Faith Hope & Love are three great foundation stones of the Christian life. They were spoken about frequently by Jesus and his disciples, the greatest example of these virtues can be seen in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. God is ‘Love’, we should love one another as he has loved us…

Galatians 5:22-23 In one of his meetings, D.L. Moody was explaining to his audience the truth that we cannot bring about spiritual changes in our lives by our own strength. He demonstrated the principal like this: “Tell me,” he said to his audience, “how can I get the air out of the tumbler I have in…

Love in Deed and Truth Sunday, December 28, 2008 "Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth." (1 John 3:18, ESV) 1. Actions speak louder than words and this verse today spells it out for all believers. John starts this passage with "Little children" the term he uses to…

Man of Faith Learning from the Life of Abraham Ray C. Stedman Unless otherwise identified, all Scripture references are from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1946, 1952, (c) 1971, 1973, Division of Christian Education, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used…

The Dilemma of Belief. Have you ever had those moments when you wondered, “Is this really true?” Maybe life has gotten difficult. Maybe you have come to the Derailment of your hopes and dreams like Joseph, Mary’s husband, when he found out that his betrothed bride was pregnant after all his time and…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Would you agree with me when I say marriage is a leap of faith? Here we are today, after many weeks, even months, of planning, your beautiful celebration has come together. All right, maybe not exactly as you planned, but close. It is later than you had originally hoped; it is sooner than you had subsequently…

Luke 6:27-38

Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times. “Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with…

Intro God is for us! not just with us, by us, but for us. We have been looking at Grace… Today I want us to look at Grace that Forgives. Some principles… If you have been blessed by God, He wants you to bless others. If you have been cared for by God, he wants you to care for others. If you have been…

Intro - Daniel stood firm in a foreign culture, but he had great influence in that culture. Today, the prevailing thought is that that you have to be one or the other. Other’s thing that you can love well, but you have to throw out all of the Bible, especially anything that requires people to adjust…

What is faith really? Is faith a forced belief? Is faith in something? Is faith in that something will happen? Or Is faith something more beautiful and more tangible then that? Faith = belief in God from a root word = trust in or to have confidence in or be persuaded. To make friends of. Sense; To have…

Indispensable. Faith is more than inner belief. Faith expresses itself in action. Jesus prayed to the Father that his followers would have faith. And his prayer for those who follow in faith pointed towards a very specific action—an action for the church that truly embodies faithfulness.

Is faith something we believe in our hearts, something we think in our heads, or something we do with our hands? James tells us in his letter to the churches that faith is all of these working together at the same time.

Introduction Good morning and welcome to FCC where we worship God is Spirit and in Truth, one verse at a time. Thank you for that song service and for your faithfulness each week. And the same to the IT team and those that work with the children! Thank each one of you for your faithfulness to be that…

Discussion And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father’s house. Then Jonathan and David made a covenant,…

Discussion: And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. And all that believed were together, and had all things common; And sold their possessions…

Message today is How to Change the World in One Easy Lesson. I believe Jesus wants us to change the World. Look at the sermon on the Mount. Jesus is teaching the Sermon on the Mount in Matt 5-7 . He teaches the Beatitudes: Blessed are the Poor in Spirit… those who mourn... When Jesus preached that sermon,…

Kindness takes humility, service, and practice.

3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints 5 because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. You have already heard about this hope in the word of truth, the gospel 6 that…

Exodus 34:14 14 You must worship no other gods, for the Lord , whose very name is Jealous, is a God who is jealous about his relationship with you. A strong feeling of possessiveness, often caused by the possibility that something which belongs, or ought to belong, to one is about to be taken away. The…