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INTRODUCTION Let’s take a look at these postcards people put on a site called PostSecret Funny/Silly Secrets Recycling Dog Treats No beat Weddings are expensive Serious Secrets Unhappy career Secretively hurting Planning Divorce Can’t forgive teen pregnancy And then there are these... Running for stillborn…

p / Walt Disney / Walt Disney is said to have taken a friend to a large, unimpressive plot of land and told him, “Buy it now, as much of this as you can. Soon the time will have passed and it will be too late!.” But his friend wasn’t in on the secret: He didn’t have the vision Walt Disney did, he couldn’t…

How should we deal with secret sin?

Mark 15:42-47 Intro : In the fourth-century there lived a Christian named Telemachus. He lived in a remote village, tending his garden and spending much of his time in prayer. One day he thought he heard the voice of God telling him to go to Rome, so he obeyed, setting out on foot. Weary weeks later,…

Joseph and Nicodemus We are going to look at these 2 men in 3 different lights Saved, secret and finally showing themselves Saved, and planning for the death of Jesus unsaved, but want to to do good followers of Jesus They are doing what God has planned for them to do but what is their motivation We…

The Secret of Contentment It’s hard to be satisfied, isn’t it? We live in a world that tells us we need more and more and more. And if we obtain more, then and only then will we be satisfied. There was a survey that asked the richest men in the world if they felt completed and happy, and the overwhelming…

Kids & Thankfulness One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip, the father…

No amount of dodging and trying to justify your secret sin will ever make it right in God’s eyes

Secret sin harms the community. The Community is obligated to deal with sin.

Doing the Gospel Paul’s Way had worked for a while. At first, when he was converted on the road to Damascus, he was knocked down from his high horse and spent some days at the mercy of God’s spirit in the home of a believer. He then started to tell the Jews in the synagogue that he had been wrong about…

How many of you have been in a situation where perseverance was the key to making it through? (Police academy “try outs”) — Without perseverance, I would never have made it through that run… Perseverance is “the act of doing something despite the difficulties or obstacles in achieving success.” Look…

Intro Foundations for Growth Learn how to communicate with God. Some of you have communicated with God all of your lives while others … When it comes to praying and observing people who pray, I want to learn how to pray more effectively, and I think you do too, so we will look at the apostle Paul . Paul…

There was a company that wanted to improve efficiency and performance… So, they called in a consultant… The consultants job was to evaluate, encourage, and improve employee performance… So, he did what all good consultants do, he called a meeting… He brought all the company personnel together… Stressing…

Buy The Field Last Week, we talked about how “Believers are not supposed to separate themselves from the world, like isolationists. Nor are we supposed to “judge” and “condemn” sinners … We are supposed to “Grow up” among them… to infuse the world with the light we have been given…” But… How do we do…

When we follow a recipe, we have to follow it precisely, amen? We have to prepare properly… measure each ingredient perfectly… combine them in the correct order… mix them exactly as the directions specify… otherwise what happens?!? Have you ever noticed that in every recipe there is that one ingredient……

What’s your favorite recipe? A few years back… I think it was Jeff Foxworthy that gave a recipe for chili: “Take all the hot s__t you can find… Put it in a pot and cook it for a long damn while!” I love that recipe!!! Because… It’s short, sweet, and simple! My favorite bread recipe is Irish Soda Bread....…

7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. 8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; 10 always carrying in the body the death…

Jesus speaks about the Kingdom of Heaven or God 85 times in the Bible. It would seem to be important, right? Yet what is it and how do we relate to it? In the parables of the hidden treasure and the pearl of great price, Jesus describes how we should respond to discovering the Kingdom. Join us as we unpack these rich, if brief, parables.

Living in this fallen world, we all have encountered infelicity and injustice. This is the reality of life. The Buddhists call this world “a sea of suffering.” The Chinese call it “Kuhai 苦海”. In fact, the Chinese word for suffering 苦 resemble a human face, indicating life itself is a suffering and we are born to suffer. We all came into this world with a loud cry. I am not being negative here but being realistic because we cannot overcome suffering by denying it. The story in Mark 10:46-52 gives us insights on how to surf the sea of suffering. Let's take a look!

6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit,…

Video: We Lift Our Hands in the Sanctuary 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. We are loving God , Loving People living by faith Thank you for joining us today , Please…

What is Ground? What is your Ground? Land or property referring to ownership or jurisdiction 11 Now after him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered into a troop where there was a plot of ground full of lentils, and the people fled from the Philistines. 12 But he took…

Without peace, there’s no happiness. The question is, how do we find peace in this stormy sea of suffering? Let's look at how Jesus left his peace to us in today's scripture lesson.

In his parables of the lost sheep and coin, Jesus reveals the extraordinary love of God for his lost children. Join us as we explore how God expresses that love, and how we can join him in his hunt for the lost. The video of the sheep played after my story can be found here: https://youtu.be/f97zwQS6I4o

Intro: In 1517 Luther penned a document attacking the Catholic Church’s corrupt practice of selling “indulgences” to absolve sin. His “95 Theses,” which propounded two central beliefs—that the Bible is the central religious authority and that humans may reach salvation only by their faith and not by…