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There is a term used in popular culture today called adulting. This term applies to any responsibility of being an adult. Things like laundry, taking out the trash, getting the oil changed in your car, and paying bills. When I was a substitute teacher, I always asked the juniors and seniors in high school…

Introduction: (10 Minutes) Discussion Starters: What do you treasure most in the world? If you had to give that treasure up, what would it do to your life? Remember, how we are warned in the previous three sections about where we seek our rewards. Jesus called us to reflect on our motives. Why do you…

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…

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…

For the next few messages from me we are going to be talking about faith and God’s provision, and where is our faith placed. But before we dive into the text we need to understand what that word means, so I have a definition and then I also have some information from some surveys done to show us where…

Our Scripture text this morning is Luke 6:39-49 : He also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s…

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…

Introduction: What things are you passionate about? Do you love to fish? Do you love golfing? Do you love going to the gym or hanging out with friends? Maybe you love gaming or hanging out with friends? Have you noticed that the things we are passionate about will always find time in our schedule and…

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…

📷 19 Blessed be the Lord, Who daily loadeth us with benefits , Even the God of our salvation. Selah. 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor…

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…

Introduction Over the years, I have tried to read a chapter in Proverbs each day. Over the last few months, I have altered my schedule to where I make it a point to spend time in the Word of God before I do anything else. I do this for a few reasons: I don’t get busy & forget about it. I begin my day…

Have you seen your heart lately? Of course, I am not talking about your physical heart. Unless you are looking at a picture of your heart from a medical examination, seeing your physical heart would not be a good thing. However, from a biblical perspective, we can and should see our heart. This morning…

Intro: The Wedding Read 2:1-11, the whole of the story then come back A. The Wedding On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, 1. In a near by town a. Mother was present b. Setting the stage for what’s about to happen 2. Jesus and disciples were invited and Jesus…

Can you believe that Easter is less than two months away? It will be here before you know it. When I was a kid I loved Easter Egg Hunts. We would go over to my grandparents house and my cousins and myself and my sister would hunt eggs all afternoon. It would start out with the parents hiding eggs and…

“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.…

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…

There was a word that came into our everyday vocabulary a few years back. Some of you may know it and some of may have used it. That word is hoarding. If you look it up online at the Webster’s Dictionary web page you will get 3 definitions. I want to read to you two of them. The first one says... Hoarding…

Recap Last time we talked about the basic principle which is where are we laying up our treasures, we covered verses 19-24. We learned that it is not wrong to have wealth, to have investments as long as they do not consume us and we are using them to further God’s kingdom. As Brother Bobby said last…

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…

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…

Luke 2:41-52 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it, but supposing him to…

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…

Powerball Winnings $2.4 BILLION If you win it ALL , taxed immediately 24% ($576 million) Leaves you with $1.8 BILLION Bump you into the highest tax bracket, 25.6% ($406 million) Left now with $1.34 BILLION The winner had the decision Take $2.04 Billion over 29 years (~$70 million/year) Take $999 million…

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…