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One Body Many Gifts 1 Corinthians 12:12–28 (ESV) 12 For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of…

Prayer: “Lord, your word says that you will give us a new heart. It says that you will give us a heart of flesh and put a new spirit in us. We want that, Lord. Take our old heart of stone and throw it away. Replace it with a heart of self-giving love that looks like yours. Amen.” to introduce this message…

Countdown Video: Born Anew 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 everything…

God’s character is perfect. Who is God? The short answer is-perfect. In every characteristic of God he is just this—perfect. We are imperfect. Though we strive for perfection we will never attain it. God’s goodness is powerful. We have seen this to be true as we sung of it this morning. For the people…

When have you experienced vitality? Interesting word, vitality. I think of other words: vivaciousness, energized, passionate and thriving. Some times all we can do is survive. This is a legitimate goal depending on the season one may find themselves in. In fact, our Psalm has talked over and over, how…

You’re familiar with the commercial and advertising phrase “GOT MILK?”… an advertising campaign by the milk industry kicked it off back in 1993 in the state of California. Within a few years it had gone national and it contributed to getting people to drink more milk! I believe we need a campaign today…

READ TEXT: Hebrews 10:26-39 esp. Vs.35 Text: Hebrews 10:26–39 (NASB95) For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a terrifying expectation of judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES. 28…

Intro Working our way through Ezra-Nehemiah This week and next are all that we have left Looking at how God rebuilds the temple, the walls, and most importantly the people after exile Exiled for their failures to follow God and do his will and work. Important to remember why, exactly, it was that the…

Who is responsible? This is an important question we must continually answer. Responsibility is a tremendously important concept we are lacking in our world. To sin is human. To blame the divine, or someone else, is even more human. The world of the first century was filled with fatalistic blaming of…

Our battles are different than we anticipate In Christ: we have stability to face whatever may come. Marry’s battle Luke 1:26-38 She knew she would be looked down on. She knew she might be called a harlot. Matt 23:33 33 You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?…

The average person spends one-fifth of his or her life talking. If all of our words were put into print, the result would be this: A single day's words would fill a 50-page book, While in a year's time the average person's words would fill 132 books of 200 pages each. God created humans to communicate…

Malachi taught us that God showed love for His people & that the people did not return that love. Ephesians will follow a similar path and exhort the church to recognize God’s love. 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:…

What do you fear? The other week Daniel and I stayed up late and watched the next movie in the Harry Potter Series: The Prisoner of Askaban. In one scene the students are given the task to face their fears. They can only face their fears when they acknowledge them. Some fear sickness and death. As I…

The wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul. When all our enemies heard this, all the surrounding nations were intimidated and lost their confidence, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God. all the people gathered together at the square…

Intro The Third week of a 6 part series looking at Romans 12 and what it means to follow Christ. How that looks in our everyday lives. In particular what the work of Christ on the cross tells us about how we are to live. We are “flashing back” to times in Jesus’ life, in particular to the Passion, and…

Introduction Who of you can explain this verse unto me? For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord , thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. At this point in time, the COI are in a bad way. They had sinned against God & would not hearken unto the voice of…

2 Corinthians 2:12-3:18 12 Now when I arrived in Troas to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord had opened a door of opportunity for me, 13 I had no relief in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and set out for Macedonia. 14 But thanks be…

We are now taking a pause in our expository series in 1 Corinthians, to allow for a topical series on the spiritual gifts. This is necessary because the Corinthians knew exactly what Paul meant by the various gifts, but unfortunately there has been so much misinformation concerning spiritual gifts in…

COUNT THE COST OF CHRISTIANITY I went in the Navy SEALS website and it says right in the beginning of their website: this is how you can assess and ponder whether you want to be a Navy SEAL. Then they lay out exactly what it's going cost you, and what they describe is intense. In the first phase of training,…

If you were to reflect over the course of your life, how many meals really stick out to you as being just especially awesome meals? We all have eaten good food, but over time we forget about them, except for the exceptional ones, right? I can recall the first time I had gourmet duck. I can recall the…

7 Benefits to Forgiveness

Bearing Fruit 15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.…

Bearing Fruit 15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.…