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Context This morning we are going to move on deeper into Ephesians chapter 4. Sunday before last we started looking at what Paul has for us on living the Christian life, walking the walk, and as Brother Bobby taught us last Sunday this can only be done in and through the Holy Spirit. We are called to…

10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. Everyone Has a Gift Peter was one of Jesus’s close friends He was ++A Fisherman ++Called to follow Christ ++To be a fisher of men He was a target of Satan 31 And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon!…

INTRODUCTION Living Above The Darkness The letter Paul writes to the Ephesians church and the churches surrounding the Ephesian church is, how to live above the seemingly endless darkness. How to talk the talk the walk the walk. For those of you just joining us on this journey - The Letter is broken…

1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that…

Vision Sunday Good Morning New City Church. It’s Vision Sunday. What’s Vision Sunday? Its a day to look back. To look back at the faithfulness of God And to look forward to the fulfillment of God. 8 “Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors! 9 Remember what happened long ago, for…

Today, we are concluding our series, “This Thing Called Life” ~ we have been exploring the ways how living for Jesus is to IMPACT our everyday LIVES. We have been reminded that Jesus is more than a religious philosophy or ideology—Jesus came to offer us abundant LIFE. LIFE — What are we doing with our…

“Therefore” Whats the Therefore, therefore? Eph. 4:1-16 is all about Christian unity which we will be addressing over the next few weeks, but from chapter 4 through the end of the book, Paul will be addressing the believers on how they are to behave as Christians. Here in chapter 4, Paul will proceed…

Introduction Growing up with a garden. Tilling, planting, fertilizing, weeding, and harvesting. Paul sees the church as something that is growing, and God has provided for her people to help lead and guide to be effective. The Who v. 11 What are the gifts mentioned earlier that are used to bring unity?…

Office of Holy Ministry I heard a story of a pastor who said, as he closed the service, “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the . . .”—and then experienced a momentary lapse of memory. He continued, “and the—ah—the friendship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” As he walked…

Intro: Last week I had the choice to preach for an hour and a half, or break the sermon up into smaller bitesize chunks. Arn’t you glad I broke it up. We established Christ as the Cornerstone of the church last week. It is essential to understand that He is the foundation and the part that all other…

Countdown Video: Rooted 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 set everything…

We are finishing our Back to School Series today as we discuss Team Spirit. I don’t know about you but our school had horrible team spirit even though we were awesome in football, so in our senior year, a group of us Seniors decided to take matters into our own hands. Each week we would introduce a new…

(SI)— What does it mean to be united as a nation, as americans, as a people? One nation under God , indivisible, with liberty and justice for all... Pledge of Allegiance was ”written in 1885 by Captain George Thatcher Balch, a Union Army officer in the Civil War who later became auditor of the New York…

As we turn our attention to God’s Word today, you need to know that this sermon is a bit out of ordinary for what we usually do here. 95% of the time we are walking through portions of Scripture chapter by chapter and verse by verse, mining the goodness of God’s Word. Right now we are in a sermon series…

There is a story I once heard of two men who’s job was to chop wood. Every day they arrived at the same time, had the same quota for wood, and worked hard until noon. At noon one lumberjack left for two hours, while the other decided to keep on working. But every day, the man who took the break finished…

Exodus 30:11-34:35 Review TORAH GPS I Do Mishpatim 10 Words Cornerstone Prism Ephod 144000 Introduction While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields, Or the primal dust of the world. When He prepared the heavens, I was there, When He drew a circle on the face of the deep, When He established…

Intro : This morning we talked about how Christ has put us together as a team with the pastor as the coach under the authority of God [ Owner of the team ], and the congregation as the players and we are training under His game plan [ Bible ] to win the spiritual championship of life in Christ. Tonight…

When we’re on fire… When we are prepared... When we are laser focused… We are deployed. My first message in this series on our purpose as a church was on being disciplined believers. Setting controlled burns in our life - specific things that we would do on purpose, for a purpose. Things that we actually…

Thesis: This section of the epistle describes the proper response to God's offer of salvation and the blessings attached to it, the first of which is to maintain the unity of the Spirit. Ephesians 4:1-16 Review Paul Prays that God open their eyes . He describes the hopeless situation of the Gentiles…

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption to himself…

Well, for the last four weeks, we have been chatting together about who we are? We are Christian – why. We are Protestant – why. We are Reformed – why? We have been looking at the biblical basis for the church. This week we will take a big-picture look at what God has been doing throughout history and…

Secular - Thanks to a very healthy lifestyle, a married couple live well into their 100s One day they are both killed in a tragic accident, and go to heaven. On the first morning, they go up to God and ask where the gym is. "Gym?" God replies, "you don't need to go to the gym here, you'll always be in…

Who are you? The case for membership is certainly an unusual one. Many reject the concept because we do not have clear passages in the Scripture that clearly define church membership. And they are correct. There is no Scripture passage that says “thou shalt practice church membership” To make matters…

Introduction 13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I…

We are reminded that God graciously gives us one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God. We are encouraged to act in a way that reflects the unity we have in Christ.