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Announcements Are there any announcements? There is a board meeting on Wednesday at 6:30pm. Please pray for wisdom and direction as we meet to discuss church business. Introduction Thank you for that wonderful message of music and for you faithfulness week after week in bringing us before the Lord. Good…

Announcements Introduction Good morning and welcome to FCC, where we worship God is Spirit and in Truth, one verse at a time. I wanted to say thank you from our family! Thank you for your prayers, love, and support during a most difficult time. Joseph’s service was absolutely amazing and the Lord showed…

Good morning! Thank Rayce…at the end? I can’t help but hear that passage and think of Finding Nemo. You guys seen Finding Nemo? It’s the movie where they try to find Nemo. They find him. At one point in the story, Nemo the fish ends up in a small fish tank at a dentist’s office. And in this fish tank…

Intro; Tennessee Titans’ center, Kevin Long [ 1998-2001 ], who played under Coach Bobby Bowden at Florida State University, said his college coach inspired the team with parables. Kevin recounted a favorite story: [ Bowden ] was playing college baseball, and he had never hit a home run. Finally, he hit…

Which of these subjects did Jesus preach on the most; Heaven, Hell, or Money? Jesus talked more about money/possessions than He did Heaven and Hell combined. Why did Jesus put such an emphasis on money and possessions? Because there’s a fundamental connection between our spiritual lives and how we think…

The Battle for Your Heart Remember, John the Baptist welcomed Jesus Christ with the message “Repent for the Kingdom of God is at Hand”. Jesus’ begins teaching about the Kingdom and explains the standards of this new Kingdom, a Holy Kingdom. He begins with The Beatitudes about how we should view ourselves…

21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Introduction: Thesis/ Central Idea: Treasure has at best only short-term benefit but can bring spiritual dangers. Spiritual treasure is of eternal value and comes from knowing and serving God. The limitations of accumulated treasure It is…

Intro; This morning as we looked at “What’s Your Treasure” , we saw that Jesus was challenging His disciples [ and us ] to make a choice to whom we will trust. Is Christ our priority or are material possessions. Whatever becomes our treasure is what we will seek after. If we are laying up treasure in…

Broken Paradise I don’t know about you, but I grew up on Switchfoot. They’ve been a constant soundtrack in the background on my life for the last 25 years. Jon Forman is one of the great songwriters of our day. Don’t believe me, check out his solo albums. One theme that has been constant in the music…

“You shall not steal. Introduction Everything belongs to God Psalm 24:1 “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein,” He has entrusted men with ownership and stewardship of His resources. Stealing is addressed further in the next 3 chapters of Exodus. Sins…

*** Graphic, be prepared *** NS, setting context “Do not worry...” Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you,…

Jesus speaks about the Kingdom of Heaven or God 85 times in the Bible. It would seem to be important, right? Yet what is it and how do we relate to it? In the parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price, Jesus describes how we should respond to discovering the Kingdom. Join us as we unpack these rich, if brief, parables.

A Fool and His Money Week 2 Luke 12:13–21 (ESV) 13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness,…

Introduction : When John D. Rockefeller died, one man was curious about how much he left behind. Determined to find out, he set up an appointment with one of Rockefeller’s highest aides and asked, “How much did Rockefeller leave behind.” The aide answered, “All of it.” We may amass earthly treasures…

What do you think of when you see this? - hold up the dollar Why do you think that way? How many of you have heard a sermon on money? How many of you listened to the sermon? Why do you think it is that preachers talk about money? Or, why do you think that preacher’s don’t talk about money? One of the…

TEXT: JAMES 5:1-6 | IF RUST COULD SPEAK INTRO ILLUSTRATION : As a child, every year at Christmas time we would pull out an old VHS tape. It had recorded on it various Christmas movies and commercials that my parents had recorded off the tv. I’m not entirely sure if there were any recording licenses violated…

Meaninglessness of Work Without God

Good Morning, if you have your Bibles would you turn with me to Matthew chapter 13. Over the past several weeks we have been talking about the parables of Jesus, and so we are going to look today at the hidden treasure and the Pearl of great Value. We are going to begin in verse 44. Matthew 13:44 . 44…

1 In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.…

And as He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to Him and knelt before Him, and began asking Him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone. “You know the commandments, ‘ DO NOT MURDER , DO NOT COMMIT…

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? We live in a world of things.... People value the things of this life more than they value the things of God. We often forget that the things of this world are temporal…

Welcome... Introduce self... Pray... If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels…

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.…

Come To Worship Has anyone here ever been to the Grand Canyon? How about somewhere else that took about 14-15 hours to drive to? Every year Amy goes to Wisconsin to see her family and it is about that far. Now imagine making that trip on the back of a camel. Last week we started a new series called “Come…

1 “If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall repay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. 2 If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him, 3 but if the sun has risen on him, there shall be bloodguilt for him. He…