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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…

Advent 2023 – The Love of the Word (Jesus) This fourth week of advent lands on Christmas Eve this year as we celebrate the coming of the Messiah. Much like our Easter celebration of the Resurrection in the Spring, this Sunday is like every other Sunday in that we come together to worship the risen Jesus.…

Scripture: 1 John 3–4, especially 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us that we should be called children of God! Introduction: Many of our Christmas traditions are rooted in church history, and if we know their origins we’ll appreciate them more. The hanging of stockings by the…

TEXT: GALATIANS 5:13 | MOTIVATED BY LIBERTY INTRO ILLUSTRATION : It was 248 years ago that 56 men including John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Hancock, signed the declaration of independence. They were agreeing with the terms, conditions, and guarantees of that documents. In what…

28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. 29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined,…

Let’s begin with a word of prayer. Heavenly Father, As we gather in Your presence today, we are filled with gratitude for the opportunity to delve into the profound truths of Your Word. We come before You with open hearts, seeking to understand and embrace the depth of Your love manifested through Immanuel.…

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.…

Luke 24:1-12 v.5 Why do you seek the living among the dead? An interesting question. Why would you go to an area of death, and expect to find the living? You wouldn’t! Clearly, they didn’t believe that he would be living. They approached the area, expecting to find someone dead. After all the time they…

How shall we love? Acts 8:26–40 ; Psalm 22:25–31 ; 1 John 4:7–21 ; John 15:1–8 From Easter Day through to Pentecost we remember how the earliest church waited for the power of the Holy Spirit as Jesus had instructed them: 4 While staying with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait…

Good morning. I am glad that we can be here together and that we are able to gather and to worship together. We continue this morning our study of the book of 1 John. John is an author that we look to for a lot of deep theological points. He informs a lot of theology that we have in the church. Now I…

Introduction Love is one of those things that we know exactly what it means…until we have to define it. Love is hard to define One author called the word love an “exceedingly ambiguous term”. We would have to agree: we love our favorite food and we love the members of our family, but those two things…

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…

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…

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that…

One of the great Rich Mullins songs titled “all the way to kingdom come” has these lyrics We didn't know what love was 'til He came And He gave love a face and He gave love a name And He gave love away like the sky gives the rain and sun We were looking for heroes He came looking for the lost We were…

John 15:9–17 (NASB95) 9 “Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. 10 “If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. 11 “These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that…

What is Christmas? All the great Christmas stories, movies and songs try to share the meaning of Christmas. The Advent journey ends. Today marks the final Sunday of Advent; the roughly 40 days before Christmas (truly the 4 Sundays prior to Christmas). We have continued to reflect on the age old tradition…

Last week, I explained what I am doing. This is the second of two weeks of Thanksgiving. Last week, I talked about how I am thankful that the church is a family. We talked about what it means and how we should live because of it. If you were not able to be here, I encourage you to go back and watch or…

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable…

Omnipresence Have you ever wished that you could be at two places at once? He wanted to be at a birthday celebration at Mr. Gatti’s and he wanted to go to the Varsity Football game in Bloomington. So he had to make the choice. Does he go to Gatti’s or does he go to the football game. And when presented…

We are looking verse by verse through the practical teaching of Romans. Now in Romans 13:8-10 , we learn about the Believer’s Relationship with His Fellow Citizen. Last week we looked at the Believer’s relationship with the government, now the citizenry side of the believers relationships continue. God…

‌Series Thesis: Christ is for you and for me, together in Christ, we are his church. Prayer: This morning we pray for a greater measure of your peace and clarity. Would be hunger for your word and the truth within. Would we love our brother and sisters in Christ as you have so loved us. We are creatures…

MAN IN THE MIRROR Today we are continuing the Playlist series, where we’ve been looking for God’s truth in popular songs. The next time one of these songs come on over the radio, hopefully we can be reminded of God’s truth and love for us. Today we are going to listen to an older song. It came out when…

Good afternoon. As followers of Christ, we recognize that love is not merely a nice sentiment or an optional accessory in our journey of faith. Love is at the very essence of who God is, and it is intricately woven into the fabric of our Christian community. In fact, it is through love that the world…

The Nature of God - God is Love 1 John 4:1-6 Test the Spirits 1 John 4:1 “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.” δοκιμαζω - examine, test, approve. Matt 7:15 ““Beware of false prophets, who come to…