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Many of us remember a rhyme from our grade school playground: “Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me.” We all probably know that this rhyme is not entirely true. Robert Fulghum in his book, All I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, turned that phrase a bit…

Meidän hengellinen elämä on ihmeellinen mysteeri: Kun luulen että en ole mitään niin silloin olen Hänessä väkevä. Kun luulen ettei Jumala minua käytä niin silloin juuri hän käyttää. Tämä on ihmeellistä meidän silmissä ja todella ennenkuulumatonta tässä maailmassa. Hän valitsee ne jotka eivät ole mitään…

Introduction 1 Samuel 27:1-6 1 But David thought to himself, “One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me anywhere in Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.” 2 So David and the…

Introduction E.g. Chasing the jet ski Fell off jet ski & had to keep swimming after it as it ‘snaked’ its way up the river By the time I caught it I was too exhausted and annoyed to keep going so I went back For many people happiness, contentment, satisfaction in life seems like chasing the jet ski It…

TEXT: JAMES 4:7-10 | DRAW NIGH INTRO ILLUSTRATION : If I were to ask you how to be close to God, what would you say? My guess, is that your thought is the same as mine… Read your Bible, and pray. From a child we are taught that is the answer to being closer to God. “Read your Bible, pray everyday, and…

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

Introduction “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” Okay…but they can. But, where do hurtful words come from? Why do people lash out? Jesus would say that what you say comes from the heart: 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the…

Good morning, Gateway! Psalm 34:1-6 Pray Intro I remember a car ride home with my mom from church when I was about 12 and I was a real know-it-all. Our church just got a new youth pastor, and my mom was asking me about the service. “How’d it go? What’d you think of the new guy?” “He seems nice, but I…

Scripture Reading: Eccl 4:7-12 Proverbs 17:17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. I’m glad that God has given us friends. Can you imagine life without friends. Now, I know what it is like to have no friends, and I know what it is like to have a few friends, but never an…

Signs Of An Idiot Attention Getter: Why the need for Guru’s Jordan Peterson - Male Responsibility; Dave Ramsey - Financial Responsibility; The Entire self -help section. Introduce Topic: People are looking for practical answers to real questions and problems. Scripture: Background: Challenge Audience:…

24 A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Thesis/ Central Idea: To overcome the world with all its natural disadvantages, we must make sure that Jesus is closer than a brother. Introduction: If we are going to renew our faith we are going to…

Give me your definition of a friend. Erma Bombeck said, “A friend doesn’t go on a diet because you are fat.” Others have said, “A friend will go on liking you, no matter how successful either of you become,” and “A friend sees the best in you, even when you’re not showing it.” Friends are those people…

Jesus Is the greatest gift that has ever been given. Let's look at some gifts and their characteristics that may have been given this year. legos Hot Wheels I. What Christmas Gifts Offer 1. Legos - Building 1 Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the…

Introduction Good morning and welcome to FCC, where we worship God in Spirit and in Truth, one book at a time, one verse at a time. Thank you for that message of music and for you faithfulness and commitment to the Lord and our little tabernacle. I pray y’all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and that this…

Well, as we saw last week, thanks to our mobile phone software we now have literally thousands of emojis to choose from to express our emotions. This week as we think about friendships, we have FB CEO Mark Zuckerberg to thank for resolving our friendship crisis! Now anyone in the world can join FB and…

Finding God’s Favor 19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land; God’s Favorite? 11 For God does not show favoritism. 34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism God shows no favoritism or partiality 3 Now Israel loved…

During the last few months of Pandemic, we have been put into isolation which is not healthy for long periods of time. We also are faced with protest and even riots over racism and prejudice --- we stand against racism, but we also stand against unlawful riots and looting or lawlessness. WE are a nation…

Good Morning, We have just started our series Love wins.. We have three Community groups going on --- Richvale and Gridley and a group in Oroville on Wednesday nights…we have the opportunity to go deeper in discussion… and encourage you be part of a group.. Last week was valentines Day and the next day…

Series that will take us to Easter Sunday. FRAN - people will come to church on Easter more than any other time. A lot of people have ideas about Jesus but they are not based on the Bible. They are based on tradition, culture, Christmas stories… movies. 1 Y ou’ll remember, friends, that when I first…

Making Friends With God Text: James 2:23 B.R.: James 2:21-23 ; 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect ? 23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham…

“good friend will bail you out of jail, a best friend will be sitting next to you in the jail cell.” If your friends are leading you to a path of imprisonment, you may be on the wrong path with the wrong friends. The friends you have today will always impact your future tomorrow. Show me your friends;…

Wise Men Still Seek Him Confession Of Faith: I am not moved by what I see or by what I feel. I am moved by what I believe. I believe the WORD of God The victory is mine! - I have it Now!I can see it through the eyes of my faith Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king,…

Introduction Today we come to the exhortation and encouragement in Hebrews 12 . He has reminded them what faith is and shown how in their history their ancestors were approved by their faith. Showing how they fixed their minds on the promises that were to come and that it was by faith that they lived.…

Intro: Rossville flood 2015 It was the day after the flood waters receded and all of the utilities were turned back on. We had no hot water because of the water tank being destroyed by the flood. The main thing was to just get rid of all the sweat that was pouring off of me after our initial clean up.…

Ephesians 4:1-16 Good morning church. We are going to be in Ephesians 4 this morning, with a message entitled “Grow Up!” Now if you’re not offended by the title, hold on I’m not done. Actually, it is so easy to offend people when talking about certain things, so before we get started, we should pray…