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It is a common thing for churches to do some kind of vision Sunday during the month of January to set the spiritual tone for the year. I sometimes do this, and sometimes I don’t. This year, God impressed it upon my heart to set a vision and a focus for 2023. Why? 4 But I have this against you, that you…

If I was to sum up 2023 in one word I would have to say it would be “DISBELIEF” Disbelief for 1. An invasion of Israel – how was it missed in the intelligence community. 2. Millions of illegal immigrants crossing our southern boarders – why does the president just sit back and watch, knowing that our…

To become a multi campus church of regional significance with a global impact; known for glorifying God and bringing hope and healing to the community through acts of service, holistic care, education, mission and disciple making There are three distinct parts to this vision. There is the scale, the…

Welcome Prayer Introduction: Last week we looked at Acts 10:1-35 and saw how God opened Peter’s thinking to understand that the Gospel wasn’t just for the Jews, and, we applied it to ask ourselves who, in our lives, do we treat like Peter and the early Church treated the Gentiles. Additionally, we pondered…

23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, 24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. According to the Department of Labor, Labor Day is celebrated the first Monday of September after labor activist pushed for…

Hook - Church and people’s perspectives It’s pretty obvious that the church has a bad reputation. And I think social media has amplified this. Facebook can be a pastors' worst enemy based on the things people post about Christianity. Recently, I saw someone boldly posted: “Normalize believing in God…

https://youtu.be/g2oMv93EUpY to 2:58 hard to watch, funny but not funny Symptom of a disease taking over our culture Slide 2 Presentism – my life is all about me and my story, who cares about what came before me or even what comes after me, life is about me and my story now, History has little relevance…

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…

The orphan spirit is a subtle yet invasive spirit that seeks to undermine the people of God.

Gifts, from a human perspective can be a funny thing at times. Have you ever recieved a gift from someone and knew right away, it was a regift? Like, buddy, I know you didn’t buy this for me. You found this in your closet and were out of time or money and so you threw it in the bag, covered it with the…

At the risk of starting this with a whinge, today I feel like I’ve drawn the short straw. I quite like most of Jesus’ parables but this is not a favourite. I don’t find it easy to understand and I don’t love thinking about Jesus as judge. I thought long and hard about finding another reading for this…

12 Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel. 13 As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. 14 And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters…

The Seventh Trumpet Good afternoon. So today we are going to be looking at the rest of chapter eleven and the seventh trumpet. Now if you remember between the sixth and seventh seals there was this brief interlude in which God reminded his children that he is the one who is in control of everything that…

The spiritual fruit of goodness is about more than being good (right behavior); it is about integrity of character.

For those of you…and I do hope that most of you, if not all of you are participating in the daily readings that we are doing as a church… if you are doing those readings Friday was a significant day for us personally as a couple, and as a family. Psalm 22-24 were part of the readings for the day, in…

There is a song that dates back to my earliest childhood I thought about the song again this week as I studied… That song needs Philippians! I mean a song that says to have joy only on Tuesday???? WEIRD I've got the joy, joy, joy, joy Down in my heart (where?) Down in my heart (where?) Down in my heart…

As I said last week , to sum up 2023 in one word I would have to say it would be What do you do? Refocus There are times when you need to re-focus David had to refocus a number of times. Everyone who has gone through some sort of trauma has to refocus. We are in a time of great deception - It is time…

As I said last week , to sum up 2023 in one word I would have to say it would be “DISBELIEF” Disbelief for 1. An invasion of Israel / Ukraine and I imagine Taiwan son. 2. Millions of illegal immigrants still crossing our southern boarders – the president just sits back and watches, knowing that our national…

Two years after the events of chapter 40. Pharaoh has a dream Part 1: From the Nile come seven plump cows, then seven “ugly and thin” cows. The ugly, thin cows eat the plump cows. Part 2: Seven ears of grain, “plump and good”, are growing on a stalk. Then seven thin and blighted ears sprout and swallow…

Let us pray…Gracious, holy, and loving God, as we come before you on this second Sunday in Advent, our hearts and minds are focused upon what needs to yet be done before Christmas and we hope that we can get it all done. In this time and in this space, we ask you to calm our hearts and minds so that…

103 Years ago, Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand & his wife Sophie of Austria was assassinated on June 28, 1914. Earlier in the day, someone had attempted to kill them by throwing a grenade under their car but it exploded under the car following the couple. Later, Franz insisted on seeing the wounded in the…

Praise God In The Dark 22 Cast thy burden upon the Lord , and he shall sustain thee: He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. 1 Hear my cry, O God; Attend unto my prayer. 2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.…

Here we are at the end of 2023. Congratulations. You have survived another trip around the sun. Almost. It is customary for many people to take advantage of the end of the year and plan for the new year, making goals, plans, and resolving to do better in one area or another. We all recognize that we…

Turn to and read Mark 1:21-22 . Pray. And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes. Where did Christ’s authority come from? It came from God. Where did the scribe’s authority come from? It came from men. Another way to say it is that Christ’s…