:55)
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One of the big keys in developing a close relationship with God, which enables you to trust God and believe Him, is accepting God’s forgiveness.

We saw God’s forgiveness in the Old Testament. God’s Word describes the forgiveness we have now, as a result of the completed work of Jesus Christ, in an even greater degree.

How thankful we should be to our loving God and Father for all He has done for us in the new birth. God is a God of love; God is a God of grace and mercy; and He is still a God of great forgiveness.

1/25/2026 The Same God (28:04)
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In looking at the opening verses of Judges, Chapter 6, we considered a great lesson we can apply in our lives.  The same God who was there with Gideon is not only with us, but He is in us by way of His holy spirit. Ephesians 4:6 says, “One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. No wonder Romans 8:31 says, “…If God be for us, who can be against us?”

You can read God’s Word and see His power and deliverance to whole nations, to cities, to groups of people, and even to individuals. You can read and remember His miracles. And you can also think back to the times that God helped you before.

No matter what challenges we face, regardless of the circumstances, regardless of what kind of trouble, regardless of the facts, regardless of the odds, God is still a powerful and delivering God!

The God of the Bible is still the same God today, and for we born again ones, He is our Father.

1/18/2026 God’s GREAT Grace (40:44)
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Most Christians know, or at least have heard, that we are saved by God’s grace. And most Christians know, or at least have heard, that Jesus Christ paid the price for our sins.

But what did we need to be saved from? Why did there need to be any payment paid?

This morning we considered God’s great grace freely given to us because of the completed works of our Lord Jesus Christ.

1/11/2026 What Does God Have Planned? (34:15)
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There is a day coming when God will send His Son from heaven and all born again ones, both those living and those who have died, will meet Jesus Christ in the clouds. His Word tells us, so shall we ever be with the lord. We see some of the detail of that great day in I Corinthians 15, I Thessalonians 4, and other places in God’s Word.

But what’s going to happen after that great gathering together day. What does God have planed for us?

We have such a great hope to look forward to. God will send Jesus Christ back, and what God has planned for us after that great day is beyond what we could ever imagine. But knowing a little bit about God from His Word, it’s gotta be spectacular!

1/4/2026 Exercise Diet And Weight Loss (37:31)
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This time of year many people make New Year’s resolutions. Almost always in the top 5 are, exercise, diet and weight loss. Those three things go hand in hand; the best way for weight loss is a good diet and exercise.

This morning we considered exercise, diet, and weight loss, but not the usual kind of exercise, diet and weight loss when people make their resolutions. Nevertheless, what we looked at could indeed be a good New Year’s resolution..