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Introduction While I was preparing this sermon I came to realise that God had been doing a work in me not only during my Christian life, nor in the period just before I was reborn, nor during adolescence, nor during my childhood but even before my birth. And do you know what? It’s true for you too! As…

Prayer Let’s pray. Preamble When considering what to bring out of the Christmas story I had one word that kept coming back to me again and again. I had no idea how I would deal with it, but of all the words I could have chosen to focus on, this seemed the most important and is at the very heart of what…

Text - Subject - Hope Theme - Thesis - Principle - Easter reminds us of the hope that we have because of the sacrifice Jesus made for us. I. Introduction Hope - Do you consider yourself a hopeful person? It can be difficult today to live with hope when we look at the world around us. The truth of the…

Welcome to our series on the book of 1 Peter, titled Living Hope: How to Endure Suffering and Rejoice in Salvation. In this series, we are exploring the main themes and messages of this letter, written by the apostle Peter to Christians who were facing persecution and suffering for their faith. We are…

I Each spring in our backyard, our camellia blooms. I have no green thumb and don’t ask me to name other plants in our yard but this one is special. If you can’t picture a camellia, ours is in the back left corner of your yard as you look out our sliding glass door. It stands out with it’s rich deep…

Paul begins this morning’s reading by saying, “we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep.” 1 Thess 4:13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. By “those who are asleep,” he means…

Christian hope is more than a band aid to get us to an eternal afterlife, it is a hope that shows up in our lives with purpose and direction for who we are and what we do

Intro Today we celebrate Palm Sunday. Any of you kids know why we call it palm Sunday? This is the day before Easter that Jesus rode into Jerusalem. His triumphal entry. A day that in Jesus time was one filled with hope. We read in the book of John the crowd took branches of palm trees and went out to…

Introduction The variety of ways we think about Christmas. Some, it brings joy and excitement. Others, stress or grief. The commercialization of it all... Lucy, “Look, Charlie, let’s face it. We all know that Christmas is a big commercial racket. It’s run by a big eastern syndicate, you know.” Part of…

If Jesus is your Living Hope this morning – and I pray He is – I want to challenge with the words of Hebrews 12:1-2 … Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance…

Luke 21:25-36 Today we will start a new series I am just simply entitling Advent. The Word advent is used throughout Western Christianity to speak of the season of Christmas, as especially the commemoration of the birth of Jesus. Baptist churches do not traditionally use the term advent in their worship,…

We’re starting a new series this morning where we’re going to be looking at the the book of First Peter. As we do that, I want to give you a bit of background on this letter written by the disciples of Jesus. First, this is the same Peter who was a fisherman when he was called and left his nets, who…

Message It was late in my high school years that I first began paying attention to something called “March Madness.” Yes, I discovered the famous college basketball tournament and began learning about one particular team, Duke University. I had never been into sports very much growing up. Sometimes my…

Return Parousia means literally ‘presence’, and the two words together imply that our Lord’s return will involve the personal presence of one now absent, the visible appearing of one now unseen. Related For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in…

And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not…

Sanctity of Life Sunday 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. Introduction Read 1 Peter 1:3-12 (ESV) When I was a teenager, I wanted to get a tattoo… “You want to be different from everybody else by doing the same thing everybody…

If you have your Bibles (and I hope you do) please turn with me to 1 Thessalonians 4 . If you’re able and willing, please stand with me for the reading of God’s Holy Word: 13 Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest…

Some of you know what it’s like. There you are, at Walmart, and you find yourself toward the back of the store. You’re near the electronics section. And there’s a bin. You have to go through it; you have no choice. You need that $5 DVD, even though everything in that bin is currently streaming for free.…

Think about the thing that you want the most this Christmas. What would be the one thing you would want to be in this box? It could be an apple product… or jewelry… new game… camping equipment… train… No matter who we are, we all like to get presents, more than anything, most people would like for HOPE…

1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because…

Countdown Video: Our Greatest Hope Thank you for joining Faith Vision Christian Ministries Faith Vision i s a Christian church, based on the Word of God. We are a training ground for all things Jesus Christ. We are loving God , Loving People living by faith Thank you for joining us today , Please set…

Countdown Video Thank you for joining Faith Vision Christian Ministries Faith Vision i s a Christian church, based on the Word of God. We are a training ground for all things Jesus Christ. loving God , Loving People living by faith Thank you for joining us today , Please set everything aside as we come…

Introduction: People today need hope. Some say we live in a “hopeless” society. There are few people with positive expectations. After all, we are told to expect the worst! Some friends in California are filling up their pick-up trucks and spending $175 to do so, and gas prices are not much better here.…

Sunrise Service Just a few weeks ago I was listening to a Christian and an Atheist debate about Christianity. It was a long and drawn out ordeal but one part of the conversation was specifically interesting. The Christian said, “If you want to cut Christianity off at the knees there is only one thing…

Matthew 25:31-42 We began last week a series on the Truth about Our Hope. We saw that Hope Motivates us to Holiness. The Hope that we see when we look at this manger scene down here on this communion table is not a coming child, but the hope of a coming king. The Christ child has already come, He has…