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8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed is to have the loving attention of Almighty God. Do we have pure hearts? 25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. 26 And I will give you a new…

613 laws in the Old Testament…all with the same intention, to keep us pure, or to make us pure before God... Isaiah tells us why..... 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear. Our sin has separated us from God and because…

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Morning 3 Sept 2023

Order of Service Welcome Hymn - THERE’S NO GREATER NAME THAN JESUS (335) Psalm Reading Be gracious to me, O God, for man tramples on me; all day long an attacker oppresses me; my enemies trample on me all day long, for many attack me proudly. When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word…

Those who live as citizens of the kingdom have a single-minded devotion to God that leads them to do the right thing at the right time.

On an early Sunday morning outside of Jerusalem, Jesus and his disciples were headed into town. Passover was coming in a few days. This day was different than any other typical Sunday in that Jesus asks his disciples to go into Bethphage, a nearby town, and find a donkey. He tells them where to go and…

Morning 17 September 2023

Announcements Are there any announcements? Please pray for Ernie as He has Covid. We are currently looking for someone to create our weekly bulletin. Have a great 4th of July! Thanks to all who haves served and fought for our freedom! Introduction Good morning and welcome to FCC where we worship God…

Intro Week 6 of the Book of James. James was written in a time when the church was scattered and persecuted. That’s why we are looking at it, because He is so practical about how to live. Who is wise? 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility…

Good afternoon. I want to invite you to journey with me into a moment of reflection, a moment that draws us into the heart of transformation. Picture, if you will, a small workshop aglow with the gleam of gold, the sparkle of diamonds, and the hum of creativity. Consider a piece of gold, marred by impurities…

3 As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine, 4 nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith. 5 The aim of our…

Secular - Historical/Cultural Context - The book of James was written by the half-brother of Jesus. The Son of Joseph and Mary. Written in the early 40s. He wrote to primarily Jews who were Christians, as at this time it was so early in the spread of Christianity that it had not been widely adopted by…

1 Peter 1:22 – 3:2 Last week we asked the question, “What motivates your actions and choices in life?” We concluded that our predominant motive should be a deep and supreme respect for Christ due to the great cost of his sacrifice and the great length of his commitment to us. Has this been your primary…

Sometimes we think of love as something static – either we love someone or we don’t, but Christian love grows deeper over time. There are some people who become harder to love the more we get to know them, but Christian love continues to love regardless of the person’s deserving it. This is what Paul…

Last week if you were with us, we saw what the New Identity in Christ looks like... Paul has been calling the church in Ephesus - to maturity in the Lord. And part of that call entails: living differently feeling differently …That Christianity isn’t merely - Behavior Management, but that it’s deeper…

I. Know The Goal A. Love is the Goal 1 Timothy 1:5 (NASB95) 5 But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. goal= τέλος, The “end” “limit” or “termination” Why do we open the Bible each week? Why do I take 45 minutes out of your week and talk, talk,…

You get one wish - and I can grant that wish…WHATEVER it is... What are you asking for? Lots of money? A superpower? Peace on earth? The heart of that guy or girl? No doubt - we’ve all CONTEMPLATED - “hmmm what would I wish for?” Today, we’re going to see this VERY question - asked of Solomon. Hence…

Keeping the commandment Jesus said “if you love Me, keep My commandments.” Commandment keeping is not a popular subject and not a popular or even easy application. Today we are looking at keeping the commandment, not commandments, but commandment as given to Timothy by Paul. How do you look at commandment…

Gracious and loving God, as we come before you this day, we long to be the faithful stewards of this world and all that you have given to us to care for. We know that our honest and faithful following of your Son is what will bring us into glory in our due time. So, we ask in the coming moments, help…

What is the difference? What is Holy? (we don’t get to choose) HO´LY -- From the root of heal, hold, whole, and all; The sense is whole, entire, complete, sound, unimpaired.] Properly, whole, entire or perfect, in a moral sense. Hence, pure in heart; temper or dispositions; free from sin and sinful affections.…

(S1) Singing a song—How well do you pay attention to the words? Rock N’Roll Days Words of the Psalms are songs of the heart—They come from most intimate, conflicted, trying, thoughtful, delicate, deep places of the human spirit. In them, one can hear the rolling unpredictable seas of human emotion, along…

BLESSED ARE THE PEACE MAKERS

For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake. One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil…

Welcome Devotion And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations— Prayer Announcements Strong in Purity You Don’t Know What You Are Doing! There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. Let no one deceive you with empty words,…