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Doing All Things — Even Thanksgiving — Through Jesus Christ. The problem: Thanksgiving Day reminds us to thank God especially for our material blessings. But a reminder is not enough, because it does not necessarily follow that we will give thanks. I could list all the wonderful things God has done for…

November is historically the month we emphasize our church giving plan for missions. We have called this program “Grace Giving.” I want to take a Sunday and teach on the important Scriptural concept of NT giving and how it relates to missions. Many of you are new and have never heard this before. For…

But as for you, O man of God, flee these things. Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. I charge…

Philippians 4:10-23 Philippians 4:10–23 “I have great joy in the Lord because now at last you have again expressed your concern for me. (Now I know you were concerned before but had no opportunity to do anything.) I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content in any circumstance.…

Acts 15-16 Introduction: -The major question that the early church was asking was: What does it look like now that the God of Israel has opened the doors to allow all nations to become his covenant people. -Israel was a very exclusive religion in the fact that you were born into it. The Israelites always…

Central Idea: In the final section of his letter, Paul reviews the elements that demonstrate Christian maturity in one's life and the ultimate blessing that these bring to the believer who pursues them. Q1: What is the main theme of chapter 4 in the book 'Philippians'? A: The main theme of the book 'Philippians…

What is Prayer? Part 1

Intro: Giving in the life of the Church is so important. It is one of the best ways to put what we know about God into practice. Some talk to much about giving and we have to question their hearts desires. Others, and I fall into this camp, talk to little about giving and leave the congregation underfeed…

Philippians rotates around this hymn of Humility and Power. It is a summary of the Gospel. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a…

Encouragement Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved. I entreat Euodia and I entreat Syntyche to agree in the Lord. Yes, I ask you also, true companion, help these women, who have labored side by side with me in the gospel together…

Remember to Thank God! Thanksgiving Day, a day our nation has set aside to remember to give thanks to our God. In the creation account in the Book of Job we read, “The morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy” (38:7). That’s the beginning of creation. And in Revelation, the very…

This letter has been such a blessing. We started reading and studying through this letter in October. What an encouraging way to end the year and begin a new year, looking at a letter that focuses on the Child of God’s joy and peace! What a fitting message for us today as we live in a world full of sorrows,…

Introduction This morning we are going to do a quick jump into the book of Philippians and start at the conclusion of the letter from Paul to the church in Philipi. If you remember a few months back we studied the Book of Acts and talked about how Paul and his band of missionaries traveled to this city…

I don’t typically preach on things that come up throughout the week, but there seems to be a lot of people who are struggling with difficult times I have talked with a few people in the church who are struggling with difficult circumstances Or, how about this lack of rain? Seems like it is affecting…

Intro: Good morning and welcome again to this gathering of Hope Bible Fellowship. I am so glad you decided to worship with us today. I invite you to open your Bibles or devices to Philippians 4 , verses 10 through 23 where we will be camped out. Next week we are going to dip into a short series on Stewardship…

You may not remember this, but when we first started this series moving through the book of Philippians, I started with an illustration about the Royal Standard, which is the official flag of the Monarch of England. This is a separate flag than the Union Jack flag that we associate with the UK. According…

What is your greatest need this morning? Think of the one need in your life, that if that need was met, your life would be impacted the most! What is is? Financial debt- What if, this morning, I could write a check for every one of you and totally erase all of your financial debt? Would meeting that…

Money! I hope I have your attention. We don’t talk about money much here. We don’t pass an offering plate to take up a collection, we don’t have regular sermons talking about money. In fact, this is the first time I’ve ever preached on the issue of money in my life. But from time to time as we move through…

This morning I want to preach a timely and I think providential message on the subject of giving. I don’t go out of my way to preach about giving. In fact I normally only talk about it as I am naturally preaching expository through a book. This year God worked so that we could address this subject right…

Deuteronomy 8:1-10 ; Psalm 67:1-7 ; Philippians 4:6-20 ; Luke 17:11-19 Introduction/Opening What a day! I started the day looking forward to a quite one; I even brought Oscar — my dog — to office with me, knowing that he would quietly sleep on my office floor. Within a few minutes of walking in the door,…

Last weekend after the message I had a member of our family ask me what he could say to his friend who was having a hard time with his church because all the pastor ever talks about is money. The truth is I feel like there are a lot of pastors that are hesitant to talk about money and giving because…

Introduction: The Pilgrims (who were a group of British separatists who struggled for religious freedom) had fled Britain to Holland in 1608 in search of religious freedom. Being in poverty and treated poorly in Holland, they set out across the Atlantic in 1620. During the 9-week journey, due to suffering…

Paul has been encouraging the church at Philippi with a letter he wrote from a Roman jail. He has shown them with his words, attitude and through God’s grace of how one can live stress free in a stressed out world. Tonight we will close this series out with Paul teaching us “Peace Through Contentment.”…

Introduction Good morning and welcome to FCC! We are so glad that each one of you have joined us here in the sanctuary and online to worship God in Spirit and in truth, one verse at a time, one book at a time. I want to remind you that Kevin will be starting a study on Revelation soon, and he would like…

In the name of the Father and of the † Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — amyo-tro-phic — is a mouthful that we almost never hear. But you know what it is. You know it as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, a brutal disease to say the least, that causes the brain to lose control of the…