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Announcements: Youth Group tonight - at my house. No Childrens ministry this week - Communion Sunday Next Sunday - Braeden Barlow send off Next Saturday - work day at the church Next Sunday - Loren Holtberg This morning we are finishing our series in the Psalms with chapter 8. We just sang a version…

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…

Guess the Member 1. Who is the oldest member? 2. Who is the youngest member? 3. Who has been an active member the longest? 4. Who was born the farthest away? 5. Who has caught the most fish in their life? 6. Who owns the most animals? 7. Who has the largest family? 8. Who is the tallest? 9. Who has the…

The Supremacy of Christ Ephesians 1:15–23 (ESV) 15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give…

And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, 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, For this reason,…

The right tool for the job : Digging a hole. Church growth can be a lot like me digging a hole with a plastic bucket. If you don’t have and utilize the right tools for the job it can be nigh impossible. What are the tools and resources that we need in order to be a healthy growing church? Paul’s aim…

This morning we are going to begin talking about the Kingdom of God! Many people view the kingdom of God as some place that they will go to when they die if they believe in Jesus This is absolutely correct! However, maybe it is a bit more than that? We are going to talk this morning about what the Bible…

The right tool for the job : Several summers ago I decided to buy an in-ground basketball hoop for my boys. We had one of the portable kind before, but the kids broke that is short order, so we needed something durable. So I researched it on YouTube and figured out the best solution was an in-ground…

The Letter from Jesus Imagine you are part of Ephesus Christian Church Rich, prominent city Pastors: Paul, Timothy, John (last apostle) Received three letters that would end up in the Bible Your pastor, who is in jail, sends you a letter What they are doing right: They work hard They cannot tolerate…

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, For this reason God gave them up…

He must increase, but I must decrease.” After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing. John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized (for John had not yet…

Overview of Eph 1 . Every Spiritual Blessing in the heavenly places Blessing #1 : He chose us in Christ (before the foundation of the world) to be holy and blameless before him (timing? glorification / kingdom age) Blessing #2: He adopted us out of love as His very own sons (kingdom language / sons leads…

An Eternal Kingdom And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. I a dream given to King Nebuchadnezzar, God…

Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ. Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you. But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. Every man praying or…

I want to challenge you to see the invisible reality of God’s presence. I want to challenge you to experience the invisible reality of God’s presence today. Since God can do far more than we can ask or imagine, start asking for more and start imagining for MORE! Jesus said if we asked anything in His…

INTRO: Good morning. It’s great to finally be back in the pulpit this morning. Now, most of you know that I have a firm conviction that the primary diet of a church should be the expositional preaching of the Word of God. However, from time to time it can be wise to address particular topics that the…

Remain Strong in the Fight We are going to close out our study of Paul’s letter to the Churches in Ephesus. I pray that this study has helped and encouraged you to remain in the faith. So by way of introduction I want to look at Pauls benediction to his readers then we will summerize what the Holy Spirit…

The language Jesus employed when speaking to the Samaritan woman in John 4 holds significant weight. Throughout his discussion on worship, he emphasized the importance of a fitting response to a correct understanding of God's nature. Jesus redirected the focus away from the physical location of worship,…

For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and…

We have come to the end of our paragraph here in Ephesians 4 . For most of our time in this text we have been answering the question, “What causes growth?” A healthy unified body (vv. 1-6) The gifts of our ascended Lord Jesus (vv. 7-10) The shepherd/teachers equipping (vv. 11-12) All of the saints participating…

This morning we are continuing our series on the “one another” requirements found in the letters to the New Testament churches. The first “one another” requirement we looked at last week was from Ephesians 4:2 . And that was the idea of… Ephesians 4:2 (ESV) 2 bearing with one another in love , Remember,…

Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she…

Relationship with AI In recent times, there has been some big improvements in what we refer to as artificial intelligence (AI). You might question whether it should really be called intelligence, because in reality, it’s just a really really sophisticated algorithm, but one that has the ability to add…

This evening I want to give you a brief word from God about the church. As I was studying I came across a word found in Ephesians 3 different times. The word is fullness. The Greek word for Fullness is pleroma. It means that which is or has been filled. So, let’s look at each of the instances where this…

Introduction Why I am doing this and not doing Matthew… Fully Man Virgin Birth Salvation must come from God. Virgin Birth made this possible by uniting full diety and full humanity in one person Virgin Birth makes possible Christ’s true humanity without inherited sin Human Weakness and Limitations Jesus…