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Using a God given Talent Being a faithful disciple means to understand who has given me the blessings in my life and how I am to use them for the building of God’s kingdom. Early on in life, my understanding of God was that His wrath was more worrisome than His love. However, over the years, building…

Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms. Talent So far we’re been talking about the spirit of giving and how we were called to give sacrificially. A big part of being a Christian and a true believer in Christ, is…

Call to Worship: 47 “The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let God be exalted, The Rock of my salvation! Giving 9 Honor the Lord with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase; 10 So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine. 19 “Do not lay up…

Call to worship 1 I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2 My soul shall make its boast in the Lord ; The humble shall hear of it and be glad. 3 Oh, magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together. 4 I sought the Lord , and He heard me, And delivered…

“For it is just like a man about to go on a journey. He called his own servants and entrusted his possessions to them. To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent, depending on each one’s ability. Then he went on a journey. Immediately the man who had received five…

This Week’s Theme: This Week’s Theme: Disciples serve God Memory Verse:: Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going. This Week’s Word is Serve - Someone who serves another. Scripture provides…

Faithful “For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them,…

As we look at tonights portion of scripture, I want to ask you this - has God given you any gifts / talents? Of course He has - each and every one of us. 4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; 5 and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; 6 and there are varieties of activities,…

A look back at 2022 Began Evangelism training We saw two youth accept Jesus as Savior We had three youth commit to leadership training We invited people to the Easter service We hosted Sunday Picnics through the summer We brought back our dessert and pie auction fundraiser for the youth and children…

Revive Us Oh Lord God is looking for those who wish to serve Him. How many of you believe we are in a process. We call it sanctification - moving from glory to glory. How many of you have felt like me, I was in YWAM and i felt like I was lagging behind. It seemed the train was going a hundred miles an…

You and I are on a journey. It is a journey that began the first time we ever became aware of there being a creator God and it will not end until our time on this earth is finished. lt is a journey of faith. Most people will tell you there are time when they feel like they have a lot of faith and times…

Intro So it’s a New Year! Is it a New You? It’s a cliche now, the idea of reinventing yourself for a new chapter of life. Taking on resolutions for the next year. Or perhaps just hoping that this year will be better than the last. This time of year brings those reflections about the year that is past,…

Main Idea We are created to serve. A few years back, Kelly and I got into the show Madam Secretary, which is about the ongoing crazy world that the female Secretary of State lives in. In the show, there are many scenes of her meeting with the President of the United States and with the Chief of Staff,…

Introduction Welcome God and Money Week 3 Once again I am indebted to Capitol Hill Baptist Church for their wonderful material on this subject that has been so helpful to me. Summarize the last two weeks. - You don’t own what you own. - We are stewards to use what we have been given for the purposes…

1 Then Moses answered and said, “But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you.’ ” 2 So the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.” 3 And He said, “Cast it on the ground.” So he cast it on the ground, and it became…

The parable we hear this morning follows the one we heard last week. In that parable, Jesus compared the kingdom of heaven to ten virgins who were waiting for the bridegroom. The bridegroom was delayed, and his delay revealed which of the virgins were foolish and which were wise. The wise virgins brought…

We are reminded that God graciously gives His church everything we need for His ministry. We are encouraged to use our gifts in common with the body of Christ.

Little things Make a __________ out of a mole hill. Find a ___________ in a hay stack. A ________ through the eye of a needle. All of these sayings point to something small. Small things can be hard to find, be blown out of proportion, or even make things impossible. In many ways, Jesus warned us to…

1 Let a man so consider us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful. Steward- *One who oversees what belongs to another. *Carries authority to manage what has been entrusted. *Is responsible: he or she will give an account…

14 “For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. 15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. 16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them,…

God and Your Money Week 1: Stewardship Introduction : Good morning once again. It's so great to be here in person with you and share the Word of God with you. Go ahead and open your Bibles or devices to Matthew chapter 25 . Before we get going I want to stay a few words about this series of messages.…

Jesus said that the point of this parable was twofold. First, while Jesus is away, the believer is to do something: work—work faithfully and diligently. Second, while Jesus is away, the believer is to know something: his work will be greatly rewarded or severely judged. Christ was dealing with His return.…

Introduction Good morning and welcome to First Community Church where we worship God in Spirit and in Truth, one verse at a time! Well here we are , Christmas week is upon us and we all have so much to be grateful for. May this Christmas, we take time out to reflect on the birth of Jesus and really contemplate…

Matthew 25:31-42 We began last week a series on the Truth about Our Hope. We saw that Hope Motivates us to Holiness. The Hope that we see when we look at this manger scene down here on this communion table is not a coming child, but the hope of a coming king. The Christ child has already come, He has…