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Introduction Mom’s flyswatter. The threat of punishment but grace can be offered. Israel’s rebellion (chs. 1-39), but God is now saying, “Comfort!” Before Isreal has earned any forgiveness, before they’ve repented, God is offering grace. “God’s trustworthiness does not end at the point of disobedience.”…

Abraham Lincoln said, ""My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth." It is admirable of him to have such love and vision for the United States. So many have fought to make that dream a reality. Thank you to all the Veterans of our armed services.…

Kathryn shares how even though life isn’t fair our trust can always be in God who is always good.

Introduction Light is a great thing. We can see what we are doing. We can see the beauty of the world. We can move around without tripping on things or stubbing our toes. With light we can make better decisions. As a story I read this week tells of a farmer. Making decisions in the dark can lead to some…

Gripped by Fear Fear is something that we all deal with. It is something that grips us and will not leave us. Sometimes fear will hold us back from pursuing a dream. Sometimes fear will hold us back from doing something dangerous. Fear will keep us from riding roller coasters. Fear will keep us from…

Introduction Anything but joy. Stress and hardships. Grief and suffering. Uncertainty and division. Particular difficulties this year. On top of the typical stress of the holidays of parties and gifts and extra responsibilities. To consider the situation of Mary. A poor family and betrothed to a man…

Life Changing Moments first day of school joining a sports team, or arts group turning 10, 13, or turning 16 - Drivers license! turning 18, - you’re now an adult!?! graduations first job first career job marriage loss of a job birth of a child birth of a grand child death of a parent retirement major…

Intro Amos is one of the 12 minor prophets. He prophesied to Isreal and Judah around 760 to 750 B.C. He was not born of a prophet nor was he raised to be a prophet. He was a shepherd that God called and used as a prophet to proclaim the Word of the Lord. As we turn to the Scriptures (mention what you…

This Advent season - look Jesus Birthday candles Not about his age like ours About attributes and benefits that are ours for knowing Him. Last week - Prophets’ Candle - Promised Hope Today is the Bethlehem Candle It is about Faith Are we grounded in our Faith? Paul has instructions for Timothy in our…

Faith Vision Christian Ministries i s a Christian church, based on the Word of God. We are a training ground for all things Jesus Christ. Thank you for joining us today , (Song) - Anointing Prayer We invite the Holy Spirit to join us this morning Faith Vision Family Please welcome each other online.…

A. Rapport for the time The idea behind something being perfect in this world. B. Reading of the text 11 So, setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis, 12 and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia and a Roman…

It was D-day, June 6, 1944 . The Allied Forces were about to land on the beaches of Normandy. An armada of 5000 Allied ships and over 150,000 personnel were poised ready to storm ashore across 60 miles of beach. Why? To penetrate and drive the German forces back into retreat and ultimately liberate the…

We’ve talked a lot recently about faithfulness, passion, commitment, and sacrificially following the Lord. And there’s no question that this is exactly what God is asking and expecting of each and every one of us. If for no other reason than the God of the universe is asking this of us, we should respond…

Introduction Fun Girl Names Clotilde = famous in battle Etiennette = woman with a crown Avriel = to open the flowers of spring Eugenie = noble Names have meaning, and in the Bible, the meaning of a person’s name was significant. Prophet Hosea’s name means “salvation” One of Hosea’s sons was named Jezreel,…

Does anyone know the scout motto? It doesn’t matter if you’re a girl scout or boy scout. The motto is “Be Prepared.” These are the two words that are embossed on the Eagle Scout Medal given to Boy scouts highest rank recipients. Baden Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts, was often asked, “Be prepared…for…

Why earthly kings fail.

There is a great movie that Tanya and I watched again, yesterday afternoon. The Great Escape, with Steve McQueen. The setting was WWII, and a bunch of British and American Soldiers will transferred to a brand new POW camp. The entire three-hour film revolved around their plan to escape. You and I may…

John 16:16-33 There are many things that can be considered in this passage of scripture. We can see that our belief is nothing to glory in. Sometimes we think we are something because of our tremendous faith. Yet Christ tells the disciples who had just made a plain statement to the fact that they believed…

Intro Today is our VE-day celebration! On the 8th of May 1945 The German forces surrendered, acknowledging their defeat and effectively ending WWII in Europe. That day is celebrated in may countries around Europe every year. They remember that their great enemy was defeated, and the continent was set…

Intro ; A couple of weeks ago I was told by a church member that I had skipped some scriptures while preaching through the Gospel of Mark. I told him I would be coming back to it after Easter, but I was thankful that someone noticed. So today we came back to that scripture found in Mark 13 . But before…

Intro “I wish we had more inflation” - Said no-one ever. Inflation is the diluting the value of money, reduction of purchasing power. At the same time, it’s the increase of the cost of goods and services… as if you hadn’t noticed! But this leaves us stretching limited dollars to cover higher prices.…

Exegetical Point: The Success of the Joshua years quickly gave way to disobedience, then apostasy. Homiletic Point: Partial Faithfulness Leads to Partial Blessing Intro True Justice - Conquest. True faithfulness - conquest. Evil people - no innocents. God had taken away their “right” to the land. God…

Intro: In some of the darkest hours of nations trials, there arose great leaders who shine as guiding lights to encourage, give hope and rally the people to victory. George Washington - The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army. Our cruel and unrelenting…

Morning 1 October 2023

Introduction Today we continue the series titled ‘Why?’ Where we are looking at more basic doctrines & teachings and simply explaining ‘why’ - ‘why’ we should do a thing. The first issue that began it all was a message titled ‘Why Church?’ - where we looked at the importance of church, and why church…