These lepers, outcasts from their society, had the ethical wherewithall to share their findings of food and other provisions with those that had rejected them. There is certainly some parallel with the grand provision we have been promised and given in Christ. Dare we keep it to ourselves?

Luke 17:11-19 Luke’s story of Jesus healing the 10 lepers is often used show how we should give thanks for God’s amazing blessings. Well, the story is about that - but there’s much more here…… In order to better understand what Jesus was saying 2000 years ago, it’s often important to make sure we understand…

Public Reading of Scripture [ Acts 9:1-19 ] 1 But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.…

Something Better Than Gold; NV 11/16/03 a.m. OS: A B C Text – Acts 3:1-11 I. D Like Peter and John, we probably pass men and women on our way to church every Sunday whose need for help is as real and urgent as the lame man in our text. A. Not necessarily Physical illness, or poverty stricken – far deeper…

God is revealed to us in His Word as a sovereign God who positions his people to be in the right places at the right times to accomplish His purposes! Not by chance, but by design! Not “divine appointments,” but “divine positioning.”

This morning, as we engage ourselves in a time of thinking about what God calls us to do in this life, I want you all to take just a moment, a brief few seconds and consider what it is that we, as a community of faith, have done over the last few years together. I want you to think back to what your…

True and Proper Worship 1. The mission is a statement of what the church is supposed to be doing, while the vision is a snapshot or picture of it. 2. The mission is used for planning where the church is going; the vision is used for communicating where the church is going. 3. A mission statement must…

Motivation for Missions

Good morning! we are in our series on The Generous life .. Over the past few week we have been looking at God’s blessing towards us.. These are inflows of God’s Generosity —Generosity always begins with God and his goodness towards us... J ames 1:17 Every good and perfect comes to us from the Father…

"The King is coming" is the urgent message for the world - but the king comes offering peace; while the movement announcing his coming begins with only a few, many will respond as it multiplies. Those who reject it have been warned - they are rejecting God himself. Rejoice: Jesus reveals God and offers peace with him to the weak not the wise.

Psalm 117 is the shortest of the Psalms, shortest chapter in the Scriptures, YET… it expresses a TRUTH that is powerful and holds great implication and impact regardless of generation, people group, or culture you come from! Praise the Lord , all nations; Laud Him, all peoples! For His lovingkindness…

Blank holding ++ Friend told of summer camp counsellor w/ broken arm worshipping. Followers. Interesting, +++Instagram has followers. You follow someone on Instagram and get to observe what they post. Doesn’t mean there is relationship or any alignment of life but you get to follow from afar. +++ Commando’s.…

“Keep not silent” Isaiah 62:1-7 In the name of Jesus. Amen. Is 62:1, “For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quite.” Is 62:6 “I have posted watchmen on your wall, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night.” Some times, silence is fearful. Imagine in a…

Intro Let’s review the benefits of grace Benefits of Grace 1. We are saved by Grace ( Eph 2:8-9 ) 8 God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.…

Introduction I’ll Go! Those of you who are a part of our church family know that our team heads out this afternoon to DC to head to Zimbabwe tomorrow. · Last week, we looked at the need to go. · We saw the statistics that told us that over half the world has little to no chance of hearing about Jesus.…

Staying Alive There I was, hanging upside down from a three story tree-house… I should have died. There I was, stabbed in the throat by my brother with puppet stick, drowning on my own blood. I should have died. There I was, flying through the air with my bike left 20 feet uphill behind a broken ramp.…

Are you looking for the Lord’s return? Listen for the Trumpet!

Jesus prepares the twelve to go out in pairs to preach and cast out demons. The focus of the instruction is the dependence upon God for provisions.

We are working our way through the Gospel of Luke because we want to “walk with Jesus”. We want to watch Him, listen to Him, and learn from Him. Each week we have been challenged in our discipleship. This morning we turn our attention to a controversial text. It is controversial for a number of reasons.…

We all long for greatness, for significance. Often we pursue that through competition: pulling others down or pushing ourselves up. Jesus shows us true greatness through his obedience all the way to the cross. He gives each of his followers significance by sending us with that nmessage.

And Saul approved of his execution. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. “… and they were all scattered…” This has significant meaning to the first century Jews. Diaspora…

Introduction Good morning and welcome to FCC where we worship God is Spirit and in Truth, one verse at a time! Did you see the sun this morning, it was red because of the fires that we are surrounded by church. Let us be faithfully praying for the firefighters and all the workers who are working long…

July 25, 2004 by J. David Hoke I heard a story recently of guy marooned on a deserted island. He had been there for years and finally saw a helicopter in the area. He built a fire and signaled the helicopter to land. The pilot gladly offered to take him off the island and said, “Go get the others and…

Prayer — SIS Why are we here? Why do we exist? What is our purpose? You haven’t just thought about that question, you’ve felt that question? That’s one of those questions that you don’t just think about, you feel it. You feel its weight bearing down on you. Why am I here? What am I supposed to be doing?…

Many of you are familiar with Advice columnists. I’m specifically thinking about people like the late Ann Landers, Dear Abby and Dorothy Manners (on etiquette). There are others who give financial advice, advice on cooking, advice on what movies to attend, and even advice on playing Bridge and chess.…