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Advent In our presiding bishop’s advent letter she reminded us: “In this time of waiting and preparation, let us: - Open our hearts to those struggling in poverty, loneliness, or despair. May we listen to their stories and respond with compassion. - Extend our hands by sharing our resources, talents,…

hope vast as the ocean! Our hope in Christ is endless, like standing on the shore of the pacific trying to see the banks of the Philippines. Faithway, this afternoon, I hope you’re ready to praise the Lord. I hope you know that this is the best place to be tonight. Our shared hope is in none other than…

Paul , and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. Have you ever walked into the middle of a conversation? It can be disastrous. My kids are learning…

hope vast as the ocean! Our hope in Christ is endless, like standing on the shore of the pacific trying to see the banks of the Philippines. Faithway, this afternoon, I hope you’re ready to praise the Lord. I hope you know that this is the best place to be tonight. Our shared hope is in none other than…

Shopping Lists I’ve often found it strange that when I walk around a supermarket holding a shopping list, I have on occasion had people remark - oh, a shopping list, now that’s a good idea. I’m usually thinking the comments are said a bit tongue-in-cheek, probably because they keep forgetting to write…

A Heart for Others 1 Th 3:1–13 Summary: In 1 Thessalonians 3 , Paul’s expression of concern for the Thessalonian church illustrates the depth of his love and commitment as a spiritual leader. Despite the distance, he remains anxiously invested in their faith journey. Timothy serves as the vital connection…

Intro: Our Christmas series thus far has covered several aspects of why our world needs our Saviour. Pastor Fil began to fill in the details of this Saviour with a look at the love of God. Then I preached an overarching message on peace. Last week Fill preached on the hope we have from our saviour. Today…

1 Thessalonians 3:4-4:8 Good morning church! I pray you will all have a wonderful new year. Congratulations to those of you that completed the chronological reading plan through the Bible yesterday. That really is a life changing accomplishment that I would encourage all of you to do. There are a couple…

Paul and Silas and Timothy—the missionaries who took the gospel to the Thessalonians—consider the Thessalonians as family, because, of course, they are family in Christ. There’s a shared love for one another and a common longing to be with one another. Life together is what they long for, what they desire.…

Introduction: Faith is an extremely misunderstood subject in our world today. People have the erroneous idea that faith is believing in something that is unlikely, outlandish, and more like a fairy tale. And the church as a whole hasn’t helped this misunderstanding in our culture as it has traversed…

Last week we started in chapter 4 of the book of Romans - and the issue of salvation by grace with the implications of faith in that conversation. From a human perspective - salvation by grace doesn’t make any sense. Salvation sounds like something that we earn. In fact, that is taught in many faith…

Introduction What are some thing that you highly value? I think that it is probably true to say that everyone has a few things that they value highly… and they protect and care for them and they try to grow not diminish those things. Now it is true that for some people that may simply be the three cigarettes…

They had been on the road for several day. They had traveled the easiest portion of the Journey South to Bethlehem. From Nazareth, where in hope they looked anxiety straight in the eyes, and committed the journey, because encounters with Jesus do not happen by accident. Through the anxiety washed in…

That the believers would be found blameless and holy when Jesus comes again in glory.

Introduction 1934 - Drought and poor soil conservation. Hardened soil. Then 14” of rain fell during the month of April bringing a devastating flood to the town of Hammon, OK. 17 lives were lost as the waters of the Washita River extended from its banks for over two miles in either direction. $53M of…

We now come to the fourth gift of the Spirit. The Exhorter. 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; 7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; 8 Or he that exhorteth,…

1 Thessalonians 3:6–13 (ESV) — 6 But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you— 7 for this reason, brothers, in all our distress and affliction we have been…

13 But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. 15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that…

INTRO Good morning church! Today we continue our study in 1 Thessalonians and if you’re joining us for the first time we encourage you to get on our website (fccrb.org) and listen to the past few messages in this series. We discovered in chapter one about Paul being an evangelist and desire to take the…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

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…

Introduction This morning I am continuing with the series I began last week titled “A Great Church.” A great church does not necessarily mean a big church. A big church can be great, but not all big churches are great. The same is true for a small or medium size church. Beside that, the definition of…

Take a stand! Some tools given to help a young church to learn to take a stand, to stand firm in the faith they have received. An encouragement and reminder to us. When a child is born it does not start walking right away. It has to grow and develop along the way. The child is normally taught by parents…

23 Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. 7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord , And whose hope is the Lord . 8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river,…